Terry Gilliam has been listed as supervising all of these new transfers from Criterion. It seems he's been working with Criterion to transfer his films to 4K, so there is no freaking way we won't be getting Brazil soon. Hopefully they don't make us wait too much longer.
Medicine for Melancholy is one of my favorite films of all time. This film changed the way I viewed fiction and how Black people are represented on film. It was the first time I saw people who were more like myself (though not specifically like me) were depicted on screen and made me have higher standards for what I watched afterwards. I need to go ahead and add The Rules of the Game to my collection. I’ve already owned Grand Illusion (one of my early additions to my collection, ironically) and this may be the right time to get it.
From what I understand on the Time Bandits 4K UHD, it should be worth the upgrade from bluray, because of this: The previous bluray I believe isn't even a 2K scan, so having a 4K scan presented in 4K UHD with Dolby Vision HDR, that is a pretty significant upgrade in resolution and colour timing.
The Rules of the Game and The Servant are the ones I’m most excited for this release. Thank you for talking about the June releases Daisuke, I hope you’re doing well and are having a great week. Take care!
I appreciate your commentary on these releases, Daisuke. Out of all of these releases, the one I’m the most hyped about is the Pasolini box set. As soon as the box set was announced, I binged Pasolini’s entire filmography (including the ones in this upcoming set) and after finishing the last one I hadn’t seen, which was Arabian Nights (I had already seen Salo before), both the Pasolini box set and the trilogy of life both shot up on my list.
The Servant has a 4K restoration from Studiocanal I believe Criterion have a partnership with them so likely it will be that restoration they will use, I have that release as a 4K as it came out in the UK - a shame they didn't produce a 4K. The original camera negative was lost during the Second World War for Jeu de Regles so the restoration is a Janus re-construction, it's certainly Gilliam's year so far and we have the 4K of The Fisher King still to come.
As a longtime Bluray collector, while I tend not to acquire 4K upgrades of movies I already own (except for personal favorites such as I plan to do with the upcoming edition of The Rules of the Game), I do think that for new generations of film lovers who may not have seen certain works, Criterion’s 4K/ Bluray combo sets will be vital and very attractive options in the years ahead.
It's the 15th of the month announcements! Always great to hear your take on these Criterion titles, my friend. I have not seen any of these titles and have only a little knowledge about Time Bandits. Hearing you speak here always helps me get a rush of excitement thinking about how much fun it would be to potentially explore these releases when they arrive. I've heard you speak about Mr. Klein in the past and that had my interest piqued. It would be fun to acquire that film as well as The Servant, perhaps during the potential 50% off July sale, for a Criterion double-feature introduction to a director for me. Speaking of sale, I am most excited for April's title announcements for the month of July as those will be the last new releases that fall in the sale window. There is much for me to consider before that great opportunity to acquire Criterion titles arrives! Thank you for speaking about these films and your experience with them, Daisuke. The Rules of the Game sounds like a must-see!!! I have so many films to watch before I could ever even consider myself a Daisuke apprentice! Speaking of, I've got the John Ritter film Stay Tuned on blu-ray ready for purchase soon! I'm not sure I ever caught that film and am beyond excited for the chance to watch that. Thank you for mentioning it. Cheers!
