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Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:26 pm**

I would be interested to see what the split is between online and B+M sales, because with the move to online, there's no excuse to not release more unless its a staffing issue and not a marketing one

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:36 pm**

does anyone have any info on how well the "essential art house" sets are selling? i bought the 50 films box set a few years ago, but i'm having a hard time thinking that there's much of a demographic for the six-disc sets they're releasing. and yet they just announced vol. V, so someone must be buying them....

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:07 pm**

Purely anecdotal, but during both B&N sales, I had employees tell me that the Essential Art House discs were major sellers.

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:16 pm**

I can imagine libraries and schools snatching the EAH boxes up. I can also see the individual discs being popular with people who might have gotten the cineaste bug from a film-obsessed friend (kind of a "dip your toes in the water" buy when it comes to certain films/filmmakers). I suppose it also helps that stores like Barnes and Noble often put the things on prominent endcap displays with the Criterion discs and whatnot.

Posted: **Sat Jan 16, 2010 3:48 am**

Criterion has a huge library of unreleased Japanese films. I hope they get to some of those soon, especially the Gosha.

Posted: **Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:56 am**

Maybe they thought Ang Lee was Japanese

Posted: **Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:33 pm**

Vegeta84 wrote:Criterion has a huge library of unreleased Japanese films.

I have a funny feeling they'll push a bunch of the J-Horror/Sci-fi stuff they have to Eclipse at the same time they finally put House out on DVD. Maybe a mainline release of The X From Outer Space while they're at it (you can never have enough giant monster movies in the Collection).

Posted: **Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:47 am**

CSM126 wrote:
Vegeta84 wrote:Criterion has a huge library of unreleased Japanese films.
I have a funny feeling they'll push a bunch of the J-Horror/Sci-fi stuff they have to Eclipse at the same time they finally put House out on DVD. Maybe a mainline release of The X From Outer Space while they're at it (you can never have enough giant monster movies in the Collection).

Wait, Criterion is the one that has the rights to X From Outer Space??

Posted: **Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:55 am**

perkizitore wrote:Disappointed with the lack of an Eclipse set or a catalog upgrade on blu-ray. They could announce a Bergman title instead of Ride with the Devil.

What's the news on Bergman titles in the wake of the whole Isis scandal? I haven't been following it. What's the status regarding domestic rights to Bergman films?

Posted: **Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:57 am**

Tootletron wrote:
CSM126 wrote:
Vegeta84 wrote:Criterion has a huge library of unreleased Japanese films.
I have a funny feeling they'll push a bunch of the J-Horror/Sci-fi stuff they have to Eclipse at the same time they finally put House out on DVD. Maybe a mainline release of The X From Outer Space while they're at it (you can never have enough giant monster movies in the Collection).
Wait, Criterion is the one that has the rights to X From Outer Space??

Apparently. We have it listed as a Janus holding in one if the Stickied "Forthcoming List" threads.

Posted: **Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:33 am**

re: X from Outer Space

Former Criterion producer Mark Walkow had mentioned that it was one of several J-Horror titles that Criterion picked up YEARS ago. He was also instrumental in getting Criterion to license House. I think he's involved in the House release as an associate producer or something because he filmed an interview with the director while in Japan recently, working on a different project he produced (Special edition of Miike's Audition)

X From Outer Space looks like cheesy fun. Wouldn't mind if they batched it with Goke and Princess from the Moon and put it out through Eclipse.

Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:50 am**

Is the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover no longer coming from criterion?

Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:21 pm**

X From Outer Space looks like cheesy fun.

It's kind of the Japanes equivalent of THE GIANT CLAW in that it features an equally absurd giant bird. If nothing else it'll give you new appreciation of the effects in the Godzilla movies.

Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:16 pm**

hoogo shteeglitz wrote:Is the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover no longer coming from criterion?

I believe their exact words were "it's not looking good."

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:28 am**

swo17 wrote:
hoogo shteeglitz wrote:Is the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover no longer coming from criterion?
I believe their exact words were "it's not looking good."

Damn that really sucks... well if they still release Blue Collar it's not all bad.

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:10 am**

hoogo shteeglitz wrote:Damn that really sucks... well if they still release Blue Collar it's not all bad.

Doubtful, as this is part of Universal's new DVD-R series.

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:27 am**

Cash Flagg wrote:
hoogo shteeglitz wrote:Damn that really sucks... well if they still release Blue Collar it's not all bad.
Doubtful, as this is part of Universal's new DVD-R series.

No it's not.

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:30 am**

hoogo shteeglitz wrote:
Cash Flagg wrote:
hoogo shteeglitz wrote:Damn that really sucks... well if they still release Blue Collar it's not all bad.
Doubtful, as this is part of Universal's new DVD-R series.
No it's not.

Look before you leap.

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:37 am**

I finally found out who has the rights to Fedora. It's German distributor Bavaria Media. The even better news is that they are in the process of restoring it. That information was gleaned from the last sentence of this Hollywood Reporter article about the restoration of Deep End. Criterion previously licensed Berlin Alexanderplatz from Bavaria, and we've heard they've got Deep End too. Can Fedora be far behind? Bavaria is working on restoring three unnamed Fassbinder projects too.

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:04 am**

I hope so! There needs to be more Wilder in the collection! Fedora should be a priority since it's almost impossible to find anywhere in the world. I really hope they have or will grab A Foreign Affair and Five Graves to Cairo too! It would suck if they become part of some DVR burn on demand program.

The Lost Weekend disc is horrible too. It's treated very poorly considering it was a best picture Oscar winner.

I hope your right about Fedora Jeff!

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:10 am**

It looks like the three Fassbinder projects are likely I Only Want You to Love Me, The Stationmaster's Wife, and Despair. Eclipse set?

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:31 am**

As always, nice detective work Jeff. Fedora would be classic Criterion. Yet, I wonder who'd they get to contribute supplements, since it seems as if only about a couple dozen people have ever seen the film.

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:51 am**

If they can't get anything too specific for the film they might do general Wilder extras, but I'm sure Fedora will have enough surrounding it for extras.

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:10 am**

Highway 61 wrote:As always, nice detective work Jeff. Fedora would be classic Criterion. Yet, I wonder who'd they get to contribute supplements, since it seems as if only about a couple dozen people have ever seen the film.

I saw it. Long ago, far away. Suppose it would be interesting to see again 30 years or so later, but I recall sitting there wondering what the payoff of it was going to be and it never seemed to really get there or when it did I didn't really care one way or the other. Perhaps I snickered too (reading the review on allmovie.com), I wouldn't put it past me. Not one of the highlights of my early filmgoing days.

(Edit: Deep End and Fassbinder, now that's exciting.)

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:07 pm**

Jeff wrote:I finally found out who has the rights to Fedora. It's German distributor Bavaria Media. The even better news is that they are in the process of restoring it. That information was gleaned from the last sentence of this Hollywood Reporter article about the restoration of Deep End. Criterion previously licensed Berlin Alexanderplatz from Bavaria, and we've heard they've got Deep End too. Can Fedora be far behind? Bavaria is working on restoring three unnamed Fassbinder projects too.

Did Criterion even know this information? Jeff, you are amazing!

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