Criterion News and Discussion

[samsong]

YES

[Bethie]

The Exterminating Angel.

OH my god. oh my

[Satcho9]

http://gizmodo.com/5052324/how-criterion-hones-its-restoration-magic-for-hd

Good article on the behind the scenes doings of Criterion

[last days of gerry the elephant]

great article, thanks for sharing!

[last days of gerry the elephant]

White Dog cover updated?

[edison]

Up for January:

Special Features
- New, restored digital transfer
- Taking Power, a multimedia essay by Tag Gallagher, author of The Adventures of Roberto Rossellini
- The Last Utopia, a documentary about Rossellini's late career
- Video interview with artistic advisor Jean Dominique de la Rochefoucauld and script supervisor Michelle Podroznik
- Video interview with Renzo Rossellini
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by critic Colin McCabe


Special Features
- SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary featuring film scholar Thomas Doherty Magnificent Obsession (1935, 102 minutes): a new digital transfer of John M. Stahl's complete earlier version of the film
- Douglas Sirk: From UFA to Hollywood (1991): a rare 80-minute documentary by German filmmaker Eckhart Schmidt in which Sirk reflects upon his career
- Video interviews with filmmakers Allison Anders and Kathryn Bigelow, paying tribute to Sirk
- Theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien


Special Features   also in Blu-ray
- DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer supervised and approved by director Gregory Nava
- New audio commentary featuring Nava
- In the Service of the Shadows: The Making of "El Norte": a new video program featuring interviews with Nava, producer and cowriter Anna Thomas, actors Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando, and set designer David Wasco
- Wall of Silence, a new short documentary by Nava and Barbara Martinez Jitner, concerning the building of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border
- The Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva, the 1972 award-winning student film by Nava
- Gallery of Chipas location-scouting photographs
- Theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by novelist Héctor Tobar and Roger Ebert's 1983 review of the film

[last days of gerry the elephant]

Is it bad if I don't know any of these?

[Pozer]

that's what i think everytime i'm in the Now Playing thread.

[john]

Is it bad if I don't know any of these?

Not as bad as the fact that, while my father has recommended El Norte to me for years, I haven't taken an active interest in seeing it, and probably will only do so now that it's being christened Criterion-worthy. All the while bitching about hypothetical fans who buy Criterion shirts being nothing more than snotty label whores.

Glad to see Magnificent Obsession on there, though.

[samsong]

Glad to see Magnificent Obsession on there, though.

especially glad to see that they've included the john stahl film as well, which leads me to think/hope that criterion will acquire the rights for one of my favorite sirk films, imitation of life.  i can use some more sirk by way of criterion in my life.

[cinemanarchist]

All too busy shopping already???

Dear Criterion viewers,
We've got some big news. We're launching a new website on November 25, and we're moving warehouses in the process. To clear the way for the new site, we're selling everything on our current site at 40% off the retail price. That includes clothing, posters, mugs, totebags, and of course every Criterion DVD in stock! You'll still get free shipping on orders over $50, and your purchases will still count toward our loyalty program if you create an account on our new site. We won't be taking new preorders or back orders—this sale is strictly "while supplies last," so shop early and often. Come on down, browse around, and stock up on holiday gifts at unbeatable prices, while you also help us move to our new digs! Sale ends Monday, November 24, at midnight.
Happy shopping!

[The Perineum Falcon]

Hmmmm, I think the bank just upped my credit limit........

[MacGuffin]

The DDD sale is cheaper.

[cinemanarchist]

By how much? In this instance I'm all for helping Criterion directly because hopefully they get a bigger chunk when they sell it themselves...but I could be wrong on that.

[MacGuffin]

With the Criterion site, you're taking "40% off the retail price." With DDD, you take "an additional 25% off" the already discounted price. For example, I looked up Vampyr. At CC - $23.97 At DDD - $19.42 Maybe that's not much, but it adds up when you have to reach $50 for the free s&h.