Criterion Additions

Caaaaaalled it.

Silence of the Lambs blu-ray unofficially announced (alongside unofficial announcement of blu-ray upgrades of some other out of print DVDs, people speculating Spinal Tap as a possibility).

i know of at least one CC that included a copy of the novel -- The Man Who Fell to Earth -- and they should do it for Election; would delineate where Payne sitcommed it.

I'd be down (Picnic at Hanging Rock and the original release of Short Cuts also include books of the source material).

The Mr. Arkadin Welles set had a book, and relatedly the Third Man set had radio dramas

Silence O Teh Lambs reissue officially confirmed in new newsletter.

....and speaking of books, the Six Morals Tales box came with a book collecting Rohmer's short story/novellas he based the films on.

The dual-format Red River also came with the original novel.

JANUARY: The Breakfast Club; Kameradschaft; West front 1918; I, Daniel Blake; Young Mr. Lincoln on blu; and a Claude Autant-Lara Eclipse set.

Criterion finally jumping on the Hughes train! Can't wait for that 4K remaster of Uncle Buck.

And now there's a 50% off flash sale on their site.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Curly_Sue_%28movie_poster%29.jpg

with Richard Brody commentary track

That slate ... couldn't be more diverse.

trench warfare, detention, Fordian Americana, Brit miserabilism, yes

can anyone tell me about Autant-Lara? never even heard of him

answered myself by reading this: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/feb/07/news.obituaries

I was also ignorant on Autant-Lara and a "this dude was a fascist" obit isn't an intro that's making me run to buy the set (Criterion also referes to the films as "romantic escapism during Occupation"). I mean I'm sure the movies are probably great but.

Apparently Chabrol was friends with Le Pen, too.

http://www.worldofreel.com/2017/10/does-breakfast-club-deserve-criterion.html

"Is it Criterion-worthy? Of course not."

If we are going to cite Kael-approval as grounds for inclusion, then a lot of better films than The Breakfast Club are going to need to be tossed out of the Criterion Collection.

I'm never going to begrudge them their Breakfast Clubs and their Armageddons if it helps them to finance the release of more obscure stuff.

Same, and even more so if it justifies them putting out a Dressed to Kill set.

Wheeler & Woolsey box or bust

Benjamin Button, lol

I'm surprised there hasn't been a Bulldog Drummond box, since they've had 10 of those streaming for years on Hulu and Filmstruck.

sounds like an Eclipse

Dead Man confirmed in latest newsletter.

50%-off B&N sale is go.

I can't with these back-to-back sales.

I know, I also cannot.

ownership is overrated

free your ass and your library will follow

I've seen the people at the library, and don't wish to free my ass anywhere near that.

tsk tsk! be one of the Library People, Eric

I'm already skeeved about the people who hang out around my home library.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcBivDDUMTM

"BAD TIMING....that is going to be stuck in the bag right away."

<3

I really hope that lots of people buy the DVD of Bad Timing based on this video. Huppert is unflappable as always, doesn't really give a shit about being in the closet, and the movie she's most enthusiastic about is Bad Timing, love it

anyway hoping for a blu-ray reissue soon

what’s the comedy with the dog walking scene she refers to?

I'm sure that the bulk of people who make it a point to buy Criterions are, like me, no longer actively buying DVD versions if they think there's the possibility of an upgrade.

Finally, Night of the Living Dead and the Silence of the Lambs reissue!

Also: The Hero (S. Ray), Tom Jones, An Actor's Revenge, and Elevator to the Gallows on BR.

what’s the comedy with the dog walking scene she refers to?

I forget which, but it's a Pierre Etaix film

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/947-pierre-etaix

Wonder if Isabelle will move some Etaix units. I've seen a couple, he's funny; Jerry Lewis liked him.

Thank you. She sold me, library request submitted.

It must've been Yoyo --- she kept saying that in the video, but I figured it was the name of her assistant...

Yoyo? Sounds like someone who'd answer to Isabelle Huppert on the daily.

Dead Man and Women In Love both confirmed in this week's newsletters.

Dead Man and Women In Love

would watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMypwNZ2JBI

Ha, I watched this and the four video recs afterwards were three closet videos and a live Neil Young clip and I realized I'd totes watch a Neil Young Criterion Closet video.

Maybe they can bring him in for something on Dead Man?

MARCH: King of Jazz; Women In Love; Baal; The Age of Innocence; and an upgrade of The Passion of Joan of Arc.

Age of Innocence!