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Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection has just issued details on their November titles. First up on November 8th are Robert Bresson's masterful Pickpocket and Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu. The former arrives with an audio commentary by film scholar James Quandt, a video introduction by writer/director Paul Schrader, a 2003 documentary featuring actors from Bresson's films, a 1960 French TV interview with the director and much more. The latter arrives as a two-disc set with an audio commentary by critic Tony Rayns, a two-and-a-half hour documentary on Mizoguchi by Kaneto Shindo, a new interview with director Masahiro Shinoda on the film, new interviews with first assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka and Miyagawa on their work on the film, trailers, a booklet featuring the original stories on which the film was based and more.
Due on November 22nd is Jacques Offenbach's fantasy opera The Tales of Hoffmannn. Criterion's long-requested DVD will feature audio commentary by Martin Scorsese and film historian Bruce Eder, a new introduction to the film by director and fan George A. Romero, Michael Powell's short musical film "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," a rare collection of production design sketches and paintings, the trailer and more. Also due on the 22nd is director Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece Ran which arrives as a two-disc edition with a newly-restored transfer, Chris Marker's 74-minute documentary on Kurosawa's craft in making the film, an introduction by filmmaker Sidney Lumet, a half-hour Toho documentary on the making of the film, a half-hour video piece reconstructing the film through Kurosawa's paintings and sketches, a new interview with star Tatsuya Nakadai and more. Retail is $39.95 apiece.
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