The Criterion Collection

[SpiderBaby]

I know it says this fall. That is what I was getting at for the people who think it was going to be announced now. Criterion has months planned ahead.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Yeah, the announcement should be sometime toward the end of next week, I'd think. And the five releases for June are a nice welcome, but I don't think we'll get five releases every month. Four releases per month is ideal for me. I just wish Criterion could spread them out over the entire month. I'd like a new Criterion release to be delivered to my house every week.

CC

You'll have your wish for June.

[ShellOilJunior]

Starting to think Hulot's Holiday is a possibility for July (Thin Red Line is fall).

It's a film Criterion would ONLY release in the summer months (I think).

I'd buy it day 1.

[SpiderBaby]

M. Hulot’s Holiday should be a July or August release.

If in July, we could see 2 re-releases in M. Hulot’s Holiday and The Red Shoes in the same month.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

M. Hulot’s Holiday should be a July or August release.

If in July, we could see 2 re-releases in M. Hulot’s Holiday and The Red Shoes in the same month.

Admittedly, I haven't seen Red Shoes yet. I'll see it on the 17th--- the restored print to be exact. Can't wait!


Hulot's Holiday (recently restored) and Red Shoes would be great for July.

[g.schweet]

Originally Posted by rezpekt

Wait, when did this happen in Fantastic Mr. Fox?

[captveg]

I wonder how much longer they'll be working on Jour de fete? I could see that one being paired with M. Hulot's Holiday.

[retablo]

Originally Posted by g.schweet

Wait, when did this happen in Fantastic Mr. Fox?

I thought maybe they were doing Disney's "Fox and the Hound"? Or that Jodie Foster movie "Foxes"?

[nablock]

From criterionforum:

"I bet that October will be an all horror month and will have Cronos, House, and Antichrist."

I could see that happening, and it would be awesome. They already said Antichrist in the fall, so it could happen!

[g.schweet]

Originally Posted by captveg

I wonder how much longer they'll be working on Jour de fete? I could see that one being paired with M. Hulot's Holiday.

I actually saw both those about a month ago as a double feature. And if the print I saw of Jour de fête is any indication of the sources Criterion has, it definitely needs a lot of work. The new Monsieur Hulot's Holiday print looked magnificent though.

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by g.schweet

Wait, when did this happen in Fantastic Mr. Fox?

I would like it to be the FANTASTIC MR FOX, yet something feels more harsh .. what about THE FOX from 1967?

[captveg]

Someone on criterionforum.org related the following Facebook exchange -

Person: As the rights to Orpheus are still owned by Janus, is there any chance that it will be re-released in either a remastered DVD/Blu Ray or through the Essential Art House Collection? It'd be really sad to see that title stay out of print solely because the rights to the other two films were taken away.

Criterion: Orpheus comes back from the underworld.

So, it looks like a stand-alone re-issue of Orpheus is in our future, and I can't imagine them re-releasing it without going Blu.

[Jwilly019]

Originally Posted by kndy

I highly recommend looking at the Criterion "Explore top 10" lists which other notable filmmakers recommend from the Criterion Collection:

http://www.criterion.com/explore/top10

and you can look for my Criterion list (MS Excel) or PDF format which I tend to update that features Maltin and Ebert's picks as well.

Thanks, I look through both of those.

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

hmmm, Le Cercle Rouge prob.

I picked this one up, though I probably won't get around to it until this weekend.

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Then, you need to watch more films, Justin.

CC

I'm tempted to ask what's worse (as I'm sure they're out there), but I think I'll pass.

Justin

[KubrickFan]

Originally Posted by Eny-

I send an e-mail on March 5th confirming the total amount before paying and they confirmed it, so on April 2nd I sent the payment (I was moving to a new apartment), now I receive an e-mail saying that they stopped sending the replacement cases abroad...

That's too bad. I wondered why they did that. I'll have to ask someone here to buy them for me (if they're kind enough to do that for me )and ship them to me, when I finally get around to buy the last three cardboard cased Criterions I'm still missing. But hey, they'd probably be cheaper that way.

[Kevtronn]

Originally Posted by nablock

From criterionforum:

"I bet that October will be an all horror month and will have Cronos, House, and Antichrist."

I could see that happening, and it would be awesome. They already said Antichrist in the fall, so it could happen!

I would really like to see Criterion release House (Hausu) as a blu-ray release! One would think that they would release Antichrist on blu seeing that it has already been released in France & UK on blu.

[captveg]

DVD Beaver review of the Region B Kinowelt City Lights Blu-ray:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare/citylights.htm

Seems they may have cropped a bit too much on the top. This film was of the era where the soundtrack encroached on the real estate of the 1.37:1 academy ratio frame, so the OAR should actually be 1.20:1, with slight pillarboxing on the sides (which would make the pillarboxing of the HD 1.78:1 encode slightly wider on each side). Perhaps the slight cropping on the top is due to making a 1.20:1 image fit a 1.37:1 framing?

Hopefully Criterion's is a bit more accurate in this regard.

[cferreiro]

Originally Posted by KubrickFan

That's too bad. I wondered why they did that. I'll have to ask someone here to buy them for me (if they're kind enough to do that for me )and ship them to me, when I finally get around to buy the last three cardboard cased Criterions I'm still missing. But hey, they'd probably be cheaper that way.

This is strange because I had replacement cases sent to me a week ago. I'm based in Australia. Unfortunately they don't ship regular releases with a disc included!

[frozenhamster]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

I would like it to be the FANTASTIC MR FOX, yet something feels more harsh .. what about THE FOX from 1967?

It's obviously Lars Von Trier's Antichrist. A reference to the "choas reigns" scene.

[Bruce Morrison]

I just watched the new Criterion BD of 'Days Of Heaven' and was quite surprised to see noticeable edge enhancement, with white haloes surrounding characters and buildings framed against the sky in many shots. Examples include shots at 17' 05", 18' 20" and 54' 22" among several others.

There is also some strange source damage on the shot starting at 78' 05", where a dark band is visible down the right side of the screen. Were there no alternative sources that could have been used for this shot?

These issues are also present on their earlier DVD edition, as the same HD transfer was used for both releases.

Most reviews have praised Criterion's transfer almost unreservedly, but I suspect many reviewers have been seduced by the beautiful cinematography. I'm sure this new Blu-ray is the best that the film has ever looked on home video formats, but has nobody else noticed these flaws?

[jsummers157@]

I certainly did not notice any of the issues you did. I thought the quality was amazing, especially for a film this age. Yes, the cinematography was as good as any other movie, but the quality of the BD itself was really incredible, imo.