OCTOBER 2022 NEW RELEASES - THE CRITERION COLLECTION
THE CRITERION COLLECTION has announced its OCTOBER slate of UHD BLU-RAY and BLU-RAY releases. They are: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD(1968)LOST HIGHWAY(1997)and ARSENIC AND OLD LACE(1944)CURE(1997)EVE'S BAYOU(1997)LA LLORONA(2019).
クライテリオンから届いた2022年10月のBLU-RAYリリース・アナウンス。10月はUHD BLU-RAYは2作品、BLU-RAYは4作品となります。
4K UHD BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO RELEASE
SPECIAL FEATURES
- PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, supervised by director George A. Romero, coscreenwriter John A. Russo, sound engineer Gary R. Streiner, and producer Russell W. Streiner
- PREVIOUSLY RESTORED MONAURAL SOUNDTRACK, supervised by Romero and Gary Streiner
- In the 4K Blu-ray edition: One 4K Blu-ray disc of the film and two Blu-rays with the film and special features Night of Anubis, a work-print edit of the film
- Program featuring filmmakers Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, and Robert Rodriguez
- Sixteen-millimeter dailies reel
- Program featuring Russo on the commercial and industrial-film production company where key Night of the Living Dead participants got their starts
- Two audio commentaries from 1994 featuring Romero, Russo, producer Karl Hardman, actor Judith O'Dea, and others
- Archival interviews with Romero and actors Duane Jones and Judith Ridley
- Programs about the film's style and score
- Interview program about the direction of the film's ghouls, featuring members of the cast and crew
- Interviews with Gary Streiner and Russell Streiner
- Newsreels from 1967
- Trailer, radio spots, and TV spots
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Stuart Klawans
NOTE: I just got confirmation from Criterion that this will be a 4K 2160p SDR release - no HDR grading.
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DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION SUPERVISED AND APPROVED BY DAVID LYNCH
- NEW DTS-HD MASTER AUDIO 5.1 SOUNDTRACK
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch, a feature-length 1997 documentary by Toby Keeler featuring Lynch and his collaborators Angelo Badalamenti, Peter Deming, Barry Gifford, Mary Sweeney, and others, along with on-set footage from Lost Highway
- Reading by Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna of excerpts from their 2018 book, Room to Dream
- Archival interviews with Lynch and actors Patricia Arquette, Bill Pullman, and Robert Loggia
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: Excerpts from an interview with Lynch from filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley's book Lynch on Lynch
BLU-RAY RELEASE
SPECIAL FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring Charles Dennis, author of There's a Body in the Window Seat!: The History of "Arsenic and Old Lace"
- Radio adaptation from 1952 starring Boris Karloff
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic David Cairns
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SPECIAL FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, supervised by cinematographer Tokusho Kikumura, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
- New conversation between director Kiyoshi Kurosawa and filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Interviews with actors Masato Hagiwara and Koji Yakusho
- Interview from 2003 with Kurosawa
- Trailers and teaser
- PLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara
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DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 2K DIGITAL MASTER, approved by director Jayro Bustamante, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New interview with Bustamante
- Documentary on the making of the film featuring interviews with cast and crew
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by journalist and novelist Francisco Goldman
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DIRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- NEW 4K DIGITAL RESTORATION OF THE DIRECTOR'S CUT, supervised by director Kasi Lemmons and cinematographer Amy Vincent, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Original 108-minute theatrical-release version
- Audio commentary on the director's cut featuring Lemmons, Vincent, producer Caldecot Chubb, and editor Terilyn A. Shropshire
- Dr. Hugo (1996), a short film Lemmons made as a proof of concept for Eve's Bayou, in a new 4K digital transfer
- New interview with Lemmons
- Cast reunion footage
- Interview with composer Terence Blanchard
- New program showcasing black-and-white Polaroids that Vincent took during production
- Cast and crew photographs by William Eggleston
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Kara Keeling