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There's diffuculties with a Rossellini WAR TRILOGY in accessing satisfactory source elements, I believe... Was reason bfi cited re. possibilty of same package on r2 dvd by them...

More likely is a STROMBOLI/VOYAGE IN ITALY/EUROPA 51/FEAR set, although that is pure speculation... All we know is that EUROPA 51 is on the cards...

anyone getting this on the main site?

coding error or imminent reissue?

SncDthMnky wrote:

anyone getting this on the main site?

coding error or imminent reissue?

The former, I'd say. Great Adaptations is the still-very-much-in-print (as far as I know!) 4 disc 'gift set'.

What is the possiblity of Criterion obtaining this Godard interview with Woody Allen and putting it as a special feature on a Godard title in the future? I haven't had the chance to see this, but it sounds incredible especially if you are partial to either director.

The only Godard film it would really be paired with (without seeming completely arbitrary) is King Lear, so unless Criterion releases that I'd say the odds are about the same as Criterion releasing any other Godard short film.

SncDthMnky wrote:

anyone getting this on the main site?

coding error or imminent reissue?

I'm not aware of any Great Adaptations in Criterion's catalog....

backstreetsbackalright wrote:I'm not aware of any Great Adaptations in Criterion's catalog....

See five posts up.

zedz wrote:

backstreetsbackalright wrote:I'm not aware of any Great Adaptations in Criterion's catalog....

See five posts up.

Gotcha!

Gordon McMurphy wrote:There must be a red tape with Le Silence de la mer, as it isn't even on DVD in France, which is staggering, yet the recent TV version is on DVD - boo!

The following page suggests that a French DVD was released, or at least planned, by Rene Chateau Video:

http://www.priceminister.com/offer/buy/ ... one-2.html

They even include the price for it.

Being Rene Chateau, it's just as likely that it was released, then withdrawn a few months later. They seem to do that with a fair number of their titles. Something to do with their licensing agreement, I suppose.

Here, in fact, is an internet posting from someone who bought the DVD, and is complaining about the lack of French subtitles in the German-speaking scenes:

http://afcinema.com/spip/article.php3?id_article=586

rollotomassi wrote:FULLER...nothing urgent

Well White Dog, Run of the Arrow, Merrill's Marauders, Underworld USA, Fixed Bayonets, I shot Jesse James, and The Steel Helmet are pretty urgent to me.

I heard Jesse James and Steel Helmet are to be released by Criterion. That's great.

rollotomassi wrote:MANKIEWICZ...Julius Caesar, but an MGM so unlikely.

Actually I think it's being released in 2006, by Warner (just as all pre-1986 MGM titles, which now belong to Ted Turner).

I'd be really happy if Warner also releases There was a crooked man... uncut ! Because each time this movie is aired on French TV, the naked lady at the end gets less and less naked...

rollotomassi wrote:SAYLES...nothing really here.

Just like stroszeck said, we need City of hope.

Also I would add :

ALDRICH ...All the Marbles, Twilight's Last Gleaming, Emperor of the North Pole, The Legend of Lylah Clare, The Last Sunset, The Angry Hills, Ten Seconds to Hell

As for Godard, how about Sauve qui peut?

But why not the R2 only titles as well? 2 or 3 Things, Made in USA, La Chinoise, Passion, Prenom: Carmen, Detective.... and dare I say King Lear as well?

Oedipax wrote:Hail Mary needs a better release (is Raro Video still doing this? If so, that'll be the one)

Sorry to be redundant Oedi, I didn't read all the posts. I think New Yorker is releasing Hail Mary in March.

JusteLeblanc wrote:But why not the R2 only titles as well? 2 or 3 Things...

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her will eventually be released by Criterion on DVD after Rialto is done with their re-release, which I believe was originally scheduled for the end of the year, but has probably been bumped into next year. I'd say it could be a possibility in late 2006, or maybe as a January issue in 2007. They also have Pierrot in the works.

Would it be wrong to guess that Criterion would release MADE IN USA along side of 2 OR 3 THINGS?

JusteLeblanc wrote:Would it be wrong to guess that Criterion would release MADE IN USA along side of 2 OR 3 THINGS?

I don't know. Your guess is as good as mine.

Ok folks, Viridiana is strangly spine #322, which leaves 5 empty spaces. Now tell that this isn't a box set coming? Eisenstein, Ozu, Malle probably?

Lacombe, Lucien
Au revoir les enfants
Murmer of the Heart
May Fools
Damage

cinephrenic wrote:Ok folks, Viridiana is strangly spine #322

So far, it's cover-art is for spine #332.

cinephrenic wrote:Ok folks, Viridiana is strangly spine #322, which leaves 5 empty spaces. Now tell that this isn't a box set coming? Eisenstein, Ozu, Malle probably?

Lacombe, Lucien
Au revoir les enfants
Murmer of the Heart
May Fools
Damage

Take away one spine number for the box itself. If it is in fact a box set, it'll be a four-filmer.

-Toilet Dcuk

I meant #332, 322 is Mr. Arkadin I believe.

It could also be a Sam Fuller box set featuring I Shot Jesse James, The Baron of Arizona, and The Steel Helmet.

It's possible!

I got a response from JM today where he says there are no plans to release 2 or 3 Things or MADE IN USA.

gigimonagas wrote:It could also be a Sam Fuller box set featuring I Shot Jesse James, The Baron of Arizona, and The Steel Helmet.

I think that this is the most likely scenario.

I'm guessing:

327 - Samuel Fuller Box Set
328 - I Shot Jesse James
329 - The Baron of Arizona
330 - The Steel Helmet
331 - The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (BFI doc)

whats the source for viridana being spine 332?