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PTA's New Line output?
Boogie Nights
Magnolia

warren oates wrote:But isn't The Devils beset by all sorts of rights and elements issues -- even the BFI version is DVD only?

WB has despised The Devils since it was first released, due to its controversial content, and virtually wants nothing to do with the film (they have been suppressing a DVD release of the film for years and only recently licensed it out to the BFI, though denied them releasing it on Blu-Ray and using the 2004 reconstruction). I'm sure Criterion would love to release it, as they even stated they were going after it last Wexner chat; it's just a matter of whether or not Warner will budge.

Randall Maysin wrote:Night Moves (Arthur Penn), and The Late Show

Where Night Moves come from? It's good, not great, n/s how widely seen it is.

some other great WB titles:

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Straight Time (has been OOP for years)
The Loved One

Is Pink Floyd: The Wall with Warner Bros. ?

Those are all good choices, vidussoni. Straight Time would be particularly cool if they could get some other filmmakers to talk it about it in a feature, like Micheal Mann (who worked on a draft), Quentin Tarantino (who knew and worked with Bunker and was influenced by the film) and Thom Anderson (who would have interesting things to say about the film's sense of place in Los Angeles).

fdm wrote:aw hell no anything but The Rapture ugh

Insightful! Impossible to tell from your last few dozen posts what you value in cinema or storytelling, but let's say this one isn't your cup of tea. Maybe you have a problem with the religious themes or the way the VFX look? Who knows. I do wonder whether you'd actually be willing or able to argue that it isn't a film with ridiculous balls? For me, it's on a short list with other narratives like Bigger Than Life or Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia that have the undiluted courage of their convictions, that follow their own ideas so much further than you think they will go -- all the way to the end if not beyond.

ordinaryperson wrote:Is Pink Floyd: The Wall with Warner Bros. ?

Never mind I found out it is with Warner. I hope this and Being There get released by Criterion.

I'm really hoping The Loved One is being discussed, as it got unceremoniously dumped on Warner Archive MOD disc last year (and I consider it one of the best comedies of the '60s).

Totoro wrote:PTA's New Line output?
Boogie Nights
Magnolia

What about Altman's The Player? I would kill for this on blu.

Um, The Player's been on Blu-ray for a while in a couple of editions.

This I did not know.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll buy it now so it can end up in the Collection in two months...

Harmonov wrote:I would kill for this on blu.

Just glad I helped save a life.

I'm pretty confident that most anything that Warner has already released on Blu-ray in relatively quality editions (The Player, Magnolia, etc.) will NOT be going to Criterion. With as large as the Warner catalog holdings are this should be the case - get the stuff that needs a new release out as a priority over any re-issues. The New World will likely be the only exception to this, as the Blu-ray had one cut of the film, and also factoring in that Malick is so closely involved with Criterion.

ordinaryperson wrote:

ordinaryperson wrote:Is Pink Floyd: The Wall with Warner Bros. ?

Never mind I found out it is with Warner. I hope this and Being There get released by Criterion.

WB has the theatrical rights, Sony (Pink Floyd's American label) has the home video rights. Live at Pompeii has a better chance of a Criterion release, it's with Universal and there has been restoration work on it lately. The chances of a company like Criterion getting either of them are slim though, the band's American company would likely want to release it themselves.

captveg wrote:I'm pretty confident that most anything that Warner has already released on Blu-ray in relatively quality editions (The Player, Magnolia, etc.) will NOT be going to Criterion. With as large as the Warner catalog holdings are this should be the case - get the stuff that needs a new release out as a priority over any re-issues. The New World will likely be the only exception to this, as the Blu-ray had one cut of the film, and also factoring in that Malick is so closely involved with Criterion.

I dunno, I wouldn't rule out early WB blurays like Adventures of Robin Hood, Criterion loves getting back old LD titles.

It will never happen, but I would for Warners to give them the animation they don't want to release.

movielocke wrote:

captveg wrote:I'm pretty confident that most anything that Warner has already released on Blu-ray in relatively quality editions (The Player, Magnolia, etc.) will NOT be going to Criterion. With as large as the Warner catalog holdings are this should be the case - get the stuff that needs a new release out as a priority over any re-issues. The New World will likely be the only exception to this, as the Blu-ray had one cut of the film, and also factoring in that Malick is so closely involved with Criterion.

I dunno, I wouldn't rule out early WB blurays like Adventures of Robin Hood, Criterion loves getting back old LD titles.

Adventures of Robin Hood is a pretty stacked BD and it looks fantastic after the 3-Strip Technicolor remastering. I wouldn't want Criterion to waste their time.

Similarly, I really hope Freaks is not the pre-code being teased by Criterion. I love the film and all, but the Warner DVD already has some very nice supplements, and it would be great for a more obscure and unavailable gem (like Temple Drake) to receive the kind of popularity boost that Criterion can give it.

Did Criterion get too caught up in teasing a book no one wants to finalize today's announcements, a thing everyone actually cares about?

I've been expected the tweet of "announcements will happen tomorrow" more than the actual announcement for 40 minutes now....

Palm Beach Story and La Cienaga. Nice.

Also, Petra Kant and My Winnipeg, and Sword of Doom BD.

knives wrote:It will never happen, but I would for Warners to give them the animation they don't want to release.

It would be great to finally get the censored eleven.

ordinaryperson wrote:I hope Being There [gets] released by Criterion.

WB has already released Being There on Blu-ray.

Sword of Doom on Blu! Hoorah!

The Palm Beach Story is definitely a good sign that the rest of the Sturges Universal owned films will get released/upgraded down the line.