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Oooh Overlord never seen that. Brute Force is good prison-noir and La Haine's nice enough, I guess, but I'm not sure either of them deserves the full Criterion treatment.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 00:47 (nineteen years ago)

aw shit i am stoked as a motherfucker about 'overlord'.

i just ordered 'hands over the city'

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 10:44 (nineteen years ago)

When a Woman Ascends The Stairs is coming too!

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

I wanna see that. It, along w/Fires On The Plain, is one of several films I missed from Sontag/Japanese film roadshow.

― The Dusty Baker Selection (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

It's great, although I'm not sure it deserves its (seemingly unanamous) 'best Naruse' status. I hope this release means that Criterion will be issuing a bunch of his films.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Berlin Alexanderplatz???

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Saturday, 10 February 2007 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

For June: The Two of Us, WR: Mysteries of the Organism, Sweet Movie, If..., and La jetée / Sans soleil.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 19 March 2007 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

!!! Any details on the Marker set?

― Steve Shasta, Monday, 19 March 2007 18:19 (nineteen years ago)

Synopsis

One of the most influential, radical science-fiction films ever made and a mind-bending freeform travelogue, La jetée (The Jetty) and Sans soleil (Sunless) couldn’t seem more different—yet they’re the twin pillars of one of the most daring and uncompromising careers in cinema’s history. Chris Marker, filmmaker, poet, novelist, photographer, editor, and now videographer and digital multimedia artist, has been challenging moviegoers, philosophers, and himself for years with his complex queries about time, memory, and the rapid advancement of life on this planet, and these two films—a tale of time travel told in still images and a journey to Africa and Japan—remain his best-loved and most widely seen.

Special Features

GUILLAUME-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New, restored high-definition digital transfers, approved by director Chris Marker

New video interview with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin

Chris on Chris, a video piece on Marker by filmmaker and critic Chris Darke

An excerpt from the French TV series Court Circuit: The Magazine, presenting a clip from David Bowie’s music video, “Jump They Say,” which is inspired by La jetée

New and improved English subtitle translations

Cast

LA JETÉE
Helene Chatelain The Woman
Davos Hanich The Man
Jacques Ledoux
Andre Heinrich
Jacques Branchu
Pierre Joffroy
Etienne Becker
Philbert von Lifchitz
Ligia Borowczyk
Janine Klein
Bill Klein
Germano Facetti

Credits

LA JETÉE
Director Chris Marker
Editing Jean Ravel
Voice James Kirk
Music Trevor Duncan (editions Boosey & Hawkes)

SANS SOLEIL
Conception and editing Chris Marker
Mixers Antoine Bonfanti, Paul Bertault
Assistants Eric Dumage, Dominque Gentil, Arthur Cloquet
Assistant director Pierre Camus
Assistant editors Anne-Marie L’Hote, Catherine Adda
Still photography Martin*Boschet, Roger Grange
Special effects Hayao Yamaneko
Sandor Krasna’s letters are read by Alexandra Stewart in the English version and Florence Delay in the French version.

About the Transfer

La jetée and Sans soleil are presented in their original aspect ratios of 1.66:1. On standard 4:3 televisions, the image will appear letterboxed. On standard and widescreen televisions, black bars may also be visible on the left and right to maintain the proper screen format. These new high-definition digital transfers were created on a Spirit 2k Datacine. La jetée was mastered from a 35mm fine-grain master positive and Sans soleil was mastered from a 35mm interpositive. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches were removed using the MTI Digital Restoration System. To maintain optimal image quality through the compression process, the picture on this dual-layer DVD-9 has been encoded at the highest-possible bit rate for the quantity of material included.

The soundtracks were mastered at 24-bit from 35mm optical track prints, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle. The Dolby Digital 1.0 signals will be directed to the center channel on surround sound systems, but some viewers may prefer to switch to two-channel playback for a wider dispersal of the mono sound.

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

Dusan Makavejev's Sweet Movie & WR: Mysteries of the Organism -- June 2007

http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=390

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http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=389

http://www.criterionco.com/content/images/full_boxshot/389_box_348x490.jpg

― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Big July: Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara Box Set (The Face of Another, Woman In The Dunes, & Pitfall), Ivan's Childhood, Ace In The Hole, and Les enfants terribles.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 15:20 (nineteen years ago)

...and Pabst's Threepenny Opera confirmed for the fall in the newsletter.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

VERY excited about the Teshigahara Box Set.
Also, Ivan's Childhood.

― gypsysphinx, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

now if only they'll do "Weekend"....

-- jay blanchard (jay blanchard)

bigot is blood diamonds/8080

― félix pié, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

For August:House of Games, Cria cuervos..., and The Milky Way. Meanwhile, Breathless is confirmed in the newsletter.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

House of Games?! Awesome!

"Because I WON that money from ya, baby!"

