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Criterion Announces July Titles (Pre-orders Up)
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Posted April 16, 2014 12:29 PM by
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 The Criterion Collection has announced ten titles for Blu-ray release in July: On July 15th, it will release Robert Bresson's Pickpocket (1959) and David Cronenberg's Scanners (1981). On July 22, it will release Erik Skjoldbjærg's Insomnia (1997) and a collection of films directed by the great Jacques Demy. And on July 29, it will release Lawrence Kasdan's The Big Chill (1983).
Pickpocket
This incomparable story of crime and redemption from French master Robert Bresson follows Michel, a young pickpocket who spends his days working the streets, subway cars, and train stations of Paris. As his compulsive pursuit of the thrill of stealing grows, however, so does his fear that his luck is about to run out. A cornerstone in the career of this most economical and profoundly spiritual of filmmakers, Pickpocket is an elegantly crafted, tautly choreographed study of humanity in all its mischief and grace, the work of a director at the height of his powers.
Special Features:
- New, 2K digital film restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary by film scholar James Quandt
- Introduction by writer-director Paul Schrader
- The Models of "Pickpocket," a 2003 documentary by Babette Mangolte that features actors from the film
- Interview from 1960 with director Robert Bresson, from the French television program Cinépanorama
- Q&A on Pickpocket from 2000 with actor Marika Green and filmmakers Paul Vecchiali and Jean-Pierre Améris
- Footage of the sleight-of-hand artist and Pickpocket consultant Kassagi from a 1962 episode of the French television show La piste aux étoiles
- Trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by novelist and critic Gary Indiana
Scanners
With Scanners, David Cronenberg plunges us into one of his most terrifying and thrilling sci-fi worlds. After a man with extraordinary—and frighteningly destructive—telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers, and that some of the other "scanners" have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them. A trademark Cronenberg combination of the visceral and the cerebral, this phenomenally gruesome and provocative film about the expanses and limits of the human brain was the Canadian director's breakout hit in the United States.
Special Features:
- New, restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director David Cronenberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- The "Scanners" Way, a new documentary on the film's special effects
- New interview with actor Michael Ironside
- The Ephemerol Diaries, a 2012 interview with actor and artist Stephen Lack
- Excerpt from a 1981 interview with Cronenberg on the CBC's The Bob McLean Show
Stereo (1969), Cronenberg's first feature film
- Trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kim Newman
The Essential Jacques Demy
French director Jacques Demy didn't just make movies—he created an entire cinematic world. Demy launched his glorious feature filmmaking career in the sixties, a decade of astonishing invention in his national cinema. He stood out from the crowd of his fellow New Wavers, however, by filtering his self-conscious formalism through deeply emotional storytelling. Fate and coincidence, doomed love, and storybook romance surface throughout his films, many of which are further united by the intersecting lives of characters who either appear or are referenced across titles. Demy's films—which range from musical to melodrama to fantasia—are triumphs of visual and sound design, camera work, and music, and they are galvanized by the great stars of French cinema at their centers, including Anouk Aimée, Catherine Deneuve, and Jeanne Moreau. The works collected here, made from the sixties to the eighties, touch the heart and mind in equal measure.
