The Criterion Collection Thread 2.0

[Boston007]

it's a disgrace really, how much caring Sony has for their classics. even with Criterion releasing a major favorite hear and there, it won't be enough to satisfy people like us.

Sony has been so blinded by their arrogance it is finally coming home to roost, as seen by their recent $5.7 BILLION loss or something. It's too bad really.

[Super-VHS]

Sept 4:


Umberto D. (1952)
Vittorio De Sica

DISC FEATURES

• New high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• That’s Life: Vittorio De Sica, a fifty-five-minute documentary made for Italian television in 2001
• Video interview with actress Maria Pia Casilio from 2003
• Trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Stuart Klawans and reprinted recollections by De Sica and Carlo Battisti, who plays Umberto D.

Sept 18:


Les visiteurs du soir (1942)
Marcel Carné

DISC FEATURES

• New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• L’aventure des “Visiteurs du soir,” a documentary on the making of the film
• Trailer
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson

Children of Paradise (1945)
Marcel Carné

DISC FEATURES

• New high-definition digital transfer from Pathé’s 2011 restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Audio commentaries by film scholars Brian Stonehill and Charles Affron
• Video introduction by director Terry Gilliam
• Once Upon a Time: “Children of Paradise, a 2010 documentary on the making of the film
• New visual essay on the design of Children of Paradise by film writer Paul Ryan
• The Birth of “Children of Paradise,” a 1967 German documentary that visits Nice, where the film was partially shot, and features interviews with cast members Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur; production designer Alexandre Trauner; and others
• Restoration demonstration
• U.S. trailer
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Dudley Andrew and excerpts from a 1990 interview with director Marcel Carné

Sept 25:


The Game (1997)
David Fincher

DISC FEATURES, DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:

• New, restored digital transfer, supervised by director David Fincher and director of photography Harris Savides, with original theatrical 5.1 surround theatrical soundtrack, in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
• Alternate 5.1 surround mix optimized for home theater viewing, supervised by sound designer Ren Klyce and Fincher, in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
• Audio commentary by Fincher, Savides, actor Michael Douglas, screenwriters John Brancato and Michael Ferris, digital animation supervisor Richard “Dr.” Baily, production designer Jeffrey Beecroft, visual effects supervisor Kevin Haug, and visual effects producer Robyn D’Arcy
• An hour’s worth of exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and film-to-storyboard comparisons for four of the film’s major set pieces, with commentary
• Alternate ending
• Trailer and teaser trailer, with commentary
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Sterritt

Eating Raoul (1982)
Paul Bartel

DISC FEATURES

• New, restored digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Gary Thieltges, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Audio commentary featuring screenwriter Richard Blackburn, art director Robert Schulenberg, and editor Alan Toomayan
• The Secret Cinema (1968) and Naughty Nurse (1969), two short films by director Paul Bartel
• Cooking Up “Raoul,” a new documentary about the making of the film, featuring interviews with stars Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, and Edie McClurg
• Gag reel of outtakes from the film
• Archival interview with Bartel and Woronov
• Trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Ehrenstein

[cheez avenger]

Good. Now the people that keep asking for The Game can STFU.

[BostonMA]

pumped about Umberto D. and funny, i actually sought out Criterion's previous DVD release of Children of Paradise a week and a half ago to finally see it. i liked it a lot (the runtime flew by), but i never found it to be anything extraordinary, or metaphorically brilliant. the cinematography was outstanding though, so this will look stunning on Blu, even though i'll just slightly pass on it. i haven't seen the other Carne film in the announcement, so we'll see how that goes.

The Game - very, very good film, but not worth owning for me. it's on the same level with Panic Room for Fincher; a notch below his excellent films like Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac, and The Social Network.

[Doctorossi]

i'll just slightly pass on it

Do you like your meat "lightly killed"?

[BostonMA]

Do you like your meat "lightly killed"?

.........hah

[Boston007]

I will own The Game. I just love that movie.

[HD Whore]

Eating Raoul (1982)
Paul Bartel

DISC FEATURES:

•New, restored digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Gary Thieltges, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
•Audio commentary featuring screenwriter Richard Blackburn, art director Robert Schulenberg, and editor Alan Toomayan
•The Secret Cinema (1968) and Naughty Nurse (1969), two short films by director Paul Bartel
•Cooking Up “Raoul,” a new documentary about the making of the film, featuring interviews with stars Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, and Edie McClurg
•Gag reel of outtakes from the film
•Archival interview with Bartel and Woronov
•Trailer
•PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Ehrenstein

Really?!?! No way did I think this title would be released on BD let alone by CC!
The DVD lOOks like a bad VHS tape.

[Inspector Tanzi]

I will own The Game. I just love that movie.

One of Fincher's better films. Much better than the overrated Se7en and Fight Club.

[Boston007]

One of Fincher's better films. Much better than the overrated Se7en and Fight Club.

I hated Fight Club and Se7en did nothing for me. To each their own as I know I am in the minority.

[Inspector Tanzi]

I hated Fight Club and Se7en did nothing for me. To each their own as I know I am in the minority.

I thought Se7en was boring and Fight Club just alright.

[ATLFalconsFAN]

I called Barnes and Noble today. The 50% off sale will start on the 10th and go until the 31st.

Here are the movies I am planning to buy:

Antichrist
Being John Malkovich
Blow Out
Carlos
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival
Dazed & Confused
Diabolique
Down By Law (Comes out the 17th)
Godzilla
Gomorrah
House
Hunger
The Last Temptation Of Christ
Le Cercle Rouge
The Night Of The Hunter
Seven Samurai

I have $350 in gift cards to use towards this sale.

[slain]

My list so far (may remove or add a few from here):

Broadcast News
Gojira
The Samurai Trilogy
Branded to Kill
Tokyo Drifter
The Gold Rush
The Four Feathers
Fanny & Alexander
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Three Colors (Red, White, Blue)
High and Low
The Killing
Traffic
The Lady Vanishes

I'm going to be broke...

EDIT:

Added Close-up, Tiny Furniture and the Lean/Coward set. It's about $480 with everything included. Looks like I won't be getting anything in November. At least I'm getting it out of my system now.

[skycracksopen]

Did any of you guys get lucky and catch the B&N goof-up? During the first hour or two of the 50% off sale, they also left up their "Buy 2 DVDs, get 1 Free" deal.

I basically managed to get 4 Criterions for free, making the average cost per movie only $14.25 after tax.

Pretty sweet deal, hopefully they don't cancel the orders that went through like that. I got the order confirmation email, so I think I'm probably in the clear.

[bruceames]

My list so far (may remove or add a few from here):

Broadcast News
Gojira
The Samurai Trilogy
Branded to Kill
Tokyo Drifter
The Gold Rush
The Four Feathers
Fanny & Alexander
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Three Colors (Red, White, Blue)
High and Low
The Killing
Traffic
The Lady Vanishes

I'm going to be broke...

EDIT:

Added Close-up, Tiny Furniture and the Lean/Coward set. It's about $480 with everything included. Looks like I won't be getting anything in November. At least I'm getting it out of my system now.

Three Colors is a great trilogy. I've already watched it twice. Same goes for Fanny and Alexander.