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[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

What an awful trailer haha, first one was such much better - completely changed the film mood!

Still very excited though !

Agree, not a very good trailer, but to be fair, the one from This Must be The Place didn't gave me any reason to see it, and was very surprised by the film, it has an amazing cinematography by Luca Bigazzi, after checking IMDB it seems he works pretty much on all Sorrentino films including this one, so there is still hope.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Pathe sent a press pack for Paolo Sorrentino's (The Great Beauty Blu-ray) latest film, Youth. Cannes Premiere this month.

Official poster and French trailer are below.

[Show spoiler]Youth - Bande-annonce officielle HD - YouTube

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Looking at the poster all I could think of (other than the young lady's assets) was Joe Pesci announcing "I just saw that movie YOUT!"

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Yami

Warner Archive said last year that it was "under consideration" for Blu, but since then their DVD release has went OOP so I wouldn't be surprised at all if it went to Criterion. In fact, back in November, it was noted that these went OOP at around the same time:

Dreams (Akira Kurosawa)
Blow Up (Michelangelo Antonioni)
The Breaking Point (Michael Curtiz)
Barcelona (Whit Stillman)
Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles)
The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston)
A Face in the Crowd (Elia Kazan)
Klute (Alan Pakula)
Day for Night (Francois Truffaut)
Before Sunset (Richard Linklater)
Cat People (Jacques Tourneur)
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater)

Day for Night and the Before Trilogy have already been confirmed as future Criterion releases, and Whit Stillman has made no secret of wanting Criterion to release Barcelona so that's also likely.

I'd love to see the whole Val Lewton DVD set come to blu, but I guess only the original Cat People went OOP?

[ElliesDad]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

The first one that came to mind was Giulietta Masina in La Strada.

Or in the future Criterion release

[Show spoiler] (if indeed there is such a thing as divine providence)

Nights of Cabiria.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by ElliesDad

Or in the future Criterion release

[Show spoiler] (if indeed there is such a thing as divine providence)

Nights of Cabiria.

I'd like that too but I'm guessing that there's a better chance for Juliet of the Spirits or La Strada since they're not OOP.

[pedromvu]

So in the new year drawing, in addition to Two Days, one Night, Before Trilogy and I've heard also possibly Brighter Summer Day, it was also a clue of Day for Night, they are really packing these drawings.

Also Moonrise Kingdom although that also involves other part of the drawing.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by pedromvu

Agree, not a very good trailer, but to be fair, the one from This Must be The Place didn't gave me any reason to see it, and was very surprised by the film, it has an amazing cinematography by Luca Bigazzi, after checking IMDB it seems he works pretty much on all Sorrentino films including this one, so there is still hope.

I still need to see that

I think the trailer music was the worst bit lol, I loved the music in the first one!

[easydreamer]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I'd like that too but I'm guessing that there's a better chance for Juliet of the Spirits or La Strada since they're not OOP.

The OCN of La Strada cannot be accessed out of Italy, and that's why the JP Blu-ray of La Strada was restored from the inter negative that had been available in Japan. And this is possibly why there is no other Blu-ray of this title available (no suitable master is available anywhere else).

So, I guess the best bet would be to have it restored at Bologna like The Conformist, then Criterion or other labels can use that master for their own Blu-ray. I wonder when, though.

[CriterionBlues]

Originally Posted by pedromvu

So in the new year drawing, in addition to Two Days, one Night, Before Trilogy and I've heard also possibly Brighter Summer Day, it was also a clue of Day for Night, they are really packing these drawings.

Also Moonrise Kingdom although that also involves other part of the drawing.

You're right, Day for Night is definitely in there. Also the moon part in the Moonrise Kingdom clue references Before Midnight. Kudos to Criterion for this year's drawing.

[shadedpain4]

Any fans? I liked Carlos a lot, but was pretty indifferent about Summer Hours. I really enjoyed Clouds of Sils Maria, which was enough to motivate me to seek out more of his work. The only other work of his I'd seen was his segment in Paris Je t'aime.

I picked up copies of Irma Vep and Clean for cheap, and have Bording Gate and Something In The Air on order. I'd love to get an English friendly copy of HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien, but those are super expensive.

