Release date: July 28, 2009
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Release date: July 14, 2009
In July 1969, the space race ended when Apollo 11 fulfilled President Kennedy’s challenge of “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.†No one who witnessed the lunar landing will ever forget it. Al Reinert’s documentary For All Mankind is the story of the twenty-four men who traveled to the Moon, told in their words, in their voices, using the images of their experiences. It will be available July 14, 2009.
Roman Polanski followed up his international breakthrough Knife in the Water with Repulsion, a controversial, chilling tale of psychosis, starring Catherine Deneuve as Carole, a fragile, frigid young beauty cracking up over the course of a terrifying weekend. Left alone by her vacationing sister in their London flat, Carole is haunted by specters real and imagined, and her insanity grows to a violent pitch. Thanks to its unforgettable attention to disturbing detail and Polanski’s unparalleled adeptness at turning claustrophobic space into an emotional minefield, Repulsion remains one of cinema’s most shocking psychological thrillers. It will be available July 28, 2009.
Release date: June 23, 2009
Release date: June 16, 2009
Criterion today revealed the latest additions to Blu-ray Collection, scheduled for release this June. Joining the elite Criterion Collection are Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet) and Alain Resnais’ Last Year at Marienbad.
The Seventh Seal: Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him to a fateful game of chess. Much studied, imitated, even parodied, but never outdone, Bergman’s stunning allegory of man’s search for meaning was one of the benchmark foreign imports of America’s 1950s art house heyday, pushing cinema’s boundaries and ushering in a new era of moviegoing.
Exciting news for movie collectors everywhere. Criterion today announced that their first Blu-ray discs are coming! Criterion has picked 13Â titles for Blu-ray treatment, and will begin rolling them out in October. These new editions will feature high-definition picture and sound, all the supplemental content of the DVD releases, and they will be priced to match the standard-def editions. Here are the titles scheduled to get the Criterion treatment:
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 the DVD and Blu-ray box sets of The Last Emperor, Criterion will also be putting out the theatrical version as a stand-alone release in both formats, priced at $39.95. The Blu-ray release of Walkabout will be an all-new edition, featuring new supplements as well as a new transfer.
