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dkelly26666 · 05-07-2023, 10:55 PM

On another note....

Looking forward towards the 15th, I have been begging for a Pasolini box and Scorsese's After Hours for so long, every month, and now have both coming out, that I really don't know what to ask for, LOL.

I'm not expecting a big box (like Kurosawa or Ozu) in August (if they're coming at all). I don't expect another Scorsese the month after After Hours.

I've held off on buying the BFI "EO", waiting for Criterion's. Hope it comes soon.

I always say I'd love some more Bertolucci, but I'm not even sure he's on Criterion's radar at all, right now (I haven't heard anything).

Like others, I'd like some more Japanese stuff, like Oshima or Shinoda.

I just really don't know what to expect this month, to be honest.

DukeTogo84 · 05-07-2023, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by dkelly26666

Like others, I'd like some more Japanese stuff, like Oshima or Shinoda.

You read my mind, but add in Gosha and Kurosawa.

NeoNical · 05-07-2023, 11:25 PM

I feel like we’re gonna get more Japanese films by Criterion this year. One film I’m predicting will come out this year is Profound Desires of the Gods, which was screened in 4K alongside Branded to Kill (The latter won the award for Best Classic Film Restoration).

amputd · 05-08-2023, 12:52 AM

Really looking forward to Profound Desires of the Gods (if that gets a release). The blu ray has been out of print and difficult to find.

amputd · 05-08-2023, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Cpt. Feeney

Can we also get a Mizoguchi box set? I'll settle for the Fallen Women set in 4K!

An Imamura box set would really complete the Japanese wish list.

Raggady_jack · 05-08-2023, 01:09 AM

Spellbound will certainly be announced this month, because I just bought the Carlotta release.

DukeTogo84 · 05-08-2023, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by amputd

An Imamura box set would really complete the Japanese wish list.

A Imamura set would be a dream come true for sure. Really want Profound Desires of the Gods, Pigs and Battleships, and one of my favorites, Intentions of Murder.

Jr7936 · 05-08-2023, 02:06 AM

It would made me look if it was worth double dipping for since i already have the masters of cinema set

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Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

A Imamura set would be a dream come true for sure. Really want Profound Desires of the Gods, Pigs and Battleships, and one of my favorites, Intentions of Murder.

dkelly26666 · 05-08-2023, 11:33 AM

I have the now-rare OOP Eureka/Masters of Cinema box set of Shohei Imamura. I'm glad I bought it when I did.

It contains BDs of "Pigs and Battleships", "The Insect Woman", two early films: "Stolen Desire" and "Nishi Ginza Station", "Profound Desires of the Gods", "Vengeance is Mine", and "The Ballad of Narayama". It contains a DVD of "A Man Vanishes".

I also have the Criterion DVDs of that box set (Pigs and Battleships, The Insect Woman, Intentions of Murder), the Criterion DVD of "The Pornographers", and the Criterion DVD of "Vengeance is Mine". I also upgraded to the Criterion BD of "Vengeance is Mine".

I have the Arrow box set that contains BDs of " The Ballad of Narayama", "Zegen", and "Black Rain".

Now, I've pre-ordered the new BD that's coming out this month of "Warm Water Under a Red Bridge".

I'm sure I'll double dip if Criterion releases anything else on blu.

What I'd really love are upgrades of "Intentions of Murder" and "The Pornographers", and I need someone to release "The Eel".

I'd love a set where the supplements include some of his documentary work from the 70s. That is all basically unavailable.

Rayjg · 05-08-2023, 12:57 PM

I watched An Actor's Revenge last week and was blown away by it. I was planning to watch Three Outlaw Samurai but it turned out I didn't own it. I hate when I do that.

MifuneFan · 05-08-2023, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Rayjg

I watched An Actor's Revenge last week and was blown away by it. I was planning to watch Three Outlaw Samurai but it turned out I didn't own it. I hate when I do that.

I saw this for the first time last year, and was impressed it. I'm pretty sure I didn't know Kazuo Hasegawa was playing dual roles in the film until later into it, or after finishing the movie, and reading about it. Apparently he was also in the 1935 version, where he played 3 characters including the main character's own mother

NeilZ · 05-08-2023, 02:51 PM

Actor's Revenge was great. Beautiful film too. I've only seen that and Inugami Family by Kon Ichikawa and I want to see more.

As for Shohei Imamura I expect a 4K UHD release of Profound Desires of the Gods must be planned for sometime soonish (I hope). A boxset would be a dream come true but they're missing the rights for too many of his big ones (for sure: Narayama, Zegen, Black Rain, and his later films). They could do a set for the older films of which they hold the rights though? Anything of Imamura they could release I would buy.

Mizoguchi boxset is long long overdue. Masters of Cinema had one out ages ago (out of print and selling for hundreds and hundreds on the second hand market).

