Forthcoming Lists Discussion and Random Speculation Vol. 5

[Askew]

Marketa Lazarová
Safety Last
Shoah

You can find the pages by going to Life is Sweet, scrolling to the bottom and clicking go to next spine #.

[andyli]

Hell yeah another Kalat commentary!

[Jonny Pasadena]

Also "Things to Come" -- 1936 -- according to the announcement on Criterion's front page, though not yet reflected under Coming Soon.

[tenia]

Shoah

Three additional films by director Claude Lanzmann: A Visitor from the Living (1999, 68 minutes), Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. (2001, 102 minutes), and The Karski Report (2010, 54 minutes) \:D/

[captveg]

Safety Last! also includes three shorts among its bonus:

Take a Chance (1918)
Young Mr. Jazz (1919)
His Royal Slyness (1920)

The first two are previously unreleased on DVD in Region 1, and the third was on the Kino Slapstick Symposium release.

[matrixschmatrix]

Hell yeah another Kalat commentary!

Ha, I assumed at first that this would be on Safety Last!- Christopher Frayling would have seemed the obvious choice for Things to Come, as he wrote the BFI booklet on it. On the other hand: who cares, this is awesome.

edit: Oops, looks like Frayling's done his bit, too. And Bruce Eder- is that something left over from a laserdisc, or is this the first time they've hired Eder in like 8 years?

[Drucker]

This seems like a great month of releases. I'm not a fan of Things To Come but it seems like a great package. I had a feeling we'd get our annual non-Chaplin silent film, and we did, so I'm thrilled about that.

[matrixschmatrix]

I wonder if we're going to spend the next five years trickling out a Chaplin and a Lloyd every six months, or if they'll bunch some of the lesser known Lloyds together.

[knives]

Well they've already got four Lloyd's in one fell swope so I imagine that they'll do bulk releasing like that every few months or so.

[Tommaso]

Very good line-up this month, I think I'll get "Safety Last", "Things to come" and most likely even double-dip on "Lazarova", but seriously, couldn't they at least release just ONE film not already available in a decent edition elsewhere?

[swo17]

My favorite Facebook comment on the June lineup:

NAKED LUNCH! I thought you already did this though.

[vsski]

For me one of the best line-ups of the year, can't wait to get "Lazarova" and "Shoah", as I still haven't seen either one and finally can close two major gaps in my education!

[TMDaines]

Very good line-up this month, I think I'll get "Safety Last", "Things to come" and most likely even double-dip on "Lazarova", but seriously, couldn't they at least release just ONE film not already available in a decent edition elsewhere?

I'd agree with your sentiment, but, all the same, this saves me importing the Czech Blu-ray of Lazarová and I may get round to upgrading Shoah too. A couple of the others pique my fancy too, but it's mainly because they're on Blu and not because of the films themselves.

[Finch]

Safety Last definitely, Things To Come I'll rent and watch first but a potential buy as well. Not sure about Shoah. Liked Marketa Lazarova but not enough to want to own it.

[movielocke]

Goddamn this is a hell of a lineup, wow, I'm not even missing a new eclipse title for once. Probably buying the whole month.

[Jeff]

Goddamn this is a hell of a lineup, wow, I'm not even missing a new eclipse title for once. Probably buying the whole month.

It's their strongest month in a long time: five must-have landmark films in lavishly-appointed editions. Five different countries, five different genres, five different decades, a film that's never been released in the states, a nine-hour documentary boxed set, six bonus films, a Kevin Brownlow documentary, and a David Kalat commentary. I know people will try very hard to find things to complain about, but they shouldn't. You can't even bitch about the art this month.

[zedz]

Cue the "No Eclipse!" chorus. Though you're basically getting an Eclipse set folded into this edition of Shoah.

[Jeff]

you're basically getting an Eclipse set folded into this edition of Shoah

Good point. And it's in high-def and only added $10-$20 to the MSRP.

[zedz]

I am very much in favour of this development on Criterion's part. We saw a similar thing with Lonesome, and the Pierre Etaix release is basically an Eclipse set on steroids. (Though of course, there will still be batches of films for which the Eclipse format / brand is the best option for them.)

[TMDaines]

I am very much in favour of this development on Criterion's part. We saw a similar thing with Lonesome, and the Pierre Etaix release is basically an Eclipse set on steroids. (Though of course, there will still be batches of films for which the Eclipse format / brand is the best option for them.)

Agreed, but it would be nice to see them soften their stance on Eclipse releases having to be barebones. If any extras are available they should be included - and not just put on the website...

you're basically getting an Eclipse set folded into this edition of Shoah

Good point. And it's in high-def and only added $10-$20 to the MSRP.

How do we know the extra films are not just uprezzed? The description doesn't make reference to them being in HD.

[boywonder]

Now that the June hoopla is out ... I wanna know why Bruce Webber's "Boken Noses" and "Let's Get Lost" aren't available here in region 1.

A dear friend of mind wants to see Andy Minsker, the boxer in BN. She almost married him, and now twenty years later she wants to make sure she didn't marry the wrong guy. She chose brains over brawn, but still want a chance to compare.

Any chance?

[krnash]

...what?

[mfunk9786]

Wow. Speechless.

[rwaits]

Please post more.

[boywonder]

Now that the June hoopla is out ... I wanna know why Bruce Webber's "Boken Noses" and "Let's Get Lost" aren't available here in region 1.

A dear friend of mind wants to see Andy Minsker, the boxer in BN. She almost married him, and now twenty years later she wants to make sure she didn't marry the wrong guy. She chose brains over brawn, but still want a chance to compare.

Any chance?

I was just asking if Bruce Webber's documentaries might ever be released by Criterion. I will be more erudite in further postings. I realize he is not a director of note, but both the boxing doc "Broken Noses" and the Chet Baker film "Let's Get Lost" were pretty dang good.