Looks like Seven Samurai wont be re-released anytime soon
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Looks like Seven Samurai wont be re-released anytime soon
It may be old news but I was thinking about holding off on purchasing the Criterion of seven samurai because it was rumored to be remastered and put back out this year. I sent Criterion a email and asked them about the rumor. They emailed me back with this response:
"We have no immediate plans for A SEVEN SAMURAI re-release.'
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Oh well...
"We have no immediate plans for A SEVEN SAMURAI re-release.'
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JM
Oh well...
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Originally Posted by djtoell
Criterion always says that, right up until the moment a release is announced.
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Originally Posted by D.Zero
Pretty much. Although to be honest, I'd be surprised if Criterion were to release both Ran and a remastered Seven Samurai in the same year, let alone within several months of each other.
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Originally Posted by djtoell
Why do you say that? Yojimbo and Sanjuro were released on the same day, although that was fairly early on and the films are related. Rashomon and Red Beard came out just a few months apart. Stray Dogs and The Lower Depths came out a month apart, which was also just a few months after Ikiru. Ran and Seven Samurai may be two of the bigger titles, but I really don't see any pattern that would prevent their release in the same year.
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Originally Posted by Living Dead
Is criterion doing Ran? I somehow managed to miss that. Has a release date been set?
Criterion to release Kurosawa's Ran
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Originally Posted by RonMexico
"We have no immediate plans for A SEVEN SAMURAI re-release.'
Notice the word "immediate" which basically means it's planned but no official announcement will be made at this time. You could email JM a week before it's announced, and you would get the same response.
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Originally Posted by RonMexico
It may be old news but I was thinking about holding off on purchasing the Criterion of seven samurai because it was rumored to be remastered and put back out this year. I sent Criterion a email and asked them about the rumor. They emailed me back with this response:
"We have no immediate plans for A SEVEN SAMURAI re-release.'
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JM
Oh well...
"We have no immediate plans for A SEVEN SAMURAI re-release.'
Best
JM
Oh well...
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
I know everyone else has said not to believe him but I would. I asked him about some Kurosawa films last year and he gave me a truthful answer. I would not expect it to come out this year.