bdsweeney wrote:Not sure about the US rights, but it's available as a BFI release in the UK. (2007 issue--not too sure on the quality, but as it's BFI, I imagine it would be a pretty good transfer. No extras.)
The BFI disc of Distant Voices is sublime - no need to wait indefinitely for a Criterion release.
I wasn't intending on waiting in definitely, I was just curious if there was a potential for a Criterion disc so that I wouldn't have to shell out to get BFI sent over the pond.
Oh well, wouldn't be the first time I've had to do it.
Thanks for your email, and your patience! As far as I know, we have no plans for "Island of Lost Souls" at this time. I hope this helps, and please feel free to write in again if you have any other questions.
Oh, please, not that one. I'd rather not see that Karina flick. What are the chances of a post-Celine and Julie Rivette? This is great news, but what else could they have? I liked the comment about Eustache, too. Now there's some speculation!
I wonder if New Yorker licensed/sold more of their titles to Criterion. That could account for L'Amour fou, if it's on the list. The Nun is Lionsgate/Studio Canal, unless there was a special deal made beforehand (which I kind of doubt).
His movies that still lack a DVD with English subs are as follows (including R2):
The Nun (Lionsgate)
L'Amour fou (New Yorker?)
Out 1/Spectre (Kino?)
Duelle
Noriot
Merry Go Round
Pont du Nord
Jean the Maid (uncut/Facets?)
Up/Down/Fragile
Va Savoir+ (Sony?)
Why hasn't some UK label taken up the cause of these films-- unbelievable that they only exist in the current Facets-bastardized form, what label thinks arbitrarily cutting ninety minutes out of a film is acceptable. I guess the same label that thinks selling VHS dubs for $60 is acceptable...
Why hasn't some UK label taken up the cause of these films-- unbelievable that they only exist in the current Facets-bastardized form, what label thinks arbitrarily cutting ninety minutes out of a film is acceptable. I guess the same label that thinks selling VHS dubs for $60 is acceptable...
Wasn't the uncut version a relatively new discovery?
Out of interest what sort of lavender soaked inducements or ju-ju do you guys use to get a reply out of Criterion about stuff?
I have sent about 10 requests over the years and never got a reply. (I use the suggestions e-mail address on their site... or is that just a sucker route? )
A friend of mine at the BBC said that all letters in green ink go straight in the bin. Have I found the internet equivalent ?
I would just write to mulvaney at criterion dot com. Keep the question as short and simple as possible, and I wouldn't inundate them with too many emails. At most, once every several weeks. I think you are more likely to get a response. Sometimes they respond that week, though typically it takes longer. Last year when I asked about Godard's Numero Deux I think it took two months to get a response, and by then I had forgotten I even asked.
Such a shame Celine and Julie is a New Yorker title. But hopefully that means CC will concentrate on other Rivette titles.
NABOB OF NOWHERE wrote:Out of interest what sort of lavender soaked inducements or ju-ju do you guys use to get a reply out of Criterion about stuff?
I usually send a question to the Mulvaney address every couple of months keep is short, sweet and complimentary and a reply usually comes within a few weeks though certain emails go unanswered.
dadaistnun wrote: I wonder if the new poster will end up being the Criterion cover.
I'd venture to guess yes. Beautiful, clean design. Much like the Peirrot.
Agreed. And it already looks like a Criterion cover. I'll be stoked when this one comes out--one of my fave Godards. In fact, can we just skip the theatrical run and go straight to dvd?
Criterion will release "some of Jacques Rivette's films"
Marry me, Tamara!
Purely a hunch, with a large dollop of wishful thinking, but if I had to guess on them acquiring something off of the unknown/unclaimed rights list (which is mostly assumed to be New Yorker, yes?), I'd bet on Duelle & Noroit. Either that or one fairly recent title to bookend with Paris nous appartient, which I'd be less excited about.
King Prendergast wrote:I'd venture to guess yes. Beautiful, clean design. Much like the Peirrot.
jbeall wrote:Agreed. And it already looks like a Criterion cover.
I love the PIERROT poster, but what's to like about this one? And why does Anna look obese? Apparently VIVRE is a genteel film about a frumpy maid searching for housekeeping work at hotels.
The blistering, iconic image on VIVRE's Janus webpage and Fox Lorber's DVD cover is vastly superior to this crap.
In the review of the last film released by MoC of Mizoguchi in Dvdbeaver, they say that they are going to release more Mizoguchi, It seems Criterion is losing the battle in the Mizoguchi area, and they havent announced anything from Mizoguchi and I am losing my patience, I hope the next eclipse after the Rosellini is going to be a Mizoguchi set or even in the main line, the last thing seems virtually imposible at this state.
