The Criterion Collection announced its October release slate
this past week, and, as always, there is something to be found among the DVD
and Blu-ray selections that will appeal to a broad array of film buffs and film
fans.
In chronological order we kick off the proceedings with the
2006 Best Foreign Language Oscar nominee, writer/director Guillermo del Toro’s Pan's
Labyrinth. Both DVD (a
double-disc set) and Blu-ray product offerings will be available of this new 2K
restoration (supervised by Guillermo del Toro).
Bonus features include a vintage commentary track from
filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (circa 2007), newly-prepared video sessions
featuring Guillermo del Toro (interviewed by novelist Cornelia Funke) and actor Doug Jones (the Pale
Man), four vintage featurettes, animated comics and audition footage of actor
Ivana Baquero (Ofelia).
The
following week, Oct. 18, director Richard Linklater’s 2014 Best Picture
nominee, Boyhood, will be released as both Blu-ray and double-disc DVD
product offerings — a new 2K supervised by Linklater.
Bonus
features include a new commentary option from Linklater, who is joined by
members of the cast and crew, a newly-minted video sessions featuring
Linklater, Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane (title character), with moderation
by producer John Pierson, and Ellar Coltrane with Ethan Hawke.
Also
streeting on Oct. 18 is a new 4K restoration of auteur filmmaker Robert
Altman’s 1993 release of Short Cuts — Blu-ray and a
double-disc DVD SKUs will be available.
Bonus
features include a vintage video session (circa 2004) with filmmaker Robert
Altman and actor Tim Robbins, the 1992 documentary titled “To Write and Keep
Kind,” deleted scenes and more.
Rounding out the month on Oct. 25 are director Luis García
Berlanga’s 1963 film release of The Executioner (Blu-ray and
double-disc DVD editions) and filmmaker Ermanno Olmi’s 1978 film, The
Tree of Wooden Clogs (Blu-ray and double-disc DVD editions will also be
available).
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