Criterion Does It Again

[mcphee from the forum]

I thought subUrbia was passable (kinda like those early Black Flag singles), but it's definitely a minor Linklater work.  I think Criterion just wants to maintain their relationship with him, and it will hopefully lead to a Before Sunrise/Before Sunset release.

Steve in NoHo - Over the Edge is great, but Criterion would have to license it from Warner Brothers, who released a pretty solid DVD w/ a director/screenwriters commentary track.  I'm hoping Criterion will get Matt Dillon into the collection via My Bodyguard.

They've already hinted that My Bodyguard will be included in the Eclipse "Early Makepeace" box

[Chris L]

Ran is now out of print due a rights issue and the planned blu-ray has been cancelled, so grab that one while you can.    And yes, that is the sequel to Patrick Dempsey's Run, because ONE WOULD NOT EXPECT THEM TO RELEASE SUCH A THING.

[Pastor Josh]

Not too long ago, I bought Criterion's The Man Who Fell to Earth to replace my ancient (and Bowie cockless) ancient version I taped off Sci-Fi when I was in high school.  Every time I rage at a twelve episode TV series release on four DVDs to make room for pointless bonus material and I begin to fill with rage,  I look at the set, whose special features include a hard copy of the damn out-of-print book the movie was based on, and I begin to love my fellow human beings again.  Thank you, Criterion.

[dave from knoxville]

(and Bowie cockless)

Wait, WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUT?

[Denim Gremlin]

(and Bowie cockless)

Wait, WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUT?

"and ye the Lord said unto them, any man who should watcheth Man Who Fell to Earth with out Bowie's cock shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

My parents took me to see The Man Who Fell To Earth when I was like four years old.  Even then, I was like, this shit is really, really weird.  At the time I chalked it up to the fact that it, like the rest of the world of adults at that time, was just incomprehensible to my little kid mind, until I saw it on TV late at night in college and realized no, I was right all along. 

As it turns out, I was also right that all the adults around me were weird as hell too.  In a genuinely freaky way, not in a "people-are-fucked" way.

[Matt]

Hey Buck Henry, my grandfather called - he wants his glasses back. Boom!

[Joe Rogaine]

Anybody think they will ever release Medium Cool on Criterion?

[Omar]

July 2009:

[Martin]

Repulsion feels long overdue, so much so that I almost imagined it already being part of the collection (but I guess not). Feels vintage Criterion, in any case.

And even though Made in USA is minor Godard, Criterion's love affair with JLG won't stop until they've released, like, everything. Which is a lot. Why not, I say.

[jbissell]

And even though Made in USA is minor Godard, Criterion's love affair with JLG won't stop until they've released, like, everything. Which is a lot. Why not, I say.

I've not seen the film but it has a fun trailer.

[Gilly]

I hated Repulsion when I watched it a year or so ago but it was a terrible transfer. I definitely need to see it again with the Criterion treatment.

[Chris L]

They'll also be releasing the 4-disc The Human Condition in July.  Just saw the OOP dvds at my video store last week but think I'll hold off.

[Chris L]

One more Godard for July.  Only one of his I've ever liked that much was Pierrot Le Fou.

[Martin]

See? I'm so right about these things. Just wait til they announce the complete Histoire(s) du cinéma, then the JLG fanboys will really go nuts.

I like JLG fine, but his oeuvre is so all over the place, and he's been influenced by so many different (and conflicting) philosophies over the years that I find it almost impossible to fully embrace him. And I think almost nothing of his post-1980 stuff is very relevant at all. But he's still my favorite New Waver, I think. Never cared much for Truffaut.