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[Gold Trumpet]

has anyone heard if che is getting put out on criterion? the link below is where i read it, no idea how realiable the site is though.



http://www.joblo.com/forums/showthread.php?s=218add595d167a3e57e220a3c0fa674b&t=88885&page=24

It's true, expect this fall for release.

[MacGuffin]

has anyone heard if che is getting put out on criterion? the link below is where i read it, no idea how realiable the site is though.



http://www.joblo.com/forums/showthread.php?s=218add595d167a3e57e220a3c0fa674b&t=88885&page=24

I read it here. It's reliable:

http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=9295.msg277262#msg277262

[Jefferson]

has anyone heard if che is getting put out on criterion? the link below is where i read it, no idea how realiable the site is though.



http://www.joblo.com/forums/showthread.php?s=218add595d167a3e57e220a3c0fa674b&t=88885&page=24

I read it here. It's reliable:

http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=9295.msg277262#msg277262

well im a little behind on this one but better late then never. all in all im pleased with this. still haven't seen the second part but it seems like a good choice as far as new releases go.

[Ravi]

[Gold Trumpet]

I'm stumped and criterionforum.org doesn't have any agreed upon ideas.

[cine]

They're now crossing their fingers that its Stagecoach.

[I Love a Magician]

50% off 365 criterions via barnes and noble

admin edit: link title modified for truth

[The Perineum Falcon]

son of a bitch, what poor fucking timing for this........

[edison]

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Wim Wenders (with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
Audio commentary featuring Wenders and actor Peter Falk
The Angels Among Us (2003), a documentary featuring interviews with Wenders, Falk, actors Bruno Ganz and Otto Sander, writer Peter Handke, and composer Jürgen Knieper
Excerpt from "Wim Wenders Berlin Jan. 87," an episode of the French television program Cinéma cinémas, including on-set footage
Interview with director of photography Henri Alekan
Deleted scenes and outtakes
Excerpts from the films Alekan la lumière (1985) and Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois (about the actor who plays Homer in Wings of Desire)
Notes and photos by production designer Heidi Lüdi and art director Toni Lüdi
Trailers
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Atkinson and writings by Wenders and Handke

Monsoon Wedding (no cover yet)
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Mira Nair and director of photography Declan Quinn (with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
Audio commentary featuring Nair
Nair's short documentaries So Far from India (1983), India Cabaret (1985), and The Laughing Club of India (2001), featuring video introductions by the director
Nair's short fiction films The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat (1993), 11'09"01—September 11 (Segment: "India") (2002), Migration (2007), and How Can It Be? (2008), featuring video introductions by the director
New video interview with actor Naseeruddin Shah, conducted by Nair
New video interviews with Quinn and production designer Stephanie Carroll
Theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic and travel writer Pico Iyer


New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by cinematographer Raoul Coutard
Audio commentary featuring film historian Peter Cowie
New interviews with Costa-Gavras and Coutard
Archival interviews with Costa-Gavras; producer-actor Jacques Perrin; actors Yves Montand, Irène Papas, and Jean-Louis Trintignant; and Vassilis Vassilikos, author of the book Z
Theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Armond White

[socketlevel]

can't wait for wings of desire blu ray, some of the best 1080p i've seen is B/W

what a great film

[edison]

SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET

The live kinescope broadcasts of Marty (1953), Patterns (1955), No Time for Sergeants (1955), A Wind from the South (1955), Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956), Bang the Drum Slowly (1956), The Comedian (1957), and Days of Wine and Roses (1958)
Commentaries by directors John Frankenheimer, Delbert Mann, Ralph Nelson, and Daniel Petrie
Interviews with key cast and crew, including Frankenheimer, Andy Griffith, Julie Harris, Kim Hunter, Richard Kiley, Piper Laurie, Nancy Marchand, Jack Palance, Cliff Robertson, Mickey Rooney, Carol Serling, Rod Steiger, and Mel Torme
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his extensive liner notes on each program


New, restored high-definition digital transfer
New video interviews with screenwriter James Salter; film editor Richard Harris; production manager Walter Coblenz; and former downhill skier Joe Jay Jalbert, who served as technical adviser, a ski double, and a cameraman
Audio excerpts from a 1979 American Film Institute seminar with director Michael Ritchie
Theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Todd McCarthy


DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

New high-definition transfer, supervised and approved by director Matteo Garrone (with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
Five Stories, a 60-minute documentary on the making of Gomorrah
New video interviews with Garrone and actor Toni Servillo
Interviews with writer Roberto Saviano and actors Gianfelice Imparato
and Salvatore Cantalupo
Deleted scenes
Theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Chuck Stephens

