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Criterion is going BluRay!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSS! Hey folks, Harry here. As a high def junkie - I've been dying waiting for Criterion to commit and start offering us there ubercoolness in 1080p glory! As for the line up... It's just about as outstanding as you could hope for from Criterion. THIRD MAN! MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH! CHUNGKING EXPRESS! WALKABOUT! WAGES OF FEAR! I can not friggin wait! Great news for all of us that love Criterion and HD!

Dear Criterion Collection Newsletter subscriber,

We’ve got some exciting news for this fall, and we wanted you to hear it first.

Our first Blu-ray discs are coming! We’ve picked a little over a dozen titles from the collection for Blu-ray treatment, and we’ll begin rolling them out in October. These new editions will feature glorious high-definition picture and sound, all the supplemental content of the DVD releases, and they will be priced to match our standard-def editions.

Here’s what’s in the pipeline:

The Third Man
Bottle Rocket
Chungking Express
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Last Emperor
El Norte
The 400 Blows
Gimme Shelter
The Complete Monterey Pop
Contempt
Walkabout
For All Mankind
The Wages of Fear

Alongside our DVD and Blu-ray box sets of The Last Emperor, we’ll also be putting out the theatrical version as a stand-alone release in both formats, priced at $39.95. Our Blu-ray release of Walkabout will be an all-new edition, featuring new supplements as well as a new transfer; we will also release an updated anamorphic DVD of Nicolas Roeg’s outback masterpiece at the same time.

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First!
by Zerath
May 7th, 2008
06:39:30 PM
Damn, was second:
by Zerath
May 7th, 2008
06:39:55 PM
I love Criterion movies
by toadkillerdog
May 7th, 2008
06:39:58 PM
Fuck yeah!
by Shawn F.
May 7th, 2008
06:40:54 PM
Where's Armageddon?!
by TallBoy66
May 7th, 2008
06:41:37 PM
Hi Purpa Sadu!
by Money Daniels
May 7th, 2008
06:46:31 PM
400 Blows
by SPECTRE007
May 7th, 2008
06:52:17 PM
enough...
by Noddy93
May 7th, 2008
06:53:15 PM
Criterion has a beer and cheats on HD-DVD
by KurtLockwood
May 7th, 2008
06:54:49 PM
Blu Ray Still Priced Too High.
by Underoos Hero
May 7th, 2008
06:56:13 PM
Criterion has gone Blu-ray and here's why...
by Mistahtibbs
May 7th, 2008
06:56:58 PM
RE: Armageddon?!
by Noddy93
May 7th, 2008
06:57:29 PM
Underoos?
by Mistahtibbs
May 7th, 2008
06:59:25 PM
Walkabout in high-def is worth the price of a blu-ray player alo
by jackprice
May 7th, 2008
07:01:03 PM
Mistahtibbs
by Underoos Hero
May 7th, 2008
07:02:13 PM
gotham_night
by Underoos Hero
May 7th, 2008
07:05:28 PM
2 of Roeg's right out of the gate...
by Alfred_Packer
May 7th, 2008
07:06:30 PM
Did Martians eat the Hi-Def, Harry?
by Stephen OKeefe
May 7th, 2008
07:08:49 PM
Great cliche---"glorious picture and sound"
by leobloom
May 7th, 2008
07:19:00 PM
whats the deal with criterion?
by Bouncy X
May 7th, 2008
07:25:41 PM
Well Duh Yeah...
by tolomey
May 7th, 2008
07:27:03 PM
Can they please release The Last Emperor in 2.35:1
by Mr_ant
May 7th, 2008
07:32:47 PM
MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE --CRITERION
by la_sith
May 7th, 2008
07:37:04 PM
without Star Wars or LOTR or Harry Potter or Trek
by sith_rising
May 7th, 2008
07:37:42 PM
I just creamed in my pants
by Mattyboy122
May 7th, 2008
07:40:59 PM
Dammit, I just bought The Third Man CC
by Greenleaf1
May 7th, 2008
07:43:22 PM
Salò?
by FraDolcino
May 7th, 2008
07:44:21 PM
I'm not investing in Blu-ray until we get The Black Hole in 1080
by KnightShift
May 7th, 2008
07:51:14 PM
Don't be so gloomy, Greenleaf
by Mattyboy122
May 7th, 2008
07:52:28 PM

