The Criterion Collection

[edmoney]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Sorry, I focused on obscure films, and neglected on focusing on obscure directors.

I'm still not sure I should have listed Cronenberg, del Toro, or von Trier's work. They didn't strike me as "giants," but maybe they are? I ought to change my list around some more.

When I hear "giants of cinema," I'm thinking "all-time greats." I think these are directors who made films that are considered among the greatest in cinema history, people who were game-changers, are taught and studied in film school, etc. These would be first-ballot Hall of Famers. Stanley Kubrick certainly qualifies, as would filmmakers like Welles, Hitchcock, Godard, Fellini, Bergman, Kurosawa, Eisenstein, etc.

As great as they are, I don't think Cronenberg, del Toro, and von Trier would be considered by most people in the film world to be "giants." Although they have made some terrific films, have their own unique and influential style, and certainly have their passionate fans.

[dressedtokill]

Originally Posted by CQD84

In a perfect world, these would be today's announcements:

Columbus
La Strada (or Chungking Express)
Wanda
The Last Picture Show
Lady Eve

Yeeees on Lady Eve! One can only hope, this is one of my most wanted bluray upgrades. Honestly it would be a day one purchase.

[willtopower]

Originally Posted by MKej

December Predictions:


Morvern Callar (2002)

Ah that would make a wonderful release.

[Nuck Horris]

Crash (Cronenberg)
Europa, The Element of Crime, Medea (von Trier box set)
The Sheltering Sky (Bertolucci)
Nanook of the North, Man of Aran, Louisiana Story, Elephant Boy (Robert J. Flaherty box set)
Cockfighter (Hellman)
A Very Long Engagement (Jeunet)
Mountains of the Moon (Rafelson)

^These are coming out. My cat told me.

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by MKej

December Predictions:

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Morvern Callar (2002)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Flowers of Shanghai (1998)

That'd be one hell of a line-up.

[Bronson13]

Lolita please.

[Gacivory]

Crash
Morvern Callar
Ratcatcher Upgrade
Z Upgrade
Matewan(F#%* you Lionsgate)

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Crash
Morvern Callar
Ratcatcher Upgrade
Z Upgrade
Matewan

MORVERN CALLAR would be amazing! Such a mesmerising and haunting film

[Polaroid]

Sawdust and Tinsels upgrade is coming

[caiman]

Are the Crash predictions substantiated by anything? Because if so.

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Crash
Morvern Callar
Ratcatcher Upgrade
Z Upgrade
Matewan

Why do you continue to predict Matewan every month when the rights are with Lionsgate? It hurts my soul.

[willtopower]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

MORVERN CALLAR would be amazing! Such a mesmerising and haunting film

dat sound design

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

Why do you continue to predict Matewan every month when the rights are with Lionsgate? It hurts my soul.

Because I have such a shitty memory and keep forgetting. I’m gonna write it down, but I just want it so badly. Time to go after Lionsgate!

[jshaide]

Some of you are really swinging for the fences this year. It's December.

[KJones77]

Originally Posted by jshaide

Some of you are really swinging for the fences this year. It's December.

Yep. December is always slow and will not be filled with big name titles.

Based on the Sawdust and Tinsel news, I'm going to revise my guess to:

My Brilliant Career
24 Frames
Z (upgrade)
Sawdust and Tinsel (upgrade)

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by KJones77

Based on the Sawdust and Tinsel news, I'm going to revise my guess to:

My Brilliant Career
24 Frames
Z (upgrade)
Sawdust and Tinsel (upgrade)

I liked your other guess better.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Because I have such a shitty memory and keep forgetting. I’m gonna write it down, but I just want it so badly. Time to go after Lionsgate!

Man, that DVD looks like shit too. It's such an amazing film. Lionsgate is the worst. Preserve one of the best films of the 80s. Is that too much to ask?

[KJones77]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

I liked your other guess better.

Haha. Tunes of Glory is definitely coming at some point. Its restoration just played at Venice via Janus, but (not to be a bummer) Heaven Can Wait did the same thing back in 2015 and its upgrade only came last month. So, between Z and Tunes of Glory, I would think Z will come sooner. Hopefully we don't have to wait three years for Tunes of Glory though.

[dana martin]

The Lady Eve
Pandora's Box
Indiscreet
Dickens/Lean Collection -Great Expectations-Oliver Twist
Detour

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by KJones77

Haha. Tunes of Glory is definitely coming at some point. Its restoration just played at Venice via Janus, but (not to be a bummer) Heaven Can Wait did the same thing back in 2015 and its upgrade only came last month. So, between Z and Tunes of Glory, I would think Z will come sooner. Hopefully we don't have to wait three years for Tunes of Glory though.

Ooo, I didn't know about Venice, I knew it played at the TCM Fest in LA, a few weeks before I moved out here.

I agree that it's definitely coming -- before the next presidential election would be nice!

EDIT: I see that it's playing at the NYFF at the end of the month. Unfortunately, if it is still touring the festival circuit, December might be a bit soon for it.