Got some fun announcements this month! The Rules of the Game Wasn't sure if this one was going to get a 4K release, but here we are! Although this is already in the collection and I do own this (I have the DVD version in that cool looking case that I wish Criterion utilized more which I only saw with the 3 disc version of Brazil and DVD of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), it will still be a treat to witness it in better quality when its time comes in a few months! This is a sure fire classic from one of French cinema's greatest directors in Jean Renoir who has several films already in the collection. It is quite a satirical film that seems to have a focus on the European upper class before the big war that started in 1939. And one could say that it has a sense of allegory to it as well if one looks deep. Either way this is still a good movie to check out as it gets its new edition! Time Bandits There's a bit of Terry Gilliam love going on with Criterion lately, especially since this comes on the heels of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen which had its 4K release. Now Time Bandits, one of the earlier Criterion release from the DVD spine days now gets the royal treatment! It is quite an endearing work that I didn't appreciate at the time, but has warmed up to me in recent years. To me this feels like the first really big attempt that Gilliam had when it came to doing a big fantasy film. That's not to say that his previous attempt with Jabberwocky wasn't, but it felt more Monty Pythonesque, and here was where we got to see those creative juices from him in full swing! It's an entertaining romp with a lot of things going on! I'd recommend checking it out when it comes in June! The Servant Coming right behind a previous release from Joseph Losey is another one which I had the privilege of watching on the Criterion Channel a few months ago (I tell you, it's a great place to see the potential for new movies to come into the collection). We get to see another great film from this overlooked director as he gets to view the issues with social class in London. One of the best features to this film are the performances from Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, Patrick Magee and especially James Fox and Dirk Bogarde. One of the best features of this movie from what I witnessed was how we got to see characters change and witness a reversal of fortune or roles themselves. It requires some critical depth, but I thought about it afterward. Another one to look for this June! Medicine for Melancholy Here's a movie that I wouldn't have expected to see in the collection, but it does fit with the overall message and agenda the label is trying to show off. It is the first movie from director Barry Jenkins (best known for Moonlight and Aftersun, though I recall he made a trip to the Criterion Closet once) and would be the only film he'd make for 8 years until he worked on a steady basis, but it was his first foray into the world of cinema. I haven't seen this movie as of yet, but I have heard that it does touch on some important themes when it comes to race and how black people live, which is something Jenkins has covered in later films. It also has some connections with hipster and indie culture. For some reason, I'm getting a Love Jones vibe from this, though I'm sure they have some key difference. I'll have to check this out when it comes up down the road! Pasolini 101 I already did a bit of a discussion on this one in a video Daisuke put up earlier, but this is a quintessential collection when it comes to comprising most of Pier Paolo Pasolini's work minus the Trilogy of Life and Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom. It is the first directorial coverage that I've seen since World of Wong Kar-wai. It should be a great set, but I still don't see a spine #... These should be fabulous releases when they comes out in a few months!
That is a strange case for me, considering "The rules of the game"... Renoir's "La grande Illusion" is one of my favorite top ten films of all time, one of the cinema masterpieces that touched me through and through BUT "The rules of the game" is one of the few masterpieces that did not appeal to me at all... I really have no idea why that is the case... I mean there are films that seem like it that I adore like "Gosford Park", which for me is an amazing film... but honestly "The rules of the game" did not appeal to me and Renoir is an amazing director...
Criterion needs to release unreleased blu rays as 4k combos, and like John woos The killer as blu ray and 4k at same time. Also some Kurosawa works such as Dersu or lower depths.
While I understand what you say, I assume it is always about what licensing rights Criterion has. My guess is that if they had the licensing rights they would release them hose titles.
@@DaisukeBeppu thanks for the response. I don't collect 4k anyway (don't want to upgrade my equipment) , my point was, from a selfish perceptive, I would prefer criterion to focus its finances on works yet to get restored blu ray versions.
I love Criterion but it seems the label is adding less and less special features on his discs. The 4K label is truly disappointed for the special features lovers.
Daisuke, I love you brother. But, you’re collecting the wrong label. Criterion is garbage, dude. All they release are primarily these artsy-fartsy films that only a small subset of yuppie nerds actually like. There are MUCH better labels out there to collect!
Terry Gilliam has been listed as supervising all of these new transfers from Criterion. It seems he's been working with Criterion to transfer his films to 4K, so there is no freaking way we won't be getting Brazil soon. Hopefully they don't make us wait too much longer.
Medicine for Melancholy is one of my favorite films of all time. This film changed the way I viewed fiction and how Black people are represented on film. It was the first time I saw people who were more like myself (though not specifically like me) were depicted on screen and made me have higher standards for what I watched afterwards.