Special Features:
- New 2K digital restorations of all six films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays of Lola and Bay of Angels/ and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 surround soundtracks on the Blu-rays of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Donkey Skin, and Une chambre en ville
- Two documentaries by filmmaker Agnès Varda: The World of Jacques Demy (1995) and The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
- Four short films by director Jacques Demy: Les horizons morts (1951), Le sabotier du Val de Loire (1956), Ars (1959), and La luxure (1962)
- Jacques Demy A to Z, a new visual essay by film critic James Quandt
- Two archival interviews from French television with Demy and composer Michel Legrand, one on The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and the other on The Young Girls of Rochefort
- French television interview from 1962 with actor Jeanne Moreau on the set of Bay of Angels
Once Upon a Time . . . "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," a 2008 documentary
- French television program about the making of Donkey Skin
- "Donkey Skin" Illustrated, a video program on the many versions of Charles Perrault's fairy tale
- "Donkey Skin" and the Thinkers, a video program on the themes of the film, featuring critic Camille Tabouley
- New video conversation with Demy biographer Jean-Pierre Berthomé and costume designer Jacqueline Moreau
- New interviews with author Marie Colmant and film scholar Rodney Hill
- Q&A with Demy from the 1987 Midnight Sun Film Festival, as well as an audio Q&A with him from the American Film Institute in 1971
- Archival audio recordings of interviews with Demy, Legrand, and actor Catherine Deneuve at the National Film Theatre in London
- Interview with actor Anouk Aimée conducted by Varda in 2012
- Interview from 2012 with Varda on the origin of Lola's song
- Video programs on the restorations of Lola, Bay of Angels, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and Une chambre en ville
- Trailers
- New English subtitle translations
- PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Ginette Vincendeau, Terrence Rafferty, Jim Ridley, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Anne Duggan, and Geoff Andrew, and a postscript by Berthomé
Lola
Jacques Demy's crystalline debut gave birth to the fictional universe in which so many of his characters would live, play, and love. It's among his most profoundly felt films, a tale of crisscrossing lives in Nantes (Demy's hometown) that floats on waves of longing and desire. Heading the film's ensemble is the enchanting Anouk Aimeé as the title character, a cabaret chanteuse; she's awaiting the return of a long-lost lover and unwilling to entertain the adoration of another love-struck soul, the wanderer Roland (Marc Michel). Humane, wistful, and witty, Lola is a testament to the resilience of the heartbroken.
Bay of Angels
This precisely wrought, emotionally penetrating romantic drama from Jacques Demy, set largely in the casinos of Nice, is a visually lovely but darkly pragmatic investigation into love and obsession. A bottle-blonde Jeanne Moreau is at her blithe best as a gorgeous gambling addict, and Claude Mann (Army of Shadows) is the bank clerk drawn into her risky world. Featuring a glittering score by Michel Legrand, Bay of Angels is among Demy's most somber works.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
An angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched into stardom by this glorious musical heart tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner's delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through the lilting songs of the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time.
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Jacques Demy followed up The Umbrellas of Cherbourg with another musical about missed connections and second chances, this one a more effervescent confection. Twins Delphine and Solange, a dance instructor and a music teacher (played by real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac), dream of big-city life; when a fair comes through their quiet port town, so does the possibility of escape. With its jazzy Michel Legrand score, pastel paradise of costumes, and divine supporting cast (George Chakiris, Grover Dale, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Piccoli, and Gene Kelly), The Young Girls of Rochefort is a tribute to Hollywood optimism from sixties French cinema's preeminent dreamer.
Donkey Skin
In this lovingly crafted, wildly quirky adaptation of a classic French fairy tale, Jacques Demy casts Catherine Deneuve as a princess who must go into hiding as a scullery maid in order to fend off an unwanted marriage proposal—from her own father, the king (Jean Marais)! A topsy-turvy riches-to-rags fable featuring songs by Michel Legrand, Donkey Skin creates a tactile fantasy world that's perched on the border between the earnest and the satiric, and features Delphine Seyrig in a delicious supporting role as a fashionable fairy godmother.
Une chambre en ville
In this musical melodrama set against the backdrop of a workers' strike in Nantes, Dominique Sanda plays a young woman who wishes to leave her brutish fiancé (Michel Piccoli) for an earthy steelworker (Richard Berry), though he is engaged to another. Unbeknownst to the girl, the object of her affection boards with her no-nonsense baroness mother (Danielle Darrieux). A late-career triumph from Jacques Demy, Une chambre en ville received nine César Award nominations and features a rich, operatic score by Michel Colombier.