A Christmas Tale: Arnaud Desplechin (no cover yet)
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Arnaud Desplechin
L'aimée, Desplechin's 2007 documentary about the selling of his family home
New documentary featuring interviews with Desplechin and actors Mathieu Amalric and Catherine Deneuve
Original theatrical trailers
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Lopate

[Gold Trumpet]

The cool thing about November releases is that they feature two new releases. Criterion (through Janus) recently supported the theatrical rights of a film in the United States, but they are also starting to distribute more foreign films on DVD. I hope they do because so many films need DVD releases in America, but they need to find a way to lower the costs. I understand the prices of special editions for older films, but it's hard justifying them for new films because a lot of people don't even know them too well.

Oh, also, from last month's annoucement of new films

[modage]

best dvd cover 2009.

[Gamblour.]

Yeah, easily. That's incredible.

[modage]

Exclusive: The Criterion Collection Unveils New Titles For 2010
Source: ThePlaylist

At the end of our interview with the Criterion Collection's Jonathan Turell, he put us in touch with Jon Mulvaney, Criterion's inside man on what the future holds in store and he revealed to us exclusively, a number of Criterion titles that should be out in the near future and next year.

"The French Lieutenant's Woman" – Another selection from MGM's catalog, you can expect this from Criterion next year. Starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, this film of parallel narratives and containing a film-within-a-film was nominated for five Academy Awards. Fred Zinneman, John Frankenheimer, Richard Lester and Mike Nichols all tried and failed to adapt John Fowles' tricky novel until British director Karel Reisz and celebrated writer Harold Pinter managed to wrap their brains around it.

Charlie Chaplin – Mulvaney has confirmed the circulating rumors that the Criterion Collection is in discussions to acquire the rights to the Charlie Chaplin library. There are no details on titles or release dates at this time.

"Stagecoach" – Mulvaney confirms that the John Ford title hinted at this summer in the Criterion Collection newsletter, is indeed "Stagecoach." The release of this massively influential western and beloved John Wayne film will be the first to utilize the restoration work done by the UCLA.

Akira Kurosawa– Hinted in last month's newsletter, Mulvaney confirms that a massive 25 film boxset is slated to be released by the end of year and just in time for the 100th anniversary of the the Japanese grandmaster's birth in 2010.

"Revanche" – The DVD release of Janus Films' surprising acquisition of this Austrian Academy Award nominated film will be released in early 2010.

"Underworld" & "The Docks Of New York" – Though not currently on the schedule, Mulvaney confirms we can expect to see both of these long awaited Josef von Sternberg silents sometime in 2010.

Scorsese's short films – long rumored to be released soon, there are unfortunately no plans to release Martin Scorsese's early short films. We'll have to fire up the bootlegs in the interim.

IFC – "A Christmas Tale" and "Gomorrah" – both coming in November – are just two titles in a twelve-picture deal with IFC. While Mulvaney was mum on the other films in the works, we can tell you Antichrist will probably not be one of them, but let's not forget "Che" is an IFC film in case you had any doubts that the "rumors" weren't true. One of our wishes and best guesses knowing their taste? The excellent IFC film, "Summer Hours" by Oliver Assayas that seems very much up the Criterion Collection's alley. It's one our favorite films of 2009 thus far.

Warner Brothers – With the Robert Redford film, "Downhill Racer" joining the collection in November, we hoped there were more Warner's titles on the way, but Mulvaney let us know there is nothing on the schedule currently.

Focus Features - A director's cut of Ang Lee's "Ride With The Devil," is also scheduled for a release in May. This is the second title licensed from Focus Features following Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding which will be released in October. For now, we will have to wait and see if any further titles are coming from this new relationship with Focus, but it's a promising start.

Finally, if you're heading up to the rock festival All Tomorrow's Parties in New York this year, when you're not watching David Yow showing the kids how it's done or losing your college tuition at poker to Steve Albini, be sure to stop by the Criterion curated screening room where you can see among an amazing lineup of films, including "Mystery Train" followed by a Q&A with Jim Jarmusch and Steve McQueen's acclaimed "Hunger" (another telling IFC picture, hint!). We think it's fairly safe to say these will be making their way into the collection soon as well.

But that's not all...Mulvaney did talk to us about several exciting titles that as of press time we are unable to disclose as of press time as discussions for these films are ongoing and not quite finalized. We will continue to stay in touch with the good people at Criterion and let you know as soon as we're permitted to write about it.