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If Criterion picks this title up and doesn't want to pair it up with It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World; it's worth noting that the Image dvd of the Volker Schlondorff/Dustin Hoffman version is out of print. It's a Westchester title and Criterion has licensed plenty from them. Could make for good back to back spine numbers....

Or even a single spine dual film release, ala The Killers

Bigger question: if Criterion does release "Mulholland Drive," is it still going to be 'censored'?

Lynch censored it himself, so probably.

Edit: I know you're just joking. :-#

Restorations of Mauvais Sang and Boy Meets Girl are set to debut at NYFF in a few weeks. On home video; these were Fox Lorber titles that have been long unavailable. Janus has picked up most of the Lorber library. Wouldn't be surprised if they grabbed these Leo Carax titles for eventual release.

ianungstad wrote:Restorations of Mauvais Sang and Boy Meets Girl are set to debut at NYFF in a few weeks. On home video; these were Fox Lorber titles that have been long unavailable. Janus has picked up most of the Lorber library. Wouldn't be surprised if they grabbed these Leo Carax titles for eventual release.

Fingers definitely crossed over here, Ian. I'm hoping to hear some good news on this front, sometime before I'm relegated to an eldercare facility, where all anyone ever wants to watch is Cocoon, over and over.

ianungstad wrote:Restorations of Mauvais Sang and Boy Meets Girl are set to debut at NYFF in a few weeks. On home video; these were Fox Lorber titles that have been long unavailable. Janus has picked up most of the Lorber library. Wouldn't be surprised if they grabbed these Leo Carax titles for eventual release.

That would be great. I wouldn't be surprised if whoever picked up the rights to those two films also got Pola X, as they were all part of the same library.

ianungstad wrote:Janus has picked up most of the Lorber .

Did I miss something? When did this happen? I had assumed, perhaps wrongly, that the Lorber library was with Kino Lorber...

Off the top of my head: the Truffaut, Demy, Rohmer, Fassbinder catalogues. Z; Senso; other assorted titles.

ianungstad wrote:Off the top of my head: the Truffaut, Demy, Rohmer, Fassbinder catalogues. Z; Senso; other assorted titles.

Yi Yi and My Dinner With Andre too.

I think basically, Fox Lorber begat Winstar, Winstar begat Wellspring, Wellspring begat Genius. And lo, The Weinstein Company purchased Genius, but let the rights to everything expire. Janus has since purchased most of those rights. The Lord saw this, and saw that it was good.

In the dark time of the Weinsteins, Richard Lorber fled taking some film rights with him. Richard Lorber knew distributor Michael Koch, and Koch Lorber was born. Koch Lorber was consumed by eOne, which was evil and wicked. Again Richard Lorber fled, again taking some film rights with him. He knew Donald Krim, and lo Kino Lorber was born.

Speaking of My Dinner with Andre; Demme's Wally and Andre pic Fear of Falling is playing in competition at Rome. The fact that it's been ignored by all the other fall festivals is a little troubling. Hope the reviews are good.

ianungstad wrote:Speaking of My Dinner with Andre; Demme's Wally and Andre pic Fear of Falling is playing in competition at Rome. The fact that it's been ignored by all the other fall festivals is a little troubling. Hope the reviews are good.

I think it's still unfinished. It's screening at a Demme tribute as a "work in progress" at the Austin Film Festival next month.

Jeff wrote:Fox Lorber begat Winstar, Winstar begat Wellspring, Wellspring begat Genius. And lo, The Weinstein Company purchased Genius, but let the rights to everything expire. Janus has since purchased most of those rights. The Lord saw this, and saw that it was good.

In the dark time of the Weinsteins, Richard Lorber fled taking some film rights with him. Richard Lorber knew distributor Michael Koch, and Koch Lorber was born. Koch Lorber was consumed by eOne, which was evil and wicked. Again Richard Lorber fled, again taking some film rights with him. He knew Donald Krim, and lo Kino Lorber was born.

