The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
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December releases:
Cronos Spine #551

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:
• New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Guillermo del Toro and cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, including optional audio with the film’s original Spanish-language voice-over introduction as well as DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
• Two audio commentaries, one featuring del Toro and the other producers Arthur H. Gorson and Bertha Navarro and coproducer Alejandro Springall
• Geometria, an unreleased 1987 short horror film by del Toro, finished by the director in 2010, plus a new video interview with him
• Welcome to Bleak House, a video tour by del Toro of his office, featuring his collectibles and personal work
• New video interviews with del Toro, Navarro, and actor Ron Perlman
• Video interview with actor Federico Luppi
• Stills gallery
• Trailer
• New and improved English subtitle translation, approved by del Toro
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Maitland McDonagh and excerpts from del Toro’s notes for the film
http://www.criterion.com/films/27534-cronos
Videodrome Spine #248

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:
High-definition digital transfer of the unrated version (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack)
Two audio commentaries: David Cronenberg and director of photography Mark Irwin, and actors James Woods and Deborah Harry
Camera (2000), a short film starring Videodrome’s Les Carlson, written and directed by Cronenberg
Forging the New Flesh, a new half-hour documentary featurette by filmmaker Michael Lennick about the creation of Videodrome’s video and prosthetic makeup effects
Effects Men, a new audio interview with special makeup effects creator Baker and video effects supervisor Lennick
Bootleg Video: the complete footage of Samurai Dreams and seven minutes of transmissions from “Videodrome,” presented in their original, unedited form with filmmaker commentary
Fear on Film, a 26-minute roundtable discussion from 1982 between filmmakers Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis, and Mick Garris
Original theatrical trailers and promotional featurette
Stills galleries featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production photos, special effects makeup tests, and publicity photos
A booklet featuring essays by writers Carrie Rickey, Tim Lucas, and Gary Indiana
http://www.criterion.com/films/240-videodrome
Cronos Spine #551

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:
• New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Guillermo del Toro and cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, including optional audio with the film’s original Spanish-language voice-over introduction as well as DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
• Two audio commentaries, one featuring del Toro and the other producers Arthur H. Gorson and Bertha Navarro and coproducer Alejandro Springall
• Geometria, an unreleased 1987 short horror film by del Toro, finished by the director in 2010, plus a new video interview with him
• Welcome to Bleak House, a video tour by del Toro of his office, featuring his collectibles and personal work
• New video interviews with del Toro, Navarro, and actor Ron Perlman
• Video interview with actor Federico Luppi
• Stills gallery
• Trailer
• New and improved English subtitle translation, approved by del Toro
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Maitland McDonagh and excerpts from del Toro’s notes for the film
http://www.criterion.com/films/27534-cronos
Videodrome Spine #248

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:
High-definition digital transfer of the unrated version (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack)
Two audio commentaries: David Cronenberg and director of photography Mark Irwin, and actors James Woods and Deborah Harry
Camera (2000), a short film starring Videodrome’s Les Carlson, written and directed by Cronenberg
Forging the New Flesh, a new half-hour documentary featurette by filmmaker Michael Lennick about the creation of Videodrome’s video and prosthetic makeup effects
Effects Men, a new audio interview with special makeup effects creator Baker and video effects supervisor Lennick
Bootleg Video: the complete footage of Samurai Dreams and seven minutes of transmissions from “Videodrome,” presented in their original, unedited form with filmmaker commentary
Fear on Film, a 26-minute roundtable discussion from 1982 between filmmakers Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis, and Mick Garris
Original theatrical trailers and promotional featurette
Stills galleries featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production photos, special effects makeup tests, and publicity photos
A booklet featuring essays by writers Carrie Rickey, Tim Lucas, and Gary Indiana
http://www.criterion.com/films/240-videodrome
Last edited by biglou114; 09-15-10 at 01:42 PM. Reason: Finalized
#1452
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Awesome, I'll get those both on day one.
