Studio Canal / Kinowelt / Optimum

[kekid]

Does this mean that Godard's "Contempt" should be ruled out as a Criterion 4K potential?

[ryannichols7]

Does this mean that Godard's "Contempt" should be ruled out as a Criterion 4K potential?

no, if anything it's a more of a certainty. which shouldn't be surprising, given it's an anniversary year for it and Godard just recently passed. I'm sure the new restoration will debut at Cannes (because why wouldn't it?) and we'll see a disc not too long after that. I think it's very unlikely Lionsgate would put this one out - Ran is one thing since it's something that could sell out at Best Buy, and The Man Who Fell to Earth has the lead actor it does. but I'd be shocked if Lionsgate went for this one...we will see though

[Finch]

From today's press release:

THE WICKER MAN (all 3 versions) will then be released in an exclusive Collector’s Edition and on 4k UHD for the first time on September 4th

[yoloswegmaster]

French 4K release for Contempt coming out in June. I can only hope that Lionsgate decide to release this stateside soon.

[yoloswegmaster]

5-disc 4K UHD collector's edition rigid 'book' pop-up packaging, including all 3 cuts of the film restored in 4K , plus ;
X1 exclusive EP featuring artists from Heavenly records covering songs from the soundtrack
64 page booklet, featuring brand new essays
3 'postcards from Summerisle'
2 posters (original theatrical artwork and new artwork)
Extras included on the disc are:
NEW - Locations featurette
NEW - Shaffer and Hardy
NEW - Robin Hardy's original script
NEW - Interview with Britt Ekland
Worshipping The Wicker Man
The Music of The Wicker Man
Interview with Robin Hardy (2013)
Interview with Robin Hardy and Christopher Lee (1979)
Making of commentary
Trailers
Stills gallery

[alacal2]

That is one awful cover and this feels bloated rather than definitive.

[therewillbeblus]

Do we know if there is going to be a standard edition of this?

[swo17]

I would expect there to be one

[Finch]

Three Musketeers 2011 BD vs 2023 BD

Can anyone who has seen the films comment on the accuracy of the colors? The 2023 disc looks like a fine upgrade to me. More detail, more information in the frame and no more overblown highlights.

[M Sanderson]

Any more Studio Canal Cult Classics in the works in the UK?

[yoloswegmaster]

French 4K UHD for Peeping Tom coming out in November.

[Finch]

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS (1967) was the debut feature from Kira Muratova. It was here we saw the beginnings of Muratova’s impressionistic style, blending observational realism with new wave experimentation. Despite the continued censorship Muratova’s work received (Brief Encounters was banned for twenty years) she still managed to emerge as one of the leading figures in Ukraine and Russian cinema, building a very successful film career from the 1960s onwards due to her boundary pushing directorial approach and aesthetics. Brief Encounters tells the story of an intricate love triangle, connecting a city planner (played by Muratova herself), her free-spirited geologist husband (legendary Soviet protest singer Vladimir Vysotsky), and the young woman from the countryside (Nina Ruslanova) whom she hires as their housekeeper.

Extras:

Interview with Dr. Elena Gorfinkel,
Isabel Jacobs on Brief Encounters,
Video essay by Masha Shpolberg

Filmed in 1971, Kira Muratova's THE LONG FAREWELL was banned and shelved, not to be screened in Perestroika until 1987. Despite the continued censorship Muratova's work received, she still managed to emerge as one of the leading figures in Ukrainian and Russian cinema, building a very successful film career from the 1960s onwards due to her boundary pushing directorial approach and aesthetics. THE LONG FAREWELL traces the rift that grows between an emotionally impulsive single mother (Zinaida Sharko) and her increasingly resentful teenage son (Oleg Vladimirsky), who destroys her world when he announces he wishes to live with his father.

Extras:

Interview with Dr. Elena Gorfinkel
Isabel Jacobs on The Long Farewell

[What A Disgrace]

Hot damn.

[furbicide]

Let's goooo

Asthenic Syndrome next pls!

[Finch]

Lionsgate steelbook of the Wicker Man 4k is up on Best Buy. Specs not confirmed yet. The asking price is $21.99 so this is probably just the final cut.

EDIT: Yes, this release drops the previous two cuts and the Vinyl/CD and the packaging.

NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FINAL CUT OF THE FILM
DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
Revisiting the Locations
The Wicker Man at 50
Robin Hardy's Script: The Lost Ending
Britt Ekland Interview
Behind-the-Scenes Gallery
Wicker Man Enigma
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Interview with Robin Hardy and Christopher Lee (1979)
Worshipping The Wicker Man
The Music of The Wicker Man
Interview with Robin Hardy (2013)
Trailers
Restoraiton comparison
Optional English, English SDH, and Spanish subtitles for the main feature

[TMDaines]

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS and THE LONG FAREWELL

Stumbled on these blind in Fopp and nearly had a heart attack. What a great selection. Literally watched these both very recently for first time from ropey DVDs and fan subs.

[M Sanderson]

glad to hear Losey's King & Country is being released on Blu ray, from a 4k scan in the UK.

[Finch]

Amazon UK says January 29 2024.

[ryannichols7]

actually a pretty good cover. gonna guess Criterion will handle stateside, but I've been wrong on that before. looking forward

[JSC]

I like it, too. But isn't Carl Boehm's name spelt wrong? I don't think there's an 'i' at the end. Hope that gets fixed.

[accatone]

Its Karlheinz Böhm. Carl Boehmi truly is not nice

[M Sanderson]

Are we getting a Cross of Iron standard edition 4k? after the LE sold out

[ryannichols7]

specs for Peeping Tom, which I don't see Criterion topping. think this is a pretty safe preorder..

THREE-DISC SET (ON 4K BLU-RAY/TWO BLU-RAY DISCS)
NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
Intro by Martin Scorsese (2007)
Take Me To Your Cinema: The Legacy of Peeping Tom
Restoring Peeping Tom
The Eye of the Beholder
Intro by Martin Scorsese (2007)
Interview with Thelma Schoonmaker (2007)
Audio Commentary by Professor Ian Christie
Original Theatrical Trailer
32-page booklet with new essays
AND MORE...

Ian Christie will be a much better commentator compared to what CC would likely port over. I enjoy all his contributions to P+P (or just Powell) discs

[Randall Maysin Again]

It's missing the BBC documentary A Very British Psycho that is found on the ancient Criterion disc, though.

[ryannichols7]

It's missing the BBC documentary A Very British Psycho that is found on the ancient Criterion disc, though.

50/50 on whether they'd port that to a new UHD. they've kept some BBC stuff (the one on Mishima) but dropped others (The River), so tough to say