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A shame about that Greenaway box art all just being a mock-up. It was quite tantalizing, no matter how improbable.

Jeff wrote:I'm getting a little freaked out by the monthly mainstream studio-licensed Hollywood product. This economy must really be killing them.

I can't see Ride with the Devil being all that mainstream. If I recall it was a huge bomb and it's certainly not as well known as something like Benjamin Button. But then again it will probably sell more than Jeanne Dielman or the Nikkatsu Noir set.

Tobey Maguire completists are, however, ecstatic

domino harvey wrote:Skeet Ulrich completists are, however, ecstatic

Corrected.

Hahaha, I was just going back to edit that too

swo17 wrote:

Harmonov wrote:Jewel in the Collection...good thing there's still no Scorsese. SIGH.

Other than Last Temptation, yes? And a set of his short films is supposed to come out relatively soon I believe.

Completely spaced Last Temptaion. Still, Jewel = ouch.

Antoine Doinel wrote:

domino harvey wrote:Jeffrey Wright completists are, however, ecstatic

Re-corrected.

Trailer

Antoine Doinel wrote:Indiewire confirms that the director's cut of Ride With The Devil will be released by Criterion in May 2010.

Okay, that is the last straw. Tamara, find yourself a new prom date.

Ride with the Devil looks pretty average based on the trailer, and I bet that is a stretch.

If the Wedding Banquet was chosen over this I could understand, it seems to cross cultural borders and the film closely examines homosexuality in a funny but still dramatic way.

Whats next? The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Darjeeling Limited?

Perkins Cobb wrote:Okay, that is the last straw. Tamara, find yourself a new prom date.

I'm giving up on Tamara, too...she won't return my friend request on Facebook. If Mulvaney did, she can.

psufootball07 wrote: Whats next? The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Darjeeling Limited?

If it means some animation up in here I'm cool.

Tribe wrote:I'm giving up on Tamara, too...she won't return my friend request on Facebook. If Mulvaney did, she can.

That's great that they've made a Facebook profile for the fictional Mulvaney character. His status should be clues like "a box of Swedes, three German women, two American psychos, an old man, a devil, and a club-footed hunchback king."

I see you're impersonating either Sausage or Christopher Lee on Facebook, Tribe.

Tamara left Criterion a few months ago, but apparently still plays/blogs for the softball team.

Jeff wrote:

Tribe wrote: Tamara left Criterion a few months ago, but apparently still plays/blogs for the softball team.

So that's the real reason for all the problems lately?

To be fair, she's in charge at Warners now

psufootball07 wrote:If the Wedding Banquet was chosen over this I could understand, it seems to cross cultural borders and the film closely examines homosexuality in a funny but still dramatic way.

Whats next? The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Darjeeling Limited?

Not keen on most films that Lee's done myself although the Wedding Banquet would have been a nice choice for Criterion. Re Mr Fox, for all we know, it might actually be a cracking good film so why not withhold judgment until you have actually seen it? And knives is right: some animation making it into the collection would make for a nice change. It couldn't get any worse than Armageddon, Button or Monsoon Wedding anyway.

Mr Finch wrote: It couldn't get any worse than Armageddon, Button or Monsoon Wedding anyway.

They're gonna take that as a challenge and license Schindler's List just to shut you up.

They'll probably do "Schindler" together with "Downfall".

More Ozu!

CSM126 wrote:They're gonna take that as a challenge and license Schindler's List just to shut you up.

(shudder) Fat chance of that happening, with Schindler being a Universal property and already having a nifty special edition - but while Schindler is a better film than either of the three above, it'd still be a mediocre choice, both as a Spielberg film and a WWII/Holocaust film. For what it's worth, Criterion already have the perfect Holocaust film in the collection, Night & Fog.

If they have to keep picking a few mainstream titles to avert downsizing in this dire economy, they could/should licence Michael Mann's The Insider from Buena Vista and give it the deluxe treatment this wonderful film deserves. It's a pity that Warner don't seem interested in dealing with Criterion and that they'll want to keep Eastwood titles to themselves because A Perfect World is one of the finest films of the 90s (flawless in the scenes with Costner and the kid, admittedly not so much elsewhere but still IMO a very good pic) and would equally benefit from the CC treatment (though the old Warner disc looks surprisingly nice upscaled).

Did anyone else notice that between the Sept 8 releases and the October releases, there's a six week gap of nothing? That's got to be the hugest Criterion blackout in recent memory, makes me wonder if it wasn't some internal recouping decision?

domino harvey wrote:Did anyone else notice that between the Sept 8 releases and the October releases, there's a six week gap of nothing? That's got to be the hugest Criterion blackout in recent memory, makes me wonder if it wasn't some internal recouping decision?

There are the Essential Art House titles on Sept. 15 (including Le jour se leve, which might be my most anticipated release of the month actually) and the Monterey Pop and Pierrot le fou Blu-ray releases on the 22nd. Monsoon Wedding follows on Oct. 13 so that's only two weeks without any releases.

So they're just lazy then

Mr Finch wrote:If they have to keep picking a few mainstream titles to avert downsizing in this dire economy, they could/should licence Michael Mann's The Insider from Buena Vista and give it the deluxe treatment this wonderful film deserves.

That'd be a dream come true - but so would've a Criterion Lost Highway with commentary or a lengthy introduction from Zizek. Wouldn't Mann be the one to approach Criterion for this project, though? Or is Disney still pissed at Mann for even making the film and hardly likely to play ball with Mann and Criterion?

So I searched Criterion DVD in Youtube, and found a possible film coming. I know they acquire some films through Image Entertainment, I believe that The Last Days of Disco trailer leaked rather early on their Youtube channel.

Anyways The Other Man, a film with Liam Neeson is being released this summer, while not saying anything about a Criterion DVD, it came through with search maybe suggesting a future tie? Anyways Revanche should be a release this winter, and I wonder if this will be coming too, not that I am really intrigued in seeing the film or anything.

Just a hunch, but I wonder if Criterion would license Give Us This Day(aka Christ in Concrete)? It's an excellent film noir, and the Image disc seems to be O.O.P. and fetching over $50 online.

A CC release of "Christ Stopped At Eboli" would be a good addition and perhaps a chance to get "Land Without Bread" thrown in as an extra.