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post #571 of 1032
10/29/09 at 4:21pm
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Someone got this email response from the Chaplin estate:

"I'm not sure yet but I think that the first dvds to be released will be more or less the same as the Warner ones, unless Criterion are planning something we don't know about. New stuff including HD restorations will be on blueray, ?next year? year after?"

Sounds like it's pretty much a done deal. And sign me up for a City Lights Blu-ray....
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post #572 of 1032
10/29/09 at 4:50pm
Yes, it would be fascinating to see Chaplin on blu-ray. The Gold Rush, The Circus, and Modern Times would also be great titles. I saw A Woman of Paris once, long ago, and I thought it was interesting, but I missed the tramp...
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post #573 of 1032
10/30/09 at 1:22pm
my fav. Chaplin is The Kid =). still his most personal work =).
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post #574 of 1032
10/30/09 at 5:53pm
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Originally Posted by Brandon Conway View Post


"I'm not sure yet but I think that the first dvds to be released will be more or less the same as the Warner ones, unless Criterion are planning something we don't know about. New stuff including HD restorations will be on blueray, ?next year? year after?"

Hate to be a negative nelly, but it sounds like the Chaplin Estate knows about as much as I do about when Chaplin is coming on blu ray.
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post #575 of 1032
11/4/09 at 5:07pm
I don't get it. Do both Criterion and Beuna Vista still have rights to release Armageddon? Criterion has to be stupid not to get that done first. It would almost certainly outsell most of their other releases. Being the only anamorphic release available alone is worth a shitload of sales. I'd pay whatever the asking price was on release day without a second thought.
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post #576 of 1032
11/4/09 at 8:17pm
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Originally Posted by Viper View Post

I don't get it. Do both Criterion and Beuna Vista still have rights to release Armageddon? Criterion has to be stupid not to get that done first. It would almost certainly outsell most of their other releases. Being the only anamorphic release available alone is worth a shitload of sales. I'd pay whatever the asking price was on release day without a second thought.

 

Some Buena Vista licensed titles to Criterion are simply Buena Vista authored discs with the Criterion label. Buena Vista has already done Blu-rays of The Rock and Chasing Any (arrives 11/17) that are essentially the Criterion discs on Blu. I'm sure Buena Vista will get around to Armageddon eventually, while (like The Rock and Chasing Amy) the Criterion DVD stays in print.

(This was also the deal Paramount had with Benjamin Button on DVD/BD - Paramount authored, Criterion label).
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post #577 of 1032
11/5/09 at 6:26am
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Originally Posted by Brandon Conway View Post

...Chasing Any (arrives 11/17) that are essentially the Criterion discs on Blu.

 


I've only seen the specs but it looks like all the Criterion-produced supplements (the commentary and the DVD intro) are not on the Chasing Amy Blu-ray so I don't think Criterion has any part of the new release. On the plus side, there's a new commentary, a documentary, a 10th anniversary screening Q&A with the cast and crew, the deleted scenes and outtakes and the trailer.
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post #578 of 1032
11/5/09 at 8:17am
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A new commentary makes sense as it was the old "Laserdisc is great, DVD sucks" commentary.
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post #579 of 1032
11/11/09 at 8:43am
 Got my copy of The Third Man last night.  Hope to have a chance to revisit a classic later this week (wife is out of town for the week on business and my children are not quite ready for this movie).
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post #580 of 1032
11/11/09 at 3:37pm
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From the latest Newsletter:



Looks like the next Brakhage set - which will include the four parts of Dog Star Man - will be on Blu as well as SD DVD.
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post #581 of 1032
11/13/09 at 9:44am

Criterion's February 2010 blu-rays announced...
 

- Revanche (2008)
- Lola Montès (1955)
- Hunger (2008)
 

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post #582 of 1032
11/13/09 at 10:10am
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Originally Posted by Brandon Conway View Post

From the latest Newsletter:



Looks like the next Brakhage set - which will include the four parts of Dog Star Man - will be on Blu as well as SD DVD.
 


Since Dog Star Man is already on the first set, I think this means the first set will be released on Blu (and perhaps the second set too).

Tentative line-up for the second set:

The Wonder Ring
The Dead
Two: Creeley/McClure
23rd Psalm Branch
Scenes From Under Childhood (Part One)
The Machine of Eden
Star Garden
Desert
The Process
Burial Path
The Domain of the Moment
Murder Psalm
Duplicity III
Arabic 12
Visions in Meditatiion 1-4
Unconscious London Strata
Boulder Blues and Pearls And
The Mammals of Victoria
From: First Hymn to the NIght - Novalis
I Take These Truths
The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm
Yggdrasill: Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind
Ellipsis #5
Persians 1-3
Chinese Series

Most of these will be new to me (bolded the ones I've seen)
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post #583 of 1032
11/13/09 at 10:34am
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^ Great point. Probably will be both Vols. on Blu.

In addition to the 3 new Blus (with their DVD counterparts), the DVD-only releases in Feb are:

- Make Way for Tomorrow
- Eclipse Series 20: George Bernard Shaw on Film - Major Barbara / Caesar and Cleopatra / Androcles and the Lion

Love these covers!




