Janus Films
- Buttery Jeb
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- Jeff
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No. Janus IS Criterion. They have the same President/CEO, much of the same staff, and are housed in the same offices. They answer the phone, "Thank you for calling Janus Films and the Criterion Collection." The Janus domain name has been registered for years, and has just pointed to the Criterion site. They are simply promoting their theatrical distribution unit during its anniversary.SncDthMnky wrote:so are janus going to start releasing dvds of films by themselves for a more reasonable price?
- Jun-Dai
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Ha. How did I not know that? thanks.Jeff wrote:No. Janus IS Criterion. They have the same President/CEO, much of the same staff, and are housed in the same offices. They answer the phone, "Thank you for calling Janus Films and the Criterion Collection." The Janus domain name has been registered for years, and has just pointed to the Criterion site. They are simply promoting their theatrical distribution unit during its anniversary.SncDthMnky wrote:so are janus going to start releasing dvds of films by themselves for a more reasonable price?
- Barmy
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From September 30 through October 26, Lincoln Center and the New York Film Festival will present a tribute to Janus Films, featuring new or pristine 35mm prints of thirty-two of our most classic titles, many of which have not been seen in years and are unavailable on DVD.
Many of which have not been seen in years? Please.
Many of which have not been seen in years? Please.
- backstreetsbackalright
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- Matt
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SncDthMnky wrote:Ok, major props to Hammock on this one. Hopefully you guys like this. Here is a pdf of the first of 3 Janus catalogues Hammock is scanning for us. This will go on the website in the next update, but I thought I'd give you guys first crack at it. enjoy.
Janus Films: The French Collection.
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- HerrSchreck
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The cinematography in LE GOLEM is just unbelievable.. a medieval version of John Alton, soaked with shadows and bizarre angles. While the film is mostly melodrama, the setups are pure gothic horror.Matt wrote:Holy shit, Criterion. Get the lead out! I've never wanted to see Duvivier's The Golem or Cocteau's The Eternal Return so much in my life.
- tryavna
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I find that spending too much time over at TCM's messageboards can give me a headache, but you can occasionally find intriguing or even important information buried in some of the threads over there. For instance, TCMProgrammer (an actual representative from the channel's programming department) responded to complaints about the channel's last-minute pull of Clouds Over Europe this morning with this comment:
At any rate, I thought this info was worth sharing. Perhaps someone around here who has had luck getting responses from Criterion lately ought to inquire about their plans for these British films.
The Korda films were themselves part of the Rank library, so I'm curious if this means that Janus now controls all of the Rank library in R1 (which would include some of Hitchcock's early films and those David Lean titles that MGM never got around to releasing on DVD). I suppose the first result of this rights-exchange has been Sanders of the River, which was included in the Robeson boxset, but there are quite a number of other gems that Korda produced and which have never been given a proper DVD release: The Private Life of Henry VIII, The Drum, etc."Clouds Over Europe" is now represented by Janus Films (it's a part of the Korda library, which had been controlled by MGM/UA until the end of 2006) - it's quite possible we will be able to license it from them at some point.
At any rate, I thought this info was worth sharing. Perhaps someone around here who has had luck getting responses from Criterion lately ought to inquire about their plans for these British films.
- Tribe
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Tribe, look no further than this thread for some breathtaking screencaps!
- solaris72
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As mentioned, on a gorgeous R1 MGM DVD, but it is interesting to note that it just went out of print!Tribe wrote:Oh my...The Thief of Baghdad maybe? Is it even on DVD anywhere?