The Criterion Collection

[GenPion]

Anyone else notice the Artificial Eye UK annoucement for 7 new to Blu-ray Truffaut films? There are others they announced that are new to the UK as well but 7 of them haven't ever been released before. I thought that was amazing news.

Some of them are in the Criterion collection and I hope they are soon announced. I sort of want to get these imports, otherwise. Also, a few of them are NOT licensed by Criterion so those ones would make great options for anyone.

Personally, I will probably try to get all of these Truffaut Blu-ray's. It's such excellent release news.

[jw007]

Well, I'm taking some time out from the Criterion Collection and watching the Twin Peaks TV series FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!!! Yes, I just finished season 1 and man, David Lynch really made something amazing here. After decades of waiting, I'm finally getting around to it now.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

The deal is for use of Sony's replication facilities.

The deal is for more than that. Sony will also be handling distribution and accounting for Criterion. That the deal might lead to Criterion licensing more titles from Sony is speculation, but it's not unreasonable speculation.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by jw007

Well, I'm taking some time out from the Criterion Collection and watching the Twin Peaks TV series FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!!! Yes, I just finished season 1 and man, David Lynch really made something amazing here. After decades of waiting, I'm finally getting around to it now.

It's about damn time!

"He is Bob, eager for fun. He wears a smile. Everybody run!"

[amoergosum]

Steven Soderbergh Cuts His Own Version of Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate

You’ve got to hand it to Steven Soderbergh, even when he’s fake-retired he seems to have a lot of time on his hands. First he cut together a seamless mashup of both the Alfred Hitchcock and Gus Van Sant versions of Psycho, and now over on his blog “Extension 765” the director posted his own edit of Michael Cimino’s 1980 film maudit Heaven’s Gate he calls “The Butcher’s Cut. Cimino’s own unwieldy runtime of 216 minutes has been trimmed to a comparatively brisk 108 minutes, and, among other things, excises the entirety of the film’s original Harvard-set prologue.

Using his editorial nom de plume post, “Mary Ann Bernard,” at the end of the post Soderbergh explains, “As a dedicated cinema fan, I was obsessed with Heaven’s Gate from the moment it was announced in early 1979, and unfortunately history has show that on occasion a fan can become so obsessed they turn violent toward the object of their obsession, which is what happened to me during the holiday break of 2006. This is the result.”

There is no embed of the edit that Soderbergh calls “immoral and illegal,” so you’ll have to head over here to check it out.

Source:
http://criterioncast.com/news/steven...-heavens-gate/

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by jw007

Well, I'm taking some time out from the Criterion Collection and watching the Twin Peaks TV series FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!!! Yes, I just finished season 1 and man, David Lynch really made something amazing here. After decades of waiting, I'm finally getting around to it now.

"Twin Peaks" changed my life. I'm not kidding. It changed the entire way that I thought about reality.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by jw007

Well, I'm taking some time out from the Criterion Collection and watching the Twin Peaks TV series FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!!! Yes, I just finished season 1 and man, David Lynch really made something amazing here. After decades of waiting, I'm finally getting around to it now.

I think the film is pretty amazing too - really sad and emotional but also weird and Lynchy lol - god... I need to re watch that film!

[stevo1978]

CHE Blu Ray BOOM!! £10 off ebay... BARGAIN!

[TJS_Blu]

Heads up to those that can play Region B locked discs, You can pick up the MoC version of the World Cinema Foundation release (Volume 1) for less than 30 US dollars from MoC/Eureka for a very short time.

[Polaroid]

I quite like in when there are a few dry months for me with Criterion releases, gives me time to upgrade my DVD's and find new Criterions to buy Only films I am waiting of enow is Judex (maybe, blind buy) everything else I want is preordered on DVDWORLD so will get 2 weeks before normal release lol.

[HanzoSteel]

Is there any chance that Criterion will re-release Hard Boiled and The Killer? I know they have been OOP for quite some time, but I have no idea what the status is on their rights.

