The first feature-length comedy by Charlie Chaplin (Modern Times)—which charts a hapless prospector’s search for fortune in the Klondike and his discovery of romance (with the beautiful Georgia Hale)—forever cemented the iconic status of Chaplin and his Little Tramp character. Shot partly on location in the Sierra Nevadas and featuring such timeless gags as Chaplin’s dance of the dinner rolls and meal of boiled shoe leather, The Gold Rush is an indelible work of nonstop hilarity. This special edition features both Chaplin’s definitive 1942 version, for which the directoradded new music and narration, and a new restoration of the original silent 1925 film.
1942 version • 72 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratio
1925 version • 88 minutes • Black & White • Silent • 1.33:1 aspect ratio
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high-definition digital restoration of the 1942 sound version, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• New 2K digital transfer of the reconstructed original 1925 silent film, restored in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with a newly recorded version of director Charlie Chaplin’s score, presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
• New audio commentary for the 1925 version by Chaplin biographer and archivist Jeffrey Vance
• Three new programs: Presenting “The Gold Rush,” which traces the film’s history from original release to rerelease to 2003 reconstruction and features film historian Kevin Brownlow and Vancece; Music by Charles Chaplin, featuring conductor and composer Timothy Brock; and Visual Effects in “The Gold Rush,” featuring effects specialist Craig Barron and Chaplin cinematographer Roland Totheroh
• Chaplin Today: “The Gold Rush” (2002), a short documentary featuring filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo
• Four theatrical trailers
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Luc Sante and James Agee’s review of the 1942 version
This diabolical thriller was the first film from director Danny Boyle, producer Andrew Macdonald, and screenwriter John Hodge (the smashing team behind Trainspotting). In Shallow Grave, three self-involved Edinburgh roommates—played by Kerry Fox (An Angel at My Table), Christopher Eccleston (Elizabeth), and Ewan McGregor (Beginners), in his first starring role—take in a brooding boarder. When he dies of an overdose, leaving a suitcase full of money, the trio embark on a series of very bad decisions, with extraordinarily grim consequences for all. Macabre but with a streak of offbeat humor, this stylistically influential tale of guilt and derangement is a full-throttle bit of Hitchcockian nastiness.
1994 • 93 minutes • Color • 2.0 surround • 1.85:1 aspect ratio
FILMMAKER-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New, restored digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Brian Tufano, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Two audio commentaries: one by director Danny Boyle and the other by screenwriter John Hodge and producer Andrew Macdonald
• New interviews with stars Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox, and Ewan McGregor
• Digging Your Own Grave, a 1993 documentary by Kevin Macdonald on the making of the film
• Andrew Macdonald and Kevin Macdonald’s video diary from the 1992 Edinburgh Film Festival, where they shopped around the script for Shallow Grave
• Shallow Grave trailer and Trainspotting teaser trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp
After the death in 2004 of American theater actor and monologist Spalding Gray, director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) pieced together a narrative of Gray’s life to create the documentary And Everything Is Going Fine. Brilliantly and sensitively assembled entirely from footage of Gray, taken from interviews and one-man shows from throughout his career, it is a rich, full portrait—an autobiography of sorts—of a figure who was never less than candid but retained an air of mystery. In essence, this hilarious, moving, and revealing film has become Gray’s final monologue.
2010 • 89 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratio
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Making of “And Everything Is Going Fine,” featuring director Steven Soderbergh, producer Kathie Russo, and editor Susan Littenberg
• Sex and Death to the Age 14, Spalding Gray’s first monologue, created in 1979 and filmed in 1982
• Trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by writer Nell Casey, editor of The Journals of Spalding Gray
TITLE: And Everything Is Going Fine (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2154BD
UPC: 7-15515-09691-1
ISBN: 978-1-60465-597-1
SRP: $39.95
STREET: 6/19/12
Gray's Anatomy - Blu-ray
One of the great raconteurs of stage and screen, Spalding Gray (Swimming to Cambodia), came together with one of cinema’s boldest image-makers, Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic), for Gray’s Anatomy, a spellbinding adaptation of Gray’s 1993 monologue of the same name (cowritten with Renée Shafransky). In it, Gray, with typical sardonic relish, chronicles his arduous journey through the diagnosis and treatment of a rare and alarming ocular condition. For the monologist, this experience occasioned a meditation on illness and mortality, medicine and metaphysics; for the filmmaker, it was a chance to experiment with ways of bringing his subject’s words to brilliant, eye-opening life.
