The CRITERION DVD and Blu-ray Thread

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

KLUTE and DTRT at last!

[Paul@TheOverlook]

TWO massively warranted upgrades. Brilliant films.

DTRT is an all-time top ten favourite of mine.

[Rob4]

28th May

[gag]

Saw this today .


http://www.darkhorizons.com/4k-wong-...ions-in-2020/K Wong-Kar Wai Restorations In the works

Celebrated Chinese filmmaker Wong Kar-wai is not only gearing up to shoot his next film after years of working on the script, he’s also has confirmed himself that all of his previous works are undergoing restorations.


Speaking with Filmmaker Magazine (via The Film Stage) at the Hawaii International Film Festival, Wong confirmed that his studio Jet Tone Films are completing painstakingly careful and long in the works 4K restorations of all of his films with a theatrical tour of them planned for 2020 – timed to the 20th anniversary of his most acclaimed masterpiece “In the Mood for Love”.

in addition, Janus Films and The Criterion Collection reportedly will hold U.S. rights to these restorations so there’s already whispers of a potential Criterion box set of the features he’s directed thus far which would likely include the out-of-print “Chungking Express,” the celebrated “Happy Together” and “Fallen Angels,” and the more divisive but still interesting “2046” and “The Grandmaster”.

Wong’s next film is “Blossoms” which follows three Shanghai residents from the early 1960s through to the 1990s and is based on Jin Yucheng’s 2013 novel.

[Susan Foreman]

August 5th, 2019 - 'Kiss Me Deadly'

Blu-Ray pre-order available at Amazon UK - £18.00

"Product Description

In this atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane’s novel, directed by Robert Aldrich (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Dirty Dozen), the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Ralph Meeker (Paths of Glory, The Dirty Dozen) stars as snarling private dick Mike Hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. Brazen and bleak, Kiss Me Deadly is a film noir masterpiece as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in American cinema."

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New high-definition restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Audio commentary by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini
• New video tribute from director Alex Cox (Repo Man, Walker)
• Excerpts from The Long Haul of A. I. Bezzerides, a 2005 documentary on the Kiss Me Deadly screenwriter
• Excerpts from Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane, a 1998 documentary on the author whose book inspired the film
• A look at the film's locations
• Altered ending
• Theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman and a 1955 reprint by director Robert Aldrich

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

August 5th, 2019 - 'Kiss Me Deadly'

Blu-Ray pre-order available at Amazon UK - £18.00

"Product Description

In this atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane’s novel, directed by Robert Aldrich (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Dirty Dozen), the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Ralph Meeker (Paths of Glory, The Dirty Dozen) stars as snarling private dick Mike Hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. Brazen and bleak, Kiss Me Deadly is a film noir masterpiece as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in American cinema."

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New high-definition restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Audio commentary by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini
• New video tribute from director Alex Cox (Repo Man, Walker)
• Excerpts from The Long Haul of A. I. Bezzerides, a 2005 documentary on the Kiss Me Deadly screenwriter
• Excerpts from Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane, a 1998 documentary on the author whose book inspired the film
• A look at the film's locations
• Altered ending
• Theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman and a 1955 reprint by director Robert Aldrich

i have the US release. i'm guessing this is identical so an excellent release. one of my favourite movies of all time.

[Nostalgic]

Loving noir right now so this will be a must!

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rob4

i have the US release. i'm guessing this is identical so an excellent release. one of my favourite movies of all time.

Ditto.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

SEPTEMBER!

[Justin101]

This artwork is EVRYTHING

September 17th

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director John Waters, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• Audio commentary featuring Waters from the 1993 Criterion laserdisc release of the film
• New conversation between Waters and critic Michael Musto
• New program featuring interviews with Waters collaborators Tab Hunter, Dennis Dermody, Pat Moran, Vincent Peranio, Mink Stole, Mary Garlington, and Greer Yeaton
• Interviews from 1993 with cast and crew members Waters, Divine, Moran, Peranio, Edith Massey, and Van Smith, featuring footage from the making of the film
• Archival interviews
• Deleted scenes and alternate takes
• Trailer
• Scratch-and-sniff Odorama™ card
• PLUS: An essay by film scholar Elena Gorfinkel

Anticipation is high for my favourite John Waters film!