The Criterion Collection

[scarletlion]

Werckmeister Harmonies and Soy Cuba are both in my top 20 films of all time. They are absolute masterpieces. So I'm thrilled at this. Even if it will cost me an arm and a leg importing them.

[Taylor3978]

Originally Posted by professor echo

i wish we were getting a criterion blu or 4k of the last wave instead of hanging rock again.

[dvining]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

I wish we were getting a Criterion Blu or 4K of THE LAST WAVE instead of HANGING ROCK again.

A lovingly restored 4K of Gallipoli I wouldn't turn my back on.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by Taylor3978

Yeah, I know about this, just haven't gone for it yet.

I hope Warners will do LIVING DANGEROUSLY and MOSQUITO, though it will probably be the Archive and not on 4K, which is too bad as Weir's visual style would definitely fit UHD really well.

[Member-880182]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Very strong month. Soy Cuba coming from Criterion in 4K is huge. Also did not expect Werckmeister Harmonies in 4K as well.

I was surprised to see Werckmeister in 4K as well. It will be a blind buy for me, as a relatively new admirer of Bela Tarr. I have Damnation, Satantango, and The Turin Horse. I have also been meaning to watch Dogfight and La Haine for quite awhile. I might pick up Picnic at Hanging Rock, even though it's on the channel, because I have always been intrigued by it.

Re: the lack of Japanese cinema being released, I am really hoping for a 70th anniversary 4K of Seven Samurai this year. I know it wouldn't be a new acquisition for Janus/Criterion, but it would be something for us Kurosawa fans. I periodically daydream about Criterion releasing a massive Kurosawa Blu-ray set. (*sigh*)

[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Happy for those that are happy, but another month with no single new Japanese title. I was going to post a Kurosawa gif, but feeling like we need more Ikiru...

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Or more Honda...

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Rzzzz

Or more Honda...

Criterion has a ton of his work, so hoping for a boxset of his stuff. Matango is the one I want the most.

[mande2013]

I’d accumulated a bunch of $10 gift codes due to my Criterion Channel subscription, so I used them to preorder both Werckmeister Harmonies and Soy Cuba on 4K and had them shipped to family in the US

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by Rzzzz

Or more Honda...

I wouldn't say no to more Ozu.

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[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

I wouldn't say no to more Ozu.

[Show spoiler]

I don't believe I have ever seen that one. What film is it?

[amputd]

Originally Posted by cerjukols

Why are you so obsessed with Asian films?

Asian films are actually quite well served at the moment. The problem is that Japanese films are no longer getting the same attention they did around ten years ago. I’m sure there are good reasons for this, but it is a thing.

[Shane Rollins]

Dogfight is big, the other ones I’ve never heard of save for Picnic At Hanging Rock. Hard to say it without spoiling it but that ending sucked. Basically

[Show spoiler]it’s one of those films where it ends without an ending, if you know what I mean. So I really felt robbed when I watched it. Some people can take those kinds of endings, but I’m not one of them.

[Rayjg]

I’ve been on a bit of a Japanese kick lately watching Red Angel, Golgo 13: The Professional and The Return of Godzilla. Not one was a Criterion. Not one.

[Member-880182]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

I’ve been on a bit of a Japanese kick lately watching Red Angel, Golgo 13: The Professional and The Return of Godzilla. Not one was a Criterion. Not one.

I'm with you re: the Japanese kick. I recently blind bought Blind Beast (pun intended), Red Angel, Irezumi, The Mad Fox, and Big Time Gambling Boss. All but the last are from Arrow; BTGB is Radiance. It was also courtesy of Arrow that I discovered the magnificence of A Fugitive from the Past last year; now it's a new favorite. It has been nice exploring some of the more obscure corners of Japanese cinema, beyond the recognized masters Ozu, Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, etc.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by rzzzz

i don't believe i have ever seen that one. What film is it?

"Leap Year."

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by amputd

Asian films are actually quite well served at the moment. The problem is that Japanese films are no longer getting the same attention they did around ten years ago. I’m sure there are good reasons for this, but it is a thing.

Someone contact The New York Times and tell them you think that Japanese people are underrepresented by Criterion lately and it should really be pointed out and the label publicly shamed for it.

[silverlakephil]

4 4Ks and 1 Blu-ray for April. Pretty heavy month for Criterion

[Scottie]

Ozu made 54 films in his time. Of these, 17 are apparently lost (not sure how reliable Wiki is).

I fully expect a box set to be announced with the films featured as part of the "Ozu 120" at Film Forum in the near future. I highlighted those in red. (So basically, everything but the lost films.)

1. Zange no yaiba (1927) - lost
   
2. Dreams of Youth (1928) - lost
   
3. Wife Lost (1928) - lost
   
4. Pumpkin (1928) - short - lost
   
5. Couple on the Move (1928) - short - lost
   
6. Physical Beauty (1928) - lost
   
7. Treasure Mountain (1929) - lost
   
8. Days of Youth (1929)
   
9. Fighting Friends (1929) - short - 14 surviving minutes
   
10. I Graduated, But... (1929) - 10 surviving minutes
    
11. The Life of an Office Worker (1929) - lost
    
12. A Straightforward Boy (1929) - short
    
13. Introduction to Marriage (1930) - lost
    
14. Walk Cheerfully (1930)
    
15. I Flunked, But... (1930)
    
16. That Night's Wife (1930)
    
17. The Revengeful Spirit of Eros (1930) - short - lost
    
18. The Luck Which Touched the Leg (1930) - lost
    
19. Young Lady (1930) - lost
    
20. The Lady and the Beard (1931)
    
21. The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman (1931) - lost
    
22. Tokyo Chorus (1931)
    
23. Spring Comes from the Ladies (1932) - lost
    
24. I Was Born, But... (1932)
    
25. Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932)
    
26. Until the Day We Meet Again (1932) - lost
    
27. Woman of Tokyo (1933)
    
28. Dragnet Girl (1933)
    
29. Passing Fancy (1933)
    
30. A Mother Should Be Loved (1934)
    
31. A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
    
32. An Innocent Maid (1935) - lost
    
33. An Inn in Tokyo (1935)
    
34. College Is a Nice Place (1935) - lost
    
35. Lion in the Mirror (1936) - short
    
36. The Only Son (1936)
    
37. What Did the Lady Forget? (1937)
    
38. The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
    
39. There Was a Father (1942)
    
40. Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)
    
41. A Hen in the Wind (1948)
    
42. Late Spring (1949)
    
43. The Munekata Sisters (1950)
    
44. Early Summer (1951)
    
45. The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
    
46. Tokyo Story (1953)
    
47. Early Spring (1956)
    
48. Tokyo Twilight (1957)
    
49. Equinox Flower (1958)
    
50. Good Morning (1959)
    
51. Floating Weeds (1959)
    
52. Late Autumn (1960)
    
53. The End of Summer (1961)
    
54. An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

[Professor Echo]

^^^

Scottie, do you think it will be all Blus if a box set does get released or might they slip in a 4K or two? I would love to see LATE AUTUMN in 4K.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

^^^

Scottie, do you think it will be all Blus if a box set does get released or might they slip in a 4K or two? I would love to see LATE AUTUMN in 4K.

I would imagine all BDs. I could see them rolling out a couple on 4K though, like Tokyo Story.