The Criterion Collection

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by ilenewoodsfan99

Now that Cluny Brown was released, what Lubitsch film do you all want next? Personally, I would love either a re-release of Trouble in Paradise or one of the Jeanette MacDonald musicals he did (including The Merry Widow)

I'd love an upgrade of the Eclipse set. Trouble in Paradise would be nice as well.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Has it been confirmed that Criterion has Crash? It seems like it's been talked about for years, but wasn't sure if it was confirmed or not.

They DID have Crash way back when, so I have a big feeling they're gonna have it again. The new restoration is at least telling it's on the way but no knowing who. I feel it's probably going to be Criterion though.

[Ste7enPK]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

They DID have Crash way back when, so I have a big feeling they're gonna have it again. The new restoration is at least telling it's on the way but no knowing who. I feel it's probably going to be Criterion though.

After 10+ years of lurking I’ve registered here to let you know that Crash will finally premiere on Blu Ray thanks to Turbine in Germany (2K restoration I think). There’s an interesting thread about it in the Germany forum. I suspect this is what Cronenberg may have been referring to.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by Ste7enPK

After 10+ years of lurking I’ve registered here to let you know that Crash will finally premiere on Blu Ray thanks to Turbine in Germany (2K restoration I think). There’s an interesting thread about it in the Germany forum. I suspect this is what Cronenberg may have been referring to.

A new restoration doesn’t have to be limited by one release. It could be used for many releases.

[Ste7enPK]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

A new restoration doesn’t have to be limited by one release. It could be used for many releases.

Thank you, and yes I should have mentioned that. While I believe Turbine have financed the restoration themselves (I think they say as much in the thread I mentioned) I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that same source was not later licensed for use elsewhere. Regardless I am truly stoked about finally being able to get a BR version of one of my favourite films in the near future. Thanks again. 👍

[BenOswald]

Originally Posted by The Sovereign

It's too bad they can't use this for #1000

Severely underrated comment.
Roman numerals FTW.

[dwk]

Originally Posted by The Sovereign

It's too bad they can't use this for #1000

Well now, they could release Joseph Losey's 1951 M remake.

[CQD84]

It would be amazing if Roma is spine #1000. I still think we're at least another year or two away from Criterion dipping in the 4K UHD pool though.

[Jr7936]

I would rather have a big boxset either as people mentioned Akira Kurosawa or the Godzilla set. Also since they did the olympics box set i would love one on the World Cup. Picture a boxset similar to olympics but instead have discs for each of the world cup's

[AaronJ]

I know why companies don't do this -- people would be highly unlikely to buy it. But I always dream of a box set that's not based on the director or whatever, but is a celebration of the cinematographer.

Man, I would snatch up a Deakins or Lubezki box set in seconds, for instance. But I guess you need to be a pretty hardcore fan to even care about something like that. It's just something I think about.

[The Great Owl]

William Blake, a mild-mannered accountant played by Johnny Depp, travels on a westbound train from Cleveland to the rough-and-tumble industrial frontier town of Machine, where he kills a man after being unwittingly drawn into a love triangle. Now a wounded outlaw with a price on his head, he finds himself in the unforgiving wilderness, pursued by a sadistic gun-for-hire, played by Lance Henriksen, and two other bounty hunters. With the help of a Native American loner, played by Gary Farmer, Blake journeys though a desolate and surreal landscape, leaving a trail of corpses as he edges closer to his ultimate destination.

The 1995 cult western, Dead Man, is the sixth feature-length directorial effort from Jim Jarmusch, whose leisurely-paced predecessors, Permanent Vacation (1980), Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), and Night on Earth (1991), made waves in the independent filmmaking community because of their laconic approach to storytelling. For this outing, the first period piece from the director, he utilizes a similarly sparse narrative, but mixes his offbeat brand of humor with an intensely bleak fatalism that recalls the tone of Cormac McCarthy’s 1985 novel, Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West. In terms of its place in the western genre of cinema, it conjures comparisons to Monte Hellman’s two 1966 minimalist masterworks, The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind, but its stunning black-and-white cinematography, courtesy of Robby Müller, who previously collaborated with Jarmusch and who is best known for his visual styles in Repo Man and Paris, Texas, takes starkness to new extremes. The improvised guitar music from Neil Young, complete with angular bursts of sound, contributes an additional undertone of violence, since it does not score the movie so much as it stabs it with blunt knives.

This strange endeavor, while more accessible than Jarmusch’s previous works, received a lukewarm reception upon its theatrical release, but it has since grown in stature. Its languid style is no easier to swallow than it was two decades ago, but its overt “journey to Machine” metaphors about the toll that increased industry has inflicted on our perception of the value of life is all the more resonant in today’s age of smartphones and social media.

Dead Man was one of the final movie appearances by screen legend Robert Mitchum, whose role as a doomed figure in the 1947 film noir, Out of the Past, practically serves as a rough blueprint for the descent taken by Depp’s lead antihero. Be on the lookout as well for the likes of John Hurt, Billy Bob Thornton, Iggy Pop, Crispin Glover, Alfred Molina, and Gabriel Byrne. Mili Avital, as a flower girl, only has a few moments of screen time, but her presence sets the aesthetic for the concept of beauty’s demise in a world of lawlessness.

This Criterion does right by the film’s mix of ethereal splendor and worldly ugliness with a marvelous technical presentation. I did not get a chance to go through all of the extras last night, so I will be finishing them this week. I am expecting great things from the Jarmusch Q&A.

[The Great Owl]

Thus concludes my trip through the Jim Jarmusch films in the Criterion Collection.

I saw The Dead Don’t Die at the theater last week, and that lit a fire under my tail to revisit his earlier works for the first time in ages. I would urge others to do the same as well, since his new film has several treats for those who are familiar with his early stuff.