1997 • 79 minutes • Color/Black & White • 5.1 surround • 1.85:1 aspect ratio
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high definition digital transfer, supervised by director Steven Soderbergh, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• New interviews with Soderbergh and cowriter Renée Shafransky
• A Personal History of the American Theater, a monologue by Spalding Gray, filmed in 1982
• Theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Amy Taubin
The Samurai Trilogy, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki (The Rickshaw Man) and starring the inimitable Toshiro Mifune (Seven Samurai), was one of Japan’s most successful exports of the 1950s, a rousing, emotionally gripping tale of combat and self-discovery. Based on a novel that’s often called Japan’s Gone with the Wind, this sweeping saga fictionalizes the life of the legendary seventeenth-century swordsman (and writer and artist) Musashi Miyamoto, following him on his path from unruly youth to enlightened warrior. With these three films—1954’s Oscar-winning Musashi Miyamoto, 1955’s Duel at Ichijoji Temple, and 1956’s Duel at Ganryu Island—Inagaki created a passionate epic that’s equal parts tender love story and bloody action.
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954 · 93 minutes · Color · Monaural · In Japanese with English subtitles · 1.33:1 aspect ratio
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 · 103 minutes · Color · Monaural · In Japanese with English subtitles · 1.33:1 aspect ratio
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956 · 104 minutes · Color · Monaural · In Japanese with English subtitles · 1.33:1 aspect ratio
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high-definition digital restorations of all three films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-ray edition
• New interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson about the real-life Musashi Miyamoto, the inspiration for the hero of the films
• Trailers
• New English subtitle translations
• PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by film historian Stephen Prince and Wilson
The 39 Steps is a heart-racing spy story by Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho), following Richard Hannay (Oscar winner Robert Donat of Goodbye, Mr. Chips), who stumbles into a conspiracy that thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scottish moors—a chase in which he is both the pursuer and the pursued—as well as into an expected romance with the cool Pamela (Madeline Carroll). Adapted from a novel by John Buchan, this classic wrong-man thriller from the Master of Suspense anticipates the director’s most famous works (especially North by Northwest), and remains one of his cleverest and most entertaining films.
1935 • 86 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratio
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Audio commentary by Alfred Hitchcock scholar Marian Keane
• Hitchcock: The Early Years (2000), a British documentary covering Hitchcock’s prewar career
• Original footage from British broadcaster Mike Scott’s 1966 television interview with Hitchcock
• Complete broadcast of the 1937 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation, performed by Ida Lupino and Robert Montgomery
• Visual essay by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Leff
• Excerpts from François Truffaut’s 1962 audio interview with Hitchcock
• Original production design drawings
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Cairns
I can't talk about that aspect of complaints, because, up until I joined this forum, I never read any reactions/forum posts about the collection. I was just going by what they release vs. what they used to release. I wasn't aware of whether or not there has always been the same level of what we can call "complaining" about releases. Has there?
Completely agree with both of you. I am not against the more "mainstream" kind of releases, there are lots of people who actually love these films so I am sure not everyone is unhappy, but I think there should be a better balance between this kind of things. Taking the latest announcements as an example, I think the line-up could have been miles better if Criterion managed to balance things out. Keeping Shallow Grave but releasing just one Soderbergh instead of two and adding in its place a release in the same vein as the Hollis Frampton set. This would keep most people excited as there would be something fro everyone. In my opinion, the closest they have gotten to something like that was the April slate. We had the Hollis Frampton set, Alambrista! and Pearls of the Czech New Wave set for those wanting something "new" but also The Organizer, Late Spring and Harold and Maude for those looking for something they already love. I am sure if every month is like that there would be far fewer people unsatisfied. They should not quit what they are doing but instead trying to be more even each month .
