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The fact that these films are rarely seen and Universal is offering them for what amounts to a little over $4 a title if you factor in the standard internet discount makes this a no brainer for me. It's clear that each studio is very different in how they market their films, but how can anyone...

I'll put this set on the back burner, as I'm sure Fox will do a price drop just as they did with the Marilyn Monroe Diamond collections a few years ago. I've become less tolerant the past few years of price gouging and certainly don't feel any responsibility to show 'support' for classic films...

Another example of cashing in on a famous name rather than talent, just as a Will Rogers Box set and Jayne Mansfield Collection were recently announced. I pass on both the Reagan and Rogers sets with NO second thoughts, but will pick up the Mansfield collection not because of Jayne's 'fine...

Many great choices listed, I'd be very happy with the following: Eisenstein Silent Years - Potemkin, October, Strike, Old and New, and Glumov's Diary. We have been waiting for quite some time, but I'm sure the wait will be well worth it. Ozu Silent Years - Days of Youth, I Was Born...

I have all four of the previously released titles, but if the set is of newly mastered transfers, I'll double dip. A long shot for Sony, yet just releasing the titles in a decently priced set is a huge step in the right direction. Holiday is too big a classic not to have it's own release, but I...

1. Au hasard Balthazar – (Bresson 1966) Criterion 2. Ugetsu – (Mizoguchi 1953) Criterion 3. Le Samourai – (Melville 1967) Criterion 4. Kagemusha (Kurosawa 1980) Criterion 5. Laura – (Preminger 1944) Fox Home Video 6. Landscape In The Mist – (Angelopoulos 1988) New Yorker 7. Casque d'or...

What a shame that the only way to get Fox's Taslin titles released is to market them as a Jayne Mansfield Box. The only bright spot will be that they'll be quite affordable I'm sure. Here's a question I wrote to Criterion last year with hopes that a Fox deal might be in the works: Any chance...

I certainly look forward to Viridiana more so than any other CC title currently announced for next year. I only hope that the Eisenstein Silent Years box set sees daylight next year as well.

Well it looks like the Feb. Criterions will be: La Bête Humaine - One of Jean Renoir's most successful films, La bête humaine stars icon Jean Gabin in a role that captured the dark mood of a nation. In this blend of poetic realism and film noir, Gabin plays a train engineer whose chance for...

Got this from the Criterion forum, upcoming releases: 322- Mr. Arkadin $39.95 324 - La bete humaine $29.95 325 - Kind Hearts and Coronets $29.95

What some members have ignored is the high standards that Criterion has set for the DVD industry. Yes, they've made mistakes, but few and far between. I own a complete collection of Criterion and have found no other company that comes close to the consistant product that Criterion puts out every...

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I also believe that there will be no artistic involvement on the part of Image with the Criterion line and this news seems to go hand in hand with the long proposed new 'cult line' that Criterion is branching out into (ECLIPSEDVD.COM). HVE has done a great job with titles that haven't quite made...

While awaiting the DVD release, you could watch it tonight on TCM at 11pm PT

Nice news on future releases, but I wouldn't take any wagers that these will be the July releases. Criterion spine numbers often don't coincide with actual release dates. An example would be King of Kings #266 released 12/07/04 and Kagemusha #267 released 3/29/05. I wouldn't be surprised if A...

Here's a few that have been on my list: RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Yimou Zhang, 1991) THE CONFORMIST (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) CHRISTMAS IN JULY (Preston Sturges, 1940) CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Jacques Rivette, 1974) PHANTOM LADY (Robert Siodmak, 1944) CITY OF SADNESS (Hsiao-hsien...

Wow, my favorite film of all time (Balthazar) and more of the ‘Lubitsch Touch’ to boot! Balthazar has been one of the most moving films I've experienced. While I've read many articles and reviews about it since viewing it, I believe Jean-Luc Godard expressed it the best: “Everyone who sees this...

I can't imagine a single director that would want his film presented other than intended. It's the "bean counters" at the studios that want to colorize, dub, cut runtimes, mess with aspect ratios, because the consumer doesn't want to be "annoyed" with the black bars, subtitles, and can't...

I'd like to see: More Robert Bresson More Kenji Mizoguchi More Yasujiro Ozu More Howard Hawks More Ernst Lubitsch More Luis Buñuel More Otto Preminger More Max Ophüls More Roberto Rossellini More Barbara Stanwyck More Robert Mitchum Warner Film Noir Classic Collection #2...

Nice Job, but I have to take issue with your "ranking" of Criterion. No way, no how do I see Paramount ahead of Criterion. Just using 3 Criterion releases that you didn't mention, films such as Rules of the Game, Ikiru, and The Battle of Algiers. These films alone are generally accepted as...

So hard to trim it to ten..... 1 Ikiru 2 Rules of the Game 3 Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection 4 My Darling Clementine 5 The Film Noir Classic Collection 6 A Man Escaped 7 Diary of a Country Priest 8 John Cassavetes: Five Films 9 The Battle of Algiers 10 The Grapes of Wrath

Add the Andrzej Wajda 3 War Films Box Set to March's releases which includes A Generation, Ashes and Diamonds and Kanal. BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES: New, restored high-definition digital transfers Audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf on Ashes and Diamonds Exclusive new...

The difference is that the Doinel set is 4 different films and extras, while the Fanny and Alexander set is an indepth set based on one. Its consistent with Criterion in other cases, examples being the 3 disc sets for The Leopard and Battle of Algiers is at $49.95 while the the 3 film Renoir box...

Medusa R2 of La Dolce Vita French R2 of Le Samourai 2 excellent films with transfers that are Criterion worthy.