The Criterion Collection

[Zen_Amako]

Originally Posted by sc1957

My Best Buy is notorious for putting all the Criterions together in the "B" section of their shelves. So right now you can find Black Narcissus, Charade, Stagecoach, and Crumb in the same spot, instead of alphabetized like everything else. A while back, Yojimbo, Days of Heaven, Summer Hours, and Walkabout were all in the B's.

I stopped by two Best Buy stores yesterday looking for Charade but I didn't have any luck. Maybe I should have been looking in the B's.

[PowellPressburger]

My predictions: Videodrome, Le Cercle Rouge (that is my secret release I'd like to happen), The Game (it is coming just not sure when)

I would guess they will have a title or two new to the DVD/ BD collection. My guesses are way off... but they are what I secretly want.

Although I would secretly like a classic Paramount or United Artist title mixed in esp for a HD release. Thinking Don't Look Now... or IMAGES from Altman.

I know I am reaching high haha

[fdm]

Originally Posted by sc1957

My Best Buy is notorious for putting all the Criterions together in the "B" section of their shelves. So right now you can find Black Narcissus, Charade, Stagecoach, and Crumb in the same spot, instead of alphabetized like everything else. A while back, Yojimbo, Days of Heaven, Summer Hours, and Walkabout were all in the B's.

Thought that was the "C" section, for Criterion. (That was the only possible explanation I could come up with for why they were all there in the same place.) Just one of their stores I frequent does it this way though.

[whbinder]

Since it's been mentioned that some of Criterions old LD titles are starting to pop up on DVD and Blu-ray, I thought I'd post a list of Laser titles that never made it to the smaller disc. Obviously some of these titles are not too likely to come to Criterion Blu anytime soon (aka Ghostbusters). I whipped this list out quickly, so there might be mistakes.

Citizen Kane
King Kong
Swing Time
High Noon
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Magnificent Ambersons
Help!
The Graduate
It's a Wonderful Life
Blade Runner
A Hard Days Night
Sabotage
Secret Agent
Young an Innocent
The Asphalt Jungle
12 Angry Men
A Night at the Opera
Scaramouche
Pygmalion
The Producers
Princess Bride
Showboat
North by Northwest
Adam's Rib
Blow Up
Singin' in the Rain
Forbidden Planet
Zulu
Darling
The Wizard of Oz
2001
The Killing
The Blob
The Adventures of Robin Hood
West Side Story
Casablanca
Some Like it Hot
Ghostbusters
Lawrence of Arabia
Shampoo
Miracle in Milan
Annie Hall
Jour de Fete
The Great Escape
La Gace Aux Folles
Burn!
Lolita
Sex, Lies and Videotape
Taxi Driver
The Lacemaker
King of Hearts
Silverado
Raging Bull
The Big Chill
Dr. No
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Parade
From Russia with Love
Goldfinger
Bad Day at Black Rock
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Arsenic and Old Lace
Lady for a Day
Carnal Knowledge
Carrie
Dr. Strangelove
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Tootsie
Midnight Cowboy
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Fisher King
Boyz N the Hood
Akira
Letters from an Unknown Woman
Blackmail
The Prince of Tides
Jason and the Argonauts
Jules and Jim
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Player
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Confidentially Yours
Edward II
Makioka Sisters
Get Out Your Hankerchiefs
Evergreen
Polyester
Salt of the Earth*
Bodies, Rest & Motion
Menace II Society
Two English Girls
The Last Laugh
She's Gotta Have It
Cat People
The Woman Next Door
Soft Skin
David Holtzman's Diary
Halloween
Three Cases of Murder
In Which We Serve
Pulp Fiction
Odd Man Out
Once Were Warriors
Atomic Cafe*
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left For the East?
Belle de Jour
I am Cuba
Se7en
Tristana
Waltz of the Torreadors
Dead Presidents
El Cid
The Entertainer
Swept Away
The Return of Martin Guerre
Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song
Montenegto
League of Gentlemen
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Purple Noon
Trainspotting
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies
Supercop
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Shine
The English Patient
Evita
Pink Flamingos
Breaking the Waves
Nostalghia
Five Corners
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Crash
Sling Blade
Victim
The Game
Boogie Nights

* quasi-Criterion releases

There are some possibilities in there. As unlikely as it is, how wonderful would it be if Criterion got Annie Hall from a suffering MGM?

