The Criterion Collection

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by 14728

Damnet! Guess I'll have to wait for Fox to release a BD edition where the only new features are a documentary on how great the film is, and a digibook as thin as paper.

I hear that. It was annoying that Fox released the film on DVD twice, and the two editions have different extras, so one couldn't just replace the older one with the newer one. The same will probably be true of a Blu-ray.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Page14

I'd love to see any Beatle movie come out via Criterion bluray! That being said, could Let It Be even be a possibility? I'm thinking not at this point ... due to the same red tape that has prevented it from being previously released (other than bootlegs).

Just for the record, Criterion released both Help! and A Hard Day's Night on laserdisc.

[jw007]

The Beatles + Criterion = a match made in cinema heaven.

It makes sense anyway. The Rolling Stones are in the Criterion Collection. Only fair The Beatles get in there too.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by jw007

14728: If any U2 film should be brought to Criterion, it would be their Rattle & Hum film by Phil Joanou. It captures U2 at their most pretentious and brazen. Of all the concert films though, I'd say that their next release, ZooTV: Live in Sydney, would be the best choice since they were at their apex then.

In case you guys didn't realize it, I own one of the oldest/most popular U2 fan websites on the internet. I am about to redesign the whole thing soon. It is celebrating its 17th year online now. http://www.U2Station.com is the URL.

As a lifelong fan of U2 who has seen them three times in concert, I'd be pleased to see Rattle and Hum released as a Criterion title.

I want the Red Sun clue to be correct even more, though. The cast lineup is perfect, and I'm a big fan of Terence Young, who directed Dr. No and From Russia With Love.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Is there some specific connection to ARitS? I remember Vinton's California Raisins were rather annoyingly all over the place in the 80's, and wore out their pop-goodwill shortly after the TV Christmas special and Saturday-morning cartoon.

Specific? No, not really. But using a Vinton raisin certainly makes it more obvious that it is supposed to be a raisin. And since it's in the sun...

The craze sparked a brief renaissance for Vinton's weird artsy claymation in the late 80's, which is why I thought it was the bigscreen Vinton retrospective that played art theaters at the time (aw, c'mon, you don't remember Rex & Herb?)

Ah, yes, Rex & Herb. Who were (at least at one point) parodies of Siskel & Ebert. In fact, if memory serves, they started out as parodies of S&E, and were later used more generically.

[The Narrator]

I'm really hoping that Richard Lester's short The Running, Jumping, and Standing Still Film is included with A Hard Day's Night, given that it's what got the Beatles interested in Lester. And this is a massive pipe dream, but I'd really like a commentary with Richard Lester and Steven Soderbergh, maybe an elaboration on their discussion in Getting Away With It.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Nope, not UK. I'm a New Ham(p)ster.

Originally Posted by jw007

They're even tougher there then!

Well, strictly speaking, I was living in the Boston area at the time.

[brandon_260]

I've only seen Cherbourg, but that was enough for me to be all over a Demy set.

[14728]

Originally Posted by jw007

14728: If any U2 film should be brought to Criterion, it would be their Rattle & Hum film by Phil Joanou. It captures U2 at their most pretentious and brazen. Of all the concert films though, I'd say that their next release, ZooTV: Live in Sydney, would be the best choice since they were at their apex then.

In case you guys didn't realize it, I own one of the oldest/most popular U2 fan websites on the internet. I am about to redesign the whole thing soon. It is celebrating its 17th year online now. http://www.U2Station.com is the URL.

I know it's off topic to talk about U2 on a Criterion thread, but I have to say it's really cool that you own that website. Maybe they'll release a U2 cc title in 2016 (40th anniversary of the band).

[Oscar Rothman]

Originally Posted by fahrenheit290

If McCabe & Mrs. Miller came out this year (MM?), I would be thrilled. Wonderful film. It not being on the AFI Top 100 for American films basically invalidates the list's already dubious standard.

