Nah, they're just prepping up a mega 10 disc set with ALL his films and ALL the various versions, plus extras. That's why it's taking so long.
(sighs and falls into reverie)
Criterion Random Speculation Vol.2
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Criterion is putting in an appearance at Telluride. Besides the fact that the Beckers and Turell will be receiving a "special medallion," the program guide refers to Spirit of the Beehive as "a Criterion/Janus" film. Rialto's new print of Army of Shadows will also be shown for the first time.
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From JBFC
And, from another site:
http://www.americancinematheque.com/arc ... maaero.htm
It's credited as Criterion. interesting because the new Anne Hathaway film, Havoc, which is supposed ot be quite something, is directed by Ms. Kopple.Barbara Kopple presents
HARLAN COUNTY, USA
Tues., Oct. 11 at 7:00
NEW RESTORED PRINT
Barbara Kopple. 1976. 103 min. PG. US. Criterion/Janus.
Acclaimed filmmaker Barbara Kopple is best known for her brilliant documentaries on tough subjects from labor disputes to the assassination of a president. She won her first Academy Award in 1977 for Harlan County, U.S.A., and became the only female documentary filmmaker ever to have won two Oscars when a second came in 1991 for American Dream, which explored the human cost of the economic decline of America's industrial heartland.
Harlan County, U.S.A. is on everyone's list of greatest documentaries ever made - a tight, taut, timeless story of union strife in a Kentucky coal-mining town. Full of dramatic confrontations, labor songs and bluegrass music, violence, surprise, and a hard-won wisdom born of struggle, this magnificent, vastly influential film was named to the National Film Registry by Congress and designated an American Film Classic.
Q&A with filmmaker Barbara Kopple & New York Times critic Janet Maslin
And, from another site:
http://www.americancinematheque.com/arc ... maaero.htm
MIRACLE IN MILAN, 1951, Criterion/Janus, 92 min. Director Vittorio de Sica fable-like classic describes the chaotic postwar Italian society with an ironic and satirical approach. Little Toto is found in a cabbage patch by Lolotta and raised to become a socially devoted young man dedicated to the improvement of health and wealth among the poor in Milan. The film offers a very clear message, but the bizarre and imaginative structure of the film (at one point, the poor townspeople fly on the brooms of street-cleaners to a better land!) stunned the critics and the public. "Radiates a strong and fascinating aura of bitter-sweet humor…" – New York Herald Tribune. Written by de Sica and Cesare Zavattini, from Zavattini's novel Toto Il Buono. Starring Francesco Golisano, Emma Gramatica, Guglielmo Barnabo, Paolo Stoppa, Brunella Bovo.
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OK, guys, having read this board for some time now, as a UK based film nut, I figure it's time to ask for some realistic aspirations. Most people on this board will be owners of multi region players that can play films from all over the world. Though it would be nice for every film under the sun to receive the deluxe Criterion treatment, the fact is that they cant. Surely it would be more productive to ask for films that are currently not available to the English speaking world.
Let's go through the directors...
ANDERSON.L...If....
ANTONIONI...Il Desserto Rosso, Le Amiche and Chronicle of a Love are the ones most needed here.
AUTANT-LARA...The Red Inn, Occupe toi d'Amélie, Le Diable au Corps. En Cas de Malheur released by Rene Chateau in France with Eng subs, but now deleted.
BARNET...The House on Trubnaya Square, others dealt with by Image.
BERGMAN...nearly all the major Bergmans have received Criterion treatment, except Sawdust and Tinsel. His other early work through the scripted Torment to Summer With Monika is available courtesy of Tartan in the UK.
BERNARD...the full 5 hr Les Misérables.
BERTOLUCCI...1900 now available from MGM video in France in every language and with every subtitle under the book. The Conformist and The Spider's Strategem, however, long overdue.
in the UK in very fine prints.
BOROWCZYK...La Bête and The Story of Sin have decent releases already in the UK, with the former also getting deluxe treatment from Cult Epics stateside. Goto, Island of Love and Blanche would be great.
BRESSON...Lancelot du Lac, Une Femme Douce, a proper release for A Man Escaped (the US print not being great), Mouchette available in UK.
BUNUEL...easy...The Exterminating Angel and Viridiana, Los Olvidados available in France with Eng subs.
CAPRA...State of the Union only available in upcoming UK Hepburn set. The Bitter Tea of General Yen and Lady for a Day would be great.
CARNÉ...Le Jour se Lève is available from Canal Plus's Classique label in France with English subs, but a release would be welcome. Drôle de Drame, Hotel du Nord and Les Visiteurs du Soir are outstanding.