I need to go ahead and add The Rules of the Game to my collection. I’ve already owned Grand Illusion (one of my early additions to my collection, ironically) and this may be the right time to get it.
This is one of the best releases in quite a while for criterion! The Servant is a masterpiece, and the Pasolini set is beautiful
From what I understand on the Time Bandits 4K UHD, it should be worth the upgrade from bluray, because of this: The previous bluray I believe isn't even a 2K scan, so having a 4K scan presented in 4K UHD with Dolby Vision HDR, that is a pretty significant upgrade in resolution and colour timing.
The Rules of the Game and The Servant are the ones I’m most excited for this release. Thank you for talking about the June releases Daisuke, I hope you’re doing well and are having a great week. Take care!
I appreciate your commentary on these releases, Daisuke. Out of all of these releases, the one I’m the most hyped about is the Pasolini box set. As soon as the box set was announced, I binged Pasolini’s entire filmography (including the ones in this upcoming set) and after finishing the last one I hadn’t seen, which was Arabian Nights (I had already seen Salo before), both the Pasolini box set and the trilogy of life both shot up on my list.
I haven't seen some of these since the '80s. Rules of the Game and Wings of Desire are on my list. Thanks Daisuke!
We love when you ramble but looking forward to The Servant. May purchase the rules of the game but not sure.
Definately getting the 4k Time Bandits one of my favorite Gilliam films
The Servant has a 4K restoration from Studiocanal I believe Criterion have a partnership with them so likely it will be that restoration they will use, I have that release as a 4K as it came out in the UK - a shame they didn't produce a 4K. The original camera negative was lost during the Second World War for Jeu de Regles so the restoration is a Janus re-construction, it's certainly Gilliam's year so far and we have the 4K of The Fisher King still to come.
A Criterion 4K of Time Bandits!, we are truely living through the best of times
I love the cover for The Servant.
As a longtime Bluray collector, while I tend not to acquire 4K upgrades of movies I already own (except for personal favorites such as I plan to do with the upcoming edition of The Rules of the Game), I do think that for new generations of film lovers who may not have seen certain works, Criterion’s 4K/ Bluray combo sets will be vital and very attractive options in the years ahead.
daisuke what are your thoughts on the argument that criterion is using 4K as a crutch to avoid paying more on curation and licensing
It's the 15th of the month announcements! Always great to hear your take on these Criterion titles, my friend. I have not seen any of these titles and have only a little knowledge about Time Bandits. Hearing you speak here always helps me get a rush of excitement thinking about how much fun it would be to potentially explore these releases when they arrive. I've heard you speak about Mr. Klein in the past and that had my interest piqued. It would be fun to acquire that film as well as The Servant, perhaps during the potential 50% off July sale, for a Criterion double-feature introduction to a director for me. Speaking of sale, I am most excited for April's title announcements for the month of July as those will be the last new releases that fall in the sale window. There is much for me to consider before that great opportunity to acquire Criterion titles arrives! Thank you for speaking about these films and your experience with them, Daisuke. The Rules of the Game sounds like a must-see!!! I have so many films to watch before I could ever even consider myself a Daisuke apprentice! Speaking of, I've got the John Ritter film Stay Tuned on blu-ray ready for purchase soon! I'm not sure I ever caught that film and am beyond excited for the chance to watch that. Thank you for mentioning it. Cheers!
Yes!!!! So excited for Time Bandits.
Got some fun announcements this month!
The Rules of the Game
Wasn't sure if this one was going to get a 4K release, but here we
are! Although this is already in the collection and I do own this (I
have the DVD version in that cool looking case that I wish Criterion
utilized more which I only saw with the 3 disc version of Brazil and
DVD of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), it will still be a treat to
witness it in better quality when its time comes in a few months!
This is a sure fire classic from one of French cinema's greatest
directors in Jean Renoir who has several films already in the
collection. It is quite a satirical film that seems to have a focus on
the European upper class before the big war that started in 1939. And
one could say that it has a sense of allegory to it as well if one
looks deep. Either way this is still a good movie to check out as it
gets its new edition!