[whbinder]

Personally, I'm hoping for "The Game"

[ShellOilJunior]

This will be the URL of the first new title (non catalog):

http://www.criterion.com/films/27534-Name-Goes-Here

hyphens between each word in a title.

[keldons]

If we are talking getting titles from MGM, Blue Velvet is at the top of my list.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by keldons

If we are talking getting titles from MGM, Blue Velvet is at the top of my list.

From CF concerning MGM deal:

Directors and films NOT part of the late-2009/early-2010 deal (but perhaps part of a future deal?)
Allen
Almodóvar
Altman
Bergman
Boetticher
The Goldwyn Library
Lynch
Peckinpah
Rudolph
Truffaut
Wilder

[Deviation]

I can't let myself believe that Criterion is working on The Game until it actually happens. Universal is releasing their ported garbage HD-DVD worldwide right now and I keep expecting that that's what we'll be stuck with as well when the title makes it stateside.

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

My predictions: Videodrome, Le Cercle Rouge (that is my secret release I'd like to happen), The Game (it is coming just not sure when)

The Game is a Universal exclusive, and was already released on HD-DVD, which means they have HD rights to it, along with The Deer Hunter. Did CC buy the rights to it recently, or is this just speculation?

[SpiderBaby]

I have a feeling that the announcements is going to be small. That BBS set for DVD is in December, so I only see 2 titles, 3 max that will be announced. I just hope one is a surprise.

[jmcy2k]

What an addition if CC picked up The Deer Hunter.

[johndoyle123]

Originally Posted by whbinder

Personally, I'm hoping for "The Game"

personally i would much prefer "the rules of the game"

[rezpekt]

[BluLobsta]

Just got Breathless, my 3rd Criterion and my 3rd Godard...hmm I'm starting to sense a trend here Very, very nice packaging indeed, I'm impressed More pics besides these in my budding Criterion gallery if interested...

[rezpekt]

[biglou114]

December releases:

Cronos Spine #551


DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:
• New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Guillermo del Toro and cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, including optional audio with the film’s original Spanish-language voice-over introduction as well as DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
• Two audio commentaries, one featuring del Toro and the other producers Arthur H. Gorson and Bertha Navarro and coproducer Alejandro Springall
• Geometria, an unreleased 1987 short horror film by del Toro, finished by the director in 2010, plus a new video interview with him
• Welcome to Bleak House, a video tour by del Toro of his office, featuring his collectibles and personal work
• New video interviews with del Toro, Navarro, and actor Ron Perlman
• Video interview with actor Federico Luppi
• Stills gallery
• Trailer
• New and improved English subtitle translation, approved by del Toro
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Maitland McDonagh and excerpts from del Toro’s notes for the film
http://www.criterion.com/films/27534-cronos

Videodrome Spine #248

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:

High-definition digital transfer of the unrated version (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack)
Two audio commentaries: David Cronenberg and director of photography Mark Irwin, and actors James Woods and Deborah Harry
Camera (2000), a short film starring Videodrome’s Les Carlson, written and directed by Cronenberg
Forging the New Flesh, a new half-hour documentary featurette by filmmaker Michael Lennick about the creation of Videodrome’s video and prosthetic makeup effects
Effects Men, a new audio interview with special makeup effects creator Baker and video effects supervisor Lennick
Bootleg Video: the complete footage of Samurai Dreams and seven minutes of transmissions from “Videodrome,” presented in their original, unedited form with filmmaker commentary
Fear on Film, a 26-minute roundtable discussion from 1982 between filmmakers Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis, and Mick Garris
Original theatrical trailers and promotional featurette
Stills galleries featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production photos, special effects makeup tests, and publicity photos
A booklet featuring essays by writers Carrie Rickey, Tim Lucas, and Gary Indiana
http://www.criterion.com/films/240-videodrome

[Zen_Amako]

The cover art for Cronos looks like it was drawn by Mike Mignola (creator of Hellboy).

[Juiceboxjerry]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

Hey, I'm for real this time. I have no idea where that came from. I was just asking a simple question.

haha, I know you were serious, I was just joking around cause you said that line like three or four times, sorry about the confusion.

As for the December releases, I guess it was too much to expect another monster month, so this is fine by me. I've never seen either of those films, so it'll be nice to not have to pre-order something once again. I am looking forward to renting both though.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by Juiceboxjerry

haha, I know you were serious, I was just joking around cause you said that line like three or four times, sorry about the confusion.

I got ya.