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12-05-05, 04:23 PM
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Criterion For March
Forgiveness if this has been posted already. I didn't see it.
Traffic - Steven Soderbergh examines the effect of drugs as politics, business, and lifestyle, interweaving the stories of a newly appointed drug czar and his family, a West Coast kingpin's wife, a key informant, and cops on both sides of the U.S./Mexican border. Instantly recognized as a classic, Traffic appeared on more than 200 critics' ten-best lists, and earned five Academy Award nominations.
3 Films by Louis Malle (4 disc box set) - A four-disc box set showcasing director Louis Malle's loose trilogy of acclaimed films about the loss of innocence and modern France. Murmur of the Heart is about a 15-year-old boy growing up in Dijon in the 1950s and his scandalous behavior. Lacombe Lucien takes place in the summer of 1944, and tells the story of an 18-year-old working for the occupying Nazis. Au revoir les enfants is Malle's award-winning, autobiographical story about two boys at a provincial Catholic boarding school during the war, and the secret they share. Also includes a fourth disc of supplements, exclusive to this box set.
MURMUR OF THE HEART - Louis Malle's critically acclaimed Murmur of the Heart gracefully combines elements of comedy, drama, and autobiography in a candid portrait of one boy's journey from childhood to adulthood. Malle's depiction of a precocious fifteen-year old boy's sexual maturation and unorthodox relationship with his free-spirited mother is both shocking and deeply poignant, amounting to one of the finest coming-of-age films ever committed to film.
LACOMBE, LUCIEN - One of the first French films to address the issue of collaboration
during the German Occupation, Louis Malle's brave and controversial Lacombe, Lucien traces a young peasant's journey from potential Resistance member to Gestapo recruit. At once the story of a nation and one troubled boy's horrific coming of age, the film is a disquieting portrait of lost innocence and guilt.
AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS - Based on events from writer-director Louis Malle's own childhood, Au revoir les enfants is the tragic story of friendship and devastating loss between two boys at a Catholic board-school in Nazi-occupied France. Julien befriends Jean, and the two precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie until Jean's secret, that he is a Jew being hid by sympathetic priests, is revealed. Subtly and precisely observed, the film is a tale of cowardice and courage and ultimately heartbreaking awakening into adulthood.
FISTS IN THE POCKET - A dark, perverse portrait of family dysfunction, Fists in the Pocket stunned moviegoers and critics alike with its unflinching social critique and brazenly assured style. This award-winning feature debut by writer/director Marco Bellocchio heralds the arrival of a powerful filmmaking voice, and ranks as a truly unique classic of Italian cinema.
Mr. Arkadin - American smuggler Guy van Stratten decides to investigate the mysterious Mr. Arkadin (Orson Welles) after hearing about the wealthy man from a prison cellmate. Van Stratten befriends Arkadin's daughter, Raina, but Arkadin himself claims amnesia about his own life, sending van Stratten off to investigate his past. The search spans many countries and characters, but the real purpose of the mission is not what it seems. Orson Welles's elusive film presented in three different versions.
Traffic - Steven Soderbergh examines the effect of drugs as politics, business, and lifestyle, interweaving the stories of a newly appointed drug czar and his family, a West Coast kingpin's wife, a key informant, and cops on both sides of the U.S./Mexican border. Instantly recognized as a classic, Traffic appeared on more than 200 critics' ten-best lists, and earned five Academy Award nominations.
3 Films by Louis Malle (4 disc box set) - A four-disc box set showcasing director Louis Malle's loose trilogy of acclaimed films about the loss of innocence and modern France. Murmur of the Heart is about a 15-year-old boy growing up in Dijon in the 1950s and his scandalous behavior. Lacombe Lucien takes place in the summer of 1944, and tells the story of an 18-year-old working for the occupying Nazis. Au revoir les enfants is Malle's award-winning, autobiographical story about two boys at a provincial Catholic boarding school during the war, and the secret they share. Also includes a fourth disc of supplements, exclusive to this box set.
MURMUR OF THE HEART - Louis Malle's critically acclaimed Murmur of the Heart gracefully combines elements of comedy, drama, and autobiography in a candid portrait of one boy's journey from childhood to adulthood. Malle's depiction of a precocious fifteen-year old boy's sexual maturation and unorthodox relationship with his free-spirited mother is both shocking and deeply poignant, amounting to one of the finest coming-of-age films ever committed to film.
LACOMBE, LUCIEN - One of the first French films to address the issue of collaboration
during the German Occupation, Louis Malle's brave and controversial Lacombe, Lucien traces a young peasant's journey from potential Resistance member to Gestapo recruit. At once the story of a nation and one troubled boy's horrific coming of age, the film is a disquieting portrait of lost innocence and guilt.
AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS - Based on events from writer-director Louis Malle's own childhood, Au revoir les enfants is the tragic story of friendship and devastating loss between two boys at a Catholic board-school in Nazi-occupied France. Julien befriends Jean, and the two precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie until Jean's secret, that he is a Jew being hid by sympathetic priests, is revealed. Subtly and precisely observed, the film is a tale of cowardice and courage and ultimately heartbreaking awakening into adulthood.
FISTS IN THE POCKET - A dark, perverse portrait of family dysfunction, Fists in the Pocket stunned moviegoers and critics alike with its unflinching social critique and brazenly assured style. This award-winning feature debut by writer/director Marco Bellocchio heralds the arrival of a powerful filmmaking voice, and ranks as a truly unique classic of Italian cinema.
