Criterion Additions

Yeah the Crumb disc looks nice. I don't really buy DVDs, though

Any ideas on the bird/football pic in the Sept. newsletter?

not seen the pic ur referring to, but... 'kes'? it has a bird, and football.

Sept. newsletter just hit my inbox a couple hours ago. And I think you're right. Criterion forums seem to think it's Kes too.

Folks on the criterion forum think it's Kes as well.
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that would be great! I've never seen that and it's not available in the US afaik

I have seen Kes twice, I think

December: The BBS box (standard def), Cronos (standard & blu), and Videodrome (blu).

No Eclipse or Essential Art House.

January: reissues of Shock Corridor & The Naked Kiss plus Broadcast News (all standard& blu) and also Army of Shadows & Robinson Crusoe On Mars as stand-alone blus.

Not to mention Eclipse Series 25: Basil Dearden’s London Underground (SAPPHIRE, THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, VICTIM & ALL NIGHT LONG)

Awesome Dan Clowes packaging for those new Fuller discs.

new cartoon clue: an owl wearing headphones saying "what?"

?

Blow Out?

oh man, that would be awesome.

having dinner with president of criterion nxt week

get me a job there!

Help me convince them to release a John Paizs box set!

February: Fish Tank, Still Walking, Sweet Smell of Success & Senso (all standard & blu), plus Amarcord & The Double Life of Véronique on blu.

No Eclipse announcement.

March: Au Revoir les Enfants and Yi Yi on blu, The Times of Harvey Milk, Topsy Turvy and The Mikado on standard and blu, Mikio Naruse set from Eclipse.

Pale Flower confirmed in latest newsletter.

big <3 for Criterion releasing the Allan King set, that's some fucking brilliant filmmaking

https://i2.createsend1.com/ei/r/2F/C1E/21E/082523/wackynewyear_2010a.jpg

Lots of 2011 hints in here. I'm usually terrible at these, but I'm guessing a Wild Strawberries blu-ray, the Monroe/Einstein figure is practically a confirmation of Insignificance, and the globe/balloon s/he's playing with might be The Great Dictator? Also, reeeally hoping the suitcase with a sun inside is Kiss Me Deadly...

that guy is carlos, right

Boca del Cielo = Y tu mama tambien

That drawing has been circulating since New Years. Here is a key made by the folks @ Criterioncast.

Although they are missing the voluptuous dancing chick, which has been sourced elsewhere as (most likely) Silvana Magano in Bitter Rice or possibly Harriet Andersson in Summer With Monika. And the Sunday calendar has also been linked to People On Sunday.

And also the knife/coffee can is most likely White Material.

i watched insignificance recently - it's a pretty bad movie imo

it's ok but not crying out for the criterion treatment

iirc there's already an edition with a roeg commentary out there

they shd do _the front page_

There is, but it's a R2 PAL disc. I wish they were doing Eureka instead, but that's readily available (and for STUPID cheap too- just checked out Amazon to refresh my memory re: special features on the existing DVD, and they're selling it for $3 and change).

calendar could also be le cercle rouge

April: White Material, Kes & Blow Out (all standard & blu) Plus Fear & Loathing... & Sweetie on blu.

No Eclipse announcement.

Should also note that Kes will have Cathy Come Home as a bonus feature.

oh, and Le cercle rouge is also coming to blu.

Should also note that Kes will have Cathy Come Home as a bonus feature.

― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, January 14, 2011 10:44 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark

This is ridiculously awesome.

http://ow.ly/i/7O6t

Magnificent Ambersons

oh, wait, apparently they're just taking a bunch of photos of "ancient reels from the laserdisc days".

criterion selling the old solaris for $14

We will be announcing new Blu-ray and DVD editions of Solaris as part of our May lineup. We now know that the black-and-white scenes in the film were meant to be tinted blue, and we have updated the feature accordingly. The supplements from the original DVD will not change.

The old DVD edition is officially out of print. However, we are offering it at a 65% discount from the SRP at criterion.com (use the promotion code RHEYA at checkout). We have a limited supply and will fulfill orders as soon as we can.

May: Something Wild, Pale Flower (stadard & blu), and remasters of Diabolique & Solaris (standard & blu), plus Smiles of A Summer Night & Fat Girl on blu.

No Eclipse announcement.

Just added: The Great Dictator on standard & blu.

Malle's Black Moon confirmed in the latest newsletter, plus a plug for the Janus release of Truffaut's The Soft Skin, so it'll probably be getting the Wacky C treatment down the road.

JUNE: Insignificance, The Makioka Sisters, Kiss Me Deadly, People On Sunday, Zazie dans le métro & Black Moon (all standard & blu)

Also-Eclipse Series 27: Raffaello Matarazzo’s Runaway Melodramas

So now, with a half-year of announcements in the can, here's what's yet to come from the New Year's Cartoon:

Cul de sac
Wild Strawberries blu
Sunday Bloody Sunday (which may have been wishful thinking)
Carlos
Kuroneko
Bitter Rice or Summer With Monika
Y tu mama tambien
Jean Vigo collection

Life During Wartime confirmed on Facebook.

The Killing confirmed in the latest newsletter.

Life During Wartime- the Solondz movie? Hm :(

yeah... can't say people are crying out for it.

Jean Vigo collection

!!!!!!

you used to be able to get this vigo collection in fopp for abt £12 but looks like its oop now, judging by the silly money price on amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jean-Vigo-Collection-disc-Collectors/dp/B00009Z52C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300451827&sr=1-1

Life During Wartime is another one of Criterion's IFC acquisitions (ala Antichrist, Fish Tank etc).

http://criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=330801#p330801

Last week while I was at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies in New Orleans I spoke with some Criterion reps and was delighted to learn that Criterion plans to release Lonesome (1928) with talking sequences and tinted sequences either late this year or some time next year. It is my favorite picture and I was so excited that I started doing some of the film’s dialogue. When I asked whether I could mention this online, I was assured that it would be perfectly OK.

Wow, looking forward to this.