MARCH 2022 NEW RELEASES - THE CRITERION COLLECTION
The Criterion Collection has announced its March batch of 4K UHD BLU-RAY and BLU-RAY releases. They are: THE LAST WALTZ (1978) LE CERCLE ROUGE (1970) ADOPTION (1975/BLU-RAY only), THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (1965 BLU-RAY only)and LOVE JONES(1997 BLU-RAY only).
クライテリオンから届いた2022年3月の4K UHD BLU-RAY & BLU-RAYリリース・アナウンス。UHD BLU-RAY/BLU-RAYコンボは2タイトル、BLU-RAYのみのリリースは3タイトルとなります。
4K UHD BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO RELEASE
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, supervised and approved by musician Robbie Robertson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- DOLBY VISION/HDR10 PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Alternate uncompressed stereo soundtrack
- Two audio commentaries, featuring director Martin Scorsese; Robertson; other members of the Band; members of the production crew; and performers Dr. John, Ronnie Hawkins, and Mavis Staples
- New interview with Scorsese, conducted by critic David Fear
- Documentary from 2002 about the making of the film
- Outtakes
- Interview from 1978 with Scorsese and Robertson
- Trailer and TV spot
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- An essay by critic Amanda Petrusich
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SPECIAL FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM STUDIO CANAL of the uncut version of the film, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- DOLBY VISION/HDR10 PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Segments from a 1971 episode of Cinéastes de notre temps featuring director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Interviews with assistant director Bernard Stora and Rui Nogueira, author of Melville on Melville
- On-set and archival footage, featuring interviews with Melville and actors Alain Delon, Yves Montand, and André Bourvil
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: Essays by film critics Michael Sragow and Chris Fujiwara, excerpts from Melville on Melville, a 2000 interview with composer Eric Demarsan, and an appreciation by filmmaker John Woo
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AVAILABLE MARCH 2022 - THE CRITERION COLLECTION(BLU-RAY)
SPECIAL FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, undertaken by the National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive, supervised by cinematographer Lajos Koltai and approved by director Márta Mészáros, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New video essay by scholar Catherine Portuges
- Interview with Mészáros from 2019
- Blow-Ball, a 1964 short film by Mészáros
- Márta Mészáros: Portrait of the Hungarian Filmmaker, a 1979 documentary by Katja Raganelli featuring on-set interviews with the director and creative collaborators
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Elena Gorfinkel
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SPECIAL FEATURES
- 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New conversation between filmmaker Walter Hill and film scholar Alain Silver
- New interview with biographer Donald Dewey on actor James Stewart and his service as a bomber pilot
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- An essay by filmmaker and critic Gina Telaroli
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DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, supervised by director Theodore Witcher, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New interview with Witcher and film scholar Racquel J. Gates
- New interview with music scholars Mark Anthony Neal and Shana L. Redmond on the soundtrack
- Panel discussion featuring Witcher and members of the cast and crew
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- An essay by critic Danielle A. Jackson