Criterion in January?
10-14-04, 05:11 PM
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Criterion in January?
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New Lucas and Coppola Interviews to Appear on Kagemusha
Criterion's soon-to-be-announced DVD edition of Akira Kurosawa's epic Kagemusha will feature exclusive new video interviews with filmmakers George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola. Lucas and Coppola discuss how they contributed to the production of Kagemusha and the experience of working with the legendary Japanese director, a longtime inspiration to both men.
New Lucas and Coppola Interviews to Appear on Kagemusha
Criterion's soon-to-be-announced DVD edition of Akira Kurosawa's epic Kagemusha will feature exclusive new video interviews with filmmakers George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola. Lucas and Coppola discuss how they contributed to the production of Kagemusha and the experience of working with the legendary Japanese director, a longtime inspiration to both men.
10-14-04, 09:06 PM
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This happens to be one of the Kurosawa films I have not seen, mainly because (for some reason) none of my local stores seem to carry it. It got four-star reviews from Ebert and Maltin (the two critics I probably trust the most,) so this will probably be a buy for me.
Here's hoping for a great transfer and lots of extras (which is almost a given coming from Criterion.)
Here's hoping for a great transfer and lots of extras (which is almost a given coming from Criterion.)
10-29-04, 05:39 PM
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Full specs for January. Pics are up for all but Kagemusha.
267 - Kagemusha
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer enhanced for widescreen televisions
-Audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince (The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa)
-A 40-minute documentary on the making of Kagemusha, part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
-Helping a Master: Coppola, Lucas, and Kagemusha, new video interviews with executive producers Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas
-Image: Kurosawa’s Continuity, a new video piece that reconstructs Kagemusha through Kurosawa’s paintings and sketches
-A booklet featuring new essays by scholars Darrell Davis and Peter Grilli and biographical sketches by Japanese film historian Donald Richie
-New and improved English subtitle translation
-More!
268 - Youth of the Beast
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer
-Original theatrical trailer
-New essay by film critic Howard Hampton (Artforum)
-New and improved English subtitle translation
-More!
269 - Fighting Elegy
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer
-Original theatrical trailer
-A new essay by renowned film critic Tony Rayns (Sight and Sound, Branded to Thrill: The Delirious Cinema of Suzuki Seijun)
-New and improved English subtitle translation
-More!
270 - Casque d'or
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer
-Audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie
-1995 video interview with actor Serge Reggiani
-1963 interview with actress Simone Signoret from the French television program Cinépanorama
-Excerpt from an episode of the French television series Cinéastes de notre temps, dedicated to Jacques Becker
-Rare, silent behind-the-scenes footage of Becker on the set, with commentary by film scholar Philip Kemp
-New essay by Kemp
-New and improved English subtitle translation
271 - Touchez pas au Grisbi
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer
-Video interviews with actors Lino Ventura and Daniel Cauchy and composer Jean Wiener
-Original theatrical trailer
-New essays by critics Geoffrey O’Brien and Philip Kemp
-New and improved English subtitle translation
267 - Kagemusha
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer enhanced for widescreen televisions
-Audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince (The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa)
-A 40-minute documentary on the making of Kagemusha, part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
-Helping a Master: Coppola, Lucas, and Kagemusha, new video interviews with executive producers Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas
-Image: Kurosawa’s Continuity, a new video piece that reconstructs Kagemusha through Kurosawa’s paintings and sketches
-A booklet featuring new essays by scholars Darrell Davis and Peter Grilli and biographical sketches by Japanese film historian Donald Richie
-New and improved English subtitle translation
-More!
268 - Youth of the Beast
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer
-Original theatrical trailer
-New essay by film critic Howard Hampton (Artforum)
-New and improved English subtitle translation
-More!
269 - Fighting Elegy
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer
-Original theatrical trailer
-A new essay by renowned film critic Tony Rayns (Sight and Sound, Branded to Thrill: The Delirious Cinema of Suzuki Seijun)
-New and improved English subtitle translation
-More!
270 - Casque d'or
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer
-Audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie
-1995 video interview with actor Serge Reggiani
-1963 interview with actress Simone Signoret from the French television program Cinépanorama
-Excerpt from an episode of the French television series Cinéastes de notre temps, dedicated to Jacques Becker
-Rare, silent behind-the-scenes footage of Becker on the set, with commentary by film scholar Philip Kemp
-New essay by Kemp
-New and improved English subtitle translation
271 - Touchez pas au Grisbi
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer
-Video interviews with actors Lino Ventura and Daniel Cauchy and composer Jean Wiener
-Original theatrical trailer
-New essays by critics Geoffrey O’Brien and Philip Kemp
-New and improved English subtitle translation
10-29-04, 06:28 PM
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- Youth of the Beast
- Fighting Elegy
- Touchez pas au grisbi
- Casque d’or
- Kagemusha (Image coming soon)I am so happy that Kagemusha is finally arriving!!!!
Cheers
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10-29-04, 10:22 PM
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Nice.. I'll get Casque d'or for sure and maybe Touchez pas au grisbi as well. I see that Casque d'or is a 39.95 price point 1 disc title, I look forward to seeing the extras on that one.
10-29-04, 11:52 PM
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I'm broke, goddammit!!
Criterion, I loathe you and your healthy dose of five quality January releases just in time to NOT get them for Xmas. Why can't you just release more Fat Girls and go easy on my bank account??
Criterion, I loathe you and your healthy dose of five quality January releases just in time to NOT get them for Xmas. Why can't you just release more Fat Girls and go easy on my bank account??
11-01-04, 02:57 PM
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Any of you guys experienced in writing reviews, and/or interested in reviewing Criterion titles for an upcoming project?
Non-paying to begin with, but there will be monetary compensation down the track.
PM me or email me at [email protected]
Non-paying to begin with, but there will be monetary compensation down the track.
PM me or email me at [email protected]
