The Criterion Collection

[mikesncc1701]

Originally Posted by MovieBuff647

ADVERTISING is only a 2K restoration, while WITHNAIL is a 4K restoration.

And? Plenty of 2K upscales look great on UHD.

[CelestialAgent]

Interested in the Cherbourg remaster, but already have Demy set and StudioCanal BD.

Worth noting Killer of Sheep is another Milestone sublicense like Soy Cuba, and a longstanding Channel title predating To Sleep with Anger (with Walk repeated).

The Return of the Musketeers is with MGM (released by Kino).

Kino Heat has an exclusive commentary, but Criterion has some unique interviews including with the late Jewison.

Cohen previously released Wind with commentary and 90 min conversation, the Artificial Eye DVD included A Lesson in Cinema with Abbas Kiarostami (50 mins).

This is the newer Q&A

Withnail & I 30 years on: star Richard E Grant and director Bruce Robinson discuss the film | BFI - YouTube

[MovieBuff647]

Originally Posted by mikesncc1701

And? Plenty of 2K upscales look great on UHD.

Correct, but not every company has the funds to casually pour money into those. THE SHAPE OF WATER and WALL-E are exceptions and only sold as 4K duals because the titles sell themselves.

[CrimsonLegionVMCXIX]

Just the Musketeers for me. Hopefully, they follow BFI and announce Throne of Blood 4K for June next month.

[atBenLewis]

I sincerely hope ADVERTISING comes out in the UK…

[Shane Rollins]

The only thing that truly chaps me about Withnail And I is the continued exclusion of the theatrical cut, which apparently has never been on home video before.

The original cinema version of this film was shorter than the one that has since been released on video, laserdisc and DVD. Changes include:

-Marwood's opening voice-over has been redubbed.

-Marwood's speech about his thumbs having gone weird has been cut. The scene thus goes from the line "I don't feel good" to "Look at my tongue".

-Withnail's "I'm gonna pull your head off" has been cut.

-Danny's anecdote about The Coalman has been cut.

-Some dialogue concerning Withnail's current work and Marwood also being a thespian has been cut out of the scene at Monty's home.

-The scene of Marwood slipping in the mud and then angrily persuading Withnail to have another look at the shed has been cut.

-The first part of Withnail and Marwood's conversation with the major, concerning Withnail having been in the Territorials, has been cut. The scene in this version simply dissolves from Withnail and Marwood walking to the pub with Marwood's voice-over to the major bringing up the subject of Jake. Marwood's line about why Withnail lied to the major has understandably also been cut.

-The word Saveloy has been redubbed to Sausage.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094336...ef_=tt_dyk_alt

[willtopower]

Stoked for Killer of Sheep. A major film for me.

Will also definitely grab The Wind Will Carry Us. One of the last big Kiarostami I need to see.

[mclellandj]

I gotta say I'm appreciative that Criterion doesn't do the Limited Edition game. It really helps with picking and choosing titles every month - particularly upgrades.

[Watershipdownisgood]

Screw April man May is definitely a way way better month for me British comedy is freaking top notch plus In the Heat of the Night and the two Musketeers films this is a freaking great month.

I’ll be buying
Withnail and I
How To Get Ahead in Advertising
Musketeers two film set
In the Heat of the Night
Killer of Sheep

Also eight titles wow that’s insane for May plus Flow coming out later this year well I’ve got a great selection for May from Criterion. Also yes I had literally 0 interest in anything from Criterion in April so May beats April in every single way.

May slate>April slate

[BoydR12]

My list for the July sales keeps getting longer. For my sake I hope June will be a lighter slate, because I know July will be stacked as usual!

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by mclellandj

I gotta say I'm appreciative that Criterion doesn't do the Limited Edition game. It really helps with picking and choosing titles every month - particularly upgrades.

I agree. The only example I can think of is the Time Bandits slipcover for the 4K UHD. And that stuck around for months and might still be readily available.

[pikwik]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

Me first!



I've been wanting an Oliver Reed film in the Collection for years.

This wasn't it.

I disliked "The Three Musketeers". Tarantino really talked it up in "Cinema Speculation", so my expectations were too high.

[StarDestroyer52]

In for Umbrellas of Cherbourg, but it will have to wait till next payday. Already have the Kino 4K of ITHOTN and just picked up the Studiocanal 4Ks of the Musketeers films a few weeks ago.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by MovieBuff647

I think it's a temporary thing with Criterion picking up those Kino MGM 4Ks that are now OOP.

Maybe and probably likely, but Peter Becker has talked about having access to the new capital, so it’s possible that they have resources to do more. We’ve seen an unusual level of new commentaries, for example.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

Me first!
I've been wanting an Oliver Reed film in the Collection for years.
This wasn't it.

There are already three Oliver Reed films in the collection. (The Brood, Women in Love and Baron Munchausen.)

[MovieBuff647]

Originally Posted by DimitriL

Maybe and probably likely, but Peter Becker has talked about having access to the new capital, so it’s possible that they have resources to do more. We’ve seen an unusual level of new commentaries, for example.

You'd think they'd attempt to seriously improve their encoding if that were the case. Like, why can't they just already bring on Fidelity in Motion or VDMS for once?

[Dragun]

Did Criterion make a deal with Milestone Film & Video, since they released I am Cuba and Killer of Sheep? Perhaps Criterion will release other Milestone titles, like the 2022 restoration of Losing Ground.

[dwk]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

A bit surprising that The Wind Will Carry Us isn't coming to 4K too. It's definitely a new restoration/scan compared to what Cohen put out, though some may not like it as I'm noticing more teals and yellow hues compared to that release. Still looks like a notable upgrade in terms of detail though.

Even though they seem to take bigger chances than any other label with what they release on UHD, they've released a number of Kiarostami's films on disc, so they probably have a good idea on how well (or not well, most likely) they sell and thus know that they'd lose a bunch doing a UHD of this.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by MovieBuff647

You'd think they'd attempt to seriously improve their encoding if that were the case. Like, why can't they just already bring on Fidelity in Motion or VDMS for once?

I couldn’t begin to guess about their thinking, and I’m not a pixel peeper anyway, but I have noticed an enormous reduction in complaints about their encoding for 4k discs compared to the BD days.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by Matt89

Yeah, wouldn't surprise me if Criterion had these titles ready to go just before Kino snatched the UHD rights. Now that they're back with Criterion I can see them including one in each month's announcements until they reissue all of them.

That being said, will def be picking up In the Heat of the Night and Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

I tend to think Criterion wanted them all along, but MGM wanted them to hit the market on UHD sooner that Criterion was willing to to release them. So they entered the agreement with Kino probably knowing that they would pull them as soon as they saturated the market enough. These are simple re-issues for Criterion since they already have the Blu-rays with supplements in the market place.

Quite a few of MGM's licensing of some titles with Shout, Fun City, Arrow and Kino were very brief. I'm still angry that I missed A Fish Called Wanda with Arrow. It feels like sometimes that MGM likes to keep making deals. Except for Criterion, which MGM seems to like to have long term licensing agreements. These titles will no doubt stay with Criterion for the long haul.

It makes me think of when Twilight Time was in its prime and Nick Redman saying that MGM wants them to release the titles quicker than they were doing.