Criterion and WB are in cahoots!
02-18-09, 08:58 AM
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Any Truffaut is most welcome, and I'll take Before Sunrise and Before Sunset as well. Otherwise, I'll wait and see.
Hmm...Criterion Collection Austin Powers? (j/k, of course!)
Hmm...Criterion Collection Austin Powers? (j/k, of course!)
02-18-09, 09:03 AM
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I second that, if Criterion released that I'd be PSYCHED. Pryor and Keitel are fantastic.
02-18-09, 11:26 AM
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As for the Before Sunrise/ Before Sunset is also on the way. I am not sure who is releasing it. I saw proofs by designer Marc English (Austin based graphic artist who did the DVD art for both Dazed and Confused and Slacker). Based on the proofs (though no criterion logo on the set), it would seem that they are also being released by Criterion.
02-18-09, 11:45 AM
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02-18-09, 12:15 PM
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Does any body remember hearing about a 6 hour version of Thin Red Line? I'd love to see this get the Criterion treatment, because the first release was pretty barebones...
02-18-09, 12:48 PM
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Tonight, Criterion Collection exec. producer Kim Hendrickson spoke at the Wexner Center in Columbus, OH, as part of a "DVD release party" for Simon of the Desert. Hendrickson confirmed several releases for the coming year (none of which are really surprising, but still cool to hear straight from someone inside CC)...
...Furthermore, she said they’d love to do more Linklater and more Malick since they’ve established relationships with them and their studios, and that Paul Schrader was “fun and easy to work with." New deals have apparently been made with Warner Brothers and Fox. She didn't elaborate on what's being picked up, but when asked if it could include “classics from the 30’s,” she said yes (whatever that means).
...Furthermore, she said they’d love to do more Linklater and more Malick since they’ve established relationships with them and their studios, and that Paul Schrader was “fun and easy to work with." New deals have apparently been made with Warner Brothers and Fox. She didn't elaborate on what's being picked up, but when asked if it could include “classics from the 30’s,” she said yes (whatever that means).
02-18-09, 12:51 PM
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maybe Criterion can work out a deal with Warners/New Line to port over all the extras they had created for the laserdisc of Menace II Society and release that on DVD/bluray.
02-18-09, 01:04 PM
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More than anything else I can think of right now, I would like to see 'One Eyed Jacks' and 'Ironweed' finally given the Criterion treatment.
02-18-09, 07:15 PM
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I hope the Zabriskie Point rumor turns out to be correct - Soderbergh gives good commentary. I had planned on buying the WB disc during the May sale, but I'll just Netflix it now.
02-18-09, 11:35 PM
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I'd pee myself for a Criterion Badlands and McCabe & Mrs. Miller. I love the idea for Pretty Maids All In A Row. I'd be in line for any of these.
The Fountain would be nice too. Really WB has so many great titles.
The Fountain would be nice too. Really WB has so many great titles.
02-19-09, 09:43 AM
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02-19-09, 09:45 AM
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02-19-09, 04:39 PM
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02-19-09, 05:40 PM
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Being that the OP specifically mentioned Malick, I just want to see The New World, Badlands and The Thin Red Line Criterion Blu-rays. That I would like.
02-19-09, 08:54 PM
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I personally want to bitch-slap the person over at Warner Home Video for not putting this on bluray - I love, love, love, love the extended cut. Malick could film a six hour movie on nature and I'd be utterly transfixed.
02-20-09, 02:19 AM
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I must have been thinking of Freebie and the Bean or Twilight's Last Gleaming.
03-21-09, 09:39 PM
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This is great news! Would love to see The Fountain on Criterion.
In fact, I've created a petition for a Criterion release of The Fountain; anyone interested can sign it here:
thepetitionsite.com/1/fountain-criterion-petition
In fact, I've created a petition for a Criterion release of The Fountain; anyone interested can sign it here:
thepetitionsite.com/1/fountain-criterion-petition
03-24-09, 04:12 PM
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1- Criterion does have a relationship with Disney - They released The Rock and Armageddon and Disney released last year both films on Blu-ray with all the Criterion extras.
2- Disney has done an excellent job releasing their old cartoons. The Treasure series is as good as it get and I highly doubt that they'll give Criterion the license of something they can release themselves.