Time Bandits
There's a bit of Terry Gilliam love going on with Criterion lately,
especially since this comes on the heels of The Adventures of Baron
Munchausen which had its 4K release. Now Time Bandits, one of the
earlier Criterion release from the DVD spine days now gets the royal
treatment! It is quite an endearing work that I didn't appreciate
at the time, but has warmed up to me in recent years.
To me this feels like the first really big attempt that Gilliam had
when it came to doing a big fantasy film. That's not to say that his
previous attempt with Jabberwocky wasn't, but it felt more Monty
Pythonesque, and here was where we got to see those creative juices
from him in full swing! It's an entertaining romp with a lot of things
going on! I'd recommend checking it out when it comes in June!
The Servant
Coming right behind a previous release from Joseph Losey is another
one which I had the privilege of watching on the Criterion Channel a
few months ago (I tell you, it's a great place to see the potential
for new movies to come into the collection). We get to see another
great film from this overlooked director as he gets to view the issues
with social class in London.
One of the best features to this film are the performances from Sarah
Miles, Wendy Craig, Patrick Magee and especially James Fox and Dirk
Bogarde. One of the best features of this movie from what I witnessed
was how we got to see characters change and witness a reversal of
fortune or roles themselves. It requires some critical depth, but I
thought about it afterward. Another one to look for this June!
Medicine for Melancholy
Here's a movie that I wouldn't have expected to see in the collection,
but it does fit with the overall message and agenda the label is
trying to show off. It is the first movie from director Barry Jenkins
(best known for Moonlight and Aftersun, though I recall he made a trip
to the Criterion Closet once) and would be the only film he'd make for
8 years until he worked on a steady basis, but it was his first foray
into the world of cinema.
I haven't seen this movie as of yet, but I have heard that it does touch
on some important themes when it comes to race and how black people
live, which is something Jenkins has covered in later films. It also
has some connections with hipster and indie culture. For some reason,
I'm getting a Love Jones vibe from this, though I'm sure they have
some key difference. I'll have to check this out when it comes up
down the road!
Pasolini 101
I already did a bit of a discussion on this one in a video Daisuke
put up earlier, but this is a quintessential collection when it
comes to comprising most of Pier Paolo Pasolini's work minus the
Trilogy of Life and Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom. It is the first
directorial coverage that I've seen since World of Wong Kar-wai. It
should be a great set, but I still don't see a spine #...
These should be fabulous releases when they comes out in a few months!
Hi Daisuke how are you able to afford all your movies?
love you daisuke
Love you back!! 😊👍
That is a strange case for me, considering "The rules of the game"... Renoir's "La grande Illusion" is one of my favorite top ten films of all time, one of the cinema masterpieces that touched me through and through BUT "The rules of the game" is one of the few masterpieces that did not appeal to me at all... I really have no idea why that is the case... I mean there are films that seem like it that I adore like "Gosford Park", which for me is an amazing film... but honestly "The rules of the game" did not appeal to me and Renoir is an amazing director...
Criterion needs to release unreleased blu rays as 4k combos, and like John woos The killer as blu ray and 4k at same time. Also some Kurosawa works such as Dersu or lower depths.
While I understand what you say, I assume it is always about what licensing rights Criterion has. My guess is that if they had the licensing rights they would release them hose titles.
@@DaisukeBeppu thanks for the response. I don't collect 4k anyway (don't want to upgrade my equipment) , my point was, from a selfish perceptive, I would prefer criterion to focus its finances on works yet to get restored blu ray versions.
I love Criterion but it seems the label is adding less and less special features on his discs. The 4K label is truly disappointed for the special features lovers.
Daisuke, I love you brother. But, you’re collecting the wrong label. Criterion is garbage, dude. All they release are primarily these artsy-fartsy films that only a small subset of yuppie nerds actually like. There are MUCH better labels out there to collect!