by cousindave
May 7th, 2008
08:10:10 PM
HOT DAMN!
by FarSky
May 7th, 2008
08:11:31 PM
FUCK YOU, HARRY.
by Frankenblogger
May 7th, 2008
08:12:34 PM
Blu-Ray??? YAWN
by Gungan Slayer
May 7th, 2008
08:23:02 PM
This is the
by RyanEsta
May 7th, 2008
08:31:00 PM
BLU-BAY!!!!! BABY!!!
by sonnyhooper
May 7th, 2008
08:35:30 PM
The Last Emperor criterion edition in 1080p
by Thenon
May 7th, 2008
08:36:51 PM
SoylentMean
by Mattyboy122
May 7th, 2008
08:36:52 PM
Walkabout is Genius
by odysseus
May 7th, 2008
08:40:44 PM
Oh hell yes
by knowthyself
May 7th, 2008
08:44:45 PM
Blu Ray is the next Laser Disc
by jae683
May 7th, 2008
08:51:29 PM
Kurosawa?????
by picardsucks
May 7th, 2008
08:54:41 PM
HD DVD is the new laser disc.
by knowthyself
May 7th, 2008
08:55:13 PM
There's nothing wrong with standard def
by beetlegeuse
May 7th, 2008
08:59:02 PM
Standard def hahah.
by knowthyself
May 7th, 2008
09:01:13 PM
knowthyself
by Underoos Hero
May 7th, 2008
09:03:55 PM
Lets see.
by knowthyself
May 7th, 2008
09:06:10 PM
I recently saw some black and white in HD
by RAVENL0RD
May 7th, 2008
09:07:18 PM
Criterion Blu Ray
by darkkelt
May 7th, 2008
09:22:11 PM
Blu-Ray may be the next LD, but...
by hamster factor
May 7th, 2008
09:28:46 PM
Bottle Rocket Criterion
by Accordion27
May 7th, 2008
09:42:13 PM
SWEET!
by Sakurai
May 7th, 2008
09:44:00 PM
A big screen in a movie theater will always be the preferred scr
by leobloom
May 7th, 2008
09:46:20 PM
BOTTLE ROCKET MOTHERFUCKER
by haggardatbest
May 7th, 2008
10:01:13 PM
Sakurai
by Jonesey1111
May 7th, 2008
10:03:00 PM
Are you people like 80 years old?
by knowthyself
May 7th, 2008
10:19:24 PM
Criterion hates poor people and minorities
by Gozu
May 7th, 2008
10:26:38 PM
The next time some of you are at...
by poeticwarriorII
May 7th, 2008
10:57:19 PM
The 400 Blows
by Ageoffroyi
May 7th, 2008
10:57:50 PM
Christine Darbon
by Ageoffroyi
May 7th, 2008
10:58:47 PM
Hooray!
by Osmosis Jones
May 7th, 2008
10:59:38 PM
oh yeah (Kool Aid Man voice)
by wash
May 7th, 2008
11:07:05 PM
Cool
by thefutureoffilm
May 7th, 2008
11:21:28 PM
Last Emperor in Correct Aspect Ratio Please
by chrisboy
May 7th, 2008
11:21:40 PM
People complaining about the price of Blu-Rays...
by wash
May 7th, 2008
11:25:04 PM
Wages of Fear
by lensproject
May 7th, 2008
11:27:57 PM
Didn't anyone actually READ the article?
by half vader
May 7th, 2008
11:43:58 PM
exactly, vader
by Holodigm
May 7th, 2008
11:57:47 PM
Chungking in HD?
by phantom_of_teh_paradise
May 8th, 2008
12:03:08 AM
I also love how
by phantom_of_teh_paradise
May 8th, 2008
12:08:56 AM
and of course by formate
by phantom_of_teh_paradise
May 8th, 2008
12:09:24 AM
Don't have a Blu-Ray yet, but
by TattooedBillionaire
May 8th, 2008
12:12:59 AM
Brazil or GTFO
by EskNerd
May 8th, 2008
12:19:21 AM
Fiend without a face!
by Ommadawn1959
May 8th, 2008
12:26:25 AM
What else would they have gone?
by thebearovingian
May 8th, 2008
12:54:55 AM
Anyone who still doesn't get...
by eggart
May 8th, 2008
12:55:31 AM
The blu-ray war is not yet won
by BendersShinyAss
May 8th, 2008
12:56:26 AM
COOLEST NEWS EVER!
by warsinthesun
May 8th, 2008
01:00:41 AM
2008 is the year of Blu-Ray
by BadWaldo s Revenge
May 8th, 2008
01:12:07 AM
Bearovingian
by half vader
May 8th, 2008
01:51:14 AM
Could we PLEASE skip the Blu-Ray
by Boromir
May 8th, 2008
01:55:00 AM
What's a DVD?
by Lashlarue
May 8th, 2008
02:00:32 AM
I thought the Criterion Armageddon was a joke
by Boromir
May 8th, 2008
02:13:39 AM
About time.
by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz
May 8th, 2008
02:14:39 AM
Bottle Rocket
by psychedelic
May 8th, 2008
02:28:05 AM
sour grapes
by sajarrow
May 8th, 2008
02:37:48 AM
I love the defense of Armageddon on the Criterion DVD
by BitterMan23
May 8th, 2008
02:39:29 AM
Brazil
by HarryTuttle
May 8th, 2008
02:41:26 AM