[CMNPlanet]

Originally Posted by HanzoSteel

Is there any chance that Criterion will re-release Hard Boiled and The Killer? I know they have been OOP for quite some time, but I have no idea what the status is on their rights.

Unlikely. I think the last Region A BD releases were controlled by the Weinstein's.

Criterion doesn't seem -- on the surface -- to be actively doing any leg work on things they have lost rights to in the DVD and BD eras.

I'm sure they would love to have some of the StudioCanal stuff back, especially some things they already did work on like Contempt and Ran, but will likely put their energies on new releases and quality upgrades of titles still licensed.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by jw007

Well, I'm taking some time out from the Criterion Collection and watching the Twin Peaks TV series FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!!! Yes, I just finished season 1 and man, David Lynch really made something amazing here. After decades of waiting, I'm finally getting around to it now.

here again is evidence that I am a strange one... I don't like TV shows, series, whatever. Outside of Seinfeld and Twilight Zone, I can, for the most part do without it. I watched the first 6 episodes of Twin Peaks on Netflix a few years ago and while I found it moderately entertaining, I just didn't feel inclined to continue. if THAT show didn't do it for me, then not much will.

Enjoy though.

[SammyJankis]

Naked Lunch has to be the most bizarre thing I've seen from Cronenberg. Some of it was just so utterly absurd that I couldn't help but laugh. Mainly..

[Show spoiler]When that naked thing was squirming around as the two were about to make love. The ending in particular was just so insane. I never thought I would see Roy Scheider in that kind of light.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Naked Lunch has to be the most bizarre thing I've seen from Cronenberg. Some of it was just so utterly absurd that I couldn't help but laugh. Mainly..

[Show spoiler]When that naked thing was squirming around as the two were about to make love. The ending in particular was just so insane. I never thought I would see Roy Scheider in that kind of light.

The only "out there" Cronenberg films that I can say I enjoyed enough were The Brood and Scanners. I wasn't a big fan of Naked Lunch nor Videodrome and found them both to be absurd.

After seeing Naked Lunch, do you find yourself a fan?

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by iScottie

The only "out there" Cronenberg films that I can say I enjoyed enough were The Brood and Scanners. I wasn't a big fan of Naked Lunch nor Videodrome and found them both to be absurd.

After seeing Naked Lunch, do you find yourself a fan?

Cronenberg I've seen:

Crash
Scanners
Videodrome
The Fly
Dead Zone
A History of Violence
Eastern Promises
Naked Lunch

I've liked them all to varying degrees, save for Scanners. I owe Videodrome and A History of Violence another viewing (plan on doing that sometime this week.) Out of everything I've seen, I'd say Crash is my favorite.

I have Dead Ringers and Cosmopolis on hold at the library.

[KrugerIndustrial]

For those interested, it appears that the upcoming Blu-ray release of L'eclisse will come in the new three-disc Scanavo case.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by KrugerIndustrial

For those interested, it appears that the upcoming Blu-ray release of L'eclisse will come in the new three-disc Scanavo case.

UGH!!!!! I loved the new digipaks...... not happy about this less artwork, cheaper cases and more damage

Oh well.....

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

UGH!!!!! I loved the new digipaks...... not happy about this less artwork, cheaper cases and more damage

Oh well.....

More damage? My few digipaks all have more damage than any of my plastic cases. I also don't find anything cheap about those cases. More people appear to prefer the plastic cases to the digipaks so this is a good thing. Criterion will still make digipaks for some releases I'm sure, just as they've done in the past.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

More damage? My few digipaks all have more damage than any of my plastic cases. More people prefer the plastic cases to the digipaks so this is a good thing. Criterion will still make digipaks for some releases I'm sure, just as they've done in the past.

All my digipaks have been perfect condition, form USA to UK - the plastic cases are the ones that damage more, they chip or crack or the plastic wrap on it melts to spine/front...

Was hoping Picnic and Scanners was digipak too :/