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The Criterion Collection in 2017: All Fancy Movie GAF Releases Welcome!
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Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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^ It's much better than The Outsiders.
Oh wow, did I beat berzeli to this month's Arrow announcements?
So, the House stuff is kinda confusing.
The UK set contains four films. The US set contains two films, which in this case would be the first two films with William Katt. Why that is is simply because of rights issues: Shout Factory has already put out the "third" film (titled The Horror Show), while WB has the rights to the fourth film in the US.
Real excited for the Dead or Alive trilogy, though. I haven't seen the sequels, but the first film is a nutty delight from Miike. I wonder if Arrow will keep trying to rescue more films from the Tartan library, since Kino apparently wants nothing to do with it beyond Oldboy.
So, the House stuff is kinda confusing.
The UK set contains four films. The US set contains two films, which in this case would be the first two films with William Katt. Why that is is simply because of rights issues: Shout Factory has already put out the "third" film (titled The Horror Show), while WB has the rights to the fourth film in the US.
Real excited for the Dead or Alive trilogy, though. I haven't seen the sequels, but the first film is a nutty delight from Miike. I wonder if Arrow will keep trying to rescue more films from the Tartan library, since Kino apparently wants nothing to do with it beyond Oldboy.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
The Miike love from Arrow pleases me.
Um.
Maybe?
...
This is a grave personal failing and I sincerely apologise to all those affected.
I rather like how much Miike Arrow is releasing. Wasn't much of interest in their releases otherwise, they released the wrong House film.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
Will we see a proper Ishii and Gozu release?
Fingers crossed.
Fingers crossed.
Arrow Films is a UK distributor. Mainly does cinematic releases
Arrow Video is sub-label of said distributor focusing on disc media (DVD/blu ray). They mainly release horror and cult films.
Arrow Academy is another sub label focusing on disc media. But they mainly release arthouse films.
The two disc based entities release films in a manner akin to that of Criterion with new artwork, new extras, and booklets. They also do some extraordinarily fancy special editions from time to time. They also do restoration (much like Criterion), and their inhouse restoration is topnotch, like The Time Bandits where Criterion licensed the Arrow restoration, or Academy's work with Walerian Borowczyk where they saved a cinematic treasure trove for generations to come.
tl;dr: they do dope shit.
well that is awesome
killertofu
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killertofu
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ugh god this kinda ruins it for me. it looks so bad
Puck Beaverton
Banned
lmao ethan hawke
cj_iwakura
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ew what the
Doesn't seem bad to me...
Watched Lone Wolf 01. Wow. That's one hell of a film. The supplement looks incredible, too.
It pretty much seems like the artist had a good idea for the cover and then...nothing else. I actually really like the main cover, but these are definitely what held up the cover reveal. Seems like they gave up and just went with some questionable artistic renditions of stock photos. They should have just split up the main cover into three parts to symbolize each of the three films or something. Anything but this. Whatever. I'll buy it and never look at it so it doesn't really matter that much.
BaronLundi
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mariachi507
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Good summary, they are pretty much the main reason I bought a region free player.
killertofu
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If we make enough of a ruckus do you think they'll change the box art? God those covers look like bad motel art. Or Google/AI making art
afternoon delight
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And they fucking rock the house with their quality in this regard.
mariachi507
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For anybody that bought Scream Factory's new Black Christmas release, the original 2.0 mono track has some bad semblance issues where there is quite a bit of hiss. People are pissed because the 5.1 mix features revisionist audio with replaced sound effects and music in spots where it doesn't need to be (SF didn't do this btw, this was created years back). Enough people have complained so SF has replied that they are going to make a decision on how to proceed forward on this. Hopefully it's a simple replacement program since I highly prefer the original audio.
killertofu
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PSY・S;226646390 said:
"Ethan Hawke/Julie Delphy" on every cover.
Well no shit?
mariachi507
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Criterion just announced that they are releasing Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow Up. I'm excited, been wanting to see it for a while now.
CharminUltra
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HOLY SHIT YES
My favorite Antonioni.
Edit: I actually dig the Before trilogy main cover, but those illustrations.... blech
Infernostew
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Not a huge Antonioni but I really enjoyed Blow-Up. Very cool to see some John Waters as well.
CharminUltra
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Can I has Zabriskie Point next, Criterion? Kthnxbi
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Being There is such a good movie, man. Glad it's coming.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
I knew Multiple Maniacs was coming after seeing the Janus trailer before a movie over the summer. Nice to have Waters in the collection finally. Now do Serial Mom!
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I kinda like 45 Years already being canonized
Puck Beaverton
Banned
Day 1 on Blow-Up. Love that film.
Also it has a book! Yay!
Also it has a book! Yay!
I am now thrilled that I didn't spend ~$30 getting it on Blu-ray.
Yeah, really bad. Damn shame. Why couldn't they do something a bit more clever ffs.PSY・S;226646390 said:
Great month.
March:
April:
Also releasing in 2017
Fritz Lang's Destiny (Der Müde Tod) | sidenote: the Swedish title for the film, roughly translated as The Undefeated Death, is terrific
Drunken Master
Boxset of Buster Keaton's The General, Steamboat Bill Jr, and Sherlock Jr.
Yay! More Buster Keaton on MoC! Yay! That train derail (well, debridge) might get better gifs!
Seriously though, I'm giddy for that boxset.
Only downside is that there are two competing restorations for whatever reason. No official word on which they're going with yet.
April:
Also releasing in 2017
Fritz Lang's Destiny (Der Müde Tod) | sidenote: the Swedish title for the film, roughly translated as The Undefeated Death, is terrific
Drunken Master
Boxset of Buster Keaton's The General, Steamboat Bill Jr, and Sherlock Jr.
Yay! More Buster Keaton on MoC! Yay! That train derail (well, debridge) might get better gifs!
Seriously though, I'm giddy for that boxset.
Only downside is that there are two competing restorations for whatever reason. No official word on which they're going with yet.
For those that missed out on the Before Trilogy Amazon deal a while back, here's a new one. Buy now or forever bring shame upon your family name.
oh man
I had a VHS copy of Born Free as a kid that I wore out. I have no idea if it is actually good but I am feeling super nostalgic about it now.
I wish Dekalog was on Filmstruck. Really don't wanna throw cash down on the bluray. Really curious how they decide to add films to their streaming site. I'd assume there'd be some lag time between bluray release and when they add the restoration online.
Is 4K criterion going to be a thing? Was walking through the DVD section at bestbuy and saw a giant section of 4K blurays. Seems silly since Criterion has a good selection of Blurays.
Is 4K criterion going to be a thing? Was walking through the DVD section at bestbuy and saw a giant section of 4K blurays. Seems silly since Criterion has a good selection of Blurays.