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a film by Teinosuke Kinugasa

The Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, presents

Gate of Hell( jigokumon)

Winner of Academy Awards for best foreign-language film and best costume design, Gate of Hell is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating work from Teinosuke Kinugasa. In the midst of epic violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; even after he discovers she is married, he goes to extreme lengths to win her love. Kinugasa’s film is an unforgettable, tragic story of obsession and unrequited passion that was an early triumph of color cinematography in Japan.

blu-ray special edition features New high-definition digital restoration,

with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

New English subtitle translation

PLUS: An essay by film historian Stephen Prince

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THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS

GAtE oF HELL

“[An] exquisitely stylized tragedy of passion . . . Everywhere grace of movement and composition.”

—Pauline Kael

“It is hard to convey in simple language the moving qualities of this lovely film.”

—The New York Times

THE LONG-UNAVAILABLE, OSCAR-WINNING JAPANESE HIT!

A winner of Academy Awards for best foreign-

language film and best costume design, Gate of Hell is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating

work from TEINOSUKE KINUGASA (A Page of Madness). In the midst of epic, violent intrigue in

twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for

a lady-in-waiting; even after he discovers she is

married, he goes to extreme lengths to win her love.

Kinugasa’s film is an unforgettable, tragic story of

obsession and unrequited passion that was an early

triumph of color cinematography in Japan.

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed

monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition

• New English subtitle translation

• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film historian Stephen Prince

DVD EDITION SRP $19.95PREBOOK 3/12/13 STREET 4/9/13CAT. NO. CC2248DISBN 978-1-60465-711-1UPC 7-15515-10451-7

BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $29.95PREBOOK 3/12/13 STREET 4/9/13CAT. NO. CC2247BDISBN 978-1-60465-710-4UPC 7-15515-10441-8

1953 • 89 mInUtEs • coLoR • monAURAL • In JApAnEsE wItH EnGLIsH sUBtItLEs • 1.37:1 AspEct RAtIo

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CANNES FILM FESTIvAL, 1954

WINNERBEST COSTUME dESIGN, ACAdEMy AwARdS, 1954

WINNER BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM,

ACAdEMy AwARdS, 1954

WINNER BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM,

NEw yORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AwARdS, 1954

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nAkEd LUnch

“May be the strangest concoction ever released by a major studio . . . Keeps you hanging on

every surreal, macabre twist.” —Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

“There’s no denying the film’s hallucinatory brilliance. Cronenberg is a master.”

—Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Cronenberg’s Mind-blowing burroughs adapTaTion—now on blu-ray!

In this adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s hallucinatory, once-thought unfilmable novel Naked Lunch,

directed by daVid Cronenberg (Videodrome), a part-time exterminator and full-time drug addict

named Bill Lee (Robocop’s peTer weller) plunges into the nightmarish Interzone, a netherworld of

sinister cabals and giant talking bugs. Alternately humorous and grotesque—and always surreal—the film

mingles aspects of Burroughs’s novel with incidents from the writer’s own life, resulting in an evocative

paranoid fantasy and a self-reflexive investigation into the mysteries of the creative process.

direCTor-approVed blu-ray speCial ediTion FeaTures

• High-definition digital transfer, approved by director David Cronenberg, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack

• Audio commentary featuring Cronenberg and actor Peter Weller

• Naked Making Lunch, a 1992 television documentary by Chris Rodley about the making of the film

• Special effects gallery, featuring artwork and photos alongside an essay by Cinefex editor Jody Duncan

• Collection of original marketing materials

• Audio recording of William S. Burroughs reading from his novel Naked Lunch

• Gallery of photos taken by poet Allen Ginsberg of Burroughs

• PLUS: A booklet featuring reprinted pieces by film critic Janet Maslin, director Chris Rodley, critic and novelist Gary Indiana, and Burroughs

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1991 • 115 mInUtEs • coLoR • 2.0 sURRoUnd • 1.78:1 AspEct RAtIo

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winner BEST SCREENPLAy, BEST SUPPORTING

ACTRESS (JUDy DAvIS), NEW yORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS, 1991

winner BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAy,

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pIERRE EtAIX

“One of cinema’s finest physical comedians . . . A practical elegance rarely seen

since the silent era.” —Nicolas Rapold, The New York Times

“Etaix is a revelation . . . hilarious, subversive, deadpan.”

—Ken Burns

All Of thE films by thE REDisCOVERED OsCAR-winning fREnCh COmEDy lEgEnD

CuRRENTLy IN a THEaTRICaL RuN!

a French comedy master whose films went unseen for decades as a result of legal tangles, director-actor PiERRE EtAiX is a treasure the cinematic world has rediscovered and taken up with relish. His work can be placed in the spectrum of classic physical comedy with that of Jacques Tati and Jerry Lewis, but it also stands alone. These films, influenced by Etaix’s experiences as a circus acrobat and clown and by the silent film comedies he adored, are elegantly deadpan, but as an on-screen presence, Etaix radiates warmth. This collection includes all of his films, including five features, The Suitor (1962), Yoyo (1965), As Long as You’ve Got Your Health (1966), Le grand amour (1969), and Land of Milk and Honey (1971)—most of them collaborations with the great screenwriter JEAn-ClAUDE CARRiÈRE (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie)—and three shorts, Rupture (1961), the Oscar-winning Happy Anniversary (1962), and Feeling Good (1966). Not one of these is anything less than a bracing and witty delight.

