The Criterion Collection

[*DrStrangelove*]

Pretty cool story,
So I was able to find one last copy of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 4k at The Grove BN, I called to put it in hold and headed over there. While I was there I grabbed a copy of La Haine, then as I’m looking through all the other criterion’s I see Nicolas Winding Refn in the movie book section! No one recognized him but I went up to him and just told him I was a huge fan and that Drive was one of my favorite movies. He saw my copy of La Haine and said “thank you, that’s a great movie you have there also” told him yea I love this movie too and told him it was a pleasure meeting him. I left pretty stoked, and I was able to get the last copy of Pat Garrett 4k!

[Watershipdownisgood]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

Night of the Living Dead’s officially licensed FB page posted a picture of the Criterion logo and this message:



Hard to say what that will be. Criterion has already released Night of the Living Dead on Blu-ray and 4K. Maybe they have the original Dawn and/or Martin? I know they’ve tried to license Dawn in the past.

I would not be surprised if they have both titles it would be absolutely insane if they have both films.

[hoytereden]

My one and only from this sale:



Frankly, I went overboard (in a good way!) on the Kino sale but I’ll come back with a vengeance during CC’s Flash and B&N’s Novevember sales.

[UHDLoverForever]

I wonder if In A Lonely Place will get an UHD upgrade by Criterion or if Sony will first release it themselves in a Columbia Classics set, and then license it for Criterion to release an UHD later. I have the same question for Only Angels Have Wings as well.

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by BrokenGlass41

None of the Ranown westerns, or Kieslowski’s Trois Colours, or the Bergman box set films have individual releases to my knowledge.

[CuckterionCollection]

Originally Posted by UHDLoverForever

I wonder if In A Lonely Place will get an UHD upgrade by Criterion or if Sony will first release it themselves in a Columbia Classics set, and then license it for Criterion to release an UHD later. I have the same question for Only Angels Have Wings as well.

If I were Criterion, I wouldn't want to compete with other releases. If Criterion got their release out first, it'd make more sense but that doesn't seem likely. They may have signed contracts long ago before they knew what other companies like Sony's plans were? They could release some WB licensed classic hollywood film. I'm betting that Paramount will release Paper Moon themselves like they are doing for To Catch a Thief. It should be interesting to see what Criterion releases.

[Taylor3978]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

Pretty cool story,

[Show spoiler]So I was able to find one last copy of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 4k at The Grove BN, I called to put it in hold and headed over there. While I was there I grabbed a copy of La Haine, then as I’m looking through all the other criterion’s I see Nicolas Winding Refn in the movie book section! No one recognized him but I went up to him and just told him I was a huge fan and that Drive was one of my favorite movies. He saw my copy of La Haine and said “thank you, that’s a great movie you have there also”

told him yea I love this movie too and told him it was a pleasure meeting him. I left pretty stoked, and I was able to get the last copy of Pat Garrett 4k!

I hope Nicolas was not there looking for a copy of Pat Garrett....

[dwk]

Originally Posted by Watershipdownisgood

Well that’s good they could definitely happen honestly I could see Kino picking up both titles with their new Universal deal. It’ll either be Kino, or Criterion putting these titles out in 4K UHD If they do it.

A year or two back, Kino said they were with someone else and both Arrow and Shout denied they had them. If they all were telling the truth, Criterion is most likely the one that picked them up.

[dwk]

Originally Posted by bsend

We need Dawn, Day and the Night Remake for sure. I have the UK 4K release of Dawn but would double dip.

I know everyone would be going "why with the Second Sight releases available", but Dawn of the Dead hasn't been available in the US since the 2007 Anchor Bay Blu-ray. Martin hasn't been available in the US since the 2004 Lionsgate DVD.

[Flex_MythoMass]

The Second Sight release is so good though.

But I'm always down to make movies easier for folks to purchase.

[Watershipdownisgood]

Originally Posted by dwk

A year or two back, Kino said they were with someone else and both Arrow and Shout denied they had them. If they all were telling the truth, Criterion is most likely the one that picked them up.

Hmmmmmm interesting I guess we’ll find out who’s telling the truth when it gets announced by one of the three companies. I would love it to be Arrow Video, or Criterion I definitely am leaning towards Criterion on this one.

