Altered States (1980) coming from Criterion

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by FragnitoM

Is this really happening ever?

No.

[Richard--W]

Originally Posted by trevanian

Interesting it tested there, because it wound up playing across the street at the Town&Country theater instead of at that bloc of Centurys. T&C had a helluva sound system, but that movie gave it a workout.

I wish I'd seen the preview; have read alot about the longer cut, when the dream imagery runs for minutes instead of fractions of seconds. CINEFANTASTIQUE did a wonderful issue on it, and CINEFEX had a good piece on it as well. They'd do well to include a warts&all doc on the Criterion, or to reprint the CFQ issue (which I've rebought about 5 times over the years.) Will double dip w/o a moment's hesitation for this, and that's with having rewatched the blu- in the last six weeks.

I don't remember a Town&Country theater across the street / highway from
Cinema 21. There was the Valley Circle. But of course it was a long, long time ago.

American Cinematographer had an article and interview about the film as well.

A shame this isn't happening. I'd love to see both versions in a Criterion set.

[Daedolon]

Would this be region locked to A? I understood that some Criterion releases are region free and others are not.

[Yami]

Originally Posted by Daedolon

Would this be region locked to A? I understood that some Criterion releases are region free and others are not.

This release is not happening, but hypothetically it would be locked to A. The only Criterion release that is region free is their Ingmar Bergman box set.

[Wernski]

They can't region lock our dreams!!

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by Yami

This release is not happening, but hypothetically it would be locked to A. The only Criterion release that is region free is their Ingmar Bergman box set.

A lot of their 2018 and 2019 releases are region A/B (a la Arrow). Seems like anything getting a concurrent US/UK release, though apparently the Godzilla set is an exception.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

A lot of their 2018 and 2019 releases are region A/B (a la Arrow). Seems like anything getting a concurrent US/UK release, though apparently the Godzilla set is an exception.

What titles might that be? I can’t think of a single Criterion title, off the top of my head, that is Region A and Region B friendly outside of the Bergman set.

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

What titles might that be? I can’t think of a single Criterion title, off the top of my head, that is Region A and Region B friendly outside of the Bergman set.

edit: Unreliable information, sorry.

[salad]

FWIW, I just tried to play the following Criterion USA disks in a B set player and received the “Mismatch between disc and player region codes. See disc packaging for details.” message when trying to load each of them
‘Klute’, ‘Polyester’, ‘Stalker’, ‘Detour’, ‘Magnificent Ambersons’, ‘Night of the Living Dead’

So others’ mileage may vary

[Daedolon]

Originally Posted by Yami

This release is not happening

Yeah I got excited when I read about it, then I saw the rest of the thread

[exzachary]

This should really be in the wish list section.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

From what I can find so far...

[Show spoiler]Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Magnificent Ambersons
Stalker
Do the Right Thing
Swing Time
The Koker Trilogy
Night of the Living Dead
Death in Venice
La Verite
Klute
A Raisin in the Sun
Panique
24 Frames
Shampoo
Smithereens
Polyester
The Heiress
sex, lies, and videotape
Detour
To Sleep with Anger

and actually, according to DVD Beaver, the Godzilla set is A/B after all. Seems like anything from Warner, Universal, and Sony that's not already under license to others. Plus stuff Janus seems to own worldwide distribution outright like Detour and Night of the Living Dead.

I own quite a few of those releases (DtRT, NotLD, ARitS, Shampoo, and The Heiress) and I tested them on my region free player set to "B" and not a single one worked. They might work with the "top menu" trick on Region B Panasonic players but they absolutely do not work through normal means.

and actually, according to DVD Beaver, the Godzilla set is A/B after all.

I'm gonna need more people with confirmation on that. I find it hard to believe that the licensor (Toho) that caused region locking to be a more frequent practice is going to allow a Region A/B compatible release.

[Egbert Souse]

Sorry, just edited my post. I could have sworn that a few of those worked in my region B player. It's dead at the moment, so I can't confirm on my end.

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

I'm gonna need more people with confirmation on that. I find it hard to believe that the licensor (Toho) that caused region locking to be a more frequent practice is going to allow a Region A/B compatible release.

It is not regardless of what DVDBeaver wrote. Several people have confirmed it's A-locked like most US Criterions