Forthcoming Lists Discussion and Random Speculation Vol. 6

[hearthesilence]

That would be perfect. Don't they have all the newly discovered film materials scanned in HD? Not sure this could work, but if they got Dont Look Back, they can make a box set that includes that, 65 Revisited AND No Direction Home.

[Yaanu]

Damn you, Courtney Love!!!!!

Maybe they can try again now that they have Sony to give them a lift?

That would be perfect. Don't they have all the newly discovered film materials scanned in HD? Not sure this could work, but if they got Dont Look Back, they can make a box set that includes that, 65 Revisited AND No Direction Home.

But what would you call it? Some generic "Three Films About Bob Dylan" title, something creative like "No Look Revisited", or just a quote from one of the films like "'Give The Anarchist A Cigarette': Three Films About Bob Dylan"? These are important things to consider.

[zedz]

The real coup would be Dont Look Back / Eat the Document.

[Bando]

The real coup would be Dont Look Back / Eat the Document.

Don't Look Back just got the deluxe treatment about two years ago, even if it wasn't BD. Dylan fans are buyers, but you can only go to the well so many times. Eat the Document would be cool, but it's a relatively short film, and you'd need to have an absolute mountain of extras to make it work. With the Scorcese doc already getting a lot of the 1966 material out there, there isn't much to mine there.

Really, in the Dylan world, 1965 and 1966 have been absolutely done to death. The people who would buy these things either already own it, or have it covered from so many other angles as it is that there has to be a ceiling. Personally, I think it's a non-starter.

Now, if Criterion wanted to get in on Renaldo and Clara, and really do it up with the 1976 Hard Rain special, unused Rolling Thunder footage, a booklet with the incredible photos and an excerpt from Ratso Sloman's book, maybe some interviews... I'm on board 100%. Supposedly there's already a documentary in the works on Rolling Thunder (similar to the Scorcese doc), so perhaps that's a possibility?

[flyonthewall2983]

The Jim Jarmusch film Year Of The Horse would be a great addition, and well within Criterion's grasp as I believe Focus/Universal has it. I kind of hope Neil isn't planning on putting it in his 90's "Archives" collection, which could be a long long time before it comes out (we're still waiting on the 70's set). Maybe it can include that 40 minutes of B-roll footage the DVD advertised but didn't have.

[Moe Dickstein]

Wouldn't a box set have to include more than one film and more than one spine number? Something like Rossellini/Bergman counts, where Shoah is just one film released with bonus films (like King of the Hill).

This sounds like a Home Theater Forum rule.

And what would your suggestion be for what is a box set and what isn't, Frau?

[movielocke]

Wouldn't a box set have to include more than one film and more than one spine number? Something like Rossellini/Bergman counts, where Shoah is just one film released with bonus films (like King of the Hill).

This sounds like a Home Theater Forum rule.

And what would your suggestion be for what is a box set and what isn't, Frau?

My rule is that if it weighs the same as a duck, then it's a box.

[ArchCarrier]

1991: The Year Punk Broke is also out of print.

Really? It doesn't look OOP.

[FrauBlucher]

Wouldn't a box set have to include more than one film and more than one spine number? Something like Rossellini/Bergman counts, where Shoah is just one film released with bonus films (like King of the Hill).

This sounds like a Home Theater Forum rule.

And what would your suggestion be for what is a box set and what isn't, Frau?

For me, either one works. I drop from a fourth story window and if it lands on it's spine it is NOT a box or this.

[Roger Ryan]

...Don't Look Back just got the deluxe treatment about two years ago, even if it wasn't BD....

Actually, the deluxe version was released on Blu-ray about three years ago.

I believe all of the interviews for NO DIRECTION HOME were shot on 16mm (as were Dylan's '66 performances), but I suspect the program was edited in SD. This would mean they would have to go back to the editing stage and reassemble the entire documentary, possibly rescan some of the elements as well. This is the same reason why I believe the BEATLES ANTHOLOGY series will not appear in HD anytime soon.

