Criterion Random Speculation Vol.4

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devin · #926 Post by **devin** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:10 pm

New to the forum! Got this reply this morning regarding Korda's Jungle Book.

We do plan to release more Korda films, and I believe "Jungle Book" is one of them. Please keep checking back, and thanks for your email!

Best,

JM

Tommaso · #927 Post by **Tommaso** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:13 pm

Re: Korda. Does anyone else smell Eclipse here? Just because the 'one of them' in that mail. Good news in any case.

Cronenfly · #928 Post by **Cronenfly** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:15 pm

Tommaso wrote:Re: Korda. Does anyone else smell Eclipse here? Just because the 'one of them' in that mail. Good news in any case.

Eclipse seems most likely to me too for a bunch of the "lesser" Korda titles.

justeleblanc · #929 Post by **justeleblanc** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:00 pm

devin wrote:Best,

JM

TH on vacation?

#930 Post by **Jeff** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:57 pm

justeleblanc wrote:
devin wrote:Best,

JM
TH on vacation?

It probably is from Tamara. Maybe they're bringing back the Mulvaney character.

kaujot · #931 Post by **kaujot** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:29 pm

Good. I missed Mulvaney.

blindside8zao · #932 Post by **blindside8zao** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:56 pm

Tamara was so much hotter than Mulvaney.

AfterTheRain · #933 Post by **AfterTheRain** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:59 pm

ianungstad wrote:Good news: Shanghai Express is coming next year! Finally!

That's excellent news! I wonder if Criterion will include one or both of the film's other adaptations (remakes), Night Plane From Chungking (1943) or Peking Express (1951).

Jean-Luc Garbo · #934 Post by **Jean-Luc Garbo** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:41 pm

ianungstad wrote: Good news: Shanghai Express is coming next year! Finally!

This is wonderful! The more I hear about this movie, the more I want to see it. What extras could be included?

#935 Post by **domino harvey** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:45 pm

They should include von Sternberg's Fun in a Chinese Laundry

Perkins Cobb · #936 Post by **Perkins Cobb** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:46 pm

Oh, no! I'm going to miss cyberstalking Tamara.

colinr0380 · #937 Post by **colinr0380** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:52 pm

Perkins Cobb wrote:Oh, no! I'm going to miss cyberstalking Tamara.

I hope that is not a euphemism!

myrnaloyisdope · #938 Post by **myrnaloyisdope** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:30 pm

The news about Shanghai Express is wonderful.

Then that leaves Dishonored as the only Dietrich/von Sternberg not on Region 1, and I can definitely live without ever seeing Dishonored again.

psufootball07 · #939 Post by **psufootball07** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:06 pm

Vivre sa vie coming soon? It wouldve been great if they released just that instead of the 4 other titles they chose for Septembre.

justeleblanc · #940 Post by **justeleblanc** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:00 pm

Im actually looking forward to owning the rich people trading cards, thank you very much.

Er, my guess is My life to live wont be released until after it makes its rounds in a few of the major art house theaters around the country. I think it took pierrot le fou 8 months to make it to dvd. be patient, i expect the disc to be immaculate.

also, id love to see them release 2 or 3 things in the meantime.

jbeall · #941 Post by **jbeall** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:15 pm

Vivre sa vie just played NYC, so it's gotta make the rounds for a few months before Criterion announces it, but it's pretty much a done deal; just be patient.

Good thing, too, b/c the Fox/Lorber disc sucked. It'll be one of the must-own Godards for me, so I'm a little impatient about the release myself. Still, I wouldn't expect it before Feb '09 at the earliest.

psufootball07 · #942 Post by **psufootball07** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:24 pm

Yeah, I was pretty sure its coming, but 8 months....damn. I am taking a French film class starting next week and My Life to Live is one of the "required" viewings. However some of the films chosen for this beg me to question what the teacher is thinking, although it is officially titled, French Culture through Film.

Heres the films:

A Very Long Engagement, Rules of the Game, Au Revoir les enfants, Vivre sa vie, Battle of Algiers, The Dreamers, La Femme Nikita, Games of Love and Chance, and The Gleaners and I. The Dreamers I guess shows the culture, but it wasnt as good as Last Tango in Paris, and the film referenced tons of french and classic films.

