The Criterion Collection

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by Zen_Amako

Which Hitchcock films do they still have the rights to? Just The Lady Vanishes and The 39 Steps?

I believe they also have Foreign Correspondent which has been rumored since being dropped from the Warner Bros box set.

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by rkish

A bit OT...but is anyone having problems getting to Flicker Alley's website?

Yes, no dice.

[ShellOilJunior]

I'd imagine The Lady Vanishes would be the first.

Unfortunately Notrorious is out-of-print because that should be the first Hitchcock they go for.

Even so, I'd be ecstatic if they gave us Lady Vanishes/39 Steps in the same month (a la the 2 from P&P last summer).

[italy12]

Originally Posted by Coenp

I've also revisited this movie recently. First off; fantastic transfer! It looks very 'film like' with all that grain. No Spartacus or Patton disasters here!

The film, like Clouzot's Diabolique, is the best Hitchcock film not made by the master of suspence himself if you know what I mean.

I liked the (sexual) tension betwee Hepburn and Grant and laughed my @ss off with all the jokes made about the difference in age which is basically every scene!

Great movie...one of my favorites. I love the scene with dance and the fruit under their chins. Audrey is precious!

[italy12]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

We're about due for some Hitchcock. Possibly (2) of them announced?

Originally Posted by Zen_Amako

Which Hitchcock films do they still have the rights to? Just The Lady Vanishes and The 39 Steps?

I would LOVE any of those!

[ShellOilJunior]

The toy car in the opening of The Lady Vanishes would look awesome in HD

[rkish]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Yes, no dice.

Thanks CC!

[italy12]

Originally Posted by TJS_Blu

I believe they also have Foreign Correspondent which has been rumored since being dropped from the Warner Bros box set.

My wife and I watched that a few months ago from that box set...great film, and it would be a nice addition to "the collection" as well!

[italy12]

Originally Posted by shelloiljunior

the toy car in the opening of the lady vanishes would look awesome in hd

[Banned User]

Originally Posted by Zen_Amako

Which Hitchcock films do they still have the rights to? Just The Lady Vanishes and The 39 Steps?

I'd love to see Rebecca. It would be nice to see Criterion attempt to purchase the rights for a limited release of some of Hitchcocks other films. I'd pay a small fortune for a Criterion release of Shadow of a doubt. Or the trouble with Harry. The original The man who new too much or Secret agent are excellent films as well.

[Jayderek]

Originally Posted by Banned User

I'd love to see Rebecca. It would be nice to see Criterion attempt to purchase the rights for a limited release of some of Hitchcocks other films. I'd pay a small fortune for a Criterion release of Shadow of a doubt. Or the trouble with Harry. The original The man who new too much or Secret agent are excellent films as well.

I would agree.

The lack of Hitchcock on blu-ray is such a tragedy.

[Strevlac]

Whenever Criterion gets around to releasing Killer's Kiss, which I'm sure they will, they need to do their damnedest to obtain permission from the Kubrick estate to include Fear and Desire as a supplement.

[ccfixx]

I'm reading on criterionforum.org that Criterion via Facebook has said they're pushing the announcements off 'til Monday. So, plan accordingly.

[Der Spieler]

Re-watched Red Desert yesterday. Maybe I wasn't in the proper mood but God did I find it tedious this time. It was masterfully composed and photographed, but the actual "story" and characters were totally uninteresting to me. Carrado especially. I couldn't really understand his motives, nor cared to. He was just wandering around, talking slowly, offering half-witted philosophical insights on the world.

Scenes were long, nothing happened, and even though it was most probably supposed to convey a sense of isolation and alienation from the world - or something akin to that - it didn't save the movie from being painful to go through. There were certain scenes that stood above the ensemble, but the characters were mostly void. It may have been another Antonioni exercise on the shalowness of bourgeoisie, but God, let's hope he had something more to offer after devoting three movies to that.

I've read on and about the movie, I've seen it twice, but I'm still not convinced. I had the feeling that sometimes Antonioni was just trying too hard. Giuliana's sickness never really felt genuine to me, something was lacking in Vitti's interpretation. One has to display terrible patience to go through her scenes with Richard Harris. Both seemed to have absolutely nothing to say but slow, pseudo-philosophical verbiage.

I'll probably get trashed for this. People will tell me I'm not "getting it". But believe me, I am getting it. I'm just not really buying it. These characters did nothing for me. They didn't sound and acted like human beings. I couldn't relate with their problems and sufferings. At least the movie was a visual feast.

[Eny-]

Originally Posted by Jayderek

I would agree.

The lack of Hitchcock on blu-ray is such a tragedy.

Agreed. I wish Universal could issue the Masterpiece Collection on BD

[Arkadin]

catalog before 1970 in general is a tragedy on blu-ray.

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by Der Spieler

Re-watched Red Desert yesterday. Maybe I wasn't in the proper mood but God did I find it tedious this time. It was masterfully composed and photographed, but the actual "story" and characters were totally uninteresting to me. Carrado especially. I couldn't really understand his motives, nor cared to. He was just wandering around, talking slowly, offering half-witted philosophical insights on the world.

Scenes were long, nothing happened, and even though it was most probably supposed to convey a sense of isolation and alienation from the world - or something akin to that - it didn't save the movie from being painful to go through. There were certain scenes that stood above the ensemble, but the characters were mostly void. It may have been another Antonioni exercise on the shalowness of bourgeoisie, but God, let's hope he had something more to offer after devoting three movies to that.

I've read on and about the movie, I've seen it twice, but I'm still not convinced. I had the feeling that sometimes Antonioni was just trying too hard. Giuliana's sickness never really felt genuine to me, something was lacking in Vitti's interpretation. One has to display terrible patience to go through her scenes with Richard Harris. Both seemed to have absolutely nothing to say but slow, pseudo-philosophical verbiage.

I'll probably get trashed for this. People will tell me I'm not "getting it". But believe me, I am getting it. I'm just not really buying it. These characters did nothing for me. They didn't sound and acted like human beings. I couldn't relate with their problems and sufferings. At least the movie was a visual feast.

IMO, that is what this movie is about and many of Antonioni's other films. He believed that his interpretations were told through his images and subtlety was never his intentions. As for the comment a few posts later about Bergman, he basically says the same thing about Godard and Karina on occasion too. His comments can only be taken through his arrogance for himself.

[blkhrt]

Criterion just posted something that appears to be from Cul-de-Sac, so it looks like we might be getting it on Monday after all... (via Criterioncorner)

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by blkhrt

Criterion just posted something that appears to be from Cul-de-Sac, so it looks like we might be getting it on Monday after all... (via Criterioncorner)
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I just saw that too. Looks like that Times article was right about its upcoming releases after all. As this was what was stated too....

[Zen_Amako]

I wasn't able to get through Red Desert, and I was indifferent to L'avventura, but I really did like L'eclisse for some reason. The bold way he ended that film really stays with you.