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The Godzilla sell sheets actually feature the Classic Media logo in addition to the Toho logo, which is...interesting. Wonder if they might be collaborating on anything else.

Perkins Cobb wrote:Wake me up when it's Trafic on Blu.

Let me know when it's Trafffic

Jeff wrote:The sell sheets actually feature the Classic Media logo in addition to the Toho logo, which is...interesting. Wonder if they might be collaborating on anything else.

It surprises me that Classic Media licensed the film to Criterion. Strange that not all of the supplements from the old release are on the new one. As for other possible titles...Classic Media actually have the rights to the Tony Richardson film A Taste of Honey which has not been released in R1.

They are treated as public domain titles but Classic Media are also the official "rights" holder for the Anthony Mann films Raw Deal and T-Men.

If there is any deal, I would bet on those three at least.

ianungstad wrote:They are treated as public domain titles but Classic Media are also the official "rights" holder for the Anthony Mann films Raw Deal and T-Men.

Ooooh, those are in dire need of better transfers, and would fit quite nicely in the Collection.

Hmm. Seems like Classic Media also owns the Monte Hellman films The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind. (which we know are both coming) They also seem to own Jack Clayton's A Room at the Top which Criterion uploaded to Hulu about the same time as Godzilla. These all seem to be part of a library they bought from the defunct Continental Distributing. Classic Media had licensed these films to VCI for a time. (VCI also released their own versions of the two Anthony Mann films T-Men and Raw Deal.) These have all been out of print for years. Looks like Criterion scooped all these up at some point.

Classic Media also licensed Raw Deal, T-Men; the Godzilla films and various cartoons (Casper, Magoo, Underdog) to Sony Wonder in the past.

Jeff wrote:There may be fewer titles announced this month relative to other months, but they are some damn good titles and there should be something for everyone.

There's nothing for me.

mfunk9786 wrote:

Perkins Cobb wrote:Wake me up when it's Trafic on Blu.

Let me know when it's Trafffic

I'd prefer Taffik myself! (Although the Soderbergh film is almost as good in its own right!)

I prefer Taffy.

Tommaso wrote:

Jeff wrote:they are some damn good titles and there should be something for everyone.

There's nothing for me.

Okay, almost everyone.

Does anybody recognize that "CJ" logo? Just wondering what other company has a hand in this.

Yes, it's on a lot of releases of Japanese films. I mostly see it on Animeigo's releases, but I think it was also on Funimation's Linda, Linda, Linda release.

It is a "Content Japan" logo. It signifies a legit release and, supposedly, fights piracy. Here is a pdf that explains

Hmm...could be bull but a poster on mubi.com is claiming that a box set of Wim Wender's road trilogy is penciled in for a June 2012 release. He also claims that Criterion have a Chris Marker Eclipse set coming soon with 12 films/shorts. Both would be exciting (and plausible) releases. Hope he's on the level.

Hmmm. The prediction of 2012 box sets is getting quite crowded. Frampton and Apu pretty much confirmed at Wexner. The Pasolinis and Quatsi also likely, if those scribbles where deciphered correctly. The Wenders and a remote possibility of Oshima's Youth films would put that at six boxes. A tantalizing thought, but something that is not very likely. (However, I do think an upgrade of the Inagaki box to blu is coming in the next couple months)

jwd5275 wrote:Hmmm. The prediction of 2012 box sets is getting quite crowded.

Could be that's why the January release slate was so uncharacteristically light.

There were about five box sets listed on that facebook 2012 preview picture, so the Wenders one wouldn't surprise me.

jwd5275 wrote:Hmmm. The prediction of 2012 box sets is getting quite crowded. Frampton and Apu pretty much confirmed at Wexner. The Pasolinis and Quatsi also likely, if those scribbles where deciphered correctly. The Wenders and a remote possibility of Oshima's Youth films would put that at six boxes. A tantalizing thought, but something is not very likely. (However, I do think an upgrade of the Inagaki box to blu is coming in the next couple months)

Apu might be a 2013 release (they said it will take some time). But don't forget about a BRD Trilogy re-release, though don't know when that might be looked at.

Have we seen any entire multiple-film box sets upgraded to blu yet?

This would be the first.

They are supposedly working on the Koker Trilogy too.

Can't wait for 2012's monthly giant boxed sets.

Just leaked!!! This is the 2012 release schedule

Koker Trilogy
Oshima's Youth Trilogy
Wender's Road Trilogy
Apu Trilogy
Pasolini's Trilogy of Life
Frampton
Bergman-Rossellini Set
America: Lost Again: Blockbuster Hits of the 70's

Eclipse

Dziga-Vertov Group
Roberto Gavaldon
Hideo Gosha
Keisuke Kinoshita
Mayles Brothers
Roberto Rossellii - History Films: Antiquity
Raul Ruiz
Mikio Naruse
Nikkatsu Action

Criterion did say it will be at least a year for the Apu set in their Wexler Q+A, so it's reasonable to think it might not be solicited till 2013. Would the Frampton set be a box? I'm not familiar with the material...I sort of imagined the Frampton and Downey sets to be similar to the Painleve or Brackage releases and not full on boxsets.

How is the Brakhage set not considered a boxset considering even on Blu it takes up three discs. The Frampton set will undoubtedly be like that one though.

Well the blu version of By Brackage is certainly a box since it has both volumes packaged together in a slipcover. The individual volumes, along with releases like the Painleve and Beastie Boys set are packaged more like a regular Criterion release compared to Criterion's more elaborate boxsets. In a box you would have each feature on it's own disc with film specific extras. I was just implying that I don't think that the Frampton and Downey sets are going to be these $80 MSRP monsters, so the amount of big boxsets next year might not be as excessive as it initially appears.