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HitchcockLang wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:22 pm More a wishlist than a well thought out guess:

Spellbound (or Young and Innocent or Sabotage or a box of British Hitchcock)

I thought they already did a British Hitchcock box set, even if it is OOP, with The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, and Foreign Correspondent iirc.

TechnicolorAcid wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:38 pm

HitchcockLang wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:22 pm More a wishlist than a well thought out guess:

Spellbound (or Young and Innocent or Sabotage or a box of British Hitchcock)

I thought they already did a British Hitchcock box set, even it is OOP, with The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, and Foreign Correspondent iirc.

Foreign Correspondent is an American film but you are right they did a box grouping those releases which had already been released separately. I am referring to the handful of British Hitchcock films they have (or had) the rights to which are not as popular as 39 Steps, Lady Vanishes and Man Who Knew Too Much and therefore may not perform as well in standalone editions:

Sabotage
Secret Agent
Young and Innocent

And if they could get anything else like The Pleasure Garden, that would be great too.

Like others, this is more of a desired wishlist than an actual guess.

Coffee and Cigarettes
Dog Day Afternoon [4K UHD]
I Know Where I'm Going! [Blu-ray upgrade]
The Man Who Wasn't There
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid [4K UHD]
The Sweet Hereafter

HitchcockLang wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:22 pm ... Storefront Hitchcock (a very formative film for me which has only gotten a pan and scan DVD from MGM--not sure of the mass marketability. May do better in a Demme concert film box than on its own)...

Technically, the MGM DVD is not pan-and-scan, but a transfer of the full-frame negative (with extra headroom, etc.). So, you can zoom into the image to recreate the theatrical widescreen presentation (not that this is preferable or anything, so, yes, a proper Blu-ray release would be good).

Roger Ryan wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2023 4:15 pm

HitchcockLang wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:22 pm ... Storefront Hitchcock (a very formative film for me which has only gotten a pan and scan DVD from MGM--not sure of the mass marketability. May do better in a Demme concert film box than on its own)...

Technically, the MGM DVD is not pan-and-scan, but a transfer of the full-frame negative (with extra headroom, etc.). So, you can zoom into the image to recreate the theatrical widescreen presentation (not that this is preferable or anything, so, yes, a proper Blu-ray release would be good).

Good to know! I didn't realize it was open matte. But yes, a true HD version in the proper AR would be amazing. I'm sure there's some cool stuff that could be extra as well. Robyn Hitchcock is still very active (I've seen him live several times and talked to him after shows). I bet he would do a commentary or interview and I know there were additional outtakes that didn't make the film because the CD soundtrack has extra songs including one written for the film that was excised ("Where Do You Go When You Die") and the double vinyl LP has any more extra songs.

Sorry if this is derailing the guessing thread.

Se7en (UHD + BD)
Velvet Goldmine (UHD + BD)
The Dirty Stories of Jean Eustache (BD boxset)
Pandora's Box (BD + DVD)
Ikarie XB-1 (BD + DVD)

*insert random Netflix film they said they would release eons ago here*

HitchcockLang wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:59 pm
Foreign Correspondent is an American film but you are right they did a box grouping those releases which had already been released separately. I am referring to the handful of British Hitchcock films they have (or had) the rights to which are not as popular as 39 Steps, Lady Vanishes and Man Who Knew Too Much and therefore may not perform as well in standalone editions:

Sabotage
Secret Agent
Young and Innocent

And if they could get anything else like The Pleasure Garden, that would be great too.

I feel like Kino would probably be the ones to release it, not saying they’ll treat them like a Criterion release, but they’re a Blu-Ray company that has released a lot of the early British Hitchcocks so I could see them doing Young and Innocent or The Pleasure Garden. Though Sabotage and Secret Agent could work as standalone Criterion titles, especially Sabotage.

