The Criterion Collection

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

I have head some complaints about a The Searchers color timing.

If Searchers and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valanace got extra loaded releases, I would jump on them!

Were there complaints about Searchers? It seems every review I read had high praise for video quality and its pretty extras loaded itself though I suppose Criterion could do even better.

I would jump all over Liberty Valance if it got an extras loaded version as the Paramount one was barebones. I buy Searchers if it got a release but I really would prefer them to release the 40s titles like How Green Was My Valley, Grapes of Wrath, and then Liberty Valance.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Were there complaints about Searchers? It seems every review I read had high praise for video quality and its pretty extras loaded itself though I suppose Criterion could do even better.

I would jump all over Liberty Valance if it got an extras loaded version as the Paramount one was barebones. I buy Searchers if it got a release but I really would prefer them to release the 40s titles like How Green Was My Valley, Grapes of Wrath, and then Liberty Valance.

Just people saying the color is off. I think it’s in The Searchers thread. I think something about the browns.

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Were there complaints about Searchers? It seems every review I read had high praise for video quality and its pretty extras loaded itself though I suppose Criterion could do even better.

Wouldn't be too sure about that; WB was the best in the business when it came to features, and some Criterion adoptions (Stagecoach, The Philadelphia Stor) excluded certain supplements that made retaining them necessary.

I wasn't happy about the that Liberty Valance got in the features department, but I'm just porting the 2nd disc of my DVD into a double case.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

In addition, to see his masterpieces The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and The Quiet Man given the Criterion treatment would be a dream come true!

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

I really would prefer them to release the 40s titles like How Green Was My Valley, Grapes of Wrath

The Fox Blus of "The Grapes of Wrath" and "How Green Was My Valley" are more than fine. I would rather they release other Fox/Ford titles that haven't been released on Blu.

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Were there complaints about Searchers? It seems every review I read had high praise for video quality and its pretty extras loaded itself though I suppose Criterion could do even better.

Originally Posted by Gacivory

I have head some complaints about a The Searchers color timing.

"The Searchers" is an ancient master to begin with and could definitely use a new scan. I believe some people have reported out of sync audio as well.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

The Fox Blus of "The Grapes of Wrath" and "How Green Was My Valley" are more than fine. I would rather they release other Fox/Ford titles that haven't been released on Blu.

Besides his silent stuff, there really isn't much Ford at Fox that they can release. Maybe they can do more with The Iron Horse where TT couldn't. Also a lot of his 1920s Fox films are lost or incomplete. That really leaves those 2 or maybe 3 Ford at Fox titles that would seem to fit Criterion releases.

[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Besides his silent stuff, there really isn't much Ford at Fox that they can release. Maybe they can do more with The Iron Horse where TT couldn't. Also a lot of his 1920s Fox films are lost or incomplete. That really leaves those 2 or maybe 3 Ford at Fox titles that would seem to fit Criterion releases.

I've read rumors that Criterion has The Long Voyage Home. How the hell do these rumors get started any way?

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Rzzzz

I've read rumors that Criterion has The Long Voyage Home. How the hell do these rumors get started any way?

Criterion has that film as it has the Janus logo. I almost forgot about that one. It would be nice if they released this one.

[malakaheso]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Criterion has that film as it has the Janus logo. I almost forgot about that one. It would be nice if they released this one.

This kind of disappoints me. I can't see Criterion releasing it. Figured it would eventually come out through the WB archive.

[zeroforconduct]

I wonder if Criterion will give us more Almodóvar. I’d like to see “Talk to Her” and “Bad Education.” Anybody a fan?

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by malakaheso

This kind of disappoints me. I can't see Criterion releasing it. Figured it would eventually come out through the WB archive.

Yeah the only way I could see this happening is maybe an Eclipse box? Once upon a time Warner did have it.

[latehong]

Originally Posted by malakaheso

This kind of disappoints me. I can't see Criterion releasing it. Figured it would eventually come out through the WB archive.

