Hiroshima Mon Amour

New high-definition digital transfer
# Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie
# Cinepanorama interview with Alain Resnais (1961)
# Audio interview with Alain Resnais (1980)
# Emmanuelle Riva interviewed by François Chalais at Cannes (1959)
# Excerpts from Duras’ annotations to the screenplay
# Isolated music and effects track
# A new essay on the film by Kent Jones
# A new essay on composer Giovanni Fusco by Russell Lack
# New and improved English subtitle translation
# Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

Night and Fog

# New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound
# Excerpts of audio interviews with Alain Resnais from Le Cinéma des cinéastes (1980) and Les Étoiles du cinéma (1994)
# New essay about the film by Phillip Lopate
# Essay about composer Hanns Eisler by Russell Lack
# Crew profiles written by film historian Peter Cowie
# Optional music and effects track
New and improved English subtitle translation

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Video introduction by director Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven; Velvet Goldmine; Safe)
# Interviews with actress Brigitte Mira and editor Thea Eymèsz
# Short film Fear is the Soul (2002)
# Signs of Vigorous Life: New German Cinema, a 1976 BBC television program
# Excerpt from The American Soldier starring Margarethe von Trotta
# Original theatrical trailer
# New and improved English subtitle translation
# Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

oooh baby. Isn't Night & Fog real short though? Like, uh 32 minutes? They should include that on the Mon Amour dvd...

it's MSRP is $14.99 all time Criterion low price

...the Night and Fog release also has a 14.99 MSRP to reflect it's status as a short film.

I think it's a pretty good deal on Criterion's part but it's all in the way you look at it. I, for one, don't particularly care to watch Hiroshima Mon Amour again but would love to own Night and Fog... so Criterion's little mini-release works for me.

On the other hand, if you really want both of them, then I can see how having to purchase another disc might seem like Criterion's trying to fleece your pocketbook.

You also have to consider that Night and Fog's release contains a healthy amount of extras. If they chose to just slap Night and Fog onto Hiroshima Mon Amour, they'd have to lose the extras... and IMHO would be doing that film a great injustice.

DVD Planet price will be like $9 so I'm not bitchin' either way

Arrrgh...make that two. I dislike this film, and was disapointed that Criterion chose it over another film. I like slow movies, (Stalker, Aguire, Element of Crime etc.) but this one almost put me to sleep.

Okay, I know I'm thread crapping, but I had to put my $0.02 in.

-Videophile

For those keeping score:

196 = Hiroshima Mon Amour

197 = Night and Fog

198 = Ali: Fear Eats the Soul



... and the countdown to #200 continues....

Aguirre is slow?!

Anyway, I'm excited about all of these.

I'd prolly pay that just for the gorgeously simple cover-art. No one compares to them when it comes to consistently good art.

I've been looking everywhere and can't find places that list soon-to-go-out-of-print. Are there sites that especialize in that info? Also, what Criterion sites do you all know about? I know about www.criterionco.com and www.criteriondvd.com. I'm starting the collection and would like to keep the unattainable-below-$200 titles list as short as possible. I'd like to know of must-buys NOW before they shoot up in price.

Also what happened to the Criterion bargains list? It all but died.

Perhaps you are unaware of the spectacular, amazingly thorough Criterion Collection Forum. You should be able to find out almost anything about Criterion there, and often before any other sites do.