1962 NOW AVAILABLE IN A BLU-RAY EDITION! THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS IVAN’S CHILDHOOD THE VISUALLY STUNNING FIRST MASTERPIECE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF SOLARIS, NOW IN A BLU-RAY EDITION! WINNER GOLDEN LION, VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, 1962 The debut feature by the great ANDREI TARKOVSKY (Andrei Rublev), Ivan’s Childhood is a poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy’s war-ravaged youth. Moving back and forth between the traumatic realities of World War II and serene moments of family life before the conflict began, Tarkovsky’s film remains one of the most jarring and unforgettable depictions of the impact of war on children. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack “One of the most beautiful films I have had • Appreciation of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky and Ivan’s Childhood featuring Vida T. Johnson, the privilege of seeing.” coauthor of The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: —Jean-Paul Sartre A Visual Fugue • Interviews with cinematographer Vadim Yusov and actor Nikolai Burlyaev • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Dina Iordanova; “Between Two Films,” Tarkovsky’s essay on Ivan’s Childhood; and “Ivan’s Willow,” BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $39.95 a poem by the director’s father, Arseny Tarkovsky PREBOOK 12/19/12 STREET 1/22/13 CAT. NO. CC2226BD ISBN 978-1-60465-685-5 UPC 7-15515-10221-6 1962 • 95 MINUTES • BLACK & WHITE • MONAURAL • 1.33:1 ASPECT RATIO Summary and design © 2012 The Criterion Collection. www.criterion.com 1934 AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD! THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH HITCHCOCK’S ORIGINAL SUSPENSE CLASSIC, STARRING PETER LORRE, FINALLY RESTORED! An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination. This fleet and gripping early thriller from the Master of Suspense, ALFRED HITCHCOCK, was the first film the director made after signing to the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. Besides affirming Hitchcock’s brilliance, it gave the brilliant PETER LORRE (M) his first English-speaking role, as a slithery villain. With its tension and gallows humor, it’s pure Hitchcock, and it set the tone for films like The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes. “Vintage Hitchcock, SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES with sheer wit and verve.” • New high-definition digital restoration, with —Tom Milne, Time Out uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition • New audio commentary featuring film historian “A superbly structured thriller whose Philip Kemp excellence is aided and abetted • New interview with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro by a spirited cast.” —David Parkinson, Empire • The Illustrated Hitchcock, an extensive interview with director Alfred Hitchcock from 1972, conducted by journalist Pia Lindstrom and film historian William Everson BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $39.95 • Audio excerpts from filmmaker François Truffaut’s PREBOOK 12/11/12 STREET 1/15/13 legendary 1962 interviews with Hitchcock CAT. NO. CC2220BD ISBN 978-1-60465-679-4 • Restoration demonstration UPC 7-15515-10041-0 • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme DVD EDITION SRP $29.95 PREBOOK 12/11/12 STREET 1/15/13 CAT. NO. CC2221D ISBN 978-1-60465-680-0 1934 • 75 MINUTES • BLACK & WHITE • MONAURAL • UPC 7-15515-10171-4 1.33:1 ASPECT RATIO Summary and design © 2012 The Criterion Collection. www.criterion.com 2011 AVAILABLE IN TWO EDITIONS: BLU-RAY 3D/BLU-RAY COMBO AND DVD! THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS PINA WIM WENDERS’S OSCAR-NOMINATED TRIBUTE TO PINA BAUSCH— IN CRITERION’S FIRST 3D RELEASE! NOMINEE WINNER WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY BEST DOCUMENTARY, BEST DOCUMENTARY, FEATURE, ACADEMY EUROPEAN FILM GERMAN FILM AWARDS, AWARDS, 2011 AWARDS, 2011 2011 The boundless imagination and physical marvels of the work of the German modern-dance pioneer Pina Bausch leap off the screen in this exuberant tribute by WIM WENDERS (Wings of Desire). A long-planned film collaboration between the director and the choreographer was in preproduction when Bausch died in 2009. Two years later, Wenders decided to go ahead with the project, reconceiving it as an homage to his late friend. The result, shot in stunning 3D, is a remarkable visual experience and a vivid representation of Bausch’s art, enacted by a group of staggeringly talented dancers from her company, the Tanztheater Wuppertal. Pina is an adventurous work of cinema that highlights the bold legacy of one of the world’s true creative visionaries. DIRECTOR-APPROVED “You don’t have to know the first thing about modern dance to be SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES transported to an alternate state • High-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved of consciousness by Pina.” by director Wim Wenders, presented in two editions: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray combo, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD —Andrew O’Hehir, Salon Master Audio soundtrack, and DVD “A