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#26 Post by Schkura » Sun Oct 08, 2006 12:45 pm

Maybe around the same time as the Eclipse line? :lol: *

* (where laughing emoticons = half-sarcasm [for the impaired])

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#27 Post by Cinesimilitude » Sun Oct 08, 2006 3:52 pm

keeproductions wrote:The new issue of Premiere (Daniel Craig on cover) has a full-page Criterion advert for Seven Samurai and much of their Kurosawa output.

COMING SOON: Glorious new special editions of Kurosawa's Samurai classics Yojimbo and Sanjuro.
think you could scan it and post here or send it to me or hammock through CriterionDungeon.com?

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#28 Post by cgray » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:08 pm

i'd like to see the ad too, if it could be posted here or over at the dungeon.

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#29 Post by keeproductions » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:20 pm

Sure-

I'll take the ad to work in the morning and see if I can't get a good scan to post here.

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#30 Post by Greathinker » Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:33 pm

Criterion sure is being annoying by allowing all this speculation. Just announce it already

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#31 Post by keeproductions » Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:33 am


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#32 Post by Cinesimilitude » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:14 pm

thanks a lot. that'll go on the misc page for sure.

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#33 Post by keeproductions » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:31 pm

SncDthMnky wrote:thanks a lot. that'll go on the misc page for sure.
You're most welcome. I'll keep my eye out each issue, they usually have at least a small ad from CC.

Keith

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#34 Post by cgray » Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:12 pm

ditto: thanks a lot for posting that.

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#35 Post by Kristoffer4 » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:21 am

Thanks :D

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#36 Post by criterionsnob » Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:03 pm

These have been pulled from the Criterion website. They must be updating the listings for the expected re-release announcement.

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#37 Post by Matt » Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:58 pm

Yojimbo

• All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer
• Optional Dolby Digital 3.0 soundtrack, preserving the original Perspecta simulated-stereo effects
• Audio commentary by film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
• A 45-minute documentary on the making of Yojimbo, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
• Theatrical trailer and teaser
• Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos
• New and improved English subtitle translation

Sanjuro

• All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer
• Optional Dolby Digital 3.0 soundtrack, preserving the original Perspecta simulated-stereo effects
• Audio commentary by film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
• A 35-minute documentary on the making of Sanjuro, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
• Theatrical trailer and teaser
• Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Sragow and notes and statements from Kurosawa and his cast and crew

Available separately or in a collector's set.

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#38 Post by tryavna » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:31 pm

Matt wrote:Yojimbo

• Audio commentary by film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince

Sanjuro

• Audio commentary by film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
I thought there used to be more people who possessed some degree of expertise on Kurosawa. Don't get me wrong. I like Prince as a commentator, but I also like a little variety.

Nevertheless, I'm happy to see these re-releases finally coming out.

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#39 Post by Cinephrenic » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:39 pm

That said, I hope Donald Richie was busy on some Naruse or Mizoguchi commentaries.

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#40 Post by tryavna » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:48 pm

Cinephrenic wrote:That said, I hope Donald Richie was busy on some Naruse or Mizoguchi commentaries.
Indeed! That would make the double-helping of Prince (or triple-helping, if you count his presence on the re-release of Seven Samurai) a more than fair trade-off.

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#41 Post by Le Samouraï » Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:14 pm

Cinephrenic wrote:That said, I hope Donald Richie was busy on some Naruse or Mizoguchi commentaries.
That would be terrific.

Richie or no Richie, I am quite satisfied with the specs of these two though. I have avoided buying the original releases for years and only own the old BFI version of Yojimbo. Haven't even watched Sanjuro.

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#42 Post by leefarber » Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:22 pm

Has anyone noticed that both the new Yojimbo and Sanjuro are listed as NON-anamorphic?

What gives?

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#43 Post by Matt » Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:25 pm

leefarber wrote:Has anyone noticed that both the new Yojimbo and Sanjuro are listed as NON-anamorphic?

What gives?
It's a mistake. It will be corrected. It happens ALL the time. Seriously, like every month.

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#44 Post by garmonbozia » Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:52 pm

so these are both going to be single disc releases?

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#45 Post by Cinesimilitude » Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:17 pm

single discs with commentary, hence the 39.95 msrp.

as already stated, you can buy both for 69.95 msrp, which discounted should be just under 50$ for the two of them if you pre-order. very reasonable.

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#46 Post by colinr0380 » Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:40 pm

Excellent! I love Sanjuro and will definitely be getting these reissues!

I don't know why Yojimbo doesn't grab me the same way - it is very well made and has great performances but the story has never excited me. However I think Sanjuro is a masterpiece and one of my absolute favourites of all Kurosawa's films, perhaps due in no small part to it being the first Kurosawa film I saw!

It is a strange way to feel since Yojimbo is usually the more celebrated film, but I also felt the same way about A Fistful Of Dollars - I didn't really like that film either but loved the other two films in Leone's trilogy, so perhaps I just don't connect with that particular story. I wouldn't tell others to avoid it though - try them both especially now that they have restored the films!

Does the 3.0 sound potentially make this the definitive release of these titles? I don't remember the BFI Yojimbo having this sound option.

A very good January - it seems somewhat of a 'housecleaning' month in the sense that these films, Mouchette and the Richard Gordon films have been 'Certainties', we just didn't know when! Same with Pandora's Box - all these long touted films are coming out. Now we can get back to badgering Criterion full time over the Eisenstein: Silents boxset!

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#47 Post by Gigi M. » Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:50 pm

SncDthMnky wrote:single discs with commentary, hence the 39.95 msrp.

as already stated, you can buy both for 69.95 msrp, which discounted should be just under 50$ for the two of them if you pre-order. very reasonable.
At $45.47 to be exact at DVDPLANET. A must buy for me.

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#48 Post by analoguezombie » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:35 pm

This all bodes well for a re-release of High and Low.

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#49 Post by Le Samouraï » Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:15 pm

Not especially. While High and Low would be a perfect candidate for a remaster, these releases don't indicate anything in that direction.

Criterion officially announced the remasters of Yojimbo, Sanjuro, and Seven Samurai almost a year ago. Nothing has ever been said about High and Low (though you can count me in among the people that would like it to happen).

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#50 Post by davebert » Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:19 pm

I just think High and Low should see a price readjustment in line with its features and quality, which I believe they said they were even considering at one point...

But I'm not displeased with my copy.

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