Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

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#2426 Post by ianungstad » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:42 pm

This will probably be a 2 disc bluray. The making of documentary apparently clocks in at 4 hours:

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“Look out Haskell, it’s real!” details the production of Haskell Wexler‘s 1969 feature Medium Cool. It features interviews with members of the film’s cast and crew alongside critics and commentators, and includes never-before-seen outtakes of Medium Cool from the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A 55-minute version of the documentary premiered at the 2001 Edinburgh Film Festival alongside a new theatrical print of Medium Cool and with Wexler in attendance. It has been screened at many archives and festivals worldwide, and has been seen on the BBC, PBS and the Sundance Channel. The film was expanded and re-edited in 2013, and now runs four hours.

If this documentary is included on the Criterion release, they may end up pulling a Bergman Island and use the 55 minute cut to keep it down to one disc.

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#2427 Post by matrixschmatrix » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:55 pm

ianungstad wrote:A 55-minute version of the documentary premiered at the 2001 Edinburgh Film Festival alongside a new theatrical print of Medium Cool and with Wexler in attendance. It has been screened at many archives and festivals worldwide, and has been seen on the BBC, PBS and the Sundance Channel. The film was expanded and re-edited in 2013, and now runs four hours.
Well if they have a time machine than maybe they can squeeze all four hours into 55 minutes

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#2428 Post by kneelzod » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:56 pm

swo17 wrote:
kneelzod wrote:I may wait to hear what is, or isn't, being ported over from the Paramount DVD before selling it.
Yeah, I'm waiting to see if one of Criterion's extras will be a crisp $100 bill.
Is that how much the DVD is going for now?

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#2429 Post by HistoryProf » Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:17 am

kneelzod wrote:
swo17 wrote:
kneelzod wrote:I may wait to hear what is, or isn't, being ported over from the Paramount DVD before selling it.
Yeah, I'm waiting to see if one of Criterion's extras will be a crisp $100 bill.
Is that how much the DVD is going for now?
start at $50 used and $150 new on Amazon. I sold mine a couple of years ago on Ebay for $50 and it was used. had 25 bids or something crazy.

A new/sealed one did sell for $200 on ebay recently. Used you'll get $30-$60.

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#2430 Post by bamwc2 » Wed Nov 28, 2012 10:05 am

A new/sealed one did sell for $200 on ebay recently. Used you'll get $30-$60.
Wow. I hadn't even realized that it was OOP. I've meant to pick this up for years, but never got around to it, always opting for something that I hadn't seen before. I absolutely adore the movie, and might even find a place for it in an all-time top 20. Thankfully we'll now see what will undoubtedly be a deluxe edition.

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#2431 Post by ryannichols7 » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:51 am

if this is another two-disc Bluray Criterion is seriously, seriously stepping it up in 2013.

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#2432 Post by cysiam » Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:14 pm

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#2433 Post by Harmonov » Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:15 pm

The Last Movie?

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#2434 Post by bamwc2 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:15 pm

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Repo Man?

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#2435 Post by domino harvey » Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:16 pm

The Warhol film?!

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#2436 Post by cinemartin » Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:16 pm

Warhol's Blue Movie?

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#2437 Post by duck duck » Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:17 pm

looks a lot like a reference to Public Image Ltd.'s "album".
Obscure "Sid & Nancy" clue?

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#2438 Post by bamwc2 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:18 pm

Nope, it's Repo Man:

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Whew. It's been a very long time since I got one right.

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#2439 Post by Harmonov » Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:19 pm

WOW. Verrry nice.

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#2440 Post by duck duck » Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:19 pm

Close with the Alex Cox... I'll take Repo Man.

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#2441 Post by afabry » Thu Dec 20, 2012 2:26 pm

Cox works in my building here in Boulder and we talked about Criterion's edition a couple weeks ago. He said it should have the same features as MoC (including the TV edit!), and he said it would have some extra stuff too. I imagine a new introduction or something.

This his third criterion title? Sid and Nancy, Walker, and Repo Man? Or do we count Fear and Loathing? He's been in cahoots with Criterion for a while and so has Universal- so it makes sense this is coming out.

I asked about a future re-release of Sid and Nancy and he didn't seem too optimistic because Fox owns it now. I don't know, Fox has played nice with Criterion before, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

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#2442 Post by The Masked Marvel » Thu Dec 20, 2012 2:51 pm

Dammit. One of the few I get immediately, and I'm beaten to the punch.

This will be nice for region-locked folks.

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#2443 Post by swo17 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 2:58 pm

Yes, as someone here indicated last week, the Criterion should replicate all the MoC features and then some.

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Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

#2444 Post by justeleblanc » Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:47 pm

Repo Man? It looks more like Conner's "A Movie" to me.

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#2445 Post by albucat » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:14 pm

Saddened that my initial thought of that picture representing a certain Thin Blue Line is incorrect, though.

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#2446 Post by htshell » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:25 pm

justeleblanc wrote:Repo Man? It looks more like Conner's "A Movie" to me.
Bruce Conner films are never, ever coming to commercial DVD or Blu-ray.

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#2447 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:38 pm

justeleblanc wrote:Repo Man? It looks more like Conner's "A Movie" to me.
It's funny that after that screenshot was posted, people are still guessing.

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#2448 Post by swo17 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:48 pm

cysiam wrote:Image
It would be amazing if they eventually packaged the DVD/Blu-ray in a generic box like that.

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#2449 Post by domino harvey » Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:15 pm

Odds that Stagecoach gets mentioned in the "Related Movies" section on the website?

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#2450 Post by ryannichols7 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 9:19 pm

so is it too much to ask for a month of Repo Man with an upgrade of Walker, which would also feature Pontecorvo/Brando's Burn! (which, if you don't know, is about Walker)? that would be absolutely fantastic but I know I can dream.

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