Criterion and StudioCanal

[FrauBlucher]

This whole thing confuses me. Who has rights, who doesn't, are there other factors (like with the Tati films), are third and fourth parties involved? Jeez, like trying to figure out the secrets of the universe. ](*,)

[rrenault]

Well Rialto was one such third party in certain cases.

[rrenault]

Or maybe Studio Canal simply caved like Warner Bros. did when licensing Badlands to CC, sort of like an "ah f**k it" moment.

[ianungstad]

According to MMM:

Foreign Correspondent
The Leopard
Babette's Feast (dvd)

Criterion has already announced new dvd and blu editions of Foreign Correspondent. (ditching the dual format). The Leopard is dropping the digipack and the plastic case edition is solicited for release on Nov.4th. Not sure what's going on with Babette's Feast. The dvd is listed as discontinued but the blu is listed as available.

[domino harvey]

Babette's Feast is getting a repackage

[FrauBlucher]

According to MMM:

Foreign Correspondent
The Leopard
Babette's Feast (dvd)

Criterion has already announced new dvd and blu editions of Foreign Correspondent. (ditching the dual format). The Leopard is dropping the digipack and the plastic case edition is solicited for release on Nov.4th. Not sure what's going on with Babette's Feast. The dvd is listed as discontinued but the blu is listed as available.

That's probably why Amazon is running half off sales on many if not all the dual formats.

[domino harvey]

Amazon is just price-matching Best Buy which has almost all Criterions on sale for half off

[What A Disgrace]

Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is a Studio Canal property, so it isn't going back in print any time soon, if at all.

[dwk]

Man, if this is some kind of joke, then the person running Criterion's instagram is a total dick: http://instagram.com/p/tMAs6fyzdr/?modal=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bando]

Man, if this is some kind of joke, then the person running Criterion's instagram is a total dick: http://instagram.com/p/tMAs6fyzdr/?modal=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

No new wacky C in the corner, no old Criterion header, and doesn't match the poster they sell in the Criterion store, either (no Rialto or Janus logos on the bottom).

Yet being spine #1, if they were somehow rereleasing/upgrading it, I tend to think maybe they'd keep the old coverart. It's probably one of the best from the early releases.

Interesting to say the least.

[FrauBlucher]

And confusing to say the least. When I see things like this it has to call into question the Studio Canal/Lionsgate relationship.

[Red Screamer]

Man, if this is some kind of joke, then the person running Criterion's instagram is a total dick: http://instagram.com/p/tMAs6fyzdr/?modal=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I don't think it's a joke, that account has been giving some pretty huge hints recently. This is great news (if one can call it that)

[FakeBonanza]

It would make sense that we'd get this soon, since I just ordered the Studio Canal-Lionsgate blu.

I wonder what the slackening of the Studio Canal licenses could mean for the future. I just watched The Fallen Idol last night, and was pretty crushed to find that it is OOP.

[FrauBlucher]

Hopefully, someone will ask Kim at the Wexner Talks about what's going with Studio Canal titles.

[jindianajonz]

Is there any way to check when the photo was taken through metadata or something?

[Noiradelic]

I'm skeptical. The Lionsgate Blu is in print, only 2 years old and the PQ has gotten rave reviews. Maybe a Renoir box ala Tati? (Just grasping blindly here.)

[domino harvey]

The idiotic move to DVD-R on Lionsgate's part could be part of a larger deal with Criterion to relicense with the condition of their own barebones releases being available via LG (See Fox's recent releases of Criterion licensees on MOD DVD-Rs while the Crits stay in print)

[Jeff]

Between this, the Tati box, and The Vanishing, something is clearly afoot with Criterion and StudioCanal. Those Ran and Contempt Criterion blu-rays that seemingly slipped through our fingers could finally see the light of day.

[Lowry_Sam]

Something's wrong with Studio Canal's US distribution, after the initial 4 blu rays in 2010 & 1 in 2012, there's been nothing, not a peep. Also, Kino announced last year that they were releasing Orson Welles' The Trial (on Studio Canal blu ray in UK & FR) & I thought I recall seeing a product page on Amazon....however now all reference to it has disappeared even from Kino's own website.

BTW, the few blu rays they did release in the US have been discounted to under $15 on B&N and Amazon in the past year (list price seems to be the same, they just always seem to be on sale....).

[Drucker]

Something's wrong with Studio Canal's US distribution, after the initial 4 blu rays in 2010 & 1 in 2012, there's been nothing, not a peep. Also, Kino announced last year that they were releasing Orson Welles' The Trial (on Studio Canal blu ray in UK & FR) & I thought I recall seeing a product page on Amazon....however now all reference to it has disappeared even from Kino's own website.

This was probably a typo, and should've been The Stranger. The announcement was posted at around the same time. And it was only posted on blu-ray.com I believe.

[Ashirg]

I don't think Studio Canal owns The Trial in US - their disc is only coded for region B. Mr. Doros from Milestone Video may have an insight who owns it now after their license expired.

[David M.]

Isn't THE TRIAL public domain?

[fdm]

Something's wrong with Studio Canal's US distribution, after the initial 4 blu rays in 2010 & 1 in 2012, there's been nothing, not a peep. Also, Kino announced last year that they were releasing Orson Welles' The Trial (on Studio Canal blu ray in UK & FR) & I thought I recall seeing a product page on Amazon....however now all reference to it has disappeared even from Kino's own website.

BTW, the few blu rays they did release in the US have been discounted to under $15 on B&N and Amazon in the past year (list price seems to be the same, they just always seem to be on sale....).

Circa 2007/8, Lionsgate release a few dvd sets of various actors (Delon, Bardot, Deneuve) and directors (Hitchcock, Téchiné, Godard, Renoir, Bunuel, Rossellini). Those fizzled out pretty quickly too. Most, if not all, of those were Studio Canal also.

[jedgeco]

Man, if this is some kind of joke, then the person running Criterion's instagram is a total dick: http://instagram.com/p/tMAs6fyzdr/?modal=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I don't think it's a joke, that account has been giving some pretty huge hints recently. This is great news (if one can call it that)

Hopefully the "work" here isn't just throwing unusable art samples into the trash fire ...

[captveg]

I wouldn't be surprised if StudioCanal discovered what Paramount did when Lionsgate licensed the Republic library - Lionsgate has a bizarre habit of licensing libraries and doing the bare minimum with them. SC could certainly feel that the lack of product and promotion by LG has hurt their brand, and realizes that Criterion - despite not having a SC Collection label - would be far better suited to represent them in the US.