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ptatler wrote:

bamwc2 wrote:Eclipse of Carlos Saura

Is this really a rumored thing?!

Nope. I just thought that Peppermint Frappe would be more likely to show up here than in the mainline.

swo17 wrote:Reissue of the Norman Mailer Eclipse set, adding Whoopi Goldberg apologies for each of the films.

::chortle::

Eclipse 39: Gap-Filling Ozu

Gap-Filling Ozu would be much more welcome than Kinoshita or more Kobayashi sets, which is what I expect.

Speaking of Criterion's Japanese Hulu releases, I'd love for more Shinoda on blu-ray, or even on Eclipse. That being said, I'm not holding my breath for anything in particular, as there's a pretty incredible collection of digital only releases--it'd just be nice if they threw us a bone with a new Japanese release in the mainline that's a bit off the beaten path.

The Shuji Terayama co-scripted Shinoda's would make a good eclipse, Tears on the Lion's Mane (aka A Flame at the Pier) is one of my favourite Japanese films.

Predictions:
Picnic at Hanging Rock/The Last Wave upgrade
Seconds
Scanners
Madadayo
The Uninvited (still hoping for this one)
Napoleon (Bondarchuk's version; one out of left field)

Eclipse: Early Bergman Volume II

Moe Dickstein wrote:Eclipse 39: Gap-Filling Ozu

I think my girlfriend has that yaoi.

In a more serious vein, having just learned that TT does not have Tootsie and there is a German Blu coming out, I would bet that this ended up in the batch that was licensed to CC so we would get their supplements plus the DVD ones, an ideal arrangement!

Not sure if I should read into Criterion having scenes from some of their films in 1080p on their youtube channel. Red Balloon, Hiroshima and others are among those I've seen so far...

Lola (Demy)
Whistle Down the Wind
Green Are the Rushes
The Invitation
Silent Dreyer eclipse
Berlin Alexanderplatz Blu

I'd die of disappointment if we got no Blus for the Dreyers.

Just saw a Wall Street Journal segment on films booed at Cannes and they showed a clip of Cronenberg's Crash with a credit to CC.

Maybe Crash got in with Scanners etc. very exciting!

Don't you mess with me Murdoch!!

Here's the segment, clip begins at the 2:40 mark.

Theodore J. Flicker's The Troublemaker playing with Janus credits at BAM/Pacific. Anyone know about this independent film?

Also,

Demy's

Donkey Skin
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
A Room in Town
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Bay of Angels
Lola

IMO they've got to get some more Ozus on blu.. And I think there's a backlog of Italian cinema to get on blu- more Pasolini (the MoC ones), Antonioni's trilogy, the Rossellini/Bergman films are starting to trickle through the home and theatrical circuits..

Tokyo Story and some other Ozu films have freshly made restoration ready for CC to license. While it would be nice to see a domestic blu-ray release almost concurrent with the Japanese debut, they really ought to take the time and do a Seven Samurai style re-issue, if they want to do it justice and create the best edition worldwide, at least for Tokyo Story.

Cinephrenic wrote: Demy's

Donkey Skin
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
A Room in Town
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Bay of Angels
Lola

Score!

Most everything else is just credited to Cine-Tamaris (or Sony for Model Shop - probably also licensed by Criterion). I suppose we'll have to wait until the official Janus announcement before we find out completely what all they have (hope its everything - but if that's it, they certainly got the best of the lot, though Young Girls of Rochefort would be nice as well). Actually, Young Girls of Rochefort says the permission comes from Cine-Tamaris, nothing about StudioCanal/Lionsgate :-k

Also, I think its a given that Criterion will release the ITV-owned Silent 9 Hitchcock titles, thus:

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1926)
The Pleasure Garden (1926)
Downhill (1927)
Easy Virtue (1927)

Rififi (upgrade)
Ikiru (upgrade)
The Emigrants/The New Land
Flashback (1969)
Seconds

bamwc2 wrote:I'll go with two old standbys: Passion of Joan of Arc and Summertime.

I can't see Passion of Joan of Arc coming out on Criterion any time soon - they'll almost certainly be working from the Gaumont restoration, which will of course require it to be finished first. (Has it even been started?)

BillWatkins wrote:Rififi (upgrade)

A gorgeous HD master of this already exists, as the Arrow Academy release proves, so this wouldn't be a huge challenge - assuming they still have the rights.

ShellOilJunior wrote:Hiroshima mom amour (Resnais)

I'm sure it'll eventually come, but didn't the theatrical release of this just get announced? Surely a BD would follow that, no?

MichaelB wrote: I can't see Passion of Joan of Arc coming out on Criterion any time soon - they'll almost certainly be working from the Gaumont restoration, which will of course require it to be finished first. (Has it even been started?)

I wasn't aware that Gaumont was working on a restoration. I thought that they might use the MOC transfer.