Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

[swo17]

[Tropical Kaiju]

"Paris Nous Appartient" (Rivette, 1961)!

[pzadvance]

Hell yeah!

[cinemartin]

Paris belongs to us?

[danieltiger]

Paris, je t'aime?

[swo17]

Jellyfish Eyes 2

[Ribs]

Oh my fucking god when I saw the clue in my mailbox I nearly screamed.

[swo17]

Uh, isn't Criterion releasing Rivette one of the signs of the impending Apocalypse?

[FrauBlucher]

10 minutes since it's been posted and no mention of Il Sorpasso.

[bamwc2]

You guys are all wrong. It's clearly National Lampoon's European Vacation.

[Cinephrenic]

Double clue for Gang of Four?

[sir_luke]

Criterion has had Paris Nous Appartient on Hulu for quite a while. Still exciting, and good to see that it's likely coming sooner than later, but it's not really a surprise that it was coming at some point.

[bamwc2]

Criterion has had Paris Nous Appartient on Hulu for quite a while. Still exciting, and good to see that it's likely coming sooner than later, but it's not really a surprise that it was coming at some point.

I know. I think that I guessed it every month for most of 2011-2012.

[domino harvey]

It was supposed to be part of the New Wave Eclipse set promised all the way back when the line first began! I look forward to the one interview Criterion will begrudgingly include to justify sitting on this for years

[knives]

They will also likely include that one short of his they have on Hulu.

[Forrest Taft]

I was under the impression Peter Becker did not care for Rivette. This announcement should make Kanye West very happy.

[justeleblanc]

They will also likely include that one short of his they have on Hulu.

There was is also a wonderful documentary by Claire Denis called Jacques Rivette: The Watchman, which was part of the Cinema of our Time television series. Not sure how difficult it would be for them to include it, but it features interviews with Rivette and with Bulle Ogier.

Also, am I the only one who hoped that this month's clue included a wacky boat? Does anyone have an inside scoop about C&J's NYer troubles?

[NABOB OF NOWHERE]

They will also likely include that one short of his they have on Hulu.

There was is also a wonderful documentary by Claire Denis called Jacques Rivette: The Watchman, which was part of the Cinema of our Time television series. Not sure how difficult it would be for them to include it, but it features interviews with Rivette and with Bulle Ogier.

The complete Denis doc would be wonderful but it would have to be the entire episode for more than one reason... see here

Once again CC resorts to its practice of busting up good supplements like episodes of Cineastes Notre temps.

If you read french you'd be advised to read Andre S. Labarthe's article in Cahiers du Cinema 585 where over two pages he rails against using episodes of Cinema de notre temps as an archival source to be plundered at will. When it comes to Criterion the guy is positively apoplectic regarding the lack of proper crediting and being rode roughshod over despite him NOT giving approval for the practice of cutting up programmes for 'bonus' features. Salt is rubbed into the wound when he reads subsequently an 'acknowledgment' from Criterion that " without (his) approval this release would not have been complete"
This was in December 2003 and he singles out the Melvilles and Godards as examples of instances when Criterion had gone as far as request the rushes for further material. That was over 5 years ago. God knows what state he must be in by now.

Adrian Martin from the Godard Group on the same tack...

Many thanks for the kind words from my various surrogate mothers !! Seriously, I
apreciate it, especially coming from my fellow Godardians. For the record, all
the Godard DVDs I have done audio commentaries for here in Australia are: VIVRE
SA VIE, MASCULIN FEMININ, 2 OR 3 THINGS, LE GAI SAVOIR, MARRIED WOMAN. (I have
done 25 commentaries in all, also covering Ozu, Fassbinder, Bunuel, Bertolucci,
Sternberg, Lang, Preminger, Wenders ... ) For Criterion I did a written piece on
MASCULIN FEMININ some years ago, and then most recently Criterion recycled my
Madman 2 OR 3 THINGS commentary - without anyone in either company informing me
of this !! Ah well, I'm the 'licensed extra' ... I remember Labarthe doing his
nut in CAHIERS when he bought a few Criterion discs and discovered that segments
of his '60s documentaries on filmmakers had been unfussily excerpted without his
permission (presumably only the TV channel's permission). As for me, I'm getting
some of the best notices of my career from this Criterion deal, so I won't
complain too much !!

Adrian

[Self]

Only Angels Have Wings?

[antnield]

[Jgh8xxx]

Angels with Dirty Faces?

[domino harvey]

The Angels Share?

[rspaight]

Something to do with Heaven and Wings.

[richast2]

It's obviously Naked Lunch






what's probably less obvious is that I'm joking...

[jedgeco]

Only Angels Have Wings