Criterion Additions

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

BREATHLESS?

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

Yup, that Breathless. Not this one.

Confirmation for Sawdust and Tinsel in Criterion's obit.

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"?

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

!!!

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

People on Sunday confirmed in the blog.

I've been meaning to see that for decades.

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

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).

TWO-LANE BLACKTOP hooooraaayyy!!!

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

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

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.

stoked for the varda!

fuck 'this sporting life' though.

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

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).

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

which thief of bagdad

The Michael Powell one.

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

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.

March: Mafioso, Antonio Gaudí, & The Ice Storm

The Furies confirmed in the newsletter.

I appreciate these posts since I don't like newsletters.

April: Death of a Cyclist, Blast of Silence & from Eclipse, "The Delirious Fictions of William Klein"(The Model Couple, Mr. Freedom, Who Are You, Polly Magoo?)

Looking forward to the Lubitsch.

Cryptic confirmation of Tati's Trafic for this summer in the newsletter. Adding to the intrigue, DVDBeaver is reporting that in April, Criterion will also drop discs of The Red Balloon, White Mane, and Paddle To The Sea, plus an "Silent Ozu" set from Eclipse.

It's sort of like Criterion and Eclipse have switched places.

May: The Lovers, The Fire Within, and The Thief of Bagdad.

Mon Oncle Antoine confirmed in the newsletter.

Old news by now, but: JUNE- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, Patriotism, Classe tous risques, The Furies & Before the Rain.

More old news: A so far unknown Guy Maddin title was confirmed in the latest newsletter.

"a real blast of silence"

MY WINNIPEG was really, really, really great

Xpost: "A so far unknown Guy Maddin title" - which is?

He's done about a zillion shorts, most with outrageous titles. I'd like to see those compiled.

many of them have appeared on the discs of his features.

DVDbeaver is reporting that July will be: Mon oncle Antoine (Claude Jutra, 1971), Trafic (Jacques Tati, 1971), Vampyr (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932) and a reissue of High and Low (Kurosawa, 1963).

I've wanted to see the first two for awhile. The Vampyr DVD on the market is really poor, glad they're doing a better version.

Trafic is only Tati feature I havent seen.

According to the Tribeca note on the Criterion homepage, the Guy Maddin title will be Brand Upon The Brain!. In other old news, the latest newsletter hint regards a Late Rossellini set (probably from Eclipse).

I haven't actually got the new newsletter yet, but I've come across the text, and boy o boy have they got a bombshell to drop:

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.

August: Brand Upon The Brain!, Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom, The Small Back Room, & Twenty-Four Eyes.