The Criterion Collection

[amputd]

Schulze Gets The Blues would make a great Criterion release. It seems like this is a forgotten film. Ripe for rediscovery.

[Fellini912]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Criterion has posted a picture of the packaging for Sorcerer at their site:

https://www.criterion.com/films/34370-sorcerer

One of my favorite films in 4K HDR with one of the worst covers that Criterion has made in recent years.

[TV2693]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Criterion has posted a picture of the packaging for Sorcerer at their site:

https://www.criterion.com/films/34370-sorcerer

I'm not a 'Sorcerer' fan, but that artwork and packaging is LAME-O.

The artwork for 'Carnal Knowledge' is as well. I'm keeping my Indicator release on pre-order.

[BoydR12]

I for one think the packaging looks absolutely awesome!

[Sommerswerd]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiuHyOtavek

[jesseb]

https://variety.com/2025/film/global...es-1236378161/
Variety has an article a restored 4K version of Chaplin's The Gold Rush will have a world premiere at Cannes, then get a June 26 release in cinemas worldwide.
Backed by French company mk2, Janus Films will handle the U.S. and U.K. screenings.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by BoydR12

I for one think the packaging looks absolutely awesome!

Same. Think it looks fantastic. Carnal Knowledge too. (Now the Indicator cover is abysmal, loosely from a poster that was dreadful. I always thought that sketch from the poster looked like the studio hijacked a high-school sophomore "that really showed promise" to render it.)

[DukeTogo84]

I have about 100 problems with Criterion, but their Sorcerer art is not one of them. It actually looks pretty good. Still, I'd rather them not be releasing Sorcerer to begin with...

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by jesseb

https://variety.com/2025/film/global...es-1236378161/
Variety has an article a restored 4K version of Chaplin's The Gold Rush will have a world premiere at Cannes, then get a June 26 release in cinemas worldwide.
Backed by French company mk2, Janus Films will handle the U.S. and U.K. screenings.

Great to see that it's a restoration of the original 1925 version! Hopefully it'll still use the Timothy Brock re-recording of the score. Now we'll just have to see if this ends up being the second silent film to get a 4K UHD release.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

I have about 100 problems with Criterion, but their Sorcerer art is not one of them. It actually looks pretty good. Still, I'd rather them not be releasing Sorcerer to begin with...

If there's anything that needs a 4k transfer, it's a Friedkin film designed for a massive, detailed screen presentation where you need to feel every bit of sweat and grime on the protagonists.

(This also applies to Wages of Fear, which was a revelation on 4k.)

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by DimitriL

If there's anything that needs a 4k transfer, it's a Friedkin film designed for a massive, detailed screen presentation where you need to feel every bit of sweat and grime on the protagonists.

Sure, but let WB handle it. Personally don't think it needed a Criterion slot for that month. Even with that, I'm pretty set with the Blu-ray. I only upgrade if the BD is a borked release and I usually don't buy the BD if it's a borked release, so I don't do many 4K upgrades.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Sure, but let WB handle it. Personally don't think it needed a Criterion slot for that month. Even with that, I'm pretty set with the Blu-ray. I only upgrade if the BD is a borked release and I usually don't buy the BD if it's a borked release, so I don't do many 4K upgrades.

I mean, that's fine, they would do a very good job. Also, about a tenth of the people who will see it on Criterion over the next 15 years would see it if it went out as a WB release. A Criterion release gives a film an ongoing lifespan, and a film that's basically been suffering in the dustbin of history for most of the last 50 years deserves to be elevated to that level of attention, you know?

The French Connection? I mean, even if they get back to the original grading (more or less), I'd love to see it there but it's more that it's NICE to have it there. But a maligned, misbegotten film that was treated like crap? I want it to have the eyeballs that Criterion brings for years to come.

[ToonySpoonGoon]

Maybe it will go in the inevitable Chaplin boxset, Countess in Hong Kong has a 4K DCP on Park Circus, feels inevitable they'll get to that soon

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Sure, but let WB handle it. Personally don't think it needed a Criterion slot for that month. Even with that, I'm pretty set with the Blu-ray. I only upgrade if the BD is a borked release and I usually don't buy the BD if it's a borked release, so I don't do many 4K upgrades.

