The Criterion Collection

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Criterion could publish the script and put a big C on the cover.

I believe Taschen already released the exhaustive compendium for Kubrick's Napoleon.

Of course, since that edition was ridiculously limited and overpriced, you can always just grab the regular hardcover edition, which is what I chose to get.

[The_Iceflash]

Is it me or have they been slacking on selection lately?

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by The_Iceflash

Is it me or have they been slacking on selection lately?

I've not been wowed in a while, and tbh I'm not actually that excited about the announcement, whenever it will be done...

[spargs]

With today being a holiday here in the U.S., will the releases be announced today, or tomorrow?

Here's what I hope to see announced:

Bicycle Thieves
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Midnight Cowboy
Mulholland Drive
Red Beard
Le Samourai

3 upgrades, 3 new to the Collection

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by spargs

With today being a holiday here in the U.S., will the releases be announced today, or tomorrow?

Crap, I didn't even think about it being a holiday... "curses Batman!"

[ccg1978]

hoping Mulholland Drive is announced so I don't have to read about it every 5 posts...

[Fadeaway189]

DOes anyone know when the next criterion sale is through FYE, Barns and Noble, or criterion itself??

[Infernal King]

Originally Posted by Fadeaway189

DOes anyone know when the next criterion sale is through FYE, Barns and Noble, or criterion itself??

FYE: Don't know, I don't buy from them.

Barnes & Noble: Probably July.

Criterion: Before the end of the month.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Infernal King

Yes, I forgot that's true as well! It's a damn shame and proof that Criterion seems to only really care about Japanese film when it comes to Asian cinema.

Not necessarily. I imagine rights issues are a part of it, as well as condition of the masters. Keep in mind that they also released The Killer and Hard-Boiled on both LD and DVD, as well as both Supercop and Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East on LD. All of these are films they lost the rights to. I'd love to see them regain the rights to Bodhi-Dharma, and release it on Blu-ray; I have no idea if Milestone still has the rights to it, though.

But it's true that all of these are slight next to what they've released for Japanese films. I'm rather surprised they haven't managed to pry some of Zhang Yimou's earlier (pre-Hero) films out of Sony and MGM. And I'm hoping that now that Kino is letting go of Fallen Angels and Happy Together that the other early Wong Kar-Wai films they've released will likewise be available, and that Criterion will snatch them up.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Would LOVE I Am Cuba!

Yet another film that they released on LD, but never released on DVD. I imagine they don't have the rights to it anymore. At least two other companies have released it on DVD here in the States, the more recent one being five years ago. That company, Oscilloscope, has released about a dozen and a half Blu-rays since then, so maybe they'll release I Am Cuba at some point. On the other hand, all but one of their BDs are films made in the last half-dozen years, so I wouldn't hold my breath.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by spargs

With today being a holiday here in the U.S., will the releases be announced today, or tomorrow?

Originally Posted by lordmorpheus72

Crap, I didn't even think about it being a holiday... "curses Batman!"

Well, it's one of those "funny" holidays that not everyone takes off (though government offices and banks do), but they've skipped over Presidents Day before, so I imagine they will this year as well.

So, probably tomorrow.

[The Great Owl]

My announcement wishlist, just for fun...

In a Lonely Place
Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess
Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Ghost World
Equinox (Blu-ray upgrade)


C'mon Criterion... If Hoop Dreams can receive a Blu-ray upgrade, then Equinox can receive one as well. It's a crazy fun movie that needs a bigger audience.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Not necessarily. I imagine rights issues are a part of it, as well as condition of the masters. Keep in mind that they also released The Killer and Hard-Boiled on both LD and DVD, as well as both Supercop and Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East on LD. All of these are films they lost the rights to. I'd love to see them regain the rights to Bodhi-Dharma, and release it on Blu-ray; I have no idea if Milestone still has the rights to it, though.

But it's true that all of these are slight next to what they've released for Japanese films. I'm rather surprised they haven't managed to pry some of Zhang Yimou's earlier (pre-Hero) films out of Sony and MGM. And I'm hoping that now that Kino is letting go of Fallen Angels and Happy Together that the other early Wong Kar-Wai films they've released will likewise be available, and that Criterion will snatch them up.

Makes me wonder if the owners of the Kar-wai films have been wanting quadruple the price or something to renew the licences. Criterion, Kino, and Artificial Eye have all had Kar-wai films go OOP in the fairly recent past.

[Scottie]

I am feeling Le Notti Bianche and Le Samourai announcements today.

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Monthly repost.

Thanks for the repost of these... it's nice to see what has and hasn't happened, and then to speculate and be disappointed.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

For the upcoming February announcement, I will submit some predictions that I would consider extreme long shots. Not only have these films not beed rumored at, let alone confirmed, but each of them does not even have an North American DVD release. I mention them only because they need to be released some day:

Greed (von Stroheim)
The Mother and the Wh0re (Eustache)
Spring in a Small Town (Fei Mu)
Beau Travail (Denis)
City of Sadness (Hou Hsiao-hsien)

Already have the UK dvd of Beau Travail, and unless something is announced soon will be picking up the UK dvd of Spring In A Small Town, but I still would love to see this announcement. Nice choices.

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Well, it's one of those "funny" holidays that not everyone takes off (though government offices and banks do), but they've skipped over Presidents Day before, so I imagine they will this year as well.

So, probably tomorrow.

yeah, I'm sitting my office right now. Just wan't sure if the Criterion guys were or not. Either way, had a nice, traffic free drive in.

[Peachy]

Try to do my little prediction (or rather my wishlist) :

- Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
- Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi)
- After Hours (Martin Scorsese)
- Vargtimmen (Ingmar Bergman)
- Elevator to the Gallows (Louis Malle)

[The Great Owl]

Not necessarily Criterion-related, but some might be interested.

Louis Jourdan passed away this weekend at the age of 93. Jourdan starred in Letter from an Unknown Woman, Octopussy, Swamp Thing, Gigi, and several others.

"Spend the money quickly, Mr. Bond."

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Not necessarily Criterion-related, but some might be interested.

Louis Jourdan passed away this weekend at the age of 93. Jourdan starred in Letter from an Unknown Woman, Octopussy, Swamp Thing, Gigi, and several others.

Not to be confused with the singer/bandleader Louis Jordan.