'Forthcoming' Lists Discussion and Random Speculation Vol.2

[LightBulbFilm]

Just a hunch, but I wonder if Criterion would license Give Us This Day(aka Christ in Concrete)? It's an excellent film noir, and the Image disc seems to be O.O.P. and fetching over $50 online.

Excellent film, I'd love to see it in the collection, though I would not call it a film noir, at all.

[perkizitore]

Where is 'The Housemaid' blu-ray and a Kim Ki Young Eclipse set?

[Napier]

Just a hunch, but I wonder if Criterion would license Give Us This Day(aka Christ in Concrete)? It's an excellent film noir, and the Image disc seems to be O.O.P. and fetching over $50 online.

Excellent film, I'd love to see it in the collection, though I would not call it a film noir, at all.

What's not film noir about it? It's directed by the great Edward Dmytryk, shot on location in London because of the HUAC. Moral dilemma,(though it does lack a femme fatale). Lot's of great noirish camera angles and dark photography. I do believe it's also on several critics best noir list.

[domino harvey]

It's a noir like Bicycle Thieves is a noir

[HerrSchreck]

I do think that noir is a troublesome appellation for CIC/Give Us This Day. Dmytryk does indeed import strikingly noirish visuals into the visual sensibility of this fabulous film (if you like the film I strongly recommend the book too), but the narrative itself is essentially your classic depression era melodrama of struggle and strife. There's no crime drama, femmes fatale, grinding wheels of grimmest nameless fate seeking to trip up the hero at every turn, etc, none of the narrative trappings that one would consider the hallmarks of noir.

Great GREAT film though, fully deserves a spot in the CC... in lieu of that, the All-Day disc from Kalat was wonderful, and filled to the brim with excellent and unexpected extras.

[James]

Any guesses for November?

[oldsheperd]

I'm guessing Criterion will release some dvds.

[aox]

Give us CHE!

[What A Disgrace]

More hipster fodder on Blu Ray, an Eclipse box set devoted to all the Mizoguchi / Ichikawa / Naruse films MoC already released, and Make Way For Tomorrow.

One of those is my wishful thinking, the other is my wallet's wishful thinking.

[Narshty]

Aside from Bottle Rocket, what other Blu-ray "hipster fodder" has there been thus far?

[CSM126]

"Criterion is proud to present Transformers 2"

[aox]

ummm, most hipsters don't like Transformers.

[CSM126]

ummm, most hipsters don't like Transformers.

I wasn't talking about hipsters, I was cracking a joke about what they'll release in November. Cripes.

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

I just want a Nagisa Oshima boxset already! I want to be able to see Pleasures of the Flesh again!

[Saturnome]

I plan on asking some Sternbergs to Santa Claus so it's November or December. And I've been a good boy, you guys can count on me
I wouldn't mind Jour de Fête instead though.

[James]

I just want them to release Dillinger Is Dead.

[Cinephrenic]

Andy Warhol's avant garde on Criterion now!

[CSM126]

Give me Chasing Liberty or give me Death to Smoochy

[knives]

Death to Smoochy

I actually enjoy this.
We know Che and Cronos are definites, and they'll probably bring out the Blu Down By Law (even though I hope the Kwaidan rerelease is November). Also if they don't double team Che with Gray's Anatomy heads will roll. Sadly I don't expect them to do more then that, but if they do the Von Stroheim's would be a pleasure.
Would that make this the newest month, by average, in Criterion's history?

[swo17]

Yes, based on a bunch of stuff you just made up, this should be their newest month yet.

[brendanjc]

I thought we'd see the Walkabout re-release on Blu before we see any of the other titles in the Amazon contest - it's the last title missing from their original announcement (minus Contempt which I believe is tied up with rights issues).

[Antoine Doinel]

Death to Smoochy

I actually enjoy this.
We know Che and Cronos are definites, and they'll probably bring out the Blu Down By Law (even though I hope the Kwaidan rerelease is November). Also if they don't double team Che with Gray's Anatomy heads will roll. Sadly I don't expect them to do more then that, but if they do the Von Stroheim's would be a pleasure.
Would that make this the newest month, by average, in Criterion's history?

Re: Grey's Anatomy. Criterion might be waiting for Soderbergh to finish his forthcoming Spalding Gray doc and team it up with that. Word is all that's left to be is the editing on that one.

[Jeff]

I thought we'd see the Walkabout re-release on Blu before we see any of the other titles in the Amazon contest - it's the last title missing from their original announcement (minus Contempt which I believe is tied up with rights issues).

Gimme Shelter was on that list too.

[mogwai]

They also have the Rossellini war trilogy that was hinted at in the newsletter for this fall. I'd say that, Che, and Cronos seem like the obvious choices.

[James]

Is Cronos even that good?