movielocke wrote:arent we coming up on the declassification?
The Act requires that each assassination record be publicly disclosed in full, and be available in the collection no later than the date that is 25 years after the date of enactment of the Act (i.e., October 26, 2017), unless the President of the United States certifies that: (1) continued postponement is made necessary by an identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or conduct of foreign relations; and (2) the identifiable harm is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in disclosure.
So two things heres:
1. Trump cannot be predicted, so who knows what happens in advance of that date this October; and
2. If JFK is part of the Regency deal, then it would belong to Fox now, which is why the Warner releases are OOP.
I'm wondering whether Criterion might license some of the early 70's Warner titles such as 'Klute', 'Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid' or 'O Lucky Man!'. These all seem like titles that Criterion would be interested in. Any thoughts?
A WB title that's far too important to relegate to the Archive is Christine Edzard's epic 1987 adaptation of Dickens' Little Dorrit. It's a Cannon title that was released on VHS by Warners, but unlike Shy People, they still have home video rights to it. I've asked them about it on Facebook a few times, and incredibly, they've said that they just don't have a widescreen master at the present time.
Costa wrote:Really now, it's disheartening seeing only alternate cuts of films released on Bluray and not the original theatrical cut!!
I hope Amadeus comes too!
Pretty sure this is up to the Saul Zaentz Company more so than Warner.
Bruce wrote:I'm wondering whether Criterion might license some of the early 70's Warner titles such as 'Klute', 'Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid' or 'O Lucky Man!'. These all seem like titles that Criterion would be interested in. Any thoughts?
Warners' Klute DVD went OOP the exact same week in 2014 as a bunch of other titles that have almost all been reissued or announced by Criterion—the only other exceptions from the linked list are The Breaking Point and The Magnificent Ambersons. Other titles that went OOP that week include The New World, Woman of the Year, and Seven Days in May, only the last of which is still MIA. So I'd say Klute is close to a lock.
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domino harvey wrote:Mister Lime revealed the Westerner is now with WB. Would be a great fit for Criterion and I doubt WB would ever do anything with it themselves
The Westerner is with Samuel Goldwyn Company so whoever distributes their releases, is putting it out. First it was HBO DVD, then MGM. Now Warner distributes them, but we don't know if they can license that library to another company like Criterion.
Though I've never been overly worried about it I remember people having concerns about what logos/versions of logos were being used to open certain titles, hoping they stay true to the original release (concerns about the Saul Bass logo being used for some 70s stuff, like for Badlands, or the Kinney National logo being used for McCabe & Mrs. Miller, or the MGM logo where appropriate, etc.) I think Criterion has been pretty good at keeping them but both Blow-Up and Being There open with the new WB logo (the studio lot one). Being There at least also features the old Transamerica United Artists logo afterwards (that one takes me back to my youth affection for Pink Panther and James Bond films). I'm unsure what would have originally opened Blow-Up (MGM I'm guessing).
cdnchris wrote: I'm unsure what would have originally opened Blow-Up (MGM I'm guessing).
That's my recollection from a museum screening several years ago.
I think that if it's a film where WB subsequently obtained rights but was not the original production company/distributor, they slap a current WB logo on the front of it just so they can have their name on it somewhere.
Some of the titles I think we could look forward to from Criterion (pure speculations) -
I Walked with a Zombie - as I stated earlier, all other double features were re-released by Warner Archive on DVD-R except Cat People and this one (and this title is a better candidate than The Body Snatcher.
Gun Crazy - out on blu in France from Wild Side Vidéo, so HD master exists. Murder, My Sweet and Out of the Past from the first film noir box got blu-ray and DVD-R releases from Warner Archives and The Asphalt Jungle got Criterion treatment, which also leaves question about The Set-Up. Out of boxes 2 and 3, Born to Kill and Border Incident just got DVD-R re-releases in April which leaves Dillinger and Lady in the Lake still out-of-print (but I don't think either will be coming from Criterion).
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) - this would be another early laserdisc save and DVD went out of print same week as number of Warner releases already out from Criterion.
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) - another laserdisc save and maybe a New Year's clue (although 2010 DVD is still in print)
The Breaking Point (1950) - DVD-R from Warner Archives went out of print (same time as Kurosawa's Dreams and The Blow-Up)
Ashirg wrote:Some of the titles I think we could look forward to from Criterion (pure speculations) - The Breaking Point (1950) - DVD-R from Warner Archives went out of print (same time as Kurosawa's Dreams and The Blow-Up)
Well, this looks like it's coming shortly a la Newsletter clue.
