The Criterion Collection

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

Man, I totally forgot about that guy. For anyone who wants a fun trip down memory lane, here is a list of titles that were supposed to be coming out this year:

[Show spoiler]Pulp Fiction 4K (nope)
After Hours (nope)
Brazilian Director boxset (nope)
Barton Fink (nope)
Scorsese 4K title (Yes; The Last Waltz and Raging Bull)
The Insider (nope)
Happiness (nope)
3 Netflix titles (one of which is Mank) - (Dick Johnson is Dead and Okja)
Two French boxsets (Antoine Doinel series and Three Colors Trilogy) - (nope)
Japanese animated film from the 80s 9probably Angel's Egg) - (nope)
Japanese title upgrade from the 60s (director only has one title in the collection) - (nope)
Comprehensive boxset for Japanese director that isn't Ozu or Kurosawa (nope)
Lars Von Trier title (nope)
Contempt (nope)
Le Cercle Rouge (yes)
1 title that is from this page (nope)
Homicide upgrade (nope)
As Good As It Gets (nope)
By The Law (this release will also feature a second film from the same director) - (nope)
Spaghetti Western title that features a score from Ennio Morricone (nope)
South Korean title; hinted to be from Lee Chang Dong (nope)
Titles from Howard Hawks, Paul Schrader, Monte Hellman, and David Gordon Green (nope)
Upgrades for La commare secca and Le deuxième souffle (nope)
Lubitsch title (nope)
Couple of Mexican "horror" films; likely to be 'The Other' and 'Macario' (nope)
more Hong Kong titles (Yes; Boat People and Rouge)
two more French titles: one from a director who doesn't have a film in the collection and is very controversial, the other is an upgrade from an eclipse set getting a standalone (nope)

Also The Misfits, which I think was mentioned in the Kino thread

[Mindfather]

Woah, the Target B2G1 is better than the Barnes and Noble or Criterion sales, just got Solaris, Walker, and Throw Down for $56.39!

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Mindfather

Woah, the Target B2G1 is better than the Barnes and Noble or Criterion sales, just got Solaris, Walker, and Throw Down for $56.39!

Yes, you can definitely get some great deals. Amazon's matched the sale, and has some prices lower than Target as well, and some with coupons to clip. Modern Times, and Time Bandits are $16.33 after coupon for instance.

[yoloswegmaster420]

Interesting tweet from Janus:



Maybe they're hinting at something here...

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

Interesting tweet from Janus:



Maybe they're hinting at something here...

What a strange post. Not sure why they would even post that unless they are going to release the film(s) at some point. Hopefully they do release a boxset.

[MifuneFan]

Getting the Infernal Affairs trilogy would be pretty awesome.

[yoloswegmaster420]

It looks like the Lionsgate blu of the first film has been OOP for a while now. I'm also certain that the trilogy is with Media Asia now and we know Criterion/Janus have a deal with them, so it's entirely possible that they have licensed the new 4K restorations from them.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

It looks like the Lionsgate blu of the first film has been OOP for a while now. I'm also certain that the trilogy is with Media Asia now and we know Criterion/Janus have a deal with them, so it's entirely possible that they have licensed the new 4K restorations from them.

Well I guess we'll see what happens. I love the series. The third film isn't the greatest, but man those first two are up there. I would guess they would do a theatrical run first for these. Lets see what happens.

On that note, I hope The Heroic Trio is announced tomorrow.

[Scholer]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

Interesting tweet from Janus:



Maybe they're hinting at something here...

And Infernal Affairs 4K set from CC would be WILD, and totally amazing!

[Mauve]

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Upgrade)

Anything by Kurosowa, Mizoguchi or Ozu.

Something from Central Europe. More František Vláčil would be nice.

[Matt89]

I say this like every month lol but I hope we finally get a blu-ray upgrade of Godard's Contempt.

After Hours and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore wouldn't hurt, either. I can't believe that After Hours is still only available on DVD. It's been 18 years, way past due for an HD upgrade.

~Matt

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Matt89

I say this like every month lol but I hope we finally get a blu-ray upgrade of Godard's Contempt.

I am going to keep asking for a Paris, Texas 4K until we finally get one.

[NeilZ]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

You're thinking of Inland Empire.

My bad. Thanks for the correction.

[NeoNical]

Really hoping Infernal Affairs 4K is really coming. Weird posts that Janus does every now and then like how they posted the paper telling projectionists on how to project Dick Tracy (I really hope Criterion can release this in 4K, but it's owned by Disney I think).

[dkelly26666]

I just hope they make the announcements today and that they're better than last month's announcements, LOL.

I'll leave it at that, this time.

[jw007]

My September predictions:

A stronger month.

[yoloswegmaster420]

I hope that they announce lesser-known titles again this month. Mainly just to see this place have a meltdown again.

[prior]

I hope they take the decision out of my hands whether to buy the UK release of Le Trou by announcing it today.

[bergman864]

I hope whatever they announce it pisses off everybody.

[Matt89]

I hope everyone has a meltdown over everyone having a meltdown and then everybody's just super pissed off.

THANKS CRITERION.

~Matt