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07-14-2007, 11:24 AM
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I didn't really feel like creating a thread for this, and the only place where people MIGHT care about is in this thread, so might as well place it in here since some may be interested (namely TD182 and possibly some others, but in Eureka's Masters of Cinema Series news (Region 2's Criterion), these are all the Coming Soon DVDs on MoC's queue, as in simply not released yet:
23 The Last Laugh (F.W. Murnau) 40 Die Nibelungen (Fritz Lang) 44 Silence (Masahiro Shinoda) 47 Bellisima (Luchino Visconti) 50 Vampyr (Carl Th. Dreyer) 51 Edvard Munch (Peter Watkins) Also, coming soon but haven't been specifically assigned a spine number yet: Woman in the Moon (Fritz Lang) Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (F.W. Murnau) Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (F.W. Murnau) Also, there should be a Volume 1 and Volume 2 of Kenji Mizoguchi Box Sets, coming soon, not sure what will be on what volume but these are the films: Miss Oyu Ugetsu Monogatari Goin Festival Music Sansho Dayu The Woman of Rumour Chikamatsu Monogatari The Empress Yang Kwei Fei Street of Shame Spine numbers are subject to change I suppose. I figure SOMEONE will be interested in that 
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#403
07-14-2007, 06:38 PM
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Awesome. Thanks Sam.
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07-16-2007, 04:38 PM
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Mister Christian was exactly right about these releases for OCTOBER:
#407:  #408:  #409:  #410:  #409 is DAYS OF HEAVEN since there is no cover art yet
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07-16-2007, 04:52 PM
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Is it just me or has Criterion's cover art gotten more badass ever since they changed their logo and layout?
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#407
07-16-2007, 05:00 PM
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Under the Volcano art = amazing. Can't wait for Days of Heaven and maybe 'Volcano'. Breathless is a piece of shit IMO, and I have no interest in Mala Noche. -- The days of heaven features are really weak.  Especially for the $40 price tag. Last edited by dman476; 07-16-2007 at 05:03 PM..
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07-16-2007, 05:23 PM
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I COMPLETELY agree about the covers since the logo change, although this cover Breathless isn't very great at all.
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07-16-2007, 06:59 PM
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07-16-2007, 07:55 PM
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07-16-2007, 08:01 PM
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07-17-2007, 01:45 PM
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New Eclipse Box Set Announced!!!:
http://www.criterion.com/eclipse/eclipse_6.asp Right again Mister Christian!!!
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#415
07-19-2007, 12:56 AM
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Señor Christian!
Delete some messages, to make space for a new one immediately!
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#416
07-19-2007, 11:32 AM
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my inbox is cleared...
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07-19-2007, 01:45 PM
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your inbox has a new message
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07-21-2007, 12:29 PM
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Hmm, well I haven't seen any of those except for Days Of Heaven, which I saw about half of many years ago, so I'm excited to rewatch/buy that. Still haven't seen Breathless and have no real desire to (though I will soon anyway) so I don't really give a shit about that. I haven't seen Under The Volcano, but it's John Huston, starring Albert Finny, I'm there. Mala Noche I have absolutely no interest in.
But I have to say: WHY is Criterion releasing Two Lane Blacktop?! I mean, not only are they releasing it, they're releasing a goddamn 2-disc special edition of it? Holy shit that was one of the most aweful, boring, dated-as-hell movies I've ever seen. It just had no redeeming qualities. Seriously, for being only a little over an hour and a half, this thing felt like 4 hours of nothing. I had to take several breaks while watching it, I could only take so much of it in one sitting. But yeah, anyway, psyched for Days Of Heaven... BTW--Can anyone tell me, how's the Teshigahara box set? I've never seen any of his films, but always wanted to.
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07-21-2007, 01:46 PM
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I'm buying Breathless immediately when it comes out, but that cover is one of the most disappointing covers I have seen in a long fucking time.
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07-21-2007, 02:48 PM
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As Two-Lane Blacktop goes, I've never seen it myself, but it is hailed as one of the quintessential 70's films in the same vein as Easy Rider. I could see why Criterion would release it even if I turn out not to enjoy it at all.
As for Hiroshi Teshigahara set....Face of Another and Pitfall are both great. Face of Another may be "slow" at time, but its pretty much a more philosophical and dramatic version of EYES WITHOUT A FACE. Very well directed, and very surreal at times. Still haven't see Woman in the Dunes, which is regarded as his best, so I'm hoping for a lot from that.
