Criterion Random Speculation Vol.2

[Theodore R. Stockton]

I'm not the best one to answer this but from what I have gathered Beatrice thinks she owns everything regardless of wills or copyright.

[pzman84]

This kind of goes without saying but Classe Tous Risques is going to be released by Criterion says Leonard Maltin:

http://www.leonardmaltin.com/

He also confirmed Elevator to the Gallows will be an April release. Once again, these things kinda goes without saying

[bjeggert82]

Whatever happened to the three war films by Samuel Fuller? I thought those were pretty much confirmed for the early months of 2006...

And what about Jules Dassin's Brute Force andThe Naked City... Weren'y those rumored a while back?

[bufordsharkley]

Wow, I was just about to post about The Naked City and Brute Force. The old DVDs, (which were bare-bones and worse, cardboard-snap-cased,) were taken off the market a bit ago, which may or may not mean anything.

....These two greats would make a great box alongside He Who Must Die, which I'm itching to see, and is impossible to find anywhere.

[domino harvey]

Malle's My Dinner With Andre, which had a terrible transfer from Fox Lorber, has gone out of print... anyone heard anything about a possible Criterion release?

[justeleblanc]

Malle's My Dinner With Andre, which had a terrible transfer from Fox Lorber, has gone out of print... anyone heard anything about a possible Criterion release?

No, but that sounds like a good sign.

[ByMarkClark.com]

>>Whatever happened to the three war films by Samuel Fuller? I thought those were pretty much confirmed for the early months of 2006...

And what about Jules Dassin's Brute Force andThe Naked City... Weren'y those rumored a while back?<<

Get in line. I want more Tati and Ozu first, if we're talking about "whatever-happened-to?" titles.

[ellipsis7]

Sorry but JM has stated there will be more Ozu released in 2006, after he was mistakenly listed among the directors released by the CC in 2005 in the pre Xmas newsletter...

[zedz]

Sorry but JM has stated there will be more Ozu released in 2006, after he was mistakenly listed among the directors released by the CC in 2005 in the pre Xmas newsletter...

And the first (fingers crossed) Ozu for the year has just been announced.

[ellipsis7]

And I can confirm the Ozu title will be LATE SPRING - as stated in the first newlsetter of 2006 just dropped into my mailbox... Released May maybe, also late spring!

[toiletduck!]

Randomly speculating that our serene friend in the newsletter has chosen his wording for a reason:

What if Late Spring not only refers to the Ozu film, but also, as ellipsis7 suggested, the time of year, which will be chock-a-block with Ozu releases?

Get your hopes up now, while they still have time to be crushed!

-Toilet Dcuk

[zedz]

Randomly speculating that our serene friend in the newsletter has chosen his wording for a reason:

What if Late Spring not only refers to the Ozu film, but also, as ellipsis7 suggested, the time of year, which will be chock-a-block with Ozu releases?

Get your hopes up now, while they still have time to be crushed!

-Toilet Dcuk

An Ozu Almanac:

Late Spring
Early Spring
Late Autumn
The End of Summer
An Autumn Afternoon

That'd do me (and it's marginally more rational than the Malle box set). Even putting together the two (wildly incompatible) 'Springs', or including a bonus silent, would make me very happy.

[ellipsis7]

What they've completed is what Tartan in R2 released as 'The Noriko Trilogy' TOKYO STORY, EARLY SUMMER & now LATE SPRING, all featurng the incomparable Setsuko Hara...

[justeleblanc]

This is from Rialto:

2 or 3 has not been scheduled yet. Theatrical release will be followed by the DVD release by Criterion.

Thank you for your interest in Rialto Pictures

So I'm not sure if the confirms or re-confirms Criterions plans to release Godard's 2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her -- last time I checked Criterion's release of this film was only guess-work. Maybe I'm wrong.

[Michael Kerpan]

The Engish (or perhaps US) titles of the Ozu films are a bit misleading.

Curiously, none of the early Ozu films had seasonal titles -- except one lost one (Spring comes to the Ladies).

Starting with "Late spring" in 1949, however, several titles have seasonal references -- though more subtle than the US titles suggest.

Late Spring -- accurate

Early Summer -- "barley harvest time" (early July or thereabouts -- perhaps more important -- it refers to the first important grain crop of the new farming year)

Early Spring -- accurate

Equinox Flower -- literal reading of kanji -- but this is actually the red spider lily, which blooms around the time of the autumn equinox, they were traditionally planted around paddies and small fields to deter rodent marauders

Late Autumn -- really something more like "fine autumn weather" or a "lovely autumn day". The Japanese title is far more suited to the tone of the film.

End of Summer -- really "autumn of the Kohayagawa family -- again, more suited to the tone and content of the film.

