The Criterion Collection

[Cremildo]

Loved Cronenberg's anecdotes in his closet video. We really can't judge books by their covers - or assume that certain filmmakers, as viewers, are partial to films similar to the ones they make. Tarkovsky liked The Terminator, Resnais was an X-Files admirer, and now we learn that Bergman had The Fly in his DVD collection.

[MovieBuff647]

Originally Posted by Wintermute

You can get Second Sight's 4K of Scanners right now (from Orbit or Atomic Movie Store, in the U.S.)



It's encoded by Fidelity in Motion, so even if Criterion released it, it almost certainly wouldn't look as good as the Second Sight disc.

All the same for THE BROOD 4K, for those interested. Second Sight also put out a 4K-remastered Blu-Ray, though it is Region B-locked.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Loved Cronenberg's anecdotes in his closet video. We really can't judge books by their covers - or assume that certain filmmakers, as viewers, are partial to films similar to the ones they make. Tarkovsky liked The Terminator, Resnais was an X-Files admirer, and now we learn that Bergman had The Fly in his DVD collection.

I’m pretty sure Bergman had RoboCop in his collection too.

Terrence Malick loves Encino Man and Zoolander.

[BobSimms]

Originally Posted by MovieBuff647

October Predictions:

DOG DAY AFTERNOON 4K

I didn’t know Dog Day Afternoon was rumored to be with Criterion…

[MovieBuff647]

Originally Posted by BobSimms

I didn’t know Dog Day Afternoon was rumored to be with Criterion…

Based on the 2025 slate leak, it is very likely with a label and Criterion is a safe bet. Its 50th anniversary was mentioned but nothing about a 4K release, unlike, say, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, which is coming from Warners directly.

DOG DAY AFTERNOON also has a completed 4K DCP, so yeah, it's likely coming very soon from a label.

[Watershipdownisgood]

So I noticed there are two Barnes and Noble stores in Aurora Colorado that have the last couple of titles I'm looking for minus Bicycle Thieves of course. I'm buying One False Move, and The Wages of Fear online so here's my plan to buy haul on Wednesday. It's an incredible long awaited haul for me so I'm pretty excited about picking all of these up.

Withnail and I
The Last Picture Show
How to Get Ahead In Advertising found a store that sells this
Godzilla
The Long Good Friday
A Dry White Season

[bonehica]

With only four picks, Cronenberg speaks volumes. Pure class.

[Taylor3978]

Originally Posted by Sommerswerd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUM9Wrn2F3c

Seeing a Canadian in the closet makes me wish for the day that we would see Keith Stata in the closet....

[MifuneFan]

Criterion has updated the extras for This is Spinal tap The Cutting Room Floor now says it will have 98 minutes of outtakes! Additionally more interviews were added relating to the 2009 Back from the Dead album. And finally they've also added an "Excerpts from The Return of Spinal Tap (1992)" extra too.

https://www.criterion.com/films/317-this-is-spinal-tap

Original:

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Rob Reiner, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Alternate 2.0 uncompressed stereo soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
• Three audio commentaries: one with actors Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer; one with Reiner, producer Karen Murphy, and editors Robert Leighton and Kent Beyda; and one with band members Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls
• New conversation between Reiner and actor Patton Oswalt
• The Cutting Room Floor, featuring outtakes, alternate takes, and abandoned subplots
• Spinal Tap: The Final Tour (1981)
• Trailers, promotional spots, media appearances, music videos, and commercials
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic Alex Pappademas

New cover by Dan Goldsworthy

New:

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Rob Reiner, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Alternate 2.0 uncompressed stereo soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
• Three audio commentaries, featuring Reiner; actors Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer; producer Karen Murphy; editors Robert Leighton and Kent Beyda; and band members Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls
• Conversation between Reiner and actor Patton Oswalt
• The Cutting Room Floor, featuring ninety-eight minutes of outtakes
• Spinal Tap: The Final Tour (1982)
• Excerpts from The Return of Spinal Tap (1992)
• Interviews with the band for its 2009 Back from the Dead album
• Trailers, media appearances, and music videos
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic Alex Pappademas

New cover by Dan Goldsworthy

There's a couple smaller changes too, like Spinal Tap: The Final Tour year was changed from 1981 to 1982, and they dropped the 'New' moniker from the Oswalt/Reiner conversation for some reason.

[HenryHill]

Originally Posted by DFR

However unlikely, I will dream that his visit was for The Shrouds and The Fly.

