Yesterday, director Guillermo del Toro attended the 36th Annual Saturn Awards and gave a 20-minute impromptu interview backstage. After the interview finished, Del Toro revealed off-camera to Collider's Steve Weintraub that the Criterion Collection is going to release a Blu-ray of his feature debut, Cronos.
No edition details are available at this time, But Del Toro said that the BD will include a 15-minute documentary on his now-famous Man Cave.
The whole interview is highly recommended for any fans of this filmmaker, or of fantasy and horror cinema in general.
Guillermo del Toro Talks THE HOBBIT, HELLBOY 3, FRANKENSTEIN, AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, SATURN AND THE END OF DAYS from ColliderVideos on Vimeo.
this is a great film; it will be a great moment for many people, I'm happy to see a jump from VHS "hen's tooth " to wide release; and BD! I'm happy. Different
@dead: What makes this a "real movie"? Criterion has some pretty obscure titles in their collection, but are movies like Walkabout, M, Ride with the Devil, Stagecoach, etc. not "real movies"?
Nice! Del Toro had mentioned awhile back that Cronos was being prepared for blu, but I had no idea it was going to be a Criterion release. They've yet to let me down. This made my day.
Looking forward to seeing Cronos on blu...and by the way Ride with the Devil is an amazing film...can't believe it took me this long to finally see it...bit I'm glad it was a criterion release.
Excellent news, can't wait to get this title, Cronos, is a wonderful movie. Thank you Criterion!
Now what about releasing on Blu-ray "El espinazo del diablo" (The Devil's Backbone) and the Director's Cut of "Mimic". I am not sure about who owns the rights for "Mimic" if Disney or The Weinstein's, since it was released by Dimension Films, probably The Weinstein's (not a good thing, I guess). The rights for "The Devil's Backbone" belongs to Sony as far as I know.
Finally some more word on this! This is one of my most anticipated releases and one of my favourites. I sold my Lions Gate DVD a long time ago when it was going for silly money, expecting a re-release somewhere and it looks like it'll be worth the wait, especially as that release was pretty poor with it's HoH subs only.
A severely underrated film! An anticipated upgrade over my cropped-to-1.33:1 old laserdisc. Happy to see more unique arthouse outings like this, Summer Hours and Ride With the Devil making its way into the Criterion Blu catalogue.
man...i just started reading frankenstein again...and to here guillermo del toro might be doing a film adaptation is awesome... if theres someone who can do frankenstein right its del toro
After watching this I'd just like to hang out with Del Toro. Just watch and see you he handles so much! Looking forward to whatever project he has coming out next.
