Artificial Eye / Curzon Film World

[domino harvey]

Interesting, since this and Riget were the only MIA full-lengths from their LVT set. I think the German Blu-ray was the only HD option until now

[ambrose1am]

Picked up the Curzon Kieslowski Three Colours set for the shorts. Has anyone else noticed a yellow tint in UHD version of Blue? I don’t remember this from previous screenings, including in the theatre when it was released. On the other hand, the Criterion 4K looks less vibrant and washed out. I can’t find any good comparisons of the Criterion and Curzon UHDs.

[FrauBlucher]

Michael Haneke: A Curzon Collection...The 14-disc box is scheduled to arrive on the market on September 15

[beamish14]

Michael Haneke: A Curzon Collection...The 14-disc box is scheduled to arrive on the market on September 15

Please god, don’t tell me I made a mistake with Umbrella’s

[spectre]

Looks pretty similar at a cursory glance – only difference that I’ve noticed so far is that the Curzon set has the Funny Games remake. (Both are listed as having 14 discs though – I wonder how Curzon are squeezing their extra film on.)

[colinr0380]

The early television works are key here. Plus the adaptation of Kafka's The Castle, which I think has only had a 2007 Kino DVD release in the US before this.

[domino harvey]

What, if anything, is missing from this box?

[rrenault]

I believe Cache, Amour, The Piano Teacher, and The White Ribbon will all have new masters in the Curzon set.

[Calvin]

What, if anything, is missing from this box?

It doesn't have all of his early TV movies, though thankfully Three Paths to the Lake and Lemmings are included. After Liverpool, Variation, Who Was Edgar Allan?, and Fraulein: A German Melodrama are still MIA.

[rrenault]

I believe Cache, Amour, The Piano Teacher, and The White Ribbon will all have new masters in the Curzon set.

Maybe I spoke too soon, since the re-releases of Caché and The Piano Teacher are advertised on Curzon's site as 35mm suggesting no new masters, although another site listed them as 'new 2k restorations'.

[Zot!]

What, if anything, is missing from this box?

I like Haneke, but it's actually a little too complete for me and no 4k upgrades, so I think I'll stick with the piecemeal releases of the ones I love. Very nice release for the completists though.

[DeprongMori]

I’ve got most of his films already, so will probably skip this one. I am hoping that Time of the Wolf will someday get a remastering and decent solo release.

[denti alligator]

Well, with the exception of Code: Unknown, I own the films I care about (Cache, White Ribbon, Amour), would be interested in rewatching some (Time of the Wolf, 71 Fragments) and watching the TV movies and the newest film, which I haven't seen. But I'm not a big fan of the rest (though I do think Funny Games is very good for being what Haneke didn't want it to be), especially the literary adaptations, which are okay (Piano Teacher) to bad (The Castle). So I guess I'm sitting this one out.

[nicolas]

I believe Cache, Amour, The Piano Teacher, and The White Ribbon will all have new masters in the Curzon set.

Maybe I spoke too soon, since the re-releases of Caché and The Piano Teacher are advertised on Curzon's site as 35mm suggesting no new masters, although another site listed them as 'new 2k restorations'.

A remaster of Amour doesn’t seem likely as that film was shot digitally in the first place and apparently finished in 4K. The White Ribbon is another case where the film was heavily post-processed (shot on color film and B&W-converted digitally) and already finished in 2K. I can see someone fiddling with Caché again and attempting to squeeze every last bit of detail out of the 1080p-shot film though but it doesn’t seem likely either. Curzon probably would’ve advertised new masters with the box announcement like they did with the von Trier set.

[RobertB]

The early television works are key here. Plus the adaptation of Kafka's The Castle, which I think has only had a 2007 Kino DVD release in the US before this.

The Castle was in the TFI boxed set. Blu Ray with English subtitles. I do want the early TV-stuff. But I'm not sure I can justify paying for the box just to get those.

[Matt]

What, if anything, is missing from this box?

To actually answer your question, nothing in terms of the actual films. In fact, this includes the English-language remake of Funny Games that is not included in the Umbrella set. Umbrella's is also a "Collector's Edition" that includes a 100-page book and is (apparently) region-free. Based on prices at OrbitDVD, the Umbrella costs $40 more (not including whatever the added tariff charge is today).

[What A Disgrace]

I received the Umbrella set this morning, it's nice and compact; about the size of one of Criterion's World Cinema Project boxed sets, but made of much sturdier material. The discs are housed in a book-shaped package with paper sleaves on each page, but all the discs slide out easily. There's a liner booklet detailing the contents of each disc, plus the hardback book advertised.

[criterionsnob]

Curzon on Bluesky wrote:

NEW FILM ADDITION - Our Michael Haneke Blu-ray collection will include an additional TV Movie directed by Haneke, for a total of 18 films: 12 features and 6 TV Movies.

Full list of special features and exploded art revealed tomorrow"

[eerik]

Full details of the Haneke set:

This 14-disc Blu-ray collection contains Michael Haneke's entire feature filmography, many available on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK, plus newly restored TV works from the acclaimed director. This limited edition also includes an 80-page booklet with two essays by Haneke and new essays by Catherine Wheatley, Ian Haydn Smith and Haneke's longtime producer Veit Heiduschka, as well as 3 reversible posters.

