This is amazing news! According to Screen Daily, Criterion has recently inked a deal with IFC to bring a whole whack of films to Blu-ray. The first in the deal was the already announced Gomorrah, hitting shelves on November 24th (full details on Criterion’s Gomorrah Blu-ray release here). This will be followed by Arnaud Desplechin‘s A Christmas Tale and, rumour has it, Steven Soderbergh‘s two-part biopic Che in December. And from the sounds of it, this is just the beginning! 2010 will see the following titles hit Blu-ray through Criterion:
- Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick, Jan Troell, Sweden, 2008)
- Summer Hours (L’heure d’été, Olivier Assayas, France, 2008)
- The Secret of the Grain (La graine et le mulet, Abdellatif Kechiche, France, 2007)
- Hunger (Steve McQueen, UK, 2007)
- Still Walking (Aruitemo aruitemo, Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Japan, 2008)
- Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico, 2001)
- Following (Christopher Nolan, UK, 1998)
But so far, none of these titles (outside of Gomorrah and A Christmas Tale) have been officially announced by either studio. Full details of the A Christmas Tale Blu-ray along with the recently announced (and completely unrelated to the IFC deal) Rolling Stones doc, Gimme Shelter follow:
A CHRISTMAS TALE
(December 1, 2009 – MSRP $39.95)
Video: 2.35:1 1080p
Audio: TBA
Special Features:
- • New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Arnaud Desplechin
• L’aimée, Desplechin’s 2007 documentary about the selling of his family home
• New documentary featuring interviews with Desplechin and actors Mathieu Amalric and Catherine Deneuve
• Original theatrical trailers
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Lopate
GIMME SHELTER
(December 1, 2009 – MSRP $39.95)
Video: 1.33:1 1080p
Audio: TBA
Special Features:
- • Breathtaking new high-definition transfer of the uncensored 30th Anniversary version, remastered and restored from the camera original
• Exclusive Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround sound mixes
• Never-before-seen performances of the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1969, including “Little Queenie,” “Oh Carol,” and “Prodigal Son,” plus backstage outtakes
• Audio commentary by directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, and collaborator Stanley Goldstein
• Excerpts from KSAN Radio’s Altamont wrap-up, recorded December 7, 1969, with new introductions by then-DJ, Stefan Ponek
• Altamont stills gallery, featuring the work of renowned photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower
• Original and rerelease theatrical trailers, plus trailers for Maysles Films’ classics Grey Gardens and Salesman
• Filmographies for Maysles Films and Charlotte Zwerin
• Restoration demonstration
• English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
• PLUS: “The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and Gimme Shelter”: A 44-page booklet with essays by Jagger’s former assistant Georgia Bergman, music writers Michael Lydon and Stanley Booth, ex-Oakland Hell’s Angels chapter head Sonny Barger, and film critics Amy Taubin and Godfrey Cheshire
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