The Kino Lorber Blu-ray of Broken Flowers should be arriving at my doorstep soon. I also need to check out Only Lovers Left Alive.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Thus concludes my trip through the Jim Jarmusch films in the Criterion Collection.

I saw The Dead Don’t Die at the theater last week, and that lit a fire under my tail to revisit his earlier works for the first time in ages. I would urge others to do the same as well, since his new film has several treats for those who are familiar with his early stuff.

The Kino Lorber Blu-ray of Broken Flowers should be arriving at my doorstep soon. I also need to check out Only Lovers Left Alive.

Jarmusch is growing on me. Wasn't a fan of the first thing of his I saw (Coffee and Cigarettes, 2003, nothing more than random vignettes of people talking, which I found quite unpalatable despite the surprising guest appearances). The man ultimately won me over when I viewed Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai and realized the strength of its subtle characterizations and humor. To say nothing of the detailed, textured cinematography and unique music selections--at their best, his films become laid-back chill sessions.

Viewed Down by Law earlier this year and thought it looked good, okay story, not quite what I expected. It could grow on me on repeat viewings. I found Dead Man a little more interesting. Did enjoy Only Lovers Left Alive and it certainly gets my recommendation. Need to see Broken Flowers some day (and while I'm thinking about it, I am interested in seeing The Dead Don't Die).

[yoloswegmaster420]

Complete list of films premiering on the Criterion Channel in July:

The African Queen, John Huston, 1951
All About My Mother, Pedro Almodóvar, 1999
All These Creatures, Charles Williams, 2018
Angela, Rebecca Miller, 1995
Babylon, Franco Rosso, 1980
Bad Education, Pedro Almodóvar, 2004*
The Bear, Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1988
The Bed Sitting Room, Richard Lester, 1969
The Bigamist, Ida Lupino, 1953
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Paul Mazursky, 1969**
Bottle Rocket, Wes Anderson, 1996**
Burning Bush, Agnieszka Holland, 2013
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, Craig McCall, 2010
Camille Claudel 1915, Bruno Dumont, 2013
Che, Steven Soderbergh, 2008
Diary of a Chambermaid, Luis Buñuel, 1964
Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper, 1969**
Fanny, Joshua Logan, 1961
Fiddler on the Roof, Norman Jewison, 1971
Flanders, Bruno Dumont, 2006
The Flower of My Secret, Pedro Almodóvar, 1995*
The Four Musketeers, Richard Lester, 1974
Fry Day, Laura Moss, 2017
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 1966, Richard Lester
The Gay Divorcee, Mark Sandrich, 1934
The Girl on a Motorcycle, Jack Cardiff, 1968
Harold and Maude, Hal Ashby, 1971
High Noon, 1952, Fred Zinneman
The Hitch-Hiker, Ida Lupino, 1953
The Knack . . . and How To Get It, Richard Lester, 1965
L’humanité, Bruno Dumont, 1999
La vie de Jésus, Bruno Dumont, 1997
Li’l Quinquin, Bruno Dumont, 2014
Mademoiselle, Tony Richardson, 1966
Matador, Pedro Almodóvar, 1986*
A Matter of Life and Death, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1946
Midnight Cowboy, John Schlesinger, 1969**
Not Wanted, Ida Lupino, 1949
On Dangerous Ground, Nicholas Ray and [uncredited] Ida Lupino, 1951
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Albert Lewin, 1951
Personal Velocity, Rebecca Miller, 2002
Petulia, Richard Lester, 1968
Raw Deal, Anthony Mann, 1948
Robin and Marian, Richard Lester, 1976
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film, 1959, Richard Lester
Shall We Dance, Mark Sandrich, 1937
The Skin I Live In, Pedro Almodóvar, 2011
Slack Bay, Bruno Dumont, 2016
Solar Walk, Réka Bucsi, 2017
Swing Time, George Stevens, 1936
T-Men, Anthony Mann, 1947
Talk to Her, Pedro Almodóvar, 2002
Top Hat, Mark Sandrich, 1935
The Three Musketeers, Richard Lester, 1973
The Trouble with Angels, Ida Lupino, 1966
The Vikings, Richard Fleischer, 1958
Volver, Pedro Almodóvar, 2006*
War and Peace, King Vidor, 1956
War and Peace, Sergei Bondarchuk, 1966
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Pedro Almodóvar, 1988*


*Available in the U.S. only
**Available only until July 3

[stvn1974]

I would trade all of your souls for spine 1000 to be Criterion's first 4K being a box set of all three seasons of Twin Peaks.

[jordan-r]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

Complete list of films premiering on the Criterion Channel in July

I know Kino has the rights to a couple of the Dumont films on this list, but I hope the others named bode well for possible Criterion releases. Camille Claudel 1915 and Flanders never got U.S. Blus.

[Snicket]

These incredible Man Who Fell to Earth posters are (somehow?) still available at Mondo:

https://mondotees.com/collections/po...ck_status=true

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by Snicket

These incredible Man Who Fell to Earth posters are (somehow?) still available at Mondo:

https://mondotees.com/collections/po...ck_status=true

I noticed that when I went to order the upcoming issue of BMD dedicated to Tarantino and his movies.

I've ordered three posters from Mondo - all of which sold out within a few minutes. I've missed a couple also, simply because I couldn't get online fast enough.

[themp3000]

Man, I’m excited for all that Almodovar coming next month on the Criterion Channel.

That’ll eat up a fair amount of my free time.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Snicket

These incredible Man Who Fell to Earth posters are (somehow?) still available at Mondo:

https://mondotees.com/collections/po...ck_status=true

That Detective Comics cover is super tempting.