CHABROL...most of his stuff is available in some from or another from the likes of Kino or in the UK. However, I think Le Beau Serge is still outstanding.
CHAPLIN...well satisfied.
CLAIR...An Italian Straw Hat is long overdue. Likewise his later I Married a Witch.
CLEMENT...Jeux Interdits in lovely print from Canal Plus in France with Eng subs, Gervaise in same series but no Eng subs. Both required stateside.
COCTEAU...Les Parents Terribles.
CLOUZOT...just La Vérité really.
CUKOR...David Copperfield, but MGM, so not likely for Criterion.
DE MILLE...The Ten Commandments (silent version), The Sign of the Cross and Cleopatra are all wanted.
DE SANTIS...Riso Amaro is available in a lovely English subtitled Italian DVD, which Criterion could pick up the rights to easily. For those who already have it, not really an issue.
DE SICA...people ask for his neo realist films, but Bicycle Thieves is still available from Image, and they may still hold rights for the gold dust prints of Shoeshine. Miracle in Milan would be nice.
DIETERLE...most of his stuff is available, but early masterpiece The Last Flight needs releasing.
DOVZHENKO...Image released Earth, but the print needed cleaning up. Ditto Arsenal. Zvenigora would be another good one.
DREYER...Vampyr, the upcoming Redemption UK release will be the same awful video print of old, while the US DVD release is no better.
EISENSTEIN...really nothing, all released by Criterion, except Que Viva Mexico which has had a deluxe release from Kino.
FASSBINDER...it's just Berlin Alexanderplatz, but its size is an issue. More likely to receive the treatment from Tartan in the UK, who have given superb treatment to the Heimat series.
FELLINI...again, nothing really. La Dolce Vita is his only great film not on Criterion, and a superb print exists elsewhere.
FLAHERTY...Man of Aran would be great.
FORD...really no need for this, all his best stuff available, with the exception of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. The Iron Horse and Young Mr Lincoln have lovely prints in the UK.
FULLER...nothing urgent
GANCE...we can dream of a release for the full 5½ hour Napoleon (the inferior 4hr print available in Oz), but it's stuck in rights limbo, and his La Roue and J'Accuse are equally wanted, but about as likely as a protestant pope.
GILLIAT & LAUNDER...The Happiest Days of Your Life, Green for Danger and I See a Drak Stranger are without a release anywhere, while Millions Like Us is only available on special order from DD Video in the UK.
GODARD...no urgencies here. Momentum and the like have released all the Godards not available in the US to UK release. Une Femme Mariée is still outstanding, but that's about it.
GRIFFITH...nothing outstanding of import.
HAWKS...a proper release for Scarface would be nice, as it's only available shamefully as an extra on the remake's boxset. His other stuff is freely available, though Only Angels Have Wings still has no US release.
HERZOG...nothing really pressing here, all available aelsewhere.
HITCHCOCK...all his stuff is freely available, but a deluxe set of Blackmail with both talkie and silent versions seems long overdue.
HUSTON...all his best work available in pristine prints elsewhere. No urgency here, except perhaps with The Dead.
ICHIKAWA...The Burmese Harp, Fires on the Plain, Alone on the Pacific, Enjo...An Actor's Revenge available from BFI in UK
IMAMURA...nothing too urgent her, following Masters of Cinema's announcement for Vengeance is Mine.
INAGAKI...covered.
INGRAM...his silents are long overdue release...The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Prisoner of Zenda, Mare Nostrum, Scaramouche, The Magician (long thought lost but recovered), but as they're owned by Turner, don't hold your breath.
JANCSO...Silence and Cry, Elektreia (as Electra My Love) and Red and the White have received decent DVD releases, but The Round Up is still shamelessly overlooked, ditto Private Vices Public Virtues and Red Psalm.
JENNINGS...Image and the BFI have taken care of him.
KAR-WAI...nothing oustanding here.
KAWALEROWICZ...Mother Joan of the Angels now released by Second Run, Pharaoh could do with a full 3hr subtitled release, though, the UK Eureka print being dubbed and only 140m.
KAZAN...after A Tree Grows in Brooklyn's UK release and Warner's A Face in the Crowd, nothing urgent here. Baby Doll would be nice, but not really pressing.
KEATON...following the announcement of the Masters of Cinema short films collection in 2006, nothing pressing here.
KIAROSTAMI...nothing urgent here.
KIESLOWSKI...ditto, everything decent released, except perhaps The Double Life of Veronique.