DiRECtOR-APPROVED sPECiAl EDitiOn fEAtUREs • New digital restorations of all five features and three short

films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-ray edition

• New interview with director Pierre Etaix• New video introductions by Etaix to seven of the films• Pierre Etaix, un destin animé (2010), a portrait of the life

and work of the director by his wife, Odile Etaix• New English subtitle translation• PLuS: a booklet featuring an essay by critic David Cairns

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The Suitor 1962 • 84 mInUtEs • BLAck & whItE • monAURAL • In FREnch wIth EngLIsh sUBtItLEs • 1.66:1 AspEct RAtIo

Yoyo 1965 • 98 mInUtEs • BLAck & whItE • monAURAL • In FREnch wIth EngLIsh sUBtItLEs • 1.66:1 AspEct RAtIo

As Long as You’ve Got Your Health 1966 • 68 mInUtEs • BLAck & whItE/coLoR • monAURAL • In FREnch wIth EngLIsh sUBtItLEs • 1.66:1 AspEct RAtIo

Le grand amour 1969 • 87 mInUtEs • coLoR • monAURAL • In FREnch wIth EngLIsh sUBtItLEs • 1.66:1 A spEct RAtIo

Land of Milk and Honey 1971 • 76 mInUtEs • coLoR • monAURAL • In FREnch wIth EngLIsh sUBtItLEs • 1.66:1 AspEct RAtIo

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winnERBEST LIvE-aCTION SHORT SuBJECT

(HAPPY ANNivERSARY), aCaDEMy awaRDS, 1962

winnERPRIx LOuIS DELLuC, 1962

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REpo MAn

“Endless things to enjoy, from Robby Müller’s crisp camera work to a superb set of

performances, from witty movie parodies to a tremendous punk soundtrack.”

—Geoff Andrew, Time Out

“Repo Man has the type of unerring energy that leaves audiences breathless

and entertained.” —Vincent Canby, The New York Times

THE CULT PHENOMENON COMES TO THE CRITERION COLLECTION!

A quintessential counterculture favorite of the 1980s, Alex Cox’s singular sci-fi comedy stars the always

captivating HARRY DEAN STANTON (Paris, Texas) as a weathered repo man in desolate downtown Los

Angeles, and EMILIO ESTEVEZ (The Breakfast Club) as the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under

his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in reclaiming

a mysterious—and otherworldly—Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it. Featuring the ultimate

early-eighties L.A. punk soundtrack, this grungily hilarious odyssey is a politically trenchant take on

President Reagan’s domestic and foreign policy.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New high-definition digital restoration, approved

by director Alex Cox, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition

• Audio commentary featuring Cox, executive producer Michael Nesmith, casting director Victoria Thomas, and actors Sy Richardson, Zander Schloss, and Del Zamora

• Interviews with Cox, Richardson, and Zamora; producers Peter McCarthy and Jonathan Wacks; actors Olivia Barash, Dick Rude, Miguel Sandoval, and Harry Dean Stanton; musicians Keith Morris and Iggy Pop; and Sam Cohen, the inventor of the neutron bomb

• Deleted scenes• The complete “cleaned-up” television version of the film,

prepared by Cox• Trailers• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Sam

McPheeters; an illustrated production history by Cox, with his original comic and film proposal; and a 1987 interview with real-life repo man Mark Lewis

2-DVD EDITION SRP $29.95PREBOOK 3/19/13 STREET 4/16/13CAT. NO. CC2252DISBN 978-1-60465-715-9UPC 7-15515-10491-3

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1984 • 92 MInUtEs • coLoR • MonAURAL • 1.78:1 AspEct RAtIo


WINNER BEST SCREENPLAy, BOSTON SOCIETy

OF FILM CRITICS AWARDS, 1984


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RIcHARD III

“Tremendous . . . Done in colors of which Rembrandt might be proud.”

—The New York Times

“Olivier makes Shakespeare’s ‘son of hell’ such a magnetic, chilling, amusing monster that the

villainy arouses an almost immoral delight.” —Pauline Kael

LAURENCE OLIVIER’S DEfINITIVE VERSION Of ShAkESpEARE’S CLASSIC—

IN a MaJOR DIGITaL RESTORaTION!

With Richard III, director, producer, and star LAURENCE OLIVIER (Hamlet) brings Shakespeare’s masterpiece of Machiavellian villainy to mesmerizing cinematic life. Olivier is diabolically captivating as Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who, through a set of murderous machinations, steals the crown from his brother Edward. The supporting cast—including RALph RIChARDSON (Fallen Idol), JOhN GIELGUD (Arthur), and CLAIRE BLOOM (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold)—is just as impressive. Filmed in VistaVision and Technicolor, Richard III is one of the most visually inspired of all big-screen Bard adaptations.