It's a Universal license - Warner only handled the distribution for the Blu-ray (they also got a few other Universal titles, but all under the TCM Vault sublabel like Remember the Night).

While the Blu is certainly good - it's a bare-bones release with only remixed audio and fiddled color timing. Criterion is adding a more faithful presentation, 4K Dolby Vision, original audio, and tons of supplements.

This is exactly the sort of upgrade I like seeing Criterion handle rather than something like The Shape of Water or Wall-E, which don't really offer much over the studio editions.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

It's a Universal license - Warner only handled the distribution for the Blu-ray (they also got a few other Universal titles, but all under the TCM Vault sublabel like Remember the Night).

While the Blu is certainly good - it's a bare-bones release with only remixed audio and fiddled color timing. Criterion is adding a more faithful presentation, 4K Dolby Vision, original audio, and tons of supplements.

This is exactly the sort of upgrade I like seeing Criterion handle rather than something like The Shape of Water or Wall-E, which don't really offer much over the studio editions.

No, it's licensed from Warner, not Universal. Universal lost their rights to the film a long time ago. Warner has full home video distribution and streaming rights in the US.

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

No, it's licensed from Warner, not Universal. Universal lost their rights to the film a long time ago. Warner has full home video distribution and streaming rights in the US.

Interesting, didn't see the text on the discs in the product art photo, but it does definitely say Warner Bros!

[Fellini912]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Sure, but let WB handle it. Personally don't think it needed a Criterion slot for that month. Even with that, I'm pretty set with the Blu-ray. I only upgrade if the BD is a borked release and I usually don't buy the BD if it's a borked release, so I don't do many 4K upgrades.

Sorry Duke, but my calibrated Samsung 75 inch 4K OLED in a dark room disagrees. Some 4k releases from the boutique labels have been a true revelation.

I would buy a criterion 4k release in a paper bag for the transfer alone (there are a few exceptions).

I just visited New York metropolitan museum of art recently and really enjoyed non-cubistic non-abstract paintings like John Singer Sargent and Edwin Austin Abbey works. So my eyes are a bit jaded when dealing with cover art.

But then again some enjoy hamburger and fries and some of us like fine wine and caviar.

[Fellini912]

Originally Posted by BoydR12

I for one think the packaging looks absolutely awesome!

Look up Drew Struzan to learn about “awesome” movie art.

[Fellini912]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

While the Blu is certainly good - it's a bare-bones release with only remixed audio and fiddled color timing. Criterion is adding a more faithful presentation, 4K Dolby Vision, original audio, and tons of supplements.

This is exactly the sort of upgrade I like seeing Criterion handle rather than something like The Shape of Water or Wall-E, which don't really offer much over the studio editions.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by DimitriL

I mean, that's fine, they would do a very good job. Also, about a tenth of the people who will see it on Criterion over the next 15 years would see it if it went out as a WB release. A Criterion release gives a film an ongoing lifespan, and a film that's basically been suffering in the dustbin of history for most of the last 50 years deserves to be elevated to that level of attention, you know?

The French Connection? I mean, even if they get back to the original grading (more or less), I'd love to see it there but it's more that it's NICE to have it there. But a maligned, misbegotten film that was treated like crap? I want it to have the eyeballs that Criterion brings for years to come.

I agree with what you're saying, just not about Sorcerer. I saw it because of the WB release for the first time and seems like a lot of people are already big fans of the film. I'd rather Criterion use their slots for films that don't already have HD releases and save the big studio films for the big studios themselves.

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

While the Blu is certainly good - it's a bare-bones release with only remixed audio and fiddled color timing. Criterion is adding a more faithful presentation, 4K Dolby Vision, original audio, and tons of supplements.

This is exactly the sort of upgrade I like seeing Criterion handle rather than something like The Shape of Water or Wall-E, which don't really offer much over the studio editions.

Again, it's fine for the film itself to get a nicer upgrade, but rather it be handled by the studio itself and for Criterion to save their monthly minimal slots for films that don't have HD releases, and Criterion has about a 1000 of those. I'd take almost any of those before another 4K upgrade of a film that already has a decent to good Blu-ray.