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Werewolf by Night · Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:43 pm

My prediction is that there won't be any black people in the Criterion announcements either. Watch them burn me by announcing Do the Right Thing, Boyz n the Hood, Carmen Jones, and an Abderrahmane Sissako film all on the same day.

Grisbi · #2027 Post by **Grisbi** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:19 pm

swo17 wrote:Something with Yumeko Aizome might be announced today.

A release of Ball at the Anjo House would be...something else.

jwd5275 · #2028 Post by **jwd5275** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:36 pm

Kozaburo Yoshimura does have a phantom page...

RSTooley · #2029 Post by **RSTooley** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:39 pm

As someone noted earlier, Odd Man Out is still appearing on the "coming soon" portion of the main page.

Cries and Whispers appears to have slightly updated cover art.

jedgeco · #2030 Post by **jedgeco** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:41 pm

RSTooley wrote: Cries and Whispers appears to have slightly updated cover art.

And it's still fucking terrifying.

ordinaryperson · Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:17 pm

The Odd Man Out page has been taken down.

eerik · #2032 Post by **eerik** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:27 pm

Le silence de la mer

#2033 Post by **Finch** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:28 pm

Clearly, I guessed the wrong Melville yesterday.

captveg · #2034 Post by **captveg** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:38 pm

Sullivan's Travels upgrade

Drucker · #2035 Post by **Drucker** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:40 pm

And an Ozu Eclipse which mirrors the BFI Gangster Set.

knives · #2036 Post by **knives** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:41 pm

Not completely unless they include the excerpt also.

danieltiger · #2037 Post by **danieltiger** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:44 pm

captveg wrote:Sullivan's Travels upgrade

YES! Been waiting SO LONG for this one.

willoneill · #2038 Post by **willoneill** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:45 pm

Friends of Eddie Coyle upgrade!

Perkins Cobb · #2039 Post by **Perkins Cobb** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:56 pm

That's it?! Nothing new to the collection but the Ozus?

Brian C · #2040 Post by **Brian C** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:58 pm

And the Melville. And the Reed.

#2041 Post by **Finch** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:01 pm

Nothing for me this month except perhaps The River but Arrow's announcement of Blood and Black Lace and Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne makes up for it.

Perkins Cobb · #2042 Post by **Perkins Cobb** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:03 pm

Brian C wrote:And the Melville. And the Reed.

Wow. I would've sworn both of those were Criterion DVDs already. Le Silence de la mer because of the MOC, but Odd Man Out because, ah, I'm starting to lose it, I guess?

onedimension · #2043 Post by **onedimension** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:08 pm

I love the surge of Sturges.. Maybe 'The Lady Eve' soon?

#2044 Post by **Finch** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:11 pm

Perhaps Arrow and Criterion could collaborate to get a 4k or 2k scan done of The Lady Eve and Miracle of Morgan's Creek etc.

EddieLarkin · #2045 Post by **EddieLarkin** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:12 pm

knives wrote:Not completely unless they include the excerpt also.

True, but I would expect the Criterion scores to be a big improvement over the ones on the BFI, which I was very disappointed with.

#2046 Post by **zedz** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:31 pm

Brian C wrote:And the Melville. And the Reed.

That still doesn't do much to dissipate the impression that it's Retreads Month at Criterion. All the 'new' films are already available in English-friendly editions which are generally equivalent or superior to what Criterion's offering.

The BFI version of the Ozu set included an additional Ozu film and a special feature. Arrow's Sturges set is pretty close to what's on offer here (it probably comes down to the relative quality of the commentaries), as is MoC's Melville (though Criterion would presumably win on points for people who didn't already have 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown). Only Odd Man Out seems to be clearly superior than the readily available and perfectly fine UK edition.

I can't begrudge Criterion releasing all these in R1, but for the non-region-locked this is a terribly dull month.

#2047 Post by **zedz** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:33 pm

Ribs wrote:I am quite amused by the related films being The Third Man, The Fallen Idol, and Hunger.

Why? They're all quite obviously related, and I can't think of any more obviously related films in the collection that they missed out.

Gregory · #2048 Post by **Gregory** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:54 pm

Perkins Cobb wrote:
Brian C wrote:And the Melville. And the Reed.
Wow. I would've sworn both of those were Criterion DVDs already. Le Silence de la mer because of the MOC, but Odd Man Out because, ah, I'm starting to lose it, I guess?

Odd Man Out was previously in the Collection as a laserdisc. I've got the Network blu sitting around unopened, and I may not buy any of the others either, as I already have good releases of them all, with the exception of Friends of Eddie Coyle, which I haven't seen yet.

FrauBlucher · #2049 Post by **FrauBlucher** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:56 pm

Zedz, I echo your sentiment. Oh well, there is always Feb 15th.

TMDaines · #2050 Post by **TMDaines** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:21 am

Christ, what an utterly shite month. A bit more originality and pushing the envelope would be nice. In the grand scheme of the home video world, Criterion are becoming less and less essential by the month.

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