I really like the art for Cronos too. It looks like it's by Mike Mignola. (Probably is, I know him and Guillermo Del Toro good friends)
I really like the art for Cronos too. It looks like it's by Mike Mignola. (Probably is, I know him and Guillermo Del Toro good friends)
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same here. If B&N is still around next year and continues with their Criterion sales, I may be tempted to pick up Chronos but it's not an imperative for me. I gave Videodrome a second shot in one of the sales a year or so back. Still didn't click with me and I sold it off quick with no regrets.
The selections are just fine with me though, as from now through November Is going to be fairly brutal in general.
The breather will give me a chance to actually sit down and watch the bounty ahead.
The selections are just fine with me though, as from now through November Is going to be fairly brutal in general.
The breather will give me a chance to actually sit down and watch the bounty ahead.
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Only two releases? Cronos didn't really grab me, but I'll rent the Blu-ray. I'm on the fence on a Videodrome triple-dip, but it's nice to see some new extras included.
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Final specs for the BBS box:
Wow, they're really pulling out all the stops for this set!
Head
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack and newly created, optional DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Audio commentary featuring the Monkees
* New video interview with director Bob Rafelson
* New documentary about BBS featuring critic David Thomson and historian Douglas Brinkley
* Screen tests with the Monkees
* Trailers and TV and radio spots
* Ephemera, including behind-the-scenes photos by Henry Diltz
* Rare 1968 television interview with the Monkees
Easy Rider
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography László Kovács (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack and optional DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Two audio commentaries, one featuring actor-director-writer Dennis Hopper, the other Hopper, actor-writer Peter Fonda, and production manager Paul Lewis
* Born to Be Wild (1995) and “Easy Rider”: Shaking the Cage, (1999), documentaries about the making and history of the film
* Television excerpts showing Hopper and Fonda at the Cannes Film Festival
* New video interview with BBS cofounder Steve Blauner
* Theatrical trailers
Five Easy Pieces
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography László Kovács (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Audio commentary featuring director Bob Rafelson and interior designer Toby Rafelson
* Soul Searching in “Five Easy Pieces,” a 2009 video piece with Rafelson
* BBStory, a 2009 documentary about the BBS era, with Rafelson, actors Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, and Ellen Burstyn, and directors Peter Bogdanovich and Henry Jaglom, among others
* Audio excerpts from a 1976 AFI interview with Rafelson
* Theatrical trailer and teasers
Drive, He Said
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Jack Nicholson (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom, a 2009 video piece featuring Nicholson
* Theatrical trailer
A Safe Place
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Audio commentary featuring director Henry Jaglom
* Henry Jaglom Finds “A Safe Place,” a 2009 video piece in which the director discusses the film
* Notes on the New York Film Festival, a 1971 video interview with Jaglom and director Peter Bogdanovich
* Outtakes and screen tests
* Theatrical trailer
The Last Picture Show
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer of Peter Bogdanovich’s director’s cut, supervised by Bogdanovich (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Two audio commentaries, one from 1991, featuring Bogdanovich and actors Cybill Shepherd, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, and Frank Marshall; the other from 2009, featuring Bogdanovich
* “The Last Picture Show”: A Look Back, (1999) and Picture This (1990), documentaries about the making of the film
* A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, a 2009 Q&A
* Screen tests and location footage
* Excerpts from a 1972 television interview with director François Truffaut about the New Hollywood
* Theatrical trailers
The King of Marvin Gardens
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photogaphy László Kovács (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Selected-scene commentary featuring director Bob Rafelson
* Reflections of a Philosopher King, a 2009 video piece with Rafelson and actress Ellen Burstyn
* Afterthoughts, a 2002 interview with Rafelson, about the film, produced by Rafelson, Kovács, and actor Bruce Dern
* Theatrical trailer
* PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics J. Hoberman, Chuck Stephens, Matt Zoller Seitz, Kent Jones, Graham Fuller, and Mark Le Fanu
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack and newly created, optional DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Audio commentary featuring the Monkees
* New video interview with director Bob Rafelson
