{"id":26366,"date":"2019-07-18T12:56:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T16:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=26366"},"modified":"2019-08-15T14:22:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T18:22:38","slug":"the-criterion-collection-announces-october-2019-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2019\/07\/18\/the-criterion-collection-announces-october-2019-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"The Criterion Collection Announces October 2019 Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oh boy, after a few delays and in the midst of the ensuing uproar in some parts of the internet, The Criterion Collection has announced its releases for October 2019. This looks a bit sparse: two new releases and two upgrades. And it looks like it is missing a key release . . . namely, spine #1000 (the two new releases this month are #998 and #999), a milestone that may have been the hold-up in making this announcement. We might hear more over the next few days, or maybe they're putting it off until next month. But, regardless, I'm very excited in particular by the upgrade (and because it brings the films back in print) of 3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The blurbs are from The Criterion Collection's website (so are the links)\u00a0\u2014 go there to see the details on the supplements.<\/p>\n

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October 8, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg<\/i><\/b>
\n<\/i><\/b><\/b>-Underworld (1927)
\n-The Last Command (1928)
\n-The Docks of New York (1928)<\/p>\n

Purchase from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

From The Criterion Collection<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Vienna-born, New York\u2013raised Josef von Sternberg directed some of the most influential and stylish dramas ever to come out of Hollywood. Though best known for his later star-making collaborations with actor Marlene Dietrich, von Sternberg began his career during the final years of the silent era, dazzling audiences and critics with his films' dark visions and innovative cinematography. The titles in this collection, made on the cusp of the sound age, are three of von Sternberg's greatest works, gritty evocations of gangster life (Underworld<\/em>), the Russian Revolution (The Last Command<\/em>), and working-class desperation (The Docks of New York<\/em>) rendered as shadowy movie spectacle.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n