I guess most of us expect more from Masters of Cinema at the moment. I mean, it's them that are releasing all the things everyone has been craving for from Criterion for ages: Naruse, Mizoguchi, Shindo, Murnau.... Instead Criterion releases films about a talking gorilla. Nothing against Koko, but this is surely not the very first film one would think of releasing when there's still so much missing. I only say: Bergman's "Face to Face", which would be such an OBVIOUS choice regarding their catalogue, or finally some good edition of Greenaway's features from the 1990s (all of which are only available in dubious to downright atrocious transfers, if at all). And they do not even seem to THINK of Rivette (for example the full-length version of "Jeanne la Pucelle", not to speak of "Duelle", "Noroit" or "OUT1"), but instead do Rohmer and Malle, most of which films are also easily available in Europe at least.justeleblanc wrote:I seem to remember this as the "off the hook" thread where people were guessing about which Ozu or Godard would next be released. Has everyone calmed down, or has the inconsistant release schedule of Criterion caused the average poster to be apathetic.
It's nice to see them do "Pandora's box", of course, but well: this is the only Pabst silent available easily in the English-speaking world with original German titles already (from Second Sight, UK).
So, the lack of speculation only reflects the lack of response from Criterion.
