Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

[aox]

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

Agreed. But this is welcome.

[swo17]

I wonder how much to read into this :-"

We’ve always wanted to release a definitive edition of Abel Gance’s silent masterpiece Napoleon. And we hope to one day, but it’s a project of enormous complexity.

[captveg]

We’ve always wanted to release a definitive edition of Abel Gance’s silent masterpiece Napoleon. And we hope to one day, but it’s a project of enormous complexity.

That would be amazing, because you know Criterion would take the time / effort to present all versions, multiple scores, etc. One can only pray this means they struck a deal to release it.

[movielocke]

Damn. I was hoping it meant they got The Awful Truth from Paramount...

[jwd5275]

We’ve always wanted to release a definitive edition of Abel Gance’s silent masterpiece Napoleon. And we hope to one day, but it’s a project of enormous complexity.

I wonder if this means Peter Becker is going to be at the showing on the 24th? (I have a fantasy of cornering him and squeezing some info from him, using thumbscrews of course....)

[aox]

What is the average time between newsletter hint and 15th new release announcement?

[swo17]

I think it's usually around two months but can obviously take much longer (Cronos for example took nearly two years).

[captveg]

Lately it's been 3-4 months.

[arsonfilms]

Damn. I was hoping it meant they got The Awful Truth from Paramount...

That was my first thought when I saw the image, as it exactly matches one of the movie's funniest scenes. I would not be surprised if that's what it really is.

[Aspect]

It is Umberto D. There is no doubt.

[aox]

This could potentially be a August or September release. Very exciting.

[ellipsis7]

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.

Remember UMBERTO D also made it first to DVD... Question is will they add any additional extras for BR?...

[Cinephrenic]

Maybe they do a Zavattini-De Sica set with Bicycle Thieves, Umberto D, Shoeshine, Miracle in Milan, The Children Are Watching Us, The Gold of Naples.

[domino harvey]

Maybe they'll succumb to Jean Dujardin-mania and include Un homme et son chien!

[ellipsis7]

UGGIE/FLIC (enigmatically): Woof !?... It's a dog's life...

[duck duck]

Isn't that the same as the original clue only with the hat turned blue?

[Minkin]

Isn't that the same as the original clue only with the hat turned blue?

Similar:

[domino harvey]

Isn't that technically evidence of the fabled double (or quadruple) clue?

[bamwc2]

Isn't that technically evidence of the fabled double (or quadruple) clue?

No. Back in the early days of the newsletter clues, they always had animals that were already in the collection presenting them (including my favorite, the demon from Equinox). They eventually discontinued this trend. Regardless, Umberto D was out long before that clue.

[duck duck]

I'm not sure but were there clues back then? I think they may have just had animals bringing us the forthcoming instead of having the inaccurate catalogs and that turned into animals being the clues?

[bamwc2]

Wacky rosemary, eh?

[Fierias]

Rosemary's Baby?

[arsonfilms]

Wacky rosemary, eh?

Rosemary's Baby!

[mfunk9786]

YES!!

[bamwc2]

Rosemary's Baby?

Yep, and here I was trying to figure out which Rosemary Clooney film they might have.