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07-22-2007, 06:44 PM
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I'm really looking forward to "Two-Lane Blacktop". Elsewhere I've heard it described as a Antonioni Western, which clinched uh my anticipation.
The Teshigahara's look great too, no chance I'm blind buying (ive discovered its a filthy practice!) but they look like material I'd genuinely enjoy. Again, reports tell me they are somewhat reminiscent of Antonioni and "The Pornographers". BTW, I read from a post on criterionforum.org that Criterion has no immediate plans of releasing "The Red Desert". He even reposted the email letdown. Figured i'd throw that in there since i mentioned the man's name twice. I'm wondering though, Criterion has a stacked slate going into next year okay, but what's beyond the horizon? Their releases can only get more obscure as the "Breathless's" and "Days of Heavens" get dressed up and released. And they have double barrel action going with Eclipse. I'm not saying they're bound to be running outta releases, it's just that soon there will come a point where there may be one true cash cow per season to take in all the income the Carlos Saura Criterions aren't. UNtil then, FUCK, Days of Heaven? Last edited by Tayzlor; 07-22-2007 at 06:47 PM..
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07-22-2007, 07:24 PM
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Two Lane Blacktop is a fun movie, more in the vein of Vanishing Point (minus alot of action) than Easy Rider. James Taylor has some funny lines "make that 100 dollars mother fucker and you have yourself an automobile race."
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07-22-2007, 08:05 PM
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07-26-2007, 01:05 AM
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07-26-2007, 01:30 AM
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07-26-2007, 01:34 AM
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07-26-2007, 10:31 AM
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Apparently the artwork for Days of Heaven isn't final...
I watched The Steel Helmet last night (part of Eclipse's The First Films of Samuel Fuller). Pretty good!
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07-26-2007, 11:57 AM
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07-30-2007, 08:51 AM
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Not exactly Criterion news...but SAD news
Ingmar Bergman....R.I.P. http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html It's comforting that he lived a full life though.
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07-30-2007, 10:52 AM
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07-30-2007, 12:33 PM
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Too much, too much
Im going to be broke for sooo long.. Ivan's Childhood is by far the best artwork ive seen for a DVD in a looooong time. Wow. Since they started with Terrence Malick im going to go ape shit if they decide to release The Thin Red Line and Badlands...any of you experts out there know if there's a possibilty for this? DMM PS: Just saw on the news as well, R.I.P Bergman, one of the greatest for sure, he left a legacy behind that will never be challenged or surpassed.
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07-30-2007, 12:53 PM
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Badlands is a very unlikely possibility. Warner is notorious for not dealing with Criterion, so I wouldn't hold your breath for that one. Thin Red Line, haven't heard any rumors on that at all.
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07-31-2007, 10:01 AM
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One day after Ingmar Bergman dies......Michelangelo Antonioni passes away as well. Two great directors in as many days. R.I.P.
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07-31-2007, 12:57 PM
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07-31-2007, 03:33 PM
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Sawdust and Tinsel now CONFIRMED in the new Criterion Blog: Farewell, Bergman
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#439
08-07-2007, 09:05 PM
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New wacky cartoon up in the newsletter:
 A little more vague. Had to do a little research as I'm not too familiar with Maurice Chevalier or Nelson Eddy. But apparently Nelson Eddy did several films with Jeanette MacDonald, and as did Maurice Chevalier hence the "cutting in" reference. So as for possible films this can be referring to are: The Merry Widow (1934) The Love Parade (1929) both of which directed by Ernst Lubitsch, who has been represented in the collection before, and starring both MacDonald and Chevalier. Another possibility, but in my opinion unlikely, as Kino has already released it and there have been little, if any, overlapping titles between the two, is: Love Me Tonight (1932) Of more interest to me though, similar to last month's Steve Buscemi giving his top 10, this time its Rian Johnson, who is famous for directing the film BRICK. He also has a new film coming out next year called THE BROTHERS BLOOM. While the current DVD release of Brick is better than decent, I wouldn't mind seeing him represented by Criterion by either that or a future release.
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#440
08-15-2007, 05:15 PM
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Berlin Alexanderplatz
Bergman's Sawdust and Tinsel Kurosawa's Drunken Angel Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes WOW!
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