Criterion News and Discussion

[tpfkabi]

I saw the e-mail yesterday.

Which ones have the 'must have' type of extras that probably won't carry over to any future edition?

[modage]

[samsong]

also:





by brakhage: an anthology - volume 2 sold as a separate sd disc.  all three may titles also have blu-ray releases.  i'm pumped.  love all the may covers.

[Ravi]

Walkabout, HELL YES!

[Pubrick]

walkabout cover is the best i've seen in years.

it's not a screencap from the film is it? i don't remember a shot like that.. but i recognize the elements.

amazing, that's exactly what the movie feels like.

[mogwai]

walkabout cover is the best i've seen in years.

it's not a screencap from the film is it? i don't remember a shot like that.. but i recognize the elements.

amazing, that's exactly what the movie feels like.

Is a blind buy recommended?

[Ravi]

walkabout cover is the best i've seen in years.

it's not a screencap from the film is it? i don't remember a shot like that.. but i recognize the elements.

amazing, that's exactly what the movie feels like.

The boy was included on the original Criterion cover, without the car.



I think this shot was a screencap from the film, though I'm not sure.  But yeah, that cover perfectly captures the feel of the film.  I want that as a poster.

[samsong]

walkabout cover is the best i've seen in years.

it's not a screencap from the film is it? i don't remember a shot like that.. but i recognize the elements.

amazing, that's exactly what the movie feels like.

Is a blind buy recommended?

absolutely.  same goes for the rest of nicholas roeg's films.

[Gamblour.]

Barf, those look beautiful.

[Ravi]

Fritz the Cat?

[samsong]

Fritz the Cat?

the newsletter promises terry zwigoff's induction into the criterion collection -- about which i'm elated -- in which case the ostensible fritz the cat reference could only mean crumb.  criterion also has his first film louie bluie , so we, or at least i might have a zwigoff double feature disc to look forward to.

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

The possibility of Fritz the Cat getting the Criterion treatment and likely on Blu-Ray completely outshines whatever will happen instead.

[hedwig]

fritz the cat would be cool, but CRUMB! yes! that so deserves the criterion treatment. such an amazing film.

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

Frtiz the Cat was a pretty big deal for independent animation, as well as animation as a whole and I'm not just partial to Ralph Bakshi because of my signature.

Crumb was a great movie, don't get me wrong, but Criterion doesn't often validate animated features or give them "the treatment."

[Gold Trumpet]

It has to be Zwigoff. Criterion has already confirmed he's due for release this year (along with Chaplin, Lumet, more Ray and others) but I don't know if Crumb is a substantive film to release because it already has a pretty good special edition DVD. Of course that hasn't stopped Criterion before.