The Criterion Collection

[Scottie]

If Dr. Strangelove is announced tomorrow.

[MifuneFan]

Dr Strangelove
A Touch of Zen and/or Dragon Inn (though July seems more likely)
Chimes at Midnight
Early Summer

At the very least I do hope we have at least one upgrade this month.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Dr Strangelove
A Touch of Zen and/or Dragon Inn (though July seems more likely)
Chimes at Midnight
Early Summer

At the very least I do hope we have at least one upgrade this month.

I agree. One upgrade in six months is pretty problematic.

I'm surprised we haven't seen an upgrade of Jeanne Dielman yet.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I agree. One upgrade in six months is pretty problematic.

I'm surprised we haven't seen an upgrade of Jeanne Dielman yet.

Someone suggested maybe they are holding off on upgrades as they may do a dual release with UK market?

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Someone suggested maybe they are holding off on upgrades as they may do a dual release with UK market?

I think they're preparing a boxed set of films from Liechtenstein.

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Someone suggested maybe they are holding off on upgrades as they may do a dual release with UK market?

Don't see what would be the point, there are tons of movies to release there from the back catalog of blu-rays, also some possible upgrades are already released on UK that is how we know there are good masters out there.

[MifuneFan]

My only guess is they're looking at it from the bigger picture and perhaps they don't feel they have enough films ready to be upgraded on a monthly basis anymore, so they're spreading them out over the upcoming years.

[RickDee]

Can we please for the love of Christmas get another Douglas Sirk upgraded! Either Magnificent Obsession or Written on the Wind will work!

[BaronVH]

I always stalk this thread in hopes of seeing Ran appear.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by RickDee

Can we please for the love of Christmas get another Douglas Sirk upgraded! Either Magnificent Obsession or Written on the Wind will work!

You're my kind of guy!
i LOVE Sirk!
And especially Sirk + Hudson!

[Donnie D]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

You're my kind of guy!
i LOVE Sirk!
And especially Sirk + Hudson!

Never happen but The Tarnish Angels would be a fun one to see on blu ray.

[Polaroid]

Just keep buying Mishima guys.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by RickDee

Can we please for the love of Christmas get another Douglas Sirk upgraded! Either Magnificent Obsession or Written on the Wind will work!

I had a dream the other night that I had Written on the Wind on Blu-ray. Maybe it's a premonition.

[Ray Jackson]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzUUFwbPaE4

[TomN245]

Is there anywhere I can see clips/trailer for a Brighter Summers Day with the new restoration? I've seen the screenshots, but I want to see it in motion .

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

As for the announcements tomorrow, I am not that excited. Can someone mention me the biggest/most iconic and best selling Criterion blu ray title that was released during a summer month? Especially with a release in June or July?

I'm not sure what "best selling" would have to do with it, or if we can even reasonably determine what the sales are for any given title. But here's a sampling...

2009:
The Seventh Seal (6/16)
Kagemusha (8/18)

2010:
The Leopard (6/29)
The Red Shoes (7/20)
Black Narcissus (7/20)

2011:
Beauty and the Beast (7/19)
High and Low (7/26)
The Killing (8/16)

2012:
The Gold Rush (6/12)
The Samurai Trilogy (6/26)
The 39 Steps (6/26)

2013:
Wild Strawberries (6/11)

2014:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (6/17)
A Hard Day's Night (6/24)
The Essential Jacques Demy (7/22)

2015:
Five Easy Pieces (individual release) (6/30)
The Killers (7/7)

[MifuneFan]

The Senegalese film Black Girl (1966) will be shown at the Brooklyn Academy of Music from May 18-24, sourced from a new World Cinema Project-funded 4K restoration provided by Janus Films.

http://www.bam.org/film/2016/black-girl

Black Girl (aka La Noire de..)

Directed by Ousmane Sembène

“An astonishing movie.”
—Martin Scorsese

“For all the simplicity of the materials and the fablelike aspects of the story, a complex and passionate intelligence is shaping the meaning in every scene.”
—Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

Father of African cinema Ousmane Sembène’s feature debut is one of the most important films ever made about race. Senegalese housemaid Diouana (Diop) is brought to France by the white family she works for, finding herself isolated in an unfamiliar country and trapped in a life of domestic servitude, a situation that the dignified Diouana refuses to accept. Both a landmark of world cinema and a devastating indictment of colonialism’s tragic legacy, Black Girl is the first African film to receive international acclaim; Martin Scorsese called it: “an astonishing movie—so ferocious, so haunting, and so unlike anything we’d ever seen.” Sembène’s luminous black and white images have a direct expressive power, and they gleam anew in this restoration.

Screens with Borom Sarret (1963), Sembène’s first film is a neorealist look at the hardscrabble life of a wagon driver who encounters a cross-section of Dakar’s inhabitants as he makes his rounds through the streets of the city.

New 4k restorations restored from the original camera and sound negatives. A Janus Films release

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[Saccharin]

[QUOTE=Polaroid;11984128]Chris Cunninghams work, defo! includes stuff for Apex Twin, Bjork, Portishead etc etc

Still waiting for something new from. It's been a very long time that he showed something.

What about Anton Corbijn work with U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Roxette, The Killers, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Front 242, Coldplay, Golden Earring, Johnny Cash en Arcade Fire and Nirvana
or
Spike Jonze work Sonic Youth, The Breeders, the Beastie Boys, Weezer, The Pharcyde, R.E.M., Ween, Björk, Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers,
The Notorious B.I.G., Beck, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kanye West, UNKLE

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Saccharin

Still waiting for something new from. It's been a very long time that he showed something.

What about Anton Corbijn work with U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Roxette, The Killers, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Front 242, Coldplay, Golden Earring, Johnny Cash en Arcade Fire and Nirvana
or
Spike Jonze work Sonic Youth, The Breeders, the Beastie Boys, Weezer, The Pharcyde, R.E.M., Ween, Björk, Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers,
The Notorious B.I.G., Beck, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kanye West, UNKLE

Ah! Also Michel Gondry has done some good videos too!

It seems clear Bjork is deserving of a stand alone music video release haha!

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

The Senegalese film Black Girl (1966) will be shown at the Brooklyn Academy of Music from May 18-24, sourced from a new World Cinema Project-funded 4K restoration provided by Janus Films.

http://www.bam.org/film/2016/black-girl
.

I guess we can expect Black Girl in Vol. 2 along with (at least) Law of the Order and Revenge.