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Noah Baumbach's Nuanced, Oscar-Nominated Coming-Of-Age Noah Baumbach’s Nuanced, Oscar-Nominated Coming-of-Age Drama, Featuring an All-Star Cast NOMINEE WINNER WINNER BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY; DIRECTING AWARD (DRAMATIC), MOVIE OF THE YEAR, ACADEMY AWARDS, 2006 WALDO SALT SCREENWRITING AWARD; AFI AWARDS, 2006 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, 2005 THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS THE SQUID AND THE WHALE With excruciating honesty, The Squid and the Whale chronicles the experiences of two young brothers growing up in 1980s Park Slope, Brooklyn, as they navigate the jagged contours of the divorce of their parents, both writers. The acclaimed third feature by NOAH BAUMBACH (Kicking and Screaming, Frances Ha) marked a critical development for the filmmaker as he turned toward an increasingly personal style—a move that garnered him an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. Shot in Super 16 mm and featuring a quartet of nuanced, understated performances from JEFF DANIELS (Something Wild), LAURA LINNEY (Mystic River), JESSE EISENBERG (The Social Network), and OWEN KLINE, this comic and poignant drama, peppered with autobiographical elements, deftly captures the heartache and confusion of a fracturing family. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Robert Yeoman and director Noah Baumbach, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray • New interviews with Baumbach and actors Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, and Laura Linney “A small miracle.” • New conversation about the score and other music in the film between Baumbach and composers Dean —David Denby, The New Yorker Wareham and Britta Phillips “Tender, cruel, and very funny.” • Behind “The Squid and the Whale,” a 2004 —J. Hoberman, Village Voice documentary featuring on-set footage and cast interviews • Audition footage • Trailers 2005 • 81 MINUTES • COLOR • 5.1 SURROUND • 1.85:1 ASPECT RATIO BLU-RAY EDITION 2-DVD EDITION SRP $39.95 SRP $29.95 PREBOOK 10/25/16 PREBOOK 10/25/16 STREET 11/22/16 STREET 11/22/16 CAT. NO. CC2700BD CAT. NO. CC2701DDVD ISBN 978-1-68143-228-1 ISBN 978-1-68143-229-8 UPC 7-15515-18911-8 UPC 7-15515-18921-7 Summary and design © 2016 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 The Cult Classic, Six-Film Series Based on the Internationally Best-Selling Japanese Manga Comics in New 2K Restorations! THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS LONE WOLF AND CUB INCLUDES: SWORD OF VENGEANCE; BABY CART AT THE RIVER STYX; BABY CART TO HADES; BABY CART IN PERIL; BABY CART IN THE LAND OF DEMONS; WHITE HEAVEN IN HELL Based on the best-selling manga series, the six intensely kinetic Lone Wolf and Cub films elevated chanbara to bloody, new heights. The shogun’s executioner, Itto Ogami (TOMISABURO WAKAYAMA), takes to wandering the countryside as an assassin—along with his infant son Daigoro (AKIHIRO TOMIKAWA) and an infinitely weaponized perambulator—helping those he encounters while seeking vengeance for his murdered wife. Delivering stylish thrills and a body count that defies belief, Lone Wolf and Cub is beloved for its brilliantly choreographed and unbelievably violent action sequences as well as for its tender depiction of the bonds between parent and child. SPECIAL EDITION BOX SET FEATURES • New 2K digital restorations of all six films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays • High-definition presentation of Shogun Assassin, the 1980 English-dubbed reedit of the first two Lone Wolf and Cub films • New interview with Kazuo Koike, writer of the Lone Wolf and Cub manga series and screenwriter on five of the films • Lame d’un père, l’âme d’un sabre, a 2005 documentary about the making of the series • New interview in which Sensei Yoshimitsu Katsuse “Unforgettable viewing.” discusses and demonstrates the real Suio-ryu sword —Taste of Cinema techniques that inspired those in the manga and films • New interview with biographer Kazuma Nozawa “Absolutely wild . Loads of intense violence about filmmaker Kenji Misumi, director of four of the and bloodshed.” six Lone Wolf and Cub films —Toho Kingdom • Silent documentary from 1937 about the making of samurai swords, with an optional new ambient score by Ryan Francis • Trailers • New English subtitle translations • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay and film synopses by Japanese pop culture writer Patrick Macias 3-BLU-RAY EDITION 5-DVD EDITION 1972–74 • 506 MINUTES • COLOR • MONAURAL • SRP $99.95 SRP $99.95 IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES • 2.40:1 ASPECT RATIO PREBOOK 10/11/16 PREBOOK 10/11/16 STREET 11/8/16 STREET 11/8/16 CAT. NO. CC2694BD CAT. NO. CC2695DDVD ISBN 978-1-68143-222-9 ISBN 978-1-68143-223-6 UPC 7-15515-18851-7 UPC 7-15515-18861-6 Summary and design © 2016 The Criterion Collection. www.criterion.com Marlon Brando’s Only Stint as Director, a Stunning Take on the American Western in a Brand New 4K Restoration! NOMINEE WINNER NOMINEE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR), BEST FILM, BEST