JANUARY 2023 NEW RELEASES - THE CRITERION COLLECTION
THE CRITERION COLLECTION has announced its JANUARY slate of UHD BLU-RAY(1)and BLU-RAY(4)releases. They are: THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN(1988)and BERGMAN ISLAND(2021)IMITATION Of LIFE(1934)LARS VON TRIER'S EUROPE TRILOGY(1984-1991)THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT'S A RESURRECTION(2019).
4K UHD BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO RELEASE
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, approved by writer-director Terry Gilliam, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- DOLBY VISION/HDR10 PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Audio commentary featuring Gilliam and his coscreenwriter, Charles McKeown
- Documentary on the making of the film
- New video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns about the history of the Baron Munchausen character
- Behind-the-scenes footage of the film's special effects, narrated by Gilliam
- Deleted scenes with commentary by Gilliam
- Storyboards for unfilmed scenes, narrated by Gilliam and McKeown
- Original marketing materials including a trailer and electronic-press-kit featurettes, as well as preview cards and advertising proposals read by Gilliam
- Miracle of Flight (1974), an animated short film by Gilliam
- Episode of The South Bank Show from 1991 on Gilliam
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic and author Michael Koresky
AWARDS
第61回アカデミー賞
☆美術・衣装デザイン・メイクアップ・特殊効果賞ノミネート
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BLU-RAY RELEASE
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New interview with Miriam J. Petty, author of Stealing the Show: African American Performers and Audiences in 1930s
- Hollywood, about the resonance of Louise Beavers's and Fredi Washington's performances
- New interview with Imogen Sara Smith, contributor to The Call of the Heart: John M. Stahl and Hollywood Melodrama, about director John M. Stahl and his work with actor Claudette Colbert and others
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by Petty
AWARDS
第6回アカデミー賞
☆作品・録音・助監督賞ノミネート
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THREE-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION of Europa, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
- NEW 3K RESTORATIONS of The Element of Crime and Epidemic, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
- Audio commentaries featuring director Lars von Trier and others
- Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier (1997), a documentary by Stig Björkman
- Interview from 2005 with von Trier about the Europe Trilogy
- Making-of documentaries for all three films
- Programs on the films featuring interviews with many of von Trier's collaborators
- Two short student films by von Trier: Nocturne (1980) and Images of Liberation (1982)
- Danish television interview with von Trier from 1994
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton
AWARDS
第37回カンヌ国際映画祭(THE ELEMENT OF CRIME)
★フランス映画高等技術委員会賞受賞
☆パルム・ドール ノミネート
第44回カンヌ国際映画祭(EUROPA)
★フランス映画高等技術委員会賞・審査委員賞受賞
☆パルム・ドール ノミネート
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DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 2K DIGITAL MASTER, approved by director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring Mosese and producer Cait Pansegrouw
- Mosese's short films Mosonngoa (2014) and Behemoth: Or the Game of God (2016), along with his 2019 essay film
- Mother, I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You., with a new introduction by Mosese
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by novelist and playwright Zakes Mda
AWARDS
第16回アフリカ映画アカデミー賞
★監督・主演女優・撮影・衣装デザイン賞受賞
☆作品・美術賞ノミネート
第42回サンダンス映画祭
★ワールドシネマ・ドラマティック部門の審査員特別賞 受賞
第44回香港国際映画祭
★ヤング・シネマ・コンペティション部門 審査員賞 受賞
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DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 2K DIGITAL MASTER, approved by director Mia Hansen-Løve, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New interview with Hansen-Løve
- New interview with actor Vicky Krieps
- Bergman's Ghosts (2021), a short film made during the filming of Bergman Island by actor Gabe Klinger
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Devika Girish
AWARDS
第74回カンヌ国際映画祭
☆パルム・ドール ノミネート
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