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indiephantom · 07-20-2000, 06:32 PM

What films would you want as Criterion standard or special editions which the company has not previously released on laserdisc and have not been rumored as in production (to the best of your knowledge).

My top right now would be:

1. LOST HIGHWAY by David Lynch. Love to see a great transfer of this. (Anchor Bay or Artisan or whoever I trust for quality would also be cool.

2. JACKIE BROWN by Quentin Tarantino. Where the hell is this much overlooked film? I hardly heare anyone mention it. My personal favorite (along with 52-pick Up) of the Elmore Leonard adaptations.

3. SHOW ME LOVE (aka Fucking Amal) by Philip Moodyson This was my favorite film of last year. Please, if you're also a fan of this little gem please let me know. I can't find any release info yet. Criterion should take note.

please share your Criterion wishlist.
P.S. anyone know dates on Criterion's BEASTIE BOYS and SISTERS releases?

[This message has been edited by indiephantom (edited 07-20-2000).]

Prophet · 07-20-2000, 08:01 PM

Raiders of the Lost Ark

It is the best Indy, and deserves Criterion treatment like no other movie out there. Besides, they did Robocop.

IG88 · 07-20-2000, 08:53 PM

That would be cool to see a Criterion Raiders ( which IS the best Indy film ). I don't think it will happen of course since King George and Lucasfilm own it.

I think it will be an awesome disc when it does come out, though. I'm sure it will be full of extras...

Of course, the big question is what friggin' year will George see fit to unleash it on the world!

Mother · 07-21-2000, 04:33 AM

I bet the Indy stuff will be out by the end of next year.

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Vertigo · 07-22-2000, 10:23 PM

Guess it wouldn't be realistic to ask to have Criterion be the sole DVD purveyor. So, at the top of my wish (ful thinking) list: The Godfather Trilogy. Next in line, more of the British period Hitchcock with the terrific film historian commentaries as with 39 Steps & Lady Vanishes. (Tony Curtis? What was LaserLight thinking?!!) And, if anyone other than the Brazilians are ever going to put Citizen Kane on DVD, please let it be Criterion.

Vertigo · 07-22-2000, 10:34 PM

No known release dates for Sisters & Beastie Boys, but -- though it's virtually meaningless -- the spine numbers are 89 and 100 respectively.

willb3d · 07-23-2000, 01:12 AM

FineLine did a perfect job with Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter, but the Mouse ruined the Miramax release of Atom Egoyan's precurser to The Sweet Hereafter - the film Exotica. Besides Exotica, I think Criterion could do a good job with When Night is Falling and it could handle the multi-version needs of Wim Wenders' Until the End of the World.

mahavishnu · 07-23-2000, 02:53 AM

There's an anamorphic disc of Lost Highway out in germany, should do the job fine.

django · 07-23-2000, 05:52 PM

Hi, I don't know what they had available on laserdisc but here's my off-the-top-of-my-head list:
1.Sam Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
2. Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, Late Spring, and instead of Good Morning, the upcoming Ozu directed Criterion release, I Was Born But... - the 1933 silent film that Good Morning is a remake of.
3. a couple of feature-laden special editions of Sergio Leone films. Maybe Once Upon a Time in America or the West.
4. Some Westerns and some spaghetti westerns
5. Godard's Breathless
6. Ken Burn's Civil War
7. Something from Hong Kong's Jonnie To
8. Lastly, and most self indulgently, a collection or two of Gary Anderson's Thunderbirds.

Kevin M · 07-23-2000, 07:42 PM

Metropolis - Moroder version along with alternate music score(s) (for those who don't "dig" 80's pop) or any "complete" version they can come up with.

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-------Kevin M.-------

"that would have worked if you hadn't stopped me"

fuzyman · 07-24-2000, 04:40 PM

The Cable Guy. My favorite Jim Carrey movie.

Yoda · 07-24-2000, 08:24 PM

I would love to see "CITIZEN KANE" get the criterion treatment. A brilliant movie deserves a brilliant transfer.

willb3d · 07-25-2000, 03:18 AM

Thought of another. As in Brazil, Criterion could do what neither Fox nor Fincher would do: Release a 2 disc set of Alien3, with the theatrical version on disc 1, and the pre-release rough cut on disc 2. It is a shame that Fincher was abused too much to want to go back and recreate a director's cut, but, as long as the pre-release rough cut still exists in some form (and I don't care if it has to be from his personal VHS copy or from a VHS copy bought at a sci-fi convention), they can at the very least release that, with a disclaimer to the effect of "it's a rough cut."

Found a site that details the rough cut: www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~naflande/cut3.html

I had planned to try to edit the two versions together myself, in an effort to get some quality back into the multi-generation-down copies that are traded around now, but it seems like a very complicated task, with too many judgement calls for me.

