The Criterion Collection,
with sales and distribution support provided by Image Entertainment, announced
its October DVD and Blu-ray release package this past week.
The selections are an
interesting mix of vintage film vault treasures, a Blu-ray collection of the
works of actor and auteur filmmaker John
Cassavetes and two classic arthouse imports making their way to the Blu-ray
format.
On Oct. 8 we will see I
Married a Witch on both DVD and Blu-ray. This 1942 comedy has none other than the
alluring Veronica Lake (Sullivan’s Travels) as a vengeful
sorceress who has cursed the men of the Wooley clan to always marry the wrong
woman. Criterion gave this timeless
comedy a new 2K digital restoration, and includes an audio interview with
director René Clair, a trailer and a booklet featuring an essay by filmmaker
Guy Maddin.
Also from the vaults on
Oct. 22 is director Lewis Allen’s 1944
ghost story, The Uninvited, on both DVD and Blu-ray. This film follows a pair of siblings (Ministry
of Fear’s Ray Milland and The Philadelphia Story’s Ruth
Hussey) who buy a lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it
is haunted. The film has a new 2K digital film transfer, a visual essay by
filmmaker Michael Almereyda and a booklet featuring an essay by critic Farran
Smith Nehme.
Previously released on
DVD is the Blu-ray launch on Oct. 22 of John Cassavetes: Five Films. This amazing collection includes Shadows,
Faces,
A
Woman Under the Influence, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie and Opening
Night.
Rounding out the October
product offerings are Blu-ray editions of two foreign language imports. Director Georges Franju’s 1960 haunting
“horror” tale Eyes Without a Face … in French, street is Oct. 15 and bonus
features include Franju’s post-war documentary, Blood of the Beasts (not
for the easily upset).
Streeting on Oct. 29 is
Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1961 film, La Notte.
To download this week's
complete edition of the DVD and Blu-ray Release Report: DVD & Blu-ray Release Report
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