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Yes, the French hatred of providing english subs is truly so parochial and shortsighted. Old enmities run deep.

Hi Kevin -- am very envious of your Criterion collection! Here in Australia, when it's sweltering summer and the temperature moves over 40 Celsius, I often remember Norway, one of the friendliest countries (the people I mean) on the globe. It's years since I was there, and I remember especially...

Intervista is one of the few Fellini movies I haven't seen. I'll tag this set for the next sale cycle.

I thought both versions (1962 and 1997 are pretty well served at present .. though I'm not sure if the 1997 version has a Region A release. They're both worth seeking out even if not in a Criterion edition.

With the Tokyo Olympiad getting its release, I presume Leni Riefenstahl's 'Olympia' won't be far behind. I'm surprised it didn't get issued alongside Tokyo Olympics.

I love the original Scarlet Pimpernel from 1934 but would also dearly love to see on Blu the 1982 remake (TV movie) with Anthony Andrews in the title role. It was for a long time my children's favourite movie, after the sublime 'Fatty Finn'.

I must look out for Fail Safe. The post-nuclear movie (and novel) which had the strongest effect on me back in those nervous days was Neville Shute's 'On the Beach' starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Tony Perkins and Fred Astaire. I still wake up sometimes thinking about how it would be to...

Thanks for the link to that Spinal Tap review. It's pretty funny in a stupid kind of way (though not as funny as the film, which is a magnificent romp through the outer reaches of rock).

I'll take Walkabout if and when .... and My Brilliant Career if it ever came to UHD.

Very pleased to hear from Criterion via the HTF podcast that a stand-alone 'Olympia' will be forthcoming. But still no news on whether the fabulous Eisenstein sound movies set will be ugraded to Blu ray -- unless I missed that while listening to the very long podcast!

I wonder if any of the upcoming titles will be mentioned in the upcoming Criterion interview session? Speaking of which, will news of this (and site location) be mentioned in this forum? I'm not really good at navigating through this site.

I hope that Criterion releases Swing Time in the UK as well as in the States .... That will make it quite a bit more affordable for those of us in Australia, where nothing is released!

Swing Time is of course my very favourite Fred and Ginger movie. I could watch the 'Pick Yourself Up' sequence endlessly! Fred is so insouciant and Ginger so unbelievably sexy. And that jacket image shown in the thread instantly becomes my computer wallpaper. But .....BRING ON THE OTHERS

That's not really a viable option for many of us ......

I'm still hoping for Leni Riefenstah's 'Olympia' .... please....

Such a brilliant movie. I guess I'll be forced to upgrade......

Was the original Blu ray awful?

Ah, 1955 ... I was just 11 then ..the year before television was introduced to Australia. The year before Richard Green's Robin Hood flashed across our little cathode ray screens and just before I fell in love with Annette Funicello...

Hope in includes 'Kika' and 'Pepi Luci & Bom and the Other Girls of the Neighbourhood' and 'Matador' and 'Carne Treumula' of course....

My 'Room with a View' Blu ray from Umbrella in Australia is very serviceable so, given the lack of extras on the Criterion forthcoming release, there's no need to double-dip on this very pleasing movie.

I note your reservations David .. but it's a heap better than my DVD and as you say, probably the best we're ever likely to see.... However, if a better quality version comes along, I'll be in right away!

If it's the same transfer as used for the recent UK Blu ray, then it will be first class. The UK 'Young and Innocent' is wonderful.

I'll be in first day for that. Standard shipping of course because for some reason expedited shipping to Australia takes longer than bog-standard!

I'd love it if Criterion released Agnes Varda's 1969 comedy 'Lions Love' which I saw at the NFT in London in 1969 introduced by Agnes herself. Clever film with a real kick at the end ... I'd dearly love to see it again/.

'The Young Girls of Rochefort' is transcendental. Total bliss. I agree with you all the way. Yet, strangely enough, my wife Robyn dislikes it .. but she's not a fan of musicals at all unless they star Gordon McRae or Howard Keel!

'My Beautiful Laundrette' flashed to my mind the moment I saw the pic ... but of course because of the time difference I was asleep when everyone else saw it!

Given the clock and the sun and the moon, I'm really hoping for 'Day for Night'.

Rather than The Soft Skin, I'd like to see the Criterion treatment given to Truffaut's Day for Night .. an extraordinary omission from the current rash of Blu releases of Truffaut's works. Not to mention two other favourites .. Pocket Money and Wild Child...

Odd Man Out will be essential buying. One of my favourite movies from Britain's Golden Age ... and especially wonderful for its little cameo featuring Robert (arrhh there Jim) Newton.

How about spelling it out for those of us who know nothing at all about baseball ... down here we play cricket! And Australian Rules football too.....