KINOSHITA...Twenty Four Eyes has been available with English subs in the orient for some time, but the Masters of Cinema release will be welcomed. The Ballad of Narayama and Carmen Comes Home still await.
KOBAYASHI...a proper remaster for the long deleted Image Human Condition trilogy would be great,
KOZINTSEV, Ruscico have Don Quixote in production, which covers everything, having released Hamlet and King Lear.
KUBRICK...nothing needed
KUROSAWA...Criterion has covered nearly all bases here, with the BFI's Drunken Angel and Stray Dog and the far east release of No Regrets for Our Youth covering the others.
LAMORISSE...shorts, The Red Balloon, Farrebique, etc.
LANG...The Masters of Cinema and Kino have covered bases here. You Only Live Once available in the UK and Fury in the US.
LEE.R.V....The Count of Monte Cristo and, particularly, Zoo in Budapest.
LEAN...nothing pressing...
LEIGH...Criterion have dealt with Naked, everything else covered.
LEISEN...sorely overlooked...Midnight, Arise My Love, Easy Living, Frenchman's Creek, Kitty, etc. All required.
LENI...covered elsewhere.
LEONE...covered.
LUBITSCH...One Hour With You, The Smiling Lieutenant, Broken Lullaby, The Merry Widow, etc. The Paramount's pressing most. Cluny Brown available in France with English subs.
LUMET...nothing I can think of, except The Group.
LYNCH...covered...
MAKAVEJEV...The Switchboard Operator, Man is Not a Bird, Innocence Unprotected, WR Mysteries of the Organism. Sweet Movie available uncut from Brazil, for those so inclined.
MACKENDRICK...all available.
MALLE...Au Revoir les Enfants and Lacombe Lucien long promised. Les Amants also needed.
MAMOULIAN...Dr Jekyll and Love Me Tonight available, Queen Christina in the new Garbo box. Becky Sharp and City Streets need looking into.
MANKIEWICZ...Julius Caesar, but an MGM so unlikely.
MANN...The Naked Spur, a proper letterbox release for The Fall of the Roman Empire and El Cid. Man of the West available in the UK. Other bases covered.
MELVILLE...the upcoming Le Samourai finishes matters. Les Enfants Terribles available in UK from BFI.
MENZEL...several come to mind, but people might like to know Capricious Summer and Cutting it Short are both available in the Czech Republic with English subs.
MILESTONE...All Quiet has a great Universal release in the UK (better print by far than the US print), Of Mice and men at Image. Nothing really outstanding, but a proper dust up of The Front Page would be nice, especially if they can nab the rights for His Girl Friday from Colombia to release a double bill.
MINNELLI...nothing too pressing.
MIZOGUCHI...where to begin. Ugetsu's announcement great, and I think Sansho Dayu and The Life of Oharu (already available in the UK from Art Eye) will follow. Early works Osaka Elegy, Sisters of the Gion and The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums long overdue. Ditto Empress Yang Kwei-Fei and Chikamatsu Monogatari. They are all available in France but with no Eng subs, but all restored and Criterion would only have to buy the prints (as they have done many of the Canal Plus French releases and Masters of Cinema's Francis God's Jester).
MURNAU...covered, and Eureka's rerelease of their superb Sunrise under the Masters of Cinema label is great news. The Burning Soil could do with a restoration, though.
NARUSE...Late Chrysanthemums and When a Woman Ascends the Stairs are most pressing, but any would be welcomed.
OPHULS...Madame de... and La Ronde, also a proper release for Lola Monets, the Fox Lorber print being awful. Letter from an Unknown Woman already released in a superb French version with removable French subs.
OSHIMA...Ai No Corrida has a decent release in the UK, but The Ceremony, Boy, The Diary of a Shinjuku Thief and Death by Hanging remain.
OZU...actually less required here than you might think. The three Ozu sets released by Tartan in the UK (the third in December, including Tokyo Twilight) cover most bases not covered by Criterion. Most of the others available in a superb Hong Kong series for the 100th anniversary, including Late Autumn, An Autumn Afternoon, There Was a Father, The Only Son, An Inn in Tokyo, etc. The End of Summer available in the UK from Art Eye. However, I Was Born But... still remains....
PABST...sad the Crierion Pandora'x Box fell through, but the UK Second Sight release is still magnificent. Diary of a Lost Girl, Joyless Street, PAGNOL...gotta be La Femme de Boulanger.
Westfront 1918, Kameradschaft all await...
PASOLINI...all bases covered here in some form.
PECKINPAH...a decent version of Pat Garrett, plus Ride the High Country and a non-flipper The Wild Bunch. MGM mosty likely, as they hodl the rights to all three.
