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Yesterday, they tweeted that they'd be announcing them today... *old west voice* You callin' them liars??

The position of Red River changed. It now appears at the bottom of the "Coming Soon" list on their website, so someone must be updating the page momentarily.

criterionsnob wrote:The position of Red River changed. It now appears at the bottom of the "Coming Soon" list on their website, so someone must be updating the page momentarily.

I'm pretty sure I've seen the order change at times completely unrelated to new announcements.

criterionsnob wrote:The position of Red River changed. It now appears at the bottom of the "Coming Soon" list on their website, so someone must be updating the page momentarily.

It's going to receive a later DVD-only release, like "A Brief History of Time".

Randall Maysin wrote:So are they not doing the fuhking announcements today, or what?

The longer the announcement delay the less time I have wait to buy them.

They're definitely doing something with the coming soon page. A few of the title orders got shuffled around from the positions just half an hour ago (i.e. Red River is now down at the bottom).

Insomnia upgrade
Pickpocket upgrade
Scanners
The Big Chill
Jacques Demy box - Lola, Bay of Angels, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Donkey Skin, Une chambre en ville

Jacques Demy box? WHAMMY

also:

Pickpocket Upgrade

Scanners
The Big Chill (why not Tootsie yet, sigh)
Demy Box Set

holy fuck, the Demy boxset

13 discs, all the shorts, and AMAZING art

I was just about to complain about the weak features this month, but damn, that Demy set is a thing of beauty.

Scanners has Stereo (1969) on it too

Superswede11 wrote:Scanners has Stereo (1969) on it too

Too bad it's already been released in R1 and is in print.

ryannichols7 wrote:holy fuck, the Demy boxset

13 discs, all the shorts, and AMAZING art

Indeed. Our long national nightmare is over.

What does the announcement of the Demy set mean for the Tati box? Will it be end of the year?

Probably November for Tati now.

Very good month, although I am still wondering why Criterion did not choose to release Scanners and The Brood as a sort of back-to-back duo. (I now assume we will not see The Brood until October.)

Moe Dickstein wrote:Probably November for Tati now.

I figure november will be the apu trilogy, tati in september like the rossellini bergman set.

I'm new to the forum. I'm excited about some of these releases as a long time Criterion Collector but I will say this:

Why has there not been a release of Husbands and Love Streams by John Cassavetes? Makes absolutely zero sense to me.

There is a Cassavetes documentary, a few versions of missing clips from Husbands, Love Streams is only available in an imported format and was his last real film. It just makes sense to release this films. And there is a demand for them. I have Love Streams and I'm almost not Crazy on VHS...but, they are extremely fragile now.

Five Films changed the way I watched cinema. These two missing gems are crucial to the collection.

A Slightly Pregnant Man is credited to Janus/Criterion. Interesting to see what will become of it.

treebaron wrote:Why has there not been a release of Husbands and Love Streams by John Cassavetes? Makes absolutely zero sense to me.

Love Streams is likely forthcoming, assuming the newsletter hint from a few months ago was guessed properly. Husbands could have a rights issue preventing Criterion from releasing it.

swo17 wrote:

treebaron wrote:Why has there not been a release of Husbands and Love Streams by John Cassavetes? Makes absolutely zero sense to me.

Husbands could have a rights issue preventing Criterion from releasing it.

Is Husbands still with Sony? I seem to remember them releasing it on DVD at one point.

Yes, and I believe still in print.

Not in print, but is Sony.