The Criterion Collection

[xanman]

Looks like they got the hint about pricing stickers this week:



Although check out the supply of City Lights that came out last week still covered:

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by The Narrator

Wes Anderson apparently has it in his contract that Criterion releases his movies, so I think anyone who was asking earlier now has an answer.

Moonrise Kingdom confirmed!

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by The Narrator

Wes Anderson apparently has it in his contract that Criterion releases his movies, so I think anyone who was asking earlier now has an answer.

So that means that even if they finally rerelease Life Aquatic we can immediately start *****ing about Moonrise Kingdom ?

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Moonrise Kingdom confirmed!

Originally Posted by pedromvu

So that means that even if they finally rerelease Life Aquatic we can immediately start *****ing about Moonrise Kingdom ?

If not sooner

[StLouisRibs]

A 4K scan has been done on Bicycle Thieves, but work has not begun restoring it yet.

[jw007]

I'm loving how Criterion President Peter Becker says regarding blu-ray upgrades that they can't just "pop them out". He talked about how difficult it is and to negotiate to get the films upgraded. He did mention there is a brand new 4k scan of Bicycle Thieves though in NYC, waiting for the blu-ray upgrade, that the company will get to very soon. Pretty exciting stuff!

[octagon]

Has anybody asked about The Ghost and Mr Chicken yet?

[shadedpain4]

Now that Criterion has officially referred to Warner Bros as a "partner", can we stop all of the "Nope, isn't gonna happen, Warner owns that film" posts?

[Snicket]

Michael Bay went to Criterion and asked them to release Armageddon.


This is way interesting.

[xanman]

Originally Posted by Snicket

This is way interesting.

Yeah I wish they would open up like this more often.

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Michael Bay went to Criterion and asked them to release Armageddon.


This is way interesting.

Yeah, loving the "inside take" on Criterion. This is so great.

[blkhrt]

Todd Haynes' Safe coming.

[jw007]

I just tweeted them!

I asked:

@wexarts Is Criterion ultimately hoping to have as many "big"/essential directors in their collection? What is your criteria for choosing?

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by xanman

Yeah I wish they would open up like this more often.

+1 Would be nice to be a yearly thing.

[Oblivion138]

The discussion on the difficulties of releasing Napoleon was especially interesting, I thought.

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by Oblivion138

The discussion on the difficulties of releasing Napoleon was especially interesting, I thought.

yeah, who knew there were so many versions, and so much unseen footage?!? It's crazy to think there is a 5 hour version and that the two premieres were different.

[thomasomalley]

Originally Posted by lordmorpheus72

+1 Would be nice to be a yearly thing.

They do the Wexner talk every November.

[jw007]

They'd love to do a new edition of Andrei Rublev!

[Oblivion138]

Originally Posted by lordmorpheus72

yeah, who knew there were so many versions, and so much unseen footage?!? It's crazy to think there is a 5 hour version and that the two premieres were different.

And you can't help but identify with the difficulty of how, as a producer of home media, does one handle a situation where a film originally projected three full 35mm frames side-by-side. Seriously, how does one make that work on a television set? It's a tricky situation.

[blkhrt]

Mention of Picnic at Hanging Rock, but no confirmation of anything soon. Boo.