'Forthcoming' Lists Discussion and Random Speculation Vol.2

[mfunk9786]

What's a BR?

[Jeff]

What's a BR?

Betamax Recording

[canti10]

What are your guesses for December or did they mention already?

[Flike]

In reference to Che:

We wanted to be ready for December... it became clear that if we delayed the
release a month we would be able to make a much better set.

Sounds promising, so I'm guessing that, 8 1/2 on BD and by Brakhage: An Anthology Vol. II.

[James]

by Brakhage: An Anthology Vol. II.

Yes! But unfortunately, it seems unlikely, and even if it does get released, comments from Marilyn Brakhage lead one to believe a Blu-ray will only follow later, if at all.

[captveg]

I stand corrected on Che. I somehow remembered them saying it was delayed a few months rather than a (singular) month.

[Flike]

Also, it'll have been a few months since Eclipse Series 18, so maybe we'll see the Costa Eclipse set, if it is in fact 'relegated' to Eclipse.

[Perkins Cobb]

I've said this like six times already, but extras have been produced for the Costa set. So if it does come out on Eclipse, it means they've dumped some special features and we have another reason to hate them.

[oldsheperd]

BR=Bloated Rectum

[psufootball07]

BR = Border Radio you smartasses. or if you really prefer Bottle Rocket that works as well.

[Cinephrenic]

This is tomarrow's lineup:

Criterion:
La belle noiseuse
L'amour fou
Paris Belongs to Us
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Out 1

Blu-ray:
Celine and Julie Go Boating
La belle noiseuse
Paris Belongs to Us

Essential Arthouse:
The Nun

Eclipse:
Divertimento
Merry-Go-Round
Le pont du Nord
Noroit
Duelle

[swo17]

What, no Che? Screw that.

[bearcuborg]

This is tomarrow's lineup:

Criterion:
La belle noiseuse
L'amour fou
Paris Belongs to Us
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Out 1

Blu-ray:
Celine and Julie Go Boating
La belle noiseuse
Paris Belongs to Us

Essential Arthouse:
The Nun

Eclipse:
Divertimento
Merry-Go-Round
Le pont du Nord
Noroit
Duelle

Funny enough, on their current page update...

And to filmmaking as well, which is clear from the reason for your recent visit to our new office. But we won’t reveal that just yet . . . What are you reading and watching these days?

Well, I’ve got a young family, so I rarely get to a movie theater and spend a lot of time with My Neighbor Totoro and Harold and the Purple Crayon at the moment. But the great reading voyage of my summer was the complete collected stories of J. G. Ballard, which I’d agreed to write about and so decided to plunge into reading the entire thousand pages from front to back. I can’t recommend that experience highly enough—it was like doing a mind-meld with Ballard that lasted for weeks. A few recent enthusiasms on DVD: The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Last Year at Marienbad, and the latest few Melville releases from you guys. And I’m about to plunge into Berlin Alexanderplatz, one of those experiences I’ve been anticipating having for decades. Did I mention that I like longartworks? Which reminds me, when are you guys going to do Rivette’s Out 1?

[zedz]

Funny enough, on their current page update...

Did I mention that I like longartworks? Which reminds me, when are you guys going to do Rivette’s Out 1?

Call me crazy, but now I'm getting optimistic. What with that Facebook 'poll' and now sticking this up on their website, Criterion is either a) stupid; b) masochistic; or c) actually working on Out 1. I'm betting on c).

[tojoed]

^ Something tells me it's (b), but I hope you're right. Current odds :-1-2 (b) , 6-4 (c).

[Doctor Sunshine]

You're crazy and you're only going to hurt justeleblanc by bringing this up.

[bearcuborg]

Everything you guys want is going to be on Criterion/and or DVD to a degree, and Out 1, along with other Rivette is certain; it's just a matter of when don't you think?

[zedz]

Nah. Until they started bringing it up, my ETA for a Criterion Out 1 was never.

[bearcuborg]

Who would have thought Brakhage? Or Chantal Akerman?! I asked for Jeanne Dielman 4 years ago, and they never said they would get it... Next year we get Pedro Costa, and others... Certainly with the retrospective (if you're a NY'er you were there I'm sure) at MoMI, and the increase of his interest it is only a matter of time.

[fiddlesticks]

Holy crap guys, Criterion has announced that it's probably going to make announcements tomorrow!

When will Criterion be announcing more new releases? It seems like it's been ages since the last concrete announcement...

Looking like tomorrow...

I just felt like this was something that I should announce here.

LOL. I think we need a new thread: "When does Criterion announce when they are going to announce new titles?"

[Tommaso]

No, what we need is a thread called "When will Criterion finally announce that they will be announcing Rivette". And Cinephrenic, while your list looks great, I'm almost shocked that "Jeanne la Pucelle" isn't on it, especially after the AE disaster. Criterion and Blu, all the way!

[Cinephrenic]

I just threw a bunch of Rivette at it. Any Rivette will cure the frenzy at this point. [-o<

[justeleblanc]

This is tomarrow's lineup:

Come now, here's how I see it ALL play out (a two month cycle):

REVISED
JANUARY 2010 (Rivette through 1981)

L'amour fou
Celine & Julie Go Boating (& Blu-ray)
La Belle Noiseuse / Divertimento (& Blu-ray)
Jacques Rivette: Under the Map of Paris
- Paris Belongs to Us / Fool's Mate
- Out 1 / Spectre
- Pont du Nord

ESSENTIAL ARTHOUSE
The Nun

ECLIPSE
The Abandoned Myth of Jacques Rivette
- Duelle
- Noroit
- Merry-Go-Round

FEBRUARY 2010 (Rivette after 1983)

Joan the Maid
Up Down Fragile
Gang of Four / The Night Watchman (& Blu-ray)
Marie & Julien (& Blu-ray)

ESSENTIAL ARTHOUSE
Wuthering Heights

ECLIPSE
Pere Rivette: Conspiracies, Costumes, & Copulation
- Love on the Ground
- Secret Defense
- Va Savoir+
- Don't Touch the Ax
- Around a Small Mountain

... and I'm done for the day

[Tommaso]

But where is "36 vues du pic Saint-Loup"? And 'The abandoned myth' (perfect title!) should also include "Marie et Julien", which however is too good for an Eclipse release. Now where do we place "Don't touch the axe"?

Seriously, give me "Amour Fou" and "Out 1", and I'll declare it the best year for Criterion ever!

[onedimension]

I'm hoping January is a month for Rossellini