* New documentary about BBS featuring critic David Thomson and historian Douglas Brinkley
* Screen tests with the Monkees
* Trailers and TV and radio spots
* Ephemera, including behind-the-scenes photos by Henry Diltz
* Rare 1968 television interview with the Monkees
Easy Rider
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography László Kovács (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack and optional DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Two audio commentaries, one featuring actor-director-writer Dennis Hopper, the other Hopper, actor-writer Peter Fonda, and production manager Paul Lewis
* Born to Be Wild (1995) and “Easy Rider”: Shaking the Cage, (1999), documentaries about the making and history of the film
* Television excerpts showing Hopper and Fonda at the Cannes Film Festival
* New video interview with BBS cofounder Steve Blauner
* Theatrical trailers
Five Easy Pieces
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography László Kovács (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Audio commentary featuring director Bob Rafelson and interior designer Toby Rafelson
* Soul Searching in “Five Easy Pieces,” a 2009 video piece with Rafelson
* BBStory, a 2009 documentary about the BBS era, with Rafelson, actors Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, and Ellen Burstyn, and directors Peter Bogdanovich and Henry Jaglom, among others
* Audio excerpts from a 1976 AFI interview with Rafelson
* Theatrical trailer and teasers
Drive, He Said
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Jack Nicholson (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom, a 2009 video piece featuring Nicholson
* Theatrical trailer
A Safe Place
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Audio commentary featuring director Henry Jaglom
* Henry Jaglom Finds “A Safe Place,” a 2009 video piece in which the director discusses the film
* Notes on the New York Film Festival, a 1971 video interview with Jaglom and director Peter Bogdanovich
* Outtakes and screen tests
* Theatrical trailer
The Last Picture Show
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer of Peter Bogdanovich’s director’s cut, supervised by Bogdanovich (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Two audio commentaries, one from 1991, featuring Bogdanovich and actors Cybill Shepherd, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, and Frank Marshall; the other from 2009, featuring Bogdanovich
* “The Last Picture Show”: A Look Back, (1999) and Picture This (1990), documentaries about the making of the film
* A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, a 2009 Q&A
* Screen tests and location footage
* Excerpts from a 1972 television interview with director François Truffaut about the New Hollywood
* Theatrical trailers
The King of Marvin Gardens
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photogaphy László Kovács (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Selected-scene commentary featuring director Bob Rafelson
* Reflections of a Philosopher King, a 2009 video piece with Rafelson and actress Ellen Burstyn
* Afterthoughts, a 2002 interview with Rafelson, about the film, produced by Rafelson, Kovács, and actor Bruce Dern
* Theatrical trailer
* PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics J. Hoberman, Chuck Stephens, Matt Zoller Seitz, Kent Jones, Graham Fuller, and Mark Le Fanu
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What stuff was on the Sony Digibook of "Easy Rider" that is being left off the Criterion release?
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December is always light for Criterion.
Last year was just A Christmas Tale (which was delayed from November) and Gimme Shelter. There were years when they didn't release anything in December.
Last year was just A Christmas Tale (which was delayed from November) and Gimme Shelter. There were years when they didn't release anything in December.
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I think I may just end up breaking that BBS set up and selling off a few of the titles.
Don't really care about Head and Easy Rider. Of the others, I'll watch FEP, DHS, ASP and KOMG, but if they don't click for me, I'm sure someone out there will be happy not to have to buy the set to get them.
Last Picture Show is the only must have for me, and worth it enough to take a chance on the entire set.
Don't really care about Head and Easy Rider. Of the others, I'll watch FEP, DHS, ASP and KOMG, but if they don't click for me, I'm sure someone out there will be happy not to have to buy the set to get them.
Last Picture Show is the only must have for me, and worth it enough to take a chance on the entire set.
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The only items on the existing Sony BD are the Hopper solo commentary and Shaking the Cage documentary. It looks like they've both been ported over.
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Leaning towards a yes on Cronos, but what I've read about Videodrome, I don't think its really my cup of tea.
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Well, the DVD release of the BBS Box Set is in December. The Blu-Ray is released in November (hopefully in time for the B&N 50% off sale)...



