CosìCleo Godsey wrote:Re: Francesco Rosi
Mon, 30 Apr 2007
I just check with production and we don't have any plans for releasing a new title anytime soon, at least throughout 2007.
Sorry about that, but will take note that you asked about it.
Thanks,
Cleo
Criterion Random Speculation Vol.3
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There's only one movie I would love to speculate getting released thanks to the Parmount deal, and that would be Harold and Maude. It's up there on the list of favorite movies of all time, and it's a damn shame it has the edition it has now.
I would kill for one, maybe with a Wes Anderson intro, and commentary by Bud Cort.
I would kill for one, maybe with a Wes Anderson intro, and commentary by Bud Cort.
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I don't want to be a troll, but that would make my day wretched - Harold and Maude is overrated. Speaking purely of editing, the movie is a mess; the dialogue is barely believable; the relationship is completely undeveloped; and by the end, it turns into a message film delivered from the mouth of the divine Cat Stevens. I think it gains points with crowds for being anti-establishment and freewheeling, but in my proud opinion, it's as joyless as Little Miss Sunshine (a very similar film).
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AmenThe Elegant Dandy Fop wrote:There's only one movie I would love to speculate getting released thanks to the Parmount deal, and that would be Harold and Maude.
It's up there on the list of favorite movies of all time, and it's a damn shame it has the edition it has now.
I would kill for one, maybe with a Wes Anderson intro, and commentary by Bud Cort.
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I don't care much for the movie, but I would see it again with all the usual Criterion supplements for a re-evaluation.The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote:There's only one movie I would love to speculate getting released thanks to the Parmount deal, and that would be Harold and Maude. It's up there on the list of favorite movies of all time, and it's a damn shame it has the edition it has now.
I would kill for one, maybe with a Wes Anderson intro, and commentary by Bud Cort.
But Wes Anderson is dreadful. His movies are OK, but he came off pretty bad in the Bogdanovich interview on They All Laughed.
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Me too. I love Blow Out. I think it's DePalma's best film by a large margin. Laurent Bouzereau approached MGM about doing a special edition when he did their Carrie and Dressed to Kill discs. They were too far along in the production of their bare bones disc. Bouzereau is largely responsible for the supplemental content on Criterion's Carrie laserdisc, and worked with them on other laser projects. Perhaps they can get something together for this.Narshty wrote:I'd be deliriously happy if Criterion's alleged handful of upcoming MGM titles included Blow Out and Hope and Glory. Just throwing that out there.
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Someone mentioned in, I believe, the House of Games thread that there would be something like four titles coming from MGM to Criterion.ianungstad wrote:Where did the rumor come from that Criterion had any other MGM discs coming out? I thought that House of Games was just a one-off for a commentary track?
House of Games was number one, Salo is likely number two...after that I don't think anything is known for certain.
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In spite of fearing a beatdown for doing so, I bring to you a link from MTV's MovieBlog:
[quote]Bottle Rocket' To Get The Criterion DVD Treatment At Last
More Wes Anderson goodness for you today, my fellow Max Fischer fanatics. Yesterday I filled you in Anderson's plans for The Fantastic Mr. Fox.
[quote]Bottle Rocket' To Get The Criterion DVD Treatment At Last
More Wes Anderson goodness for you today, my fellow Max Fischer fanatics. Yesterday I filled you in Anderson's plans for The Fantastic Mr. Fox.
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Bottle Rocket Sony
I don't think it was that hard. I believe it was like 2 years ago that Sony publicly stated that they were discontinuing many of their titles, specially foreign and low budget films in hopes of licensing them to third parties for new, more elaborate releases. Several titles, like Goodbye Lenin and Loss of Sexual Innocences went OOP along with other 55 titles from the collection.SncDthMnky wrote:I just can't wait to read a blog post about how they managed to get the rights [for Bottle Rocket] from Sony...
In other words, Sony is making all this films available to companies like Criterion and Anchor Bay.
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Ooh. Maybe that gives titles like Watermelon Man, Vanya on 42nd Street and Shadow Magic possibilities. Or am I stepping out way too far?dx23 wrote:I don't think it was that hard. I believe it was like 2 years ago that Sony publicly stated that they were discontinuing many of their titles, specially foreign and low budget films in hopes of licensing them to third parties for new, more elaborate releases. Several titles, like Goodbye Lenin and Loss of Sexual Innocences went OOP along with other 55 titles from the collection.SncDthMnky wrote:I just can't wait to read a blog post about how they managed to get the rights from Sony...
In other words, Sony is making all this films available to companies like Criterion and Anchor Bay.
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TCM showed a restored print of Richard Kipling's Jungle Book tonight. It was the Korda production and the film was preceded by the Janus Logo. Does a restoration usually indicate a forthcoming DVD release?
Personally I didn't like the film at all. Definitely not something I feel would be worthy of the Criterion Collection... maybe as a bit of Eclipse filler.
Sign of the times I guess, but I particularly found the use of Caucasian actors with brown paint on them to represent the "Indian" people to be fairly offensive. The majority of the film is done with stock wildlife footage and poor animatronics.
Anyways, their wasn't any scratches or dirt on the print and the Technicolor looked pretty as Technicolor often does...
Personally I didn't like the film at all. Definitely not something I feel would be worthy of the Criterion Collection... maybe as a bit of Eclipse filler.
Sign of the times I guess, but I particularly found the use of Caucasian actors with brown paint on them to represent the "Indian" people to be fairly offensive. The majority of the film is done with stock wildlife footage and poor animatronics.
Anyways, their wasn't any scratches or dirt on the print and the Technicolor looked pretty as Technicolor often does...