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Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:10 pm**

If we're talking portmanteau how about Loin de Vietnam?

Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:23 pm**

colinr0380 wrote:If we're talking portmanteau how about Loin de Vietnam?

A New Yorker property?

Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:53 pm**

justeleblanc wrote:Sorry if this has been repeated (search proved to be no good for this), but as a Hou Hsiao Hsien newbie, would there be any chance of Criterion releasing his Taiwanese History Trilogy that consists of City of Sadness, The Puppetmaster and Good Men, Good Women? I saw the terrific fake Criterion cover art of other HHH films, and didn't know if someone has asked about HHH recently? A number of his films were released by Fox Lorber, meaning that they have most likely reverted back to their original copyright holders. Would these films even be available?

I emailed Mulvaney abot Hou and Edward Yang and got this response:

We don't have plans for films by either of those directors at this time, but it's possible we may do another Edward Yang film at some point, so feel free to check back!

Sincerely,

Jon Mulvaney

Disappointing, but at least there's some hope for more Yang somewhere down the road.

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:42 am**

That's decent news about Yang, but I really love Hou.

If not Criterion, maybe we'll see another label spring for some Hou. MoC, I'm looking in your direction.

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:58 am**

Just checked my email and found a Mulvaney response!

I asked if Criterion were going to release more Costa Gravas films besides Missing and Mulvaney responded that there are more Costa Gravas films coming but he could not provide me with specific titles.

Just a wild guess but could this be the oop "Z" ? What would be other likely choices?

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:05 am**

ianungstad wrote:Just checked my email and found a Mulvaney response!

I asked if Criterion were going to release more Costa Gravas films besides Missing and Mulvaney responded that there are more Costa Gravas films coming but he could not provide me with specific titles.

Just a wild guess but could this be the oop "Z" ? What would be other likely choices?

French thrillers: Compartiment tueurs, State of Siege or The Confession.

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:10 am**

Mulvaney has some loose lips today, he must be knocking 'em away from a bottle at his desk

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:21 am**

domino harvey wrote:Mulvaney has some loose lips today, he must be knocking 'em away from a bottle at his desk

Little known fact: Criterion are based in the same building as the Sterling Cooper advertising agency.

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:34 am**

domino harvey wrote:Mulvaney has some loose lips today, he must be knocking 'em away from a bottle at his desk

I don't think he was any more candid than usual. All he said was that maybe they will do another Yang at some point and that there are unspecified Costa Gavras titles in the pipeline.

As for the Trilogy of Life, he's already confirmed it awhile back. In fact I posted his response regarding the Pasolini titles 3 weeks ago...or on page 12 of this thread. So that's not really news.

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:37 am**

Poncho Punch wrote:
domino harvey wrote:Mulvaney has some loose lips today, he must be knocking 'em away from a bottle at his desk
Little known fact: Criterion are based in the same building as the Sterling Cooper advertising agency.

Tamara stopped answering emails because Criterion traded her for

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:50 am**

No, that IS Tamara. At least, in my head it always has been....

(somebody photoshop her clutching a fistful of Eclipse boxes, yeah?)

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:44 pm**

who is that in the picture?

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:36 pm**

Mark Metcalf wrote:who is that in the picture?

It's Joan (Christina Hendricks) from Mad Men.

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:14 pm**

Is it not still possible (and excuse me if this has already been mooted elsewhere) that December will see the double pack of The Red Balloon/White Mane with extras? Network just announced a barebones release of these over here and I don't want to pick that up if CCs are imminent...

White Mane and White Dog in December - a White Christmas n'est-ce pas?

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:21 pm**

It's not quite as simple as that with Network - they're releasing FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON by Hou Hsiao Hsien as a single disc, then a 2 disc set of FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON with LE BALLON ROUGE, and finally another twin bill set of LE BALLON ROUGE and WHITE MANE together - all to come in September according to their ad in October's S&S...

I'm still hoping against hope that the Eclipse ROSSELLINI HISTORY FILMS set will escape early December....

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:54 pm**

Do we know if there's anymore Shepitko lined up?

Posted: **Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:45 pm**

It's highly unlikely we'll see any more Shepitko.

Posted: **Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:08 pm**

What about Ozu?

Posted: **Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:52 pm**

MyNameCriterionForum wrote:What about Ozu?

Undoubtedly more will come sometime... Titles mooted for the CC include THE ONLY SON and THERE WAS A FATHER, while there should be one or more further Eclipse sets - silent and earlier sound Ozu.... Some 9 further titles (in addition to the 2 mentioned above) exist already in Panorama editions with English subs - it is to be expected that most will make it to Criterion or Eclipse eventually, much as Kurosawa is comprehensively covered by the two labels...

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:26 pm**

anything on Ingmar Bergman? Can anyone confirm?

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:26 pm**

I wonder whether there might be a possibility in the future of Criterion licensing and doing an anamorphic edition of Henry & June, given their previous association with Philip Kaufman?

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:46 pm**

So is there a definite yay or nay concerning Things to Come? We need some Menzies in the collection. How about a special edition of Invaders from Mars?

Colin, I also concur: Henry and June would be a fantastic release.

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:34 pm**

Vivre sa Vie or My Dinner with Andre releases would be the best Christmas present ever. Also wasnt it stated in the Forthcoming Lists that My Dinner with Andre would be coming out in 2008? If so, that could be a distinct possibility for December.

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:38 pm**

It was also once stated that the Salo re-release was slated for 2007. It's not necessarily going to happen. And December is typically a very slow month, with things starting to pick up again in January. Expect a re-release or two and maybe a repackaged boxset.

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:51 pm**

psufootball07 wrote:Vivre sa Vie or My Dinner with Andre releases would be the best Christmas present ever. Also wasnt it stated in the Forthcoming Lists that My Dinner with Andre would be coming out in 2008? If so, that could be a distinct possibility for December.

I think the Godard will be a March release, but that's merely a guess.

I assume they are going to wait on the Malle for next year since they already did two Malles in 08. Unfortunately, I don't suppose Malle's Vanya will be paired with Dinner.

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