Insomnia
In this elegantly unsettling murder mystery, Stellan Skarsgård plays an engimatic Swedish detective with a checkered past who arrives in a small town in northern Norway to investigate the death of a teenage girl. As he digs deeper into the heinous killing, his own demons and the tyrannical midnight sun begin to take a toll. Erik Skjoldbjærg's chilling procedural anticipated the international hunger for Scandinavian noirs and serial killer fictions, and features one of Skarsgård's greatest performances.
Special Features:
- New 4K digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New conversation between director Erik Skjoldbjærg and actor Stellan Skarsgård
- Trailer and TV spot
- One Blu-ray and one DVD, with all content available in both formats
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Jonathan Romney
The Big Chill
After the shocking suicide of their friend, a group of thirtysomethings reunite for his funeral and end up spending a weekend together, reminiscing about their shared pasts as children of the sixties and confronting the uncertainty of their lives as adults of the eighties. Poignant and warmly humorous in equal measure, this 1983 baby boomer milestone made a star of writer-director Lawrence Kasdan and is perhaps the decade's defining ensemble film, featuring memorable performances by Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams. And with its playlist of hit songs from the sixties, The Big Chill all but invented the consummately curated soundtrack.
Special Features:
- New, restored 4K digital film transfer, supervised by cinematographer John Bailey and approved by director Lawrence Kasdan, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Alternate remastered 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
- Reunion with cast and crew, including Kasdan, actors Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams, from the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival
- Documentary from 1998 on the making of the film
- Deleted scenes
- Trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by writer, director, and actor Lena Dunham
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rickah88
Apr 15, 2014
Basically, I want them all!  |
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Blu Titan
Apr 15, 2014
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Awesome news on Pickpocket and on the Demy films . |
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The Narrator
Apr 15, 2014
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Everything here is incredibly tempting. Thank god the Demy set is likely coming out during the Criterion sale. |
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lokipei
Apr 15, 2014
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Jacques Demy is massive! Not so excited about the others. At least it will stop the 'where's Scanners' complaints each month. Insomnia is a good movie but extras are a little on the small side to be worth purchasing. Bresson is interesting but there are lots of titles I need before this one. The Big Chill, just not my thing. |
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Alex DeLarge
Apr 15, 2014
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No need to update my German BD of SCANNERS. Just kidding!!! Nice. Hate Nolan's trite remake of INSOMNIA so very happy to see the original coming soon. And of course one of my top 5 directors getting another upgrade in PICKPOCKET. Would love to see some of his later films too. Just watch the first ten minutes of LANCELOT DU LAC and you'll see the influence upon Python's HOLY GRAIL. Great month. |
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pronggod13
Apr 15, 2014
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Finally Cronenberg and Insomnia the original is a bonus |
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fdm
Apr 15, 2014
Rather unusual, but I've seen all of them. Looking forward to their HD renditions, except for Scanners maybe, didn't really care for it all that much.
In terms of Essential Demy, pretty good choices, although I think there's one or two others I would also have liked them to release. At least no more PAL speedup to contend with (!). Hope Criterion does way better with Lola than what got put out in France... (and not another Earrings please). |
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Ray_Rogers
Apr 15, 2014
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Scanners, The Big Chill and possibly Insomnia for me. I wonder which other titles Criterion will release which they used to have on Laserdisc. |
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amper
Apr 15, 2014
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The Big Chill? Really? Come on Critereon.. 2 words.. Chameleon Street. |
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TheManInBlu
Apr 15, 2014
At last Scanners is here  |
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KKelvin
Apr 15, 2014
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Wow... that Scanners cover is hideous. I have the UK release, but will pick it up if Stereo has an HD transfer. |
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tonylopez
Apr 15, 2014
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Scanners, The Big Chill and Insomnia all the way. Thanks Criterion. |
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Dr_Bedlo
Apr 15, 2014
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Ha! Finally time to give up my old Criterion Laser Disc of "The Big Chill" |
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noirjunkie
Apr 15, 2014
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I wondered if Insomnia would ever get an upgrade. Glad to see it's happening. |
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RICKBONDOO7
