Besides, criterion has never failed to suprise us numerous times a year what with all the Crazed Fruits, The Browning Versions, La Commare Seccas, etc...backstreetsbackalright wrote: Even if there is uniform veracity to our information on potential titles, there's no way all of those will come out next year. But I think we all knew that anyway.
No. Maybe we know 30-40% of what they will release in 2006. In September of 2004, I tried to predict what their 2005 schedule would look like. I only guessed 19 of the 52 films they ultimately released.cinephrenic wrote:I bet we got 95% figured out with a few wild cards if we consider the list we got of rumoured titles.
big ups to Nippon!!cinephrenic wrote:I may be minor on this one (crazy or both), but it seems that Criterion is trying to proportionally release films by country of origin whenever available depending on their priorities of which films, rights they have. For example, in 2005 their output on foreign films went somewhat like this:
Japanese films = 14 titles
French films = 13 titles
American films = 9 titles
British films = 5 titles
Italian films = 5 titles
Other films = 5 titles
This may all be nonsense, but still interesting I think.
This is very good to know, Jeff. Gives me a very different perspective on the Forthcoming Criterion list.Jeff wrote:Maybe we know 30-40% of what they will release in 2006. In September of 2004, I tried to predict what their 2005 schedule would look like. I only guessed 19 of the 52 films they ultimately released[...] We don't know everything we think we know, schedules change, rumors prove false. The surprises are part of the fun.
That would be a pretty crazy inclusion, in my opinion. (Pretty crazy programming too!) '58 Miles is worlds away from Bitches Brew Miles in live flight. I'm trying to find a film analogy and am coming up blank. . .What A Disgrace wrote:The Belcourt theater in Nashville, TN is having a special screening of the film Elevator to the Gallows in October, which includes footage of Miles Davis at the Isle of Wight Festival, shot by Murran Lerner, after the feature. This, or some other Miles Davis material, could be included in the Criterion release.
There's your speculation.
Maybe more like the Fellini who helped write Rome Open City and the writer / director of City of Women. I think that'll do it. Thanks, McGinty.mcginty wrote:Perhaps the Fellini of the early 50's and the Fellini who made Satyricon?zedz wrote: '58 Miles is worlds away from Bitches Brew Miles in live flight. I'm trying to find a film analogy and am coming up blank. . .
Are you sure that French StudioCanal DVD of Carmen has English subtitles? According to dvdfr.com there are only French subtitles. Similarly:I will highly recommend the Studio Canal R2 release of Saura's "Carmen" under contemporary series. It has English subtitles and is a good transfer that is 16x9 anarmorphic.
I find that nearly all titles in this contemporary group have superior transfers to the R1 releases, and most of them have English subtitles. Some of the movies in the series: Camille Claudel, Belle de Jour, and Romy Schneider's masterpiece "the most important thing is love".
Not one German title - no wonder I have been in such a bad mood this year!cinephrenic wrote:
Japanese films = 14 titles
French films = 13 titles
American films = 9 titles
British films = 5 titles
Italian films = 5 titles
Other films = 5 titles
I agree.More than 300 films in the collection and only 1 Rossellini.That's ridiculous ! How about a (post)"War trilogy" box set? ('Roma, città aperta','Paisà ' and 'Germania, anno zero')jlgcool wrote:How about Voyage in Italy? Will this ever get an R1 release? It seems ridiculous that such an important film has never made it to the states.
