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Blu-ray Heads to 'Paris, Texas'
Mon Oct 19, 2009 at 03:00 PM ETTags: Disc Announcements, Criterion (all tags)
Wim Wenders' gripping drama is slated for high-definition in the new year.
The Criterion Collection has revealed 'Paris, Texas' will have a Blu-ray release on January 26.
The Blu-ray release will feature 1080p video, an English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements will include: Audio commentary featuring Wim Wenders; Interview with Wenders by German journalist Roger Willemsen; Excerpts from the 1990 film Motion and Emotion: The Road to “Paris, Texas,” featuring interviews with Wenders, actors Harry Dean Stanton, Hanns Zischler, Dennis Hopper, and Peter Falk, composer Ry Cooder, cinematographer Robby Müller, novelist Patricia Highsmith, and filmmaker Samuel Fuller; new interviews with filmmakers Allison Anders and Claire Denis; Cinéma cinémas: “Wim Wenders Hollywood April '84,” with Wenders and Cooder working on the score; deleted scenes and Super 8 home movies; Gallery of Wenders's location-scouting photos, from his book Written in the West; Behind-the-scenes photos by Robin Holland; theatrical trailer; and a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Nick Roddick and interviews with Stanton, writer Sam Shepard, and actors Nastassja Kinski and Dean Stockwell.
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray has been set at $39.95.
You can find the latest specs for 'Paris, Texas' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under January 26.
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'8 1/2' Blu-ray Bound
Mon Oct 19, 2009 at 09:00 AM ETTags: Disc Announcements, Criterion (all tags)
Federico Fellini's masterpiece is bound for high-definition early next year.
The Criterion Collection is bringing the film '8 1/2' to Blu-ray on January 12.
The Blu-ray release will feature 1080p video, an Italian LPCM Mono soundtrack (with English subtitles), and as usual there's a nice helping of supplements, including: Introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam; Audio commentary featuring film critic and Fellini friend Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda; Fellini: A Director's Notebook, a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini, newly-restored and in high definition; Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert, a compelling 48-minute documentary about Fellini's longtime composer; Interviews with actress Sandra Milo, director Lina Wertmüller, and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro; Rare photographs from Bachmann's collection; Gallery of behind-the-scenes and production photos; US theatrical trailer; and a booklet featuring writings by Fellini and essays by critics Tullio Kezich and Alexander Sesonske.
Exclusive to the Blu-ray is The Last Sequence, a new 52-minute documentary on Fellini's lost alternate ending for 8 1/2.
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $39.95.
You can find the latest specs for '8 1/2' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under January 12.
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Criterion Announces 'Che' for Blu-ray
Fri Oct 16, 2009 at 02:00 PM ETTags: Disc Announcements, Criterion (all tags)
Both parts of Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed film will hit Blu-ray in January.
The Criterion Collection has announced 'Che' starring Benicio Del Toro is coming to Blu-ray on January 19.
The 2-disc Blu-ray release will feature 1080p video, a Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack (with English subtitles), and supplements will include: audio commentaries on both films, featuring Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life; Making “Che,” a new documentary about the film's production, featuring interviews with Soderbergh, producer Laura Bickford, actor-producer Benicio del Toro, and writers Peter Buchman and Ben van der Veen; new interviews with Cuban historians as well as participants in the 1958 Cuban Revolution and Che's 1967 Bolivian campaign; deleted scenes; theatrical trailers; and a booklet featuring an essay by critic Amy Taubin.
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray has ben set at $49.95.
You can find the latest specs for 'Che' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under January 19.
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VUDU Adds Criterion Collection Titles
Thu Oct 08, 2009 at 04:00 PM ETTags: VUDU, Criterion (all tags)
Over fifty Criterion Collection films have been added to the VUDU service, with more to come.
With a specialty in restoration and distribution of, as they put it, “important classic and contemporary films,” the Criterion Collection is a name well known by those with a love of cinema. Their DVD releases have long been praised for their excellence both in quality and in terms of the special treatments such as custom packaging, documentaries, and even commentaries added to classic films.