07-20-2000, 06:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
indiephantom Guest Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Bathurst, NB, Canada	Calling Criterion What films would you want as Criterion standard or special editions which the company has not previously released on laserdisc and have not been rumored as in production (to the best of your knowledge). My top right now would be: 1. LOST HIGHWAY by David Lynch. Love to see a great transfer of this. (Anchor Bay or Artisan or whoever I trust for quality would also be cool. 2. JACKIE BROWN by Quentin Tarantino. Where the hell is this much overlooked film? I hardly heare anyone mention it. My personal favorite (along with 52-pick Up) of the Elmore Leonard adaptations. 3. SHOW ME LOVE (aka Fucking Amal) by Philip Moodyson This was my favorite film of last year. Please, if you're also a fan of this little gem please let me know. I can't find any release info yet. Criterion should take note. please share your Criterion wishlist. P.S. anyone know dates on Criterion's BEASTIE BOYS and SISTERS releases? [This message has been edited by indiephantom (edited 07-20-2000).]

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07-20-2000, 08:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Prophet Actor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boulder, CO, USA	Raiders of the Lost Ark It is the best Indy, and deserves Criterion treatment like no other movie out there. Besides, they did Robocop.

07-20-2000, 08:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
IG88 Actor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Pa.	That would be cool to see a Criterion Raiders ( which IS the best Indy film ). I don't think it will happen of course since King George and Lucasfilm own it. I think it will be an awesome disc when it does come out, though. I'm sure it will be full of extras... Of course, the big question is what friggin' year will George see fit to unleash it on the world!

07-21-2000, 04:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mother See: Eye (Hairy) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Michigan	I bet the Indy stuff will be out by the end of next year. ------------------ Mother listen.to/radiodecay/ \| ICQ Me!

07-22-2000, 10:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Vertigo Actor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: San Francisco, CA, USA	Guess it wouldn't be realistic to ask to have Criterion be the sole DVD purveyor. So, at the top of my wish (ful thinking) list: The Godfather Trilogy. Next in line, more of the British period Hitchcock with the terrific film historian commentaries as with 39 Steps & Lady Vanishes. (Tony Curtis? What was LaserLight thinking?!!) And, if anyone other than the Brazilians are ever going to put Citizen Kane on DVD, please let it be Criterion.

07-22-2000, 10:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
Vertigo Actor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: San Francisco, CA, USA	No known release dates for Sisters & Beastie Boys, but -- though it's virtually meaningless -- the spine numbers are 89 and 100 respectively.

07-23-2000, 01:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
willb3d Actor Join Date: Jun 2000	FineLine did a perfect job with Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter, but the Mouse ruined the Miramax release of Atom Egoyan's precurser to The Sweet Hereafter - the film Exotica. Besides Exotica, I think Criterion could do a good job with When Night is Falling and it could handle the multi-version needs of Wim Wenders' Until the End of the World.

07-23-2000, 02:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
mahavishnu Actor Join Date: Jun 2000	There's an anamorphic disc of Lost Highway out in germany, should do the job fine.

07-23-2000, 05:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
django Supporting Actor Join Date: Jun 2000	Hi, I don't know what they had available on laserdisc but here's my off-the-top-of-my-head list: 1.Sam Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. 2. Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, Late Spring, and instead of Good Morning, the upcoming Ozu directed Criterion release, I Was Born But... - the 1933 silent film that Good Morning is a remake of. 3. a couple of feature-laden special editions of Sergio Leone films. Maybe Once Upon a Time in America or the West. 4. Some Westerns and some spaghetti westerns 5. Godard's Breathless 6. Ken Burn's Civil War 7. Something from Hong Kong's Jonnie To 8. Lastly, and most self indulgently, a collection or two of Gary Anderson's Thunderbirds.

07-23-2000, 07:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
Kevin M Actor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: mid west	Metropolis - Moroder version along with alternate music score(s) (for those who don't "dig" 80's pop) or any "complete" version they can come up with. ------------------ -------Kevin M.------- "that would have worked if you hadn't stopped me"

07-24-2000, 04:40 PM	#11 (permalink)
fuzyman Supporting Actor Join Date: Jun 2000	The Cable Guy. My favorite Jim Carrey movie.

07-24-2000, 08:24 PM	#12 (permalink)
Yoda Actor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: CANADA	I would love to see "CITIZEN KANE" get the criterion treatment. A brilliant movie deserves a brilliant transfer.

07-25-2000, 03:18 AM	#13 (permalink)
willb3d Actor Join Date: Jun 2000	Thought of another. As in Brazil, Criterion could do what neither Fox nor Fincher would do: Release a 2 disc set of Alien3, with the theatrical version on disc 1, and the pre-release rough cut on disc 2. It is a shame that Fincher was abused too much to want to go back and recreate a director's cut, but, as long as the pre-release rough cut still exists in some form (and I don't care if it has to be from his personal VHS copy or from a VHS copy bought at a sci-fi convention), they can at the very least release that, with a disclaimer to the effect of "it's a rough cut." Found a site that details the rough cut: www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~naflande/cut3.html I had planned to try to edit the two versions together myself, in an effort to get some quality back into the multi-generation-down copies that are traded around now, but it seems like a very complicated task, with too many judgement calls for me.