The Criterion Collection

[mande2013]

Ok, I really hope Criterion doesn't start getting into the habit of regularly rereleasing films on blu-ray to account for 4K restorations except if it was a truly botched affair to begin with like in the case of Madame de.... Diminishing returns much?

I really hope Criterion doesn't go down that road.

[ShellOilJunior]

I don't think Criterion will re-release Belle du jour unless it's part of a larger Bunuel set. There's no precedent for BR re-releases unless they're part of a set (Not counting packaging changes like Breathless).

[Banned User]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Yes, the Clouzot's are with Studiocanal

Such a shame. Big Clouzot fan and I would love to see Le Corbeau and the other title in the Criterion collection. I've held out on the region B releases hoping this might happen eventually. Really makes no business sense these titles just lay in limbo in Region A making nothing.

Hope Criterion does announce A Story from Chikamatsu. IMO you can never have too many Mizoguchi films in the collection.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by latehong

English SDH.

English SDH for English language films and English subtitles for non-English language films. That's their usual policy (with a few exceptions like The American Friend, which is English-German language film and contains both English and English SDH subtitles).

That's what I thought.

Bigger Than Life lists SDH on the back cover, but Svet's review as well as several other sites, list standard English subtitles.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Banned User

Such a shame. Big Clouzot fan and I would love to see Le Corbeau and the other title in the Criterion collection. I've held out on the region B releases hoping this might happen eventually. Really makes no business sense these titles just lay in limbo in Region A making nothing.

Hope Criterion does announce A Story from Chikamatsu. IMO you can never have too many Mizoguchi films in the collection.

I've never seen one of Mizoguchi's films.

[Banned User]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

I've never seen one of Mizoguchi's films.

You should fix that. I see you have Late Spring and Toyko Story in your collection. Personally I find Mizoguchi films much more interesting then Ozu. Not to say I don't like Ozu, but Mizoguchi's attention to period detail borders on insanity and he refuses to use standard cinema conventions. Where Ozu basically sets the camera down low and is static Mizoguchi's takes are extremely economic with very few cuts, but a lot more dynamic using a lot more flourishes then Ozu, but very conservative in their use. Also while Ozu's films are filled with closeups Mizoguchi tends to limit close ups to a extent working with longer takes and cuts that blend well from scene to scene.

Ugetsu
Sansho The Baliff
The Life of Oharu
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

Are all great films worth checking out, but as a newcomer I think I'd recommend Ugetsu.

[Knaldskalle]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

That's what I meant since I saw an entry for Remastered. I didn't know they messed up the restoration(it's all very difficult to keep up with sometimes). It's helpful to know that the current Blu is the best option to get. I will have to pick it up during the next sale.

Well, if you read the review it says:

Obviously, it was not introduced during the restoration process but during the encoding; however, it further collapses detail and destabilizes the image balance (see the right end of screencapture #25). All of these anomalies are very unfortunate because it is incredibly easy to tell that the 4K scan that was delivered was great, but the questionable color grading and then the poor encoding basically eliminated just about all of the major benefits from it.

So it sounds like it may be salvaged by having someone competent work on the 4K master. I'm sure Criterion is up for that challenge.

Originally Posted by AaronJ

I've never seen one of Mizoguchi's films.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Banned User

You should fix that. I see you have Late Spring and Toyko Story in your collection. Personally I find Mizoguchi films much more interesting then Ozu. Not to say I don't like Ozu, but Mizoguchi's attention to period detail borders on insanity and he refuses to use standard cinema conventions. Where Ozu basically sets the camera down low and is static Mizoguchi's takes are extremely economic with very few cuts, but a lot more dynamic using a lot more flourishes then Ozu, but very conservative in their use. Also while Ozu's films are filled with closeups Mizoguchi tends to limit close ups to a extent working with longer takes and cuts that blend well from scene to scene.

Ugetsu
Sansho The Baliff
The Life of Oharu
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

Are all great films worth checking out, but as a newcomer I think I'd recommend Ugetsu.

Trust me: It's something I've been meaning to correct for a while now. It's also something I've been failing to correct. Hopefully, I can at least see Ugetsu sometime soon.

Originally Posted by Knaldskalle

I knew that would meet with some ... rather negative or simply shocked responses. As is fairly obvious from my collection, I'm not particularly on top of Asian cinema on the whole. It's something I really need to fix.

[soarinsteven]

Originally Posted by Banned User

Hope Criterion does announce A Story from Chikamatsu. IMO you can never have too many Mizoguchi films in the collection.

Amen to this.

[jlk5844]

The 4K remaster of Belle de Jeur is superior, and that includes the colors. Studio Canal just gave it a shoddy encode on Blu-ray that can look pretty gnarly at times. I've always recognized that the Criterion transfer looked like a dated source with off colors, they look dull as opposed to fresh and vivid. I would totally buy it again if Criterion issued the remaster on disc.

[MifuneFan]

[Show spoiler]Greg Mottola

phantom page has been added.

[Mike0284]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

[Show spoiler]Greg Mottola

phantom page has been added.

Probably

[Show spoiler]The Daytrippers

[StarDestroyer52]

Could we possibly see a release of Sunrise?

In celebration of Oscar's 90th anniversary, we are honored to present the premiere of a newly struck 35mm preservation print of Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927).

35mm, B&W, 95 minutes

From the 2003 restoration conducted by the Academy Film Archive in collaboration with Twentieth Century Fox and the British Film Institute.

http://www.oscars.org/events/oscars-...wo-humans-1927

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Could we possibly see a release of Sunrise?





http://www.oscars.org/events/oscars-...wo-humans-1927

Of course we would, because I just bought the Blu-Ray.

[MifuneFan]

Fox already released it from the restoration, so I don't see any reason for Criterion to do a release.

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by Mike0284

Probably

[Show spoiler]The Daytrippers

Pretty meh movie tbh. I'd be over the moon if it's a loaded version of

[Show spoiler]Adventureland

though.

[DukeTogo84]

As always crossing my fingers for something Hideo Gosha this month.

[Acer2010]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Fox already released it from the restoration, so I don't see any reason for Criterion to do a release.

Is the restoration of SUNRISE (which is on Blu-ray courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) a 2K or 4K restoration? The reason I ask is because I looked at the screencaps, and I couldn't tell if I was looking at pixels or something else. The screencaps are on the review for SUNRISE on Blu-ray.com.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Acer2010

Is the restoration of SUNRISE (which is on Blu-ray courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) a 2K or 4K restoration? The reason I ask is because I looked at the screencaps, and I couldn't tell if I was looking at pixels or something else. The screencaps are on the review for SUNRISE on Blu-ray.com.

It's from 2003, so if I had to guess, I'd say it was probably 2K.

[Acer2010]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

It's from 2003, so if I had to guess, I'd say it was probably 2K.

Thanks for telling me.

But just to be sure, I know that a standard Blu-ray disc's resolution is 1080p, but exactly how can you tell if the source is a regular 1080p, 2K or 4K?