PIALAT...A Nos Amours, only available in France with no subs, but already restored.
POLANSKI....decent boxsets in the UK, all other decent films taken care of.
POWELL...A Canterbury Tale has an awful UK release, Criterion are needed here.
PUDOVKIN...nothing really required here.
RAY.N...They Live by Night the main concern, with Bigger Than Life available in France. In a Lonely Place and others taken care of.
RAY.S...the UK Apu trilogy release from Art Eye is pristine, but Charulata and Days and Nights in the Forest are needed.
REED...The Fallen Idol, Kipps, Stars Look Down, Night Train to Munich, The New Lot, etc. Odd Man Out and The True Glory have lovely UK prints.
RESNAIS...Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime, Muriel...
RIEFENSTAHL...Olympische Spiele. It's out in a restored print in Germany, but no Eng subs or soundtrack.
RIVETTE...please Crierion buy up the French print of Céline et Julie....also the full version of Jeanne la Pucelle, La Religieuse, Une Vie, etc. La Belle Noiseuse available already.
ROEG...all bases covered.
ROSSELLINI...now Crierion have bought Masters of Cinema's Francis God's Jester ansd the recent UK release of Open City, only the full 100m version of Voyage to Italy remains, though that isn't even available in Italy.
SAYLES...nothing really here.
SCHLESINGER...again all covered.
SCORSESE...ditto...
SCOTT.R...a release for both versions of Blade Runner, but Warners hold rights and will not release.
SHINDO...covered by Criterion and MoC.
SIEGEL...The Big Steal mainly...
SJOBERG...Torment from Tartan in the UK, leaving Miss Julie, Only a Mother and Karin Mansdotter.
SJOSTROM...The Wind, The Phantom Carriage, He Who Gets Slapped, The Outlaw and His Wife, etc.
SPIELBERG...covered.
STAREWICZ...The Tale of The Fox, only available on video from the BFI.
STONE...nothing needed or wanted.
STURGES...many now released in UK boxsets or in Criterion versions, but SYBERBERG...Hitler a Film from Germany, Ludwig Requiem for a Virgin King.
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek still remains...
TARKOVSKY...covered by Criterion and Art Eye in the UK.
TARR...Satantango.
TATI...covered, except Jour de Fete...
TESHIGAHARA...well covered by MoC, but the full 142m version of Woman of the Dunes so far only available in the long deleted Japanese collector's edition.
TORRE-NILSSON...desperately needs exposure...The House of the Angel, The Fall, Hand in the Trap, Piedra Libre...a real coup this would be.
TOURNEUR....covered now, with the future release of the Lewtons by Warners.
TRUFFAUT...all available elsewhere or on Criterion already.
VIDOR...The Big Parade and The Crowd will eventually be released by Turner.
BERHOEVEN...the Dutch stuff covered by Tartan in the UK.
VIGO...covered exhaustively in the UK Artificial Eye Collection.
VISCONTI...nothing really pressing here, but the UK release of L'Innocente should be released in the US.
VLACIL...it has to be Marketa Lazarova, please Criterion release this...
VON STERNBERG...where to begin....the silents Underworld, Docks of New York and The Last Command most pressing. Scarlet Empress and The Blue Angel covered. Morocco now available in Germany, but Shanghai Express, The Devil is a Woman and An American Tragedy still await.
VON STROHEIM...goes without saying. I fancy Greed will get a deluxe release sometime. The Wedding march also needs the treatment, though they must release the Carl Davis score version, not the Gaylord Carter score of the VHS.
VON TRIER...all covered.
WAJDA...Man of Marble, Man of Iron, Landscape After Battle.
WALSH...What Price Glory?
WEIR...OK.
WELLES...Chimes at Midnight available in Spain, but a Criterion release is overdue. Ditto Ambersons, only available in France in a now deleted print from Cahiers du Cinema.
WELLMAN...Wild Boys of the Road, Beggars of Life, Yellow Sky, The Story of GI Joe, proper colour restoration of Nothing Sacred.
WHALE...Remember Last Night, Showboat...
WILDER...Double Indemnity now available in lovely UK Universal print, but a proper release surely awaits stateside. Also Ace in the Hole, that must be released a.s.a.p.
WISE...covered.
WYLER...covered.
YAMANAKA...Masters of Cinema took care of his masterpiece Humanity YANG...the full 4hr version of A Brighter Summer Day
and Paper Balloons, only two others survive. Unlikely.
YIMOU...a proper release for Ju Dou.