[mteller]

I'd love to see a Criterion release -- or hell, any release -- of Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson.

[beamish13]

I'd love to see a Criterion release -- or hell, any release -- of Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson.

God, yes. Anderson has said that WMG was going to release a box set of her work that would've included it, but who knows what's going on. WB says that they don't own it anymore.

Actually, the Jane's Addiction (mock)umentary GIFT (1993) would make a nice release, too.

[Yaanu]

Personally, I'd like to see a nice box set compiling the "The Decline of Western Civilization" trilogy. I dunno how much of a hassle it would be to get all the rights cleared for those movies, though.

[sir_luke]

Looks like there will be a screening of ERASERHEAD at the TCM festival this year. Is this an indication that the Criterion release is coming soon? Or is there no way of telling?

[beamish13]

Personally, I'd like to see a nice box set compiling the "The Decline of Western Civilization" trilogy. I dunno how much of a hassle it would be to get all the rights cleared for those movies, though.

Speaking of those...

[Rustle]

Spheeris' "Dudes" (1987 with Jon Cryer, Flea, other rockers) is a decent film that represents a legit stylistic strain of the period, the punk-aesthetic faux-western roadtrip. That genre is more famously presented by Cox in "Straight to Hell," variated to some degree by Jarmusch in "Dead Man" a decade later, etc. Dudes should be as valid a candidate for a Criterion Spheeris release as the DWC films. I'm sure music rights are typically onerous.

[jpglaarh]

Another great possibility for a rock documentary would be Don Was' film on Brian Wilson, I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (1995). It's an intelligent and thorough doc on a quinessentially American composer, and 11 of Wilson's songs were especially re-recorded in a stripped-down version, which makes it easier to note the complexity and beauty of the chord changes.

[Yaanu]

Personally, I'd like to see a nice box set compiling the "The Decline of Western Civilization" trilogy. I dunno how much of a hassle it would be to get all the rights cleared for those movies, though.

Speaking of those...

Looks like fun. Unfortunately, I don't live in LA. Hopefully somebody will ask if the films will ever see a home video release, even if it isn't through Criterion.

[jedgeco]

Personally, I'd like to see a nice box set compiling the "The Decline of Western Civilization" trilogy. I dunno how much of a hassle it would be to get all the rights cleared for those movies, though.

I don't have much interest in seeing the movies again, but I would LOVE to see a special feature that tracked down some of the talking heads from "The Metal Years" who so sadly insisted that they were gonna "make it" any day now.

[mpippia]

Blu-ray.com forum member MKej posted the following about an Insomnia re-release:

Criterion is doing a blu-ray update of Insomnia (1997)

Stellan Skarsgård did reveal it today on an interview with Norwegian TV

I've only seen the Christopher Nolan version so I'm looking forward to seeing the original. Hopefully The Vanishing will be upgraded soon as well.

[colinr0380]

Wonderful news, Insomnia is absolutely fantastic (better than the remake!) and has been one of the films most in need of a reissuing and upgrading for a while now, if only to replace the chunky subtitles of the DVD. I'm surprised that Criterion did get to it earlier, given the fascination with Scandinavian crime dramas recently. I just hope that Criterion keeps the wonderful menu screen from the original DVD that, aside from the essay and trailer was the only extra feature, as it doubled up as a 'recontextualised' trailer/music video for the film to come!

[Minkin]

Could be a mistake, but The Gene Siskel Film Center has Janus Films and Institut Français credited for their print of The Young Girls of Rochefort

Not a mistake:

Please note: press screening held at Janus Films.... A Janus Films release

Looks like Miramax must have let a lot of rights lapse lately (this, Hard Days Night, Tie me Up, Dead Man, etc).

[hearthesilence]

Sweet Jesus, I would LOVE to see Criterion issue Dead Man on Blu-Ray.

[Rolad]

Does this Studio Canal release mean Criterion won't be releasing a Tati boxed set? http://whitecitycinema.com/2014/03/24/j ... n-the-box/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[swo17]

No, but Criterion's may look a lot like it.