Evenness seems to be all in the eye of the beholder. I believe most people would consider the Soderbergh releases fairly obscure, yet you site them as something of a popular crowd pleaser. I agree that they could have reduced them to one release, but I don't think they are as far off from a Hollis Frampton set as you think.
I sense that a lot of the problems many of you are having with Criterion's changes are a matter of your tastes evolving and theirs not coming with you. I envy a film palate that is not able to find something "new" as opposed to something "already loved" within Criterion's recent releases, but you must realize that you have become multiple deviations from the norm? When it takes a Hollis Frampton set to get you up, no economically viable company is going to be able to please you.
A good point was made that complaining about Criterion is quite healthy. Though I'm often perched definitively on the other side of those complaints, I can't disagree with that. Perhaps the complaints could be kept within the realm of reason though? Honestly I can't see much of any in most of the release schedule gripes.
I can't say I'm a Frampton fan but it's a release that basically sums up what I'd like Criterion to be doing - releasing hard to find and/or important films in the best possible quality.
I know I'm nitpicking here, but it seems so strange to hear people referring to "the two soderbergh releases." I can't be the only person here old enough to remember when Spaulding Gray was pretty notable, can I?
Please post the result if you proceed. I wrote three weeks ago to get the ball rolling on my replacement. No response. Wrote again a week later. No response. I don't want to send out the disc into the ethers, not knowing what to expect.
I just sent in the disc per instructions somewhere in this thread of the 3Colors thread. I can't find the specific post, but it basically said to send in the disc with your address and email. No email verification prior to sending it in was necessary, although I did send an email anyways but didn't get a response. My corrected White disc came 13 days after I sent it via USPS First Class mail.
Can anyone else shed light on the $10 certificates? Did CC stop giving these out with the replacements?
Evenness seems to be all in the eye of the beholder. I believe most people would consider the Soderbergh releases fairly obscure, yet you site them as something of a popular crowd pleaser. I agree that they could have reduced them to one release, but I don't think they are as far off from a Hollis Frampton set as you think.
I sense that a lot of the problems many of you are having with Criterion's changes are a matter of your tastes evolving and theirs not coming with you. I envy a film palate that is not able to find something "new" as opposed to something "already loved" within Criterion's recent releases, but you must realize that you have become multiple deviations from the norm? When it takes a Hollis Frampton set to get you up, no economically viable company is going to be able to please you.
A good point was made that complaining about Criterion is quite healthy. Though I'm often perched definitively on the other side of those complaints, I can't disagree with that. Perhaps the complaints could be kept within the realm of reason though? Honestly I can't see much of any in most of the release schedule gripes.
I think you have some interesting points. Evenness might be in the eye of the beholder but I still think there must be a kind of slate where everyone is pleased. This would be hard because most of the time people want to love/like every release and that probably is way more difficult than it sounds. I don't neccesarily want every release to be something like the Frampton set but they should release at least one of those each wave. The Soderbergh titles from that will be released in June might not be "mainstream" but still are something any other studio could have put out. At the end, thought, it is all about opinions and so in that I certainly agree with you .
The template for a perfect month would probably be:
[New] Important/Canonical Work (e.g. Apu Trilogy)
[New] Contemporary Title (e.g. Badlands)
[New] Relatively Obscure Title (e.g. Lonesome)
[Upgrade] Contemporary Title (e.g. In the Mood for Love, Wes Anderson)
[Upgrade] Classic Title (e.g. Le Samourai)
The template for a perfect month would probably be:
[New] Important/Canonical Work (e.g. Apu Trilogy)
[New] Contemporary Title (e.g. Badlands)
[New] Relatively Obscure Title (e.g. Lonesome)
[Upgrade] Contemporary Title (e.g. In the Mood for Love, Wes Anderson)
[Upgrade] Classic Title (e.g. Le Samourai)
The template for a perfect month would probably be:
[New] Important/Canonical Work (e.g. Apu Trilogy)
[New] Contemporary Title (e.g. Badlands)
[New] Relatively Obscure Title (e.g. Lonesome)
[Upgrade] Contemporary Title (e.g. In the Mood for Love, Wes Anderson)
[Upgrade] Classic Title (e.g. Le Samourai)
I'm pretty sure Criterion doesn't just pick what they want to release each month. They have a ton of titles in various stages of production (licensing, restoring, artwork, feature producing, etc) and then once all those things finally fall into place they put it on the schedule for release.
