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From Criterion's Facebook page:



A poster on the Criterion Forum is certain that this is Satyajit Ray's Jalsaghar: Nice to see that Criterion's first Ray film won't be one from one of the four AE sets.

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criterion just posted a video on facebook regarding a new title...seems to be hinting a little towards BLUE VELVET.

Must be a video of some doughnuts, then.

Man... a Criterion Blue Velvet would certainly make my April Fools' Day!

That's what the posters are saying. I really have no idea.

They just posted on facebook about releasing C.H.U.D. I said, "You can release C.H.U.D., but no Good Burger? What the Monkey?!?!" LOL

awww shit....it's an april fools joke.

C.H.U.D. was the movie he was talking about.

I do appreciate the effort they put into it:

http://www.criterion.com/films/27656-c-h-u-d - Spine #573



SYNOPSIS: A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. With its surprisingly gritty depiction of urban life, noirish cinematography by Peter Stein (Ernest Goes to Jail), and groundbreaking makeup effects, this Reagan-era chiller remains one of the truest depictions of Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers yet put on film.

Disc Features

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION

-New digital restoration of the unrated director’s cut, including “excessively violent” shots cut from the theatrical release to avoid an X rating, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
-Optional soundtrack dubbed in the guttural language of C.H.U.D. (DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition)
-Two audio commentaries, one by director Douglas Cheek and one by filmmaker Pedro Costa
-Visual essay by Tag Gallagher
-Morning in Underground America, a feature documentary about the making of C.H.U.D.
-The Humanoid and the Professor, a conversation with Kent Jones
-Film-to-storyboard comparison
-Downloadable MP3 of the 1987 radio dramatization, featuring Eric Bogosian
-Theatrical and teaser trailers
-PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by film writers J. Hoberman and Dennis Lim, a reprint of the manifesto Cheek issued on the film’s release, and sheet music for the original score

The Pedro Costa commentary sounds especially great.

That's awesome.

What a shame. CHUD would have made an awesome Criterion.

I hope this is a hint that they've acquired the rights to Talk Radio.

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Good catch!

Looks good, but no mention of Murder a la Mod's transfer quality?

If you click on the screenshots tab, there are four grabs from Murder a la Mod at the bottom of the page.

damn...Murder a la Mod looks damn good.

via twitter:

*looks up Tiny Furniture*

*shrugs*

Doesn't look mindblowingly awesome, but I'll give it a chance.

I wish there were some chance Criterion could do Grave of the Fireflies. That masterpiece deserves deluxe treatment.

Really? That film? Never saw it but I wanted to. We actually have a thread about that flick too. Somewhere in the movie forum.

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As expected, the transfer is leaps and bounds above Universal's:

Kuroneko listing at High Def Digest

I really hope this gets a date soon.

I am really wanting The Tin Drum on blu darn it. A set including the theatrical version and the directors cut along with the bonus material from the SD set and new material for the new cut would be amazing.

Criterion had a video late last year on its page (facebook maybe?) with an interview with Volker Schlöndorff about the new directors cut. I hope it's in the pipeline this year.