Criterion Blu-ray titles! (2 Viewers)

[Lord Dalek]

MARCH!

Touki Bouki
Etienne and Julie Go Boating
The World of Wong Kar-Wai (As Tears Go By, Days of Being Wild, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels, Happy Together, In the Mood for Love, 2046)
Secrets & Lies
Defending Your Life

 

[Angelo Colombus]

There is talk that "Z" might come out soon. In 2016 the film had a restoration supervised by Costa Gavras.

 

[richardburton84]

And the other March titles are:

Touki Bouki (March 9)
Céline and Julie Go Boating (March 16)
Secrets and Lies (March 30)
Defending Your Life (March 30)

 

[TravisR]

I'll get Defending Your Life.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

I'll get Defending Your Life.

Me too and i hope down the road Real Life will be released on Blu-ray.

 

[battlebeast]

SECRETS & LIES has been a LONG time coming.

I’m getting that one. And if Zis coming soon, I’m in for that one, too.

 

[ScottHM]

I can't complain. Kino and Warner Archives are keeping me broke anyway.

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[Derrick King]

UK releases for March 2021
Kagemusha
Lost in America
Defending Your Life

 

[Ronald Epstein]

How the Criterion Collection Defies the Decline of Physical Media

Is the Criterion Collection a cult? If you're selling physical media these days, you kind of have to be. Watch this video to see why.

filmschoolrejects.com

 

[Mike Frezon]

How the Criterion Collection Defies the Decline of Physical Media

Is the Criterion Collection a cult? If you're selling physical media these days, you kind of have to be. Watch this video to see why.

filmschoolrejects.com

That was fun...and, relatable.

 

[Lord Dalek]

APRIL!

History is Made at Night
Memories of Murder
The Furies
Irma Vep
Masculin Feminin (new 4k scan)

 

[richardburton84]

Janus Films has posted a trailer for a new restoration of Tarkovsky’s Mirror, more or less confirming that Criterion will be releasing it at some point this year (completing the Mosfilm Tarkovskys as far as I know)

 

[Tom St Jones]

You are reading correctly, Ron! I have purchased every single blu-ray title they have released. The good, the bad and the ugly! I did a quick count now and found 846 titles (I count the box sets as one title), I think the number of feature length films number approximately 1040. Obviously this does create some unnecessary double-dipping for completion's sake (I would never have purchased Leave Her To Heaven and some other duplicate titles, if Criterion hadn't released them, as I already have them on equal or superior formats). I also repurchase key films, which Criterion released earlier, but that now are presented with new 4K scans (Walkabout, Don't Look Now, The Third Man, Tokyo Story), because I love watching films projected in the best possible quality. I keep individual Criterion titles, if they are subsequently released in large box sets (the Bergmans, the Vardas, the upcoming Fellinis), because I like the individual essays and cover art. (I'm currently holding on to Pierrot le Fou, to check and see if the cover and essay are more or less identical to the first release).

The collection isn't perfect - Criterion have rightly been criticised in a recent op-ed in the New York Times about the lack of diversity regarding black directors, something that the Criterion's longtime president and creative lead, Peter Becker acknowledged and promised to rectify in the future. But having the complete collection means the opportunity of seeing work from over 460 directors from nearly 50 countries. For a film lover, it doesn't get any better. The collection is really proving its worth during the current crisis, where there are virtually no interesting new film releases at the cinema.

As I said previously, I have only one real gripe with Criterion now, and that is their refusal to start releasing 4K discs. Even just one, as a test. I feel that if Arrow can release a 4K disc of Crash, then I feel it is high time Criterion did the same.

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WOW

 

[Derrick King]

UK slate for April 2021 was a little late being announced, I suspect because there is some delays with the planned UK release of the WKW boxset (so it isn't part of the month's releases). Anyway, April 2021:
The Darjeeling Limited (the 3rd Fox title released in the UK, following The Grand Budapest Hotel & Kagemusha)
Secrets & Lies
Charulata

 

[Lord Dalek]

MAY!

Trances
Fast Times at Ridgemont High(!)
Merrily We Go to Hell
Flowers of Shanghai
Nightmare Alley

 

[Jeffrey D]

Wow- Fast Times. Interesting title.

 

[TravisR]

I was wondering why Shout or Arrow didn't already release Fast Times and I guess this answers my question.

 

[battlebeast]

Curious that Fast Times doesn't have any deleted scenes, yet they include a TV version with deleted/alternate scenes.

 

[TravisR]

Curious that Fast Times doesn't have any deleted scenes, yet they include a TV version with deleted/alternate scenes.

Just a guess but this is one of those movies where the TV edit is sometimes ridiculous (they loop in "fuzzy nerd" in lieu of saying someone is a "fucking dick"), it has a number of deleted scenes and it'll be in standard definition so I think they just put the whole thing on there.

 

[Jeffrey D]

Just a guess but this is one of those movies where the TV edit is sometimes ridiculous (they loop in "fuzzy nerd" in lieu of saying someone is a "fucking dick"), it has a number of deleted scenes and it'll be in standard definition so I think they just put the whole thing on there.

That will be fascinating to watch one time, to see what the replacement words are.