Two new Criterions in April (1 Viewer)

[Dane Marvin]

'Hoop Dreams' is part of the deal with New Line?
*instantaneous drool*

 

[Tim_C]

According to the Criterion website, the official releases for April are "F for Fake," "Divorce, Italian Style" and the delayed Andrzej Wajda boxset.

 

[george kaplan]

No Tati. :frowning:

 

[Gordon McMurphy]

Don't worry, George, Hulot often got lost, but he always finds his way!

 

[richardWI]

way cool

 

[James N]

There's another title coming, because there's a gap in spine numbers. Hopefully, Mr. Adakin.

 

[Eric Peterson]

I received my copy of "F For Fake" the other day, and was quite excited. I've never seen the film, but it's been on my "To See" list for the better part of ten years.

I can say without hesitation that the wait was worth it. The film was very enjoyable, but I can see how some people would find the editing a bit confusing. Personally, I love a film that tries new things, and this film definitely did that.

As for the transfer, the films comes from multiple source elements, so it varies throughout. It's quite easy to tell between the sections that Welle's shot in 35mm vs the sections that were blown up from 16mm. The Welle's sections were beautiful and looked like new, and I found nothing distracting in the other sections.

I can't wait to get to the extras this weekend. The documentaries sound incredible. There are 3 substantial documentaries on disc 2. One on the the art faker from the movie, one on Welle's unfinished projects, and one about the Hughe's biography faker.

If you like Welles you will not be disappointed with this release. Rush out and get it as soon as you can.

 

[Fredric]

F for Fake may be my favorite OW film. I transfered the audio to cassette for my car way back when, and it's a marvel to listen to just that. Hopefully Amazon will ship my disc soon.

 

[WaveCrest]

An Arena documentary was repeated on BBC Four a few weeks ago, an interview with Orson Welles about his career. F for Fake (1975) I'm definitely interested in getting, but the Criterion disc is priced high at the moment. It's also available from Eureka! DVD and has some different DVD extras to the Criterion release.

 

[WaveCrest]

DVD Beaver review for the Criterion release of F for Fake:



F for Fake (Criterion release) - DVD Beaver review



Am hoping there will be another Criterion sale. Amazon.com's price for F for Fake is over $35 at the moment.

 

[Derrick King]

The Barnes & Noble 50% Criterion DVDs/Blu-rays sale is supposedly going to start July 12th

 

[ShowsOn]

Thank you secret squirrel, much appreciated.