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[filmmusic]

Maybe Cat People for me (have seen it, wasn't blown away) and maaaaaybe Dekalogue.

[sjconstable]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

Anybody read DVDBeaver's review of Muriel? Looks like another older film that has a tint over it. Not sure if it's accurate, but Alain Resnais other film, Je Taime, Je Taime had a similar tint job, and it was really obvious when watching the film.

Watch the trailer on here and I think it will answer your question: https://www.criterion.com/films/2863...q=autocomplete

[applemac]

In for Dekalogue. I have the other kieslowski films on blu - can't wait.

[Oscar Rothman]

Dekalog finally..also in for Cat People.

[jshaide]

I want the lot. I think this may be the strongest month for new releases since I started following Criterion like six years ago.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

Maybe Cat People for me (have seen it, wasn't blown away) and maaaaaybe Dekalogue.

have you seen Dekalog?

[ShellOilJunior]

Also presented are the longer theatrical versions of Dekalog’s fifth and sixth films: A Short Film About Killing and A Short Film About Love.

Terrific!

[Blu2u]

Cat People for me. I was hoping they would include Curse as well. I'll make do with my UK Mizoguchi and the MGM Blood Simple.

[starman15317]

Originally Posted by jw007

I ended up waking up late and watched it on 3 local TV Stations too! It looked jammed pack with like half a million people there! What a parade though! Mike Lange was the highlight for me, as he's such a great storyteller. I liked how Sid took the cup and let the fans touch it towards the end too. He seems like a guy with a really good heart. It would be cool to meet up at a Barnes & Noble this summer and talk up Criterion and buy a few movies during the upcoming sale, so let me know if you plan to come down to a store in July?

That would be cool. I plan to hit up the Waterfront store during the sale. I'm planning on going to next month's John Carpenter show at the Carnegie Music Hall in Munhall, so I'm planning on hitting up B&N earlier that day.

[MifuneFan]

If I had to knock this month for anything, it would be the small amount of supplements on a couple of their releases.


Night Train to Munich

• Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Conversation from 2010 between film scholars Peter Evans and Bruce Babington about director Carol Reed, screenwriters Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, and the social and political climate in which Night Train to Munich was made
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Philip Kemp

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

• New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• New interview with critic Phillip Lopate about the evolution of director Kenji Mizoguchi’s style
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by film scholar Dudley Andrew

I really wish both releases had more stuff included. The rest of the titles are thankfully much stronger here.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

have you seen Dekalog?

No, I haven't.
This is supposed to be a newer restoration than the transfer used for the existing bluray, right?

[Scottie]

September has an excellent line-up!

I'm definitely in for Cat People and Dekalog.

I will rent Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, and Valley of the Dolls from Amazon Instant Video once the Criterion version is released. I'll also watch my existing DVD of Night Train to Munich before I commit to a purchase (I love Reed's film-noir trilogy).

A pass for me on Blood Simple (I wasn't a huge fan when I watched it a few years ago) and Zatôichi: The Blind Swordsman.

[WonderWeasel]

Reed, Mizoguchi, and Kieslowski this month?

[Blu Titan]

Terrific release slate for September . I plan on buying all of the September releases but the Polish set...pass on that.

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

If I had to knock this month for anything, it would be the small amount of supplements on a couple of their releases.


Night Train to Munich



The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum



I really wish both releases had more stuff included. The rest of the titles are thankfully much stronger here.

4K transfer for The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum...I will take that over more fluff any day.

[Scottie]

And I just realized that September has 8 releases...

[jw007]

In the 4 years to this day that I've been on this forum, I must say this is the most epic month of new Criterion releases I've ever seen.

There is so much material here I don't even know where to begin!

The complete Dekalog from Kieslowski? I mean, this is insane and incredible!

Blood Simple is utterly jawdropping. One of the greatest film noirs in history, not to mention best debuts for a director (Joel Coen). The artwork is also pretty amazing for this release.

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is one CRAZY film. Roger Ebert wrote the screenplay and I remember catching this on cable tv years ago (maybe once or twice), and I'll never forget how much of a "trip" this was.

Valley of the Dolls. Haven't seen this one yet but prob. will blind-buy it cause this kind of film is right up my alley.

The other new films, Cat People and The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, warrant a viewing before I purchase these (if I do that is).

An upgrade of Carol Reed's Night Train to Munich is lovely too.

And...last but not least... a re-release of Zatoichi too?!

Good lord. What a month!

[starman15317]

What a month! I will definitely be getting Blood Simple, Cat People and The Decalogue. I've seen Decalogue: One and Two, but the old DVD box set was so bad that after a while, I decided to just wait for this release.

I'm also stoked for both Valley of the Dolls films and I'm glad that Roger Ebert's commentary on Beyond has been carried over.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by starman15317

That would be cool. I plan to hit up the Waterfront store during the sale. I'm planning on going to next month's John Carpenter show at the Carnegie Music Hall in Munhall, so I'm planning on hitting up B&N earlier that day.

nice. i didn't know about that show... let's try and meet up before the show at the waterfront B&N!

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

If I had to knock this month for anything, it would be the small amount of supplements on a couple of their releases.


Night Train to Munich



The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum



I really wish both releases had more stuff included. The rest of the titles are thankfully much stronger here.

Yeah, a talking head interview and a leaflet for each. They're not priced like budget releases, though.

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by jshaide

I find it interesting that they credited BLOOD SIMPLE as being directed by BOTH Coens when technically Joel is the only credited director on this one. I understand that it's said that the two of them basically share a brain while on set, but this is still an incorrect labeling off the film.

It doesn't say they both directed it, it says "a film by Joel and Ethan Coen", seeing as Ethan produced and they both wrote, it's not inaccurate at all.