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths UHD
Chocolat (1988)
Divorce Italian Style blu-ray upgrade
Educating Rita

Boudu Saved From Drowning UHD

Close The Door, Raymond wrote: Fri Dec 15, 2023 10:04 am
Educating Rita

An inspired choice. The play is very familiar to many British students who have taken their A-levels

My completely random predictions:
Pandora’s Box
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Mahler
Trouble in Paradise Blu-Ray Upgrade
Five Easy Pieces 4K Upgrade

TechnicolorAcid wrote: Fri Dec 15, 2023 3:32 am I feel like Kino would probably be the ones to release it, not saying they’ll treat them like a Criterion release, but they’re a Blu-Ray company that has released a lot of the early British Hitchcocks so I could see them doing Young and Innocent or The Pleasure Garden. Though Sabotage and Secret Agent could work as standalone Criterion titles, especially Sabotage.

Except Criterion has long held the rights to and even sold digital copies of Sabotage, Secret Agent and Young and Innocent. Unless those rights have recently expired, they would come from Criterion and not Kino who has released British Hitchcocks that were held in the StudioCanal library.

Also, don't sleep on Young and Innocent. It is much better than Secret Agent and by my money also superior to Sabotage. Young and Innocent is another wrong man on the run thriller akin to The 39 Steps and North by Northwest and it includes a mesmerizing crane shot that feels like a rough draft for the famous shot in Notorious.

My completely wishful predictions:

Kira Muratova Blu-ray Boxset
Wes Anderson UHD Boxset
The Secret Agent (1996)
Seven Samurai UHD
Trouble in Paradise Blu-Ray Upgrade
Any Jarmusch UHD upgrade
The Meyerowitz Stories Blu-ray

Ah I didn’t know about that, thanks. I like Young and Innocent but I honestly think that would work as a KL Studio Classics. Though I do think they are most likely going to do standalone releases of with a possible chance of maybe a small box set with them, like they’ve previously done with their other Hitchcocks.

TechnicolorAcid wrote: Fri Dec 15, 2023 4:31 pm Ah I didn’t know about that, thanks. I like Young and Innocent but I honestly think that would work as a KL Studio Classics. Though I do think they are most likely going to do standalone releases of with a possible chance of maybe a small box set with them, like they’ve previously done with their other Hitchcocks.

I would certainly take either! It's been a while since the last Criterion Hitchcock. While not a box set per se, the most recent precedent for bundling in less popular Hitchcock titles was when Downhill was included as a special feature on The Lodger so Criterion has demonstrated that not every Hitchcock title is worth the gamble of a standalone release.

Titles have been announced gentlemen:
All the Beauty and Bloodshed
All That Money Can Buy (The Devil and Daniel Webster)
The Runner
Saint Omer
To Die For

Oh well.

She’s Gotta Have It
I Know Where I’m Going!
Thank You and Good Night
Talk to Her 4K
Barry Lyndon 4K upgrade

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
O Lucky Man
Hobson's Choice (BD Upgrade)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (UHD)
Token Title: Young Soul Rebels/Looking for Langston

The Man Who Wasn’t There
demonlover
Born in Flames
The Sweet Hereafter
Pandora’s Box

The Complete Edward Yang
The Munekata Sisters
Victims of Sin
Peeping Tom [UHD]
L’avventura [UHD]
Orlando, My Political Biography

Atlantics UHD
So This is Paris
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (UHD Upgrade)
I Know Where I'm Going! (Upgrade)
Trouble in Paradise (Upgrade)

Atlantics 4K
Werckmeister Harmonies
Pratidwandi
My Sex Life, or How I Got Into an Argument
Eustache box
Blue Velvet 4K upgrade

+They All Laughed UHD

FWWM 4k
Godzilla 4k
Pepe le Moko BD upgrade
I Know Where I'm Going! BD upgrade

Is Fallen Leaves with Janus? If so, BD for that one in the JC line.

April is usually a tedious line up so I'd be delighted if the two BD upgrades came to pass.

25th Hour 4K
I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang
Eat Drink Man Woman
El Cochecito
Secret Honor (upgrade)