The Criterion Collection

[HillSprinter]

Originally Posted by Yami

The Complete Films of Agnès Varda - August 11th

Nice set. Where’s the friggin criterion logo though?!

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by HillSprinter

Nice set. Where’s the friggin criterion logo though?!

Looks like we can expect a box design/size similar to Ingmar Bergman's Cinema.

The Fellini box will likely be similar, while the Wong Kar-Wai box will be like the Bruce Lee and Jacques Tati boxes.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by HillSprinter

Nice set. Where’s the friggin criterion logo though?!

There’s not one on the Bergman set either.

[FragnitoM]

Should we assume that each disc in the Varda Box will contain 2 or more films? Makes me nervous

[DandyDancing]

I feel incomplete as a person without it in my hands.

[GenPion]

Originally Posted by DandyDancing

I feel incomplete as a person without it in my hands.

Soon enough.

[UltraMario9]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjY3...ature=youtu.be

[The Thin White Duke]

Originally Posted by FragnitoM

Its listed as MGM on iTunes as well, which I own, but still Warner Bros on VUDU. maybe MGM/Warner still have streaming rights? I know the Warner DVD is OOP

I cleared theatrical rights for the film from Zaentz a few years back and their website says 'The Saul Zaentz Company owns all rights to its films,
including DVD, Theatrical and Television.' I wonder why Warner/MGM are mentioned on the streaming sites.

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by The Thin White Duke

I cleared theatrical rights for the film from Zaentz a few years back and their website says 'The Saul Zaentz Company owns all rights to its films,
including DVD, Theatrical and Television.' I wonder why Warner/MGM are mentioned on the streaming sites.

Warner is obviously the home video distributor, but MGM would have inherited whatever rights Orion had since they released the film theatrically in the US.

Likewise, the long-OOP Criterion DVD was licensed from Orion since they still had home video rights at the time (as were Robocop and The Silence of the Lambs).

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by FragnitoM

Should we assume that each disc in the Varda Box will contain 2 or more films? Makes me nervous

Well, a lot of the films are very short features, 80 mins or less, and some of them are straight-up short subjects, so I don’t think they’ll be crowding the discs or anything.

[The Thin White Duke]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

Warner is obviously the home video distributor, but MGM would have inherited whatever rights Orion had since they released the film theatrically in the US.

Likewise, the long-OOP Criterion DVD was licensed from Orion since they still had home video rights at the time (as were Robocop and The Silence of the Lambs).

It's definitely no longer with MGM. Those theatrical rights have expired and reverted back to the original producer, Zaentz (as it did with Amadeus + One Flew over the cuckoo's nest). My guess is the streaming services/iTunes aren't really that trustworthy and have the info wrong (prior rightsholders/distributors). Warner was the home video distributor so the big question is whether their licensing agreement with Zaentz has been extended or not.

[ilenewoodsfan99]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

Looks like we can expect a box design/size similar to Ingmar Bergman's Cinema.

The Fellini box will likely be similar, while the Wong Kar-Wai box will be like the Bruce Lee and Jacques Tati boxes.

It's beautiful. Really hoping to get it!

[Namuhana]

The noticeable lack of excitement over this set is kind of disheartening. Varda played around with all the big dogs too and she deserves our love and attention. I'm absolutely stoked for this set and can't wait to have it.

[Worship.my.wreck]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

Looks like we can expect a box design/size similar to Ingmar Bergman's Cinema.

The Fellini box will likely be similar, while the Wong Kar-Wai box will be like the Bruce Lee and Jacques Tati boxes.

How do you know what the Fellini and Kar-Wai boxers will look like? Or are you just guessing?

[Flapperdame16]

May be off the string of posts before me - but w Twilight time going away, and Fox titles basically dwindling, is their any chance criterion snagged some Fox titles that are still in the pipeline?

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by Flapperdame16

May be off the string of posts before me - but w Twilight time going away, and Fox titles basically dwindling, is their any chance criterion snagged some Fox titles that are still in the pipeline?

FALLEN ANGEL would be fitting

[Sommerswerd]

Originally Posted by Namuhana

The noticeable lack of excitement over this set is kind of disheartening. Varda played around with all the big dogs too and she deserves our love and attention. I'm absolutely stoked for this set and can't wait to have it.

I am baffled as well. She is one of the top tier film directors of all-time in my opinion.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Worship.my.wreck

How do you know what the Fellini and Kar-Wai boxers will look like? Or are you just guessing?

They're probably guessing based on the likely number of discs needed for each release.

[DukeTogo84]

I'm hoping 2021 gives us a Kurosawa boxset or a Kobayashi boxset. Now those would be boxsets that would put me over the moon.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Flapperdame16

May be off the string of posts before me - but w Twilight time going away, and Fox titles basically dwindling, is their any chance criterion snagged some Fox titles that are still in the pipeline?

Probably. How many, how long they've had the licenses, and how long it'll take them to get the things released are other good questions.

And, given that they've had a good relationship with Disney in the past, I would venture to say that they probably have a better chance of acquiring new licenses for Fox titles under the Mouse than other boutique labels.