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What A Disgrace wrote:If its Eclipse, and not Blu-ray, it'll be a little disappointing. But I'm excited at the thought of seeing all three of these films in the first place.

The Fanciful Norwegian wrote:

zedz wrote:A lot of great films there, but unfortunately all already available. The release I'd really love to see is an Eclipse of TV Films like Bremen Freedom.

The most important limitations are likely to be available materials for HD, since the existing transfers go back about ten years now, and viable extras.

Bremen Freedom was shot on video, so HD-suitable elements are something of a non-issue there (although it was transferred to film for theatrical screenings). Fassbinder's other video productions were The Coffee Shop, Nora Helmer, and Like a Bird on a Wire.

Long Live Rock I happen to know they are indeed working on a Criterion Quad. I was contacted by the producer about this!
20 April at 01:15 · Like · 1

zedz wrote:Because Lonesome is a new restoration and has already been 'announced' as a title in its own right, I can't really see Lonesome being relegated to Eclipse. There are a number of possibilities for any other Fejos films Criterion has access to. There could be a full-fledged, main-line Fejos box set (though that would be incredibly bold of them - exponentially more so than the Sternberg was). More likely, the other features could be included as extras on a lavish BluRay edition of Lonesome or issued as a supporting - and probably not simultaneous - Eclipse release. I suppose there's also the Only Son / There Was a Father twofer option, though they've never really followed up on that experiment.

Gregor Samsa wrote:Another mention of Quadrophenia from a Who Facebook group (for the recently ended longliverock.org)

Long Live Rock I happen to know they are indeed working on a Criterion Quad. I was contacted by the producer about this!
20 April at 01:15 · Like · 1

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Jeff wrote:

cdnchris wrote:It looks like Image is handling [Rushmore]. Not too surprising since Disney has been licencing a lot of their Touchstone titles to other distributors like Millcreek.

Recall that Darius Khondji recently visited the Criterion closet, and there was some speculation about what transfer he might be supervising. I now wonder if it might be Evita. It's clearly a personal favorite of either Becker or Turrell since they released it on laserdisc. That possibility doesn't do much for me, but I'd certainly welcome it as a harbinger of a Disney decision to license more Hollywood and Touchstone properties directly to Criterion.

After making films under Mussolini’s fascist regime early in his career, Rossellini broke out with Rome Open City, a shattering and vivid chronicle of the Nazi occupation of Italy’s capital, followed by Paisan and Germany Year Zero, which round out his “war trilogy.” Rossellini’s adulterous affair with Ingrid Bergman led to the biggest controversy of his career (they were both condemned by the United States Senate) but also to another trilogy—Stromboli, Europa ’51, and Voyage to Italy, all starring Bergman and all about spiritual crises; they were dismissed at the time of their release but are widely praised now.

Giulio wrote:no not only. In Italy critics and film historians used to call 'em 'trilogia della solitudine' (trilogy of loneliness/solitude), I really hope criterion will let 'em out together with the nagisa oshima youth trilogy, I'm crawling for them to be released...

Peacock wrote:

Giulio wrote:no not only. In Italy critics and film historians used to call 'em 'trilogia della solitudine' (trilogy of loneliness/solitude), I really hope criterion will let 'em out together with the nagisa oshima youth trilogy, I'm crawling for them to be released...

Ironically, the 'Youth Trilogy' consists of four films.