Exciting news from the Criterion front for July. They will be releasing two of Dušan Makavejev's most famous films,
WR: Mysteries of the Organism and
Sweet Movie, long unavailable on VHS. Expect radical sexual politics abound, and if you want to get ready for them, I highly recommend his
Montenegro, if you can find it anywhere from Fox Lorber. Also in June, Lindsay Anderson's controversial
If..., starring Malcolm McDowell (which became forgotten in time after the release of
A Clockwork Orange), Chris Marker's
La jetée and
Sans soleil, and Claude Berri's first film,
The Two of Us (or,
Le vieil homme et l'enfant).
Oh, yeah, The Criterion Collection is still releasing DVDs, in case you had forgotten. I nearly had with their ho-hum line-up so far this year (aside from the Malle). They've actually got five DVDs lined up for June: Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, Yukio Mishima's Patriotism, Claude Sautet's Classe tous risques, Anthony Mann's The Furies with Barbara Stanwyck and Milcho Manchevski's Before the Rain, with Grégoire Colin, Katrin Cartlidge and Rade Serbedzija. No Eclipse set was announced for June or May.
Also, stop on by Filmbo's Chick Magnet to read more about some exclusive releases of a handful of Chris Marker films.