More posts like this please!

ianungstad wrote:Off the top of my head: the Truffaut, Demy, Rohmer, Fassbinder catalogues. Z; Senso; other assorted titles.

And Schizopolis!

*crickets*

jwd5275 wrote:

ianungstad wrote:Janus has picked up most of the Lorber .

Did I miss something? When did this happen? I had assumed, perhaps wrongly, that the Lorber library was with Kino Lorber...

Here's some of my research I did a while ago into what Janus has picked up from Wellspring/Fox Lorber.
It appears that Kino picked up/still has some titles from Lorber - Russian Ark, Nostalghia, etc. Janus certainly seems to have gotten the lion's share though.

I really hope Janus picked up the Itamis. A Criterion of Tampopo and The Funeral needs to happen.

Yes Tampopo! That is my favorite Japanese film ever.

lacritfan wrote:

Minkin wrote:Via Criterion Cast:
Criterion to restore 18 films from Satyajit Ray

American Cinematheque is screening Satyajit Ray films restored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences including Charulata, The Music Room and The Big City so maybe the other ones listed -
The Expedition
The Goddess
The Hero
The Coward
The Holy Man
The Chess Players
The Philosopher's Stone
The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha
The Elephant God
- are part of the 18?
(Not to mention "...with more films scheduled for October.")

October films are -
Apu trilogy
The Middleman
Company Limited
Teen Kanya
Sikkim + short Two

ianungstad wrote:Off the top of my head: the Truffaut, Demy, Rohmer, Fassbinder catalogues. Z; Senso; other assorted titles.

Hou's The Puppetmaster? [-o<

I will certainly love Costas-Brava Z done by Criterion. That film certainly needs a better release and in the process, they need to issue Missing on Blu-ray. Never understood why they didn't do that the first time around.

Has anyone seen the film The Ninth Configuration? Someone on Facebook was asking Warner Archive about a reissue of this and they responded that they've let the rights expire. Reading about the film; it sounds fascinating. Have no idea if it's Criterion-y.

ianungstad wrote:Has anyone seen the film The Ninth Configuration? Someone on Facebook was asking Warner Archive about a reissue of this and they responded that they've let the rights expire.

I asked them circa 2000 about releasing it and was told no because of rights. I'd love to see them release it...makes a great companion piece to The Exorcist.

Nineth Configuration desperately needs a truly great release as the DVDs (except for the Italian one, I believe) are non-anarmorphic and the PQ is not ideal, even for the DVD format. I'd buy a Criterion BD in an instant.

ianungstad wrote:Has anyone seen the film The Ninth Configuration? Someone on Facebook was asking Warner Archive about a reissue of this and they responded that they've let the rights expire. Reading about the film; it sounds fascinating. Have no idea if it's Criterion-y.

I saw it on a crummy DVD via Netflix a few years back. You can still get it through them. I would call it decent at best, but probably not the sort of film that I would think qualifies as great or important.

It's in one of those cheapo four packs from Warner's for like ten bucks

ianungstad wrote:Has anyone seen the film The Ninth Configuration? Someone on Facebook was asking Warner Archive about a reissue of this and they responded that they've let the rights expire. Reading about the film; it sounds fascinating. Have no idea if it's Criterion-y.

I love The Ninth Configuration and would like to see it released in a better transfer. It is part of Wiliam Peter Blatty's "Trilogy of Faith" along with The Exorcist & Legion (Exorcist III).

Blatty once referred to The Ninth Configuration as the true sequel to The Exorcist and has stated that he intended the character of Captain Cutshaw to be the same astronaut that a sleepwalking Regan in The Exorcist warns, "You're gonna die up there." In The Ninth Configuration, Cutshaw mentions a fear of dying in space that is almost certainly a reference to Regan's line in the previous film. However, the characters were played by different actors and the astronaut in The Exorcist is not named by the credits.