Still of all possible Japanese boxsets nothing is as overdue as an Akira Kurosawa boxset. Many of his classics are still stuck on DVD in the Criterion collection, while several other countries have nice blu rays out for them including France. I can only assume this is being worked on to some degree already?

SmittysGelato · 05-08-2023, 08:35 PM

I have been jonesin' for a blu-ray of The Bad Sleep Well

DukeTogo84 · 05-08-2023, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SmittysGelato

I have been jonesin' for a blu-ray of The Bad Sleep Well

As have I. It's probably going to get a 4K in Japan in the next six months and with Toho being Toho we are probably going to have to wait a bit after that before we get a US release.

Somebuddy · 05-08-2023, 09:22 PM

I'd love to see Richard Linklater's SubUrbia (1996) released. One of the most underrated movies of the 1990s and Criterion has released lots of his films before

NeoNical · 05-08-2023, 11:29 PM

Now that someone mentions Ichikawa, I do hope Criterion can release more of his stuff later on. He would probably be among the legendary trio of directors alongside Kurosawa, Ozu, and Mizoguchi IF he had a style that he stayed with over the years. However, it is the diversity in his filmography, from the more contemplative Makioka Sisters to the intense, extravagant Tokyo Olympiad, that makes me a bigger fan of his films over many other directors. Suzuki still takes my no.1 spot for Japanese directors, but I would actually consider Ichikawa as a potential nominee for second place alongside the trio and Oshima (The latter only because I've been doing essays on his films lately, so I've had a deeper interest in his works than other directors at the moment).

For those familiar with Ichikawa, I highly recommend checking out his lesser-known works. The Inugami Family (1976), for instance, is scored with an absolutely funky soundtrack to accompany the psychedelic visuals. The other films of the Kohsuke Kindaichi series that the film is based on hasn't all been translated into English yet, but they are all really interesting mystery films on par with the Sherlock Holmes series mixed with bits of supernatural horror (Almost gothic in some ways).

Rayjg · 05-09-2023, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by NeilZ

Actor's Revenge was great. Beautiful film too. I've only seen that and Inugami Family by Kon Ichikawa and I want to see more.

As for Shohei Imamura I expect a 4K UHD release of Profound Desires of the Gods must be planned for sometime soonish (I hope). A boxset would be a dream come true but they're missing the rights for too many of his big ones (for sure: Narayama, Zegen, Black Rain, and his later films). They could do a set for the older films of which they hold the rights though? Anything of Imamura they could release I would buy.

Mizoguchi boxset is long long overdue. Masters of Cinema had one out ages ago (out of print and selling for hundreds and hundreds on the second hand market).

Still of all possible Japanese boxsets nothing is as overdue as an Akira Kurosawa boxset. Many of his classics are still stuck on DVD in the Criterion collection, while several other countries have nice blu rays out for them including France. I can only assume this is being worked on to some degree already?

I'm actually itching to watch it again. It had a lot going on visually that I probably missed focusing on the subtitles.

RevolverOcelScott · 05-09-2023, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SmittysGelato

I have been jonesin' for a blu-ray of The Bad Sleep Well

Or Stray Dog, Red Beard, The Lower Depths, Dodes'ka-den, the list goes on and on...

belcherman · 05-09-2023, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Rayjg

I watched An Actor's Revenge last week and was blown away by it. I was planning to watch Three Outlaw Samurai but it turned out I didn't own it. I hate when I do that.

That's happened to me a few times. There are titles that over the years, I've added and removed from my cart during various sales, and I've gotten the idea that I've actually pulled the trigger on them, when in fact I have not.

kuro_sawa · 05-09-2023, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by NeilZ

Actor's Revenge was great. Beautiful film too. I've only seen that and Inugami Family by Kon Ichikawa and I want to see more.

Check out Fires on the Plain and The Burmese Harp. They're only on DVD but they're in HD on the Criterion channel. Both seem to get even better as time goes by

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05-07-2023, 10:55 PM	#218581
dkelly26666 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2012	On another note.... Looking forward towards the 15th, I have been begging for a Pasolini box and Scorsese's After Hours for so long, every month, and now have both coming out, that I really don't know what to ask for, LOL. I'm not expecting a big box (like Kurosawa or Ozu) in August (if they're coming at all). I don't expect another Scorsese the month after After Hours. I've held off on buying the BFI "EO", waiting for Criterion's. Hope it comes soon. I always say I'd love some more Bertolucci, but I'm not even sure he's on Criterion's radar at all, right now (I haven't heard anything). Like others, I'd like some more Japanese stuff, like Oshima or Shinoda. I just really don't know what to expect this month, to be honest.

