And that's clearly incomplete, since it leaves out things like Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell.swo17 wrote:How about rounding it up to 33sorrysomehow wrote:Well let's just say you've named all of the horror films in the collection, and we'll go ahead and round it up to the number 20.
As long as you're being generous, you may as well include Magic Flute and Pina.
Actually, you should get your hopes up for the Chomet films: The movies were distributed by Sony Pictures Classics upon their initial release.sir_luke wrote:Speaking of animated films, I wish Criterion would release some of Ralph Bakshi's work--specifically "American Pop"--and perhaps Chomet's "Triplets of Belleville" and "L'illusionniste". I don't know about the status of the former (distributed by Image? I know there's no Blu), but the latter two are unfortunately less likely to happen, as far as I know.
That's absurd, the list of extras for the year is incredibly impressive.Lowry_Sam wrote:Personally, I think content is taking more of a hit than packaging (look at Zatoichi). Serveral releases (Nashville, Tokyo Story, Rossellini/Bergman box, Shoah...) really could have used a another blu-ray disc for more extras/higher bitrate, but of course that would also meant more DVDs too. The essays could be made an audio extra over slides of stills, posters, etc. or posted onto Criterion's website. Personally I don't read all the essays & can't recall going back to read one more than once. Nice packaging is a plus, but I become more disheatened by smaller bit rates (Fanny & Alexander) and sparse features (Marketa Lazarova) for the titles that really warrant more discs.
This is the one I was most disappointed with as it presented a really good opportunity for a stacked package. Extras could have easily been expanded for a second disc of extras, while leaving the first disc to max out bit rate, commentaries & trailer. There could have been a documentary on the book itself, its author and the difficulty of translating it into other languages, as well as its historical importance. I do believe a lot of the story & film gets lost on contemporary audiences not familiar w/ history of Europe or of Christianity. Interviews with those now translating it into English & challenges they had would be nice. A more comprehensive/career-spanning doc on Vlacil also would have been nice & his relation to Czech new wave. Also absent is any of the documentaries on the career of Zdenek Liska since his music is so integral to the film & not widely available.MichaelB wrote:Marketa Lazarová's extras were fine - not the least bit "sparse".
Yes this is contender for best features for 2013 award, but it's the reverse problem: reducing the bit rate to fit 2 very similar versions of the same film (plus extras) onto the same disc. Maybe it's the prints used, but I only have a 46" screen & Journey to Italy does look better than the other 2 on my tv, same way I felt about the TV vs film version of Fanny & Alexander, though not quite as dramatic.matrixschmatrix wrote:I bemoan Criterion's increasingly sparse commentaries a lot but the Rossellini/Bergman box is one of the best things they've put out in a long time, it is thoroughly and gorgeously stacked.
iirc, Curtis Tsui and Kim Hendrickson handle most of their japanese releases, so if they haven't had anything to work on since Throne of Blood, then you're probably right that a japanese release is likely.jindianajonz wrote:I think we're overdue for some Japanese releases. Not to discount the Zatoichi set, but aside from that the most recent Japanese film on Criterion's calendar was Life of Oharu.
There also seems to be a dearth of classic French films. I guess this is the cost for them getting access to so many big US titles.
besides Throne of Blood and Hidden Fortress, but yeah I agree. some new titles especially.jindianajonz wrote:I think we're overdue for some Japanese releases. Not to discount the Zatoichi set, but aside from that the most recent Japanese film on Criterion's calendar was Life of Oharu.
There also seems to be a dearth of classic French films. I guess this is the cost for them getting access to so many big US titles.
Latley Criterion has been doing great with Italian releases- They've announced Great Beauty, and we've recently had Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspician, the Rossellini/Bergman set, and La Notte. Though there was a period before that where we didn't have anything.adavis53 wrote:if anything is lacking its Italian cinema, both in upgrades and releases. have we had any Fellini upgrades besides Amarcord and 8 1/2?