Edited by Brandon Conway - 11/13/09 at 11:28am
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post #584 of 1032
11/13/09 at 10:55am
Just Got Monteray BR set ,was sorry to see java loading crap ,theres no need for this
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post #585 of 1032
11/13/09 at 11:45am
man if only Make Way for Tomorrow was Blu.  but still, exciting it's getting its home video debut in the states finally.
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post #586 of 1032
11/15/09 at 2:33pm
On their facebook page, Criterion pretty much confirmed that the first Brakhage set will be getting a Blu-Ray release


Quote:

Lucian Everest Without giving away too much about your newsletter hint from yesterday, is it at least safe to say that, if I own a Blu-ray player, I should not bother picking up the By Brakhage set in the current Barnes & Noble sale?

The Criterion Collection

 

Lucian, if Blu-ray is very important to you, it might be worth the wait.

 

 

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post #587 of 1032
11/20/09 at 11:28am
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Some DVD Beaver reviews:

Gimme Shelter - http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews10/gimme_shelter_.htm
A Christmas Tale - http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews48/a_christmas_tale_blu-ray.htm
Gomorrah - http://criterionforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=2
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post #588 of 1032
12/10/09 at 5:30pm

For those interested in the blu-ray replacement cases, this is Criterion's latest response to me...
 


Quote:

Hi Chris,
 

Thanks for your email! I'd be happy to provide you with information regarding the Blu-ray case replacements!
 

We are offering replacement cases for the following titles:
 

THE THIRD MAN
THE LAST EMPEROR
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH
BOTTLE ROCKET
CHUNGKING EXPRESS
THE 400 BLOWS
THE LAST METRO
EL NORTE
LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD
 

Please note that we are temporarily out of stock on all cases and expect more to arrive next week. The cost for the replacement cases is $5 per case; this includes the cost of shipping. For multiple cases we offer a discount of $10 for the first two and $2.50 for each additional case beyond that (so, for instance, $12.50 for three cases).
 

To order the cases, simply make a payment to the email address store@criterion.com through PayPal, providing your mailing address and item(s) needed in the message field, and we'll send out the materials!
 

I hope this information is helpful! Please let me know if you have any more questions and thank you for supporting Criterion!
 

Best,
Jon Mulvaney


 

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post #589 of 1032
12/10/09 at 10:47pm
Can we pool together and buy cases in bulk?   I could use cases for Chungking Express, Last Metro and (grudgingly) Last Emperor.

_Man_
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post #590 of 1032
12/11/09 at 8:52am
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Originally Posted by Man-Fai Wong View Post

Can we pool together and buy cases in bulk?   I could use cases for Chungking Express, Last Metro and (grudgingly) Last Emperor.

_Man_
 

The cost of shipping from one member to another would probably negate any savings from this idea.
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post #591 of 1032
12/11/09 at 1:45pm
Too bad it's more expensive for international customers. You're charged with $15 for the first two cases. After that it's also $2.50 for the additional cases. But for nine cases, your total would be $47.50, which is quite steep, personally.
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post #592 of 1032
12/14/09 at 12:15pm
http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1330

Yojimbo and Sanjuro are coming in March and Seven Samurai is coming later in 2010
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post #593 of 1032
12/14/09 at 1:44pm
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Excellent, though not terribly surprising, news!
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post #594 of 1032
12/15/09 at 8:59am
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Days of Heaven and Bigger Than Life also coming to Blu on 3/23/10.




Edited by Brandon Conway - 12/15/09 at 9:36am
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post #595 of 1032
12/15/09 at 9:45am
Woo-HOO!!!!
I've been bummed that Walkabout is still nowhere to be seen, but if there was one title that could make up for it- DOH would be it for me. I'm floored by this- never expected it.
The only reason I'm not equally as blown away by Bigger Than Life, is that I haven't seen it yet. But based on everything I have heard/read about it over the years it WILL be an automatic blind buy.
wow wow wow wowowow.

can't wait!
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post #596 of 1032
12/15/09 at 9:50am
Niiiice!  I may finally own some of these titles...

_Man_
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post #597 of 1032
12/15/09 at 11:16am
There were so many times I almost bought "Days of Heaven" . . . so glad I held out! More Malick on Blu-ray is always good news.
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post #598 of 1032
12/15/09 at 12:42pm
Great news Days of Heaven !!!   
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post #599 of 1032
12/15/09 at 12:53pm
Might be buying a couple of movies blind in March!!!  Havent done that since the DVD days but man would love to get my hands on Days of Heaven and BIgger than Life.  Hell,  the entire month of March in Criterion is  almost an instant buy for me in Blu! 
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post #600 of 1032
12/15/09 at 7:37pm
I think this is the first month I'm buying the entire Criterion Blu-Ray line-up.  Bigger Than Life is terrific, Days of Heaven and Yojimbo are among my all-time favorites, and Sanjuro because I'm a Kurosawa completist (not to say it's a bad movie).
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