The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
05-14-12 | 09:18 PM
#4426
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I posted some amongst all the arguing a few pages back, but I'll go with:
La Promesse
Rosetta
Lonesome
Wenders set
2x upgrades
Something Eclipse
All hipster nonsense, of course.
Of course, I'm being optimistic and hoping that this month will make up for the blandness of the last two or three months.
La Promesse
Rosetta
Lonesome
Wenders set
2x upgrades
Something Eclipse
All hipster nonsense, of course.
Of course, I'm being optimistic and hoping that this month will make up for the blandness of the last two or three months.
05-14-12 | 09:55 PM
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05-14-12 | 10:06 PM
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More Kurosawa on BD would also always be a good thing.
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05-14-12 | 10:53 PM
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Hoping for Kurosawa. I've been hoping for Madadayo for..oh around two years now? It's the only one not released separately from the AK100 set, I mean come on!
05-15-12 | 02:19 PM
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05-15-12 | 02:37 PM
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Is this it?! Is this the day?! Was The Royal Tenenbaums the last Wes Anderson movie left to be announced?
HAS THE DAY FINALLY COME THAT WE CAN STOP HEARING MOANS ABOUT WHEN THIS OR THAT WES ANDERSON MOVIE WILL BE RELEASED?!
Can it be true?
HAS THE DAY FINALLY COME THAT WE CAN STOP HEARING MOANS ABOUT WHEN THIS OR THAT WES ANDERSON MOVIE WILL BE RELEASED?!
Can it be true?
05-15-12 | 02:38 PM
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05-15-12 | 02:55 PM
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Royal Tenenbaums! Hell yes!
05-15-12 | 02:58 PM
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Meh..nothing too interesting to me. Might pick up The Royal Tenenbaums.
05-15-12 | 03:29 PM
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Now that's a great month! A bit skewed toward modern releases, but three of the five titles have never been released on DVD in R1 - and the Fejos set more than makes up all the new stuff.
I've been dying to see Lonesome since I read a Jonathan Rosenbaum rave about it several years ago, but it has never been released on home video anywhere in the world. La Promesse is my second or third favorite film, and it'll be great to have it and Rosetta in HD.
I heard great things about Weekend when it ran in theaters last year, so I'll definitely give that and Quadrophenia a rental.
Lonesome and the Dardennes alone make this their best announcement in at least a year, imo. And it's good to see some good cover art from them again.
I've been dying to see Lonesome since I read a Jonathan Rosenbaum rave about it several years ago, but it has never been released on home video anywhere in the world. La Promesse is my second or third favorite film, and it'll be great to have it and Rosetta in HD.
I heard great things about Weekend when it ran in theaters last year, so I'll definitely give that and Quadrophenia a rental.
Lonesome and the Dardennes alone make this their best announcement in at least a year, imo. And it's good to see some good cover art from them again.
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05-15-12 | 04:30 PM
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I'm very much looking forward to Lonesome - beautiful cover, and nice to see a commentary included, as Criterion seems to be skimping in that department lately. I'll rent the rest.
05-15-12 | 05:04 PM
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On closer examination, the Lonesome disc is stacked, and includes two additional full-length films:
- New digital restoration, featuring uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Audio commentary featuring film historian Richard Koszarski
- The Last Performance, director Paul Fejos’s 1929 silent starring Conrad Veidt, with a new score by Donald Sosin
- Reconstructed sound version of Broadway, Fejos’s 1929 musical
- Fejos Memorial, a 1963 visual essay produced by Paul Falkenberg in collaboration with Fejos’s wife, Lita Binns Fejos, featuring Paul Fejos narrating the story of his life and career
- Audio excerpts about Broadway from an interview with cinematographer Hal Mohr
- PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critic Phillip Lopate and film historian Graham Petrie and an excerpt about Lonesome from Fejos’s autobiography
- Audio commentary featuring film historian Richard Koszarski
- The Last Performance, director Paul Fejos’s 1929 silent starring Conrad Veidt, with a new score by Donald Sosin
- Reconstructed sound version of Broadway, Fejos’s 1929 musical
- Fejos Memorial, a 1963 visual essay produced by Paul Falkenberg in collaboration with Fejos’s wife, Lita Binns Fejos, featuring Paul Fejos narrating the story of his life and career
- Audio excerpts about Broadway from an interview with cinematographer Hal Mohr
- PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critic Phillip Lopate and film historian Graham Petrie and an excerpt about Lonesome from Fejos’s autobiography
05-15-12 | 05:31 PM
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Rosetta and La Promesse are both light on features and both at $39.95 MSRP. Kinda disappointing considering the AI disc comes with both movies and can be had for far less. I know it's DVD and not Blu-ray but still. Both these titles should be $29.95 MSRPs unless they add more features.
05-15-12 | 06:06 PM
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In for La Promesse for sure. I'll probably get The Royal Tenenbaums but it's my least favorite Wes Anderson film that doesn't have Zissou in the title.
05-15-12 | 06:56 PM
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05-15-12 | 07:08 PM
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05-15-12 | 07:13 PM
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05-15-12 | 10:01 PM
#4450
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Any month that includes Rosetta is a great month indeed!