― Joe, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:46 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Cryptic confirmation of Days of Heaven in the newsletter.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Thursday, 7 June 2007 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

September: Stranger Than Paradise, Night On Earth, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, The Threepenny Opera, and Martha Graham: Dance on Film.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Saturday, 16 June 2007 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Apparently there's a confirmation for Two-Lane Blacktop in the new newsletter.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 13 July 2007 15:49 (eighteen years ago)

October:Under the Volcano, Breathless, Mala Noche, and Days of Heaven.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 15:49 (eighteen years ago)

BREATHLESS?

― Stevie D, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:23 (eighteen years ago)

I would loooove to see Soy Cuba (possibly bundled with the documentary they did about it)

― Stevie D, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:24 (eighteen years ago)

Yup, that Breathless. Not this one.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 21:58 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Confirmation for Sawdust and Tinsel in Criterion's obit.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 14:43 (eighteen years ago)

C. Grisso/McCain-- do you have any connection to Criterion at all? Can you get them to release Hans Richter's "Dreams that Money Can Buy"?

― Stevie D, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 23:46 (eighteen years ago)

any news on 'alexanderplatz'? it seems to have a UK release through second sight on 22 oct + The Making of - A Mega-Movie and it's Story - The Restoration - The Restoration - Before and After - Stills and Productions Photos Gallery - The Original Recaps - Berlinale 2007 trailer.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 6 August 2007 10:07 (eighteen years ago)

There's been some rumors floating around the web that Alexanderplatz might/should be out for Christmas, which of course would mean either a November or December release. December is traditionally a quiet month with only a couple of titles, one of which is sometimes has a high-profile.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 6 August 2007 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

Cryptic confirmation of a Maurice Chevalier/Jeanette MacDonald film in the new newsletter.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

BTW, as much as I'd like to, I don't actually work for Criterion.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 00:11 (eighteen years ago)

November: Berlin Alexanderplatz, Sawdust and Tinsel, Drunken Angel, and a remaster of The Lady Vanishes.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 17 August 2007 15:32 (eighteen years ago)

...and MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS confirmed in the blog.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 17 August 2007 15:53 (eighteen years ago)

Criterion! Where's La Chienne??!??

― Capitaine Jay Vee, Friday, 17 August 2007 16:52 (eighteen years ago)

...and MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS confirmed in the blog.

!!!

― C0L1N B..., Friday, 17 August 2007 19:26 (eighteen years ago)

White Dog confirmed for '08 Criterion release in the latest newsletter.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 15:18 (eighteen years ago)

People on Sunday confirmed in the blog.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

I've been meaning to see that for decades.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Thursday, 6 September 2007 12:31 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/so07/fassbinder.htm

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 10 September 2007 15:36 (eighteen years ago)

Old news by now, but December: Two-Lane Blacktop and Ingmar Bergman: Four Masterworks (The Seventh Seal, Smiles of a Summer Night, The Virgin Spring, and Wild Strawberries in a box for 100 bucks).

― C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:35 (eighteen years ago)

TWO-LANE BLACKTOP hooooraaayyy!!!

i wish they could do 'Stalker,' 'Nostalghia,' and 'The Sacrifice.'

― poortheatre, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:41 (eighteen years ago)

Cornel Wilde's The Naked Prey coming in January '08...

― davelus, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 01:07 (eighteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

January: The Naked Prey, Miss Julie, This Sporting Life, and "4 x Agnes Varda", a box set featuring Le bonheur, La Pointe Courte, and exclusive remasters of Cleo from 5 to 7 and Vagabond.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 15:12 (eighteen years ago)

stoked for the varda!

fuck 'this sporting life' though.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 20 October 2007 10:57 (eighteen years ago)

I thought about buying Robinson Crusoe On Mars today. Adam West's cameo scared the bejeezus out of me when I was a youth.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 29 October 2007 18:49 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

February: Pierrot le fou, The Last Emperor (a 4-disc box), & Walker. Also on tap, Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals (The Love Parade, Monte Carlo, One Hour With You, & The Smiling Lieutenant).

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 16 November 2007 00:07 (eighteen years ago)

Confirmed in the newsletter: White Mane/The Red Balloon & The Thief of Bagdad.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 16 November 2007 15:09 (eighteen years ago)

which thief of bagdad

― abanana, Friday, 16 November 2007 15:53 (eighteen years ago)

The Michael Powell one.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Saturday, 17 November 2007 15:10 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

According to an article I read in the paper last weekend, Mafioso will be one of the March titles.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Thursday, 6 December 2007 23:44 (eighteen years ago)

Hehe, the question that never dies, now posed to Ebert:

Q. What do you think has prompted the Criterion Collection to release "Armageddon" on DVD? I've always admired Criterion for its selection of films, but why "Armageddon"?
Anoop Raj, Philadelphia
A. Actually, "Armageddon" is a superb example of its type, I smiled.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 7 December 2007 16:37 (eighteen years ago)

March: Mafioso, Antonio Gaudí, & The Ice Storm

― C. Grisso/McCain, Sunday, 16 December 2007 21:25 (eighteen years ago)

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