Criterion Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

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Re: Criterion Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

#4526 Post by cdnchris » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:40 pm

Only Time and Dick Johnson is Dead will have DVD editions.

Edit: And Hard Day's Night is listed with Dolby Vision!

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#4527 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:41 pm

No UHD for The Celebration, smdh

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#4528 Post by dwk » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:42 pm

For anyone that has access to the sell sheet, who is credited as the licensor for The Piano?

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#4529 Post by cdnchris » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:47 pm

Once I receive them I'll let you know

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Re: Criterion Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

#4530 Post by Ribs » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:51 pm

dwk wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:42 pm
For anyone that has access to the sell sheet, who is credited as the licensor for The Piano?
It's TFI.

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#4531 Post by dwk » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:52 pm

Thanks Ribs. Guess that rules out any more Lionsgate or possible Miramax titles.

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#4532 Post by Finch » Fri Oct 15, 2021 6:57 pm

Down for The Piano 4k and the Festen & Dick Johnson Blu-Rays. Excellent month.

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#4533 Post by Maltic » Sat Oct 16, 2021 6:50 pm

cdnchris wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:40 pm
Only Time and Dick Johnson is Dead will have DVD editions.

Edit: And Hard Day's Night is listed with Dolby Vision!
Can't wait to get my DVD copies of these Amazon/Netflix originals :D

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#4534 Post by cdnchris » Sat Oct 16, 2021 8:43 pm

I can't see them being big sellers but since they're releasing them on the format (after saying they'll be more selective) I'd have to assume other Netflix titles have sold well. Go figure.

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#4535 Post by swo17 » Sat Oct 16, 2021 8:51 pm

I think the point is that they've never been released on DVD by anyone before, unlike the other titles

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#4536 Post by dwk » Sat Oct 16, 2021 10:18 pm

Since Criterion has released the Netflix titles on DVD in the UK, with everything else being Blu-ray only, it may be a requirement from Netflix.

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#4537 Post by Adam X » Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:52 am

Didn’t they say recently that films yet to receive a release on the format would still get a DVD?

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#4538 Post by Glowingwabbit » Sun Oct 17, 2021 6:29 am

Adam X wrote:
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Didn’t they say recently that films yet to receive a release on the format would still get a DVD?
Yes.


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#4540 Post by yoloswegmaster » Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:07 pm

I emailed Criterion asking them if they were going to release a Dogme series based on the numbering of Festen as Dogme #1 and they confirmed that there were no plans to release a series. However, they did say that it is possible that they would release another Dogme film in the future.

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#4541 Post by ryannichols7 » Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:13 pm

jwd5275 wrote:
Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:35 pm
Janus Films page for Mississippi Masala
let's see what the turnaround from Janus tour to release is like for 2022. we have this and Cure ready to go

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Re: Criterion Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

#4542 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian » Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:23 pm

yoloswegmaster wrote:
Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:07 pm
I emailed Criterion asking them if they were going to release a Dogme series based on the numbering of Festen as Dogme #1 and they confirmed that there were no plans to release a series. However, they did say that it is possible that they would release another Dogme film in the future.
The "Dogme 1" numbering for Festen isn't something Criterion did, it's part of the movie's actual title. The Idiots was Dogme 2, Mifune was 3, The King Is Alive was 4, and so on. After a few years you could get a Dogme certificate just by filling out a form on the website, so by the time they finally wound it down there were 201 Dogme films, some of them submitted on behalf of filmmakers who would be surprised to learn they'd made one (#180-182 are all Rushmore).

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#4543 Post by Saturnome » Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:59 pm

There's some very funny stuff in that list. Can't wait for the Criterion boxset of dogme films including three copies of Rushmore, and whatever did that person who appear to have no film at all but is just rambling on about their political party being the true follow-up of marxism, and that they're writing some novel about it, and that dogme is full of shit.

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Re: Criterion Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

#4544 Post by swo17 » Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:06 pm

So basically it was the VAERS of film cataloguing

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Re: Criterion Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

#4545 Post by soundchaser » Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:26 pm

At least Factory Records assigned a number to a cat.

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#4546 Post by jwd5275 » Mon Nov 01, 2021 12:03 pm

The Guitar Mongoloid and Involuntary, both by Ruben Ostlund, are both on the Criterion Channel with Criterion and Janus logos.

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#4547 Post by jwd5275 » Mon Nov 08, 2021 1:48 am

Space is the Place (1974) by John Coney is on the Criterion Channel with Criterion and Janus logos.

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Re: Criterion Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

#4548 Post by dwk » Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:09 pm

According to this tweet, the Janus Films logo appears at the start of The Return of Godzilla.

Edited to add, according to a post at the Toho Kingdom forum, Janus sent a notice out on Friday that, along with The Return of Godzilla, they also have Godzilla vs. Biollante.

Edited again to add: Here is the status of the Heisei era films:
• The Return of Godzilla (1984) [with Janus]
• Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) [with Janus]
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) [Sony's rights expired in 2019]
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) [Sony's rights expired in 2019]
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) [Sony's rights expire in 2023]
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) [Sony's rights expire in 2023]
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) [Sony's rights expire in 2023]

So any Heisei era set isn't likely until 2024 at the earliest. Hopefully by then Toho will let Criterion have access to better transfers.

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Re: Criterion Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

#4549 Post by FrauBlucher » Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:45 pm

Has there been any evidence that CC has The Seventh Victim or is it just speculation as folks continue to guess this title?

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Re: Criterion Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

#4550 Post by Big Ben » Sun Nov 14, 2021 6:37 pm

dwk wrote:
Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:09 pm
According to this tweet, the Janus Films logo appears at the start of The Return of Godzilla.

Edited again to add: Here is the status of the Heisei era films:
• The Return of Godzilla (1984) [with Janus]
• Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) [with Janus]
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) [Sony's rights expired in 2019]
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) [Sony's rights expired in 2019]
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) [Sony's rights expire in 2023]
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) [Sony's rights expire in 2023]
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) [Sony's rights expire in 2023]
These are interesting movies by my estimation. Neat special effects and monsters. Not exactly Citizen Kane though. What will also be interesting is if Toho allows Criterion to release the absolutely fascinating bastardized American version of Return called Godzilla 1985 which Roger Corman (And Dr. Pepper!) morphed into something entirely unique.

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