The Criterion Collection

[jcs913]

Very nice month!! One of my favorite films ever, Wings of Desire gets the ultimate treatment. I'm so glad I didn't buy the AE one. I had a feeling CC would not let me down and so far it paid off. Branded to Kill gets a 4K, although I always thought the blu looked great, so I may wait a bit for that. Thelma is also a purchase and Targets has been on my radar. Almost every release will be on my shelf sometime from this month...I haven't said that about a CC month in I don't know how long. Good stuff..

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by trobrianders

Will Wings of Desire get English subtitles or will they mess up with just English SDH like Curzon did?

They'll probably mess up the other way, including only English subs for the German dialog, leaving the HOH to decipher Peter Falk's mumbling by themselves.

[jw007]

An elegant month I must say.

I have no complaints.

[Areyakiddin]

Originally Posted by Filmtastic1939

Criterion will wind up laying more staff off unless we see more 1930s 1940s 1950s classics

I can't agree with the alarmist aspect of this post, but I do hope that Criterion releases at least one new-to-Blu classic Hollywood movie before the end of the July sale.

[latehong]

Originally Posted by ravenus

They'll probably mess up the other way, including only English subs for the German dialog, leaving the HOH to decipher Peter Falk's mumbling by themselves.

Good point. Their current Blu-ray is exactly like that. Should suggest additional English SDH option to Jon Mulvaney (mulvaney@criterion.com).

[mande2013]

I may pick up Branded to Kill on 4K. If I ever get Petite Maman or Wings of Desire on 4K I'll probably end up buying the UK discs.

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by Areyakiddin

I can't agree with the alarmist aspect of this post, but I do hope that Criterion releases at least one new-to-Blu classic Hollywood movie before the end of the July sale.

We're definitely going to get The Devil and Daniel Webster, Trouble in Paradise, and A Woman of Paris before long.

[tangerinewolf]

Targets. Yes!!! Didn't see this coming. Karloff lives again. And Thelma and Louise in 4K, no less.

[Brad1963]

Great announcements for May. Wings of Desire and Branded to Kill upgrades are a must have for me.

[CRASHLANDING]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

May predictions:

Petite Maman
EO
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Mean Streets 4K
Drylongso

Originally Posted by dkelly26666

I'd love to get "EO".

It didn't make the May announcement yesterday, but I did get an email that EO is coming to the Criterion Channel starting 2/21. Look forward to watching it, and hopefully that's a good sign for a future CC disc release as well.

[zack14]

Thelma & Louise

[Brian81]

Did the Flash Sale happen yet?

[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by Brian81

Did the Flash Sale happen yet?

No. If you sign up for their newsletter you'll get some emails when it starts and ends.

[mande2013]

If anyone can confirm the Three Colors Trilogy UHD release from Criterion has evaded the Mexican pressing plant signature I'll consider importing rather than wait for the Curzon.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by Brian81

Did the Flash Sale happen yet?

I hope it's next month. Spent too much money this month already

[CineClassics]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

We're definitely going to get The Devil and Daniel Webster, Trouble in Paradise, and A Woman of Paris before long.

Trouble in Paradise is one that I've been waiting for a blu ray release considering Criterion released the DVD 20 years ago.

Is there a rumor that it is being released on blu? They've released other Ernst Lubitsch films on blu-ray, so hopefully they'll do the same for this title soon.

[mike drumm]

Originally Posted by mande2013

If anyone can confirm the Three Colors Trilogy UHD release from Criterion has evaded the Mexican pressing plant signature I'll consider importing rather than wait for the Curzon.

Are any of their current US releases not pressed in Mexico?

[Doctor Jack]

I’m watching A Room With a View and there is a flickering happening with the picture. There are there light lines about an inch wide that keep flickering. Is this a known issue? Doesn’t happen on every shot but I keep seeing it.

[Cecil B. DeMille]

I only wanted to comment that Criterion's May 2022 lineup is absolutely insane. We get a new 4K restoration of "Thelma and Louise", our first Seijun Suzuki 4K, "Wings of Desire" on UHD (hopefully it will best the Curzon release, which had some issues with the subtitles), "Petite Maman" for Region A and finally, after a long period of wait, Peter Bodganovich's "Targets" (though the BFI is supposed to be around the corner with an extras-laden Region B edition of this). WOW! What a month!

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by trobrianders

Will Wings of Desire get English subtitles or will they mess up with just English SDH like Curzon did?

They will most likely use the subtitle track they already used on the previous blu, especially with no mention of "new and improved subtitle translation" etc.