MAY 2022 NEW RELEASES - THE CRITERION COLLECTION
THE CRITERION COLLECTION has announced its May slate of UHD BLU-RAY and BLU-RAY releases. They are: MR. KLEIN (1976), THE FUNERAL (1984), MISSISSIPPI MASALA (1991), CHAN IS MISSING (1982) and DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944).
クライテリオンから届いた2022年5月のBLU-RAYリリース・アナウンス。5月はUHD BLU-RAYは1作品、BLU-RAYは4作品がリリース予定となっています。
4K UHD BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO RELEASE
SPECIAL FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- DOLBY VISION / HDR10 PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Audio commentary featuring film critic Richard Schickel
- New interview with film scholar Noah Isenberg, editor of Billy Wilder on Assignment
- New conversation between film historians Eddie Muller and Imogen Sara Smith
- Billy, How Did You Do It?, a 1992 film by Volker Schlöndorff and Gisela Grischow featuring interviews with director Billy Wilder
- Shadows of Suspense, a 2006 documentary on the making of Double Indemnity
- Audio excerpts from 1971 and 1972 interviews with cinematographer John F. Seitz
- Radio adaptations from 1945 and 1950
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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BLU-RAY RELEASE
SPECIAL FEATURES
- HIGH-DEFINITION RESTORATION, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New interviews with actors Nobuko Miyamoto and Manpei Ikeuchi
- Creative Marriages: Juzo Itami & Nobuko Miyamoto, a short program produced by the Criterion Channel
- Commercials for Ichiroku Tart by director Juzo Itami
- Trailers
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by author Pico Iyer and, for the Blu-ray, excerpts from Itami's 1985 book Diary of "The Funeral" and from a 2007 remembrance of Itami by actor Tsutomu Yamazaki
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AVAILABLE MAY 2022 - THE CRITERION COLLECTION(BLU-RAY)
SPECIAL FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Interviews with critic Michel Ciment and editor Henri Lanoë
- Interviews from 1976 with director Joseph Losey and actor Alain Delon
- Story of a Day, a 1986 documentary on the real-life Vél d'Hiv Roundup, a central historical element of Mr. Klein
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau
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DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION, supervised by director Mira Nair and director of photography Ed Lachman, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring Nair
- New conversation between actor Sarita Choudhury and film critic Devika Girish
- New interviews with Lachman, screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala, and production designer and photographer Mitch Epstein
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Bilal Qureshi and excerpts from Nair's production journal
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DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- High-definition digital master, approved by director Wayne Wang, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Is Chan Still Missing?, a making-of documentary directed by Debbie Lum
- New conversations between Wang and critic Hua Hsu and Wang and filmmaker Ang Lee
- Conversation between Wang and film programmer Dennis Lim
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Oliver Wang