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THE CRITERION Collection announced four of their six titles planned for July 2022 will be released in 4K Ultra HD.
Headlining the 4K lineup will be Martin Scorsese’s “Raging Bull,” Sofia Coppola’s debut feature “The Virgin Suicides,” Carl Franklin’s stylish noir “Devil in a Blue Dress” and Bong Joon Ho’s modern fairy tale “Okja.”
Released July 5
“Okja” (2017)
Extras:
New conversation between Bong and producer Dooho Choi
• New interviews with actors An Seo Hyun and Byun Heebong
• New interviews with members of the crew about the film’s cinematography, visual effects, and costume and production design
• Short programs including a director’s video diary, featuring Bong; actors Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton, and Steven Yeun; and others
• Teaser, trailer, and web promos
• English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic Karen Han
Specs:
Video – 4K master (2.39:1 aspect ratio), 4K digital master, approved by director Bong Joon Ho, and graded with HDR 10 and Dolby Vision.
Audio – Eight-channel Dolby Atmos, in Korean and English with English subtitles.
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“The Virgin Suicides” (1999)
Extras:
• Interviews with Coppola, Lachman, actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett, novelist Jeffrey Eugenides, and writer and actor Tavi Gevinson
• Making of “The Virgin Suicides,” a 1998 documentary directed by Eleanor Coppola and featuring Sofia Coppola; Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola; actors Dunst, Hartnett, Scott • Glenn, Kathleen Turner, and James Woods; Eugenides; and others
• Lick the Star, a 1998 short film by Sofia Coppola
• Music video for Air’s soundtrack song “Playground Love,” directed by Coppola and her brother Roman Coppola
• Trailers
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by novelist Megan Abbott
Specs:
Video – New 4K digital restoration (1.66:1 aspect ratio), approved by director Sofia Coppola and supervised by cinematographer Ed Lachman. No details of HDR10 or Dolby Vision grading were provided.
Audio – Six-channel DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
Released July 12
“Raging Bull” (1980)
Extras:
• New video essays by film critics Geoffrey O’Brien and Sheila O’Malley on Scorsese’s mastery of formal techniques and the film’s triumvirate of characters
• Three audio commentaries, featuring Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker; director of photography Michael Chapman, producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, casting director Cis Corman, music consultant Robbie Robertson, actors Theresa Saldana and John Turturro, and sound-effects supervising editor Frank Warner; and boxer Jake La Motta and screenwriters Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader
• Fight Night, a making-of program featuring Scorsese and key members of the cast and crew
• Three short programs highlighting the longtime collaboration between Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro
• Television interview from 1981 with actor Cathy Moriarty and the real Vikki La Motta
• Interview with Jake La Motta from 1990
• Program from 2004 featuring veteran boxers reminiscing about La Motta
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: Essays by poet Robin Robertson and film critic Glenn Kenny
Specs:
Video – New 4K digital master (1.85:1 aspect ratio), approved by director Martin Scorsese and graded with HDR10.
Audio - Original 2.0 surround DTS-HD • Master Audio soundtrack
Released July 19
“Devil in a Blue Dress” (1995)
Extras:
Audio commentary featuring Carl Franklin
• New conversation between Franklin and actor Don Cheadle
• New conversation between Walter Mosley, author of the novel on which the film is based, and novelist and screenwriter Attica Locke
• On-stage conversation between Franklin and film historian Eddie Muller, recorded at the • 2018 Noir City Film Festival in Chicago
• Screen test for Cheadle
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic Julian Kimble
Specs:
Video – New 4K digital restoration (1.85:1 aspect ratio), approved by director Carl Franklin and graded with HDR10 and Dolby Vision.
Audio – Six-channel DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
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