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#2101 Post by beamish13 » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:49 pm

HENRY & JUNE would be a killer Criterion. There's so much documentary material they could utilize, and they could do a neat featurette on the birth of the NC-17 rating (which I highly doubt this film would actually receive today).

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#2102 Post by SamLowry » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:51 pm

I'd prefer Henry & June, but Quills is rated a full star better on IMDB, go figure.

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#2103 Post by zedz » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:52 pm

The only Kaufman I'm much of a fan of is his remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which is already out on Blu. The obvious contenders in terms of reputation are Unbearable Lightness (which I find pretty dull, quite frankly, but it's already a Criterion title) and The Right Stuff, which is probably his best-regarded film generally. Is that a licensing possibility?

I'm not much of a fan of Henry and June, either, but, as noted, it does have a lot of potentially juicy extra potential, including its censorship / rating story.

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#2104 Post by Cinephrenic » Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:13 pm

Quills would be a killer.

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#2105 Post by JMULL222 » Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:19 pm

"THE WANDERERS" is fucking awesome.

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#2106 Post by warren oates » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:11 pm

Cinephrenic wrote:Quills would be a killer.
You're kidding right? I must have had to watch that trailer a jillion times the year it came out. "I've memorized it" still gets a laugh in this household.
zedz wrote:The Right Stuff, which is probably his best-regarded film generally. Is that a licensing possibility?
I'm pretty sure it's not, but only because Warner is working on their own special edition Blu-ray version, which I've heard from places like The Digital Bits is taking longer than expected due to some necessary restoration work. I love The Right Stuff too and can't wait to see it in hi def.

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#2107 Post by artfilmfan » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:32 pm

I would love to see The Unbearable Lightness of Being on Blu-ray. That would be really nice. It's second on my list of all-time favorite movies.

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#2108 Post by captveg » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:35 pm

warren oates wrote:
zedz wrote:The Right Stuff, which is probably his best-regarded film generally. Is that a licensing possibility?
I'm pretty sure it's not, but only because Warner is working on their own special edition Blu-ray version, which I've heard from places like The Digital Bits is taking longer than expected due to some necessary restoration work. I love The Right Stuff too and can't wait to see it in hi def.
At this point WB is probable targeting next year, 30th Anniversary and all.

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#2109 Post by Jeff » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:33 pm

Henry and June, which is a Universal title with only a 13-year-old featureless DVD on the market seems the most likely candidate.

I wonder whatever became of Darius Khondji's trip to the closet. I think the consensus was that Stealing Beauty was the most likely candidate, but nothing ever came of that.

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#2110 Post by JPJ » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:53 pm

I thought Khondji's trip had something to do with City of lost children?Wasn't that title rumoured 2-3 years ago?

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#2111 Post by knives » Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:43 pm

Maybe he was just in New York? Du-dadudaaaaaaa.

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#2112 Post by JPJ » Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:10 pm

And decided to go to Criterion HQ to pick up some free discs.

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#2113 Post by colinr0380 » Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:23 pm

You are all going to be so angry when Criterion releases Rising Sun! (Which I'd love by the way, but then I love all of Philip Kaufman's films!)

What about The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid? It is a Universal title and, Stagecoach and The Baron of Arizona (and maybe Days of Heaven) aside, Criterion are still pretty light on westerns.

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#2114 Post by AfterTheRain » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:30 pm

colinr0380 wrote:You are all going to be so angry when Criterion releases Rising Sun! (Which I'd love by the way, but then I love all of Philip Kaufman's films!)

What about The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid? It is a Universal title and, Stagecoach and The Baron of Arizona (and maybe Days of Heaven) aside, Criterion are still pretty light on westerns.
Don't forget about Anthony Mann's The Furies.

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#2115 Post by matrixschmatrix » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:45 pm

We're still expecting Heaven's Gate, aren't we?

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#2116 Post by duck duck » Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:35 pm

Did any bother to read that Kaufman was in NY because of a MoMA retrospective of his work? Criterion very well could have invited him by to keep up relations with filmmakers, get some tickets to screenings, and make a quick website video.

But I love how he says he just wants things to go see for inspiration and not as a collector and ends up grabbing box sets of films he is obviously very familiar with.

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#2117 Post by Jeff » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:01 pm

There are hundreds of filmmakers in New York everyday, but if they're in Criterion's closet, they're usually there for a reason.

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#2118 Post by domino harvey » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:03 pm

Criterion's husband unexpectedly came home early?

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#2119 Post by Jeff » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:07 pm

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#2120 Post by knives » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:21 pm

Jeff wrote:There are hundreds of filmmakers in New York everyday, but if they're in Criterion's closet, they're usually there for a reason.
I guess I should be expecting Super Bad any day now?

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#2121 Post by Professor Wagstaff » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:48 pm

knives wrote:
Jeff wrote:There are hundreds of filmmakers in New York everyday, but if they're in Criterion's closet, they're usually there for a reason.
I guess I should be expecting Super Bad any day now?
Perfect if only for the booklet covered in dick drawings.

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#2122 Post by colinr0380 » Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:23 pm

AfterTheRain wrote:Don't forget about Anthony Mann's The Furies.
I knew that I was forgetting something! #-o

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#2123 Post by Jeff » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:45 pm

knives wrote:
Jeff wrote:There are hundreds of filmmakers in New York everyday, but if they're in Criterion's closet, they're usually there for a reason.
I guess I should be expecting Super Bad any day now?
Was Mottola at Criterion HQ? I thought he only did a Top 10 (which they get from all sorts of people via email). With the notable exception of Khondji (so far), I think that everybody who has got to pick titles from the closet contributed something to a release. Criterion is known for paying contributors in movies rather than cash.

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#2124 Post by knives » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:48 pm

That SNL dude who hosts TCM sometimes was in the closest if I remember correctly.

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#2125 Post by Jeff » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:55 pm

knives wrote:That SNL dude who hosts TCM sometimes was in the closest if I remember correctly.
Bill Hader, yes. Also Adrian Utley of Portishead (though he curated their ATP films). I supposed that they might have someone like Hader there to make Amarcord look cool to college kids. I'm not sure Philip Kaufman carries that same cache. I still don't think that Criterion is inviting random filmmakers off the street to come up for some free stuff.

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