Page 2 of 12
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:29 am
by arsonfilms
I noticed a brief little piece in the new issue of Filmmaker Magazine that mentioned that "while Eclipse is currently focusing on individual Directors," upcoming releases would include boxes dedicated to Samurai films and the French New Wave. If I get a chance I'll retype the thing, but that little tidbit was the only bit of news.
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:20 pm
by Matt
Here's
an article from Gizmodo about Criterion's digital restoration process, WITH PICTURES!
Here's a couple of interesting snippets:
What about films they've already restored for DVD? Can they just be released on Blu-ray without much extra effort? Unfortunately, not usually. The good news is that once they've done their tape master, they have a high-def copy of it on hand and don't need to re-transfer the original print. The bad news is that once they got those masters, half of the process needs to be done again because the original restorations were just done in standard definition. Making a quick rerelease of all of Criterion's films to Blu-ray something that just isn't going to happen.
They plan to release two films a month in Blu-ray next year, with HD releases ramping up as sales shift from DVD to Blu-ray.
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:31 pm
by HerrSchreck
Really, the mission of Criterion is "trying to replicate the original experience of seeing that movie when it was first released," according to Phillips.
That is, unless the director wants that original look changed.
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:40 pm
by Matt
HerrSchreck wrote: Really, the mission of Criterion is "trying to replicate the original experience of seeing that movie when it was first released," according to Phillips.
That is, unless the director wants that original look changed.
Or unless Criterion just doesn't like the look of 1950s Fuji color stock.
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:14 pm
by Michael Kerpan
Matt wrote:Or unless Criterion just doesn't like the look of 1950s Fuji color stock.
Or Agfa color stock.
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:28 pm
by jon
Gizmodo has
a followup article about Criterion and their potential future with digital distribution.
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:48 pm
by HelenLawson
We're pretty close to figuring out what we want to do with downloading, and I think our new website will cover that, which you'll see in a few months
Well, that's pretty intriguing news. I wonder if that means new branding as well?
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:40 pm
by HerrSchreck
Hey, maybe they'll start changing their logo/capital-C quarterly or even monthly!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:55 pm
by Perkins Cobb
Basically, they're just going to let everyone download Border Radio for free.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:26 pm
by kaujot
Perkins Cobb wrote:Basically, they're just going to let everyone download Border Radio for free.
I used to think
Border Radio jokes would get old, but they haven't.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:54 pm
by domino harvey
Perkins Cobb wrote:Basically, they're just going to let everyone download Border Radio for free.
At least Criterion won't have to buy any additional bandwidth
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:43 pm
by Antoine Doinel
A
non-article about Criterion and where they're going next that amounts to the journalistic equivalent of shrugging your shoulders. Not surprisingly, it's from the
Guardian. The writer doesn't even bother mentioning (or seem to even know) that they've relaunched their website.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:09 pm
by Narshty
Antoine Doinel wrote:A
non-article about Criterion and where they're going next that amounts to the journalistic equivalent of shrugging your shoulders. Not surprisingly, it's from the
Guardian. The writer doesn't even bother mentioning (or seem to even know) that they've relaunched their website.
Really? That's the main thing he talks about for the first couple of paragraphs and refers to their "Online Cinematheque" further down. But a waste of time nonetheless.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:16 pm
by Antoine Doinel
My brain tends to the short circuit whenever reading the
Guardian film blogs.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:17 pm
by Narshty
Well, whose brain wouldn't collapse en route to the end of that article?
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:13 am
by Antoine Doinel
Glenn Kenny writes about classic films on HD for
Popular Mechanics and it includes a visit to Criterion's headquarters.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:58 am
by tavernier
Popular Mechanics
My favorite cinematic periodical.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:38 pm
by foggy eyes
The founder of The Auteurs, Efe Cakarel, talks about their relationship with Criterion in the
new issue of
Film Comment.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:23 pm
by foggy eyes
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:05 pm
by cshe
Perhaps Adrian Martin should stick to the
Ghostbusters references and leave Walter Benjamin to those who understand his concepts.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:31 pm
by Matt
That link is broken now, but here's
the Google cache (for now).
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:36 am
by ellipsis7
Peter Becker in current ish of
Film Ireland! Will try and look out the mag as this just an extract to see if any nuggets of new info lie therein...
...Yes, flicked through it, nothing fresh in terms of specific titles, just a nice colour piece describing CC's philosophy, practices and the online streaming initiative...
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:54 am
by LightBulbFilm
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:06 am
by exte
Blast from the past! That's going back to the future alright in good old 1985. Anyway, just wanted to point out that the King Kong LD was the first ever "lecture track" released for laserdisc. Here are the first words ever spoken:
"Hello ladies and gentlemen, I'm Ronald Haver, and I'm here to do something which we feel is rather unique. I'm going to take you on a lecture tour of King Kong as you watch the film. The laserdisc technology offers us this opportunity and we feel it's rather unique - the ability to switch back and forth between the soundtrack and this lecture track..."
Re: Criterion & Eclipse in the Press
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:15 pm
by Antoine Doinel
An interview with Peter Becker conducted by a couple of guys from The Digital Bits will appear in the March 2009 issue of
Geek Monthly.