ZINNEMANN...nothing really, though Julia would be nice.
Others overdue are The Prisoner of Zenda, to which MGM hold the rights and would be great in a three version release with the inferior 1952 version and the original 1922 silent.
Pierre Prevert's Voyage Surprise
Leenhardt's Les Dernières Vacances
Henning-Jansen's Ditte Menneskebarn, only available in Denmark without Subs.
The old Chinese classics Spring in a Small Town, The Spring River Flows East, Crows and Sparrows, The Highway, Little Toys, etc. The Goddess available from the San Francisco Silent Cinema Festival.
W.C.Fields' You're Telling Me
Let's go through the directors...
ANDERSON.L...If....
ANTONIONI...Il Desserto Rosso, Le Amiche and Chronicle of a Love are the ones most needed here.
AUTANT-LARA...The Red Inn, Occupe toi d'Amélie, Le Diable au Corps. En Cas de Malheur released by Rene Chateau in France with Eng subs, but now deleted.
BARNET...The House on Trubnaya Square, others dealt with by Image.
BERGMAN...nearly all the major Bergmans have received Criterion treatment, except Sawdust and Tinsel. His other early work through the scripted Torment to Summer With Monika is available courtesy of Tartan in the UK.
BERNARD...the full 5 hr Les Misérables.
BERTOLUCCI...1900 now available from MGM video in France in every language and with every subtitle under the book. The Conformist and The Spider's Strategem, however, long overdue.
in the UK in very fine prints.
BOROWCZYK...La Bête and The Story of Sin have decent releases already in the UK, with the former also getting deluxe treatment from Cult Epics stateside. Goto, Island of Love and Blanche would be great.
BRESSON...Lancelot du Lac, Une Femme Douce, a proper release for A Man Escaped (the US print not being great), Mouchette available in UK.
BUNUEL...easy...The Exterminating Angel and Viridiana, Los Olvidados available in France with Eng subs.
CAPRA...State of the Union only available in upcoming UK Hepburn set. The Bitter Tea of General Yen and Lady for a Day would be great.
CARNÉ...Le Jour se Lève is available from Canal Plus's Classique label in France with English subs, but a release would be welcome. Drôle de Drame, Hotel du Nord and Les Visiteurs du Soir are outstanding.
CHABROL...most of his stuff is available in some from or another from the likes of Kino or in the UK. However, I think Le Beau Serge is still outstanding.
CHAPLIN...well satisfied.
CLAIR...An Italian Straw Hat is long overdue. Likewise his later I Married a Witch.
CLEMENT...Jeux Interdits in lovely print from Canal Plus in France with Eng subs, Gervaise in same series but no Eng subs. Both required stateside.
COCTEAU...Les Parents Terribles.
CLOUZOT...just La Vérité really.
CUKOR...David Copperfield, but MGM, so not likely for Criterion.
DE MILLE...The Ten Commandments (silent version), The Sign of the Cross and Cleopatra are all wanted.
DE SANTIS...Riso Amaro is available in a lovely English subtitled Italian DVD, which Criterion could pick up the rights to easily. For those who already have it, not really an issue.
DE SICA...people ask for his neo realist films, but Bicycle Thieves is still available from Image, and they may still hold rights for the gold dust prints of Shoeshine. Miracle in Milan would be nice.
DIETERLE...most of his stuff is available, but early masterpiece The Last Flight needs releasing.
DOVZHENKO...Image released Earth, but the print needed cleaning up. Ditto Arsenal. Zvenigora would be another good one.
DREYER...Vampyr, the upcoming Redemption UK release will be the same awful video print of old, while the US DVD release is no better.
EISENSTEIN...really nothing, all released by Criterion, except Que Viva Mexico which has had a deluxe release from Kino.
FASSBINDER...it's just Berlin Alexanderplatz, but its size is an issue. More likely to receive the treatment from Tartan in the UK, who have given superb treatment to the Heimat series.
FELLINI...again, nothing really. La Dolce Vita is his only great film not on Criterion, and a superb print exists elsewhere.
FLAHERTY...Man of Aran would be great.
FORD...really no need for this, all his best stuff available, with the exception of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. The Iron Horse and Young Mr Lincoln have lovely prints in the UK.
FULLER...nothing urgent
GANCE...we can dream of a release for the full 5½ hour Napoleon (the inferior 4hr print available in Oz), but it's stuck in rights limbo, and his La Roue and J'Accuse are equally wanted, but about as likely as a protestant pope.
GILLIAT & LAUNDER...The Happiest Days of Your Life, Green for Danger and I See a Drak Stranger are without a release anywhere, while Millions Like Us is only available on special order from DD Video in the UK.
