The Criterion Collection

[lilboyblu]

Cat People would be great. Curse of the Cat People would be even better. Blu-rays of that entire Val Lewton DVD set would be sensational.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

[Show spoiler]

A Criterion release of Cat People, or any of the Val Lewton horror films, would be spectacular.

The Val Lewton Horror Collection is one of the shining jewels of my DVD years, and I've love to upgrade those films.

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Am I the only one on this site that really loves DigiBooks and DigiPaks? Sometimes it really seems like it.

Nope. I love them. I have nearly 40 DigiBooks, and I'm not sure offhand how many DigiPaks I have from Criterion. I'd guess 16. I only buy movies I really like, or think I will like. But if I have a choice between a regular release, or a booklet release, I'll choose the latter.

[GoodAsBlu]

Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

That was the 1982 version, this would be the 1942 one.

I knew I should have stayed out of a Criterion discussion thread!

[PowellPressburger]

the clue seems so detailed with the humans that I keep thinking it may not be Cat People... why not just do a cat in human form ? the humans just seem so realized it seems like a clue for something else.

[dsman71]

Ill guess Cat People since Criterion is able to get some Warner titles, but it's still under "unique circumstances". Criterion has their own remastering equipment in-house. They probably did some restorations for Warner in exchange for a few choice titles

[MifuneFan]

Reposting this again. It looks like another one off the list. Looking more and more like all of these might be with Criterion

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.

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

the clue seems so detailed with the humans that I keep thinking it may not be Cat People... why not just do a cat in human form ? the humans just seem so realized it seems like a clue for something else.

I wonder if the fact they're sitting on polka dot chairs mean anything?

[MifuneFan]

It's definitely for Cat People

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

I wonder if the fact they're sitting on polka dot chairs mean anything?

I thought they were mimicking the spots you see on large cats like cheetahs

[jshaide]

Didn't notice the Joachim Trier video until just now. Is criterion releasing Oslo, May 31st?

[monorail91]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

My first guess was Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! because the pattern on the furniture looks like the cats' fur, so the film title could be a warning to the cats to run away or attack the humans to avoid being skinned. Knowing Russ Meyers is coming to the CC also helps.

Probably a stretch though - Cat People seems more on point.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by monorail91

My first guess was Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! because the pattern on the furniture looks like the cats' fur, so the film title could be a warning to the cats to run away or attack the humans to avoid being skinned. Knowing Russ Meyers is coming to the CC also helps.

Probably a stretch though - Cat People seems more on point.

Faster Pussycat was just recently released on bluray by Russ Meyer's estate, so I'm sure they wouldn't let Criterion touch it in the foreseeable future.

[Oscar Rothman]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

I wonder if the fact they're sitting on polka dot chairs mean anything?

Double clue? Cat People and The Leopard Man?

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Oscar Rothman

Double clue? Cat People and The Leopard Man?

Hmmmm. Good thinking. I hope so.

[ShellOilJunior]

Triple clue. Bringing Up Baby.

[MifuneFan]

I do think it's possible that it's a Val Lewton set. Apparently the Warner set went. OOP the same time as the ones posted above

[Knaldskalle]

Originally Posted by dsman71

Criterion has their own remastering equipment in-house. They probably did some restorations for Warner in exchange for a few choice titles

Wait, this is news to me. I thought Vinegar Syndrome and Cinelicious Pics were the only ones with their own equipment (outside of the major studios - Warner is perfectly capable of doing their own work).

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

That was the 1982 version.

by the way, I'd love that because the current Blurays are not good at all and i have such a nostalgia for this movie.
But of course it will be the 1942 version.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Triple clue. Bringing Up Baby.

This would be marvellous!!
(but really doubt it)

edit: someone says at the criterion forum:

For me it looks like the lady is caressing a leopard (and it might be one sitting to the right of her armchair), so it clearly will be an upgrade of „Bringing up Baby“.

but again, doubt it unfortunately.

Although I admit I've never seen a spotted (like the leopard) cat.
Only in google: