Criterion Does It Again

[Omar]

October 2008 lineup:



(AWUTI and TKOACB previously only available via the Cassavettes box set)

[Martin]

I'm holding off on crits for the moment. Waiting for nem Blu-rays.

(Did you guys read that Tartan went under a couple of weeks ago, btw? Sad story.)

[Chris L]

No single-disc Faces?

I still need to get around to buying the whole Cassavetes box set.  I've seen everything on it except Shadows.  I couldn't finish that lousy documentary. 

Also, according to DVD Savant Husbands is supposedly coming out in 08/09 as part of some series called "Martini Movies."  Whatever, I just hope it's the longer version.   

[bruce]

yipee I can replace my old DVD of Bookie

[jamesp]

Criterion needs to focus less on reissuing movies they've already put out and working on putting movies that still aren't on DVD. A few that come to mind are the African Queen and the Magnificent Ambersons.

[Pat K]

Criterion needs to focus less on reissuing movies they've already put out and working on putting movies that still aren't on DVD. A few that come to mind are the African Queen and the Magnificent Ambersons.

Yeah, seriously. Can't anyone get the ball rolling on that one?

[Martin]

I have a great special edition R2 DVD of The African Queen. I'm surprised to hear it's not yet released in North America.

[Matt]

October 2008 lineup:

I'm happy. More Melville is always a good thing.

Anyways, I watched Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters last night. Holy moley, that was spectacular.

[Chris L]

Criterion needs to focus less on reissuing movies they've already put out and working on putting movies that still aren't on DVD. A few that come to mind are the African Queen and the Magnificent Ambersons.

Well, they can't just license anything they want.  I have no idea what the rights situations are w/ those two.   This is pure speculation, but maybe they save the reissues for lean months when they need to pad out the schedule?  

[Gilly]

Good, now Netflix will finally have copies of Woman Under the Influence and Killing of a Chinese Bookie. I'll probably have to wait months to actually get them like Thief of Baghdad.

[Rainer]

Does anybody have any inside information about when the original Wim Wenders stuff (In The Course of Time, Alice in the Cities, etc) will be re-released on DVD?  And how about Jean Eustache's catalog?

[herbie]

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[Chris L]

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Thanks for the heads up Gilly.  Now I'm thinking of getting the Cassavetes and Bergman Trilogy boxes for $100 

[jamesp]

Criterion needs to focus less on reissuing movies they've already put out and working on putting movies that still aren't on DVD. A few that come to mind are the African Queen and the Magnificent Ambersons.

Well, they can't just license anything they want.  I have no idea what the rights situations are w/ those two.   This is pure speculation, but maybe they save the reissues for lean months when they need to pad out the schedule? 

Haha, yeah I know what you mean. I'll see posts sometime by people going "CRITERION SHOULD MAKE A DVD FOR THAT" on IMDB, as if the company just says "Let's do Star Wars next!"

I think the Magnificent Ambersons may be in public domain, as quite a few Orson Welles movies are. I see why Criterion may be reluctant to put out movies that  people could get for free, but they've done a great job with lots of public domain titles (like M). African Queen is now domestically owned by Paramount Pictures, who I don't think have any Criterions.

[Gilly]

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[ignore the URL...]
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Thanks for the heads up Gilly.  Now I'm thinking of getting the Cassavetes and Bergman Trilogy boxes for $100 

That wasn't me. Good deal though!