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[gbm82]

A wonderful film!

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by LordSummerIsle

That's a good one! I'd love to see Goyokin, Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji, The Loyal 47 Ronin, and Black Cat Mansion.

Bloody Spear actually has a release from Arrow

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Blood...lu-ray/207453/

I'd take all of those you suggested, but especially Goyokin as well Hitokiri (Shintaro Katsu's best performance). Goyokin is a long favorite and I love the snow setting and the overall story is simply epic. I love the final duel in that as well between Tatsuya Nakadai and Tetsuro Tamba.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by gbm82

A wonderful film!

Ummm, that ain't a samurai film buddy.

[LordSummerIsle]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Bloody Spear actually has a release from Arrow

I have it. I just wish it looked better...

[gbm82]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Ummm, that ain't a samurai film buddy.

not with that attitude

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Ummm, that ain't a samurai film buddy.

Yeah, it's that time of year where we need more Samurai films on Blu-ray.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by LordSummerIsle

I have it. I just wish it looked better...

Yeah, I wouldn't expect another release and not from Criterion. They have never had a deal with Toei for whatever reason.

[Sommerswerd]

I want a box-set of Daiei shinobi films.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Sifox211

I think the only change is the colour tint in the party scene but I don’t think there’s a consensus on which is correct.

Originally Posted by M A

Roger Ebert's 1966 review says that the green tint on the shot in the party scene wasn't there, but Coutard approved the version that had the green tint, so

The green tint SHOULD be there. Criterion has said on the next pressing of the disc, it would be fixed, and said in emails to me it would be available last summer. But so far, it has not been re-pressed yet. The streaming version is corrected, so the master has been fixed.

When we re-released PIERROT LE FOU on Blu-ray in 2020, using Studio Canal's new 2K restoration created from the 35mm original camera negative, the green was not present on the Sam Fuller shot. We are in the process of reinstating the green tint and a second pressing of the Blu-ray and DVD will be made available. If you would like a replacement disc that includes the green tinting, please follow up with us this summer with your name, US or Canadian address, and a snapshot of the original disc you purchased. We will then mail you a replacement disc, free of charge.

In the short term, please note that the version with the green tinting is available for streaming on the Criterion Channel.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Sommerswerd

I want a box-set of Daiei shinobi films.

I'd love that too. That seems more up Arrow's alley, but Criterion would be great too. Really wish Arrow would release The Hanzo trilogy. That would be sweet.

[DaBargainHunta]

I watched this Criterion Christmas noir last night and thought some of you might be interested.

Blast of Silence (1961) - 1/2

With an unusual second-person narration, unique behind-the-wheel camera shots, and a memorable opening scene that takes the viewer from the womb to a moving train, Blast of Silence immediately distinguishes itself from the pack.

This 1961 film noir is meticulous, methodical, sparse, and surprisingly nasty and gruesome as it depicts a few days in the life of a contract killer hired to execute a hit the week of Christmas. The details of the main character's job are occasionally a bit too monotonous, but that level of painstaking precision is also what makes this different and special.

The shooting budget was a minuscule $20,000, but you'd never be able to tell, because the streets of New York look gorgeous at Christmastime.

Blast of Silence is one of the relatively small number of movies that can be classified as "Christmas noir." (I also highly recommend 1949's Cover Up.)

The beginning and the end serve as nice bookends, and while the final outcome is never really in doubt, what really matters is the journey of getting there.



Note: Blast of Silence is available on DVD (no Blu-ray) from The Criterion Collection or on the TCM app (with a cable login) until December 31st.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Blast of Silence is one of the relatively small number of movies that can be classified as "Christmas noir." (I also highly recommend 1949's Cover Up.)

There's also Cash on Demand (1961), which some have described as a noir-ish spin on Dickens's A Christmas Carol. I think that will be part of my Christmas movie line-up next year.

Merry Christmas!

[fdm]

Originally Posted by randian

More grist for the "Criterion release" mill: Sabotage (1936) (D: Hitchcock) and The Seventh Veil (S: Ann Todd, James Mason). Both Criterion titles are currently streaming on HBO Max. The Seventh Veil has never had so much as a DVD anywhere according to this site, and Sabotage has never had a US disc. Both could use a good restoration. The Seventh Veil won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay so it wasn't a totally obscure title at the time of its release, and of course Hitchcock is Hitchcock.

Seventh Veil had a dvd in the UK. Screenbound label.

Would be nice to get these two on blu-ray. More Ann Todd please anybody.

[DonB]

I would love to see a blu-ray release of The Actuality Dramas of Allan King. At least one masterpiece in there.

[Ray Jackson]

Merry Christmas everyone!

…and a happy new year!

[Show spoiler]

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by belcherman

There's also Cash on Demand (1961), which some have described as a noir-ish spin on Dickens's A Christmas Carol. I think that will be part of my Christmas movie line-up next year.

Noir is probably a stronger word than I'd use, but it is a tight little crime caper. Lovely movie, with wonderful turns from Peter Cushing and Andrew Morell (the latter relishing the rare chance to dominate over Cushing).

[hoytereden]

Just finished watching The Rocking Horse Winner on TCM. An absolutely wonderful but heartbreaking film. I’ve seen it many times over the years but it perplexes me with its Criterion/Janus Films intro: As far as I can tell it’s never been a release from them. Not even Laserdisc. I certainly would welcome it and the print on TCM looked pretty good. I wonder if this is one they’ve gotten the rights to but haven’t done anything with yet.

[dkelly26666]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Merry Christmas everyone!

…and a happy new year!

[Show spoiler]

You, too!

(And what's fun about the behind the scenes on that one, is how jovial and funny everyone was actually being in real life, behind the scenes; at one point even PPP is telling them, 'Be serious." )

[Nazca]

Hello everyone, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and Happy Holidays everyone. Hope you all are having or have had a great one. I am curious, does anyone here think that Criterion will ever get around to releasing Victor Sjöström's Terje Vigen (1917) and/or Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru (1917/1918). I'm curious because both films were digitally restored by the Svenska Filminstitutet and Svensk Filmindustri and I was always curious if Criterion would ever release the two films on Blu-ray.

I would also love to see Carl Th. Dreyer's Prästänkan (1920), also digitally restored by the Svenska Filminstitutet and Svensk Filmindustri, I'd also say it's one of his better works from the 1920s but I have my doubts with that one.

[NeoNical]

Originally Posted by Nazca

I would also love to see Carl Th. Dreyer's Prästänkan (1920), also digitally restored by the Svenska Filminstitutet and Svensk Filmindustri, I'd also say it's one of his better works from the 1920s but I have my doubts with that one.

I hope they do release more Dreyer.

Criterion has some kind of relationship with Svensk Filmindustri more than the Danish Film Industry, which has been holding onto a handful of Dreyer's major works like the three in the OOP boxset that Criterion did years ago.

Criterion seems to hold onto the streaming rights and the three films still open with the Criterion/Janus logos but doesn't seem to garner any interest by them. I also heard that they did have restorations for this film done long ago and that Day of Wrath had a 65th anniversary theatrical run by Janus Films back in 2008 (?). The ones in the boxset have been given a 2K restoration at least (Although I've been hearing that Ordet was restored in 4K without any evidence to back that rumor).