The Criterion Collection goes Blu!

[bferr1]

Just got this e-mail from Criterion:

Dear Criterion Collection Newsletter subscriber,

We’ve got some exciting news for this fall, and we wanted you to hear it first.

Our first Blu-ray discs are coming! We’ve picked a little over a dozen titles from the collection for Blu-ray treatment, and we’ll begin rolling them out in October. These new editions will feature glorious high-definition picture and sound, all the supplemental content of the DVD releases, and they will be priced to match our standard-def editions.

Here’s what’s in the pipeline:

The Third Man
Bottle Rocket
Chungking Express
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Last Emperor
El Norte
The 400 Blows
Gimme Shelter
The Complete Monterey Pop
Contempt
Walkabout
For All Mankind
The Wages of Fear

Alongside our DVD and Blu-ray box sets of The Last Emperor, we’ll also be putting out the theatrical version as a stand-alone release in both formats, priced at $39.95. Our Blu-ray release of Walkabout will be an all-new edition, featuring new supplements as well as a new transfer; we will also release an updated anamorphic DVD of Nicolas Roeg’s outback masterpiece at the same time.

[JJ]

Classics on Blu! Woohoo!

Our first Blu-ray discs are coming! We’ve picked a little over a dozen titles from the collection for Blu-ray treatment, and we’ll begin rolling them out in October. These new editions will feature glorious high-definition picture and sound, all the supplemental content of the DVD releases, and they will be priced to match our standard-def editions.

Great selling points right there!

[deadhatetheliving]

Where's Videodrome? "Long live the new flesh!"

[Moefiz]

Originally Posted by bferr1

Just got this e-mail from Criterion:

Dear Criterion Collection Newsletter subscriber,

We’ve got some exciting news for this fall, and we wanted you to hear it first.

Our first Blu-ray discs are coming! We’ve picked a little over a dozen titles from the collection for Blu-ray treatment, and we’ll begin rolling them out in October. These new editions will feature glorious high-definition picture and sound, all the supplemental content of the DVD releases, and they will be priced to match our standard-def editions.

Here’s what’s in the pipeline:

The Third Man
Bottle Rocket
Chungking Express
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Last Emperor
El Norte
The 400 Blows
Gimme Shelter
The Complete Monterey Pop
Contempt
Walkabout
For All Mankind
The Wages of Fear

Alongside our DVD and Blu-ray box sets of The Last Emperor, we’ll also be putting out the theatrical version as a stand-alone release in both formats, priced at $39.95. Our Blu-ray release of Walkabout will be an all-new edition, featuring new supplements as well as a new transfer; we will also release an updated anamorphic DVD of Nicolas Roeg’s outback masterpiece at the same time.

Good news.....

[Jimbo976]

Woohoo!!

[Brad1963]

Woo hoo! Last Emperor, 400 Blows, Third Man and finally a decent transfer of Walkabout. Damn this year seems to get more and more expensive.

[nycomet]

That's nice, but where's Robinson Carusoe On Marcus -- ooops! I mean, Mars?

[Heart&Soul]

I can't wait to see The Last Emporer on Blu-ray.

[gvortex7]

Last Emperor here I come! Wow, awesome news. Now, they just need to get on with a few other classics:

The Last Temptation of Christ
Seven Samurai
Traffic
The Royal Tenenbaums

[savage1984]

Great news...

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by nycomet

That's nice, but where's Robinson Carusoe On Marcus -- ooops! I mean, Mars?

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

[ManUtd]

Oh I love The Last Emperor, I would even pay MSRP for that if needed.

[spf781]

Oh baby, those Kurosawa treats in High Def? WHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bluray_ne1]

Originally Posted by gvortex7

Last Emperor here I come! Wow, awesome news. Now, they just need to get on with a few other classics:

The Last Temptation of Christ
Seven Samurai
Traffic
The Royal Tenenbaums

Any other titles from them I might have heard of? Other than Last Emperor, none were familiar to me.

[Chaka]

great news but I fear the price!

[bferr1]

Originally Posted by Chaka

great news but I fear the price!

Reread the first post closely.

[Zyclone]

i have'nt owned any criterion dvds but im going to start collecting them on blu ray, do they still have the rights to brazil? iv'e never seen it im holding out for a super fancy criterion blu ray release of it

[Lucy Diamond]

Bring on Sid and Nancy!!!

[TauHeel05]

This is great fn news. 'Gimme Shelter' is fantastic. I hope they release the Criterion version of 'Dazed and Confused.' That DVD looks great for SD.

[Sky_Captain]

Rushmore.