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Yeah the only way I could see this happening is maybe an Eclipse box? Once upon a time Warner did have it.

Directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne (and Thomas Mitchell, Barry Fitzgerald, Wand Bond), based on Eugene O'Neill's play and perhaps most importantly, photographed by Gregg Toland with his characteristic moody deep focus... I see a possibility there. In fact, if they do another John Ford, this might be the strongest candidate (that is, if they don't re-do the other major Ford films already released by major studios).

[latehong]

Originally Posted by zeroforconduct

I wonder if Criterion will give us more Almodóvar. I’d like to see “Talk to Her” and “Bad Education.” Anybody a fan?

More Almodóvar is always welcome, but I'd prefer his earlier works (several of them already released in the UK as The Almodóvar Collection). Not that I'm saying they're better movies but I just want his earlier, lesser-known, more-kinky ones to be restored and released.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by latehong

Directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne (and Thomas Mitchell, Barry Fitzgerald, Wand Bond), based on Eugene O'Neill's play and perhaps most importantly, photographed by Gregg Toland with his characteristic moody deep focus... I see a possibility there. In fact, if they do another John Ford, this might be the strongest candidate (that is, if they don't re-do the other major Ford films already released by major studios).

Who controls the RKO titles?... Warners? I'd love to see The Lost Patrol and The Informer released by somebody.

[Egbert Souse]

The Long Voyage Home is part of the Caidin Film Trust, distributed by Westchester Films, now owned by Shout! Factory. That package includes Stagecoach, To Be or Not to Be, Foreign Correspondent, I Married a Witch, and You Only Live Once (which was licensed directly from Shout! to ClassicFlix).

Westchester also has US rights to Welles' Othello, Breaker Morant, A Room with a View, Mister Johnson, Hopscotch, Quadrophenia, and Insomnia.


The majority of the RKO library is owned by Warner Bros. via Turner. Some of the public domain films have been licensed from Lobster Films to Kino lately, while some others were only distributed by RKO. For example, Janus Films owns The Devil and Daniel Webster, while Syncopation ended up with Cohen because it was part of the Raymond Rohauer/Douris UK library. Also, Notorious ended up back with Selznick. And I think some of the late 50s RKO productions ended up with Warner Bros. for distribution and some with Universal because they were part of Howard Hughes' estate.

[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

Who controls the RKO titles?... Warners? I'd love to see The Lost Patrol and The Informer released by somebody.

A Criterion release of The Lost Patrol would be a dream come true....

[theater dreamer]

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Watching Detour for the first time, and really digging it. This was recorded Thursday morning from TCM, and the technical presentation is seriously lacking. This must be an old print I’m watching. Going by Pro-B’s enthusiastic review of the newly released Criterion blu, I’m going to have to grab it during the Barnes and Noble sale. I can only imagine how gorgeous this will look restored.

You know....(saxophone playing seductively in the next room), I’m in a film-noir mood this morning, hoping for a foggy night so I can put on my trench coat, hop into the car, drive over to the local diner, and flirt with the leggy femme fatale-looking waitress, Cora. She has smoky eyes, an ankle bracelet and a mysterious disposition. Last time I was there, I had a roast beef sandwich and a cup of Joe. But, Cora seemed distracted. Somebody was trying to sell her much older husband, the diner owner, a life insurance policy....

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by zeroforconduct

I wonder if Criterion will give us more Almodóvar. I’d like to see “Talk to Her” and “Bad Education.” Anybody a fan?

I pray for All About My Mother.

[zoodermin]

I'm loving The Criterion Channel but I wish they would implement a user rating and review system so we can keep track of what we've seen and also see what other people have thought of a particular film.

[Arawn]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

This was recorded Thursday morning from TCM, and the technical presentation is seriously lacking.

Yeah, I saw some of that, it looked pretty bad.

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by Arawn

Yeah, I saw some of that, it looked pretty bad.

Good to know my eyes haven’t completely gone yet.