It's a grass. No M's are shown in the drawing.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by The Narrator

I'm really hoping that Richard Lester's short The Running, Jumping, and Standing Still Film is included with A Hard Day's Night, given that it's what got the Beatles interested in Lester. And this is a massive pipe dream, but I'd really like a commentary with Richard Lester and Steven Soderbergh, maybe an elaboration on their discussion in Getting Away With It.

Well, The Running, Jumping, and Standing Still Film was included as an extra on Criterion's laserdisc of A Hard Day's Night. Well, the original CAV edition, anyway. Unfortunately, I have only the CLV edition, which does not have the short. So I imagine that Criterion would want to include it as long as there's no current rights issue.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Well, The Running, Jumping, and Standing Still Film was included as an extra on Criterion's laserdisc of A Hard Day's Night. Well, the original CAV edition, anyway. Unfortunately, I have only the CLV edition, which does not have the short. So I imagine that Criterion would want to include it as long as there's no current rights issue.

They probably wouldn't own MPI's standalone "You Can't Do That" making-of documentary, although think Apple does own a piece of that.
(The one where we find out young Phil Collins was in the screaming audience.)

Originally Posted by brandon_260

I've only seen Cherbourg, but that was enough for me to be all over a Demy set.

Certainly looks like a boxset, as there's no other conceivable way to interpret the Donkey Skin.
(Saw it on Fox Lorber VHS years ago; it's a cute version of the French fairytale with some 60's-Paris sensibilities...Imagine Umbrellas of Cherbourg meeting the Disney made-for-TV R&H's Cinderella.)

[starman15317]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

As a lifelong fan of U2 who has seen them three times in concert, I'd be pleased to see Rattle and Hum released as a Criterion title.

Yes, with a new scan and the deleted scenes!

[14728]

Originally Posted by EricJ

They probably wouldn't own MPI's standalone "You Can't Do That" making-of documentary, although think Apple does own a piece of that.
(The one where we find out young Phil Collins was in the screaming audience.)

If they get the rights to Hard Day's Night, it would be awesome to get the full YCDT documentary. And the Running, Jumping, and Standing Still film (Remastered). And a commentary. God I hope this gets released.

[14728]

Originally Posted by starman15317

Yes, with a new scan and the deleted scenes!

I know the film has gotten mixed reviews, so I need to see it so I can make up my mind. Speaking of mixed music films, we'd all know what they'd be releasing if a Zeppelin was in the sky, am I right?

[starman15317]

Originally Posted by 14728

I know the film has gotten mixed reviews, so I need to see it so I can make up my mind. Speaking of mixed music films, we'd all know what they'd be releasing if a Zeppelin was in the sky, am I right?

They come off a little pretentious in the film but I like it a lot. It's what turned me into a U2 fan.

[StLouisRibs]

Originally Posted by jayembee

But if you look up the page for Playtime, it does say "Out of Print" for both the Blu-ray and DVD.

Yes. My point was that it appears something in the database doesn't have it listed as Out of Print - which can be interpreted as there being plans for it to re-enter print (or, more likely, be part of a Tati Box Set, as may be the plan). Or possibly it's just not had all the checkboxes ticked and it is, in fact, staying out of print. Somebody posted about a month ago they had heard rumblings it would re-enter print, though, so I'll cross my fingers...

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by starman15317

Yes, with a new scan and the deleted scenes!

There are a LOT of deleted scenes

[hustlermane]

DVDBeaver's End of Year Poll http://www.dvdbeaver.com/Blu-ray_and..._Year_2013.htm

Criterion killed it this year! So yeah, agreements? Observations? Currently I only own one of the top 10 (MoC Mizo set), with one more on the way (Marketa).

[jw007]

Originally Posted by 14728

I know it's off topic to talk about U2 on a Criterion thread, but I have to say it's really cool that you own that website. Maybe they'll release a U2 cc title in 2016 (40th anniversary of the band).

Thanks! I created that site (U2station.com) in 1997! Still online after all these years (and a VH1/MTV nomination I received back in 2001 for the "coolest fan website" award). If Criterion should ever release Rattle & Hum, they should include Under a Blood Red Sky in the supplements too. One can only dream, right?