November Criterions
08-14-06, 05:48 PM
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The Fallen Idol was the first of three masterpieces to result from the legendary meeting of director Carol Reed and writer Graham Greene, who together would also create The Third Man and Our Man in Havana. Elegantly balancing suspense and farce, this tale of the fraught relationship between a boy and the beloved butler he suspects of murder is a delightfully macabre thriller of the first order and a visually and verbally dazzling knockout.
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer
-A Sense of Carol Reed, a 2006 documentary featuring interviews with director Carol Reed's friends and collaborators Illustrated Reed filmography
-Original press book
-Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
-PLUS: A book featuring new essays by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien, author David Lodge, and Reed biographer Nicholas Wapshott
One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst had an innate talent for discovering actresses (including Greta Garbo). And perhaps none of his female stars shone brighter than Kansas native and onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by Pabst's lurid, controversial melodrama Pandora's Box. Sensationally modern, the film follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone she comes in contact with. Daring and stylish, Pandora's Box is one of silent cinema's great masterworks and a testament to Brooks's dazzling individuality.
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the definitive Munich Film Museum restoration
-Four different musical scores, each with its own unique stylistic interpretation of the film
-Audio commentary by film scholars Thomas Elsaesser and Mary Ann Doane
-Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu, a 1998 documentary
-Lulu in Berlin (48 minutes), a rare 1971 interview with Brooks by verite documentarian Richard Leacock
-A new video interview with Leacock
-A new interview with G. W. Pabst's son, Michael
-New and improved English subtitle translation
-PLUS: A book including Kenneth Tynan's famous essay "The Girl in the Black Helmet," a chapter from Louise Brooks's evocative memoir discussing her relationship with Pabst, and a new essay by film critic J. Hoberman
Krzysztof Kieslowski's international breakthrough remains one of his most beloved films, a ravishing, mysterious rumination on identity, love, and human intuition. Irene Jacob is incandescent as both Weronika, a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Veronique, a French music teacher. Though unknown to each other, the two women share an enigmatic, purely emotional bond, which Kieslowski details in gorgeous reflections, colors, and movements. Aided by Slawomir Idziak's shimmering cinematography and Zbigniew Preisner's haunting, operatic score, Kieslowski creates one of cinema's most purely metaphysical works: The Double Life of Veronique is an unforgettable symphony of feeling.
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer
-Audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf
-Three short documentary films by Kieslowski: Factory (1970), Hospital (1976), and Railway Station (1980)
-Kieslowski -- Dialogue (1991), a documentary featuring a candid interview with Kieslowski and rare behind-the-scenes footage from the set of The Double Life of Veronique
-1966 -- 1988: Kieslowski, Polish Filmmaker, a 2005 documentary tracing the filmmaker's work in Poland, from his days as a student through The Double Life of Veronique
-A 2005 interview with actress Irene Jacob
-New video interview with cinematographer Slawomir Idziak
-New video interview with composer Zbigniew Preisner
-The Musicians (1958), a short film by Kieslowski's teacher Kazimierz Karabasz
-New and improved English subtitle translation
-PLUS: A book featuring new essays by Jonathan Romney, Slavoj Zizek, and Peter Cowie, and excerpts from Kieslowski on Kieslowski
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08-14-06, 06:24 PM
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I will be getting all three of these - they have all been on my Criterion wishlist for quite some time and I'm delighted to finally see that they're getting released.
And those are some gorgeous covers, in my opinion.
And those are some gorgeous covers, in my opinion.
08-14-06, 07:32 PM
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That's the hotness! Hopefully they'll be out in time for a certain sale to come around.
Off topic, Popcorn.. I tried to email you a while back since I noticed you live in Orlando and are also a Criterion enthusiast, but I never got a reply. Shoot me off an email sometime.
Off topic, Popcorn.. I tried to email you a while back since I noticed you live in Orlando and are also a Criterion enthusiast, but I never got a reply. Shoot me off an email sometime.
08-14-06, 07:41 PM
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No Bottle Rocket? 
08-14-06, 08:06 PM
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Wasn't this supposed to be the announcement of the 50 Janus titles release of some sort?
Regardless, still a very nice trio of releases, don't think I've looked forwar do any other releases as much this year.
Regardless, still a very nice trio of releases, don't think I've looked forwar do any other releases as much this year.
08-14-06, 08:28 PM
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Yes,Yes, Yes,YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
I have been waiting so long for Pandora's Box and can now replace my Brit disc with the awful electronic intertitles. One of my favorites and a great year for Criterion, even if I only consider this, Dazed and Confused and Metropolitan. Now if we can get the Sam Fuller boxset and if one day, we get Hal Hartley's Trust and Pabst's Diary of a Lost Girl, I will be quite ecstatic.
I have been waiting so long for Pandora's Box and can now replace my Brit disc with the awful electronic intertitles. One of my favorites and a great year for Criterion, even if I only consider this, Dazed and Confused and Metropolitan. Now if we can get the Sam Fuller boxset and if one day, we get Hal Hartley's Trust and Pabst's Diary of a Lost Girl, I will be quite ecstatic.
08-15-06, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Arpeggi
All three for me, thanks.
08-15-06, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by marty888
(And perhaps someday we'll get that other missing Carol Reed gem ODD MAN OUT.)
08-15-06, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Cameron
not one gasp over the new logo?
I'm down for all three titles. Maybe not in November, but definately somewhere down the line.
08-15-06, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by RevKarl
Though the Image disc is long OOP, there seem to be a lot of Korean NTSC R0 Odd Man Out DVDs on eBay...if you're interested.
Actually, I have the UK release (R2) on Carlton which is quite decent but bare bnes, so would love to see this one get the Criterion once-over.
08-15-06, 08:08 AM
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Fallen Idol and probably Pandora's Box for moi. I'll stick with my French MK2 set for Veronique.
Wonder why they chose "directed by..." on the cover of Pandora instead of their standard "a film by"?
Wonder why they chose "directed by..." on the cover of Pandora instead of their standard "a film by"?