I hope you picked up the Scream Factory Fly box set before it went OOP because Disney will probably never allow a new physical release of Fox properties. The Shrouds will almost certainly be included in next Tuesday's announcements.

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by HenryHill

Disney will probably never allow a new physical release of Fox properties.

Kingdom of Heaven just got a 4K UHD release.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Kingdom of Heaven just got a 4K UHD.

And we just got The Abyss and Tombstone not long ago. Rocky Horror is on the way. Master and Commander should be announced for US release soon. (Not to mention the ongoing rumors that The French Connection is imminent on Criterion.)

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

I’m pretty sure Bergman had RoboCop in his collection too.

Terrence Malick loves Encino Man and Zoolander.

And Kubrick was such a fan of The Jerk that he seriously talked with Steve Martin early on about starring in what would become Eyes Wide Shut.

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by HenryHill

I hope you picked up the Scream Factory Fly box set before it went OOP because Disney will probably never allow a new physical release of Fox properties. The Shrouds will almost certainly be included in next Tuesday's announcements.

Seems like the only way Disney properties get a boutique release now is if the filmmakers push for it - Wes Anderson, Guillermo del Toro, Andrew Haigh, and Andrew Stanton so far. Cronenberg would definitely have the clout for The Fly and an upgrade of Naked Lunch. But good luck if it's a film by a director that's dead like John Ford, Howard Hawks, Frank Tashlin, or Robert Altman.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

Seems like the only way Disney properties get a boutique release now is if the filmmakers push for it - Wes Anderson, Guillermo del Toro, Andrew Haigh, and Andrew Stanton so far. Cronenberg would definitely have the clout for The Fly and an upgrade of Naked Lunch. But good luck if it's a film by a director that's dead like John Ford, Howard Hawks, Frank Tashlin, or Robert Altman.

Disney sees that line of names and goes: "Who, who, who and who the **** is that?"

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Disney sees that line of names and goes: "Who, who, who and who the **** is that?"

I'm honestly surprised they never did a Blu-ray version of the Ford at Fox set. Universal had zero problems justifying releasing all 14 of the Hitchcock films they own on 4K, let alone Blu-ray.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

Seems like the only way Disney properties get a boutique release now is if the filmmakers push for it - Wes Anderson, Guillermo del Toro, Andrew Haigh, and Andrew Stanton so far. Cronenberg would definitely have the clout for The Fly and an upgrade of Naked Lunch. But good luck if it's a film by a director that's dead like John Ford, Howard Hawks, Frank Tashlin, or Robert Altman.

The Girl Can’t Help It literally just came out on Criterion.

[Areyakiddin]

Originally Posted by DimitriL

The Girl Can’t Help It literally just came out on Criterion.

It's been out 3 years and the last pre-1970 Fox movie release in the US (not counting any of the Mill Creek and Sony disc reprints) until Sound of Music comes out later this year.

For reference, Warner Archive has released 8 Joan Crawford movies in the same amount of time.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by Areyakiddin

It's been out 3 years and the last pre-1970 Fox movie release in the US (not counting any of the Mill Creek and Sony disc reprints) until Sound of Music comes out later this year.

For reference, Warner Archive has released 8 Joan Crawford movies in the same amount of time.

And people had been saying the same thing about Fox and Disney at that point. They’ve been saying it since at least 2019. I’m not saying that they’re exactly shoving them out to the marketplace at a blistering pace, but the whole bunch of messages has been, “well, Disney is just not going to let this kind of release happen anymore,” and then, like, they do. We got All of Us Strangers from Searchlight last year after a flurry of speculation that it would never be released on physical media because Disney was trying to kill physical media. Then boom, there it is. There had been hot and heavy rumormongering that they’d even pulled the plug on Wes Anderson releases because it had been so long since Mr. Fox and Grand Budapest. It’s kind of exhausting.

[dwk]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

Seems like the only way Disney properties get a boutique release now is if the filmmakers push for it - Wes Anderson, Guillermo del Toro, Andrew Haigh, and Andrew Stanton so far. Cronenberg would definitely have the clout for The Fly and an upgrade of Naked Lunch. But good luck if it's a film by a director that's dead like John Ford, Howard Hawks, Frank Tashlin, or Robert Altman.

That is why I not so jokingly posted that Criterion should ask Scorsese to ask Lucas to ask Disney let them release Kagemusha on UHD.