Anything I'm missing? Any Demonlover fans? Is his earlier work worth seeking out?

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

What are peoples top 5 jaw dropping performances in collection? (go to 10 if you can!)

Charles Vanel in The Wages of Fear
Lee J. Cobb in Twelve Angry Men
Kinuyo Tanaka in The Life of Oharu
Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves
Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront
Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator
Ruth Gordon in Rosemary's Baby
Sydney Blackmer in Rosemary's Baby
Maribel Verdú in Y Tu Mama Tambien



By the way, the blu-ray of The Rose is currently on sale for $19.99 at Deep Discount.

Here is the link:

http://www.deepdiscount.com/criterio...e/715515146418

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Any fans? I liked Carlos a lot, but was pretty indifferent about Summer Hours. I really enjoyed Clouds of Sils Maria, which was enough to motivate me to seek out more of his work. The only other work of his I'd seen was his segment in Paris Je t'aime.

I picked up copies of Irma Vep and Clean for cheap, and have Bording Gate and Something In The Air on order. I'd love to get an English friendly copy of HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien, but those are super expensive.

Anything I'm missing? Any Demonlover fans? Is his earlier work worth seeking out?

The only one i couldn't get into is Something In the Air, but apart from that the only ones I have seen are the ones released by Criterion, can't wait to see Clouds of Sils Maria from the comments in here, in the meantime i will try to check his back catalog, have heard pretty good things about Irma Vep.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

What are peoples top 5 jaw dropping performances in collection? (go to 10 if you can!)

Anyone who doesn't list Maria Falconetti in Passion of Joan of Ark is off his/her rocker.

[The Great Owl]

I've always been a huge fan of the 1960 Godard film, Breathless, and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of seeing it on a big theater screen last year.

I decided, however, to give the 1983 remake a chance today, and I'm glad that I did. While it does not hold a candle to the original film, it's still plenty engaging. Richard Gere and, especially, Valérie Kaprisky are endlessly watchable. The soundtrack, which includes the blazing cover of Jerry Lee Lewis's "Breathless" by one of my favorite bands, X, is the perfect touch.

I won't go so far as to say that it's a great film, but it's 1980s awesomeness across the board, and I've seen worse remakes.

[ShellOilJunior]

It's easy to look back and wonder why people were reluctant to give Welles money to make films. Let's not forget the man was not a saint. What I wouldn't give to hear some of the conversations he had with studio suits and producers over the years.

The biggest disappointment with Welles was he never found a steady source of funding to make movies. I think the current environment would be much better for his style. Investors would line-up once he proved his profitability. Just make a little bit of dough, never lose money and they keep coming back. Woody Allen has done this for decades.

[Yami]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

I'd love to see the whole Val Lewton DVD set come to blu, but I guess only the original Cat People went OOP?

The box set went OOP as well

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Anyone who doesn't list Maria Falconetti in Passion of Joan of Ark is off his/her rocker.

yes, definitely.

I was thinking Brando in On The Waterfront, as well.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

yes, definitely.

I was thinking Brando in On The Waterfront, as well.

Still about as good of a performance as there is in film. For modern performances, I place Bruno Ganz's performance in Downfall up against anything from the past, including Brando's.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

It's easy to look back and wonder why people were reluctant to give Welles money to make films. Let's not forget the man was not a saint. What I wouldn't give to hear some of the conversations he had with studio suits and producers over the years.

The biggest disappointment with Welles was he never found a steady source of funding to make movies. I think the current environment would be much better for his style. Investors would line-up once he proved his profitability. Just make a little bit of dough, never lose money and they keep coming back. Woody Allen has done this for decades.

My apologies if this has been mentioned, but Orson Welles is on TCM's Friday Night Spotlight for May. Tonight they're showing Touch of Evil, The Lady From Shanghai, Mr. Arkadin, and Journey Into Fear, starting at 8pm EST.

...and just to keep the post Criterion-related, Foreign Correspondent will be playing afterward, at 3:15am ☺

[jw007]

I'm trying to remember, does Criterion ever announce releases on Fridays? Next Friday is the 15th, so just trying to figure this out.

If anyone knows, let me know!

Happy weekend ya'll.