Apr 15, 2014
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Basically, No Thank You ! Still waiting for Oliver Twist 1948 , and Spartacus 1960 Criterion Blu ray upgrades ! I have the old DVDs. Please ! While I'm still young !!! |
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tru blu
Apr 15, 2014
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Insomnia, Big Chill & Lemy Collection for me. |
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davidthenikonuser
Apr 15, 2014
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Scanners!!! About f'ing time. |
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Booze Movies
Apr 15, 2014
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My favorite release last year was Criterion's Pierre Etaix box, and I can't imagine anything surpassing the Demy box this year! Even if this release wasn't likely coinciding with the annual B&N sale, it would still be a day one purchase for me. |
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CandyStalker
Apr 15, 2014
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"We're gonna do it the SCANNER way! I'm gonna suck your brain dry!!" |
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Anthrowolf
Apr 15, 2014
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Insomnia FTW!!!! WOOO HOOO!!!! |
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nitin
Apr 15, 2014
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if anyone seriously complains about this month's titles, they are just trolling |
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dmarvin
Apr 16, 2014
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Criterion has outdone themselves. |
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vanscottie
Apr 16, 2014
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I wonder if the deleted scenes in Big Chill will show the flashbacks to college involving Costner's character? |
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coachlynn
Apr 16, 2014
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The Big Chill has been on my wish list for so long, and now to get a superlative edition like this!!!! I can't wait!!! |
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jw007
Apr 16, 2014
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Two great things were accomplished this year for all those obsessed fans of 1) The Life Aquatic and 2) Scanners. Now, along with having their desires fulfilled, we can also look forward to the long awaited upgrade of The Big Chill and an upgraded Insomnia. Last but not least, two strong releases of Bresson's Pickpocket and the Jacques Demy box set round out a very powerful month of July. |
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PBateman87
Apr 16, 2014
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Scanners, nice! I don't hate that cover art, either. |
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BluPix
Apr 16, 2014
I'm in for all these titles. The Jacques Demy set, Insomnia, Scanners and Pickpocket seem particularly intriguing.
July will be big for Criterion. Love the fact they keep releasing these big box sets so frequently. |
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MetalMike666
Apr 16, 2014
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I'm happy for all who have awaited the other releases, but it will just be Scanners for me. I do agree that the cover art is horrible ... seriously, it's like they asked a child to draw the cover with crayons and then converted it to scrambled Microsoft Windows 8 tiles! But since I'll be watching the movie and not the cover ... a minor complaint (though I expected more from a Criterion cover). |
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FestinaLente
Apr 16, 2014
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Just watched The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and fell in love with it. What a beautiful, bittersweet film. So the Demy set is definitely on my radar. Thanks, Criterion! |
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stairfox
Apr 16, 2014
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Another great month for Criterion releases. For me, it's Scanners, The Big Chill, and Pickpocket. I don't think I'll ever be able to own The Jacques Demy Box Set. |
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vivaperu348
Apr 16, 2014
Holy crap that cover is amazing!! :O
I wonder what people are going to ask for now that Life Aquatic and Scanners are being released. For me, John Woo's The Killer PLEASE!! |
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toddly6666
Apr 16, 2014
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jeez! First time ever that I want all the releases! Donkey Skin and Scanners should be pretty sweet! |
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agentconfucius
Apr 16, 2014
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Excited for Scanners and especially Insomnia. Hopefully a blu upgrade of The Vanishing won't be too far behind! |
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insomniac013
Apr 16, 2014
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Scanners! *Insert "mind-blown.gif" here* |
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Icemouth
Apr 16, 2014
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grrrarg
Apr 16, 2014
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Scanners! Super fantastically awesome excellence in a plastic case! The most excellent Criterion news (for me) in a while! Can't talk more now, I'm busy scanning things! |
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JoeBuck
Apr 16, 2014
Scanners, Pickpocket and that incredible looking Demy set all in the same month! Its too bad Une Chambre En Ville had to be in that set though, that movie was awful.
