Criterion Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

[swo17]

1968 USA = Rosemary's Baby or Night of the Living Dead UHDs?
1944 USA = Laura?
1997 France = On connaît la chanson?
1997 Japan = Cure?
2019 Guatemala = no clue
1997 USA = Lost Highway

EDIT: Started writing this before anyone else had made guesses

[Pavel]

The 2019 film is almost 100% La Llorona, as Never Cursed already said. I didn't much like the film and am quite surprised by Criterion's interest, but why not. Seems like a very horror-heavy October slate

[soundchaser]

1944 USA could also be Arsenic and Old Lace.

1997 France might be Genealogies of a Crime or On connaît la chanson.

[domino harvey]

1997 France = On connaît la chanson?

One of his better later works, but I can’t imagine Criterion would bother given the music licensing and the fact that it’s geared 100% at a native French audience and does not translate fully for those who don’t have a shared cultural history of these songs. I’d love to be wrong, but I doubt I am

[ryannichols7]

1944 is actually Arsenic and Old Lace, lest you all forget! but it could just as easily be Laura too, yes. there's also Hail the Conquering Hero!

very glad Cure is confirmed. selfishly really hope Rosemary's Baby is the 68 title but it'll surely be NOTLD

[domino harvey]

1944 is actually Arsenic and Old Lace, lest you all forget!

Oh God please no

there's also Hail the Conquering Hero!

Oh God please yes

[FrauBlucher]

Arsenic and Old Lace on IMDB is listed as 1943. How about To Have and Have Not? I do hope it's Laura though

[soundchaser]

How about To Have and Have Not?

I doubt Warner would license it out when their Archives Blu exists.

[FrauBlucher]

Unless for a UHD release

[EddieLarkin]

Henry V for the '44 entry.

[ryannichols7]

Unless for a UHD release

as cool as that would be, there's just no way we get that before Casablanca or Maltese Falcon

[Never Cursed]

Henry V for the '44 entry.

Extremely not an American film

Also, could the French film be The Fifth Element?

[swo17]

The Uninvited is also 1944 and was previously an October release. Presumably someone at Criterion is a big fan, though I'm still not sure it has the cachet to justify a UHD upgrade

[soundchaser]

Also, could the French film be The Fifth Element?

I thought about this one too - there's an existing UHD, but reviews on it are less-than-stellar.

[bottlesofsmoke]

Laura UHD or Hail the Conquering Hero (or the Miracle of Morgan’s Creek for that matter!) would be the dream, but I bet with the Halloween tie-in it will be Arsenic and Old Lace (blah), though Meet Me in St. Louis also works for Halloween and Christmas two month later, but I wonder if WB would want to do their own UHD of that since they seem to be prioritizing Technicolor.

[Never Cursed]

Also, could the French film be The Fifth Element?

I thought about this one too - there's an existing UHD, but reviews on it are less-than-stellar.

Do you know if the American UHD and the Studiocanal UHD with region B blu-ray are different discs/different transfers? It'd be a real shame if this was the movie, given how easy it is to pick up, but I can't see what other movie from this country/year would get a release like this, plus they wouldn't have to do any work to make a 4k Blu

[yoloswegmaster]

Actually, could the 1997 French film be Lost Highway? Janus has it listed as under France (and the other Lynch films under the U.S.), so I'm wondering if it could be a but of a misdirection on eerik's part.

[FrauBlucher]

That is true and makes things very interesting

[ryannichols7]

I will die laughing if Criterion turn around and somehow release Hana-Bi on 4K or something

if Lost Highway is the "France" film that would free up a US slot, which opens up everything from Boogie Nights to Gummo

[Furstemberg]

Have there been rumors of Laura? I didn’t expect that. I guess they’d be doing a UHD for this?

[FrauBlucher]

Have there been rumors of Laura? I didn’t expect that. I guess they’d be doing a UHD for this?

I think Criterion releasing a bunch of catalogue Fox titles over the last several years for the speculation

[ryannichols7]

Have there been rumors of Laura? I didn’t expect that. I guess they’d be doing a UHD for this?

it's been a rumor ever since Anatomy of a Murder came out and I believe Kim Hendrickson or someone at Criterion indicated more Preminger was coming. hilariously, that's still their only title from him

[FrauBlucher]

I will die laughing if Criterion turn around and somehow release Hana-Bi on 4K or something

if Lost Highway is the "France" film that would free up a US slot, which opens up everything from Boogie Nights to Gummo

Could The Game be UHD bound? Just a thought

[domino harvey]

Y’all, there is zero chance that 2022 Woke Criterion touches anything Besson directed

[Pavel]

The 1997 US film (assuming Lost Highway is the "French" film) could be Spike Lee's 4 Little Girls, which he confirmed was coming a year or two ago