1975 AVAILABLE on BLU-RAY AND DVD!
THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS Black Moon CRITERION PRESENTS LOUIS MALLE S SURREAL JOURNEY INTO A YOUNG WOMAN S FANTASY WORLD, LONG UNAVAILABLE, ON BLU-RAY AND DVD! LOUIS MALLE (The Lovers, Au revoir les enfants) meets Lewis Carroll in this bizarre and bewitching trip down the rabbit hole. After skirting the horrors of an unidentified war being waged in an anonymous countryside, a beautiful young woman (CATHRYN HARRISON) takes refuge in a remote farmhouse, where she becomes embroiled in the surreal domestic odyssey of a mysterious family. Evocatively shot by cinematographer SVEN NYKVIST (Cries and Whispers, Fanny and Alexander), Black Moon is a Freudian tale of adolescent sexuality set in a postapocalyptic world of shifting identities and talking animals. It is one of Malle s most experimental films and a cinematic daydream like no other. It is the most intimate of my films... I see it as a strange voyage to the limits of the medium. Louis Malle [A] visionary odyssey. Time Out BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $39.95 Prebook 5/31/11 Street 6/28/11 Cat. no. CC2027BD ISBN 978-1-60465-440-0 UPC 15515-08331-7 DVD EDITION SRP $29.95 Prebook 5/31/11 Street 6/28/11 Cat. no. CC2028D ISBN 978-1-60465-441-7 UPC 7-15515-08341-6 SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES new high-definition digital restoration, with uncom pressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Archival interview with director Louis Malle Gallery of behind-the-scenes photos Alternate French-dubbed soundtrack Original theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau WINNER Best Cinematography/ Best Sound, César Awards, 1975 1975 100 minutes Color Monaural 1.66:1 aspect ratio Summary and design 2011 The Criterion Collection. www.criterion.com
1985 AVAILABLE on BLU-RAY AND DVD!
THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS Insignificance ALBERT EINSTEIN MEETS MARILYN MONROE IN THIS MODERN FABLE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF WALKABOUT AND THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH IN BLU-RAY AND DVD EDITIONS! Four unnamed people who look and sound a lot like Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, and Joseph McCarthy converge in one New York City hotel room for this compelling, visually inventive adaptation of Terry Johnson s play, from director Nicolas Roeg (Walkabout, The Man Who Fell to Earth). With a combination of whimsy and dread, Roeg creates a fun-house-mirror picture of cold war America that questions the nature of celebrity and plays on a society s simmering nuclear fears. Insignificance is a delirious, intelligent drama, featuring magnetic performances by Michael Emil (Tracks, Always) as the professor, Theresa Russell (Bad Timing, Black Widow) as the actress, Gary Busey (The Buddy Holly Story, Lethal Weapon) as the ballplayer, and Tony Curtis (Sweet Smell of Success, Spartacus) as the senator. One of Roeg s most enjoyable films. Richard Combs, Monthly Film Bulletin Ambitious, apocalyptic... Tony Curtis... gives the film s most vivid, startling performance. Vincent Canby, The New York Times 1985 108 minutes Color Monaural 1.77:1 aspect ratio BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $39.95 Prebook 5/17/11 Street 6/14/11 Cat. no. CC2017BD ISBN 978-1-60465-430-1 UPC 7-15515-08141-2 DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL edition FEATURES Newly restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Nicolas Roeg and producer Jeremy Thomas, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition New video interviews with Roeg, Thomas, and editor Tony Lawson Making Insignificance, a short documentary shot on the set of the film Original theatrical trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Chuck Stephens and a reprinted exchange between Roeg and screenwriter Terry Johnson dvd EDITION SRP $29.95 Prebook 5/17/11 Street 6/14/11 Cat. no. CC2018D ISBN 978-1-60465-431-8 UPC 7-15515-08151-1 WINNER Technical Grand Prize, Cannes Film Festival, 1985 Summary and design 2011 The Criterion Collection. www.criterion.com
