Comments on: Criterion Announces September Slate: ‘The Thin Red Line,’ ‘Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence’; ‘Breathless’ & ‘Charade’ Go Blu

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:55:19 +0000

Yeah, great call, Greg. Cease supporting the greatest gift to film lovers since the DVD was invented because of their attempts to remain a lucrative business. It's clearly a personal vendetta against you. "Greg just picked up Breathless? Fast-track that blu-ray!"

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:50:20 +0000

The blu-ray release of breathless is EXACTLY why I no longer buy criterion dvds. They seem to have a sense for releaseing items on blu-ray right after I buy the dvd. (See also 8-1/2, Days of Heaven, Wings of Desire…)

By: Jason Michelitch

Jason Michelitch — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:57:46 +0000

Given the amount of redundant narration that sounded like it was drawn straight from the source material, I feel like there was probably already too much of the novel in Jesse James.

My favorite part is when the narrator makes a point of describing Jesse James' incessant blinking over a shot of Brad Pitt staring unblinkingly straight ahead, as he did the rest of the movie.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:13:12 +0000

What happened to The Darjeeling Limited?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:16:46 +0000

Oops… sorry for the double post.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:16:17 +0000

No, actually my comment wasn't a hoax, Jason.

I want to see the 4.5 hour cut before I die. This movie was disgustingly underrated and underappreciated.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:13:28 +0000

No, actually my comment isn't a hoax, Jason. 2 and a half hours weren't enough for such a disgustingly unrated and appreciated piece of art.

Especially if you've read the uncut script and the novel.

By: erikmcclanahan

erikmcclanahan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:54:24 +0000

Agreed Kevin. It's great as it is.I would love to see it packaged and loaded with extras from Criterion still.

By: kevinjagernauth

kevinjagernauth — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:52:20 +0000

The rough cut of Jesse James was about 4 hours long and the film went through a lot of edits from various people to get it in the shape we know it as. There is probably a lot of stuff that was left out that would be interesting to see.

That said, the current cut is pretty fantastic.

By: Jason Michelitch

Jason Michelitch — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:49:51 +0000

Anonymous' comment is clearly a hoax. I refuse to believe there are people who think Ass. of Jesse James should be even longer. Unless that 20 minutes of flab was somehow studio-mandated and a director's cut would shave 5 seconds off every shot…

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:46:13 +0000

Nice. Merry xmas Mr. Lawrence is great. I love the love that Criterion has for Oshima.

By: erikmcclanahan

erikmcclanahan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:41:09 +0000

I emailed people from Criterion almost two years ago regarding Jesse James, which is a perfect film for these modern classic they're distributing now, and if memory serves me right, the person who returned my email mentioned it was on their radar but probably not going to happen. Has there been any updates on that? Did they announce it by chance?

I also want to know where the hell "Cronos" is. They announced that a while ago and I haven't heard a damn thing.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:36:51 +0000

Man… where the fuck is the director's cut for Assassination of Jesse James!

By: Alex C.

Alex C. — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:07:50 +0000

Excellent! Time to start my Christmas list early this year.