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Here's August's titles:

768: The French Lieutenant's Woman
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An astounding array of talent came together for the big-screen adaptation of John Fowles’s novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman, a postmodern masterpiece that had been considered unfilmable. With an ingenious script by the Nobel Prize–winning playwright Harold Pinter, British New Wave trailblazer Karel Reisz transforms Fowles’s tale of scandalous romance into an arresting, hugely entertaining movie about cinema. In Pinter’s reimagining, Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep star in parallel narratives, as a Victorian-era gentleman and the social outcast he risks everything to love, and as the contemporary actors cast in those roles and immersed in their own forbidden affair. The French Lieutenant’s Woman, shot by the consummate cinematographer Freddie Francis and scored by the venerated composer and conductor Carl Davis, is a beguiling, intellectually nimble feat of filmmaking, starring a pair of legendary actors in early leading roles.

Disc Features
-New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
-New introduction by film scholar Ian Christie
-New interviews with actors Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep, editor John Bloom, and composer Carl Davis
-Episode of The South Bank Show from 1981 featuring director Karel Reisz, novelist John Fowles, and screenwriter Harold Pinter
-Trailer
PLUS: An essay by film scholar Lucy Bolton

769: Day For Night
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This loving farce from François Truffaut about the joys and turbulence of moviemaking is one of his most beloved films. Truffaut himself appears as the harried director of a frivolous melodrama, the shooting of which is plagued by the whims of a neurotic actor (Jean-Pierre Léaud); an aging but still forceful Italian diva (Valentina Cortese); and a British ingenue haunted by personal scandal (Jacqueline Bisset). An irreverent paean to the prosaic craft of cinema as well as a delightful human comedy about the pitfalls of love and sex, Day for Night is buoyed by robust performances and a sparkling score by the legendary Georges Delerue.

Disc Features
-New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
-New visual essay by filmmaker :: kogonada
-New interview with cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn
-New interview with film scholar Dudley Andrew
-Documentary on the film from 2003, featuring film scholar Annette Insdorf
-Archival interviews with director François Truffaut; editor Yann Dedet; and actors Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nathalie Baye, Jacqueline Bisset, Dani, and Bernard Menez
-Television footage of Truffaut on the film’s set in 1972
-Trailer
-New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic David Cairns

770: Dressed To Kill
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Brian De Palma ascended to the highest ranks of American suspense filmmaking with this virtuoso, explicit erotic thriller. At once tongue-in-cheek and scary as hell, Dressed to Kill revolves around the grisly murder of a woman in Manhattan, and what happens when her psychiatrist, her brainiac teenage son, and the prostitute who witnessed the crime try to piece together what happened while the killer remains at large. With its masterfully executed scenes of horror, voluptuous camera work, and passionate score, Dressed to Kill is a veritable symphony of terror, enhanced by vivid performances by Angie Dickinson, Michael Caine, and Nancy Allen.

Disc Features
-New, restored 4K digital transfer of director Brian De Palma’s preferred unrated version, approved by the director, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
-New interviews with actor Nancy Allen, producer George Litto, composer Pino Donaggio, shower-scene body double Victoria Lynn Johnson, and poster photographic art director Stephen Sayadian
-New profile of cinematographer Ralf Bode, featuring filmmaker Michael Apted
-The Making of “Dressed to Kill,” a 2001 documentary featuring De Palma
-Interview with actor-director Keith Gordon from 2001
-Video pieces from 2001 about the different versions of the film and the cuts made to avoid an X rating
-Gallery of storyboards by De Palma
-Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Koresky

771: Two Days, One Night
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Oscar winner Marion Cotillard received another nomination for her searing, deeply felt performance as a working-class woman desperate to hold on to her factory job, in this gripping film from master Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Cotillard is Sandra, a wife and mother who suffers from depression and discovers that, while she was home on sick leave, a majority of her coworkers voted in favor of her being fired rather than give up their annual bonuses. She then spends a Saturday and Sunday visiting them each in turn, to try to convince them to change their minds. From this simple premise, the Dardennes render a powerful, humanist drama about the importance of community in an increasingly impersonal world.

Disc Features
-New 2K digital transfer, approved by directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack on the Blu-ray
-New interviews with the Dardennes and actors Marion Cotillard and Fabrizio Rongione
-When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time (1979), a forty-five minute documentary by the Dardennes, featuring a new introduction by the directors
-New tour of the film’s key locations with the directors
-Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Girish Shambu

In addition, Night and the City will get a Blu-Ray upgrade.

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And on DVD, they announced Eclipse Series 43: Agnès Varda in California.

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NIGHT AND THE CITY is a stone classic. Must have for sure. If I'm so inclined, I might pick up DRESSED TO KILL.

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I adore this film. So happy it will arrive via Criterion. It could very well be my fave by Truffaut.

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Really liking the "Day for Night" and the "Night and the City" covers.

Since I'm being VERY picky with what I purchase, I won't be biting on any of these titles.

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Two Days, One Night has an interesting premise and I'm hoping that Hulu has the film for me to check it out.

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BTW, I just noticed that iTunes is selling the Criterion version of Lady Snowblood 1 and 2 for $20 each. Please release them on Blu-ray and I'll be really happy.

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It's also presumably the first title in the much discussed licensing deal with Warner Brothers. I can't wait to see what comes next.

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....I don't think remember hearing about Two Days, One Night. That one has my interest.

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Any news on the status of THE BROOD?

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OUCH. My wallet. In for Truffaut, De Palma, Dardenne and Dassin!

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It's an excellent movie. cotillard gave one of that year's best performances in this film. It's very spare and not at all subtle but that's the Dardennes style. That said, it still packs a genuine emotional wallop. criterion has released several of their films and all are worthwhile.

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It IS my favorite Truffaut.

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It'll be coming to Netflix on June 16. One of my favorite movies of last year. Definitely worth checking out.

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New hint.

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Inspector Gadget ... :D

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Finally, The Batman Forever Criterion Blu Ray we've all been waiting for!

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I was excitedly taken aback when I noticed here at DVDTalk that Costa-Gavras's brilliant The Confession has been released. I've been waiting for this to be released for a couple of decades.

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I know this isn't it, but this clue looks like Blade Runner to me.

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I think it may be a reference to the Costa-Gavras Missing, which is due for a Blu upgrade.

Or, out of left field, it could be the Man Who Wasn't There.

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It's Hitchock's YOUNG AND INNOCENT, in which the murder revolves around a raincoat.

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Looks more like a straitjacket than a raincoat and I don't remember a raincoat being a key factor in Young and Innocent, one of Hitchcock's earlier 'Wrong Man' films.

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The coat was a key part of the plot in Young and Innocent. However, I don't think the clue is for that film. Criterion likes their wordplay so I'm going with Michael Haneke's Code (Coat) Unknown.

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That makes more sense. But no, belt of a raincoat as a murder weapon does not a plot make. After the murder ... how did it play a key part of the film?

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I would say it plays a prominent role in the story.

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I think you're right, although I wish it was an upgrade for:

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Inspector Gadget!

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I wish

Was the European Le Samourai BD any good?

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no, Pathe screwed it up twice.

Twice? That takes skill.

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Amazon.ca had a bunch of Criterions priced around $2 this morning. I ordered 20 for a total of $67, and hoping the order isn't canceled.

I have to stop sleeping in.

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Damn.

I doubt they keep any of the orders, as it was clearly an error.

Still, I wish I got an order in, just in case.

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Seriously?

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Yep, here's a screenshot of my confirmation e-mail:

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Could become the deal of the century. Bravo.

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Annnd.... canceled. :sad: