Criterion News and Discussion

[ono]

I've already seen Slacker and liked it.  That's not his first film.  It's impossible to learn to plow by reading books is.

[Pubrick]

yeah, well, it's impossible to learn to read by plowing fields.

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

yeah, well, it's impossible to learn to read by plowing fields.

It's that kind of mentality that allows authors to publish whatever garbage they want!

[SoNowThen]

August. First, the much anticipated (at least for me) release of Fellini's early film I Vitelloni.

For me, too.


I think that could be CC's most beautiful cover...

[MacGuffin]

awesome, awesome...if they did this with dazed and confused id be the happiest man alive

Just announced from Universal is a much-requested new reissue of Richard Linklater's Dazed & Confused: Flashback Edition, which will hit the streets on September 14th. Remastered in anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1, extras include a new audio commentary with Linklater, deleted scenes and trailers. Retail will be $19.95.

[Alethia]

i...oh my go-...sf.kjbd.kjh.....i....thank you god....thank you

[RegularKarate]

Just announced from Universal is a much-requested new reissue of Richard Linklater's Dazed & Confused: Flashback Edition, which will hit the streets on September 14th. Remastered in anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1, extras include a new audio commentary with Linklater, deleted scenes and trailers. Retail will be $19.95.

They had a D&C aniversary party here in Austin where they showed the movie at a Kegger.  The whole thing was shot and will be on this DVD.

[Alethia]

did you attend this party by any chance?

[RegularKarate]

no, I didn't... I know people that did.

I was never a big Linklater fan.

[tpfkabi]

is I, Vitteloni(sp?) better than the White Sheik?

i rented that, and while it was a nice little film with some nice cinematography, it's not one i have any desire of owning or probably revisiting any time soon.

[modage]

They had a D&C aniversary party here in Austin where they showed the movie at a Kegger.  The whole thing was shot and will be on this DVD.

hopefully it will be better than the Camp Hackenslash featurette which was just horrible.

[RegularKarate]

hopefully it will be better than the Camp Hackenslash featurette which was just horrible.

Well the two events were organized by the same people, but the featurettes are done by a different set of folks.  

I didn't watch the Hackenslash featurette, but I know that there were some events that had to be cancelled because of some assholes getting out of hand, so they may not have had enough good material for it.

[FeloniousFunk]

I believe they are both being released on the same day: August 31st, 2004.

[Ravi]

http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=249

SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET FEATURES:

DISC 1: THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS

New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Marcello Gratti, with restored image and sound, and enhanced for widescreen televisions

Return to Algiers (1992, 55 minutes): three decades following its emergence as a nation, director Gillo Pontecorvo and his son return to Algeria to talk with its people about independence

Theatrical and re-release trailers

Poster gallery

New and improved English subtitle translation

Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

DISC 2: PONTECORVO AND THE FILM

The Making of The Battle of Algiers: an exclusive new documentary created for this release guided by Pontecorvo biographer Irene Bignardi and featuring interviews with the director himself, cinematographer Marcello Gatti, composer Ennio Morricone, editor Mario Morra, actors Jean Martin and Saadi Yacef, and film critic Tullio Kezich

The Dictatorship of Truth: a 37-minute documentary narrated by Edward Said about the relationship between Pontecorvo’s politics and filmmaking style

Directors on The Battle of Algiers: a discussion about the film’s influence, style, and importance featuring, Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone

DISC 3: THE FILM AND HISTORY

The Battle of Algiers and History: a new documentary featuring interviews with historians Alistair Horne, Hugh Roberts and Benjamin Stora, former FLN members Zohra Drif-Bitat, Mohammed Harbi and Saadi Yacef, and writer and torture victim, Henri Alleg (The Question)

“Etats d’Armies”—a 30-minute excerpt from Patrick Rotman’s 3-part documentary, L’Ennemi Intime, which focuses on the horror of the French-Algerian War. It features interviews with various members of the French military during the French-Algerian War, including General Jacques Massu, General Roger Trinquier, General Paul Aussaresses, and others

How to Win the Battle But Lose the War of Ideas: a conversation about the contemporary relevance of The Battle of Algiers between former National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism and author of Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror, Richard A. Clarke, former State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Michael A. Sheehan, and Chief of Investigative Projects for ABC News, Christopher E. Isham

Plus: a booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Peter Matthews, a reprinted interview with writer Franco Solinas, brief biographies on the key figures in the French-Algerian War, and more



http://www.criterionco.com/asp/boxed_set.asp?id=250

Includes: Shadows, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Opening Night, A Constant Forge.

SPECIAL EDITION EIGHT DISC BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES

New high-definition digital transfers of all films, with restored image and sound and (where applicable) enhanced for 16x9 televisions

New video interviews with Cassavetes collaborators Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, Seymour Cassel, Lelia Goldoni, Lynn Carlin, and Al Ruban

Two versions of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie: Cassavetes’ original 135-minute cut as well as his subsequent 108-minute re-edit

Faces alternate opening: 17 minutes of footage revealing the most significant differences of the two version’s opening sequences

Cinéastes de notre temps: an episode from the French television series, dedicated to Cassavetes

Audio commentary on A Woman Under the Influence by sound recordist and composer Bo Harwood and camera operator Mike Ferris

Stills galleries with hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos, publicity shots, and posters

Booklet featuring new essays on Cassavetes and the films by writers/critics Jonathan Lethem, Gary Giddins, Stuart Klawans, Kent Jones, Philip Lopate, Dennis Lim, and director Charles Kiselyak, as well as reprinted writings by and interviews with Cassavetes, a tribute to Cassavetes by director Martin Scorsese, and more

English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

More!

[Just Withnail]

I'm sorry...drunk and having no other words to describe this...right now the only one to do this justice is Wicked!