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Criterion, I could kiss you.

As I was getting caught up on the week's DVD news over at DVD File, I came across this news item that mentions that Criterion, the publishers of the absolutely spectacular Criterion Collection line of DVDs (and Laserdiscs before them) is working on a new release of David Cronenberg's classic (and oft-misunderstood) Videodrome. I love Cronenberg, and this is my favorite of his movies (with Dead Ringers and Crash following close behind), but I never in a million years expected the movie to get this kind of luxury treatment.

Here are some of the extras on the disc (a full list is up at Criterion's site):

• New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions
• Audio commentaries by director David Cronenberg, actors James Woods and Deborah Harry, and director of photography Mark Irwin
• Camera, a short film starring Videodrome’s Les Carlson, written and directed by David Cronenberg in 2000 as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the Toronto Film Festival
• Forging the New Flesh, a new half-hour documentary featurette by video effects artist Michael Lennick about the creation of Videodrome’s landmark video and prosthetic makeup effects, featuring new interviews with Rick Baker and others
• Samurai Dreams, the complete and unedited faux Japanese AV feature seen in the film
• Fear on Film, a 26-minute roundtable discussion from 1982 between filmmakers David Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis, and Mick Garris about censorship, special effects makeup, and horror cinema

Simply amazing. I can't wait for this one.

Posted by jason at June 5, 2004 01:09 AM | TrackBack | Read more: Movies , Sci-Fi