1955 AVAILABLE on BLU-RAY AND DVD!
THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS Kiss Me Deadly THE MOST EXPLOSIVE FIFTIES NOIR OF THEM ALL ROBERT ALDRICH S QUINTESSENTIAL MICKEY SPILLANE ADAPTATION NOW IN CRITERION BLU-RAY AND DVD EDITIONS! In this atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane s novel, directed by ROBERT ALDRICH (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Dirty Dozen), the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. RALPH MEEKER (Paths of Glory, The Dirty Dozen) stars as snarling private dick Mike Hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. Brazen and bleak, Kiss Me Deadly is a film noir masterpiece as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in American cinema. The apotheosis of film noir. Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader A white-hot vision of cosmic annihilation. J. Hoberman, The Village Voice BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $39.95 Prebook 5/24/11 Street 6/21/11 Cat. no. CC2021BD ISBN 978-1-60465-434-9 UPC 7-15515-08181-8 DVD EDITION SRP $29.95 Prebook 5/24/11 Street 6/21/11 Cat. no. CC2022D ISBN 978-1-60465-435-6 UPC 7-15515-08281-5 SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New high-definition restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Audio commentary by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini New video tribute from director Alex Cox (Repo Man, Walker) Excerpts from The Long Haul of A. I. Bezzerides, a 2005 documentary on the Kiss Me Deadly screenwriter Excerpts from Mike Hammer s Mickey Spillane, a 1998 documentary on the author whose book inspired the film A look at the film s locations Altered ending Theatrical trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman and a 1955 reprint by director Robert Aldrich 1955 106 minutes Black & White Monaural 1.66:1 aspect ratio Summary and design 2011 The Criterion Collection. www.criterion.com
1983 a film by kon i chikawa the makioka sisters AVAILABLE on BLU-RAY AND DVD!
THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS The Makioka Sisters KON ICHIKAWA S EXQUISITELY COLORFUL DRAMA ABOUT THE FORTUNES OF FOUR SISTERS IN PRE WORLD WAR II JAPAN PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON DVD AND BLU-RAY! This lyrical adaptation of the beloved Japanese novel by Junichiro Tanizaki was a late-career triumph for world-class director Kon Ichikawa (The Burmese Harp, Fires on the Plain). Revolving around the changing of the seasons, The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki) follows the lives of four sisters who have taken on their family s kimono manufacturing business, over the course of a number of years leading up to the Pacific War. The two oldest have been married for some time, but according to tradition, the rebellious youngest sister cannot wed until the third, conservative and terribly shy, finds a husband. This graceful study of a family at a turning point in history is a poignant evocation of changing times and fading customs, shot in rich, vivid colors. Masterly. The film s visual pleasures... are positively luxuriant. Time Out A magisterial achievement: a barbed, poignant, and seductive elegy. Michael Sragow 1983 140 minutes Color Monaural In Japanese with English subtitles 1.85:1 aspect ratio BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $29.95 Prebook 5/17/11 Street 6/14/11 Cat. no. CC2019BD ISBN 978-1-60465-432-5 UPC 7-15515-08161-0 SPECIAL edition FEATURES New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Original theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Audie Bock WINNER Best Picture/ Best Director, Japanese Academy Awards, 1983 dvd EDITION SRP $19.95 Prebook 5/17/11 Street 6/14/11 Cat. no. CC2020D ISBN 978-1-60465-433-2 UPC 7-15515-08171-9 WINNER Best Supporting Actor (Juzo Itami), Kinema Junpo Awards, 1983 Under exclusive license from Toho Co., Ltd. 1983 Toho Co., Ltd. English-subtitled version 2011 Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Summary and design 2011 The Criterion Collection. www.criterion.com.
1930 AVAILABLE on BLU-RAY AND DVD!
THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS People on Sunday THE INFLUENTIAL SILENT CLASSIC MADE BY AN UNSURPASSED TEAM OF ALL-STARS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BOTH BLU-RAY AND DVD! People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag) represents an astonishing confluence of talent an early collaboration by a group of German filmmakers who would all go on to become major Hollywood players, including eventual noir masters ROBERT SIODMAK (The Killers, Criss Cross) and EDGAR G. ULMER (Detour, Bluebeard) and future Oscar winners BILLY WILDER (Sunset Boulevard, Ace in the Hole) and FRED ZINNEMAN (High Noon, A Man for All Seasons). This effervescent, sunlit silent film, about a handful of city dwellers enjoying a weekend outing (a charming cast of nonprofessionals), offers a rare glimpse of Weimar-era Berlin. A unique hybrid of documentary and fictional storytelling, People on Sunday was both an experiment and a mainstream hit that would influence generations of film artists around the world. There is nothing quite like People on Sunday... The credits are almost laughably freighted with talent. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker A masterpiece. Phillip French, The Guardian BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $39.95 Prebook 5/31/11 Street 6/28/11 Cat. no. CC2023BD ISBN 978-1-60465-436-3 UPC 7-15515-08291-4 DVD EDITION SRP $29.95 Prebook 5/31/11 Street 6/28/11 Cat. no. CC2024D ISBN 978-1-60465-437-0 UPC 7-15515-08301-0 SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New high-definition digital restoration, created in collaboration with the Filmmuseum Amsterdam Two scores a silent-era-style score by the Mont Alto Orches tra and a modern compo sition by Elena Kats- Chernin, performed by the Czech Film Orchestra both presented as uncompressed stereo soundtracks on the Blu-ray edition Weekend am Wannsee, Gerald Koll s 2000 documentary about the film, featuring an interview with star Brigitte Borchert Ins Blaue Hinein, a thirty-six-minute short from 1931 by People on Sunday cinematographer Eugen Schüfftan New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Noah Isenberg and reprints by scriptwriter Billy Wilder and director Robert Siodmak 1930 73 minutes Black & White Silent German intertitles with English subtitles 1.33:1 aspect ratio Summary and design 2011 The Criterion Collection. Oscar, Academy Award, and Academy Awards are the registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. www.criterion.com