GODARD...no urgencies here. Momentum and the like have released all the Godards not available in the US to UK release. Une Femme Mariée is still outstanding, but that's about it.
GRIFFITH...nothing outstanding of import.
HAWKS...a proper release for Scarface would be nice, as it's only available shamefully as an extra on the remake's boxset. His other stuff is freely available, though Only Angels Have Wings still has no US release.
HERZOG...nothing really pressing here, all available aelsewhere.
HITCHCOCK...all his stuff is freely available, but a deluxe set of Blackmail with both talkie and silent versions seems long overdue.
HUSTON...all his best work available in pristine prints elsewhere. No urgency here, except perhaps with The Dead.
ICHIKAWA...The Burmese Harp, Fires on the Plain, Alone on the Pacific, Enjo...An Actor's Revenge available from BFI in UK
IMAMURA...nothing too urgent her, following Masters of Cinema's announcement for Vengeance is Mine.
INAGAKI...covered.
INGRAM...his silents are long overdue release...The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Prisoner of Zenda, Mare Nostrum, Scaramouche, The Magician (long thought lost but recovered), but as they're owned by Turner, don't hold your breath.
JANCSO...Silence and Cry, Elektreia (as Electra My Love) and Red and the White have received decent DVD releases, but The Round Up is still shamelessly overlooked, ditto Private Vices Public Virtues and Red Psalm.
JENNINGS...Image and the BFI have taken care of him.
KAR-WAI...nothing oustanding here.
KAWALEROWICZ...Mother Joan of the Angels now released by Second Run, Pharaoh could do with a full 3hr subtitled release, though, the UK Eureka print being dubbed and only 140m.
KAZAN...after A Tree Grows in Brooklyn's UK release and Warner's A Face in the Crowd, nothing urgent here. Baby Doll would be nice, but not really pressing.
KEATON...following the announcement of the Masters of Cinema short films collection in 2006, nothing pressing here.
KIAROSTAMI...nothing urgent here.
KIESLOWSKI...ditto, everything decent released, except perhaps The Double Life of Veronique.
KINOSHITA...Twenty Four Eyes has been available with English subs in the orient for some time, but the Masters of Cinema release will be welcomed. The Ballad of Narayama and Carmen Comes Home still await.
KOBAYASHI...a proper remaster for the long deleted Image Human Condition trilogy would be great,
KOZINTSEV, Ruscico have Don Quixote in production, which covers everything, having released Hamlet and King Lear.
KUBRICK...nothing needed
KUROSAWA...Criterion has covered nearly all bases here, with the BFI's Drunken Angel and Stray Dog and the far east release of No Regrets for Our Youth covering the others.
LAMORISSE...shorts, The Red Balloon, Farrebique, etc.
LANG...The Masters of Cinema and Kino have covered bases here. You Only Live Once available in the UK and Fury in the US.
LEE.R.V....The Count of Monte Cristo and, particularly, Zoo in Budapest.
LEAN...nothing pressing...
LEIGH...Criterion have dealt with Naked, everything else covered.
LEISEN...sorely overlooked...Midnight, Arise My Love, Easy Living, Frenchman's Creek, Kitty, etc. All required.
LENI...covered elsewhere.
LEONE...covered.
LUBITSCH...One Hour With You, The Smiling Lieutenant, Broken Lullaby, The Merry Widow, etc. The Paramount's pressing most. Cluny Brown available in France with English subs.
LUMET...nothing I can think of, except The Group.
LYNCH...covered...
MAKAVEJEV...The Switchboard Operator, Man is Not a Bird, Innocence Unprotected, WR Mysteries of the Organism. Sweet Movie available uncut from Brazil, for those so inclined.
MACKENDRICK...all available.
MALLE...Au Revoir les Enfants and Lacombe Lucien long promised. Les Amants also needed.
MAMOULIAN...Dr Jekyll and Love Me Tonight available, Queen Christina in the new Garbo box. Becky Sharp and City Streets need looking into.
MANKIEWICZ...Julius Caesar, but an MGM so unlikely.
MANN...The Naked Spur, a proper letterbox release for The Fall of the Roman Empire and El Cid. Man of the West available in the UK. Other bases covered.
MELVILLE...the upcoming Le Samourai finishes matters. Les Enfants Terribles available in UK from BFI.
MENZEL...several come to mind, but people might like to know Capricious Summer and Cutting it Short are both available in the Czech Republic with English subs.
