Anyone know if "Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" will be a Criterion DVD?
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Anyone know if "Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" will be a Criterion DVD?
Just saw this yesterday and absolutely loved it, like all Wes Anderson's movies. Does anyone have any info on the eventual DVD, and whether or not it might be a Criterion like "Rushmore" and "Royal Tenenbaums" were?
While I'm at it, any word on the long-rumored "Bottle Rocket" Criterion?
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While I'm at it, any word on the long-rumored "Bottle Rocket" Criterion?
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There wasn't a longer window for Royal Tenenbaums. It was in the theaters in late Dec./early Jan. based on market, and was on dvd in June of the same year.
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Originally Posted by Sierra Disc
While I'm at it, any word on the long-rumored "Bottle Rocket" Criterion?
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I don't enjoy bearing the bad news every time this comes up in one forum or another, considering BR is one of my 5 favorite movies of all time and I've easily seen it 20+ times, but I've contacted Jon Mulvaney at Criterion Co. once every 6 months or so, and he says there are no plans to bring this movie into the collection in the near future. For some reason I don't think TLA will get the Criterion treatment, I don't know why, I hope I'm wrong and it does because I really enjoyed it and Wes is a great director with a really keen sense for style and atmosphere.
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I can only hope so.
Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums have great Criterion transfers, most notably when anamorphic is taken advantage of on a wide screen.
This is another 2.40x1 film that is visually spectacular, so hopefully there is a DVD to match.
Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums have great Criterion transfers, most notably when anamorphic is taken advantage of on a wide screen.
This is another 2.40x1 film that is visually spectacular, so hopefully there is a DVD to match.
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Originally Posted by jaeufraser
Wasn't the criterion release of Royal Tenenbaums the only release of the film? I don't even recall there being a non Criterion version. That could be the case again.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is a Criterion. The Royal Tenenbaums seemed to be a part of the collection before the movie was even finished! On disc two of that set, there's an intro by Ben Stiller and the boys, that was shot during production, welcoming us to the Criterion Collection
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Originally Posted by slop101
I'd say chances are good - but that would mean a much larger theater-to-dvd-window than the typical 6 months.
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Given that Life Aquatic is a Touchstone film, and both Rushmore and Royal Tenenbaums were released by Touchstone, and that Disney and Criterion have a good working relationship, I agree that it's almost a certainty. Can't wait!
And add me to the list of the hopefuls wishing for a CC Bottle Rocket.
And add me to the list of the hopefuls wishing for a CC Bottle Rocket.
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While I didn't really care for the film (Ebert's review was spot-on), I'd love to see a Criterion set (which I would gladly purchase....if for no other reason than to listen to commentary and maybe figure out why it didn't work for me).
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IIRC, the royal tenenbaums a criterion disc but distriibuted by BV.
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ps. i would also love a CC edition of TLA (BV distro or not). also another vote for bottle rocket CC.
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ps. i would also love a CC edition of TLA (BV distro or not). also another vote for bottle rocket CC.
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Originally Posted by fliggil
I don't enjoy bearing the bad news every time this comes up in one forum or another, considering BR is one of my 5 favorite movies of all time and I've easily seen it 20+ times, but I've contacted Jon Mulvaney at Criterion Co. once every 6 months or so, and he says there are no plans to bring this movie into the collection in the near future.
That said, I believe Anderson still wants the quality release of 'Bottle Rocket', so I imagine that the delay is either Criterion itself or, more likely, specifically getting ahold of the rights.
As for 'Life Aquatic', Anderson seems to have a good working relationship with Criterion ... then again, he seemed to have a good writing relationship with Owen Wilson, but that got dissolved.
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Originally Posted by ThatGuamGuy
As for 'Life Aquatic', Anderson seems to have a good working relationship with Criterion ... then again, he seemed to have a good writing relationship with Owen Wilson, but that got dissolved.
I must just be out of the film industry loop.
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Originally Posted by SRotblat
where do you all hear stuff like this? not that I'm contradicting you....but I never run across this type of information other than in threads like this.
Wilson didn't write AQUATIC becuase he was off making movies and money. Writing takes time, and Wilson didn't have that to spare.
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Originally Posted by ThatGuamGuy
While you're not wrong, and I do think it probably won't happen soon for whatever reason, I do feel I must point out that Mulvaney *always* says that until official announcements are made. If you go through "upcoming Criterion" threads, you are pretty much guaranteed to see at least one post in each thread where somebody says, "I just E-mailed Mulvaney last week and he said no plans at this time! I can't believe it!"
That said, I believe Anderson still wants the quality release of 'Bottle Rocket', so I imagine that the delay is either Criterion itself or, more likely, specifically getting ahold of the rights.
That said, I believe Anderson still wants the quality release of 'Bottle Rocket', so I imagine that the delay is either Criterion itself or, more likely, specifically getting ahold of the rights.
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Not that I'm disagreeing with anyone here, but Tenenbaums was done before DVD was super popular. DVD has changed a lot in three years. This could affect BV's desire to have Criterion put the DVD together for them... hopefully, not, or there was an agreement made during the pre-production process.
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Originally Posted by scott shelton
That's because it isn't true. People tend to have this problem in the forums.
Wilson didn't write AQUATIC becuase he was off making movies and money. Writing takes time, and Wilson didn't have that to spare.
Wilson didn't write AQUATIC becuase he was off making movies and money. Writing takes time, and Wilson didn't have that to spare.
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Originally Posted by ThatGuamGuy
So what part of saying that their writing partnership seems dissolved isn't true? They aren't writing together anymore. Nothing else was implied there. Anderson wrote his first three movies with Owen Wilson, now he's written two in a row with Noah Baumbach.
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While I didn't really care for the film (Ebert's review was spot-on)
Originally Posted by scott shelton
That's because it isn't true. People tend to have this problem in the forums.
Wilson didn't write AQUATIC becuase he was off making movies and money. Writing takes time, and Wilson didn't have that to spare.
That's because it isn't true. People tend to have this problem in the forums.
Wilson didn't write AQUATIC becuase he was off making movies and money. Writing takes time, and Wilson didn't have that to spare.
So what part of saying that their writing partnership seems dissolved isn't true? They aren't writing together anymore. Nothing else was implied there. Anderson wrote his first three movies with Owen Wilson, now he's written two in a row with Noah Baumbach.
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Originally Posted by BizRodian
Not that I'm disagreeing with anyone here, but Tenenbaums was done before DVD was super popular. DVD has changed a lot in three years. This could affect BV's desire to have Criterion put the DVD together for them... hopefully, not, or there was an agreement made during the pre-production process.
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Originally Posted by slowcloud
“[T]wo in a row with Noah Baumbach”? Royal Tenenbaums was also co-written with Owen Wilson, as were Rushmore and Bottle Rocket. Life Aquatic is the first written with Noah Baumbach.
To say Wilson and Anderson “aren't writing together anymore” is like saying I am going to bed tonight and not ever waking up again.
You guys are *really* quibbling on this one.