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[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Nothing really jumps out at me for April, oh well! I need to be saving my pennies anyway lol

yes, I feel the same.
Apart from the saving part.
I will use them to catch up with other Bluray purchases..

edit: Oh, so THE RIVER, is the river clue from the drawing? That's one down?

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by kuro_sawa

Barry Lyndon will never happen

I can dream :P

Originally Posted by filmmusic

yes, I feel the same.
Apart from the saving part.
I will use them to catch up with other Bluray purchases..

Well I have a huge backlog of Criterions I need to buy, have started to collect MoC and Arrow films, so having a poor C month does help haha! but still disappointing... I do love having something to look forward to lol

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

OMG! the April slate is amazing.

Yeah Amazingly MEH !

Anyway, glad your happy. Actually for me there are two possible titles I could get. Odd Man Out might be the one I get.. Sullivan's Travels maybe

[kuro_sawa]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

I can dream :P

As long as you know nothing awaits you but a puddle of drool on your pillow and WB repackaging their same master for the 10th time.........


Anyway, region codes and previous releases aside I agree these announcemetns are pretty outstanding. Gonna retire my Eddie Coyle dvd

[Polaroid]

Odd Man Out does have an awesome design though would look great as a digipak lol

Originally Posted by kuro_sawa

As long as you know nothing awaits you but a puddle of drool on your pillow and WB repackaging their same master for the 10th time.........

haha yeah its pretty annoying, how is their new Kubrick boxset?

I do wish they would just hand them over to another studio though...

[Scottie]

http://www.criterion.com/films/28173-odd-man-out

Taking place largely over the course of one tense night, Carol Reed’s psychological noir, set in an unnamed Belfast, stars James Mason as a revolutionary ex-con leading a robbery that goes horribly wrong. Injured and hunted by the police, he seeks refuge throughout the city, while the woman he loves (Kathleen Ryan) searches for him among the shadows. Reed and cinematographer Robert Krasker (who would collaborate again on The Fallen Idol and The Third Man) create images of stunning depth for this intense, spiritual depiction of a man’s ultimate confrontation with himself.

Disc Features
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Postwar Poetry, a new short documentary about the film
New interview with British cinema scholar John Hill
New interview with music scholar Jeff Smith about composer William Alwyn and his score
Home, James, a 1972 documentary featuring actor James Mason revisiting his hometown
Radio adaptation of the film from 1952, starring Mason and Dan O’Herlihy
PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith

http://www.criterion.com/films/657-sullivan-s-travels

Tired of churning out lightweight comedies, Hollywood director John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) decides to make O Brother, Where Art Thou?—a serious, socially responsible film about human suffering. After his producers point out that he knows nothing of hardship, Sullivan hits the road disguised as a hobo. En route to enlightenment, he meets a lovely but no-nonsense young woman (Veronica Lake)—and more trouble than he ever dreamed of. This comic masterpiece by Preston Sturges is among the finest Hollywood satires and a high-water mark in the career of one of the industry’s most revered funnymen.

Disc Features
New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 2001 by filmmakers Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (1990), a 76-minute documentary made by Bowser for PBS’s American Masters series
New video essay by film critic David Cairns, featuring filmmaker Bill Forsyth
Interview from 2001 with Sandy Sturges, the director’s widow
Interview with Sturges by gossip columnist Hedda Hopper from 1951
Archival audio recordings of Sturges
PLUS: An essay by critic Stuart Klawans

http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/110...e-crime-dramas

The great Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu is best known for the stately, meditative domestic dramas he made after World War II. But during his first decade at Shochiku studios, where he dabbled in many genres, he put out a trio of precisely rendered, magnificently shot and edited silent crime films about the hopes, dreams, and loves of small-time crooks. Heavily influenced in narrative and visual style by the American films that Ozu adored, these movies are revelatory early examples of his cinematic genius, accompanied here by new piano scores by Neil Brand.

http://www.criterion.com/films/679-the-river

This entrancing first color feature from Jean Renoir—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold. Enriched by Renoir’s subtle understanding of and appreciation for India and its people, The River gracefully explores the fragile connections between transitory emotions and steadfast creation.

Disc Features
High-definition digital transfer from the 2004 Film Foundation restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Archival introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir
Around the River, a 60-minute 2008 documentary by Arnaud Mandagaran about the making of the film
Interview from 2004 with Martin Scorsese
Audio interview from 2000 with producer Ken McEldowney
New visual essay by film writer Paul Ryan, featuring rare behind-the-scenes stills
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by film scholar Ian Christie and original production notes by Renoir

New cover by Kathleen Cantwell

http://www.criterion.com/films/1426-...of-eddie-coyle

In one of the best performances of his legendary career, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie “Fingers” Coyle in an adaptation by Peter Yates of George V. Higgins’s acclaimed novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. World-weary and living hand to mouth, Coyle works on the sidelines of the seedy Boston underworld just to make ends meet. But when he finds himself facing a second stretch of hard time, he’s forced to weigh loyalty to his criminal colleagues against snitching to stay free. Directed with a sharp eye for its gritty locales and an open heart for its less-than-heroic characters, this is one of the true treasures of 1970s Hollywood filmmaking—a suspenseful crime drama in stark, unforgiving daylight.

Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Peter Yates, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary featuring Yates
Stills gallery
PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and a 1973 on-set profile of actor Robert Mitchum from Rolling Stone

New cover by Michael Boland

http://www.criterion.com/films/27979...ence-de-la-mer

Jean-Pierre Melville began his superb filmmaking career with this powerful adaptation of an influential underground novel written during the Nazi occupation of France. An idealistic, naive German officer is assigned to the home of a middle-aged man and his grown niece; their response to his presence—their only form of resistance—is complete silence. Constructed with elegant minimalism and shot, by the legendary Henri Decaë, with hushed eloquence, Le silence de la mer is a fascinating tale of moral ambiguity that points the way toward Melville’s later films about resistance and the occupation (Léon Morin, Priest; Army of Shadows) yet remains a singularly eerie masterwork in its own right.

Disc Features
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
24 Hours in the Life of a Clown (1946), Melville’s seventeen-minute first film
New interview with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau
Interview with Melville from 1959
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien

[belcherman]

Definitely in for Odd Man Out, Sullivan's Travels and The Friends of Eddie Coyle. April will not be the cruelest month this year.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by kuro_sawa

Barry Lyndon will never happen

I was wondering about 'Barry Lyndon' myself, but I just can't imagine Warner parting with any of their Kubrick library.

[Gusto-Guus]

Odd man Out and Le silence de la mar are the 2 I look forward to.

[spargs]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

OMG! the April slate is amazing.

I agree, Brad. After what I felt was a "meh" March, 4 definite must-buys for me in April... The Friends of Eddie Coyle (upgrading my dvd), Le Silence de la Mer (Melville! Melville! Melville!), Odd Man Out, and Sullivan's Travels.

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by alien2010

Same here. Two titles I already own, whilst The Friends of Eddie Coyle is not a film I would watch all the the time.

I've seen alot of his previous films, Breaking Away, Eyewitness, Krull, The Deep, For Pete's Sake, never seen this one so it will be a blind buy for me.

[BohemianGraham]

Fack, I can't afford April, I wants them all.

[PipesDonatello]

I can't even pretend to be excited about these.

[octagon]

I've been dying to blind buy The Friends of Eddie Coyle so that's good news.

I need to look a little more closely at the respective supplements before making a decision but I'll definitely be getting Sullivan's Travels from somebody.

Already have Odd Man Out and Le Silence de la Mer and I don't know much about The River so it might be a light month for me.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Sullivan's Travels
Tired of churning out lightweight comedies, Hollywood director John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) decides to make O Brother, Where Art Thou?—a serious, socially responsible film about human suffering. After his producers point out that he knows nothing of hardship, Sullivan hits the road disguised as a hobo. En route to enlightenment, he meets a lovely but no-nonsense young woman (Veronica Lake)—and more trouble than he ever dreamed of. This comic masterpiece by Preston Sturges is among the finest Hollywood satires and a high-water mark in the career of one of the industry’s most revered funnymen.

"Scripts, get me a copy of O Brother...Second thought, make that two copies, why should I have to suffer alone?"
(Nice to see that they avoided the temptation for asking the Coens what they thought of the movie, just because of other showoff titles.)

Now that we have more Sturges on Criterion, does that mean we're one step closer to "Unfaithfully Yours", or is Warner still keeping it prisoner in the Archive dungeon?

[Scottie]

I will blind buy Eclipse Series 42 because I truly admire Ozu and I can't imagine having a negative reaction to these three.

I can't say I'm really a fan of The Friends of Eddie Coyle, but I'm going to try to find it and watch it again before committing to a purchase (the first time I watched it I was in a bad mood).

I will try to watch Odd Man Out ahead of time because, while it sounds good, it doesn't sound like something I would watch more than once. Furthermore, I had a bit of a negative reaction towards The Third Man (not seeing all of the hype) and I don't want to have the same reaction.

The River sounds like something I will adore. It sounds very similar to The Big City in how individuals are growing up in a changing world, as well as with the environment.

I own the UK Blu-ray of Le silence de la mer so this will give me a reason to finally watch it ahead of time. I really love Army of Shadows and Le Cercle Rouge, so I don't see why I won't like it. Speaking of, I still have Two Men in Manhattan to finally get around to.

Sullivan's Travels is a must buy. My favorite Sturges film and one with a lot of heart to it.

[buffetfroid]

Good month for upgrades (I have the Melville on MoC dvd). Only had Odd Man Out on VHS so this is good. Interested in the Ozus too

[AaronJ]

I will be picking up Sullivan's Travels for sure. That's a no-brainer.

Nothing else really grabs me.

[buffetfroid]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Now that we have more Sturges on Criterion, does that mean we're one step closer to "Unfaithfully Yours", or is Warner still keeping it prisoner in the Archive dungeon?

Hopefully Hail the Conquering Hero or Miracle of Morgan's Creek

[The Great Owl]

Odd Man Out, Sullivan's Travels, and The Friends of Eddie Coyle for sure!

I already own the MoC Blu-ray of Le Silence de la Mer, so I might hold on to that disc unless the virtues of the Criterion edition are vastly superior. It's a brilliant and understated masterpiece.