Criterion on Social Media

[domino harvey]

Since when is Criterion in the business of releasing Ozu films?!

[Cinephrenic]

Just saw this, though it's no surprise:

Does anybody know if Criterion are working on/have the rights to Ozu's A Hen In The Wind and/or The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice?
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The Criterion Collection We'll definitely get to them, but not this year. How's that for a straight answer?

A Hen in the Wind playing with Janus credits these days at UCLA/BAM Pacific Film Archive. Other Janus credits are on Kinoshita's Immortal Love and Ichikawa's Odd Obsession. Maybe we'll get a Kinoshita Eclipse.

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

Criterion linked to a Howard Hawks interview online. Can we speculate that Rio Bravo is getting closer to release?

[swo17]

You mean Red River?

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

Minor slip! I meant Red River.

[ShellOilJunior]

It'd be nice.

I'm sure Captain A. would be more than happy to provide commentary.

[tojoed]

[NABOB OF NOWHERE]

I think it's Sacha Guitry with edge enhancement and boosted contrast.

[Jeff]

That's Melville's cameo in Orpheus. I'm hoping that this is a complete redo of the disc and not just a Blu-ray upgrade. I assume that they'll move the doc, Autobiography of an Unknown, from Blood of a Poet to this disc.

[captveg]

I just can't see this not being a complete redo rather than just a Blu upgrade. They need a way to sell the DVD again since they can't sell the box and they never released the Orpheus DVD individually.

[Noiradelic]

The box came out in 2000; Orpheus is spine #68. It would be an apt candidate for a complete upgrade even if it wasn't being released individually for the first time.

[swo17]

A hint about the Cul-de-sac artwork:

[Murdoch]

Nice use of the MS Paint fill technique

[domino harvey]

Doesn't even begin to capture the feel of the film

[Tom Hagen]

It looks like one of those U2 or Coldplay iTunes commercials.

[swo17]

Looks like Criterion tried to take a drive down Creativity Street but it turned out to be one of those streets that doesn't go through, what are those called

[domino harvey]

MICA Dr.

[chizbooga]

although they did get the sac[k] part right. you have to hand it to them

[NABOB OF NOWHERE]

Looks like Criterion tried to take a drive down Creativity Street but it turned out to be one of those streets that doesn't go through, what are those called

A Banjo

[richast2]

Looks like Criterion tried to take a drive down Creativity Street but it turned out to be one of those streets that doesn't go through, what are those called

[swo17]

Criterion posted that they're announcing new titles next week (no surprise) but they posted this alongside a photo of Chantal Akerman. Discuss.

[Napier]

Jeanne Dielman Blu-ray upgrade.

[zedz]

That might entail a whole new transfer, since the current release seems to have been sourced from the earlier Belgian DVD transfer. Still, if this did happen I'd be surprised and impressed. I can't imagine what other unreleased Akerman would be a possibility. (Unless Eclipse are going to come forth with the "Akerman in the 80s" box-set that was promised but never materialised in Europe? Glaringly obvious but potentially confusing title: Chantal Akerman's Golden Eighties)

[SpiderBaby]

I think it's just because the pic is on their homepage and when they did something like this last month, they had a pic of the top headline at that time. I don't see any connection between it.

[eerik]

Twitter: Posted an ambiguous section of a new Criterion cover on our Facebook...




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