by the way
May 8th, 2008
02:51:19 AM
Walkabout im HI-DEF!
by FILMFUNK
May 8th, 2008
02:54:44 AM
fuck the geek tech...spirit gets an xmas release
by bacci40
May 8th, 2008
03:06:23 AM
HOTT FUCKIN' SPIT ON A HANKY!!!!
by ChickenGeorgeVII
May 8th, 2008
03:15:25 AM
Surely it should be...
by snappy
May 8th, 2008
03:43:02 AM
Do you know??
by Michael9911
May 8th, 2008
04:03:32 AM
Holy crap!
by UltimaRex
May 8th, 2008
04:10:22 AM
On Blu-Ray...
by UltimaRex
May 8th, 2008
04:19:24 AM
To those saying Blu Ray = Laser Disc
by ZoeFan
May 8th, 2008
04:55:34 AM
ugh I hate El Norte
by troutpencil
May 8th, 2008
05:08:31 AM
Damn You Michael Bay
by MCMLXXVI
May 8th, 2008
05:18:28 AM
Direct Download will kill Blue Ray
by Gozu
May 8th, 2008
05:43:22 AM
Michael Biehn in Avatar!
by Paulseta
May 8th, 2008
05:59:14 AM
No Kurosawas?
by Nordling
May 8th, 2008
06:04:28 AM
Direct Download will kill Blu Ray...
by ZoeFan
May 8th, 2008
06:11:45 AM
I hate the fact my lovingly collected DVDs are not no better tha
by The Gospel According to Bastardface
May 8th, 2008
06:36:04 AM
Criterion is like good sex.
by Knuckleduster
May 8th, 2008
06:54:50 AM
In more important news ...
by jae683
May 8th, 2008
06:57:53 AM
UltimaRex
by Bouncy X
May 8th, 2008
07:01:54 AM
knowthyself
by christophermoltosante
May 8th, 2008
07:04:53 AM
Zoefan
by jae683
May 8th, 2008
07:11:48 AM
What's funny is..
by Stalkeye
May 8th, 2008
07:12:28 AM
Criterion
by foree forehead
May 8th, 2008
07:36:18 AM
Your right. I don't have a girlfriend.
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
08:18:15 AM
Speaking of my lovely wife...
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
08:20:02 AM
Anti-Blu Ray people will change their mind come Q4
by ZoeFan
May 8th, 2008
08:50:26 AM
Anti-bluray people were once Anti-DVD people
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
08:55:37 AM
The truth about blu-ray detractors
by Johnno
May 8th, 2008
09:07:19 AM
And DVD buyers will feel really stupid...
by Johnno
May 8th, 2008
09:10:08 AM
Johnno
by jae683
May 8th, 2008
09:19:28 AM
Some people actually don't have a lot of money to spare.
by Juemad
May 8th, 2008
09:21:27 AM
ZoeFan, it's not a putdown but a fact
by Mace Tofu
May 8th, 2008
09:52:58 AM
This is huge!
by T 1000 xp professional
May 8th, 2008
10:01:24 AM
This is great news
by mr.brownstone
May 8th, 2008
10:06:21 AM
Gozu
by mr.brownstone
May 8th, 2008
10:09:43 AM
Gozu II
by mr.brownstone
May 8th, 2008
10:16:59 AM
half vader
by mr.brownstone
May 8th, 2008
10:29:33 AM
I think all these people getting irate about people not wanting
by jae683
May 8th, 2008
11:33:59 AM
I agree about Salo
by drakeavenue
May 8th, 2008
12:09:35 PM
40? Amazon has bluray movies for 20 dollars a pop.
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
12:16:32 PM
Joe Sixpack doesn't give a shit about lossless audio...
by Ultron ver 2.0
May 8th, 2008
12:16:54 PM
Awesome! Lemme download LOTR: TTT Extended Edition in HD!
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
12:19:12 PM
Knowthyself: SHIT bluray movies for $20
by Ultron ver 2.0
May 8th, 2008
12:21:59 PM
If price is such a problem...Try Netflix
by ZoeFan
May 8th, 2008
12:46:31 PM
So 2001 a space odyssey is shit?
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
12:47:10 PM
i've said it before but..
by Bouncy X
May 8th, 2008
12:47:23 PM
Aww, Seven Samurai please...
by LittleDudes
May 8th, 2008
12:49:22 PM
Well look what i found...
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
