Criterion News and Discussion

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

Oh shit, that one's much cooler.

how the hell is it cooler? its the same fucking image

I'VE BEEN DUPED!!

[cowboykurtis]

Oh shit, that one's much cooler.

how the hell is it cooler? its the same fucking image

I'VE BEEN DUPED!!

you sure have - how does it feel?

whats that image on your avatar - is that from a film you made? i hope not

[Gamblour.]

I like the Pickpocket image, except it looks like he only has four fingers.

[The Red Vine]

I like the Pickpocket cover too. Has anybody seen the movie?

[Alethia]

whats that image on your avatar - is that from a film you made? i hope not

its an episode of stella.

and i have a crappy copy of pickpocket on vhs....bresson's masterpiece, i think, that and devil, probably (which i also have a crappy vhs copy of)....

[Ravi]

What are the chances of Criterion releasing Dersu Uzala?  Has Criterion ever re-released a Kino title?

[Gold Trumpet]

What are the chances of Criterion releasing Dersu Uzala?  Has Criterion ever re-released a Kino title?

I would say not very good. There may be a few Kino titles that transferred to Criterion, but I don't know of any. Also, for a filmmaker as widely discussed in Criterion rumor circles for possible releases as Kurosawa is, Dersu Uzala never hits even the radar.

[analogzombie]

What are the chances of Criterion releasing Dersu Uzala?  Has Criterion ever re-released a Kino title?

I would say not very good. There may be a few Kino titles that transferred to Criterion, but I don't know of any. Also, for a filmmaker as widely discussed in Criterion rumor circles for possible releases as Kurosawa is, Dersu Uzala never hits even the radar.

Besides, they've got Drunken Angel, The Bad Sleep Well and a Seven Samurai reissue to work on before they even begin to think about that garbage.

[Ravi]

Garbage???

[modage]

a tidbit of old news from the just released Director's Label Series compilation with Mark Romanek...

Spike Jonze: So you've been working on this for a long time, this compilation.  How many years?

Mark Romanek: Well, I was asked to do one with Criterion initially, like over five years ago. We spent a year and a half working on that, but then it fell apart.  So it's been, I don't know, well over seix oe seven years.  It's good that it took so long, because there's way more stuff on hte DVD now.

interesting.  i wonder why it fell through, and i wonder if outside of the beastie boys and romanek if crierion had intended to release more music video compilations before directors label was formed?

[mogwai]

dvdbeaver.com's review of "the man who fell to earth"

[NEON MERCURY]

question:  i got naked.  is the comm. track from the criterion laserdisc?  hasnt one of the participants passed away?

[analogzombie]

question:  i got naked.  is the comm. track from the criterion laserdisc?  hasnt one of the participants passed away?

yes, i do believe it is a port from the laserdisc.

[grand theft sparrow]

Attention Jodorowsky fans!

So... I went on a job interview last week.  The job was for restoring a "70s cult movie" as the ad said.  It turns out that the movie in question was El Topo.  

I didn't get the job   but at least I came away from the whole thing with some bit of useful information.  The job would have entailed scanning all sorts of pics, drawings, etc., for the eventual Criterion edition of the movie; the film itself is already restored.  Their target for finishing all of this is early November.  So, it looks like sometime in 2006, El Topo Criterion will be hitting the shelves.  

They may be working on The Holy Mountain as well but I'm not 100% on that.

[cowboykurtis]

Attention Jodorowsky fans!

So... I went on a job interview last week.  The job was for restoring a "70s cult movie" as the ad said.  It turns out that the movie in question was El Topo.  

I didn't get the job   but at least I came away from the whole thing with some bit of useful information.  The job would have entailed scanning all sorts of pics, drawings, etc., for the eventual Criterion edition of the movie; the film itself is already restored.  Their target for finishing all of this is early November.  So, it looks like sometime in 2006, El Topo Criterion will be hitting the shelves.  

They may be working on The Holy Mountain as well but I'm not 100% on that.

thats pretty amazing - I've heard rumblings about Sante Sangre getting the treatment as well.