It's crazy that Criterion is releasing Harakiri on DVD when I just bought a region 3 import of the movie, with bad non-anamorphic image and poor subtitles to boot . I've had bad luck with Criterion lately (admittedly my own fault) I bought High and Low without realizing it was non-anamorphic and now Harakiri is being released. I hope they release more early Kurosawa films like Drunken Angel, then go back an make the first few releases anamorphic ...with the option to trade in older non-anamorphic titles

While these are titles that I am somewhat interested in...I was hoping that by now at least one of Kusturica's films would have entered the collection.

Pro-B

Is it possible that another Kobayashi title on the slate MIGHT give hope of a future relesase of his Human Condition trilogy???

Speaking of Kusturica.......my most wanted title on dvd for the past few years now has been Arizona Dream. I thought it'd never happen. I've only had a region free player for a few months, so hadn't checked other regions for its availability in quite some time.......but just earlier this week I discovered it was available in R2 and has been since August: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000296GVG
I nearly fell off my chair when I stumbled across it. I am having a friend mail me a copy. I cannot wait to get it.

It has been available in Europe for quite a few years now...in nearly every European country.

Pro-B

really? i had no idea....
i typically only check English language sites.....

I'm guessing that New Yorker has the rights to most of them, but that's just a guess.

I just checked, and When Father Was Away on Business was released by Koch Lorber, so I may be wrong.

If they're so insistent on releasing lots of Japanese films, how about some Mizoguchi?

Ask and ye shall receive.............if the Image Entertainment site is accurate, then Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) is slated for Criterion release on November 8th.

Once again, Criterion's a day late and a dollar short. I just picked up this last month, for a whopping $6.99:

It's probably another 4-5 years away, but what movie do you guys think should get spine #666? Hexan would've been perfect, but that's already out. Maybe they could get the rights to The Omen.

Looks like Image has the specs on a couple of the November releases up on their site as well. Credit goes to TheDot over at Criterionforum.com.

Ran 11/22

http://www.image-entertainment.com/d...roductID=41676

Tales of Hoffman 11/22

http://www.image-entertainment.com/d...roductID=41678

I agree, I saw a 70mm print of Playtime and I was floored!