Criterion Blu-ray titles! (2 Viewers)

[Ronald Epstein]

Russell, Thank you for relaying this announcement to the membership. We have been getting the press releases from Criterion very late these days. We will do our usual job of posting cover art and individual announcements either this evening or very early tomorrow morning. Thanks again.

 

[Ruz-El]

No worries Ron, slow day at work and I stumbled on the Criterion twitter post pretty much right when they posted it. I'm in for: Richard III - though would of preferred a Olvier Shakespeare boxset since these titles have had a few releases by Criterion at this point and I'm yet to buy any of them Repo Man - Never got around to getting this before Naked Lunch - Upgrade my fairly awful looking Aliance DVD version. Any Criterion Cronenberg is a good thing. The Pierre Etaix set looks interesting too, but I'll wait for some reviews. Might not be my cup of tea.

 

[Brandon Conway]

Just from an output standpoint, 9 films on Blu-ray and 12 films on DVD in one month of releases is very impressive.

 

[Moe Dickstein]

Nothing really interesting to me. Already have Richard III on DVD in the original release. Russell - there is a Criterion Olivier box set. RIII is the first one to get a Blu upgrade, so it's a DVD box: http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/577-olivier-s-shakespeare

 

[Ruz-El]

Originally Posted by Moe Dickstein
Nothing really interesting to me. Already have Richard III on DVD in the original release.
Russell - there is a Criterion Olivier box set. RIII is the first one to get a Blu upgrade, so it's a DVD box:
http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/577-olivier-s-shakespeare

Thanks for the heads up, Moe. I nearly pulled the trigger on that set on a few of the sales. I was hoping we'd see a set like the Lean and Coward one from a year or so ago on bluray since these Olivier titles are all upgrades.
In fact, I might hold out on Richard III just in case it gets bundled in the future. Probably wont be able to help myself though...

 

[Brandon Conway]

I'd say the odds of Henry V and Hamlet getting upgraded to Blu-ray in the next couple years are very high, so if you can wait it may be worthwhile.

 

[TravisR]

I don't know if I'll rush out to get Naked Lunch but I'll pick it up at some point. I'm definitely looking forward to Repo Man.

 

[Craig Beam]

Naked Lunch!!!!! Yes!

 

[Lord Dalek]

Henry V probably needs a new restoration considering how bad the last two transfers looked.

 

[John Hodson]

Henry V probably needs a new restoration considering how bad the last two transfers looked.

Henry V has been restored in the UK; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1557964/Laurence-Oliviers-Henry-V-returns.html

 

[John Hodson]

Sorry; double post.

 

[Ruz-El]

Originally Posted by John Hodson
Henry V has been restored in the UK; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1557964/Laurence-Oliviers-Henry-V-returns.html

Interesting! I've been holding out for years on these, I can hold out a little while more.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Originally Posted by John Hodson
Henry V has been restored in the UK; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1557964/Laurence-Oliviers-Henry-V-returns.html

Its a bit of a disappointment judging from Beaver's caps. Too washed out.

 

[Brandon Conway]

Originally Posted by Lord Dalek
Its a bit of a disappointment judging from Beaver's caps. Too washed out.

Criterion would likely do their own tweaking with the film source.

 

[John Hodson]

Its a bit of a disappointment judging from Beaver's caps. Too washed out.

It's actually much better in motion than the 'caps suggest. Criterion would doubtless use the ITV master as the source for any future release and I'd be happy to buy again (I paid around £5 for it, and it's not much more now)

 

[FoxyMulder]

Originally Posted by Martin Teller
Definitely:
3:10 to Yuma
Safety Last!
Repo Man
Autumn Sonata
The Devil's Backbone
Lord of the Flies
Oshima's Boy
Eraserhead
The Kid
Le Samourai
Maybe:
The Tenant
Yo-Yo (Etaix Eclipse?)
Scanners
Gate to Hell
Babette's Feast
All That Heaven Allows
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

There is a new release of Scanners from Germany, looks much improved over the last release.
http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/comparison.php?cID=1449#auswahl

 

[Moe Dickstein]

New newsletter clue is out. A blue pig with one lens of his glasses broken. No idea what this one is...

 

[Ruz-El]

Originally Posted by Moe Dickstein
New newsletter clue is out. A blue pig with one lens of his glasses broken. No idea what this one is...

I'm at a loss too. First thing that came to mind was the original "Animal Farm" cartoon. I'd love that, but I doubt it.
In the Christopher Nolan's Top 10 Criterion he picks "Greed" as one that should be in the collection. I'm holding thumbs that "Greed" would happen, though I presume it's unlikely.

 

[Worth]

Electra Glide in Blue maybe?

 

[JoHud]

Yeah, I have no idea. Maybe Compulsion?