Criterion Newsletter - April 2008 Edition
 

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Bull session = My Dinner with Andre?

If that clue portends more Roberto Rossellini titles will be joining the the collection this year, I will be very happy.

Sounds like a Rosselini box set of his TV series on philosophers

Socrates
Blaise Pascal
Augustine of Hippo
Descartes

It sounds like this is going to be an eclipse set. At least according to the latest Criterion blog.

Here is the relevant part from the latest blog entry. It also has info on the upcoming Shepitko set.

"With so many cinematic depths left to plumb for Eclipse, I can only imagine what other surprises are in store. Already we’re getting ready for a set of films by the truly eclipsed Russian master filmmaker Larisa Shepitko, whose rapturous The Ascent, which I’ve now seen twice on the lovely big screen at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, certainly counts as one of my filmgoing revelations in recent years. And with some late Rossellini history films on the way, I’m looking forward to more cinematic avenues opening up for me in the very near future.