This might be the best set of announcements this year! |
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KKelvin
Apr 16, 2014
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Not to make this a Scanners cover discussion, but Criterion's site shows the horrible drawn cover instead of the one seen here. So which one is it going to be? |
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Gac-Man
Apr 16, 2014
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No way...this is an awesome update!! |
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dkelly26666
Apr 16, 2014
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Because Criterion has the rights now to several David Cronenberg titles, a lot of people believed a box set was coming. I guess Criterion rightly believed that "Scanners" will sell big on its own. But Janus films acquired "Shivers" a while back, and Criterion obviously also has "Stereo" (it's an extra on "Scanners"), and Criterion also definitely has "The Brood", as well. There have also been rumors for a while that Criterion was acquiring and doing a new scan for "Crash", that they might have renewed their rights to the OOP "Dead Ringers", and may have possibly even been seeking "The Dead Zone". Many thought that a spectacular Cronenberg set may be coming, but now with this individual release of "Scanners", it is possible that they will simply be periodically releasing individual Cronenberg titles, instead. |
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PBateman87
Apr 16, 2014
Whoa, they changed the cover art for Scanners from yesterday? That's cool but I kinda liked that weird, grotesque looking artwork that was put up with the announcements yesterday.
EDIT: OK, I went to the Criterion site and they are using the new, drawn artwork shown yesterday and not the Scanners cover currently showing on this page for some reason. |
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qw0aszx
Apr 16, 2014
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Lino11
Apr 16, 2014
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Scanners, yes! Looks like a great month overall! |
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bingtau
Apr 16, 2014
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Insomnia!!! Just one of many long awaited titles. |
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RICKBONDOO7
Apr 16, 2014
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I wanted to know what the big deal was with this great classic ? Scanners, On IMDB. It says Terrible acting, and Boring ! Another over rated Bomb ! |
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HD Canuck
Apr 16, 2014
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Scanners! I'm so pumped my head will explode! |
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man_westooth
Apr 16, 2014
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Does anybody know if the Demy titles will be available separately? They show what looks like separate covers for each. I'd like to get "Umbrellas", but not sure about the rest. |
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stringer
Apr 16, 2014
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Wonder if Beastie Boys Video Anthology will ever get the Blu Ray version |
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Midnight Max
Apr 16, 2014
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Insomnia and The Big Chill for myself. |
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MoulinBlu
Apr 16, 2014
Great to hear that Criterion is doing The Big Chill - seems like most of Sony's catalog goes to Mill Creek, or worse: Twilight Time.
I'm curious about the original Insomnia as well - really enjoyed the Pacino/Williams outing. Forgot that it was a remake until just now. Never seen the original. |
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I*heart*Criterion
Apr 16, 2014
*squik*squik*squik*
Oh Criterion, you are sooooooo gooooood! |
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jacobb1313
Apr 16, 2014
Dang, Criterion. Dang.