[BrokenGlass41]

Originally Posted by koberulz

To my knowledge, I stand corrected.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by BrokenGlass41

I don’t think Criterion does individual releases when they first appeared in a given format in a box set, but I could be wrong. None of the Ranown westerns, or Kieslowski’s Trois Colours, or the Bergman box set films have individual releases to my knowledge. There’s the 2008 Blu-ray but I assume you already knew about that.

These were released after the Bergman set was released.

[BrokenGlass41]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

These were released after the Bergman set was released.

Oh. I should stop talking.

[regeyer]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

[Show spoiler]Kidding

Sweet Fancy Moses!!!

[Show spoiler]

[dwk]

Originally Posted by Flex_MythoMass

The Second Sight release is so good though.

But I'm always down to make movies easier for folks to purchase.

There is the possibility of a Criterion release of Martin including the longer cut. (Obviously this is all speculative, as the tease could just be some screenings of Night of the Living Dead or something like that.)

[The Great Owl]

I have always loved how the 1983 coming-of-age feature, Risky Business, directed by Paul Brickman, adeptly conveys the terrifying sense of foreboding catastrophe experienced by teenagers when they step over the line for the first time to see how the other half lives, only to realize that they are in way over their heads and in really bad trouble. Granted, my 1980s teenage self never did contact a call girl from the classifieds, end up on the bad side of the call girl's pimp, submerge my father's Porsche in Lake Michigan, or turn my parents' house into a brothel while they were away on vacation like the beleaguered Joel, played by Tom Cruise, does in this film, but I did at least seriously consider all of the above back then (minus the pimp and the Porsche in Lake Michigan). The closest that I came to doing these things was playing “D.M.S.R” by Prince at top volume at home when nobody was around. My teenage self did, however, relate in full to the fearful tension when that easygoing “Things are always going to work out for me because I am a good person.” feeling of youthful invincibility turns to a “Uh-oh. Maybe things will not work out after all.” epiphany upon realizing that I have done something wrong that cannot be undone. Risky business, indeed.

The synth-edged score by Tangerine Dream earns the chef's kiss here, elevating this screen story from a run-of-the-mill sex comedy to something far more gripping and immersive. The opening credits, with the music and the dark passing cityscapes as seen from inside a transit system train, instantly transport us to the aura, informing us that we are about to brush shoulders with a darker side of young rebellion.

Cruise, in his breakout role, is magnificent in a performance that showcases his blend of cocksure assurance and apprehensive unease. Even this early in his career, he was already in command of his trademark ability to convey heavy emotions just by way of a still nonmoving expression on his face. Rebecca De Mornay, in turn, rises above what might have been a one-note hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold part, turning her presence into something erotic, dominant, and frightened in equal measures.

My first viewing of Risky Business was by way of a taped-from-HBO videocassette that I saw at the house of some slightly-older high-school-age guys in my neighborhood when I was 12 years old back in 1984. My middle school friends and I would go over to their home frequently to enjoy sleazy R-rated teen flicks that our own parents would not let us watch, but, in this case, we all accidentally sat through a legitimately brilliant movie.


This Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray looks and sounds sublime.

[Watershipdownisgood]

I went on Amazon and picked up five more Criterion Collection titles with three of them being 4K UHDs. Although in this case I won’t start paying anything till September 30th as I’m using Affirm so I don’t have to pay for the total for all five titles all at once anyway.

Here’s what I added
Heavens Gate very excited to get to this
Werckmeister Harmonies 4K UHD plus Blu-Ray
Raging Bull 4K UHD plus Blu-Ray
Dreams 4K UHD plus Blu-Ray
Red River 1 disc Blu-Ray the two disc digi-pack is out of stock and really pricy plus I still get two cuts of the film on one disc anyway so it’s a huge win either way

That’s it for now, but I still want to get that Menace II Society in 4K UHD plus Blu-Ray and that Malcolm X 4K UHD plus Blu-Ray too at some point this year most likely in September. Also Devil in a Blue Dress, To Sleep With Anger, and One False Move too actually I can wait on a sale for those three titles which is probably what I’m going to do.

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by dwk

I know everyone would be going "why with the Second Sight releases available", but Dawn of the Dead hasn't been available in the US since the 2007 Anchor Bay Blu-ray. Martin hasn't been available in the US since the 2004 Lionsgate DVD.

God, I hope Criterion pick up both.

[Gacivory]

About Dry Grasses is the next Janus Contemporaries coming out October 22.

https://www.criterion.com/films/33918-about-dry-grasses