The Criterion Collection goes Blu!

[GJN]

Fantastic news! I'll be sure to get at least half of the titles listed if the price is at all affordable. This will make my Christmas!

[tqmilymi]

I'm all over Bottle Rocket, Walkabout, and For All Mankind.

[jj5206]

sweet, i saw Bottle Rocket....Start pumping out the wes anderson films!!!!

[b-coli]

not one is anything i would like to own...
where is "Fishing with John" ????? haha
how bout "Night on Earth"
"Brazil"' would be nice too.

i wish they would get the rights and release ;
City of Lost Children
Amelie
a Very long Engagement
and Delicatessen...

all of those movies DESERVE blu as the cinematography is unmatched in todays cinema, brilliant colors, brilliant composition, excellent stories... what more do you need to be blu worthy? and how the heck did "Click" ever get the green light for blu?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by atomik kinder

Do they still have the rights to Hard Boiled and The Killer?

I believe Criterion lost the rights to both of those films a few years ago unfortunately.

[Vendetta-akk]

Great News!

Lots of titles I would love to have but right now the first ones to come to mind are Seven Samurai & The Seventh Seal.

[ZeeMan84]

What a great news, wow! Really excited at the option of owning some of the best movies I've seen from from my library. Definitely getting Wong Kar Wai's "Chungking Express"

[WickyWoo]

Do not expect any Kurosawa films until after they're out in Japan, and there are none scheduled there

Bug Toho and not Criterion, because there's no question they want to do them sooner rather than later.

[bigpapy]

I got question who owns the rigths of friday 13 movies?

[katharsis]

Awesome News!!

Can't wait to get a hold of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Man Bites Dog!

Is this a prank. Pinch me, I must be dreaming! The Criterion catalog is my holy grail. I'd start with 'Wages of Fear', 'The 400 Blows', and 'The Third Man', and hold out hope for future Blu's of Fassbinder's 'Veronika Voss', 'The Marriage of Maria Braun' as well as Tati's 'Mon Oncle' and 'Mr. Holot's Holiday', Bergman's 'The Silence' and 'Winter Light', Fellini's 'La Strada', Polanski's 'Knife in the Water', Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing', Hitchcock's 'Notorious' and 'Rebecca', Weir's 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', and of course 'Brazil'. Many more worthy titles, but too many to list here. My worry now would be that Criterion won't re-release many of their black & white titles on Blu-Ray because today's consumer wouldn't buy those titles in numbers to make it worthwhile. My other worry is can I resell my regular Criterion DVD titles on eBay as the new ones come out? I can live with the latter worry though!

[doctorsteve]

Nice... can't wait for Bottle Rocket

Now I just need "Fishing with John"

[The Shrike]

Third Mother****in' Man! Hell goddamned yes!! This is the best thing to ever happen ever! The Criterion Collection got me into DVDs in the first place! Come on Fritz Lang's M, Time Bandits, Brazil, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Man Bites Dog, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, Naked Lunch, Videodrome, The Battle of Algiers, Hoop Dreams, and The Ice Storm.... COME ON!!!

[savage1984]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

That sounded about right. I don't see him arguing about it.

That's cause he's suspended...

[Bluubyu]

Robocop would be cool (I've got it on Criterion dvd) but I don't believe they have the rights to it anymore, Dead Ringers also would be sweet.

[Zyclone]

Originally Posted by bigpapy

I got question who owns the rigths of friday 13 movies?

paramount

[savage1984]

Originally Posted by b-coli

not one is anything i would like to own...
where is "Fishing with John" ????? haha
how bout "Night on Earth"
"Brazil"' would be nice too.

i wish they would get the rights and release ;
City of Lost Children
Amelie
a Very long Engagement
and Delicatessen...

all of those movies DESERVE blu as the cinematography is unmatched in todays cinema, brilliant colors, brilliant composition, excellent stories... what more do you need to be blu worthy? and how the heck did "Click" ever get the green light for blu?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I couldn't agree more. I really enjoyed City of Lost Children and Amelie! I haven't seen the other two...

[Scripture]

I'm extremely, extremely excited in having Orson Welles and 'The Third Man' coming to Blu-ray. This announcement is very exciting news, and I for one, am especially pleased with the titles.

Can't wait!

[JasonR]

Bring On

Brazil
The Last Temptation of Christ
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Chasing Amy
Wes Anderson
Gimme Shelter
The Last Emperor

[AaronSCH]

I just pissed my pants. My fingers are crossed for Days of Heaven and My Own Private Idaho. Looks like it's time to start weeding out the collection to make room for some truly great films. The news keeps getting better.

Will be jumping on these titles initially:

The Third Man
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Last Emperor
The Complete Monterey Pop
Walkabout