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[knives]

Either Mr. Jealousy or Highball is disowned by him which is going a lot further than we're describing here.

[Jeff]

Either Mr. Jealousy or Highball is disowned by him which is going a lot further than we're describing here.

Highball is a lot easier to turn your back on than Margot at the Wedding! He disowned Highball because it was a (failed) experiment which he shot in a week, and it was released against his will. Very different situation.

[chrisandy]

Edit: I'm hearing PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK on Facebook. Seems legit. This was due for a re-release for a while now..

[bainbridgezu]

Heaven's Gate? Picnic at Hanging Rock?

[swo17]

If it's one of those two, presumably someone has an old DVD and can check? Surely there are more than just two movies that include a scene where someone wears a dress on some grass.

EDIT: It's Rosetta! Someone on Facebook found the image here (scroll to #66).

[Harmonov]

Heaven's Gate? Picnic at Hanging Rock?

I'd be willing to bet on Picnic at Hanging Rock. Just saw this on the big screen and it was my first impulse.

[matrixschmatrix]

Google image search guesses the Dardennes' Rosetta, which seems plausible.

[mfunk9786]

Wow, a Dardennes box, I wonder?

[chrisandy]

If it's one of those two, presumably someone has an old DVD and can check? Surely there are more than just two movies that include a scene where someone wears a dress on some grass.

EDIT: It's Rosetta! Someone on Facebook found the image here (scroll to #66).

Good catch. Some are speculating box set along with La Promesse. Maybe Le fils too?

[Jeff]

I don't think it's a box. Just paired sequential spines of La promesse and Rosetta.

Perhaps the Wenders box will be ready for August though.

[jwd5275]

Maybe Le fils too?

God, in my opinion one of the greatest films ever made, but I think unlikely being that I believe New Yorker retained the rights.

[Harmonov]

If it's one of those two, presumably someone has an old DVD and can check? Surely there are more than just two movies that include a scene where someone wears a dress on some grass.

EDIT: It's Rosetta! Someone on Facebook found the image here (scroll to #66).

Good catch. Some are speculating box set along with La Promesse. Maybe Le fils too?

Can't believe I was so far off. Sigh.

(hangs head in shame)

[Zot!]

WOOT! This made my day. I'd buy a box, but really only desperately want Rosetta.

That scene with the drum rehearsal tape is high comedy.

Now, how about those Dumont movies....

[zedz]

I hope they find some room on any Dardennes disc they release for some of their early shorts / documentaries / features, since their pre-Promesse career is terra incognita for me.

[Peacock]

I was under the impression they had disowned, or at least, weren't fond of any of their pre-Promesse films... although they are meant to be deal with similar subject matter so maybe Criterion could throw in a related early doc?

[chrisandy]

Maybe Le fils too?

God, in my opinion one of the greatest films ever made, but I think unlikely being that I believe New Yorker retained the rights.

I was under the impression that they also owned the rights to A MAN ESCAPED which CC plans on releasing, so who knows..? But you're probably right, it'll likely just be ROSETTA and maybe LA PROMESSE.

:-k

[jwd5275]

I am not completely sure of the inside details (anyone who has better knowledge than me please correct me if I am wrong), but I believe that at some point the rights for a group of New Yorker films were transferred to Janus. I am not sure if this was before New Yorker "went out of business" or during the proceedings, however the films transferred included the some Bressons, Weekend, Promesse and maybe some others, which do not show up on the website for the "new" company. For some reason Janus could not or did not want to pick up the titles on showing on the new New Yorker website like le Fils or Celine and Julie go Boating (which is supposed to be forthcoming...)

[warren oates]

Rosetta is all right but The Son is truly their masterpiece, a film that definitely deserves to be on Blu-ray with a array of worthy supplements.

[Saturnome]

The only Dardenne I have seen is The Son, but it's pretty amazing indeed and I would buy the Blu-Ray in a second.

[Jeff]

I believe that at some point the rights for a group of New Yorker films were transferred to Janus... the films transferred included the some Bressons, Weekend, Promesse and maybe some others

I think it's just that the rights expired, New Yorker wasn't in a financial position to renew them, and they reverted to their foreign rights holders. Janus subsequently licensed them as they became available. Their contracts for the films they've still got were newer, so the rights didn't expire during the time New Yorker was in limbo. I'm sure that new New Yorker is now trying to renew as many licenses as they can.

[ianungstad]

Cinematographer Harris Savides visits the closet.

I'm guessing The Game. Zodiac would be cool, too.

I shot David Prior a PM on the Home Theater Forum. He said that Criterion are not releasing Zodiac and he's equally as frustrated about Paramount letting the title go out of print. He thinks it's too big of a title for Paramount to license out and that he thinks they'll reissue the disc eventually. As for the extras that didn't make the previous release. He said it wasn't another disc full of extras but only a few small pieces that would have made Paramount go to a third disc and they declined because it would have been cost prohibitive to release a third disc for only a small amount of content.

[FilmFanSea]

Maybe Le fils too?

God, in my opinion one of the greatest films ever made, but I think unlikely being that I believe New Yorker retained the rights.

Seconded. I've yet to see a film of the Dardennes brothers I didn't like, but Le Fils/The Son is the first among equals.

[flyonthewall2983]

Cinematographer Harris Savides visits the closet.

I'm guessing The Game. Zodiac would be cool, too.

I shot David Prior a PM on the Home Theater Forum. He said that Criterion are not releasing Zodiac and he's equally as frustrated about Paramount letting the title go out of print. He thinks it's too big of a title for Paramount to license out and that he thinks they'll reissue the disc eventually. As for the extras that didn't make the previous release. He said it wasn't another disc full of extras but only a few small pieces that would have made Paramount go to a third disc and they declined because it would have been cost prohibitive to release a third disc for only a small amount of content.

I'm not surprised it's just a few things and not an entire disc of stuff, the 2-disc edition is quite exhaustive as is. What I'm wondering is is if those pieces would fit onto a reissue, because Blu-ray discs are possibly more advanced than in 2008?

[duck duck]

I call "Bullshit" on Robert Downey and P.T. Anderson web exclusive... How is this not a feature on something? Obviously the two have something to talk about or else they wouldn't be making it a web series.

[eerik]

I'm not surprised it's just a few things and not an entire disc of stuff, the 2-disc edition is quite exhaustive as is. What I'm wondering is is if those pieces would fit onto a reissue, because Blu-ray discs are possibly more advanced than in 2008?

Technology is still pretty much the same, but they used single layer disc for the special features which could now be easily upgraded to a dual layer disc.