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Restored transfer, audio commentary, visual essays, program on visual/sound effects, interview with music arranger, a home movie with Chaplin in it, The Rink short film, More!, and an essay and assorted Chaplin writings. That's a hell of a lot. It'd probably be worth it just for the visual upgrade.
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The David Raskin interview is from the old CBS-FOX laserdisc (and later Image DVD), so that's a good sign stuff like the Carl Davis re-recording on City Lights (and his interview) will show up. Modern Times and The Night of the Hunter are day-one preorders.
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Aug 17, 2010 01:17
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Goddamnit Criterion, I can't quit you. You make everything better all the time.
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Aug 17, 2010 05:57
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Pretty good Criterion sale at Deep Discount. Free shipping if you don't mind waiting 10 years http://www.deepdiscount.com/Criterion-DVD-Blu-ray-Back-to-School-Sale
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The Lucas posted:Pretty good Criterion sale at Deep Discount. Free shipping if you don't mind waiting 10 years I think I went a little overboard, maybe compensating for not taking enough advantage of the BN sale: The Furies Make Way for Tomorrow For All Mankind (Blu) Nikkatsu Noir Pygmalion Elevator to the Gallows Brand Upon the Brain
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Aug 17, 2010 08:01
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I'm wondering if Criterion is going to use the original '36 cut of Modern Times, with the longer nonsense song and the original opening credits. They could easily seamlessly branch the two since a 35mm positive exists. This is probably going to brought up on their blog since the multiple cuts of Chaplin's films are a touchy subject for some.
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Aug 18, 2010 18:24
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The Lucas posted:Pretty good Criterion sale at Deep Discount. Free shipping if you don't mind waiting 10 years I picked up Stagecoach, didn't want to go too nuts on the blu-rays. I'm getting to the point with Criterion where I don't know if I want to go through the back catalog to buy things I missed or hold out for any potential blu-ray rereleases.
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This just popped up on their Facebook page: The first Blu-ray encode of SEVEN SAMURAI arrived today. Our restoration team has really outdone themselves:  *I'm an idiot who forgets*. Really excited to see this one for the first time. E.G.G.S. fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Aug 18, 2010 |
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Aug 18, 2010 20:52
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Safe Driver posted:This just popped up on their Facebook page: October Release. http://www.criterion.com/films/165-seven-samurai
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BFI is releasing Mr. Hulot's Holiday and Playtime on BluRay in November. Playtime seems to have all the Criterion extras carried over. Hulot has two cuts of the film, an interview with Richard Lester (!), and trailers. So, I'm guessing Hulot will get a release in December from Criterion? Looks like the two cuts are the original 1953 version and Tati's 1978 re-release. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Aug 19, 2010 |
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Egbert Souse posted:BFI is releasing Mr. Hulot's Holiday and Playtime on BluRay in November. Playtime seems to have all the Criterion extras carried over. Hulot has two cuts of the film, an interview with Richard Lester (!), and trailers. So, I'm guessing Hulot will get a release in December from Criterion? It wouldn't surprise me if Criterion released M. Hulot's Holiday soon, and BFI putting out a BD certainly provides some evidence that it's likely. But I wouldn't necessarily count on December - sometimes there is a big gap between UK releases and Criterion's eventual release (see The Red Shoes). And hell, they didn't even do HD releases of Make Way For Tomorrow and The Only Son, and the UK got those. So we'll see I suppose.
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Egbert Souse posted:BFI is releasing Mr. Hulot's Holiday and Playtime on BluRay in November. Playtime seems to have all the Criterion extras carried over. Hulot has two cuts of the film, an interview with Richard Lester (!), and trailers. So, I'm guessing Hulot will get a release in December from Criterion? God, I hope it's sooner rather than later. I was saved on this one. I bought Breathless on DVD like a week before it was announced, and with M. Hulot's Holiday, I was literally going to buy it the next day when I heard of the potential Blu-ray.
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All of the Cassavettes movies on Netflix Instant have HD transfers. Maybe an upcoming Blu Ray Cassavettes box incoming.
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The Lucas posted:All of the Cassavettes movies on Netflix Instant have HD transfers. Maybe an upcoming Blu Ray Cassavettes box incoming. Which one should I watch? I've never seen a Cassavettes.
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i am not so sure posted:Which one should I watch? I've never seen a Cassavettes. A Woman Under the Influence and Faces
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Aug 20, 2010 16:04
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This year's ATP lineup supports rumors of The Killing and Something Wild coming to Criterion, and adds Kiss Me Deadly into the mix.