12:53:56 PM
Congrats knowthyself...you found the one kernel
by Ultron ver 2.0
May 8th, 2008
12:54:32 PM
Oh look some more...
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
12:55:51 PM
Oh look Gattaca 18.99...Walk Har 23.95...
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
12:58:17 PM
Ultron...how can you even afford a broadband connection?
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
01:01:25 PM
All the shit-tastic movies for $28:
by Ultron ver 2.0
May 8th, 2008
01:02:39 PM
Guess what... YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY THE BAD MOVIES MORON.
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
01:03:44 PM
McDonalds? lol....your kung-fu is weak.
by Ultron ver 2.0
May 8th, 2008
01:07:07 PM
oh sorry...bestbuy? gamestop?
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
01:09:02 PM
Why charge $28 for shit movies?
by Ultron ver 2.0
May 8th, 2008
01:10:08 PM
i dont get it
by Bouncy X
May 8th, 2008
01:11:07 PM
I work at White Castle....and get %50 off Crave Cases.
by Ultron ver 2.0
May 8th, 2008
01:12:51 PM
HD is a premium.
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
01:13:44 PM
Bouncy
by Ultron ver 2.0
May 8th, 2008
01:14:29 PM
knowthyself....isn't Sony trying to make BluRay "mainstream"?
by Ultron ver 2.0
May 8th, 2008
01:16:20 PM
Most 60 dollar games are 4 hours long.
by knowthyself
May 8th, 2008
01:29:51 PM
"Most 60 dollar games are 4 hours long."
by Ultron ver 2.0
May 8th, 2008
01:51:12 PM
Wankabout
by Fitzcarraldo2
May 8th, 2008
01:59:48 PM
Ultron...
by pdennett316
May 8th, 2008
02:03:14 PM
please be REGION FREE please be REGION FREE
by Evil Hobbit
May 8th, 2008
02:12:17 PM
So in another 18 -24 mos. I can start watching Criterion on BR?
by strosmer
May 8th, 2008
02:21:57 PM
I just... don't have any desire for this yet
by turketron
May 8th, 2008
03:01:15 PM
Phantasy Star was 70 bucks
by Samuel Fulmer
May 8th, 2008
03:47:37 PM
What the hell does Black and White have to do with HD?
by Harry Weinstein
May 8th, 2008
06:28:58 PM
THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME M
by Prossor
May 8th, 2008
06:37:23 PM
MIXED UP ZOMBIES!!?
by Prossor
May 8th, 2008
06:37:44 PM
Army of Two is actually 6 hours long
by Stalkeye
May 8th, 2008
06:39:02 PM
EXPLAIN CRITERION TO TYLER DURDEN
by Ethan Big Nuts McKinley
May 8th, 2008
06:46:24 PM
Sword of Doom, Please????
by picardsucks
May 8th, 2008
08:20:24 PM
You idiot Harry Weinstein...
by half vader
May 8th, 2008
09:25:55 PM
Criterion is absolutely wonderful
by Proman1984
May 8th, 2008
09:52:57 PM
I would never pay 14 cents for Cloverfield
by wash
May 8th, 2008
10:30:32 PM
Criterion = overpriced consumer exploitation
by JackRabbitSlim
May 9th, 2008
12:46:44 AM
Oh yes - Salo
by JackRabbitSlim
May 9th, 2008
12:55:25 AM
Pasolini being killed by gay prostitute
by drakeavenue
May 9th, 2008
02:04:23 AM
I can't afford BLU-RAY...
by sajarrow
May 9th, 2008
02:25:52 AM
Jackrabbit you need to read other posts too.
by half vader
May 9th, 2008
02:59:17 AM
Criterion: Releasing movies no other studio would ever touch.
by knowthyself
May 9th, 2008
07:30:15 AM
half vader is right. B&W movies look stellar in HD
by Ultron ver 2.0
May 9th, 2008
09:57:47 AM
me thinks Jackrabbit doth protest too much
by wash
May 9th, 2008
02:08:18 PM
EXPLAIN CRITERION TO TYLER DURDEN
by Ethan Big Nuts McKinley
May 9th, 2008
07:34:20 PM
Ethan Bugnuts
by half vader
May 11th, 2008
03:27:15 AM

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