The Criterion Collection

[Marten]

I know most people here think Criterion can do no wrong.....but....is Tiny Furniture really worthy of a Criterion release?! Another baffling choice.

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by yojoeski

Lost the rights less than a month before release and didn't make one single damned effort to retain them.

This is also incorrect. Criterion did not own the rights and there is nothing thery could have done to retain them.

[themp3000]

Most excited for World on a Wire myself. I'll pick up the Vanya and Anatomy of a Murder too. Maybe on Tiny Furniture, Three Outlaw Samurai and the Chris Marker upgrade.

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Death of a Cyclist?

We are discussing the Blu-ray collection

And this should have been on Blu-ray already:



Pro-B

[Ruemorgue10]

Count me in for World on a Wire.

[Rivera]

Great selection of titles this month. I will be getting World on a Wire, Anatomy of a Murder, La Jetee/Sans Soleil, Vanya on 42nd Street, and Three Outlaw Samurai.

[georgec]

I'm very intrigued by World on a Wire and La Jetee/Sans Soleil. I love sci-fi and will have to watch those before they come out on Criterion BD.

[deltasun]

World on a Wire, Vanya, and definitely Anatomy.

[ParticleDan]

Originally Posted by Roninblues

I have the following (so far).

Eclipse Series #3 - Late Ozu - Early Spring
Eclipse Series 5 - The First Films of Samuel Fuller
Eclipse Series 7 - Post-War Kurosawa
Eclipse Series 10 - Silent Ozu
Eclipse Series 13: Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women
Eclipse Series 15: Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu
Eclipse Series 17: Nikkatsu Noir
Eclipse Series 18: Dusan Makavejev
Eclipse Series 21 - Oshima's Outlaw Sixties
Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa
Eclipse Series 25: Basil Dearden's London Underground
Eclipse Series 26: Silent Naruse
Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara



I've enjoyed each. Bold ones are favorites.

Awesome. I ordered all of these except for the Dusan Makavejev and Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women. I'm very excited to delve into this line!

[BohemianGraham]

So beautiful! They kept the original art. Love it!

[neo_reloaded]

Originally Posted by yojoeski

Let me rephrase it. We won't see any more of his samurai classics on blu-ray. They've had a wonderful print and transfer of Rashomon for at least a year(I think it's closer to 2 years) and have done nothing but let it sit. At the same time, the rumblings I've heard say they have 2 of his movies for blu-ray release in 2012 and those are Stray Dog and Drunken Angel. Both are wonderful movies and I would be proud to own them, but they aren't Throne Of Blood, Rashomon, Red Beard, Hidden Fortress or even his best non-samurai film, The Bad Sleep Well.

I also guess they're never gonna release Madadayo on its own. I'm not buying that laughably overpriced box set to get one movie.

And let's not forget for a moment their debacle with Ran. Lost the rights less than a month before release and didn't make one single damned effort to retain them.

Ridiculous statements all around. Criterion has a ton of titles they're working on, and can't possibly release everything all at once - both in terms of the work involved, and the flooding of the market that would result. Plenty of Kurosawa has been released on Blu-ray, and more is sure to follow. Criterion has shown time and time again that they adore Kurosawa, so there is nothing to be concerned about - especially for huge titles like Throne of Blood, Rashomon, Hidden Fortress, etc. It's just a matter of time.

And do you think they WANTED the rights to Ran revoked? If they were mere months away from the release, the vast majority of the work (if not all) must have already been completed - meaning it was all for naught. Studio Canal ripped Ran, and a ton of other great titles you don't seem particularly concerned about, away from Criterion, and has made few and predominately poor efforts to release them themselves. So blaming this on Criterion is ridiculous.

[s00perd00per]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

So beautiful! They kept the original art. Love it!

I like that they kept the Saul Bass art but I think it looks too much like an Eclipse set.

[RupertPupkin]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

We are discussing the Blu-ray collection

And this should have been on Blu-ray already:



Pro-B

yes, but I'd tend to prefer Carlos Saura's "Cría cuervos"

Isn't Spirit Of The Beehive already alavaible "somewhere" on blu-ray ?
I remember having seen some photos of the BR packaging on this forum but I can't remember where...

an Almodovar Blu-Ray box would have be great : for instance a box set with Atame / (Talk To Her / Hable con ella) / Tacones Lejanos)
I bought a lot of Blu-Ray titles in Spain before amazon.es appeared (dvdgo.es or something like this) the picture quality of Atame is amazing (color are vivid, really amazing picture quality). Too bad that the audio is lossy.

I'm a bit disappointed by the announcement...

Malle it's okay, altough I would have died for a Murmur of The Heart Blu-Ray upgrade.

But where is Truffaut ?
Time is not on my side these days and I'm really impatient to see The Soft Skin in its new restoration copy.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

So beautiful! They kept the original art. Love it!

Yes indeed! Beautiful cover. I'm happy to see Criterion releasing 50's and 60's Hollywood titles lately. February makes up for the so-so January lineup. Count me in for everything except Tiny Furniture. I guess Drunken Angel and Stray Dog will be in March.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by s00perd00per

I like that they kept the Saul Bass art but I think it looks too much like an Eclipse set.

I disagree. I think it pairs rather well with the 12 Angry Men cover, both are court dramas, both have brightly coloured covers, and both have two awesome, powerhouse actors who were friends and roomies in real life, Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda. It's perfect.

Originally Posted by nathan_393

How can you not love Jimmy Stewart?

THIS! Jimmy Stewart is awesome. Also, don't forget George C. Scott!

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by RupertPupkin

yes, but I'd tend to prefer Carlos Saura's "Cría cuervos"

Isn't Spirit Of The Beehive already alavaible "somewhere" on blu-ray ?
I remember having seen some photos of the BR packaging on this forum but I can't remember where...

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=7275

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by RupertPupkin

yes, but I'd tend to prefer Carlos Saura's "Cría cuervos"

Isn't Spirit Of The Beehive already alavaible "somewhere" on blu-ray ?
I remember having seen some photos of the BR packaging on this forum but I can't remember where...

an Almodovar Blu-Ray box would have be great : for instance a box set with Atame / (Talk To Her / Hable con ella) / Tacones Lejanos)
I bought a lot of Blu-Ray titles in Spain before amazon.es appeared (dvdgo.es or something like this) the picture quality of Atame is amazing (color are vivid, really amazing picture quality). Too bad that the audio is lossy.

I'm a bit disappointed by the announcement...

Malle it's okay, altough I would have died for a Murmur of The Heart Blu-Ray upgrade.

But where is Truffaut ?
Time is not on my side these days and I'm really impatient to see The Soft Skin in its new restoration copy.

I was wondering the same about Truffaut, I'm surprised they have not released more on Blu ray. Shoot the Piano Player, Jules & Jim, Antoine Doinel series upgrades would be welcome.

[ShellOilJunior]

Can't wait for the Preminger. The cover is a knockout.

The Big C is still going hard with Malle I see....

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Frankly, I find it quite bizarre that there are so many Japanese films in the collection but not a single Spanish film.

Brazil, Cuba, Argentina, Netherlands (Frans Zwartjes anybody?). List can go on and on.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

The Big C is still going hard with Malle I see....

HARD is the word I would use too.