The Criterion Collection

[LPMA]

I keep forgetting to watch that one.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Coen

My ranking so far:

1. Dancer In The Dark
2. Melancholia
3. Dogville
4. Breaking The Waves

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Of those four, I would rank them thusly:

1. Dogville
2. Melancholia/Dancer in the Dark/Breaking the Waves

Hunh. For me, it'd be:

1. Breaking the Waves
2. Melancholia
3. Dancer in the Dark
4. Dogville

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by StLouisRibs

(Though are there any indiciations what the next Powell/Pressburger is to be? In an ideal world maybe a box could round out some of the lesser-known ones.)

If that was the only announcement for the month, it'd be enough to me.

[Scottie]

It looks like whatever phantom page appears with this link today will be one of the hints to the August 2014 releases.

http://www.criterion.com/people/122082

I think Criterion has figured this out, though, as it hasn't worked during the past couple of times, but it's worth trying.

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by StLouisRibs

Though are there any indiciations what the next Powell/Pressburger is to be? In an ideal world maybe a box could round out some of the lesser-known ones.

The most probable seems 49th Parallel since it has been released on blu ray in France.

[alien2010]

Watched a rented DVD copy of Judex last night and I loved it. A perfect blend of art house and pulp cinema. One for pre-ordering.

[ShellOilJunior]

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Bananas/Take the Money and Run
La Strada
Midnight Cowboy
The Naked Island

[Polaroid]

My guesses: (more like hopes and dreams haha!)

Eraserhead
Mulholland Dr
Dancer in the Dark
Dogville
Tree of Life
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Mishima upgrade
and a Dogme Boxset

(this is a joke lol)

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

My guesses: (more like hopes and dreams haha!)

Eraserhead
Mulholland Dr
Dancer in the Dark
Dogville
Tree of Life
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Mishima upgrade
and a Dogme Boxset

(this is a joke lol)

I was just thinking yesterday that I would love this to be part of this announcement!
I can't hold myself any longer from purchasing it, but i would prefer a Criterion release, even though the already released Bluray seems to be excellent.
But I assume Criterion would include more extras (like the Fantastic Mr. Fox which had much more extras than the regular US release).

Except for this I would hope for the following, but really I don't see it coming. Not now, and not in many years to come..

Raise the Red Lantern
Farewell my Concubine
Cyrano (1990)
Indochine
Camile Claudel (1988)
Gandahar
Summertime
Mediterraneo

[spanky87]

The Road Home
Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962)
The Children's Hour
The Piano Teacher
some Ingmar Bergman upgrade

[edcresdee]

how long til the announcements?

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Bananas/Take the Money and Run
La Strada
Midnight Cowboy
The Naked Island

I hope you're right about Midnight Cowboy.

Originally Posted by edcresdee

how long til the announcements?

They haven't been coming lately until about 4-7 P.M. EST.

[The Great Owl]

I had a blast revisiting the Criterion Blu-ray of Godzilla again last night. Here's to one of Criterion's most underrated titles.

David Kalat's commentary tracks for both the original Godzilla and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! are wonderfully entertaining, and they're packed with great information.

There's one scene in Godzilla with four characters in the home of the elderly scientist (Takashi Shimura) that makes me think of Ozu's Tokyo Story, because of the way that the emotions of the characters are conveyed by the way that they are distanced from one another in the rooms while a fixed-point camera observes them.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I had a blast revisiting the Criterion Blu-ray of Godzilla again last night. Here's to one of Criterion's most underrated titles.

David Kalat's commentary tracks for both the original Godzilla and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! are wonderfully entertaining, and they're packed with great information.

There's one scene in Godzilla with four characters in the home of the elderly scientist (Takashi Shimura) that makes me think of Ozu's Tokyo Story, because of the way that the emotions of the characters are conveyed by the way that they are distanced from one another in the rooms while a fixed-point camera observes them.

I watched the Blu-ray, and listened to the commentary subsequently myself, and Kalat really is very animated, and interactive with listeners. Very fun and informative too. It made me interested in buying his book, but it appears to be OOP. I agree about that particular scene too, it's very Ozu-esque.

[The Great Owl]

Just to jump in on the announcement wishlist game...

The Vanishing
L'Avventura
Brute Force
Night in the City
The Naked City
Thieves Highway
The Lost Weekend
Elevator to the Gallows
Sullivan's Travels
Le Samouraï (I know it will not happen anytime soon, but I'll keep harping on them until it does.)

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by spanky87

The Road Home
Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962)
The Children's Hour
The Piano Teacher
some Ingmar Bergman upgrade

'The Magic Flute' please?

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

'The Magic Flute' please?

I'm desperately waiting for The Virgin Spring.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I just finished The Rules of the Game. Excellent film!

I definitely see a few rewatches in the near future to get all of the players down.

Agreed. It's probably my favorite French movie. Definitely worthy of repeat viewings.

[brandon_260]

Can we finally get that Hiroshima, Mon Amour upgrade this month? I would love to see L'avventura, but with L'eclisse just under a month away, it seems a little soon. Though, I do believe they released two Bergmans within three month of each other last year.

Speaking of L'avventura, the plan for tonight is to go see a new print of that, along with Resnais' Je t'aime, je t'aime.

[spanky87]

Originally Posted by brandon_260

Can we finally get that Hiroshima, Mon Amour upgrade this month? I would love to see L'avventura, but with L'eclisse just under a month away, it seems a little soon. Though, I do believe they released two Bergmans within three month of each other last year.

Speaking of L'avventura, the plan for tonight is to go see a new print of that, along with Resnais' Je t'aime, je t'aime.

Cool. I'm going to the Tuesday screening but report back on the quality of the print and presentation. Love that theater.