ACTRESS, OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACADEMY AWARDS, 1962 SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOTION PICTURES, FILM FESTIVAL, 1961 DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, 1962 THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS ONE-EYED JACKS A western like no other, One-Eyed Jacks combines the mythological scope of that most American of film genres with the searing naturalism of a performance by MARLON BRANDO (On the Waterfront, The Fugitive Kind), all suffused with Freudian overtones and male anxiety. In his only directing stint, Brando captures the rugged landscapes of California’s Central Coast and Mexico’s Sonoran Desert in gorgeous widescreen, Technicolor images, and elicits from his fellow actors (including KARL MALDEN and PINA PELLICER) nuanced improvisational depictions of conflicted characters. Though overwhelmed by its director’s perfectionism and plagued by production setbacks and studio re-editing, One-Eyed Jacks stands as one of Brando’s great achievements, thanks above all to his tortured turn as Rio, a bank robber bent on revenge against his one-time partner in crime, the aptly named Dad Longworth (MALDEN). Brooding and romantic, Rio marks the last, and perhaps the most tender, of the iconic outsiders Brando imbued with such remarkable intensity throughout his career. SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, undertaken with the support of The Film Foundation and supervised by filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on “Brando proves as tantalizing a director as he is the Blu-ray an actor.” • New introduction by Scorsese —Judith Crist • Excerpts from voice-recordings director and star Marlon Brando made during the film’s production “Extraordinary . As if it had been jointly directed • New video essays on the film’s production history by John Huston and Raoul Walsh.” and its potent combination of the stage and screen —Bosley Crowther, The New York Times icon Brando with the classic Hollywood western • Trailer • PLUS: An essay by film critic Howard Hampton 1961 • 141 MINUTES • COLOR • MONAURAL • 1.85:1 ASPECT RATIO BLU-RAY EDITION 2-DVD EDITION SRP $39.95 SRP $29.95 PREBOOK 10/25/16 PREBOOK 10/25/16 STREET 11/22/16 STREET 11/22/16 CAT. NO. CC2702BD CAT. NO. CC2703DDVD ISBN 978-1-68143-230-4 ISBN 978-1-68143-231-1 UPC 7-15515-18931-6 UPC 7-15515-18941-5 Summary and design © 2016 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 Akira Kurosawa Brings His Own Dreams to Life in This Enchanting Personal Journey—for the First Time on Blu-ray! NOMINEE WINNER NOMINEE BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM, BEST MUSIC SCORE, BEST FILM, DIRECTOR, SUPPORTING ACTRESS, GOLDEN GLOBES, 1991 AWARDS OF THE JAPANESE ACADEMY, 1991 CINEMATOGRAPHY, LIGHTING, ART DIRECTION, SOUND; AWARDS OF THE JAPANESE ACADEMY, 1991 THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS AKIRA KUROSAWA’S DREAMS Unfolding in a series of mythic vignettes, this late work by AKIRA KUROSAWA (Seven Samurai, Ran) brings eight of the beloved director’s own nighttime visions, informed by tales from Japanese folklore, to cinematic life. In a visually sumptuous journey through the master’s unconscious, tales of childlike wonder give way to apocalyptic visions: a young boy stumbles on a fox wedding in a forest; a soldier confronts the ghosts of the war dead; a power-plant meltdown smothers a seaside landscape in radioactive fumes. Interspersed with reflections on the redemptive power of art, including a richly textured tribute to Vincent van Gogh (played by MARTIN SCORSESE), Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams is both a showcase for its maker’s imagination at its most unbridled and a deeply personal lament for a world at the mercy of human ignorance. SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Masaharu Ueda, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray • New audio commentary featuring film scholar Stephen Prince • Making of “Dreams” (1990), a 150-minute documentary shot on-set and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi • New interview with assistant director Takashi Koizumi “Astonishingly beautiful.” • New interview with production manager Teruyo Nogami —Vincent Canby, The New York Times • Kurosawa’s Way (2011), a fifty-minute documentary by director Akira Kurosawa’s longtime translator Catherine “A magnificent, immensely absorbing experience.” Cadou, featuring interviews with filmmakers Theodoros —The Washington Post Angelopoulos, Bernardo Bertolucci, Clint Eastwood, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Bong Joon-ho, Abbas Kiarostami, Hayao Miyazaki, Martin Scorsese, Julie Taymor, Shin’ya Tsukamoto, and John Woo • Trailer • New English subtitle translation • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri and Kurosawa’s script for a never-filmed ninth dream, introduced by Nogami BLU-RAY EDITION 2-DVD EDITION SRP $39.95 SRP $29.95 PREBOOK 10/18/16 PREBOOK 10/18/16 1990 • 120 MINUTES • COLOR • 2.0 SURROUND • IN JAPANESE STREET 11/15/16 STREET 11/15/16 WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES • 1.85:1 ASPECT RATIO CAT.
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