shockingly beautiful and • Audio commentary featuring Wenders moving tribute.” • The Making of “Pina” (available in 3D) —Steven Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer • Deleted scenes with commentary by Wenders (available in 3D) • Behind-the-scenes footage 2-DISC BLU-RAY 3D/BLU-RAY COMBO • Interview with Wenders EDITION SRP $49.95 • Trailer PREBOOK 12/19/12 STREET 1/22/13 CAT. NO. CC2224BD • English subtitle translation ISBN 978-1-60465-683-1 • PLUS: A booklet featuring a piece by novelist and UPC 7-15515-10201-8 essayist Siri Hustvedt; reprinted pieces by Wenders and choreographer Pina Bausch; information on the dances 2-DVD EDITION SRP $29.95 featured in the film; and portraits of the dancers PREBOOK 12/19/12 STREET 1/22/13 CAT. NO. CC2225D 2011 • 103 MINUTES • COLOR • 5.1 SURROUND • ISBN 978-1-60465-684-8 IN GERMAN, ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN, UPC 7-15515-10211-7 SLOVENIAN, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, AND KOREAN, WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES • 1.85:1 ASPECT RATIO Summary and design © 2012 The Criterion Collection. Photographs by Donata Wenders and © Neue Road Movies GmbH. 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 1979 AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD! THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS THE TIN DRUM IN A RESTORED, NEVER-BEFORE- AVAILABLE DIRECTOR’S CUT! Oskar is born in Germany in 1924 with an advanced intellect. Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, he refuses to grow older after his third birthday. While the chaotic world around him careers toward the madness and folly of World War II, Oskar pounds incessantly on his beloved tin drum and perfects his uncannily piercing shrieks. The Tin Drum, which earned the Palme d’Or at Cannes and the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, is a visionary adaptation from VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF (Young Törless) of Nobel laureate Günter Grass’s acclaimed novel, characterized by surreal imagery, arresting eroticism, and clear-eyed satire. DIRECTOR-APPROVED “Has lost neither its ability to shock and disturb SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES nor its biting, absurdist sense of humor.” • New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the —New York complete version, approved by director Volker Schlöndorff • Newly remastered 5.1 surround soundtrack, approved by Schlöndorff and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio “A big, sweeping film . on the Blu-ray edition Bizarre, funny, and eccentric.” • New interview with Schlöndorff about the making of —Vincent Canby, The New York Times The Tin Drum and the creation of the 2010 restored, complete version • New interview with film scholar Timothy Corrigan 1979 • 163 MINUTES • COLOR • 5.1 SURROUND • • German audio recording from 1987 of author Günter IN GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES • Grass reading an excerpt from his novel The Tin Drum 1.66:1 ASPECT RATIO with musical accompaniment, illustrated with the corresponding scene from the film BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $39.95 PREBOOK 12/11/12 STREET 1/15/13 • Television interview excerpts featuring Schlöndorff, CAT. NO. CC2222BD Grass, actors David Bennent and Mario Adorf, and ISBN 978-1-60465-681-7 cowriter Jean-Claude Carrière reflecting on their UPC 7-15515-10181-3 experiences making the film • Trailer 2-DVD EDITION SRP $29.95 PREBOOK 12/11/12 STREET 1/15/13 • New English subtitle translation CAT. NO. CC2223D • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael ISBN 978-1-60465-682-4 Atkinson and 1978 statements by Grass about the UPC 7-15515-10191-2 adaptation of his novel Summary and design © 2012 The Criterion Collection. www.criterion.com NOW AVAILABLE IN A BLU-RAY EDITION! THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS TWO-LANE BLACKTOP MONTE HELLMAN’S ROAD TRIP MASTERPIECE, NOW IN A BLU-RAY EDITION! Drag racing east from L.A. in a souped-up ’55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic (singer/ songwriter JAMES TAYLOR and the Beach Boys’ DENNIS WILSON, in their only acting roles), accompanied by a tagalong Girl (Cockfighter’s LAURIE BIRD). Along the way, they meet Warren Oates’s Pontiac GTO– driving wanderer and challenge him to a cross-country race—the prize: their cars’ pink slips. But no summary can do justice to the existential punch of Two-Lane Blacktop. With its gorgeous widescreen compositions and sophisticated look at American male obsession, this stripped-down narrative from maverick director MONTE HELLMAN (The Shooting) is one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema, and possibly the greatest road movie ever made. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by “Monte Hellman gets my vote director Monte Hellman, with uncompressed monaural as the cinema’s most soundtrack underappreciated great director.” • Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, supervised by Hellman —Kent Jones, Film Comment and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio • Two audio commentaries: one by Hellman and filmmaker Allison Anders and one by screenwriter Rudolph Wurlitzer and author David N.