The Criterion Collection

[RBBrittain]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

Someone on Criterionforum was at the Wexner Center for a talk on restoration with Lee Kline, and this is what he had to say about the deal Criterion has with Fox/Disney:

Perhaps he needs to talk to whomever at Disney licensed them Rebecca, Notorious & (reportedly) Spellbound. ABC acquired them from David O. Selznick's estate a long time ago; Disney has owned them since it bought ABC, but it has always licensed them out to others as Hitchcock doesn't fit well with the usual Disney fare. (Their first BDs -- the only one thus far of Spellbound -- were from MGM; they had at least one prior run at Criterion on DVD.) I have a sneaking suspicion they will ultimately be folded into the 20th Century Studios catalog, especially since I know Selznick re-released Rebecca thru Fox back in the 1950's.

[King O.A.]

Criterion needs to give us Good Time (2017).

[MifuneFan]

It's really an unfortunate situation. It shows just how fragile the industry is too.

[Scholer]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Back home from seeing Samurai Rebellion (1967) (35mm Print) at the Film Forum. Believe it or not, this was actually my first time seeing it. Similar to Kobayashi's Harakiri (1962), Samurai Rebellion is a masterclass in building tension. You feel it from the opening scene, right into the final act. I'll do my best not to go into great details about the complex plot, but will just say it ultimately comes down to a choice between love, and duty.

A truly underrated masterstroke of a film from Kobayashi indeed, with a proper gut punch of an ending! I remember the transfer on the CC DVD being truly exemplary for its time, and I revisited the film via that release multiple times. Rather high time it makes the transition to direct to 4K UHD at this stage!

[tama]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

It's really an unfortunate situation. It shows just how fragile the industry is too.

Does not sound promising at all.

[yoloswegmaster420]

Criterion/Janus are listed as collaborators for a new 4K restoration of Jean Renoir's 'The Rules of the Game'.

[tama]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

Criterion/Janus are listed as collaborators for a new 4K restoration of Jean Renoir's 'The Rules of the Game'.

I'm going to go full Veruca Salt...."I want it Now"

[DukeTogo84]

Just sent in a suggestion for Samurai Rebellion. We really need this one on Blu-ray.

[yoloswegmaster420]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

Criterion/Janus are listed as collaborators for a new 4K restoration of Jean Renoir's 'The Rules of the Game'.

I just realized that the runtime for the new restoration pretty much matches the runtime of the premiere version before Jean Renoir cut it down to 85 minutes due to the negative reception of the premiere, and is 6 minutes longer than the 1959 reconstruction version that is found on the Criterion blu

[regeyer]

My son and I are watching a classic. And, wow, does it look great on the new 4K OLED screen. It’s never looked better. It’s like watching it for the first time.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Just sent in a suggestion for Samurai Rebellion. We really need this one on Blu-ray.

A Kobayashi set would be fantastic!

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

A Kobayashi set would be fantastic!

I'd buy it in a second. The ones I would love to see on Blu-ray outside of Samurai Rebellion, are Inn of Evil and Black River. I mean I would buy any of his films, but those are the ones I really hope to see on Blu-ray.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

I'd buy it in a second. The ones I would love to see on Blu-ray outside of Samurai Rebellion, are Inn of Evil and Black River. I mean I would buy any of his films, but those are the ones I really hope to see on Blu-ray.

I’m really curious about Tokyo Trial, which I doubt would ever get a solo release, but his whole filmography is one I want to explore in some high definition!

[dvining]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

I’m really curious about Tokyo Trial, which I doubt would ever get a solo release, but his whole filmography is one I want to explore in some high definition!

Best we can do is VHS rip with Spanish subtitles.

[dkelly26666]

Criterion has a showcase selection of Pier Paolo Pasolini's films on the Criterion Channel for March, and I just realized that this year is his centennial.

I know he isn't really popular enough to warrant a Bergman or Fellini sized big box for his 100th, but maybe we'll at least see something more from him in the physical collection sometime this year. I'd love maybe a small box of two or three films, anyway.

[NeilZ]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

I'd buy it in a second. The ones I would love to see on Blu-ray outside of Samurai Rebellion, are Inn of Evil and Black River. I mean I would buy any of his films, but those are the ones I really hope to see on Blu-ray.

Even if they do them individually I’d still buy them. If we can’t get a set I hope we at least get Samurai Rebellion. A classic!

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by dvining

Best we can do is VHS rip with Spanish subtitles.

What better way to test my Duolingo skills! Now you say VHS, how much more for laserdisc?

[dvining]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

What better way to test my Duolingo skills! Now you say VHS, how much more for laserdisc?

Half off.

[mmarczi]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

Someone on Criterionforum was at the Wexner Center for a talk on restoration with Lee Kline, and this is what he had to say about the deal Criterion has with Fox/Disney:

This sounds like a very similar (indeed, identical) story to what you might hear from every other boutique label trying to deal with larger studios. I've heard the heads at Indicator talk about this very sort of thing dealing with Sony, where they had one primary contact whose position was erased and whose duties were delineated across departments to the point where there is no specialization anymore. Unfortunately this is just another one of the roadblocks at this stage of physical media as it becomes even less and less of interest to the major studios.

[KingOfBunnies]

It's never gonna happen now that Disney owns the movies, but I always dreamed of a Criterion release of A New Hope. Like, at least when Fox owned it, it has a sliver of a chance, but no way does Disney let that happen now. But I like to think Criterion could do that film, or films if they did the trilogy, justice. I know Criterion doesn't normally focus on the kinds of movies that Star Wars is, and I totally get that. I guess this is just me feeling those movies are important enough that I felt if any big budget sci-fi blockbuster deserved it, I feel it would be Star Wars.