MovieBuff647 wrote: Tue Aug 11, 2026 4:46 pm
Has anyone heard anything about SCARECROW in light of Jerry Schatzberg's Criterion Closet video last year? Last thing I want to do is buy the Warner Archive BD only for Criterion to announce a release sourced from a new remaster shortly after.
I haven't heard anything. I did notice that it played at the Wexner Center for the Arts two days ago, alongside Emperor of the North, and it was not advertised as a new restoration. That doesn't necessarily mean anything, but you'd think you would see news of a restoration prior to a Criterion home video release.
On the other hand, Emperor of the North was advertised as a new restoration.
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RSTooley wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2026 1:41 pm
On the other hand, Emperor of the North was advertised as a new restoration.
A shame that Criterion has little interest in classic Hollywood directors outside of their major, popular works as Disney only licenses to them. Aldrich is a personal favorite and Emperor of the North is great at subverting themes of class conflict and distilling them to a fight between two titans: Ernest Bourgnine and Lee Marvin. A marvelous film where I’m sure the new restoration will remain in a vault.
Are boutiques replicating the current Yankee system of states leap-frogging each other in the primary calendar schedule to get first in line for attention... in this case... to get the jump on Criterion's 14 - 15 - 16 slot in the calendar? Is this a thing? Or just random noise?
MovieBuff647 wrote: Tue Aug 11, 2026 4:46 pm
Has anyone heard anything about SCARECROW in light of Jerry Schatzberg's Criterion Closet video last year? Last thing I want to do is buy the Warner Archive BD only for Criterion to announce a release sourced from a new remaster shortly after.
I haven't heard anything. I did notice that it played at the Wexner Center for the Arts two days ago, alongside Emperor of the North, and it was not advertised as a new restoration. That doesn't necessarily mean anything, but you'd think you would see news of a restoration prior to a Criterion home video release.
On the other hand, Emperor of the North was advertised as a new restoration.
I know NETWORK (already announced) and DOG DAY AFTERNOON (strongly speculated) have had 4K DCPs advertised by Park Circus a while back but that isn't always the case for whatever is in the pipeline.
For example, Park Circus recently promoted a DCP of RYAN'S DAUGHTER, but there was no mention of it being 4K, so I assumed a Warner Archive announcement was imminent but only as a Blu-Ray. And then they announced a 4K yesterday!