1960 AVAILABLE on BLU-RAY AND DVD!
THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS Zazie dans le métro LOUIS MALLE S BELOVED FARCE ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL S MADCAP ADVENTURES IN PARIS in CRITERION BLU-RAY AND DVD EDITIONS! A brash and precocious eleven-year-old (CATHERINE DEMONGEOT) comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle (La Pointe Courte s PHILIPPE NOIRET); he and the viewer get more than they bargained for in this anarchic comedy from LOUIS MALLE (Murmur of the Heart, My Dinner with André), which treats the City of Light as though it were a pleasure island just waiting to be destroyed. Based on a popular novel by Raymond Queneau that had been considered unadaptable, Malle s audacious hit Zazie dans le métro is a bit of stream-of-conscious slapstick, wall-to-wall with visual gags, editing tricks, and effects, and made with flair on the cusp of the French New Wave. Arguably Louis Malle s best work... Packed with ideas and glitter. Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader An anarchist farce... Nothing in Malle s filmography, or in the French New Wave in general, could prep you for the departure that Zazie dans le métro represents. Michael Atkinson BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $39.95 Prebook 5/31/11 Street 6/28/11 Cat. no. CC2025BD ISBN 978-1-60465-438-7 UPC 7-15515-08311-9 SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Archival interviews with director Louis Malle, novelist Raymond Queneau, and the young actress Catherine Demongeot Le Paris de Zazie, an interview with assistant director Philippe Collin Original theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau DVD EDITION SRP $29.95 Prebook 5/31/11 Street 6/28/11 Cat. no. CC2026D ISBN 978-1-60465-439-4 UPC 7-15515-08321-8 1960 93 minutes Color Monaural In French with English subtitles 1.33:1 aspect ratio Summary and design 2011 The Criterion Collection. www.criterion.com
eclipse series 27 RAFFAELLO MATARAZZO S RUNAWAY MELODRAMAS Four-dvd Box SET INCLUDES: Chains Tormento Nobody s Children THE White Angel In the late 1940s and early 1950s, film critics, international festivalgoers, and other studious viewers were swept up by the tide of Italian neorealism. Meanwhile, mainstream Italian audiences were indulging in a different kind of cinema experience: the sensational, extravagant melodramas of superstar director RafFaello Matarazzo. These galvanic hits about splintered lovers and broken homes, all written by Aldo De Benedetti and starring mustachioed matinee idol Amedeo Nazzari and icon of feminine purity Yvonne SaNson, luxuriate in delirious plot twists and overheated religious symbolism. Four of them, each more unbridled and entertaining than the last, are collected here, chronicles of men and women on winding roads to redemption. Eclipse is a selection of lost, forgotten, or overshadowed classics in simple, affordable editions. Each series is a brief cinematheque retrospective for the adventurous home viewer. A MAJOR MOVIE REDISCOVERY! DON T MISS THESE RAPTUROUS, WILDLY ENTERTAINING TREASURES OF 1950s ITALIAN CINEMA!
