[Giles]

CRITERION CHALLENGE

Sept. 1:

RAN
Supplements:
- 'Sydney Lumet on Ran' [12min] ☼
- Tatsuya Nakadai interview ☼
- Image: Kurosawa’s Continuity [35min] ☼
- Trailer 1 [2min] / 2 [1min.43s] / 3 [3min.10s] / 4 [3min] ☼

[Booklet: 'Apocalypse Song' by Michael Wilmington / 'Interview with Akira Kurosawa on Ran' by Kiyoshi Watanabe (Positif - October 1985 issue) / 'Interview with Toru Takemitsu' by Max Tessier (La revue du cinema - September 1985 issue)]


HIDDEN FORTRESS
Supplements:
- George Lucas Introduction [8min] ☼
- Trailer [3min.46s] ☼

DODES' KA-DEN
Supplements:
- Trailer [3min.32s] ☼

IKIRU
Supplements:
- A Message from Akiru Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies (2000) [81min] ☼
- Trailer ☼

Sept. 2:

KAGEMUSHA
Supplements:
- Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa [19min] ☼
- Image: Kurosawa’s Continuity [41min] ☼
- Suntory Whiskey commercials [(3) 30sec / (2) 1min] ☼

[Booklet: 'Kagemusha: From Painting to Film Pageantry' by Peter Grilli / 'Talking with the Director' by Tony Rayns (Sight & Sound - Summer '81 issue] / 'Biographical Sketches' by Donald Richie]

BRAZIL
Supplement:
- 'The Battle of Brazil: A Video History' [58min] ☼

Sept. 3:

FOR ALL MANKIND
- Film with commentary [Bluray] ☼

[Booklet: 'Fantastic Voyage' by Terrence Rafferty / 'A Trip to the Moon' by Al Reinert]

Sept. 5:

A WOMAN IS A WOMAN
- Film viewing ☼
- Charlotte et Véronique ou Tous les garçons s’appellent Patrick (All the Boys Are Called Patrick) (1959) [21min] ☼
- Trailer [2min.31sec]
- Audio recording [34min.10sec]

[Booklet: 'A Woman is a Woman' by J. Hoberman / 'A Movie is A Movie' by Michele Manceaux (L'Express - Jan. 12 1961 & July 27, 1961)]

Sept. 8:

BLACK NARCISSUS
- Film viewing ☼ [Bluray]

IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES
- Film viewing with Tony Rayns commentary track ☼ [Bluray]
- US Trailer ☼

[Booklet: 'Some Notes on Oshima and Pornography' by Donald Richie / 'Nagisa Oshima 'on In the Realm of the Sense' (edited form - Image Forum article)]

Sept. 9:

HELP!: (originally appeared on Criterion Laserdisc)
- Film viewing ☼

SWITCHBLADE SISTERS: (originally appeared on Criterion Laserdisc)
- Film viewing ☼

Sept. 10:

ARMY OF SHADOWS:
- Film with commentary
- Pierre L'Homme: Revisitng A Masterpiece
- Restoration
- Le Journal de la Resistance [34min]

[Booklet: 'Out of the Shadows' by Amy Taubin / 'Melville's French Resistance' by Robert O. Paxton / 'Melville on Melville: Army of Shadows' interview by Rui Nogueira]


Sept. 11:

TIME BANDITS:
- Film with commentary
- Scrapbook
- Trailer

I AM A CURIOUS - BLUE:
- Film viewing
- Screen specific director commentary track
- Deleted scene

Sept. 12:

I AM A CURIOUS - YELLOW:
- Screen specific director commentary track
- Director introduction
- The Battle for “I Am Curious—Yellow”
- video interview with legendary publisher Barney Rosset and attorney Edward de Grazia
- Excerpts from the transcripts of the trial for 'I Am Curious—Yellow' [Text]

Sept. 14:

HARDBOILED:
- Film viewing with commentary: John Woo, producer Terence Chang, filmmaker Roger Avary, and critic Dave Kehr

SEVENTH SEAL:
Supplement:
- Bergman Island [Bluray]

BICYCLE THIEVES:
Supplements:
- "Life as It Is" (History of Italian Neorealism in Cinema) [40min]
- "Cesare Zavattini" TV documentary

Sept. 15:

THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE:
Supplements:
- Factory (1970)
- Hospital (1976)
- Railway Station (1980)
- The Musicians (1958)

Sept. 16:

FANNY & ALEXANDER:
- Film viewing (188min version) [Bluray]

GREAT EXPECTATIONS:
- Film viewing [Bluray] ☼

BLADE RUNNER: (originally appeared on Criterion Laserdisc)
- Film viewing [International cut] [Bluray] ☼

AKIRA: (originally appeared on Criterion Laserdisc)
- Film viewing [Bluray]

Sept. 18:

THE WAGES OF FEAR:
- Film viewing [Bluray] ☼

ZULU: (originally appeared on Criterion Laserdisc)
- Film viewing [Bluray] ☼

THE 400 BLOWS:
- Film viewing [Bluray] ☼

Sept. 19:

THE BDR TRILOGY:
supplements:
- 'I Don't Just Want You To Love Me: The Filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder' [96min] ☼
- 'Life Stores' Fassbinder interview by Pter W. Jansen [48min] ☼
- Trailers: Veronika Voss [3.13sec] / Lola [3.16sec] / The Marriage of Maria Braun [3.27sec] ☼

Sept. 21:

REPULSION:
- Film viewing [Bluray] ☼

Sept. 22:

DR. NO: (originally appeared on Criterion Laserdisc)
- Film viewing [Bluray]

Sept. 23:

PIERRE LE FOU:
- Film viewing [Bluray] ☼

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☼ = First Time Viewing