Criterion In March
 

Coverart is available for all titles except for #281, which is a Box Art Coming Soon...the next FOUR spines are also Coming Soon.

276, 279 and 280 retail for $29.99. The rest retail for $39.95.

#276 - The River
-New high-definition digital transfer from the 2004 film restoration
-Introduction to the film by Jean Renoir
-New video interview with director Martin Scorsese
-2000 audio interview with Ken McEldowney, producer of The River
-Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair, a 1995 documentary produced for the BBC Bookmark series, following author Rumer Godden as she journeys back to her childhood home in India
-Stills gallery featuring production photos and publicity stills
-Original theatrical trailer
-Essays by film scholars Ian Christie and Alexander Sesonske
-English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

#278 - L'Eclisse
Special Edition Double-disc Set
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer
-Audio commentary by film scholar Richard Peña, program director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center
-Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema, a 56-minute documentary exploring the director’s life and career
-The Sickness of Eros, a new video piece about Antonioni and L’eclisse, featuring Italian film critic Adriano Apra and longtime Antonioni friend Carlo di Carlo
-New and improved English subtitle translation
-New essays by film critics Jonathan Rosenbaum and Gilberto Perez
-More!

#279 - Young Torless
-New, restored digital transfer
-2004 video interview with writer-director Volker Schlöndorff in which he talks about the making of the film and reflects upon its impact
-Rare presentation of the original score by acclaimed composer Hans Werner Henze (The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, Swann in Love), with a video introduction by Volker Schlöndorff
-Original theatrical trailer
-New and improved English subtitle translation
-More!

#280 - Sword of Doom
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer
-A new essay by film critic Geoffrey O’Brien
-New and improved English subtitle translation

#281 - Jules and Jim
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Raoul Coutard
-Two audio commentaries: one featuring co-writer Jean Gruault, Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman, editor Claudine Bouché, and Truffaut scholar Annette Insdorf; the other featuring legendary actress Jeanne Moreau and Truffaut biographer Serge Toubiana
-New video interview with director of photography Coutard
-Exclusive video interview with co-writer Gruault
-New video conversation between scholars Robert Stam and Dudley Andrew
-Excerpts from an episode of the French television program Cinéastes de notre temps dedicated to François Truffaut
-Segment from the French program L’Invité du Dimanche (1969), featuring Truffaut and Moreau
-Truffaut on novelist Henri-Pierre Roché, from the French program Bibliothèque de poche (1966)
-Archival audio interview with Truffaut
-More!

Jules and Jim should be great!! Can't wait for that one! L'Eclisse is one of my favorite movies, too! It's about time for another criterion Antonioni

Never thought I'd be double-dipping on Jules et Jim, but that looks like a great set!

Everytime there is a Criterion thread listing upcoming titles, I always hope for Sword Of Doom. I love Samurai films. I clicked on this thread, scrolled down and almost wet my pants when I saw it. Cheap too for a Criterion. I emailed Homevision and Jon Mulvaney about Sword Of Doom and got the "We can't discuss titles beyond what are already mentioned." response. I should have known this meant it was in the works. First, Samurai Assassin from Animeigo in February and now this. 2 Kihachi Okamoto titles back to back.

Oh hell yeah! :banana:

I wont buy the Asian titles....Jules and Jim and Antonioni are locks.

Pro-B

It seems they slipped a new boxset in. Pricetag of $79.95.

#282-285 - Three War Films (by Andrzej Wajda)
A Generation
Kanal
Ashes and Diamonds

BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES:
-New, restored high-definition digital transfers
-Audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf on Ashes and Diamonds
-Exclusive new interviews on each film with Andrzej Wajda, assistant director Janusz Morgenstern, and film critic Jerzy Plazewski
-Vintage newsreel on the making of Ashes and Diamonds
-Ceramics from Ilza (Ceramika Ilzecka), Wajda’s 1951 film school short
-Rare behind-the-scenes production photos, publicity stills, and posters for all three films
-A gallery of Andrzej Wajda’s original drawings and paintings
-New and improved English subtitle translations
-Plus: New essays by film scholars and critics Ewa Mazierska, John Simon, and Paul Coates

Great news all around!

SWORD OF DOOM??? Nice! :up:

Put me down for the Truffaut, Antonioni and Sword of Doom.

L'Eclisse, finally!!!! Sword of Doom, what I never heard of this, but on imdb.com its seems to be a pretty good film. Goody goody!!! Thanks for the info!

Cheers :beer:,

DVD Smurf :)

Wow, this whole thread deserves several happy dancing bananas. Great stuff!

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Soo many new Criterions!! I'm lovin' it!

I really want all of them but may have to pass on Young Torless.

Sword of Doom is an incredible film and I may well have to double dip on that one if the transfer is sufficiently good. Looks like I'll be returning my yet as unopened Fox Lorber Jules & Jim after the holidays as well.

jules & jim double dip for me.

The discs now have dates, according to CriterionDVD.com.

3/01
The River

3/15
L'eclisse
Young Torless
The Sword of Doom

3/29
Jules and Jim
Three War Films (by Andrzej Wajda) - A Generation, Kanal, Ashes and Diamonds

update....

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Oh, yes! J&J shall be mine! :drool:

My Own Private Idaho is now March 1, and Kagemusha is March 29.

since kagemusha was moved....spine # still the same?

good titles all the way around.

wish more box sets would show up to cut the cost of these titles

...I am not so impressed with Jules and Jim's cover....they could have kept or used the MK2 covers as an inspiration.....

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.....L'eclisse on the other hand is SUPPERB!!!

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Pro-B

Pro, what you got against Asian cinema?

absolutely nothing....why? :hscratch:

Pro-B

ps
I am not sure what you have in mind but if you are asking why I am not picking up Kagemusha and Sword of Doom...there are 4 other dvds that I am picking up the same month (3 being non R1 releases) so my budget is pretty much limited. But I am not sure if this is your question....I am perplexed.

I only asked because of your post that said you're not buying any of the Asian titles.

That, and even though you're prolific in the non-R1 section, you never seem to chime in on the Asian dvd threads.

I was just wondering if there was something about Asian cinema you didn't like...

Criterion changed the My Own Private Idaho cover art! Its now big heads!!!

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