SpECIAL EDITION fEATURES • New high-definition digital master of the Film

Foundation’s 2012 restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition

• audio commentary by playwright and stage director Russell Lees and John Wilders, former governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company

• Interview with actor Laurence Olivier from a 1966 episode of the BBC series Great Acting, hosted by theater critic Kenneth Tynan

• Gallery of behind-the-scenes and production stills and posters, accompanied by excerpts from Olivier’s autobiography, On Acting

• Twelve-minute television trailer featuring footage of Olivier, producer alexander Korda, and other cast and crew from the film

• Trailer

• PLUS: a booklet featuring an essay by film critic amy Taubin

2-DVD EDITION SRP $29.95PREBOOK 3/12/13 STREET 4/9/13CaT. NO. CC2250DISBN 978-1-60465-713-5UPC 7-15515-10471-5

BLU-RAY EDITION SRP $39.95PREBOOK 3/26/13 STREET 4/23/13CaT. NO. CC2249BDISBN 978-1-60465-712-8UPC 7-15515-10461-6

1955 • 158 mInUtEs • coLoR • monAURAL • 1.66:1 AspEct RAtIo

WINNER—BEST FILM, BRITISH aCaDEMy OF FILM aND TELEVISION aWaRDS, 1956WINNER—SILVER BEaR, BERLIN INTERNaTIONaL FILM FESTIVaL, 1956

WINNER—BEST ENGLISH-LaNGUaGE FOREIGN FILM, GOLDEN GLOBE aWaRDS, 1956NOMINEE—BEST aCTOR (LaURENCE OLIVIER), aCaDEMy aWaRDS, 1956

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ECLIPSE SERIES 38:

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ThE ThICk-WaLLED ROOmI WILL BUy yOUBLaCk RIVERThE INhERITaNCE

One of the most important filmmakers to emerge from Japan’s cinematic golden age, MASAKI KOBAYASHI is best remembered today for his 1959 epic The Human Condition, but that is just one of the blistering films he made in a career dedicated to criticizing his country’s rigid social and political orders. He first found his voice—rebellious, angry, engaged—in the fifties, following his life-altering experiences as a soldier in World War II; the four films collected here, made in the same period as The Human Condition, reflect Kobayashi’s coming into his own as an artist. He fought to get these powerful dramas made at a studio more oriented at the time toward quiet family melodramas; they are unforgettable pictures of a postwar Japan troubled by identity crises and moral corruption on scales both intimate and institutional.

Eclipse is a selection of lost, forgotten, or overshadowed classics in simple, affordable editions. Each series is a brief cinematheque retrospective for the adventurous home viewer.

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THE THICK-WALLED ROOMA struggling Siberian rock band leaves the lonely tundra to tour the United States because, as they’re told, “they’ll buy anything” there. Aki Kaurismäki’s winningly aloof farce follows the musicians as they bravely make their way across the New World, carrying a bandmate (and some beer) in a coffin and sporting hairdos that resemble unicorn horns. Leningrad Cowboys Go America was such a sensation that it brought the fictional band a major real-life following.

CASTThe Leningrad CowboysSakke Järvenpää, Heikki Keskinen, Pimme Korhonen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Puka Oinonen, Silu Seppälä, Mauri Sumén, Mato Valtonen, Pekka Virtanen

Vladimir Matti PellonpääIgor Kari VäänänenLost cousin Nicky TescoCar dealer Jim Jarmusch

CREDITSDirector Aki KaurismäkiAssistant director Pauli PenttiScreenplay by Aki Kaurismäki Sakke Järvenpää Mato ValtonenCinematography by Timo SalminenArt direction by Kari Laine Heikki UkkonenEditor Raija TalvioMusic Mauri Sumén

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THE THICK-WALLED ROOMEven early on in his directing career, Kobayashi didn’t shy away from controversy. Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars of World War II, this drama about a group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers jailed for crimes against humanity was adapted from the diaries of real prisoners. Because of its potentially inflammatory content, the film was shelved for three years before being released.

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BLACK RIVERPerhaps Kobayashi’s most sordid film, Black River is an exposé of the rampant corruption on and around U.S. military bases following World War II. Kobayashi spirals out from the story of a love triangle that develops between a good-natured student, his innocent girlfriend, and a coldhearted petty criminal (The Human Condition’s TATSUYA NAKADAI, in his first major role) to diagnose a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness, devolving into gangsterism, violence, and prostitution.


THE INHERITANCEOn his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown to his family and colleagues. A bevy of lawyers and associates then begin machinations to procure the money for themselves, enlisting the aid of impostors and blackmail. Yet all are outwitted by the cunning of the man’s secretary (The Makioka Sisters’ KEIKO KISHI), in this entertaining condemnation of unchecked greed.


I WILL BuY YOuKobayashi’s pitiless take on Japan’s professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever made. An excoriation of the inhumanity bred by a mercenary, bribery-fueled business, it follows the sharklike maneuvers of a scout dead set on signing a promising athlete to the team the Toyo Flowers.


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