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Rupert Pupkin wrote: Tue Nov 15, 2022 12:58 am I'm intrigued by "Millenium Mambo 4K".
I live in France, and there is a theatrical release.
I bought years ago the TF1/Ocean DVD which was the best DVD source (no blu-ray around ?) at the time and it is still the case.
The movie is now slightly longer than the DVD.

there is a web site here : https://www.solaris-distribution.com/fi ... ium-mambo/
you can download the HD trailer (and DCP)

I really hope this movie will be in the hands on Criterion. I was wondering, has there been any hint, tweet, or something from Criterion about Millenium Mambo coming into the collection ? :-k [-o<

the only real thing we have is that they've worked with Hou twice before - he was interviewed on Taipei Story and worked on Flowers of Shanghai. the issue is that the new restoration is premiering at Metrograph, a place that has not hosted a Janus premiere lately. without being accused of "brand loyalty", this is a title I really wanted to see Criterion get, as I know they would work with Hou directly again. if Metrograph is the rightsholder, I'm concerned as they also hold Goodbye Dragon Inn and have not given that a disc release at all - it plays their theatre in NYC constantly and weirdly got a run in Regal cinemas nationwide with little promotion. luckily Second Run came to the rescue there, but will we be so lucky with Millennium Mambo? this 21 year old film already feels underseen. I would be really disappointed if this sees the fate of some of Tsai's films have gotten (or even how some of Yang's films have been restored but went straight to obscurity in the US - see Terrorizers) where they either don't get a disc release, or get one with very little love/promotion that doesn't sell well, and then everyone will claim "Hou won't sell, so no more releases" or something of the sort that has plagued Theo Angelopoulos' filmography

and yes, there is a French UHD coming that's already been confirmed to not have English subs. sorry this got way out of the subject of the thread!

Losey-Pinter box (Blu-ray only I imagine)
Spellbound Blu-ray upgrade
A Woman of Paris, A King in New York, or a First National shorts collection (incl. The Chaplin Revue)
The Other Side of the Wind UHD
UHD upgrades of either Marriage Story of The Irishman

FrauBlucher wrote: Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:05 am Instead of guessing, just films I want whether they are coming or not:
Blast of Silence
The Trial
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Laura
Atlantics

Plus, The Devil and Daniel Webster

Chilly Scenes of Winter
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
EO
The Heroic Trio/Executioners
Drylongso

The Trial (4K UHD)
The Films of Kinuyo Tanaka (Blu-ray boxset)
Lone Star (Blu-ray)
The Heroic Trio / Executioners (Blu-ray)
EO (Blu-ray)

The Secret of Roan Inish
Pepe le moko
Medicine for Melancholy
The Sweet Hereafter
One False Move

The Devil and Daniel Webster
Tea and Sympathy
Une femme est une femme
Portrait of a Lady on Fire UHD
Hud

Deep End
Spirit of the Beehive
News from Home
Beau travail [UHD]
After Hours [UHD]
EO [UHD]

Chilly Scenes of Winter
Medicine for Melancholy
Blast of Silence
House Party
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid UHD
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs UHD

Mudbound 4K or Atlantics 4K
My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument
The Trial 4K
The Other Side of the Wind 4K
Pratidwandi

how comme "Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle)" is still not release by Criterion on blu-ray ? Does Criterion plans (or gives us some hint about an upcoming release by tweeting about it) to release it on blu-ray ?

There is a Japanese blu-ray box set (with "La Sentinelle" (one of his best movie).
And the restauration done by Eclair is pretty good; not greenish or yellowish it looks accurate, lovely in HD and with film-like grain texture.
There is a WEB 1080 around. I don't know if the Japanese box set used this restoration.
I wonder why this has not been released on blu-ray in France so far.
Is there some problems/legal issues ?

It premiered on their streaming channel with the Criterion logo, so we know they own the rights. But they've also owned the rights to many films for many, many years without giving them a physical release. Nobody here, except maybe a few posters who come by with hints/guesses on occasion, knows the 'if/when' of its announcement, but per usual, I hope it's this week

Men Don’t Leave (Paul Brickman, 1990)

The Other Side of the Wind with Hopper/Welles and They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead

Picnic at Hanging Rock 4K

Shirkers

Compromising Positions (Frank Perry, 1985)

therewillbeblus wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:08 am It premiered on their streaming channel with the Criterion logo, so we know they own the rights. But they've also owned the rights to many films for many, many years without giving them a physical release. Nobody here, except maybe a few posters who come by with hints/guesses on occasion, knows the 'if/when' of its announcement, but per usual, I hope it's this week

at least the restoration by Eclair is okay, not greenish or yellowish like a lot- it was such a pleasure to re-watch this movie in 1080, more than 20 years after its theatrical release in France in 1992.

Mudbound 4K
The Lusty Men
The Hunt (Saura)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Kinuyo Tanaka box set
Walkabout 4K

Black Narcissus (UHD)
Orlando (UHD)
Equinox Flower
Mauvais Sang
The Complete Maya Deren

I bought the European 4K release of THE TRIAL, so that can only mean that Criterion will release theirs shortly.
PANDORA'S BOX and all that.

Criterion will cash in on the latest S&S poll with 4K upgrades of top 10 titles BEAU TRAVAIL, TOKYO STORY, and JEANNE DIELMAN (all of which have 4K transfers ready).

Throwing my hat into the ring for the first time...

Atlantics
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
demonlover
Kinuyo Tanaka box set
Mamma Roma (upgrade)
Blast of Silence (upgrade)

MV88 wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 1:31 pm Black Narcissus (UHD)
Orlando (UHD)
Equinox Flower
Mauvais Sang
The Complete Maya Deren

I can definitely see a box with the 4K restorations of Leos Carax’s first 3 features at some point. It’s ridiculous how POLA X still doesn’t have a Blu, and the DVD is over 20 years old.

Pat Garret and Billy the Kid
The Heroic Trio/Executioners
Mudbound
Chilly Scenes of Winter
Kinuyo Tanaka box
Real Life

If I repeat it often enough it will come true…

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Nothing But a Man
Water Lilies

Mamma Roma upgrade (alone, or as part of Pasolini Centenary box)
I Know Where I’m Going upgrade
Blast of Silence upgrade

Atlantics
So This is Paris
They All Laughed
Tales of the Four Seasons (Box Set)
Blast of Silence (Upgrade)
Trouble in Paradise (Upgrade)

Amadeus 4K
Coffee and Cigarettes
The Forty-Year Old Version
Twentieth Century
Solo con tu pareja (upgrade)