I'm sure there are plenty of times that Criterion would like a certain month's release schedule to look different, but they are still waiting on a commentary/interview/restoration to be completed on one of the titles they wanted in that month.
Sometimes i wonder if they push for as many "new" releases as possible each month, and the upgrades are what get added when a part of a new release falls behind schedule. I would think the upgrades would be more set to be released on short notice.
As a side note re: Badlands. Is a 40 year old movie contemporary?
For anyone who needs a copy of "The Last Temptation Of Christ":
I have a copy I'll sell for $22 Shipped to anyone who wants it.
The Copy I got from Amazon Yesterday, the Scorsese "Director Approved" Signature Sticker was damaged on... Which threw me into a OCD Frenzy... Long story short I went to Best Buy today and bought another copy, slit the top of the plastic open with a X-Acto Knife, removed the case, peeled the Sticker at the required angle, placed the sticker on my copy, put the Best Buy Copy back into it's plastic... And now I've got two copies. lol
So I'm looking to sell the Best Buy Copy for hopefully only a $10 loss(YES THE STICKER WAS WORTH THAT MUCH TO ME, God why am I like this? ).
As I stated, it still has the Plastic on it with just with a slit at the top... Still has the Best Buy Sticker on it ($29.99)... Still has the Receipt. And the Case itself has not be opened. All it's missing is the Scorsese Sticker.
$22 Shipped. No Tax. No Gas. No Shipping. No Wait until Mid Summer Sale.
PM me if interrested... Thanks for your time.
Last edited by Illy Scorsese; 03-18-2012 at 01:48 AM.
For anyone who needs a copy of "The Last Temptation Of Christ":
I have a copy I'll sell for $22 Shipped to anyone who wants it.
The Copy I got from Amazon Yesterday, the Scorsese "Director Approved" Signature Sticker was damaged on... Which threw me into a OCD Frenzy... Long story short I went to Best Buy today and bought another copy, slit the top of the plastic open with a X-Acto Knife, removed the case, peeled the Sticker at the required angle, placed the sticker on my copy, put the Best Buy Copy back into it's plastic... And now I've got two copies. lol
So I'm looking to sell the Best Buy Copy for hopefully only a $10 loss(YES THE STICKER WAS WORTH THAT MUCH TO ME, God why am I like this? ).
As I stated, it still has the Plastic on it with just with a slit at the top... Still has the Best Buy Sticker on it ($29.99)... Still has the Receipt. And the Case itself has not be opened. All it's missing is the Scorsese Sticker.
$22 Shipped. No Tax. No Gas. No Shipping. No Wait until Mid Summer Sale.
PM me if interrested... Thanks for your time.
I tried really hard to follow this. After you went to Best Buy, you had 2 sealed copies of Last Temptation, one with a good sicker, one with a bad sticker, right?
Why not just return the one with the bad sticker to Best Buy?
You should try emailing Jon Mulvaney at Criterion next time to see if he will replace it. My OCD bothers me every now and again when I look at my copy of 'For All Mankind' because I threw away the Al Reinert sticker, and I have been tempted to email and ask if I can get another one from them.
I'm not even a 'collector' like that, I just think the stickers look cool. *Nerd*
I tried really hard to follow this. After you went to Best Buy, you had 2 sealed copies of Last Temptation, one with a good sicker, one with a bad sticker, right?
Why not just return the one with the bad sticker to Best Buy?
That would have been the smart and sound thing to do...
Unfortunately I had already opened the one with the Bad Sticker Yesterday(I thought I could talk myself into not caring and just getting over it).
But yes, in hindsight, that's exactly what I should have done.
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