MILESTONE...All Quiet has a great Universal release in the UK (better print by far than the US print), Of Mice and men at Image. Nothing really outstanding, but a proper dust up of The Front Page would be nice, especially if they can nab the rights for His Girl Friday from Colombia to release a double bill.
MINNELLI...nothing too pressing.
MIZOGUCHI...where to begin. Ugetsu's announcement great, and I think Sansho Dayu and The Life of Oharu (already available in the UK from Art Eye) will follow. Early works Osaka Elegy, Sisters of the Gion and The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums long overdue. Ditto Empress Yang Kwei-Fei and Chikamatsu Monogatari. They are all available in France but with no Eng subs, but all restored and Criterion would only have to buy the prints (as they have done many of the Canal Plus French releases and Masters of Cinema's Francis God's Jester).
MURNAU...covered, and Eureka's rerelease of their superb Sunrise under the Masters of Cinema label is great news. The Burning Soil could do with a restoration, though.
NARUSE...Late Chrysanthemums and When a Woman Ascends the Stairs are most pressing, but any would be welcomed.
OPHULS...Madame de... and La Ronde, also a proper release for Lola Monets, the Fox Lorber print being awful. Letter from an Unknown Woman already released in a superb French version with removable French subs.
OSHIMA...Ai No Corrida has a decent release in the UK, but The Ceremony, Boy, The Diary of a Shinjuku Thief and Death by Hanging remain.
OZU...actually less required here than you might think. The three Ozu sets released by Tartan in the UK (the third in December, including Tokyo Twilight) cover most bases not covered by Criterion. Most of the others available in a superb Hong Kong series for the 100th anniversary, including Late Autumn, An Autumn Afternoon, There Was a Father, The Only Son, An Inn in Tokyo, etc. The End of Summer available in the UK from Art Eye. However, I Was Born But... still remains....
PABST...sad the Crierion Pandora'x Box fell through, but the UK Second Sight release is still magnificent. Diary of a Lost Girl, Joyless Street, PAGNOL...gotta be La Femme de Boulanger.
Westfront 1918, Kameradschaft all await...
PASOLINI...all bases covered here in some form.
PECKINPAH...a decent version of Pat Garrett, plus Ride the High Country and a non-flipper The Wild Bunch. MGM mosty likely, as they hodl the rights to all three.
PIALAT...A Nos Amours, only available in France with no subs, but already restored.
POLANSKI....decent boxsets in the UK, all other decent films taken care of.
POWELL...A Canterbury Tale has an awful UK release, Criterion are needed here.
PUDOVKIN...nothing really required here.
RAY.N...They Live by Night the main concern, with Bigger Than Life available in France. In a Lonely Place and others taken care of.
RAY.S...the UK Apu trilogy release from Art Eye is pristine, but Charulata and Days and Nights in the Forest are needed.
REED...The Fallen Idol, Kipps, Stars Look Down, Night Train to Munich, The New Lot, etc. Odd Man Out and The True Glory have lovely UK prints.
RESNAIS...Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime, Muriel...
RIEFENSTAHL...Olympische Spiele. It's out in a restored print in Germany, but no Eng subs or soundtrack.
RIVETTE...please Crierion buy up the French print of Céline et Julie....also the full version of Jeanne la Pucelle, La Religieuse, Une Vie, etc. La Belle Noiseuse available already.
ROEG...all bases covered.
ROSSELLINI...now Crierion have bought Masters of Cinema's Francis God's Jester ansd the recent UK release of Open City, only the full 100m version of Voyage to Italy remains, though that isn't even available in Italy.
SAYLES...nothing really here.
SCHLESINGER...again all covered.
SCORSESE...ditto...
SCOTT.R...a release for both versions of Blade Runner, but Warners hold rights and will not release.
SHINDO...covered by Criterion and MoC.
SIEGEL...The Big Steal mainly...
SJOBERG...Torment from Tartan in the UK, leaving Miss Julie, Only a Mother and Karin Mansdotter.
SJOSTROM...The Wind, The Phantom Carriage, He Who Gets Slapped, The Outlaw and His Wife, etc.
SPIELBERG...covered.
STAREWICZ...The Tale of The Fox, only available on video from the BFI.
STONE...nothing needed or wanted.
STURGES...many now released in UK boxsets or in Criterion versions, but SYBERBERG...Hitler a Film from Germany, Ludwig Requiem for a Virgin King.
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek still remains...
TARKOVSKY...covered by Criterion and Art Eye in the UK.
TARR...Satantango.
TATI...covered, except Jour de Fete...