05-07-2023, 11:25 PM	#218583
NeoNical Special Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2018 Blu-ray collection:3 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews: 26	I feel like we’re gonna get more Japanese films by Criterion this year. One film I’m predicting will come out this year is Profound Desires of the Gods, which was screened in 4K alongside Branded to Kill (The latter won the award for Best Classic Film Restoration).

05-08-2023, 12:52 AM	#218584
amputd Expert Member Member since:Jul 2011 4K collection:1013 Blu-ray collection:4239 Blu-ray reviews: 71	Really looking forward to Profound Desires of the Gods (if that gets a release). The blu ray has been out of print and difficult to find.

05-08-2023, 01:09 AM	#218586
Raggady_jack Senior Member Member since:Mar 2021 4K collection:219 Blu-ray collection:3034 DVD collection:103	Spellbound will certainly be announced this month, because I just bought the Carlotta release.

05-08-2023, 11:33 AM	#218589
dkelly26666 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2012	I have the now-rare OOP Eureka/Masters of Cinema box set of Shohei Imamura. I'm glad I bought it when I did. It contains BDs of "Pigs and Battleships", "The Insect Woman", two early films: "Stolen Desire" and "Nishi Ginza Station", "Profound Desires of the Gods", "Vengeance is Mine", and "The Ballad of Narayama". It contains a DVD of "A Man Vanishes". I also have the Criterion DVDs of that box set (Pigs and Battleships, The Insect Woman, Intentions of Murder), the Criterion DVD of "The Pornographers", and the Criterion DVD of "Vengeance is Mine". I also upgraded to the Criterion BD of "Vengeance is Mine". I have the Arrow box set that contains BDs of " The Ballad of Narayama", "Zegen", and "Black Rain". Now, I've pre-ordered the new BD that's coming out this month of "Warm Water Under a Red Bridge". I'm sure I'll double dip if Criterion releases anything else on blu. What I'd really love are upgrades of "Intentions of Murder" and "The Pornographers", and I need someone to release "The Eel". I'd love a set where the supplements include some of his documentary work from the 70s. That is all basically unavailable.

05-08-2023, 12:57 PM	#218590
Rayjg Blu-ray Champion Member since:Aug 2016	I watched An Actor's Revenge last week and was blown away by it. I was planning to watch Three Outlaw Samurai but it turned out I didn't own it. I hate when I do that.

05-08-2023, 02:51 PM	#218592
NeilZ Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2021	Actor's Revenge was great. Beautiful film too. I've only seen that and Inugami Family by Kon Ichikawa and I want to see more. As for Shohei Imamura I expect a 4K UHD release of Profound Desires of the Gods must be planned for sometime soonish (I hope). A boxset would be a dream come true but they're missing the rights for too many of his big ones (for sure: Narayama, Zegen, Black Rain, and his later films). They could do a set for the older films of which they hold the rights though? Anything of Imamura they could release I would buy. Mizoguchi boxset is long long overdue. Masters of Cinema had one out ages ago (out of print and selling for hundreds and hundreds on the second hand market). Still of all possible Japanese boxsets nothing is as overdue as an Akira Kurosawa boxset. Many of his classics are still stuck on DVD in the Criterion collection, while several other countries have nice blu rays out for them including France. I can only assume this is being worked on to some degree already?

05-08-2023, 08:35 PM	#218593
SmittysGelato Power Member Member since:May 2020 Location:The Sovereign Nation Of Canada 4K collection:129 Blu-ray collection:573 DVD collection:24	I have been jonesin' for a blu-ray of The Bad Sleep Well

05-08-2023, 09:22 PM	#218595
Somebuddy Expert Member Member since:Mar 2019	I'd love to see Richard Linklater's SubUrbia (1996) released. One of the most underrated movies of the 1990s and Criterion has released lots of his films before

05-08-2023, 11:29 PM	#218596
NeoNical Special Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2018 Blu-ray collection:3 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews: 26	Now that someone mentions Ichikawa, I do hope Criterion can release more of his stuff later on. He would probably be among the legendary trio of directors alongside Kurosawa, Ozu, and Mizoguchi IF he had a style that he stayed with over the years. However, it is the diversity in his filmography, from the more contemplative Makioka Sisters to the intense, extravagant Tokyo Olympiad, that makes me a bigger fan of his films over many other directors. Suzuki still takes my no.1 spot for Japanese directors, but I would actually consider Ichikawa as a potential nominee for second place alongside the trio and Oshima (The latter only because I've been doing essays on his films lately, so I've had a deeper interest in his works than other directors at the moment). For those familiar with Ichikawa, I highly recommend checking out his lesser-known works. The Inugami Family (1976), for instance, is scored with an absolutely funky soundtrack to accompany the psychedelic visuals. The other films of the Kohsuke Kindaichi series that the film is based on hasn't all been translated into English yet, but they are all really interesting mystery films on par with the Sherlock Holmes series mixed with bits of supernatural horror (Almost gothic in some ways).

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