



Criterion: The Magnificent Ambersons and True Stories Delayed Posted November 14, 2018 06:15 PM by



The Magnificent Ambersons has been moved from 11/20/18 to 11/27/18, while True Stories has been moved from 11/20/18 to 11/27/18.



The Magnificent Ambersons



Synopsis: Orson Welles's beautiful, nostalgia-suffused second featurethe subject of one of cinema's greatest missing-footage tragediesharks back to turn-of-the-twentieth-century Indianapolis, chronicling the inexorable decline of the fortunes of an affluent family. Adapted from an acclaimed Booth Tarkington novel and characterized by restlessly inventive camera work and powerful performances from a cast including Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt, and Agnes Moorehead, the film traces the rifts deepening within the Amberson clanat the same time as the forces of progress begin to transform the city they once ruled. Though RKO excised over forty minutes of footage, now lost to history, and added an incongruously upbeat ending, The Magnificent Ambersons is an emotionally rich family saga and a masterful elegy for a bygone chapter of American life.



Special Features and Technical Specs: BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION , with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray

, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Two audio commentaries, featuring film scholars Robert Carringer and James Naremore and critic Jonathan Rosenbaum

New interviews with scholars Simon Callow and Joseph McBride

New video essay on the film's cinematographers by scholar François Thomas

New video essay on the film's score by scholar Christopher Husted

Welles on The Dick Cavett Show in 1970

Segment from Pampered Youth, a 1925 silent adaptation of The Magnificent Ambersons

Audio from a 1979 AFI symposium on Welles

Two Mercury Theatre radio plays: Seventeen (1938), an adaptation of another Booth Tarkington novel by Welles, and The Magnificent Ambersons (1939)

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PLUS: An essay by critic Molly Haskell and (Blu-ray only) essays by authors and critics Luc Sante, Geoffrey O'Brien, Farran Smith Nehme, and Jonathan Lethem, and excerpts from an unfinished 1982 memoir by Welles True Stories



Synopsis: Music icon David Byrne was inspired by tabloid headlines to make this sole foray into feature film directing, an ode to the extraordinariness of ordinary American life and a distillation of what was in his own idiosyncratic mind. Byrne plays a visitor to Virgil, Texas, who introduces us to the citizens of the town during preparations for its Celebration of Specialness. As shot by cinematographer Ed Lachman, Texas becomes a hyperrealistic late-capitalist landscape of endless vistas, shopping malls, and prefab metal buildings. In True Stories, Byrne uses his songs to stitch together pop iconography, voodoo rituals, and a singular variety showall in the service of uncovering the rich mysteries that lurk under the surface of everyday experience.



Special Features and Technical Specs: NEW, RESTORED 4K TRANSFER , supervised by director David Byrne and cinematographer Ed Lachman, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, supervised by Byrne, on the Blu-ray

, supervised by director David Byrne and cinematographer Ed Lachman, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, supervised by Byrne, on the Blu-ray New documentary about the film's production, featuring Byrne, Lachman, writer Stephen Tobolowsky, executive producer Ed Pressman, coproducer Karen Murphy, fashion-show costume designer Adelle Lutz, consultant Christina Patoski, actor Jo Harvey Allen, and musician Terry Allen

CD with 23 songs, containing the film's complete soundtrack, compiled here for the first time (Blu-ray only)

Real Life (1986), a short documentary by Pamela Yates and Newton Thomas Sigel made on the set of the film

No Time to Look Back, a new homage to Virgil, Texas, the fictional town where True Stories is set

New program about designer Tibor Kalman and his influence on Byrne and role in the film, featuring Byrne and Kalman's wife, artist Maira Kalman

Deleted scenes

Trailer

PLUS: An essay by critic Rebecca Bengal, along with, for the Blu-ray edition, new pieces by journalist and author Joe Nick Patoski and Byrne, a 1986 piece by actor Spalding Gray on the film's production, some of the tabloid stories that inspired the film, and a selection of Byrne's preproduction photography and writing about the film's visual motifs





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callahan09 Nov 14, 2018 Both are on my day 1 list to go to B&N. Glad I came here to discover the delay so I didn't go to the store next week for these!

starman15317 Nov 14, 2018 So why are all of these releases being delayed?

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Top reviewerTop contributor pro-bassoonist Nov 14, 2018 Contrary to what some will have you believe, pressing facilities have been overwhelmed with orders this year. Criterion are not the only label affected by this, though they have been one of the most transparent.

JurassicBD Nov 14, 2018 @starman: lower profile titles often get delayed this time of year to make way for the bigger selling stocking stuffers and the like. dkelly26666 Nov 14, 2018 Oh please, oh please, do NOT delay the Bergman set.... PLEASE....

anthonyls Nov 14, 2018 This delay won't effect the Bergman set becasue it is already done and has been shipped to retailers. Most already have it in stock and ready to sell it.

Subtitle Nov 14, 2018 I'm a bit worried about the timeliness of the Bergman set. It's listed as "currently unavailable" on Amazon.ca less than a week away from it's release date dkelly26666 Nov 15, 2018 I usually work so much that that set can be daunting to even have time for. But, I actually have an 8 day vacation Thanksgiving week, and was looking forward to spending some of that time digging into the Bergman set. I really didn't want it to be late... I hope it is going out on time. Also, lately the postal service has been messing around, too, with several late deliveries. Between a late release and shipping issues, then a long holiday weekend, one delay could ruin where I was gonna be really actually having a chance to enjoy that set. Sorry to whine, but I just hope it was really does come on time....

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Top contributor lilboyblu Nov 15, 2018 I think it's time to reopen some of those shuttered pressing plants in 'MERICA.

Network23 Nov 15, 2018 im ok as long as they both come out within the B&N sale timeline, any more delays and ill push them til next sale and concentrate on the B&N 50% off Arrow sale which takes coupons!

AKNewbie Nov 15, 2018 The Bergman set can be "bought" now - today - during the B&N sale. My store said they would NOT be getting any copies, but I could order it now - payment in advance required (it said so on their computer screen; the pre-payment part). Shipping was free and membership 10% discount applied. She even asked if I had a coupon, but I did not. I had it shipped to my store so I can inspect it before taking it home.

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