The Criterion Collection

[Oscar Rothman]

Odd Man Out
Hitchcocks' The Lodger
A Canterbury Tale
Lean's Great Expectations

are now available for pre-order on the Criterion's ITunes channel. Release on April 29.

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by Oscar Rothman

Odd Man Out
Hitchcocks' The Lodger
A Canterbury Tale
Lean's Great Expectations

are now available for pre-order on the Criterion's ITunes channel. Release on April 29.

Oh, hell yes.

I've been hoping for OMO and The Lodger (the other two are great, but already part of the Collection). Whenever the Hula subscribers get a chance to see The Lodger, please report back on the Soundtrack.

[JoeBuck]

Originally Posted by Oscar Rothman

Odd Man Out
Hitchcocks' The Lodger
A Canterbury Tale
Lean's Great Expectations

are now available for pre-order on the Criterion's ITunes channel. Release on April 29.

Sweet holy jesus! Hope Odd Man Out comes sooner than later!
And its probably right to assume they've got the other Hitchcock silents as well which is amazing!
Looking real forward to these!

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I think there's a good chance Criterion.com has another flash sale to coincide with their 30th anniversary. I'm not sure of their exact founding date.

No one seems to. Their first two laserdiscs were released at the tail end of 1984 (though I don't know the exact street date), but it's unknown when the company actually formed.

[Polaroid]

Ugh wish Criterion would let us know when Blue is being released properly, really want to put in my collection but can't justify buying the current one (£13)...


Ughhhhhh

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by JoeBuck

And its probably right to assume they've got the other Hitchcock silents as well which is amazing!
Looking real forward to these!

Actually, it's not right to assume that. Well, they're all in the Public Domain, so I suppose Criterion (and anyone else, for that matter) can release them whenever they want.

But restorations of at least some of them are under copyright. StudioCanal owns at least five of them -- The Ring, The Manxman, Murder!, The Skin Game, and Rich and Strange -- which Lionsgate released in a DVD set back in 2007. I would assume that at least those same five are still licensed to Lionsgate through their StudioCanal deal.

[JoeBuck]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Actually, it's not right to assume that. Well, they're all in the Public Domain, so I suppose Criterion (and anyone else, for that matter) can release them whenever they want.

But restorations of at least some of them are under copyright. StudioCanal owns at least five of them -- The Ring, The Manxman, Murder!, The Skin Game, and Rich and Strange -- which Lionsgate released in a DVD set back in 2007. I would assume that at least those same five are still licensed to Lionsgate through their StudioCanal deal.

I'm still going to assume otherwise as the Hitchcock 9 retrospective touring right now should all be under the same rights holders.
I can't see them using anything else but these restorations for their transfers as it would probably cost them too much to go from scratch.
On top of that even if Lionsgate does have a few, luckily only two of those (The Ring and the Manxman) were part of the Hitchcock 9.

[Judex]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Everlasting Moments is terrific and beautifully lensed. Criterion has the rights to some more Troell films they should release on blu-ray.

+1

Didn't they say at the Wexner talk that they're going to release Troell's The Emigrants & The New Land?

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Judex

+1

Didn't they say at the Wexner talk that they're going to release Troell's The Emigrants & The New Land?

I think so. The Emigrants and The New Land rumor has been out there since Everlasting Moments was released on blu-ray.

On a side note: I believe Everlasting Moments was once announced for DVD-only (along with Close-up) before adding a blu-ray the next day. Lots of people made a fuss about the DVD-only announcement.

[ShellOilJunior]

Persona - 10 Things I Learned - Abbey Lustgarten
http://www.criterion.com/current/pos...earned-persona

[HyperRealist]

Criterion didn't do an April Fools last year. Did they? Kindergarten Cop and CHUD the years before that.

[tenia]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Maybe they've had a vocal outcry from their DVD customers about paying extra for a format they have no intention of adopting (which would be ironic). They jumped into dual-format too late, I think.

From full speed DF 3 discs set to 1 DVD without essay and sometimes without extras ? I'm not sure that's the best answer to DVD customers, who certainly still want to have access to the "Criterion treatment".

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

Criterion didn't do an April Fools last year. Did they? Kindergarten Cop and CHUD the years before that.

Crosses fingers for Shark Attack 3: Megalodon.

Oh, and:

US: 3 Women
UK: Naked
Japan: Harakiri
France: La Haine
Italy: Umberto D (might be Il Sorpasso in a month)
Sweden: Persona

[JHas]

Desert Island:

USA: Paths of Glory
Japan: Harakiri
Sweden: Fanny and Alexander
France: Diabolique
Italy: Gomorrah
UK: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp


If I could add a few other nations:

USSR - tie between Letter Never Sent and Solaris
Austrailia - Picnic at Hanging Rock
Germany - M

[Mansinthe]

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

Criterion didn't do an April Fools last year. Did they? Kindergarten Cop and CHUD the years before that.

eraserhead and the brood april fools joke would be kinda badass

[Judex]

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

Criterion didn't do an April Fools last year. Did they? Kindergarten Cop and CHUD the years before that.

The Kindergarten Cop one was fantastic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwXwHR3mQ8c

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Mansinthe

eraserhead and the brood april fools joke would be kinda badass

Some people would be on the ledge after that one.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Everlasting Moments is terrific and beautifully lensed. Criterion has the rights to some more Troell films they should release on blu-ray.

Originally Posted by Judex

+1

Didn't they say at the Wexner talk that they're going to release Troell's The Emigrants & The New Land?

took a glance at the review, the screenshots, and the RT page.. this looks like a really nice film.

thanks for mentioning this. will check it out soon!

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

took a glance at the review, the screenshots, and the RT page.. this looks like a really nice film.

thanks for mentioning this. will check it out soon!

For those with Amazon Prime, you can watch Everlasting Moments for free.

http://www.amazon.com/Everlasting-Mo...asting+moments

[Polaroid]

What are peoples views on Kuroneko?

What films would you compare it too? I want more Criterion horrors/scary films, but trailer looks kinda cheesy - any opinions would be appreciated