The Criterion Collection

[The Great Owl]

On the subject of Victor Erice films, I've been clamoring for a Blu-ray upgrade of The Spirit of the Beehive for quite some time.

[blu-bry]

Originally Posted by TJS_Blu

Don't know that it's based on anything but wishful thinking, but the title a lot of folks have in mind is Browning's Freaks. The trouble with teasing WB is you're talking about such a vast library, it could be anything. And Octagon is correct, same tease last year.

Please be very cautious about discussing Browning in a Criterion thread.

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

On the subject of Victor Erice films, I've been clamoring for a Blu-ray upgrade of The Spirit of the Beehive for quite some time.

You and me and some other folks as well. El Sur is supposed to be happening.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

On the subject of Victor Erice films, I've been clamoring for a Blu-ray upgrade of The Spirit of the Beehive for quite some time.

I surprisingly didn't care much for the film. I really thought I'd like it better.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

I surprisingly didn't care much for the film. I really thought I'd like it better.

I didn't either.

[StLouisRibs]

I thought it was interesting that apparently they actually do work down-to-the-wire on titles before announcements. She said they're just putting final touches on the January stuff now. I had assumed they had a bit more of a gap in the schedule to accomodate potential problems at the production level, but I suppose this explains why we have cases where there's a missing spine number for a month as a title is pushed back and another brought forward in its place.

Also a little bit surprised she wasn't sure of Anderson in 2015, just saying "most likely" - accoridng to Costco's magazine just this past June/July, Anderson was in the office screening one of his films. I doubt he just popped by to revisit Rushmore; surely he was recording a commentary on Moonrise?

She also expressed doubt at a three-year exclusivity period which makes sense to me. Anderson's films are always at different studios anyway so surely there's leighway.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by jayembee

I think, as Kim said, the really popular current shows like BB would be unlikely. But I've always maintained that there are some short-run, fairly obscure shows that would fit in with the Collection.

Originally Posted by Helikaon

I think something like Lonesome Dove might have a chance.

I suppose it would, though it had a reasonable, but not outstanding, BD release already. What I had most in mind are:

(1) Television plays by the great British TV writer Dennis Potter. He's best known for Pennies from Heaven and The Singing Detective, but he's done a lot of terrific stuff. What I'd really like to see of his on BD are his last two (linked) mini-series, Karaoke and Cold Lazarus.

(2) Armistad Maupin's Tales of the City, the original mini-series that was made for PBS, as well as the two sequels made for Showtime. Oddly enough, while all three were released on DVD, they came from completely different labels. Chasing down the rights may well be a nightmare.

(3) Fallen Angels, a Showtime anthology from the mid-90s that adapted stories by some of the great pulp crime writers, including Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Cornell Woolrich, David Goodis, Jim Thompson, and Evan Hunter, as well as some more modern practitioners like James Ellroy and Walter Mosley. The episodes were also directed by A-class directors like Steven Soderbergh, Peter Bogdanovich, Alfonso Cuarón, and Agnieska Holland.

The first season (6 half-hour episodes) was released on VHS, but not the second season (8 half-hour episodes + 1 full-hour episode). No episodes were released on DVD.

(4) Picture Windows, another half-hour Showtime anthology, with the episodes inspired by notable works of art. The six episodes were directed by Norman Jewison, Jonathan Kaplan, Peter Bogdanovich, Joe Dante, Bob Rafaelson, and John Boorman. The first three episodes came out on DVD merged together as a 90-minute movie.

[Gusto-Guus]

LOL. Jokes on me. I need some sleep.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by iScottie

How can they when they are too busy asking why Michael Bay is in The Criterion Collection?

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

Haha. It's always annoying when questions are completely wasted!

Well, to be fair, it came as a follow-up to Kim talking about Tootsie, which from what she said I inferred was in response to someone basically asking why Criterion would stoop so low as to put a film like Tootsie in the Collection.

[LPMA]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

Which David Lynch y'all suspect will be released. All his blu-rays seem to have great extras and PQ but for maybe Se7en.

Would not surprise me to see that one only because of it's popularity and would attract more people to CC. I would also say Fight Club, but that has had a ton of re-releases.

Hum.

[Fellini912]

Originally Posted by pedromvu

Kim said about The Decalogue:

It's out there in the ether. There is a possibility, but a huge project couldn't say when it would happen.

If this happens, it will definitely be a great event.

I am glad Apu trilogy will be released next year.

[Fellini912]

If criterion will release more Malick films, there is a good possibility of the longer take of The Tree of Life. The cinematographer of the movie, Lubezki, has mentioned his desire to see the longer cut on blu-ray.

Here is the article

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsono...e-tree-of-life

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

Which David Lynch y'all suspect will be released. All his blu-rays seem to have great extras and PQ but for maybe Se7en.

Would not surprise me to see that one only because of it's popularity and would attract more people to CC. I would also say Fight Club, but that has had a ton of re-releases.

I'm just sitting here trying to imagine what a David Lynch version of Se7en ("She's dead...wrapped in cardboard...") or Fight Club would be like.

Anyway, for what it's worth, Criterion did release Se7en on laserdisc.

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

Which David Lynch y'all suspect will be released. All his blu-rays seem to have great extras and PQ but for maybe Se7en.

Would not surprise me to see that one only because of it's popularity and would attract more people to CC. I would also say Fight Club, but that has had a ton of re-releases.

That's Fincher. He has two films in the Collection already: The Game & The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Lynch, on the other hand, is famous for the newly-released Eraserhead, the soft-announced Mullholand Drive, and the non-CC projects Blue Velvet & Twin Peaks.

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Well, to be fair, it came as a follow-up to Kim talking about Tootsie, which from what she said I inferred was in response to someone basically asking why Criterion would stoop so low as to put a film like Tootsie in the Collection.

Still not a good reason. Did people boo?

[octagon]

Originally Posted by jayembee

I'm just sitting here trying to imagine what a David Lynch version of Se7en ("She's dead...wrapped in cardboard...") or Fight Club would be like.

Lust would have been pretty fun, I would think.

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by tonylopez

When I read Warner Bros. I immediately thought of LONE STAR.

Let's hope CC did too.

[The Great Owl]

As far as television material goes, I'll restate my wish from a few days back for Criterion to release the 1984 British television movie, Threads.

There were quite a few television shows on these shores, though, that made waves even if they did not last long. James at 16 (1977-1978) is one example. I cannot really think of any that stand out as Criterion fare, though.

[Gusto-Guus]

Would rather have The Budapest Hotel over Moonrise Kingdom. Just my 2 cents, although, I'm sure both will be CC before we know it.

[jw007]

Personally, I'd like to see a John Sayles film in the collection such as City of Hope, in addition to Lone Star.