Tin Drum Criterion? (rumor)
11-03-03 | 04:10 PM
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Tin Drum Criterion? (rumor)
I found this at the EZBoard Criterion Collection Forum
One of my most hoped-for releases--a Criterion would make it even sweeter.
http://pub125.ezboard.com/fcriterion...icID=495.topic
Volker Schlöndorff's award-winning "Die Blechtrommel / The Tin Drum" [1979], based on the novel by Günter Grass, will be getting the Criterion-treatment.
Joerg Bauer, who worked for the german DVD-label Kinowelt and made some exclusive supplemental materials for this company (audio commentary with Sydney Pollack on "Three Days of the Condor", documentary on "The Hitcher") and for other companies like Blue Underground (documentary "Daughters of Darkness") and MGM (not credited but responsible for the interviews on the "The Fog" and "Escape from New York" special editions), has founded his own DVD-company. On the website of J.B. DVD & Media Productions he announces his co-operation with Criterion on "Die Blechtrommel / The Tin Drum".
The site is only available in German at this time, but at "Allgemeines" you can find this entry:
Zusätzlich arbeitet er im Moment mit CRITERION an der US-DVD von "DIE BLECHTROMMEL".
It has been a rumor for a long time, but now this seems to be the proof for a Criterion-release.
Volker Schlöndorff's award-winning "Die Blechtrommel / The Tin Drum" [1979], based on the novel by Günter Grass, will be getting the Criterion-treatment.
Joerg Bauer, who worked for the german DVD-label Kinowelt and made some exclusive supplemental materials for this company (audio commentary with Sydney Pollack on "Three Days of the Condor", documentary on "The Hitcher") and for other companies like Blue Underground (documentary "Daughters of Darkness") and MGM (not credited but responsible for the interviews on the "The Fog" and "Escape from New York" special editions), has founded his own DVD-company. On the website of J.B. DVD & Media Productions he announces his co-operation with Criterion on "Die Blechtrommel / The Tin Drum".
The site is only available in German at this time, but at "Allgemeines" you can find this entry:
Zusätzlich arbeitet er im Moment mit CRITERION an der US-DVD von "DIE BLECHTROMMEL".
It has been a rumor for a long time, but now this seems to be the proof for a Criterion-release.
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11-03-03 | 05:11 PM
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I'd love to see this happen, especially with a nice new widescreen anamorphic transfer.
It's a great film and I'm sure Criterion would do a great job. I sold my OOP R1 Image/Kino release a few months ago for about $100. It was widescreen, but not anamorphic.
It's a great film and I'm sure Criterion would do a great job. I sold my OOP R1 Image/Kino release a few months ago for about $100. It was widescreen, but not anamorphic.
for Criterion of this!
11-04-03 | 04:37 AM
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I'd really like to see this movie again. Any version would suit me but a Criterion release would be pretty nice.
This was one of those movies that was banned for a short bit in Ontario. One of my high school teachers had told me that he had gone to see it in Toronto at that time, and that during the sex scene the theater closed the projection window so the screen was blank for the duration of that part.
This was one of those movies that was banned for a short bit in Ontario. One of my high school teachers had told me that he had gone to see it in Toronto at that time, and that during the sex scene the theater closed the projection window so the screen was blank for the duration of that part.
