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[CQD84]

Originally Posted by kuro_sawa

Andrei Rublev is up now as well.

Hopefully it gets better cover art.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by CQD84

Hopefully it gets better cover art.

Frequent Criterion collaborator Edward Kinsella made a poster for it a couple years back. It has a very Criterion-esque vibe to it. I don't mind the DVD art though, I believe there is official poster art with a similar image.

[Show spoiler]

https://www.blackdragonpress.co.uk/p.../andrei-rublev

[mfitzwah]

After seeing First Reformed yesterday and learning that it may have been partially influenced by Ordet, I went on Criterion's site to look at their now OOP box set that includes that film. Noticed that in the section that refers to the box set itself, it includes a "Ships July 7, 2018" tag on it. Is this an anomaly?

Link for Ordet where I noticed this, under "Available In":

https://www.criterion.com/films/441-ordet

[Snicket]

They cleaned up their coming soon page. Leaks plugged for now.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by mfitzwah

After seeing First Reformed yesterday and learning that it may have been partially influenced by Ordet, I went on Criterion's site to look at their now OOP box set that includes that film. Noticed that in the section that refers to the box set itself, it includes a "Ships July 7, 2018" tag on it. Is this an anomaly?

Link for Ordet where I noticed this, under "Available In":

https://www.criterion.com/films/441-ordet

If you are region free, don't sleep on this set:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-C...lu-ray/121572/

[demonknight]

So far, we’re looking at 3 upgrades & 1 new title. I’m predicting 6 titles total for the month. We got:
Andrei Rublev
My Man Godfrey
A Raisin in the Sun
Scenes from a Marriage

I’m predicting that the last two will be Hedwig and the Angry Inch & Cold Water.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by mande2013

Why is the Passion of Joan of Arc available so cheaply on Amazon?

I would say maybe because there isn't a lot of extras. But then Silence of the Lambs was very cheap at launch on Pre-Order Price Guarantee even more so than Joan of Arc.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by demonknight

So far, we’re looking at 3 upgrades & 1 new title. I’m predicting 6 titles total for the month. We got:
Andrei Rublev
My Man Godfrey
A Raisin in the Sun
Scenes from a Marriage

I’m predicting that the last two will be Hedwig and the Angry Inch & Cold Water.

Eight Hours Don't Make a Day would be my guess.

[jordan-r]

I think the Fassbinder Foundation said Eight Hours is slated for October.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

My Man Godfrey, too.

I've long wanted this. Looks like I will have two buys for September at least. Looks like I will have to wait on getting the Shout Factory Pink Panther set since there's way too many other films I want in August since I wasn't able to take advantage of the recent Kino sale,.
.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Forgot about Red Beard. That and Stray Dog ought to be possible.

Add The Bad Sleep Well to go along with Stray Dog. I've called for both for a long, long time.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by critterdvd

I totally agree to this. I dropped about $70 including taxes and shipping on this set a number of years ago and haven't regretted it yet. All of the film except 'Easy Rider' was a blind-buy and there wasn't a bad one in the bunch. Not to mention the wonderful features...

Honestly, I think the features are the strongest part of that set.

The Last Picture Show and Easy Rider are excellent films and the rest range from very solid to Head but the features really do bring everything together.

At times it almost feels like the supplements are the features and the films are there to flesh them out.

Anybody who's hoping to get more than one separate release should strongly consider just getting the set. It's very good.

[Egbert Souse]

The BBS set costs the same as three individual releases during a 50% off sale, so that's worth it if just for Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, and The Last Picture Show.

[Acer2010]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

The BBS set costs the same as three individual releases during a 50% off sale, so that's worth it if just for Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, and The Last Picture Show.

If Criterion did release THE LAST PICTURE SHOW on Blu-ray as a stand-alone release (which I'm hoping they will), that would be great; not to mention affordable.

Besides, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (even though I haven't seen it yet, so please, don't spoil anything for me) is #95 on the American Film Institute's List of the 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time (the 10th anniversary edition from 2007).

[MifuneFan]

They're up!

Andrei Rublev

SPECIAL FEATURES
New 2K digital restoration of the director’s preferred 185-minute cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New 2K digital transfer of the original 205-minute version of the film, The Passion According to Andrei
Steamroller and Violin, Tarkovsky’s 1961 student thesis film
The Three Andreis, a 1966 documentary about the writing of the film’s script
On the Set of “Andrei Rublev,” a 1966 documentary about the making of the film
New interviews with actor Nikolai Burlyaev and cinematographer Vadim Yusov by filmmakers Seán Martin and Louise Milne
New interview with film scholar Robert Bird
Selected-scene commentary from 1998 featuring film scholar Vlada Petric
New video essay by filmmaker Daniel Raim
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic J. Hoberman

[kwillard37]

They’re up!

[MifuneFan]

Cold Water

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:
New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Olivier Assayas, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New interview with Assayas
New interview with cinematographer Denis Lenoir
Excerpt from a 1994 French television program on the film featuring Assayas and actors Virginie Ledoyen and Cyprien Fouquet
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic Girish Shambu
New cover by Eric Skillman

[sawdustandtinsel]

Originally Posted by Acer2010

If Criterion did release THE LAST PICTURE SHOW on Blu-ray as a stand-alone release (which I'm hoping they will), that would be great; not to mention affordable.

Besides, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (even though I haven't seen it yet, so please, don't spoil anything for me) is #95 on the American Film Institute's List of the 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time (the 10th anniversary edition from 2007).

Just took a look at that list and 95 is way too low, I'd go Top 50 probably. It's one of those films that you catch yourself thinking about in the months after you see it.

[MifuneFan]

My Man Godfrey

SPECIAL FEATURES
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New piece about the film with jazz and film critic Gary Giddins
New discussion about director Gregory La Cava with critic Nick Pinkerton
Outtakes
Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1938, starring actors William Powell, Carole Lombard, Gail Patrick, and Mischa Auer
Newsreels from the thirties documenting the class divide during the Great Depression
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme

[MifuneFan]

A Raisin in the Sun

SPECIAL FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Interview from 1961 with playwright and screenwriter Lorraine Hansberry
New interview with Imani Perry, author of Looking for Lorraine, on the real-life events on which the play is based
Episode of Theater Talk from 2002 featuring producer Philip Rose and actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis
Excerpt from The Black Theatre Movement: From “A Raisin in the Sun” to the Present, a 1978 documentary, with a new introduction by director Woodie King Jr.
New interview with film scholar Mia Mask, author of Poitier Revisited
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by scholar Sarita Cannon
Cover based on a poster for the theatrical production of A Raisin in the Sun