Criterion News and Discussion

[Gold Trumpet]

Major onslaught of Louis Malle coming? Apparently so. All these titles have now come back to the surface with much of the credit going to Criterion for doing so and Criterion promising to release them. To release all these titles at once in single editions is tough, on top of Damage being released in conjucture to one Malle already confirmed. Just expect to see a box set coming.

From a post at CCF:

NEW!!!

And the Pursuit of Happiness w/Vive le Tour
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/FMPro?-db=WebDB.fp5&-Token=CW11000867&-Token.2=malle&-Token.3=CW11000866&-format=currentfilmnote.html&-error=error.html&-lay=WebForm&-find

Zazie dans le Metro
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/FMPro?-db=WebDB.fp5&-Token=CW11000868&-Token.2=malle&-Token.3=CW11000866&-format=currentfilmnote.html&-error=error.html&-lay=WebForm&-find

Calcutta
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/FMPro?-db=WebDB.fp5&-Token=CW11000872&-Token.2=malle&-Token.3=CW11000866&-format=currentfilmnote.html&-error=error.html&-lay=WebForm&-find

Lacombe, Lucian
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/FMPro?-db=WebDB.fp5&-Token=CW11000871&-Token.2=malle&-Token.3=CW11000866&-format=currentfilmnote.html&-error=error.html&-lay=WebForm&-find

God's Country
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/FMPro?-db=WebDB.fp5&-Token=CW11000874&-Token.2=malle&-Token.3=CW11000866&-format=currentfilmnote.html&-error=error.html&-lay=WebForm&-find

Human, Too Human
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/FMPro?-db=WebDB.fp5&-Token=CW11000873&-Token.2=malle&-Token.3=CW11000866&-format=currentfilmnote.html&-error=error.html&-lay=WebForm&-find

Murmur of the Heart
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/FMPro?-db=WebDB.fp5&-Token=CW11000870&-Token.2=malle&-Token.3=CW11000866&-format=currentfilmnote.html&-error=error.html&-lay=WebForm&-find

The Fire Within
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/FMPro?-db=WebDB.fp5&-Token=CW11000869&-Token.2=malle&-Token.3=CW11000866&-format=currentfilmnote.html&-error=error.html&-lay=WebForm&-find

Place de la République w/Vive le Tour
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/FMPro?-db=WebDB.fp5&-Token=CW11000978&-Token.2=malle&-Token.3=CW11000866&-format=currentfilmnote.html&-error=error.html&-lay=WebForm&-find

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Long out of circulation, PHANTOM INDIA will soon once again be available to new generations of scholars, critics and audiences, thanks to the great work of our friends at Criterion.  


http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/programs/6-2005/malle05.htm

Phantom India
Capsule by Jonathan Rosenbaum
From the Chicago Reader


The only time I've watched Louis Malle's six-hour, seven-part 1968 documentary series in its entirety was 27 years ago, but seeing two sections again recently reminded me why this may be my favorite of all of his films. Malle's upper-class misanthropy and morbidity has generally alienated me from his work, but this essayistic travel diary avoids any pretense of objectivity in order to present itself as a highly personal search, narrated in excellent English by Malle himself. In the first episode, "The Impossible Camera," Malle addresses the problem of everyone he meets in India describing the country in Western terms, then goes on to reflect on how his filmmaking affects his subjects; from there he takes in everything from a water buffalo being devoured by vultures to interviews with a few European hippies about why they'e in India. "Dream and Reality," the fourth part, is centered on Kerala and considers the use of elephants as a workforce, Indians' reverence for life, the destruction of the environment, and the three political parties comprising Kerala's communist majority. With his wide-ranging but rambling approach Malle undoubtedly misses or skimps on certain topics, but his mercurial intelligence keeps this lively and fascinating

[samsong]

dvdbeaver recently posted the following:

Criterion's September Releases:

"Masculin Feminin" (Jean Luc Godard)

"The Man Who Fell to Earth" (Nicolas Roeg, including commentary with Nicolas Roeg, Bowie, and Buck Henry!)

"Bad Timing" (Nicolas Roeg)

"Naked" (Mike Leigh, including commentary with Mike Leigh and David Thewlis!)

"An Angel at My Table" (Jane Campion, with commentary by Campion

 

[cine]

im getting naked

[ono]

im getting naked

Can I get naked with you?

[cowboykurtis]

"The Man Who Fell to Earth" (Nicolas Roeg, including commentary with Nicolas Roeg, Bowie, and Buck Henry!)

thats pretty amazing

[grand theft sparrow]

im getting naked

Can I get naked with you?

I'm not asking, I'm telling: I'm totally getting naked with the both of you.

[cine]

awesome, i hope everyone gets naked.  

[Alethia]

way to go criterion!

[cowboykurtis]

great fucking covers

[Gold Trumpet]

From a post at the CCForum:

"I would take this rumor with an exceptionally large grain of salt, but some interesting information was posted earlier this afternoon on criterionforum.com. I usually don't bother visiting the site, but this caught my attention.

Quote:
...I have a friend who works for Humanoids Publishing, who told me that Criterion will be releasing El Topo/The Holy Mountain/Santa Sangre tenatively in the spring of next year, as well as Tusk under the cult label or whatever (more details on that label can apparently be found on criterionforum.org) I emailed Mulvaney who gave one of his general "no plans at this time" responses...which of course means nothing and a change from the "we don't have the rights to Jodorowsky's films" that he used to give.


Even if this amounts to nothing, it should at least make for some interesting discussion. Now if Criterion would just get around to releasing Jigoku and the rest of the Shintoho Studio titles..."

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

Can we all get Naked and have a cuddle party?

[cron]

wowowowowowowowowowowowowow!

El Topo is just fantabulous, hopefuly my vcd copy will die

[w/o horse]

I'm probably going to buy at least three of the September titles.

[Stefen]

I've stayed away from this thread for some time cause I don't have any money. I don't know why I clicked it just now. Depression sets in.

[Gold Trumpet]

From a post at the CCForum:

"I spoke with Dick Gordon this weekend about the fate of the CORRIDORS OF BLOOD, HAUNTED STRANGLER, FIRST MAN INTO SPACE and ATOMIC SUBMARINE discs, then confirmed those details with 2 other sources intimate with Criterion.

I was told that the Gordon films, as well as EQUINOX, GOKE: BODYSNATCHER FROM HELL and some other titles, will be released under a new CC imprint that known as "Eclipse," and that we could see its first batch of releases as early as October. However, the details have not yet been finalized. There's still a chance they could pull the plug on Eclipse, and issue these titles under the CC and/or HVE banners instead.

And in a very surprising (to me) turn, I was further informed that the CC is also exploring the possibility of an erotica imprint."