The Wes Andersons have seen increasingly extended delays over time, often attributed to his busy schedule, and he just made two films back to back so I'm not expecting Isle of Dogs anytime soonPeter McM wrote: Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:40 pm Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs (maybe about time to be looking for this?)
Speaking of Ugetsu, I'm still curious to see how Criterion handles pre-1970 "foreign" cinema on UHD. Will they deep dive into the format beyond the initial crop of "legacy Janus" titles, which consists of the most popular Bergman, Fellini, and Kurosawa films, along with perhaps The 400 Blows, Breathless, and Bicycle Thieves? Even L'Avventura is a substantial tier below these in terms of popularity.MV88 wrote: Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:20 pm I’m gonna exclude Cure from my guesses simply because I’ve guessed it so many times in the past that of course it’s going to be announced the one time I don’t guess it (and yes, I know they typically release a horror film in October, so it makes all the sense in the world that it will finally be announced this time, I just don’t want to jinx it).
Having said that:
Videodrome (4K upgrade)
Ugetsu (4K upgrade)
Dog Day Afternoon
The Wind Will Carry Us
Early Pasolini box set (all or most of his films pre-Teorema)
this would be close to a dream slate, but..justeleblanc wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 12:11 pm Trouble in Paradise 4K
Night of the Living Dead 4K
Contempt 4K
Shoplifters
The World
Year of 13 Moons
With Lost Highway all but confirmed it looks like a good start to the October slate
The entire team is obviously on Phish tour and understandably wants to get to the lot scene early tonight
Don't underestimate the phanbase - people I haven't heard from in years are reaching out who traveled from across the country for tour (hardly an anomaly), but yeah, domino's probably rightryannichols7 wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 3:54 pm you guys think the staff is really hitting up Great Woods (that traffic!) or Union Park? what's going on in NYC this weekend?
So, anyone want to guess how UHD and those rights would affect something like Shoplifter with Magnoliaryannichols7 wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 3:10 pmthis would be close to a dream slate, but..justeleblanc wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 12:11 pm Trouble in Paradise 4K
Night of the Living Dead 4K
Contempt 4K
Shoplifters
The World
Year of 13 Moons
studiocanal I don't believe has restored Contempt yet, magnolia has still never licensed out to a boutique label but shoplifters would be a good place to start, and Jia Zhangke is still kinda trapped in China at the moment so I doubt any of his movies will get releases soon. but all three I think about a lot!
Trouble in Paradise would be an awesome 4K, wonder how the restoration looks
If I recall correctly, Universal owned the rights, which were set to expire (and revert back to Lynch) sometime around 2020/2021. And though Universal released it on DVD, they never released it on Blu, as Lynch was waiting for the rights to expire so he could release it *his way* through Criterion, and Universal wasn't interested in releasing a Blu without Lynch's involvement (or they just didn't think it would sell). But KL picked it up in a bulk license from Universal, and decided to run with it anyway, despite not noticing (until it was too late) that Lynch's contract with Universe prevented KL from doing anything fun with it special-features-wise.FrauBlucher wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 4:02 pm It does surprise me how quick the turnaround from the Kino release.
Just curious if the inclusion of Hou here is based on anything you’ve heard or pure wishful thinking. I know the two Lynch films are confirmed to be coming as well as more Kiarostami (which most people seem to think will be a box set of some sort), but I haven’t heard anything about more Hou Hsiao-hsien being in the works. His Taiwan Trilogy is near the top of my personal dream releases for Criterion to do, so any indication that it might actually be forthcoming would be enormously exciting.justeleblanc wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 7:04 pm A Lynchtober. Maybe followed by a Houvember and a Kiarostami Christmas. One can dream.
Generally, when picking up US rights to a title like that, all home video, digital, streaming & television rights are included. So it is safe to assume that Magnolia has all those rights.FrauBlucher wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 4:52 pm So, anyone want to guess how UHD and those rights would affect something like Shoplifter with Magnolia
Now there's a film that got the short end of the stick in the 1080p era if there was one. At least Ran eventually got a decent 1080p blu-ray. But yes, I don't think it has a 4K master yet. It's been "rereleased" as a "new restoration" more than once throughout the 2010s in France, but it was always clear as day to me the master was never actually updated.
