Kurosawa's "The Lower Depths" coming in August from Criterion!
06-03-03, 05:16 PM
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Kurosawa's "The Lower Depths" coming in August from Criterion!
Kurosawa's "The Lower Depths" coming in August from Criterion!
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http://www.criterionco.com/asp/coming_soon.asp
P.S. "Indiscretion of an American Wife" & "Terminal Station" are also listed for an August release as well. I focused on "The Lower Depths" because most of us already knew about "Indiscretion of an American Wife" & "Terminal Station." Happy viewing everyone! Criterion rocks.
Life is good.http://www.criterionco.com/asp/coming_soon.asp
P.S. "Indiscretion of an American Wife" & "Terminal Station" are also listed for an August release as well. I focused on "The Lower Depths" because most of us already knew about "Indiscretion of an American Wife" & "Terminal Station." Happy viewing everyone! Criterion rocks.
06-03-03, 05:26 PM
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Here is the lowdown:
#212. "The Lower Depths":
New high-definition digital transfer
Audio commentary featuring Japanese-film expert Donald Richie (A Hundred Years of Japanese Cinema)
Original theatrical trailer
New essay by Keiko McDonald (From Book to Screen: Modern Japanese Literature in Films) and Thomas Rimer (A Reader’s Guide to Japanese Literature)
Cast biographies by Stephen Prince (The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa)
New and improved English subtitle translation by renowned Japanese-film translator Linda Hoaglund
Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
#202. "Indiscretion of an American Wife" & "Terminal Station":
Includes new digital transfers of both versions of the film: Indiscretion of an American Wife: Selznick’s 72-minute cut, including the Patti Page-performed overture “Autumn in Rome” and “Indiscretion”; Terminal Station (Stazione termini): De Sica’s original 89-minute version
Exclusive audio commentary on Indiscretion by film scholar Leonard Leff (Hitchcock and Selznick: The Rich and Strange Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick)
Original theatrical trailer
Promotional materials
Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
#212. "The Lower Depths":
New high-definition digital transfer
Audio commentary featuring Japanese-film expert Donald Richie (A Hundred Years of Japanese Cinema)
Original theatrical trailer
New essay by Keiko McDonald (From Book to Screen: Modern Japanese Literature in Films) and Thomas Rimer (A Reader’s Guide to Japanese Literature)
Cast biographies by Stephen Prince (The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa)
New and improved English subtitle translation by renowned Japanese-film translator Linda Hoaglund
Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
#202. "Indiscretion of an American Wife" & "Terminal Station":
Includes new digital transfers of both versions of the film: Indiscretion of an American Wife: Selznick’s 72-minute cut, including the Patti Page-performed overture “Autumn in Rome” and “Indiscretion”; Terminal Station (Stazione termini): De Sica’s original 89-minute version
Exclusive audio commentary on Indiscretion by film scholar Leonard Leff (Hitchcock and Selznick: The Rich and Strange Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick)
Original theatrical trailer
Promotional materials
Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
06-03-03, 06:08 PM
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Man, they need to come out with one big-ol' freakin' box set with all the new subs, etc... I know I would buy it in a heartbeat. As of right now I do not own a single one. 
06-04-03, 02:20 PM
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I always get bumbed out when a Kurosawas Criterion comes out because I know it will be a long wait before the next one. So after throne of blood I was expecting at least a 6 month wait. I'm stoked.
06-04-03, 07:22 PM
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Originally posted by Painkiller
That is one great cover!
That is one great cover!
Got to love a Ritchie commentary. I'm squirming already in anticipation of this one.
