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I'd like to see a Criterion release of Okja (Netflix). I'd like to see a Bong Joon-ho box set.

Graphist wrote: Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:46 pm Not that I mind Roma (loved the film and it’s worth the inclusion), but for #1000 I was hoping to see Buñuel or something along those lines.

Who knows Graphiste? Los Olvidados and Nazarin were both recently restored. WCP and Criterion are tight, and Los Olvidados has yet to have a proper release in the US. On top of that Viridiana changed packaging.

Blutarsky wrote:On top of that Viridiana changed packaging.

What do you mean?

A few days ago Blutarsky said the cover had been updated to reflect the wacky C, but if so they've apparently changed it back to the original on their website

That’s really exciting! Plus, it has been a while they released a Buñuel, if I am not mistaken.

But what are the chances of announcing two major boxsets in one month: the Godzilla one and another box for Buñuel? Considering also they just upgraded the von Sternberg set.

As much as I'd love for a box set of Bunuel titles to be coming, I doubt it. But there are few things I'd rather be wronger about

Yes, I would love a Buñuel set myself (maybe in the same format and presentation as their successful Bergmania boxset), but I doubt it would come out so soon.

I know for sure one thing, Criterion is trolling us majorly and they are enjoying it.

Are there any news from the Toho Comic-Con event? Probably not, or they would be all over FB.

That's the best part of these rumors: After all the speculation on timing, turns out there was no presentation: Toho just had a booth at the con!

The title says Toho opened its first booth as part of a master plan. I just checked the dates for the San Diego CC event, and the last day is this coming Monday. If we connect the dots it looks like on Monday Godzillas will be taking home the coveted number.

The hangover will start on Tuesday.

domino harvey wrote: Sat Jul 20, 2019 7:37 am A few days ago Blutarsky said the cover had been updated to reflect the wacky C, but if so they've apparently changed it back to the original on their website

The website and retailers always have the original 1999-2006 The Criterion Collection on their releases even if packaging changes. If I recall, when Le Samouraï was going through that mix up, it had the original logo on websites but it had the wacky C on a DVD I got for a friend. Same for Band of Outsiders, which the site hasn’t changed it to the wacky C and it has been wacky C-Ed for a while. I doubt though Buñuel will get a boxset from the collection. You could celebrate 90 years of Un Chien Andalou or next year with L’age D’or, yet with rights and source limitations it will take a while to be a cross between Bergman and Sternberg/Dietrich.

On another topic I am a native San Diegan, and for once I am actually here in town during the con. I have tickets for tomorrow. I will try to scope out any information in regards to Toho and Godzilla, even if Monday is the speculated release info. The amount of effort to declassify Spine 1000.

Blutarsky wrote:

domino harvey wrote: Sat Jul 20, 2019 7:37 am A few days ago Blutarsky said the cover had been updated to reflect the wacky C, but if so they've apparently changed it back to the original on their website

The website and retailers always have the original 1999-2006 The Criterion Collection on their releases even if packaging changes. If I recall, when Le Samouraï was going through that mix up, it had the original logo on websites but it had the wacky C on a DVD I got for a friend. Same for Band of Outsiders, which the site hasn’t changed it to the wacky C and it has been wacky C-Ed for a while. I doubt though Buñuel will get a boxset from the collection. You could celebrate 90 years of Un Chien Andalou or next year with L’age D’or, yet with rights and source limitations it will take a while to be a cross between Bergman and Sternberg/Dietrich.

On another topic I am a native San Diegan, and for once I am actually here in town during the con. I have tickets for tomorrow. I will try to scope out any information in regards to Toho and Godzilla, even if Monday is the speculated release info. The amount of effort to declassify Spine 1000.

Keep your eyes and ears open for hints. And any other senses that would be needed.

Just a thought: the announcement of the October titles had an unusual delay, right? They even said they'd announce on Wednesday, a promise which had to be broken, and a promise that "an announcement" would be done the next day, without committing to announcing the October line-up just yet.

And when the titles were finally announced, none of these titles seem to have warranted that unusual delay. This seems to point towards that they originally intended to announce spine nr. 1.000 as part of that October announcement, but since something withheld from that announcement, they had to last-minute withdraw the 1.000 title from the announcement.

Now, if it had been their intention to announce a Godzilla-box at one of these convention presentations, they would've planned from the start that nr. 1.000 would never be part of the October titles announcement, but would be announced next week. In which case there wouldn't have been a hold-up of the October announcement - or, not such a weird delay, with a promise to announce it tomorrow, or, no, sorry, tomorrow.

So either it was one of those 4 titles that delayed the announcement, or the title doesn't necessarily have anything to do with these conventions. And since that seems to be the biggest argument for this being Godzilla...

Damn, that's not Roma

Guys, we've had this Target link posted in three different threads now. For the sake of everyone's sanity, I'm locking this thread since the preponderance of October releases have already been announced. Please go back to using the regular rumors thread, and of course, keep in mind that literally everyone already knows this Godzilla set is coming