TESHIGAHARA...well covered by MoC, but the full 142m version of Woman of the Dunes so far only available in the long deleted Japanese collector's edition.
TORRE-NILSSON...desperately needs exposure...The House of the Angel, The Fall, Hand in the Trap, Piedra Libre...a real coup this would be.
TOURNEUR....covered now, with the future release of the Lewtons by Warners.
TRUFFAUT...all available elsewhere or on Criterion already.
VIDOR...The Big Parade and The Crowd will eventually be released by Turner.
BERHOEVEN...the Dutch stuff covered by Tartan in the UK.
VIGO...covered exhaustively in the UK Artificial Eye Collection.
VISCONTI...nothing really pressing here, but the UK release of L'Innocente should be released in the US.
VLACIL...it has to be Marketa Lazarova, please Criterion release this...
VON STERNBERG...where to begin....the silents Underworld, Docks of New York and The Last Command most pressing. Scarlet Empress and The Blue Angel covered. Morocco now available in Germany, but Shanghai Express, The Devil is a Woman and An American Tragedy still await.
VON STROHEIM...goes without saying. I fancy Greed will get a deluxe release sometime. The Wedding march also needs the treatment, though they must release the Carl Davis score version, not the Gaylord Carter score of the VHS.
VON TRIER...all covered.
WAJDA...Man of Marble, Man of Iron, Landscape After Battle.
WALSH...What Price Glory?
WEIR...OK.
WELLES...Chimes at Midnight available in Spain, but a Criterion release is overdue. Ditto Ambersons, only available in France in a now deleted print from Cahiers du Cinema.
WELLMAN...Wild Boys of the Road, Beggars of Life, Yellow Sky, The Story of GI Joe, proper colour restoration of Nothing Sacred.
WHALE...Remember Last Night, Showboat...
WILDER...Double Indemnity now available in lovely UK Universal print, but a proper release surely awaits stateside. Also Ace in the Hole, that must be released a.s.a.p.
WISE...covered.
WYLER...covered.
YAMANAKA...Masters of Cinema took care of his masterpiece Humanity YANG...the full 4hr version of A Brighter Summer Day
and Paper Balloons, only two others survive. Unlikely.
YIMOU...a proper release for Ju Dou.
ZINNEMANN...nothing really, though Julia would be nice.
Others overdue are The Prisoner of Zenda, to which MGM hold the rights and would be great in a three version release with the inferior 1952 version and the original 1922 silent.
Pierre Prevert's Voyage Surprise
Leenhardt's Les Dernières Vacances
Henning-Jansen's Ditte Menneskebarn, only available in Denmark without Subs.
The old Chinese classics Spring in a Small Town, The Spring River Flows East, Crows and Sparrows, The Highway, Little Toys, etc. The Goddess available from the San Francisco Silent Cinema Festival.
W.C.Fields' You're Telling Me
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There's still a ton of Godard that needs to be released! Just about everything from the 70s period - Ici et Ailleurs, Numero Deux, Comment Ca Va?, France/Tour/Detour/Deux/Enfants, Six fois Deux, and so on. And from the 80s, Hail Mary needs a better release (is Raro Video still doing this? If so, that'll be the one), Passion, and Sauve Qui Peut (la vie) (Artificial Eye should do it eventually, I guess). And almost all the 90s stuff... Nouvelle Vague, Helas Pour Moi (with english subs), JLG/JLG, and of course the Histoire(s)...
Godard's 60s period is pretty well-covered, but there's a hell of a lot more beyond it that isn't. Hopefully we'll see good releases of some of this stuff too.
Godard's 60s period is pretty well-covered, but there's a hell of a lot more beyond it that isn't. Hopefully we'll see good releases of some of this stuff too.
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Regarding Harlan County USA, the soundtrack features the down lonesome voice of the great Hazel Dickens. You may have seen her in Matewan singing "Oh Death" in the cemetery scene. If I remember correctly virtually all of the soundtrack is also available on the Coal Mining Women CD issued by Rounder Records. Unfortunately, the Rounder release also includes music by the Reel World String Band...which offers all the worst that you could expect in feminist folk music. You can just smell the estrogen when they play. But aside from that, a great album with some fantastic studio session work by Bela Fleck.
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Sure? Source?backstreetsbackalright wrote:Water Bearer is doing Enfants next year.cinephrenic wrote:I'm thinking a double disc of Les Enfants Terribles/Les Parrents Terribles.
Also, a boxset of Melville's Le Doulos, Leon Morin Pretre, Army of Shadows, Two Men in Manhattan, Magnet of Doom, Second Breath all packaged together.
Regards,
Dennis
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