Mr. Arkadin - American smuggler Guy van Stratten decides to investigate the mysterious Mr. Arkadin (Orson Welles) after hearing about the wealthy man from a prison cellmate. Van Stratten befriends Arkadin's daughter, Raina, but Arkadin himself claims amnesia about his own life, sending van Stratten off to investigate his past. The search spans many countries and characters, but the real purpose of the mission is not what it seems. Orson Welles's elusive film presented in three different versions.
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Originally Posted by Geist
Traffic - Steven Soderbergh examines the effect of drugs as politics, business, and lifestyle, interweaving the stories of a newly appointed drug czar and his family, a West Coast kingpin's wife, a key informant, and cops on both sides of the U.S./Mexican border. Instantly recognized as a classic, Traffic appeared on more than 200 critics' ten-best lists, and earned five Academy Award nominations.
Where did this list come from? Anyway, good to see Au Revoir Les Enfants finally coming out.
12-05-05, 06:52 PM
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It is a mystery. Some are speculating that the rights had lapsed temporarily for Soderbergh's Traffic and it went out of print and that Criterion has resecured the rights and is "reissuing" it. Others think it may be an error and it is supposed to Tati's Traffic. Or something else is going on. They have nearly 4 months to figure it out.
12-05-05, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Lemdog
Stupid Image ... rereleasing Traffic.
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12-05-05, 10:58 PM
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O, YES!!!!
I was wondering when Criterion will add up Bellocchio...just terrific news!! The Louis Malle set was just a matter of time...it has been known for a long time that the set was coming. My only problem is...I thought the boxset would be much bigger....
Excellent news!!!
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I was wondering when Criterion will add up Bellocchio...just terrific news!! The Louis Malle set was just a matter of time...it has been known for a long time that the set was coming. My only problem is...I thought the boxset would be much bigger....
Excellent news!!!
Ciao,
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12-06-05, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by djtoell
Eh? Image just distributes Criterion's titles, they have no control over what gets released.
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12-06-05, 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Lemdog
This clearly wins the award for Least Understood DVD News Story of 2005.
From the article in your link:
"Meanwhile, Image continues activities to integrate its recently acquired Home Vision Entertainment into operations. With the August purchase, Image gained full distribution control of the Criterion Collection and is eager to push the premium DVD line into fresh accounts, such as mass merchants and rentailers."
Here's an even better Video Business article, as it is actually about the Image buyout of Home Vision, instead of it being tangentially mentioned within another article 2 months later.
Try reading it. Nowhere does it say that Image bought Criterion.
Image bought Home Vision. Before that purchase, Image and Home Vision each had 50% of Criterion's distribution. Image's purchase of Home Vision consolidated the distribution of Criterion's titles (through some trickery - Home Vision sold their share back to Criterion, who then sold it to the unified Image/Home Vision).
Image bought Home Vision.
Image did not buy Criterion.
Home Vision and Criterion were not, are not, and never have been the same company. They were two entirely separate companies that had some business ventures together.
Image just distributes Criterion's titles, exclusively so. This isn't remotely close to owning a company or having control over its releases.
Like I said, Image doesn't decide what titles Criterion releases.
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12-06-05, 07:39 AM
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So Excited about Fists in the Pocket, one of my most wanted DVDS!!!!
12-06-05, 12:22 PM
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Could the source of this list have gotten confused, and maybe this TRAFFIC is the Jacques Tati film?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069400/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069400/
12-07-05, 03:25 PM
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For Mr. Arkadin:
SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET FEATURES
New, restored high-definition digital transfers of three versions of the film: the Corinth Verion, Confidential Report, and a new Comprehensive Version
Audio commentary by scholars Jonathan Rosenbaum and James Naremore
Interviews with Welles biographer Simon Callow, star Robert Arden, radio producer Harry Alan Towers, director Peter Bogdanovich, and film archivists Stephan Droessler and Claude Bertemes
Three half-hour episodes of the radio program The Lives of Harry Lime, upon which the film is based
On the Comprehensive Version, a new documentary featuring Droessler, Bertemes, and Bogdanovich
Outtakes, rushes, and alternate scenes from the film
Extensive stills gallery
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET FEATURES
New, restored high-definition digital transfers of three versions of the film: the Corinth Verion, Confidential Report, and a new Comprehensive Version
Audio commentary by scholars Jonathan Rosenbaum and James Naremore
Interviews with Welles biographer Simon Callow, star Robert Arden, radio producer Harry Alan Towers, director Peter Bogdanovich, and film archivists Stephan Droessler and Claude Bertemes
Three half-hour episodes of the radio program The Lives of Harry Lime, upon which the film is based
On the Comprehensive Version, a new documentary featuring Droessler, Bertemes, and Bogdanovich
Outtakes, rushes, and alternate scenes from the film
Extensive stills gallery
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
12-07-05, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Skoobooz
Three half-hour episodes of the radio program The Lives of Harry Lime, upon which the film is based
12-07-05, 03:34 PM
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Specs for Fists in the Pocket:
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer
* New video interviews with director Marco Bellocchio, actors Lou Castel and Paola Pitagora, and editor Silvano Agosti
* Original theatrical trailer
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* More!
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer
* New video interviews with director Marco Bellocchio, actors Lou Castel and Paola Pitagora, and editor Silvano Agosti
* Original theatrical trailer
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* More!