RUNAWAY MELODRAMAS er) an) nnier Sacha guitry marguerite moreno Jacqueline delubac roger duchesne rosine deréan Elmire vautier Serge grave pauline Carton pierre assy henri pfeifer gaston dupray pierre Labry Fréhel Sacha guitry Serge Sandberg Sacha guitry marcel Lucien raymond Clunie henri ménessier myriam adolphe Borchard under exclusive license from gaumont. 1936 gaumont. all rights reserved. 2010 The Criterion Collection. all rights reserved. Cat. no. ECL100. ISBN 978-1-60465-329-8. Warning: unauthorized public performance, broadcasting, or copying is a violation of applicable laws. printed in usa. First printing 2010. Eclipse is a selection of lost, forgotten, or overshadowed classics in simple, affordable editions. Each series is a brief cinematheque retrospective for the adventurous home viewer. visit us at criterion.com. The cineaste of aching carnal passion. Paola Cristalli, Cineteca di Bologna MATARAZZO s 5 mm 130 mm 130 mm cha guitry s masterpiece, this aresque about a gambler and whimsical delight. guitry hime tricheur looking back fondly me, which he narrates with an matched by that of the film s and cinematography. With its ing and novel use of voice-over, Cheat has influenced filmmakers elles to François Truffaut. BaCk panel grain eclipse From ThE CrITErIoN CoLLECTIoN SRP $59.95 Prebook 5/24/11 Street 6/21/11 Cat. no. ECL124 ISBN 978-1-60465-442-4 UPC 7-15515-08351-5 1936 81 MINUTES BLACK & WHITE MONAURAL IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES 1.33:1 ASPECT RATIO chains eclipse From ThE CrITErIoN CoLLECTIoN eclipse series 27 RAFFAELLO MATARAZZO S RUNAWAY MELODRAMAS 1949 eclipse From ThE CrITErIoN CoLLECTIoN chains 1949 TOrMeNTO 1950 NOBODY s children 1952 THe WHiTe ANGel 1955 1950 eclipse From ThE CrITErIoN CoLLECTIoN 1952 eclipse From ThE CrITErIoN CoLLECTIoN 1955 eclipse From ThE CrITErIoN CoLLECTIoN four-dvd BOX SET INCLUDES: chains 1949 TOrMeNTO 1950 NOBODY s children 1952 THe WHiTe ANGel 1955 ChaINS a FILm By raffaello MATArAZZO series 27 THE RUNAWAY MELODRAMAS OF RAFFAELLO MATARAZZO FroNT panel direction TormENTo a FILm By raffaello MATArAZZO series 27 RAFFAELLO MATARAZZO'S RUNAWAY MELODRAMAS NoBody S ChILdrEN a FILm By raffaello MATArAZZO series 27 RAFFAELLO MATARAZZO'S RUNAWAY MELODRAMAS ThE WhITE angel a FILm By raffaello MATArAZZO series 27 RAFFAELLO MATARAZZO'S RUNAWAY MELODRAMAS Chains After years of working mostly on comedies and literary adaptations, Raffaello Matarazzo turned to melodrama with this intense tale of a tight-knit working-class family shattered by temptation. There s a touch of noir in Chains (Catene), in which the virtuous yet earthy Yvonne Sanson, as the devoted wife of a mechanic (Amedeo Nazzari), finds herself unwillingly drawn back toward a criminal ex-lover. 1949 94 minutes Black & White Monaural In Italian with English subtitles 1.33:1 aspect ratio Tormento Anna (Sanson) flees her home, where she has been victimized for years by her spineless father s mean-spirited second wife, to be with her lover (Nazzari), an honest businessman yet to make his fortune. When he is accused of a murder he didn t commit, the couple s domestic tranquillity is upended, and a desperate Anna must rely on her cruel stepmother for support for her child. 1950 98 minutes Black & White Monaural In Italian with English subtitles 1.33:1 aspect ratio Nobody s Children Bursting at the seams as it is with outlandish twists and turns, Nobody s Children (I figli del nessuno) is only the first half of Matarazzo s supersized diptych of melodramas, which chronicles the labyrinthine misfortunes of a couple torn cruelly apart by fate (and some meddling villains). When Guido (Nazzari), a young count, falls for Luisa (Sanson), the poor daughter of one of the miners who works at his family s quarry, his mother and her nefarious henchman scheme epically to separate the two forever. 1952 96 minutes Black & White Monaural In Italian with English subtitles 1.33:1 aspect ratio THE White Angel In The White Angel (L angelo bianco), Matarazzo s sequel to his blockbuster Nobody s Children, the perpetually put-upon Guido and Luisa (the Italian director s eternal star couple, Nazzari and Sanson) return for a new round of trials and tribulations. This time, the reversals of fortune are even more insanely ornate, a plot twist involving doppelgängers beats Vertigo to the punch by three years, and the whole thing climaxes with a jaw-dropping women-in-prison set piece. 1955 100 minutes Black & White Monaural In Italian with English subtitles 1.33:1 aspect ratio Summary and design 2011 The Criterion Collection. www.criterion.com