Autumn Afternoon -- this would have been better suited as a name for "Late Autumnn" -- the Japanese title is actually translateable as "the taste of pike mackerel". the pike mackerel is a type of fish that is highly prized, but only available for a few weeks at the end of July and beginning of August. The Japanese title is seemingly linked thematically to the belated discovery of a new taste treat (sea eel) by the protagonist's elderly teacher (at a get-together thrown by his former students).

[rwaits]

very cool--thanks Michael.

[Cinéslob]

Randomly speculating that our serene friend in the newsletter has chosen his wording for a reason:

What if Late Spring not only refers to the Ozu film, but also, as ellipsis7 suggested, the time of year, which will be chock-a-block with Ozu releases?

Get your hopes up now, while they still have time to be crushed!

-Toilet Dcuk

Actually, considering that 'late spring' isn't the correct US title for the film (sans capitalisation!), nor highlighted by either emboldened or italicised text (unlike every other future title mentioned to date in the circular), I can vest a modicum more of forlorn hope in your theorem proving correct. Ah, good ol' spurious reasoning: my great comfort in times of prodigious uncertainty...

Anyway, after that newsletter, I'm - rather too optimistically I might add - hoping to see Crash and a few Columbia/Sony titles at some point (The Lady from Shanghai perhaps?).

[Gigi M.]

Anyway, after that newsletter, I'm - rather too optimistically I might add - hoping to see Crash and a few Columbia/Sony titles at some point (The Lady from Shanghai perhaps?).

Bottle Rocket???

Sooner or later this is going to happen. The current DVD is the biggest piece of junk ever produced.

[godardslave]

Randomly speculating that our serene friend in the newsletter has chosen his wording for a reason:

What if Late Spring not only refers to the Ozu film, but also, as ellipsis7 suggested, the time of year, which will be chock-a-block with Ozu releases?

Get your hopes up now, while they still have time to be crushed!

-Toilet Dcuk

Actually, considering that 'late spring' isn't the correct US title for the film (sans capitalisation!), nor highlighted by either emboldened or italicised text (unlike every other future title mentioned to date in the circular), I can vest a modicum more of forlorn hope in your theorem proving correct..

=D> nice detective work, i just checked previous issues and your correct, film titles are always Capitalized and Emboldened.

I think 'late spring' is definitely referring to the time of year (presumably April or May). The question remaining is how many Ozu titles, which ones, and will they be in a box set?

[Gregory]

Aside from lack of extras, what makes the currently available DVD of Bottle Rocket the worst piece of junk ever? I thought it had good colors, sharpness and detail, and before now I haven't heard anyone else say otherwise.

[justeleblanc]

Aside from lack of extras, what makes the currently available DVD of Bottle Rocket the worst piece of junk ever? I thought it had good colors, sharpness and detail, and before now I haven't heard anyone else say otherwise.

It would be nice to see the original short film it was based off of.

[Cinéslob]

Anyway, after that newsletter, I'm - rather too optimistically I might add - hoping to see Crash and a few Columbia/Sony titles at some point (The Lady from Shanghai perhaps?).

Bottle Rocket???

Sooner or later this is going to happen. The current DVD is the biggest piece of junk ever produced.

Ah, now, that would open the way for a Wes Anderson gift box. Indeed, if Criterion manage to tie Sony over a barrel on this one and get Fellini and Antonioni boxsets out, I think I'm going to be a fair bit poorer at the end of this year than I'd like to be...

[Cinephrenic]

One Ozu coming this year. Hmm...I think the rest of the Japanese schedule will be like:

Late Spring
Floating Clouds
Drunken Angel
The Face of Another
Woman of the Dunes
Three Outlaw Samurai
Sansho the Bailiff
Ichikawa Trilogy
The Sun's Burial
Twenty Four Eyes
Cruel Story of Youth

Fuck yeah baby!

[keeproductions]

Re: Bottle Rocket

Pessimistically, I can see the argument that Sony Picture Classics and Sony/Columbia are two very distinct units which doesn't bode well for a release (Similar to the Warner/New Line situation).

Optimistically, I see Wes tying his Fantastic Mr. Fox contract with Sony to allow Bottle Rocket to be released by Criterion.

Realistically, I am doing nothing but random internet speculating.

[LightBulbFilm]

Re: Bottle Rocket

Pessimistically, I can see the argument that Sony Picture Classics and Sony/Columbia are two very distinct units which doesn't bode well for a release (Similar to the Warner/New Line situation).

Optimistically, I see Wes tying his Fantastic Mr. Fox contract with Sony to allow Bottle Rocket to be released by Criterion.

Realistically, I am doing nothing but random internet speculating.

Well, after reading the newsletter and noting that Sony and Criterion are good friends apparently, there's no doubt about it. I'm sure, since Anderson already has an easy in for every one of his films... Even before they are done, I'm sure Criterion will go ahead and realease it along side of Mr. Fox...