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daniel p · #51 Post by **daniel p** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:12 am

Ditto for Teshigahara films. I asked Matt, and sent an email on the criterion website. If somebody could ask this too, I'd be happy... last I heard, from Jon about 1 year ago, was that there were plans for Teshigahara. I've held off on the MoC discs for hopes of a Criterion box set... Woman of the Dunes, Pitfall, Man Without a Map, plus a separate release of Face of Another are what I'd hope for... but maybe I'm dreaming...

blindside8zao · #52 Post by **blindside8zao** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:33 am

Is anyone else horribly heart broken about the Eisenstein news?

souvenir · #53 Post by **souvenir** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:47 am

daniel p wrote:Ditto for Teshigahara films. I asked Matt, and sent an email on the criterion website. If somebody could ask this too, I'd be happy... last I heard, from Jon about 1 year ago, was that there were plans for Teshigahara. I've held off on the MoC discs for hopes of a Criterion box set... Woman of the Dunes, Pitfall, Man Without a Map, plus a separate release of Face of Another are what I'd hope for... but maybe I'm dreaming...

eerily, I asked ML the same thing about Teshigahara and a possible box set last week and haven't received a response

justeleblanc · #54 Post by **justeleblanc** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:02 am

blindside8zao wrote:Is anyone else horribly heart broken about the Eisenstein news?

honestly, i was never going to watch them anyway.

Cinephrenic · #55 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:10 pm

EISENSTEIN SILENT YEARS boxset - from December 1999 Cineaste interview with Peter Becker: "We're now working on THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN, OCTOBER, STRIKE, OLD AND NEW, also known as THE GENERAL LINE, plus GLUMOV'S DIARY, a short that's never been seen here. These are enormous projects, so what we try to do is to ally ourselves with a small group of scholars. On the Eisensteins, we're being helped by David Bordwell, Naum Kleimann, Annette Michelson, Ian Christie, Richard Taylor, and Yuri Tsivian. The idea basically is that if all of these people help us find our way, we won't be too far off."

#56 Post by **Jeff** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:44 am

Could this fella be our Matt Lipson? Based on his credit for the Battle of Algiers DVD, he's been with the company at least a few years.

justeleblanc · #57 Post by **justeleblanc** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:00 am

Wow, stalker central! Let's see if we can find him in that Criterion photo taken a few years ago with all the Criterion crew standing in that big room with Becker in front.

#58 Post by **Jeff** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:46 am

justeleblanc wrote:Let's see if we can find him in that Criterion photo taken a few years ago with all the Criterion crew standing in that big room with Becker in front.

Hell, they all kinda look like him.

justeleblanc · #59 Post by **justeleblanc** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:02 am

Either he's the guy squinting under the ladder, or the guy under LA STRADA with the hand on his chest.

Narshty · #60 Post by **Narshty** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:48 am

Something intriguing from the comments section of Jeffrey Wells' otherwise useless Hollywood Elsewhere column:

I am trying to get Francis to release HEARTS OF DARKNESS on DVD. He feels that it is not a flattering portrait of himself. I have told him it makes him look heroic. Any die-heard fans out there of Coppola or APOCALYPSE NOW, I all encourage you to write fan letters to Francis telling him to put out the doc. The Criterion Colletction wants it. All they need is the okay from Francis. I have done everything I can do to persuade him.

Posted by: George Hickenlooper at July 31, 2006 05:50 PM

dadaistnun · #61 Post by **dadaistnun** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:46 pm

The guy that runs the Louise Brooks Society posted this on his blog. As he says, it's sort of "non-news" but I thought I'd mention it just the same.

This week, I received an email from Criterion, the company which will release Pandora's Box on DVD here in the United States. I had emailed them asking when the disc would arrive, and whether or not there would be any bonus material. The fellow who wrote to me stated that he could only say that Criterion was working on it, and couldn't say when it might be released (because they were still working on it) nor if any bonus material would be included (because they were still working on it). So, that's the non-news!

kaujot · #62 Post by **kaujot** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:33 pm

That would be fucking amazing.

richast2 · #63 Post by **richast2** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:51 pm

1) how likely is it that that was actually written by Hickenlooper?

2) how do we contact Coppola?

3) Wells clearly needs more advertising on his site.

flyonthewall2983 · Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:46 pm

I can almost forgive Criterion for not putting out Crash if they release this. And please tell me anyone who reads this will send said letter.

a.khan · #65 Post by **a.khan** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:30 pm

Hi guys, I'm sure this has been asked, discussed, debated and extinguished right here. But I seem to have missed the party, sorryâ€¦

Can someone here please shed some light on Criterion's position on Roeg's remaining works? I'm particularly interested in "Track 29," "Eureka" and "Insignificance."

Finally, I don't suppose Paramount will ever put "Don't Look Now" for the CC adoption? Damn, does that one need a SE treatment.

P.S. I wonder if CC will revisit their "Walkabout" in the light of recent refurbishments of "Seven Samurai," "Playtime," et al.

Thanks!

Subbuteo · #66 Post by **Subbuteo** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:51 pm

adnankhan wrote: Finally, I don't suppose Paramount will ever put "Don't Look Now" for the CC adoption? Damn, does that one need a SE treatment.

P.S. I wonder if CC will revisit their "Walkabout" in the light of recent refurbishments of "Seven Samurai," "Playtime," et al.

Thanks!

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Narshty · #67 Post by **Narshty** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:09 pm

Walkabout could definitely stand a new transfer, at the very least. It's in my top two or three films in the collection.

LightBulbFilm · #68 Post by **LightBulbFilm** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:51 pm

I heard from one ofm y sources Criterion is trying to get a release of She's Gotta HAve It early next year.

justeleblanc · #69 Post by **justeleblanc** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:03 pm

LightBulbFilm wrote:I heard from one ofm y sources Criterion is trying to get a release of She's Gotta HAve It early next year.

Seems correct, since they didn't get it out this year.

a.khan · #70 Post by **a.khan** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:57 pm

Subbuteo wrote:You may wish to view this thread

Cheers, Subbuteo, lets hope that Optimum gets their 'SE' release right.

"Track 29" and "Insignificance" have yet to show on DVD so it would do Criterion right to pick 'em up (if they can).

justeleblanc · #71 Post by **justeleblanc** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:29 am

Is it just me or has there not been a lot of speculation lately?

I seem to remember this as the "off the hook" thread where people were guessing about which Ozu or Godard would next be released. Has everyone calmed down, or has the inconsistant release schedule of Criterion caused the average poster to be apathetic.

Lemdog · #72 Post by **Lemdog** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:39 am

justeleblanc wrote:Is it just me or has there not been a lot of speculation lately?

Fine ... Bottle Rocket

Is that better?

Antoine Doinel · #73 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:40 am

How about this for some random speculation --- do you think Criterion will handle the DVD release for Children Of Men? They have just worked with Universal on Dazed & Confused and have started working with Cuaron. Universal is handling the film for North America.....is that too much a stretch?

Cinesimilitude · #74 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:49 am

I'd go for it. Clive Owen on Criterion would be awesome.

Nadsat · #75 Post by **Nadsat** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:21 am

Any chance that Polanskis "Repulsion" will appear on Criterion?

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