From his Glaciation Trilogy to the shock of Funny Games and subsequent Palme d’Or-winning films The White Ribbon and Amour, Haneke has developed a style that articulately fuses social critique with a cinema of transcendent beauty in its precision, purpose and humanity. With formal disruption and sly reminders of artifice, as well as emapthy and dark humour, Haneke stares where others fear to glance. In his worlds, we are all complicit – even him, even you.

As well as 12 feature films and 6 TV movies, this set also includes several documentaries about Haneke, new commentaries, interviews, behind-the-scenes featurettes and more.

Films included:

Three Paths to the Lake (1976)
Lemmings 1: Arcadia (1979)
Lemmings 2: Injuries (1979)
Variation (1983)
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Benny's Video (1992)
The Rebellion (1993)
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
Funny Games (1997)
The Castle (1997)
Code Unknown (2000)
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Time of the Wolf (2003)
Hidden (2005)
Funny Games U.S. (2007)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Amour (2012)
Happy End (2017)


Full list of disc contents:

Disc 1 - LEMMINGS

Lemmings 1: Arcadia (1979) - TV movie

Lemmings 2: Injuries (1979) - TV movie

English SDH Subtitles

Disc 2 - THE SEVENTH CONTINENT
Three Paths to the Lake (1976) - TV movie

Interview with Michael Haneke

English SDH Subtitles

Disc 3 - BENNY’S VIDEO

Variation (1983) - TV movie

Interview with Michael Haneke

Deleted Scenes

English SDH Subtitles

Disc 4 - 71 FRAGMENTS OF A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANCE

The Rebellion (1993) - TV movie

Interview with Michael Haneke

English SDH Subtitles

Disc 5 - FUNNY GAMES

NEW Commentary with Ian Haydn Smith

Interview with Michael Haneke

Theatrical Trailer

English SDH Subtitles

Disc 6 - THE CASTLE

Michael H. Profession: Director (2013) - Documentary

Interview with Michael Haneke: The Beginning

English SDH Subtitles

Disc 7 - CODE UNKNOWN

NEW Commentary with Catherine Wheatley and Ian Haydn Smith

Introduction by Michael Haneke

Making of Code Unknown

Filming the Boulevard Sequences Featurette

Theatrical Trailers

English SDH Subtitles

Disc 8 - THE PIANO TEACHER

NEW Commentary with Catherine Wheatley

Interview with Michael Haneke

Interview with author Elfriede Jelinek

Scene commentaries with Isabelle Huppert

Post-Synchronisation Session Featurette

Theatrical Trailer

English SDH Subtitles

Disc 9 - TIME OF THE WOLF

NEW Commentary with Catherine Wheatley

24 Realities per Second (2005) - Documentary

Making Of Time of the Wolf

Cannes Film Festival Featurette

Theatrical Trailer

English SDH Subtitles

Disc 10 - HIDDEN (CACHÉ)

NEW Commentary with Catherine Wheatley and Ian Haydn Smith

Making of Hidden (Caché)

Interview with Michael Haneke

Theatrical Trailer

Theatrical Retrospective Trailer (2025)

English SDH Subtitles

Disc 11 - FUNNY GAMES U.S.

Michael Haneke - My Life (2009) - Documentary

Q&A with producers Hamish McAlpine and Chris Coen

User's Guide to Home Invasion

Theatrical Trailer

English SDH Subtitles

Disc 12 - THE WHITE RIBBON

NEW Commentary with Ian Haydn Smith

Directors Dialogues: Michael Haneke & Darren Aronofsky

Making of The White Ribbon

Interview with Michael Haneke

Cannes Film Festival Featurette

Theatrical Trailer

English SDH Subtitles

Disc 13 - AMOUR

Introduction by Philippe Rouyer

The Making of Amour

Interview with Michael Haneke (Cannes 2012)

Interview with Michael Haneke (Los Angeles 2012)

Interview with Jean-Louis Trintignant

Theatrical Trailer

English SDH Subtitles

Disc 14 - HAPPY END

Masterclass with Michael Haneke

Making of Happy End

Theatrical Trailer

Disc encoding by Visual Data Media Services, including newly authored Blu-rays for Hidden, Funny Games U.S., The White Ribbon and Amour.

https://film.curzon.com/film/michael-haneke-collection/

[MichaelB]

Well, the new commentaries make this less of a double-dip fest than I feared, so I might well take the plunge.

[nicolas]

What Michael said and I’ll add to that the new encodes. Really looking forward to this one now.

[MichaelB]

I mean, I bought the Peter Strickland box, and I had four out of six of the discs already - and literally the same discs. Although I passed on the Béla Tarr box as I had virtually everything already courtesy of Arbelos and Carlotta, and in FiM encodes.

But here, it looks as though Amour is the only direct overlap - I have Hidden and The White Ribbon on BD as well, but not with those specs.

[denti alligator]

Commentaries make this tempting. Best place to buy for US residents?

[domino harvey]

OrbitDVD, I imagine

[denti alligator]

Slightly slower from Amazon UK. Will I get hit with tariffs?