5 articles from 2009
The Criterion Column: Volume One
21 December 2009 6:36 AM, PST
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2010 is quickly approaching, and the timing seems right to begin a new
endeavor: The Criterion Column. At least once a month, this column will
provide information about upcoming releases from The Criterion
Collection and highlight titles that may be of interest to Twitch
readers. This column will also be complimented by timely reviews
of upcoming Criterion and Eclipse releases as well as discussions of gems in the
company's back catalog.
This
first volume of this column is dedicated to a list of all announced
releases for January, February and March of 2010. The data fields are
in the following order: Director, Title, Format(s), Street Date, and
Regional Availability. Each title is linked to the relevant entry at The
Criterion Collection website. This list will be updated as new titles
are announced.
January 2010
Federico Fellini, 8 ½, Bd, 1/12/10, Us & Canada
Steven Soderbergh, Che, DVD & Bd, 1/19/10, Us only
Wim Wenders, Paris, Texas, DVD & Bd,
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Criterion Collection celebrates Akira Kurosawa with Yojimbo and Sanjuro on Blu-ray Disc
15 December 2009 3:07 AM, PST
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The Criterion Collection team announced to celebrate the 100th birthday of Japanese mastermind director Akira Kurosawa Blu-ray-style! According to their news update, they will release Kurosawa’s Yojimbo and Sanjuro, both starring the wonderful Toshiro Mifune, for the first time on Blu-ray Disc (probably locked to Region A) with English subtitles on March 23, 2010. Both films are already available on Bd in Japan in the Akira Kurosawa Masterworks Collections, but Toho did not include English subtitles on these releases.
Originally Cc also planned to release Seven Samurai in March, but due to additional restoration processes the film will come later in 2010.
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This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: December 8, 2009
8 December 2009 1:20 AM, PST
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Ak 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa (Criterion Collection)
Sure, there are some of 2009's bigger film releases hitting DVD and Blu-ray this week, but this set from Criterion is undoubtedly the release of the week. This set offers 25 of Akira Kurosawa's films, four of which had never been released on DVD, and an illustrated book featuring an introduction and notes on each of the films by Stephen Prince (The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa) and a remembrance by Donald Richie (The Films of Akira Kurosawa).
I was not sent a copy for review, but DVD Beaver has an extensive three page look at the set right here. If you are interested, it is selling for $284.99 at Amazon as of the posting of this round-up. A list of the films included is directly below followed by a
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Akira Kurosawa: The Masterworks Blu-ray Disc Collection
19 June 2009 10:27 AM, PDT
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After Kadokawa already released a series of Akira Kurosawa’s films (Rashomon, Madadayo, Ran and The Quiet Duel) in a Blu-ray Disc Collection back in February, Toho Studio also decided to honour Japan’s probably most famous director with another collection bearing his name. The Akira Kurosawa: The Masterworks Blu-ray Disc Collection contains Seven Samurai, Kagemusha, Sanshiro Sugata, Sanjuro, Men Who Tread On The Tiger’s Tail, Sanshiro Sugata Part II and The Bad Sleep Well which are also available as single releases on October 23, 2009. Unfortunately Toho also decided to follow Kadokawa’s example and will not include English subtitles.
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DVD Review: Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den (Criterion Collection)
17 March 2009 3:23 AM, PDT
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When it comes to Akira Kurosawa I have either seen or own all of his name titles including Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Ikiru, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo, Sanjuro and Ran. I have Kagemusha sitting on my coffee table ready to be viewed for the first time and outside of a few noticeable omissions I am finally ready to venture into his lesser known titles and with Criterion's latest release of Dodes'ka-den I can't think of a better place to start. This isn't to say Dodes'ka-den is any kind of masterpiece, because it's not, but the instances surrounding Dodes'ka-den and how it came to be are utterly fascinating and opened up a side of Kurosawa I had never known.
Serving as Kurosawa's first attempt at a color film, Dodes'ka-den also marked his first feature in five years following Red Beard in 1965. In those five years Kurosawa would put in work on
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