In addition to Army of Shadows, Robinson Crusoe on Mars and Broadcast News being released by Criterion in January, the studio plans to re-release the Sam Fuller films Shock Corridor and The Naked Kiss, previously available on DVD, in brand new editions featuring new high-def transfers, new supplements and incredible new package art!
The package art for both discs is illustrated by Dan Clowes, the creator of Ghost World. With Clowes now designing for Criterion and Ghost World director, Terry Zwigoff‘s previous films now a part of the collection, I think it’s fairly safe to say that we’ll be seeing a Criterion release of Ghost World in the very near future.
THE NAKED KISS
(January 18, 2011 – MSRP $39.95)
Video: 1.85:1 1080p
Audio: uncompressed monaural
Special Features:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New video interview with star Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker Charles Dennis
- Excerpts from a 1983 episode of The South Bank Show dedicated to director Samuel Fuller
- Interview with Fuller from a 1967 episode of the French television series Cinéastes de notre temps
- Interview with Fuller from a 1987 episode of the French television series Cinéma cinémas
- Original theatrical trailer
- PLUS: Illustrations by cartoonist Daniel Clowes (Eightball, Ghost World) and a booklet featuring an essay by critic and poet Robert Polito and excerpts from Fuller’s autobiography, A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking
SHOCK CORRIDOR
(January 18, 2011 – MSRP $39.95)
Video: 1.85:1 1080p
Audio: uncompressed monaural
Special Features:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New video interview with star Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker Charles Dennis
- The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera, Adam Simon’s 1996 documentary on director Samuel Fuller
- Original theatrical trailer
- PLUS: Illustrations by cartoonist Daniel Clowes (Eightball, Ghost World) and a booklet featuring an essay by critic and poet Robert Polito and excerpts from Fuller’s autobiography, A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking
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