#943 Post by **domino harvey** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:36 pm

Gross. Drop the course.

Tom Hagen · #944 Post by **Tom Hagen** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:44 pm

The Dreamers does have one exceptionally brilliant scene.

And, no, it doesn't involve Eva Green.

(Navel gazing, here we come . . . )

psufootball07 · #945 Post by **psufootball07** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:44 pm

Yeah, I think maybe 4 out of those 9 I would consider spending time watching and even writing about, the rest, I could care less about watching. The final project we have to associate 3 films not on the list into a paper.

Here are the suggestion of topics and related films to go along with:

World War I

Grand Illusion
Life and Nothing But

The 1930's & the Popular Front

L'Atalante
Daybreak
Zero for Conduct

World War II

Army of Shadows
Days of Glory (Indigènes)
Hiroshima mon amour
Is Paris Burning?

Liberation and Recovery

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

The New Wave

The 400 Blows
Last Year at Marienbad
Cléo from 5 to 7

(Post) Colonialism

Chocolat (1988)
The Little Soldier
Pépé le Moko

The 1980's

La Boum
Diva
Vagabond

Second-Generation Immigrants

Games of Love and Chance (L'Esquive)
Caché

I guess I could edit that to films that may fit better into the categories, but the films here I prefer for the most part over the required viewings.

psufootball07 · #946 Post by **psufootball07** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:48 pm

Tom Hagen wrote:The Dreamers does have one exceptionally brilliant scene.
And, no, it doesn't involve Eva Green.

Is that Jean-Pierre Leaud in the scene? Cool. I did like the reference to Breathless, when she says I was born on the Champs-Elysees. The running through the Louvre was enjoyable just when they showed a quick flash of Bande a part.

jbeall · #947 Post by **jbeall** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:18 pm

psufootball07 wrote:Yeah, I was pretty sure its coming, but 8 months....damn. I am taking a French film class starting next week and My Life to Live is one of the "required" viewings. However some of the films chosen for this beg me to question what the teacher is thinking, although it is officially titled, French Culture through Film.
Heres the films:

A Very Long Engagement, Rules of the Game, Au Revoir les enfants, Vivre sa vie, Battle of Algiers, The Dreamers, La Femme Nikita, Games of Love and Chance, and The Gleaners and I. The Dreamers I guess shows the culture, but it wasnt as good as Last Tango in Paris, and the film referenced tons of french and classic films.

Oh, your teacher's alright with that syllabus; keep in mind that it's French culture through film. Generally speaking, I think those are all good choices for that reason, although I'd be curious to hear your prof's take on them. In other words, your prof isn't trying to show the height of French cinema, but has chosen films that allow you to discuss certain aspects of French culture. Maybe you're taking the wrong course?

The only one that doesn't belong (IMO) is A Very Long Engagement. The Dreamers pretty much nails '68 France and the cinephile culture, so it's a good choice.

klee13 · #948 Post by **klee13** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:48 pm

psufootball07 wrote:Yeah, I think maybe 4 out of those 9 I would consider spending time watching and even writing about, the rest, I could care less about watching. The final project we have to associate 3 films not on the list into a paper.

Here are the suggestion of topics and related films to go along with:

The New Wave

The 400 Blows
Last Year at Marienbad
Cléo from 5 to 7

What's the French New Wave without Breathless?

justeleblanc · #949 Post by **justeleblanc** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:53 pm

Klaylock wrote:
psufootball07 wrote:Here are the suggestion of topics and related films to go along with:

The New Wave

The 400 Blows
Last Year at Marienbad
Cléo from 5 to 7
What's the French New Wave without Breathless?

It looks like they've included Godard with post-colonialism.

I agree Breathless is important to the new wave, but it might be a film about American culture as opposed to French culture... maybe. Marienbad of course being about bourgeois hologram culture.

psufootball07 · #950 Post by **psufootball07** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:26 am

Jules and Jim would be a better fit than Breathless in relating to French culture. Since its just as it relates to French culture starting at the 20th century, it rules out some Bunuel and Bresson films, The Passion of Joan of Arc, films more closely tied with American culture like Bob le Flambeur, Rififi and Shoot the Piano Player.