JANUARY 2022 NEW RELEASES - THE CRITERION COLLECTION
The Criterion Collection has announced its January batch of 4K UHD BLU-RAY and BLU-RAY releases. They are: A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964), THE PIANO (1993), THE CELEBRATION (1998), DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD (2020), and TIME (2020).
クライテリオンから届いた2022 年1月の4K UHD BLU-RAY & BLU-RAYリリース・アナウンス。注目のUHD BLU-RAYは2タイトルとなります(BLU-RAYのカップリング)。
4K BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO RELEASE
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO
- 4K RESTORATION, approved by director Richard Lester, with three audio options—a monaural soundtrack as well as stereo and 5.1 surround mixes supervised by sound producer Giles Martin at Abbey Road Studios—presented in uncompressed monaural, uncompressed stereo, and DTS-HD Master Audio on the 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray
- DOLBY VISION.HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Audio commentary featuring cast and crew
- In Their Own Voices, a program featuring 1964 interviews with the Beatles with behind-the-scenes footage and photos
- "You Can't Do That": The Making of "A Hard Day's Night," a 1994 documentary by producer Walter Shenson including an outtake performance by the Beatles
- Things They Said Today, a 2002 documentary about the film featuring Lester, music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor
- Picturewise, a program about Lester's early work, featuring a 2014 audio interview with the director
- The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1960), Lester's Oscar-nominated short
- Anatomy of a Style, a 2014 program on Lester's methods
- Interview from 2014 with Beatles biographer Mark Lewisohn
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton and excerpts from a 1970 interview with Lester
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DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO
- NEW 4K RESTORATION, supervised by director of photography Stuart Dryburgh and approved by director Jane Campion, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- DOLBY VISION.HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- New conversation between Campion and film critic Amy Taubin
- New interviews with Dryburgh and production designer Andrew McAlpine
- Interview with actor Holly Hunter on working with Campion
- "The Piano" at 25, a program featuring a conversation between Campion and producer Jan Chapman
- Excerpts from an interview with costume designer Janet Patterson
- Water Diary, a 2006 short film by Campion
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Carmen Gray
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AVAILABLE JANUARY 2022 - THE CRITERION COLLECTION(BLU-RAY)
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, approved by director Thomas Vinterberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2005 featuring Vinterberg
- New interview with Vinterberg
- Two early short films by Vinterberg:
- Last Round (1993)
- The Boy Who Walked Backwards (1995)
The Purified, a 2002 documentary about Dogme 95, featuring interviews with Vinterberg and filmmakers Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, and Lars von Trier
- Program in which Vinterberg discusses the real-life inspiration for the film
- Documentaries featuring members of the cast and crew at the film's premiere in Copenhagen and reflecting back on the production
- ADM:DOP, a 2003 documentary profile of cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle
- Deleted scenes, with optional audio commentary by Vinterberg
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by critic and author Michael Koresky
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DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- NEW 4K DIGITAL MASTER, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring director Garrett Bradley
- New interview with Time's subjects, Sibil Fox and Robert Richardson
- New conversation between Bradley and critic and author Hilton Als
- Alone (2017), a short documentary by Bradley, with optional 2021 commentary by the film's subject, Aloné
- Watts
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- English descriptive audio
- PLUS: An essay by critic Doreen St. Félix
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DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- NEW 2K MASTER, approved by director Kirsten Johnson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring Johnson, cowriter and editor Nels Bangerter, and documentary sound recordist Judy Karp
- New conversation among Johnson and her fellow producers Katy Chevigny and Marilyn Ness and coproducer Maureen A. Ryan
- New interview with sound designer Pete Horner
- New program featuring Johnson in conversation with fellow filmmakers about redefining what a documentary can be
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- English descriptive audio
- PLUS: An essay by author So Mayer
STREET DATE: JANUARY 25.