VUDU has announced the addition of over fifty of these films to their lineup including classics like Solaris, Grey Gardens, as well as films by the likes of Fritz Lang, James Ivory and Ingmar Bergman. Available now, these Criterion Collection films can be rented or purchased on any of the increasing number of devices that offer VUDU’s service.
Jonathan Turell, co-founder of Criterion Collection, says that the decision to go with VUDU was an easy one. “VUDU’s mission to deliver the highest quality cinematic experience to its customers is consistent with the Criterion Collection’s mission. We’ve been impressed with VUDU’s quality and are proud to make our films available to Criterion Collection fans on VUDU’s on-demand service.”
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'Gimme Shelter' Rocks Blu-ray
Thu Sep 17, 2009 at 05:00 PM ETTags: Disc Announcements , Criterion (all tags)
The Criterion Collection is bringing the Rolling Stones film 'Gimme Shelter' to Blu-ray in December.
Called “the greatest rock film ever made,” this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When 300,000 members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hell’s Angels at San Francisco’s Altamont Speedway, direct cinema pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin immortalized on film the bloody clash that transformed a decade’s dreams into disillusionment.
Available on December 1, the Blu-ray release will feature 1080p video, LPCM 2.0 and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtracks.
As usual, there's a nice helping of supplements including: Never-before-seen performances of the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1969, including “Little Queenie," “Oh Carol," and “Prodigal Son," plus backstage outtakes; audio commentary by directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, and collaborator Stanley Goldstein; excerpts from KSAN Radio’s Altamont wrap-up, recorded December 7, 1969, with new introductions by then-DJ, Stefan Ponek; Altamont stills gallery, featuring the work of renowned photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower; original and rerelease theatrical trailers, plus trailers for Maysles Films’ classics Grey Gardens and Salesman; Filmographies for Maysles Films and Charlotte Zwerin; restoration demonstration; “The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and Gimme Shelter”: A 44-page booklet with essays by Jagger’s former assistant Georgia Bergman, music writers Michael Lydon and Stanley Booth, ex-Oakland Hell’s Angels chapter head Sonny Barger, and film critics Amy Taubin and Godfrey Cheshire.
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray has been set at $39.95.
You can find the latest specs for 'Gimme Shelter' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under December 1.
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Criterion Announces and Details 'A Christmas Tale' Blu-ray
Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 05:00 PM ETTags: Criterion, Disc Announcements (all tags)
The Criterion Collection says 'A Christmas Tale' is coming to Blu-ray in December.
In Arnaud Desplechin’s beguiling 'A Christmas Tale' (Un conte de Noël), Catherine Deneuve brings her legendary poise to the role of Junon, matriarch of the troubled Vuillard family, who come together at Christmas after she learns she needs a bone marrow transplant from a blood relative. That simple family reunion setup, however, can’t begin to describe the unpredictable, emotionally volatile experience of this film, an inventive, magical drama that’s equal parts merriment and melancholy. Unrequited childhood loves and blinding grudges, brutal outbursts and sudden slapstick, music, movies, and poetry, A Christmas Tale ties it all together in a marvelously messy package.
Exact specs haven't been revealed yet, but the Blu-ray will be released on December 1 with a newly restored high-definition transfer supervised by Desplechin and the following supplements: L'aimée, Desplechin's 2007 documentary about the selling of his family home; New documentary featuring interviews with Desplechin and actors Mathieu Amalric and Catherine Deneuve; Original theatrical trailers; A booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Lopate.
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray has been set at $39.95.
You can find the latest specs for 'A Christmas Tale' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under December 1.
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Criterion Delays Three Blu-ray Titles
Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:30 PM ETTags: Disc Announcements, Criterion (all tags)
The Criterion Collection has announced a slight delay for three of their upcoming Blu-ray titles in October and November.
Originally scheduled for an October 13 release, 'Monsoon Wedding' will now hit stores on October 20.
Likewise, 'Howard's End' and 'Wings of Desire' will now be available on November 3 (instead of October 20).
No reasons for the postponements have been given.
You can find the latest specs for 'Monsoon Wedding' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it is indexed under October 20 while 'Howard's End' and 'Wings of Desire' are now listed under November 3.
