Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

[flyonthewall2983]

I saw The Killing Fields recently. He was okay in it, but I think his best performance was in The Paper.

[Fierias]

And here I thought it was a painfully obvious clue for Hoop Dreams.

[Brian C]

Well, we're still on the lookout for the always elusive ... wait for it ... DOUBLE CLUE!!!!

[bamwc2]

Swimming to Cambodia was rumored to have been picked up at the same time as Schizopolis, but never materialized. I wouldn't jump the gun and assume that this signifies multiple Soderbergh releases. It's probably just Swimming to Cambodia (and no, that's not a bad thing).

[SamLowry]

I thought Hoop Dreams too, but noticed it wasn't blue.

A Spalding Gray box would hopefully comprise all of his monologue performances on film:
Swimming To Cambodia
Monster In A Box
Gray's Anatomy

and then maybe some excerpts, interviews/appearances, Terrors of Pleasure, & live performances thrown in as extras.

[Brian C]

A Spalding Gray box would hopefully comprise all of his monologue performances on film:
Swimming To Cambodia
Monster In A Box
Gray's Anatomy

and then maybe some excerpts, interviews/appearances, Terrors of Pleasure, & live performances thrown in as extras.

And Everything Is Going Fine was an IFC release, so that would presumably be in there also.

[SamLowry]

And Everything Is Going Fine was an IFC release, so that would presumably be in there also.

Actually it's already been confirmed:

Producers of And Everything is Going Fine say the the DVD will be released as part of Box Set released by Criterion sometime in 2012.

[dx23]

And here I thought it was a painfully obvious clue for Hoop Dreams.

I thought the same thing, especially after Criterion mentioned years ago that they were working on a sequel project that as of now hasn't been released.

[domino harvey]

A Spalding Gray box would hopefully comprise all of his monologue performances on film:
Swimming To Cambodia
Monster In A Box
Gray's Anatomy

and then maybe some excerpts, interviews/appearances, Terrors of Pleasure, & live performances thrown in as extras.

And Everything Is Going Fine was an IFC release, so that would presumably be in there also.

Based on Criterion's recent model, it will be an Eclipse!

[bamwc2]

And here I thought it was a painfully obvious clue for Hoop Dreams.

I thought the same thing, especially after Criterion mentioned years ago that they were working on a sequel project that as of now hasn't been released.

Strangely enough this alleged sequel was the first thing to come to my mind as well. Once I saw the Spalding Grey guess, it seemed so obvious that I wondered how I missed it.

[HistoryProf]

This might be the first time I got a clue straight away! Please be Swimming to Cambodia!!!!!!!!!

and I assume this:

Marcel Carné’s lyrical, romantic paean to the world of theater, Children of Paradise, is back in a landmark new restoration, the first to be made from the original negative. The film, which will be distributed as Janus Films’ inaugural DCP (digital cinema package), will show as the centerpiece of the Rendez-vous with French Cinema festival at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York on March 7, before opening at the same city’s Film Forum on March 9 for a three-week run. A nationwide tour will follow, so stay tuned to janusfilms.com for venues and dates.

Means we should see a blu of CoP in a year or so?

[duck duck]

I only mentioned King of the Hill because The Killing Fields is WB, and I thought King was listed many years ago when Criterion origionally licensed which ever Spalding Grey film it was. I would rule out the 'double clue" because all the blu upgrade clues seem to have the color blue in them.

[Roger Ryan]

Given that they're already emphasizing the Spalding aspect of things if it's going to be more than the two Soderbergh films it will focus on the other Gray films rather than more Soderbergh.

Just to point out, SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA is a Jonathan Demme film; Soderbergh directed GRAY'S ANATOMY and the documentary AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE. Gray's other major monologue film MONSTER IN A BOX was directed by Nick Broomfield.

A Gray box would be most welcome, preferably on Blu-ray, but...

[CSM126]

A Gray box would be most welcome, preferably on Blu-ray, but...

But what? You really think Criterion are going to go back to DVD only releases all of a sudden as some kind of fuck you?

[swo17]

[Brian C]

They've never teased an Eclipse set with a newsletter clue, though, have they? Although "wacky piece of sporting equipment" instead of a "wacky animal" is admittedly an ominous sign.

[swo17]

[Jeff]

Besides the Oshima clue above, they teased the Rossellini and Lubitsch sets in newsletters clues.

[swo17]

From spaldinggray.com:

Producers of And Everything is Going Fine say the the DVD will be released as part of Box Set released by Criterion sometime in 2012.

[Brian C]

Besides the Oshima clue above, they teased the Rossellini and Lubitsch sets in newsletters clues.

So I see I was wrong ... guess it had to happen sometime.

[ianungstad]

Both everything is going fine and grays anatomy are IFC titles, so I imagine that is what the box will consist of.

[swo17]

Umberto D.? Seems an odd choice.

[ellipsis7]

Yes, UMBERTO D, it's Flike on Blu Ray....

[TMDaines]

Umberto D.? Seems an odd choice.

Why an odd choice? The consensus would suggest it's one of the great films by one of the great directors.

[swo17]

Umberto D.? Seems an odd choice.

Why an odd choice? The consensus would suggest it's one of the great films by one of the great directors.

It's a great film. I just would have expected Bicycle Thieves first.