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FitFortDanga posted:Kiss Me Deadly Now there's a movie that could use a special edition DVD/Blu-Ray.
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Where's my Stalker Blu-Ray?
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http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/08/steven-soderberghs-solaris-is-coming-to.html Soderbergh's Solaris coming to Criterion.
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The Lucas posted:http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/08/steven-soderberghs-solaris-is-coming-to.html Yay! I've been wondering what was holding up the Blu-Ray release.
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Aug 23, 2010 16:12
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Yikes! They just redacted the post. And the Playlist is otherwise really reliable when it comes to Criterion, too.
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Aug 23, 2010 16:59
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Aug 23, 2010 17:24
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On the bright side, this means that Tarkovsky's will be getting a fancy Criterion Blu-Ray soon.
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I would be seriously disappointed with Criterion if they manage to release Soderbergh's Solaris on Blu-ray before Tarkovsky's.
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bmmello posted:I would be seriously disappointed with Criterion if they manage to release Soderbergh's Solaris on Blu-ray before Tarkovsky's.
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Green Vulture posted:Why not? Soderbergh's version is superior in...well, every way. I realize I'm in the minority when I say that, but I always thought Tarkovsky's Solaris was mind-numbingly dull; no matter how much I tried, I just could not get into it.
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I'd watch an 1 hour and 45 minute Americanized version of Stalker. It'd have Kurt Russel as the bearded and run down Stalker escorting a young idealistic archeologist/generic scientist through the zone. They attempt to get to the center before the government's super secret ninja black ops people beat them there. When they get to the center of the apocalyptic wasteland it's revealed that the city is actually a bombed out Washington DC and they're trying to get to the Declaration of Independence which grants wishes. Of course it doesn't and everyone dies of radiation poisoning. $100 mil gross, guaranteed. EDIT: Seriously though, how long do I have to wait for a Blu Ray version of Stalker?
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StickySweater posted:I'd watch an 1 hour and 45 minute Americanized version of Stalker. It'd have Kurt Russel as the bearded and run down Stalker escorting a young idealistic archeologist/generic scientist through the zone. They attempt to get to the center before the government's super secret ninja black ops people beat them there. When they get to the center of the apocalyptic wasteland it's revealed that the city is actually a bombed out Washington DC and they're trying to get to the Declaration of Independence which grants wishes. Of course it doesn't and everyone dies of radiation poisoning. $100 mil gross, guaranteed. Sounds like a project for 
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SubG posted:I think the `why not' is because you're in the minority when you say that.
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Green Vulture posted:Because I prefer the version that I liked to come out first on Blu Ray, as opposed to the one I didn't like? No, what SubG is saying is that the answer to your "why not?" is because most people who follow Criterion would prefer the Tarkovsky version. I am also in the minority who prefer Soderbergh's.
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Fair enough. I just got excited at another possible collaboration between Soderbergh and Criterion, only to see that possibility cruelly dashed, leading me to get pissy at bmmello's post.
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FitFortDanga posted:Sounds like a project for Maybe ten years ago! At this point I don't think Christopher Nolan could turn in an <2 hour final cut of anything if his life depended on it.
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StickySweater posted:EDIT: Seriously though, how long do I have to wait for a Blu Ray version of Stalker? Probably not as long as we'll have to wait for one of Mirror.
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FitFortDanga posted:Criterion doesn't design the Wes Anderson covers, Anderson's brother does. Even more than that, as far as I know, Criterion doesn't do a lot of design internally. I believe most of their releases are designed by freelancers that come onto their radar somehow. The Hausu cover was originally a poster done for the Belcourt in Nashville by a local designer (and, incidentally, the guy who plays drums for Ben Folds), which led to him getting more work like that Chaplin Blu-Ray. That might be different for some of the more standardized sets like Eclipse, but they definitely hire out of the company for that sort of stuff more often than not.
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Does anybody know if Criterion owns the rights to any Satyajit Ray movies? I'm tempted to pick up the UK DVD but am worried somebody will announce a remastered set of the Apu trilogy once I buy.
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I wouldn't hold my breath. Ray's films are like the white whale of Criterion releases. They've been trying to get something done for years and years. I'd welcome anything at this point.
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They did say they're working on it, and chances are if they release anything by Ray it'll be the Apu trilogy. As much as I'd love the full-blown treatment of the rest of his work (especially Charulata, Mahanagar, and the "Calcutta trilogy") probably the best we can hope for is an Eclipse set. But I think the Apu trilogy is forthcoming, it's just a matter of when.
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Is Sanjuro worth a blind buy on Blu-ray if I've seen and enjoyed Yojimbo?
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