The Criterion Collection

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm stoked about the upgrade of Carnival of Souls! I wish that they were keeping the same sexy cover art that was on the DVD, so I'll probably hold on to my DVD edition for that reason. Still, the idea of having a 4K restoration of this movie just blows me away. Great news!

Well, it looks like you'd have to keep the DVD anyway, for the "Director's Cut" of the film. I may be missing something, but they didn't mention that in the description of the new release.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

I suspect my opinion on Carnival of Souls has been severely tainted after watching it as part of an Elvira show. I thought the film was cheap, sure. But given all the praise it continues to get, I think I will have to buy a copy and give it another shot, without Elvira's comments.

I'd heard a lot about the film, but hadn't seen it until I bought the Criterion DVD. It wasn't terrible by any means, but I did find it rather dull.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Snicket

On Carnival...the pavilion in Salt Lake that inspired the film (and was filmed there?) has been converted and restored several times over the years and is now a really good concert venue. The stage is right near the shore of the Great Salt Lake, in fact next month I am seeing M83 there next month and am beyond excited.

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

Enjoy, sounds like a great venue! Saw M83 three years ago in Miami and it was one of the best shows I've seen, especially since I've been a fan since the early days. Shame that their new record is awful.

I am seeing M83 myself! In June! It will be the first time for me. I hear his new album isn't so great but I'm going to take a listen to it anyway.

[Bates_Motel]

Anyone notice Carnival of Souls is missing the director's cut that was on disc 2 of the old DVD? I assume its an issue with the elements, but I'm surprised the SD version isn't listed as an extra, although it says "More!".

[pedromvu]

I am just relieved that we finally got some upgrades

Looks like they are trying to use new 2K or 4K restorations for all their releases for quite some time, the only exceptions this year are The Emigrants/The New Land, The Naked Island and Bitter Rice which doesn't mean they are not good, but might be old enough (maybe from dvd days) when they weren't labeled like that.

I understand it is the more sensible decision to relegate some of their old releases until they have the highest quality source possible since there is always the possibility of a new restoration happening if you put out an older master too soon like it happened with Late Spring.

Also I always wondered why if they have more films in their pipeline than what they can work with, they decided to expand to the UK if they could have used those resources to actually hire more people and increase their output here, I guess since they will be the same releases it doesn't require that much extra work compared to doing a completely new release from scratch, there is also the possibility that increasing their output would not necessarily get them the same % of profit increase since all would be targeted to the same collectors, at some point we would end up with no more money .

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm just now seeing the July announcements.

I'm stoked about the upgrade of Carnival of Souls! I wish that they were keeping the same sexy cover art that was on the DVD, so I'll probably hold on to my DVD edition for that reason. Still, the idea of having a 4K restoration of this movie just blows me away. Great news!

Pencil me in as well for The New World and Muriel, or The Time of Return (another movie with Delphine Seyrig...woo hoo!).

I'm intrigued by A Touch of Zen and The In-Laws.

The In-Laws is just such a joyful comedy. So much fun and Falk and Arkin are one of the great odd couples. You're in for a treat, Owl.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Anyone notice Carnival of Souls is missing the director's cut that was on disc 2 of the old DVD? I assume its an issue with the elements, but I'm surprised the SD version isn't listed as an extra, although it says "More!".

I hope it's included as a "more".

[Polaroid]

I didn't realize The New World release was including 3 cuts of the film - thought it was just 2?

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by jw007

I am seeing M83 myself! In June! It will be the first time for me. I hear his new album isn't so great but I'm going to take a listen to it anyway.

I actually liked it.

Do It, Try It is fantastic.

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by polaroid

i didn't realize the new world release was including 3 cuts of the film - thought it was just 2?

new 4k digital restoration of the 172-minute extended cut of the film, supervised by cinematographer emmanuel lubezki and director terrence malick and featuring material not released in theaters, with both theatrical and near-field 5.1 surround dts-hd master audio soundtracks on the blu-ray
high-definition digital transfers of the 150-minute first cut and the 135-minute theatrical cut of the film, with 5.1 surround dts-hd master audio soundtracks on the blu-rays

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[Cook]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

I didn't realize The New World release was including 3 cuts of the film - thought it was just 2?

The criterion release includes:

The 150 minute cut that was shown to critics and guild members for one week (Christmas-New Years) in New York and LA on 2 screens in each city.

The 135 minute cut that was for general theatrical release.

And the 172 min cut that was released as a Special Edition on DVD, and later released on BD.

[Polaroid]

Yeah when I read supplements I didn't see the 150 min one so thought it was 2 cuts, awesome stuff

[ShellOilJunior]

This site will be down around 9 am EST for 24 hours. See you all later on Wednesday.

[Ausjdm]

The site is going down. If it never comes back I love you all lol.

Also everyone should buy The New World. It's a brilliant piece. Study the camera angles how much has been swiped from it since... Plus the back stories are epic. Chris Plummer trashing Malick after because his speeches got cut out by the score etc (self-important much?)

[SkyAntoine]

See you on the other side of the Criterion rainbow where all spines have new 4k transfers and every day is 50% off at B&N.

[shadedpain4]

::looks around::

hello?

anybody home?

[joie]

no. afraid 3-letter agencies are here. bye

[SkyAntoine]

2 hrs ago I offered to sell all of my OOP Criterions on here for $50. I had no takers so I guess I'll just keep them.


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[Firecrackker]

Do you guys like this movie and does it have decent replay value?

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Ausjdm

The site is going down. If it never comes back I love you all lol.

Also everyone should buy The New World. It's a brilliant piece. Study the camera angles how much has been swiped from it since... Plus the back stories are epic. Chris Plummer trashing Malick after because his speeches got cut out by the score etc (self-important much?)

Justin, you know we have a great bromance. The site is back, I'm happy to report.

Things got a bit dusty here though.

Where are those Swiffer wipes?

And you're right about The New World. "Brilliant" is just the beginning of what that movie is about. It's one of my 10 desert island movies for sure.