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- Wings of Desire (Blu-ray)
IFC and Criterion Join Forces
Fri Sep 04, 2009 at 10:30 AM ETTags: Criterion (all tags)
Criterion Collection releases of Gomorrah and Che coming soon.
The Independent Film Channel’s feature films have thus far been relatively unavailable on DVD due to an exclusivity agreement with Blockbuster. Starting this fall, thanks to a partnership with Criterion, IFC goes from having little DVD presence to having some of the best DVDs on the market.
Criterion Collections films are regarded as the finest DVD treatments that a movie can receive. In partnership with IFC they will be releasing such films as “Gomorrah”, Steven Soderbergh’s “Che”, and other movies considered the gems of the IFC catalog.
Bare bones editions of films not given the Criterion treatment will go through MPI, who are already releasing some of IFC’s films. The decision of which method to use will be a decision made on a case by case basis.
Source: Variety
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Criterion Announces and Details 'Gomorrah' Blu-ray
Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 07:00 PM ETTags: Disc Announcements, Criterion (all tags)
The Criterion Collection has announced 'Gomorrah' for Blu-ray release in November.
Matteo Garrone's powerful crime drama will receive the high-definition treatment on November 24.
The Blu-ray will feature 1080p video, an uncompressed stereo soundtrack, and supplements set to include: Five Stories, a 60-minute documentary on the making of Gomorrah; New video interviews with Garrone and actor Toni Servillo; interviews with writer Roberto Saviano and actors Gianfelice Imparato and Salvatore Cantalupo; deleted scenes; Theatrical trailer; and a booklet featuring an essay by critic Chuck Stephens.
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray has ben set at $39.95.
You can find the latest specs for 'Gomorrah' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under November 24.
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Criterion Announces and Details 'Monsoon Wedding' Blu-ray
Thu Jul 23, 2009 at 01:00 PM ETTags: Disc Announcements, Criterion (all tags)
The Criterion Collection has announced 'Monsoon Wedding' for Blu-ray on October 13.
The Blu-ray will feature 1080p video, an DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtracks (in Hindu, Punjabi, and English), and supplements will include an audio commentary featuring Nair; Nair’s short documentaries So Far from India (1983), India Cabaret (1985), and The Laughing Club of India (2001), featuring video introductions by the director; Nair’s short fiction films The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat (1993), 11'09"01—September 11 (Segment: “India”) (2002), Migration (2007), and How Can It Be? (2008), featuring video introductions by the director; New video interview with actor Naseeruddin Shah, conducted by Nair; New video interviews with Quinn and production designer Stephanie Carroll; Theatrical trailer; and an essay by critic and travel writer Pico Iyer.
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray has been set at $39.95.
You can find the latest specs for 'Monsoon Wedding' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under October 13.
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MORE HIGH-DEF DISC NEWS TAGGED "CRITERION":
- Criterion Announces and Details 'Wings of Desire' Blu-ray Jul 20, 2009
- Criterion Details 'Howard's End' Blu-ray Jul 20, 2009
- 'Howard's End' Coming to Blu-ray Jun 05, 2009
- Criterion Unveils 'Benjamin Button' Box Art, Specs Apr 24, 2009
- Criterion to Bring 'Repulsion' to Blu-ray Apr 20, 2009
- 'For All Mankind' Coming to Blu-ray Apr 17, 2009
- 'Benjamin Button' Gets May Blu-ray Date Mar 19, 2009
- 'Last Year at Marienbad' to Get June Blu-ray Release Mar 18, 2009
- Criterion Announces 'Seventh Seal' for Blu-ray Mar 18, 2009
- Criterion to Bring 'Ran' to Blu-ray this May Feb 18, 2009
- 'In the Realm of the Senses' Coming to Blu-ray Jan 21, 2009
- Criterion to Bring 'Wages of Fear' to Blu-ray this April Jan 20, 2009
- "The Last Metro' Races to Blu-ray Dec 19, 2008
- Criterion Bringing Truffaut's '400 Blows' to Blu-ray Dec 18, 2008
- Criterion Delays First Wave of Blu-rays Nov 18, 2008
- Criterion Announces 'El Norte' for Blu-ray Oct 29, 2008
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