Upcoming Criterion releases (1 Viewer)

[Charles H]

Any word on the Preston Sturges UNFAITHFULLY YOURS from 1948? Or Fox films beyond THE LEOPARD?

 

[Anthony Neilson]

Is it my imagination or are Criterion really upping the ante these days ?

Good PQ was always a given ; but recent releases have been really stacked with brilliant extras (ones that actually move !)and the packaging is sumptuous. I've been incredibly impressed by the ANTOINE DOINEL COLLECTION, the INGMAR BERGMAN TRILOGY, TOKYO STORY, THE RULES OF THE GAME and FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS in particular - all of which have appeared in the last year.

Really looking forward to THE TIN DRUM !

(By the way, a John Ford silent movie long thought lost recently turned up over here and the BFI were restoring it. I couldn't tell you what it was, I'm afraid, but it'd fit nicely on the disc of silents someone was suggesting earlier.)

 

[Jeff Newcomb]

The title that you are thinking of is The Iron Horse. Unfortunately, this is the title that I asked Lee Kline about during the chat and he said no. I'm guessing either Drums Along the Mohawk or a collection of Ford's WWII propaganda pieces.

 

[earl_roberts]

Thanks for the Pierrot Le Fou info. I can't wait to get it now!

"Extras that actually move" . That was funny. I remember those days criterion! Especially Rebecca :frowning:

But anyway, A Woman Is A Woman and Stray Dog shallhave to be bought by me I think. Anyone else disapointted with no Unfaithfully Yours or Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls news? These are my most eagerly awaited {possible} criterion discs now that Pickup On South Street is out.

 

[andrew markworthy]

I wonder if there will be a delay on the Leopard? Criterion is producing this title in conjunction with the British Film Institute (no mean producers of DVDs themselves, at least in R2) and according to the BFI website:


Not my favourite movie, but one to respect, and I'll certainly be buying it when it's released.

I'm very pleased that another Bergman is slated for release. Criterion have yet to put a foot wrong with their Bergman releases (unlike some companies we could mention )

 

[Mark_Wilson]

Medusa put out The Leopard in R2 Italy and it looks pretty good. Although, probably not as good as Lee made out the upcoming Criterion sound.

 

[Lars Vermundsberget]

New Criterion releases for the next few months:

231 Testament of Dr Mabuse
233 Stray Dog
234 Tin Drum
235 The Leopard
237 Smiles of a Summer Night

 

[PaulP]

Special Features:

DIRECTOR APPROVED DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES

New digital transfer, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions

Audio commentary by director and cowriter Volker Schlöndorff

Remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack

Isolated music track, featuring the score by Academy Award®-winning composer Maurice Jarre

Rare deleted scenes

Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum, a 21-minute audio/video montage featuring Schlöndorff’s thoughts and recollections about the film, along with on-set photos, storyboards, and images not included in the final film

An illuminating collection of video interviews, including Schlöndorff and actor David Bennent at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival; cowriter Jean-Claude Carrière and actor Mario Adorf; Schlöndorff and author Günter Grass during filming; and Schlöndorff after winning the Palme d’Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival

“The Platform,” a rare 1987 German recording of Günter Grass reading an excerpt from his novel The Tin Drum, accompanied by the music of famed improvisational percussionist Günter “Baby” Sommer

Reprinted excerpt of the screenplay’s original, unfilmed ending

Banned in Oklahoma, a documentary by Gary D. Rhodes following the child pornography lawsuit revolving around The Tin Drum

Production sketches, designs and promotional art

Original theatrical trailer

New and improved English subtitle translation

Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

More



Special Features

SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC FEATURES

New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound, presented here in its original aspect ratio of 1.19:1 for the first time

Audio commentary by David Kalat, author of The Strange Case of Dr. Mabuse

Complete French-language version of the film, Le Testament du Dr. Mabuse, filmed simultaneously by Lang with French actors

Excerpts from For Example Fritz Lang (Zum Beispiel: Fritz Lang), 1964 interview with Lang, directed by famed German documentarian Erwin Leiser (Mein Kampf)

Mabuse in Mind (Mabuse Im Gedächtnis), 1984 film by Thomas Honickel featuring an interview with actor Rudolf Schündler (Hardy in The Testament of Dr. Mabuse)

Comparison between the 1933 German version, the French version, and The Crimes of Dr. Mabuse, the edited and dubbed American version of the film

Interview with German Mabuse expert Michael Farin about the literary inventor of the series, Norbert Jacques

Rare production design drawings by art director Emil Hasler (M, The Blue Angel)

Collection of memorabilia, press books, stills, and posters

Liner notes by Tom Gunning, author of The Films of Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity

New and improved English subtitle translation

Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

More!



Special Features

New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound

Video introduction to the film by director Ingmar Bergman

New video conversation with historian Peter Cowie and writer Jörn Donner (producer, Fanny and Alexander)

Swedish theatrical trailer

New and improved English subtitle translation

Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

Printed booklet including a new illustrated essay by renowned theater and film critic John Simon and an essay by film critic Pauline Kael



Special Features

SPECIAL EDITION THREE–DISC SET FEATURES

New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions

New transfer of the 161-minute American release, with English-language dialogue (including Burt Lancaster’s actual voice)

Audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie

A Dying Breed, a new hour-long documentary featuring interviews with Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Ceccho D’Amico, cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno, Sydney Pollack, and many others

An exclusive video interview with professor Millicent Marcus of the University of Pennsylvania on the history behind The Leopard

Original theatrical trailers

Stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes production photos

New and improved English subtitle translation

Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

More!



Special Features

New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound

Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create, a 32-minute documentary on the making of Stray Dog

A booklet featuring essays by film critics Terrence Rafferty and Chris Fujiwara and an excerpt from Kurosawa's autobiography, Something Like an Autobiography, in which he discusses the production of Stray Dog

New and improved English subtitle translation

Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

More!

 

[PaulP]

Boy this will be a tough May

 

[andrew markworthy]

Amen to that, brother.

 

[Anthony Clifton]

So does anyone know the answer to this question?

 

[NeilK]

I heard that criterion is doing a two-disc special limited edition of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Amen!!!
Also, here's hoping that they release Encino Man Redux in the next few months. Keeping my fingers crossed; imagine triple commentary with Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, and the one and only Mr. Shore a.k.a Stoney Brown. Oh yeah, and whoever the hell directed it (Les Mayfield). Hope it's THX certified, though being a purest, I hope they include the original mono track. :b

 

[Gordon McMurphy]

The Leopard is a 3-disc set?! Great!

I thought that we were getting the original Italian cut, but having the American version will be a great bonus. Nice artwork on all these releases.

I'll be buying all of these.

 

[Scott_MacD]

Oooh, aaah..! my poor aching wallet..

They're all mine. Muahahaha.

 

[Mark Cappelletty]

Man, that disc art rocks. I am praying Criterion does Paris, Texas. Absolutely praying.

 

[Adam_S]

it just occured to me that a likely extra for the John Ford set (which I would love to see the WWII docus) could be Peter Bogdanovich's never released on video documentary SEarching for John Ford (at least I'm not aware of a video release...). There's so much great material/potential for Ford's stuff, I can't wait for more info!

 

[Matt_P]

Can't wait for these, especially Stray Dog. That cover is simply awesome.

 

[Shane Gralaw]

Those covers are absolutely amazing. Absolutely no one does cover art better than Criterion!

 

[Will*B]

I knew it! The only one missing is the one I want most: A WOMAN IS A WOMAN.

Oh well - looks as though I have to wait until even later in the year.... Any ideas on when??

 

[Dave F]

Absolutely beautiful cover design.

-Dave