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[Patrick McCart]

Maybe it will. With Criterion's new relationship with WB, anything is possible. Maybe they will include all three cuts of the film (1978 theatrical, 2000 restoration, and 1981 188-minute TV versions), as some fans are hoping I am sure.

Criterion is usually full of surprises, but what exactly would they have to offer over the existing Warner releases besides the TV cut?

It just seems like a waste of resources on Criterion's part unless they have something to offer over the existing editions. I can't imagine how they could top a release that already has 4-5 hours of supplements, commentaries, and multiple cuts. At least releases like Pan's Labyrinth, The New World, and Being There had plenty of new supplements and new transfers/remasters to justify their existence.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Both TV cuts are redundant anyway and probably don't exist in a transferable condition outside of a major reconstruction effort which Warner probably lacks the time, money, and interest to do.

In fact it would be time better spent to use that to try to fix all the technical problems with II Donner Cut and I doubt that'll happen either.

 

[deepscan]

Criterion is usually full of surprises, but what exactly would they have to offer over the existing Warner releases besides the TV cut?

It just seems like a waste of resources on Criterion's part unless they have something to offer over the existing editions. I can't imagine how they could top a release that already has 4-5 hours of supplements, commentaries, and multiple cuts. At least releases like Pan's Labyrinth, The New World, and Being There had plenty of new supplements and new transfers/remasters to justify their existence.

That is up to Warner of course...it is their call. Remember though, Criterion did the TV cut of "Last Emperor"...and that was never shown on American Television!

 

[Patrick McCart]

That is up to Warner of course...it is their call. Remember though, Criterion did the TV cut of "Last Emperor"...and that was never shown on American Television!

The Last Emperor only had the terrible quality bare-bones Artisan DVD of the extended cut prior to the Criterion, though. Criterion has released (or will be releasing) almost 500 Blu-Rays as of this year and only about 30 are of films that already had a US Blu-Ray. All of which improve upon mediocre transfers with new 4Ks, add considerable supplements, or both.

Perhaps I'll be proven wrong when Criterion is the last remaining producer of physical UHD discs in 2037.

 

[deepscan]

The Last Emperor only had the terrible quality bare-bones Artisan DVD of the extended cut prior to the Criterion, though. Criterion has released (or will be releasing) almost 500 Blu-Rays as of this year and only about 30 are of films that already had a US Blu-Ray. All of which improve upon mediocre transfers with new 4Ks, add considerable supplements, or both.

Perhaps I'll be proven wrong when Criterion is the last remaining producer of physical UHD discs in 2037.

12K will probably arrive by then! You never know...

 

[Mike Frezon]

But wasn't that Artisan DVD the last version to have the film in its correct AR?

 

[Lord Dalek]

12K will probably arrive by then! You never

12K will probably arrive by then! You never know...

Doesn't matter. The film was optically filtered to hell in 1978. It will never look that great on home video.

 

[richardburton84]

July Titles are up:

L'Argent (July 11th)
Rossellini War Trilogy upgrade (July 11th)
Stalker (July 18th)
Lost in America (July 25th)

 

[Angelo Colombus]

Very happy about Stalker. The past dvd & Blu-ray releases were very disappointing and I did read about Tarkovsky having problems with the making of the film. One of his best films and a easy buy for me.

 

[Brandon Conway]

I've been holding out on the War Trilogy release for this very time when it got upgraded to Blu-ray.

 

[Rodney]

Normally I wait for the Criterion sales, but Lost in America may just have to be a first-day purchase for me.

David: Oh, God. I guess this was my fault. That’s what I’m thinking. Maybe I just didn’t explain the nest egg well enough. If you had understood… you know, it’s a very sacred thing the nest egg, and if you’d understood the Nest Egg Principle, as we will now call it in the first of many lectures that you will have to get, because if we are to ever acquire another nest egg, we both have to understand what it means. The egg is a protector, like a god, and we sit under the nest egg… and we are protected by it. Without it? No protection! Want me to go on? It pours rain. Hey, the rain drops on the egg and falls off the side. Without the egg? Wet! It’s over. But you didn’t understand it and that’s why we’re where we are.
Linda: I understood the nest egg.
David: Oh, please. Do me a favor. Don’t use the word. You may not use that word. It’s off limits to you! Only those in this house who understand nest egg may use it! And don’t use any part of it, either. Don’t use “nest.” Don’t use “egg.” You’re out in the forest you can point, “The bird lives in a round stick.” And and and you have “things” over easy with toast!

 

[Derrick King]

News: The Othello Blu-ray (and DVD) has been delayed with no new date given. And it appears Criterion will be releasing To Sleep With Anger

 

[Derrick King]

 

[Mike Frezon]

"Well-Marbled Steak in a Wok Sitting Over Open Flames?"

 

[TravisR]

"Well-Marbled Steak in a Wok Sitting Over Open Flames?"

The best I came up with was "T-Bone Steak In A Pan With Flames Under It". I'm going to out on a limb and say that we're both incorrect.

 

[Mike Frezon]

I almost went with T-Bone...

I dunno. I've put some weird stuff out there in the past and come closer than I would ever have believed.

I'm keeping my entry submitted!

 

[battlebeast]

THE GOOD EARTH? The steak looks like North America. The pan is a wok. So...

Pan fried? Shanghai Express? Steak (R)evolution (2014)? One man and his cow? The Frying Game?

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I'd like to see the movie that Mike and Travis came up with...

 

[Martin_Teller]

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Doubtful. CBS/Paramount released it on Blu-ray in 2014 in the Twin Peaks box set, and re-issued that box set in different packaging last year. You can now get the entire series and movie, along with an included bonus movie made from deleted scenes, for about $45. Even if the rights were available to Criterion (I would suspect they wouldn't be available with CBS/Paramount currently distributing it), what incentive would they have to try to market a single movie for $40 when it's available in a fully loaded edition with two seasons of a TV show for $45? As a customer, I don't have an incentive to double dip on that title.