The Criterion Collection has announced no fewer than four major films for release on Blu-ray in September. Jean-Luc Godard will open fire on September 14, with the Nouvelle vague 1960 classic Breathless (À bout de souffle). A week later, the comedic thriller Charade (Stanley Donen, 1963) will hit store shelves. The studio will close the month with two unusual war movies: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Nagisa Oshima, 1983) and the highly-anticipated The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998).
The video transfer of Breathless has been approved by director of photography Raoul Coutard. That of The Thin Red Line, in turn, is approved by director Terrence Malick and cinematographer John Toll.
Audio will be LPCM for Breathless and Charade, and DTS-HD Master Audio for Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence and The Thin Red Line.
Special features are as follows:
Breathless
Archival interviews with director Jean-Luc Godard, and actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, and Jean-Pierre Melville
New video interviews with Coutard, assistant director Pierre Rissient, and filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker
New video essays: filmmaker and critic Mark Rappaport's "Jean Seberg" and critic Jonathan Rosenbaum's "Breathless as Film Criticism"
Chambre 12, Hotel de suede: an 80-minute French documentary about the making of Breathless, with members of the cast and crew
Charlotte et son Jules: a 1959 short film by Godard, starring Belmondo
French theatrical trailer
A booklet featuring writings from Godard, film historian Dudley Andrew, François Truffaut's original film treatment, and Godard's scenario
Charade
Audio commentary: A conversation with Stanley Donen and screenwriter Peter Stone
The Films of Stanley Donen: A selected filmography, with an introduction by Donen biographer Stephen M. Silverman
Peter Stone's career highlights
Original theatrical trailer
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
The Oshima Gang: original making-of featurette
New video interviews with producer Jeremy Thomas, screenwriter Paul Mayersberg, actor Tom Conti, and actor-composer Ryuichi Sakamoto
Hasten Slowly: an hour-long documentary about author and adventurer Laurens van der Post, whose autobiographical novel is the basis for the film
Original theatrical trailer
A booklet featuring an essay by film writer Chuck Stephens and a 1983 interview with director Nagisa Oshima by Japanese film writer Tadao Sato
The Thin Red Line
New audio commentary featuring director of photography John Toll, production designer Jack Fisk, and producer Grant Hill
Outtakes from the film
Video interviews with several of the film's actors, including Kirk Acevedo, Jim Caviezel, Ben Chaplin, Tom Jane, Elias Koteas, Dash Mihok, and Sean Penn
New video interview with casting director Dianne Crittenden, featuring original audition footage
New interview with composer Hans Zimmer
New video piece featuring interviews with editors Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, and Saar Klein
An interview with writer James Jones's daughter Kaylie Jones
World War II newsreels featuring footage from Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands
Original theatrical trailer
A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Sterritt and a 1963 essay by James Jones on war films
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Criterion Blu-ray in September.
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John Johnson
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Criterion Blu-ray in September.
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Outtakes from THE THIN RED LINE? Meaning it will run longer than the actual movie?
I always loved the fact that the "Special Thanks" in the end credits included all the big-time actors he cut out of the film.
Somewhere, somehow I think George Clooney is still ticked his role got reduced to a one-second, one-line cameo.
I always loved the fact that the "Special Thanks" in the end credits included all the big-time actors he cut out of the film.
Somewhere, somehow I think George Clooney is still ticked his role got reduced to a one-second, one-line cameo.