Two Criterion Titles for April

Posted January 16, 2009 12:19 PM by Josh Dreuth

The Criterion Collection has announced that they will bring 'The Wages of Fear' and 'In the Realm of the Sense' to Blu-ray on April 24th ('Realm' is day-and-date with the DVD release). Technical specs have yet to be announced, but you can expect to see 1080p AVC video (in the film's original aspect ratio) as well as some sort of lossless or uncompressed soundtrack ('Realm' is confirmed to have a Mono PCM soundtrack).

Extras have also yet to be announced for 'Wages', but they will most like match the previous DVD releases:

New, restored high-definition digital transfer
New video interviews with assistant director Michel Romanoff and Henri-Georges Clouzot biographer Marc Godin
Interview with Yves Montand from 1988
Henri Georges Clouzot: An Enlightened Tyrant, a 2004 documentary on the director's career
Censored, an analysis of cuts to the film made for the 1955 U.S. release
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A 24-page booklet featuring a new essay by novelist Dennis Lehane and a compilation of interviews with the cast and crew of the film

For 'In the Realm of the Sense', extras will include:

New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
New audio commentary with film scholar Tony Rayns
New interview with actor Tatsuya Fuji
A 1976 interview with director Nagisa Oshima and actors Fuji and Eiko Matsuda, and a 2003 program featuring interviews with consulting producer Hayao Shibata, line producer, Koji Wakamatsu, assistant director Yoichi Sai, and film distributor Yoko Asakura
Deleted footage
U.S. trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie and a reprinted interview with Oshima

Thanks goes to nathanp for submitting the news.

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onceachilde

Jan 16, 2009

There goes another $50. Both should be incredible in HD.

jimmybobo

Jan 16, 2009

Slowly but surely..

horseflesh

Jan 16, 2009

Another two for the ever-growing "to buy" list

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Lucy Diamond

Jan 16, 2009

Original (Euro) release of a Criterion Léon in Steelbook is my wet dream right now.

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mr.hidef

Jan 16, 2009

hmmm Mono PCM was the best they could do?...must be an issue with the master?

Old Bones

Jan 16, 2009

I have Realm of the Senses on dvd , great movie , you need this one !!!

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pro-bassoonist

Jan 16, 2009

Looking forward to get three titles per month in 2009. Great picks.

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CheapChildren

Jan 16, 2009

Where's Gimme Shelter!

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nazdar

Jan 16, 2009

Wages of Fear is really something else. Hey! That's my birthday!

Squozen

Jan 17, 2009

Great to see a date for Wages of Fear finally, I was worrying that it had been cancelled.

@mr.hidef, 'In The Realm of the Senses' is a mono film, there is no 'issue' with the master. Judging
by that comment, it wouldn't be the sort of thing you'd be interested in anyhow - there are no
explosions.