Scanners is in the running for best cover art of the year. |
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ScottRocks
Apr 16, 2014
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Scanners, The Big Chill and Insomnia! |
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Blu Balls
Apr 16, 2014
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I was/am hoping for Leaving Las Vegas. Hopefully that's next on the list. |
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montyb
Apr 16, 2014
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Too bad there is no David Cronenberg box set. Would love to see the rest of his early work released as well (The Brood, Shivers, Rabid). Still have Crash and Dead Ringers on Criterion Laserdisc. Scanners is his best early work and cannot wait to get Criterion's blu ray! CRONENBERG RULES!!! |
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Alex DeLarge
Apr 16, 2014
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Holy cow! I just realized STEREO is an extra on SCANNERS!! Will this be in 1080p too? |
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thrillmygorilla
Apr 16, 2014
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The fact that some people get so worked up about Criterion releases is just laughable. |
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Netguy
Apr 16, 2014
I'm with you montyb. would love the early works. btw Cronenberg has a new movie coming out, looks lame if you ask me, Map of the Stars. http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-alternate-nsfw-trailer-for-david-cronenbergs-maps-to-the-stars-20140415
Wish he'd go back to his roots or his son would do something else. |
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wnicholas76
Apr 16, 2014
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Only The Big Chill for me. Looking forward to getting it for 50% off [plus a little more off with my membership] at the Barnes & Noble Criterion sale. |
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KKelvin
Apr 16, 2014
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Hadn't even thought about a Cronenberg box set, I've just bought every Cronenberg BD as soon as Criterion has released them. I do hope they will release Crash sometime. |
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henry001
Apr 16, 2014
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Great lineup for July. Demy boxset, Pickpocket (finally), Scanners. I certainly purchase them all despite the dvd possession. |
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Moviefan1203
Apr 16, 2014
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Is 25th Hour ever going to actually be released? |
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wnicholas76
Apr 16, 2014
@Moviefan1203:
25th Hour will be released on June 10th as part of the Spike Lee Joint Collection: Vol. 1. It is packaged along with He Got Game as a double feature set. |
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Moviefan1203
Apr 16, 2014
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So no stand alone release? |
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mjcavinder
Apr 16, 2014
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The Big Chill is going to have delete scenes....means those unseen Kevin Costner scenes? |
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Phonecia Taylor
Apr 16, 2014
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Scanners--much better than Videodrome, but not worthy of Criterion's time. I'd pick it up on a discount somewhere when the opportunity arises. Horrible overdubbing throughout this movie. Has not aged well, but the effects are still fantastic. Criterion is really scraping the bottom of the barrel these days....! |
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Khronikos
Apr 16, 2014
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Cronenberg has so many more films worthy of his and Cri's time. Stop this cheap rights stuff. Those films are too dated to matter anymore. |
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grrrarg
Apr 17, 2014
Good grief, practically every Scanners related comment in the last 12 months gets voted down and now that its coming, a lot of them are still voted down?
I guess it must be the same handful of people who just really REALLY hate Scanners.
Looking forward to July!
Now click on the minus already!! |
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richard7676
Apr 17, 2014
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What a bumper crop of releases! |
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unclejay73
Apr 17, 2014
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I'm diggin' the fact that Criterion is getting better with their releases. "Scanners" is a huge plus..."The Big Chill" gives me hope for other titles that Criterion had on Laserdisc!! |
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Turtleheart
Apr 18, 2014
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Wot! No live-action "Rose of Versailles" in the Demy collection? ;-) |
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Icemouth
Apr 18, 2014
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repete66211
Apr 18, 2014
Scanners? Great, now the fans of overrated B-movie directors can stop their whining. Or rather, move on to some other title.
Nothing for me this week, but my fiancé will probably insist on The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Big Chill. |
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malakaheso
Apr 19, 2014
Pickpocket only for me. I wish Criterion would release better Cronenberg films like Dead Ringers and Crash.
Hopefully 'Love Streams' is on the way. |
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Monty70
Apr 19, 2014
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Great to hear that Insomnia is getting a new 4K transfer, it's such a cool film and was the very first Criterion DVD I ever owned. The Big Chill is good news as well. |
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Frelling_cute
Apr 22, 2014
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I love The Big Chill. I can't wait. How about a cast commentary? |
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Miner4Life99
Apr 23, 2014
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Want to get Insomnia when that comes out, though I know it'll be expensive |
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ADM12
Apr 25, 2014
Insomnia and Pickpocket are intriguing, but in all honesty I don't get the hype and excitement with regards to Scanners. It was a terrible movie when I was a youngster and its actually worse today - its cheese! There are classics that stand the test of time and even get better with age. Scanners is most definitely NOT one of those. I know I will get the negatives tossed my way, but it is what it is - its not a classic, not even close.
Then again, what do I know? I love Lost Horizon (1937 Version) and my wife thinks that's Cheese! |
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Goremeister100
Apr 26, 2014
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Don't be a hater. If people love it, good for them. It is a classic of that genre. I'm just wondering what happened to THE BROOD? |
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