it's a good question, since Magnolia did not actually produce the film and then theoretically only hold theatrical/potential home video rights, but who knows how long that contract is for. Melancholia is probably their biggest holding (and is an 11 year old film with an in-print Bluray), but we haven't seen Criterion work with Von Trier for awhile now. I think the biggest indicator in terms to see what's up with Magnolia is going to be Arrow's upcoming Lukas Moodysson boxset - there's no way We Are the Best! would be excluded from that, and that's a Magnolia holding in the US. if Arrow is able to license from Magnolia and release that box in the US, I think the floodgates could potentially be open, but I remain cautious that'll happen.FrauBlucher wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 4:52 pm So, anyone want to guess how UHD and those rights would affect something like Shoplifter with Magnolia
MV88 wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 7:37 pmJust curious if the inclusion of Hou here is based on anything you’ve heard or pure wishful thinking. I know the two Lynch films are confirmed to be coming as well as more Kiarostami (which most people seem to think will be a box set of some sort), but I haven’t heard anything about more Hou Hsiao-hsien being in the works. His Taiwan Trilogy is near the top of my personal dream releases for Criterion to do, so any indication that it might actually be forthcoming would be enormously exciting.justeleblanc wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 7:04 pm A Lynchtober. Maybe followed by a Houvember and a Kiarostami Christmas. One can dream.
I saw that someone up the thread included Millennium Mambo in their guesses, so I’m just wondering if this is based on anything Criterion has hinted at or if it’s just that other people are hoping for more Hou as well.
precisely this. Hou has another good relationship with Criterion - not only was he involved with Flowers of Shanghai, but he also appeared on the Taipei Story disc too. I'd be really surprised if another label picked it up. the Taiwan Trilogy (which films do this even constitute? since i'm unsure, my comments will reflect A City of Sadness and The Puppetmaster since those are the two I know for sure), as stated on here previously, is going to be in rights hell for awhile like the John Woo films, because it's basically all but confirmed the films were funded with Triad money. in fairness, A Brighter Summer Day likely was too, and that finally saw the light of day, so hold out hope but don't hold your breath. Mambo is my favorite Hou film and it's one I think would be really popular with modern audiences, so I would be surprised if we didn't see it sooner rather than later, I just hope we don't have to wait too long to see A Summer at Grandpa's, A Time to Live, A Time to Die, and Dust in the Wind, which I'm surprised Eureka didn't do in the UK at the least! these got released in France too.The Fanciful Norwegian wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 8:20 pm There's a recent 4K restoration of Millennium Mambo that's getting a UHD release in France and Palm no longer has the U.S. rights. Someone else could grab it, but I have to imagine Janus/Criterion would be the likeliest bet.
no kidding, especially as one of Godard's most popular films too (the high placing on this forum's 1963 list today only proves it - it's my favorite of his films) with some of the most starpower and (inarguably) the best cinematography. I think we'd know if it had an actual new restoration, it would certainly play Cannes and all that. I'm guessing we'll wait till 2023 for it, which in fairness is an anniversary year for the film. I'd say it's a good bet.rrenault wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 8:58 pmNow there's a film that got the short end of the stick in the 1080p era if there was one. At least Ran eventually got a decent 1080p blu-ray. But yes, I don't think it has a 4K master yet. It's been "rereleased" as a "new restoration" more than once throughout the 2010s in France, but it was always clear as day to me the master was never actually updated.
hopefully someone answers this with actual facts but my speculation is that we would see a Mulholland Drive scenario where Criterion licenses the movie from Canal instead of the previous rightsholder, or we see them still license say, Belle de Jour (and I'd really love a 4K of this) from MK2, but then license the new restoration from Canalrrenault wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 10:16 pm One question I have about Canal is what would be the protocol with films they've restored in 4K themselves, such as Breathless and Belle de Jour(4K master but only released on standard blu-ray), but that they don't own the rights to in North America?
I was mainly thinking Boys from Fengkuei, as that was recently restored by the World Cinema Project, and Millennium Mambo, as that one was also recently given a 4K release. But otherwise it was just wishful thinking that we'd get a box, say, of Hou's childhood trilogy or a box of his early rom coms, all of which have been restored I believe.MV88 wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 7:37 pmJust curious if the inclusion of Hou here is based on anything you’ve heard or pure wishful thinking. I know the two Lynch films are confirmed to be coming as well as more Kiarostami (which most people seem to think will be a box set of some sort), but I haven’t heard anything about more Hou Hsiao-hsien being in the works. His Taiwan Trilogy is near the top of my personal dream releases for Criterion to do, so any indication that it might actually be forthcoming would be enormously exciting.justeleblanc wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 7:04 pm A Lynchtober. Maybe followed by a Houvember and a Kiarostami Christmas. One can dream.
I saw that someone up the thread included Millennium Mambo in their guesses, so I’m just wondering if this is based on anything Criterion has hinted at or if it’s just that other people are hoping for more Hou as well.