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May Criterion Titles
Sansho the Bailiff http://www.image-entertainment.com/d...roductID=64346
Vengence is Mine http://www.image-entertainment.com/d...roductID=64342 Army of Shadows - 2 disc http://www.image-entertainment.com/d...roductID=64340 The Third Man Re-issue 2 disc http://www.image-entertainment.com/d...roductID=64344 |
Wow - I had just sold my Third Man with the hopes of a future re-release. The Vengeance Is Mine will have to be awesome to compete with the excellent region2 dvd. Army of Shadows & Sansho the Bailiff should be must haves. Great news!
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Exciting news about The Third Man and I look forward to seeing the rest, too.
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I dumped my old Third Man too. A 2 disc'er should be a really nice replacement.
I think the link to Army of Shadows needs correcting, it currently points to Sansho. |
I also recently sold the OOP Third Man Criterion, but I am not sure if I will rebuy it.
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Originally Posted by bdots48
Army of Shadows & Sansho the Bailiff should be must haves. Great news!
I wonder how long it will take for someone to assume that BFI's R2 release of Army of Shadows will remain superior to Criterion's, even though the Criterion hasn't been released yet.... Actually, it will be interesting to see how the extras compare. And if Criterion still fiddles with Melville's colors. |
Woo hoo! Got to love all these classic, non-Kurosawa Japanese films.
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Your Army of Shdows link points to Sansho the Baliff.
I'll be picking up Sansho the Baliff for sure! |
Army of Shadows link fixed
Originally Posted by DVD King
Forget The Third Man reissue, criterion needs to get going on the most important, demolishing, sweeping, colossal, film in their collection: ANDREI RUBLEV.
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Originally Posted by Ambassador
I wonder how long it will take for someone to assume that BFI's R2 release of Army of Shadows will remain superior to Criterion's, even though the Criterion hasn't been released yet....
Actually, it will be interesting to see how the extras compare. And if Criterion still fiddles with Melville's colors. Pro-B |
Cover art and special features are now up on Criterion's "Coming Soon" page.
http://www.criterionco.com/content/i...ox_348x490.jpg SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES New high-definition digital transfer of the recent full restoration, supervised by director of photography Pierre Lhomme Optional Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 soundtrack Audio commentary by Jean-Pierre Melville historian Ginette Vincendeau New interviews with Lhomme and editor Françoise Bonnot Archival excerpts from French television programs, including on-set footage from the film’s production and interviews with Melville; actors Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paul Crauchet, Paul Meurisse, and Simone Signoret; writer Joseph Kessel; and real-life Resistance fighters André Dewavrin (a.k.a. Colonel Passy) and Lucie Aubrac, among others Jean-Pierre Melville et "L'Armée des ombres" (2006), a short documentary including interviews with Bonnot, Lhomme, Cassel, composer Eric Demarsan, writer and filmmaker Philippe Labro, and filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier Le journal de la Résistance (1944), a rare short documentary shot on the front lines of the final days of the French Resistance Film restoration demonstration by Lhomme Theatrical trailers New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring critic Amy Taubin, historian Robert Paxton, and excerpts from Rui Nogueira’s Melville on Melville More! http://www.criterionco.com/content/i...ox_348x490.jpg New, restored high-definition digital transfer Excerpts from a video interview with Shohei Imamura, produced by the Directors Guild of Japan Theatrical trailer and teaser New and improved English subtitle translation LUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Michael Atkinson, a 1994 interview with Imamura by writer Toichi Nakata, and writings from Imamura on Vengeance Is Mine and his approach to filmmaking http://www.criterionco.com/content/i...ox_348x490.jpg New, restored high-definition digital transfer Audio commentary by Japanese-literature professor Jeffrey Angles New video interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokugo Tanaka, and legendary actress Kyoko Kagawa on the making of the film and its lasting importance New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A book featuring a new essay by scholar Mark Le Fanu; the story on which the film was based, Mori Ogai’s “Sansho dayu,” from 1915, in an acclaimed translation by J. Thomas Rimer; and a written form of an oral variation of the same tale, dating back to the fifteenth century, in a rare English translation SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES New, restored high-definition digital transfer Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich Audio commentary by film scholar Dana Polan Shadowing "The Third Man", a ninety-minute 2005 feature documentary on the making of the film Abridged recording of Graham Greene’s treatment, read by actor Richard Clarke The Third Man on the radio: the 1951 “A Ticket to Tangiers” episode of The Lives of Harry Lime series, written and performed by Orson Welles; and the 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Third Man Illustrated production history with rare behind-the-scenes photos, original UK press book, and U.S. trailer Actor Joseph Cotten’s alternate opening voiceover narration for the U.S. version Archival footage and photos of postwar Vienna A look at the untranslated foreign dialogue in the film PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Luc Sante, Charles Drazin, and Philip Kerr More! |
The Third Man will be mine!
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Holy shit, those are amazing covers. The Melville one especially knocks me on my ass.
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Well, since <b>THE THIRD MAN</b> is just about my favourite movie of all time, I won't begrudge the double dip. Their previous release was one of the very first DVDs I ever bought, nearly seven years ago, and was my first Criterion.
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Is the swastika supposed to be on the floor underneath the sitting man? It looks like it's supposed to be, but it's on top of his shoes.
(edit-I originally saw this art on a monitor that must have been too bright, and the see-through effect was so pronounced it looked like an error. Now seeing it again on another machine it looks much better and, well, appropriately shadowy.) Otherwise, excellent art as always by Criterion. |
I will have to doubledip The Third Man. :(
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Originally Posted by slop101
Holy shit, those are amazing covers. The Melville one especially knocks me on my ass.
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Originally Posted by Apone
I will have to doubledip The Third Man. :(
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Melville. :drool:
Any chance of Le Doulos getting the Criterion treatment? |
I agree - Criterion covers alone sometimes make me consider a movie, or at least rouse my curiosity. And yes, there is a swastika below the man's feet in Army of Shadows.
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Oh man, those covers are all awesome. Time to sell my Third Man.
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More Melville is always good news. Looks like I'll be double dipping on The Third Man as well.
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i'm getting so tired of these dd, especially from Criterion. i just found "The Third Man", luckily i paid only $30.00, but i just got it after long sought after and then this...
well, hopefully i'll get something good for it on the Bay or Half or AM. |
Originally Posted by scott1598
i'm getting so tired of these dd, especially from Criterion.
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I'm all over The Third Man, will wait to see how Army in the Shadows comapres to the R2, which already has a pretty spiffy transfer.
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