Coming to Criterion in standard and Blu-Ray.
Coming April 28th.
http://www.criterion.com/films/1287
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I know, isn't it great?
Also, Oshima's "Empire of Passion", as well.
And Criterion will soon release his "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence", with David Bowie, too!
I'm also excited for the release of The Hit.
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Yeah, I had heard over a year ago that producer Jeremy Thomas had made a deal with Criterion for four of his productions.
"The Last Emperor" was one, released last year; "The Hit" is next; "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" will be on the way; and "Insignificance".
I wonder, though, if Criterion is ACTUALLY going to release "Realm of the Senses" truly UNCUT or not. There is a brief sequence that has ALWAYS been cut from ALL versions in the U.S. .
Also, in case you're interested, I have confirmation that Criterion will, sometime in the near future, also be releasing:
Peter Greenaway's controversial "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover"; Pier Paolo Pasolini's 'Trilogy of Life' (includes "The Decameron", "The Canterbury Tales", and "Arabian Nights"); and the above mentioned titles in my previous post.
These are all confirmed by Criterion themselves.
Other ones that I had heard were rumored, that have been denied by Criterion (much to my disappointment) are, Paul Schrader's "Blue Collar"; Barbara Kopple's documentary on Woody Allen, "Wild Man Blues"; and David Cronenberg's "Crash". I had heard at various times on the internet that these would be Criterion releases, but Criterion says "No".
Thanks for pointing those out. How do you find out all this information?
I'm hoping they decide to release even more Melville-like La Silence de la Mer and Leon Morin. Interesting that they are choosing to do more Pasolini and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover. Any info. on the release dates?
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If you contact Jon Mulvaney at Criterion, it takes forever, but he will eventually answer you, and he will respond to direct inquiries about titles releases. They don't respond to title recommendations, though.
All Mulvaney would tell me about the Pasolini films and Cook,Thief was that they are definitely releasing them, and that they are works in progress. He said there aren't release dates yet. So, it could be a while.
Back in 2006, I contacted them about "The Last Emperor", "Mishima", and "Salo", and they confirmed them but wouldn't give release dates. They all came out over the next year, though.
Fantastic!
The Trilogy of Life will be a must-own. I hope it and Salo will be available on Blu Ray sooner rather than later.
~Spirit desire, spirit desire, we will fall.~
Wonderful. Cheers. Here's to hoping they release at least one or two of those on Blu-Ray as well.
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Wow, thanks very much!
I am particularly excited about the ones I've already mentioned, plus "Cul de Sac" and "La Nuit de Varennes".
If you've never heard of "La Nuit", it is a very good, long obscure film from 1982, a French/Italian co-production by Ettore Scola. It stars no less than Harvey Keitel, Hanna Shygulla, and Marcello Mastroianni.
I am unfamiliar with the films you mentioned but Criterion has helped me discover many filmmakers such as Melville and Fassbinder in the past and I'm sure they'll continue to help me do so in the future.
The Wim Wenders releases partially interest me. I'm not big on Paris, Texas-in fact for all it's graceful Robby Muller camerawork I was left cold by the meandering story and trite father-son relationship. I understand the film being about the alienation and intersection of European and American culture, but it still didn't appeal to me.
The American Friend, on the other hand, I did enjoy. Any thoughts on the other projects?
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Yes, I like "The American Friend".
I have a very good box set from Anchor Bay that includes that title and seven other Wenders titles.
Of previous ones I mentioned, "Cul de Sac" is an early effort from Roman Polanski, and has long been unavailable in the U.S. .
"La Nuit de Varennes" is very obscure,too. It is a period film set right at the time of the French Revolution, and a stagecoach carrying Casanova, American Thomas Paine, the Queen's Lady-in-waiting, and others makes its way across rural France as the peasent uprising is happening, winding up in the conclusion at the fateful night at Varennes. The intellectuals in the coach meanwhile, serve as observers and philosophize much as it unfolds. It sounds fairly simple, but it's visually stunning, and has a helluva cast.
I have been waiting for a decent US DVD of Pasolini's trilogy for ages, as I am a huge fan of him. I do wish Criterion would release also his "Medea". I have an old, imported vhs tape of that. If you've ever seen his other work, like "Oedipus Rex", "Porcile", or the trilogy of life, and like it, then you would like "Medea".
There's actually a screening of Pasolini's films The Decameron and Arabian Nights at a Los Angeles cinema in two weeks. I'm definitely going to check it out. I own Saolo but haven't watched it yet-these will probably be the first two films of his that I've seen.
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