JUNE 2023 NEW RELEASES - THE CRITERION COLLECTION
THE CRITERION COLLECTION has announced its JUNE slate of 4K UHD BLU-RAY(2)and BLU-RAY(3)releases. They are: THE RULES OF THE GAME(1939)TIME BANDITS(1981)THE SERVANT(1963)MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY(2008)and PASOLINI 101(1961-1969)
4K UHD BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO RELEASE
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K Blu-ray disc of the film and one Blu-ray of the film with special features
- Introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir
- Audio commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
- Comparison of the film's two endings
- Selected-scene analysis by Renoir historian Chris Faulkner
- Excerpts from a 1966 French television program by filmmaker Jacques Rivette
- Part one of Jean Renoir, a two-part 1993 documentary by film critic David Thompson
- Video essay about the film's production, release, and 1959 reconstruction
- Interview with film critic Olivier Curchod
- Interview from a 1965 episode of the French television series Les écrans de la ville with Jean Gaborit and Jacques Durand
- Interviews with set designer Max Douy; Renoir's son, Alain; and actor Mila Parély
- PLUS: An essay by Sesonske; writings by Jean Renoir, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bertrand Tavernier, and François
- Truffaut; and tributes to the film by J. Hoberman, Kent Jones, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, Robert Altman, and others
Released: Jun 6, 2023
List Price: $49.95 USD
4K UHD BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO RELEASE
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, supervised by director Terry Gilliam, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
- DOLBY VISION/HDR10 PRESENTATION OF THE FILM, and one BLU-RAY of the film with special features
- Audio commentary featuring Gilliam, cowriter-actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock
- Program on the creation of the film's various historical periods and fantasy worlds, narrated by film writer David Morgan and featuring production designer Milly Burns and costume designer James Acheson
- Conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh, recorded at the 1998 Midnight Sun Film Festival
- Appearance by actor Shelley Duvall on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow show from 1981
- Gallery of rare photographs from the set
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic David Sterritt
Released: Jun 13, 2023
List Price: $49.95 USD
BLU-RAY RELEASE
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New program on director Joseph Losey by film critic Imogen Sara Smith
- Rare interview from 1976 with Losey by critic Michel Ciment
- Interview from 1996 with screenwriter Harold Pinter
- Interviews with actors Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles, and Wendy Craig
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author Colm Tóibín
Released: Jun 20, 2023
List Price: $39.95 USD
BLU-RAY RELEASE
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- NEW MASTER, approved by director Barry Jenkins and director of photography James Laxton, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring Jenkins
- Audio commentary from 2008 featuring Jenkins, producers Justin Barber and Cherie Saulter, and editor Nat Sanders
- New program about the making of the film, featuring Sanders and actor Wyatt Cenac
- Camera test footage and blooper reel
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Danielle Amir Jackson
Released: Jun 20, 2023
List Price: $39.95 USD
BLU-RAY RELEASE
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION
NINE-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION COLLECTOR’S SET FEATURES
- NEW 4K RESTORATIONS OF SEVEN FILMS and 2K digital restorations of Teorema and Medea, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
- Two shorts made by director Pier Paolo Pasolini for anthology films:
- La ricotta (1963)
- The Sequence of the Paper Flower (1969)
- Two documentaries made by Pasolini during his travels
- New program on Pasolini's visual style as told through his personal writing, narrated by actor Tilda Swinton and writer Rachel Kushner
- Audio commentaries on Accattone and Teorema
- Documentaries on Pasolini's life and career featuring archival interviews with the director and his close collaborators
- Episode from 1966 of the French television program Cinéastes de notre temps
- Interviews with filmmakers and scholars
- Trailers
- New English subtitle translations
- PLUS: Deluxe packaging, including a 100-page book featuring an essay and notes on the films by critic James Quandt, and writings and drawings by Pasolini
Released: Jun 27, 2023
List Price: $249.95 USD
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