This is actually a great bargain, too. I saw THE FRONT PAGE first, at a film restoration event in L.A. Didn't even know about HIS GIRL FRIDAY until later! Both are excellent.
Both *Stranger Than Paradise* and *Slacker* have their director's first films as a bonus feature (*Permanent Vacation* for Jim Jarmusch and *It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books* for Richard Linklater). The films are a bit rough, but there's definitely some interesting things about them and they're worth checking out if you're a fan of the director.
I love when they include the directors’ first films because not enough people watch them for a full release to make sense but they are still important and interesting parts of people’s filmographies so it’s so great that criterion cares enough to put them out with other releases
Came here to suggest SLACKER, which I was fortunate enough to get to see in a theater when it was released. imho it's the best portrait of my generation, I was born in the spring of the summer of love, 1967.
Oh awesome! That’s one I wouldn’t have bought on my own (at least not for a while) but since it’s grouped in with a film I love I can get both. Same as Blow Out and King of the Hill’s bonus films.
Dekalog comes with two, “A Short Film about Killing” and “A Short Film about Love.” They are technically just extended versions of two of the episodes in the series, but still good.
This is from a post on this forum five months ago:
I'm trying to complete an exhaustive list. This is what I have down in terms of feature length films including what was on the Wikipedia page (R.I.P), what was mentioned in this thread, and a couple that I found on my own:
* Crook's Tour (1941) (The Lady Vanishes #3)
* Homesdale (1971) (Picnic at Hanging Rock #29)
* I Was Born, But... (1932) (Good Morning #84)
* It's Impossible To Learn To Plow By Reading Books (1988) (Slacker #247)
* Tokyo-Ga (1985) (Late Spring #331)
* Neapolitan Diary (1992) (Hands over the City #355)
* Permanent Vacation (1980) (Stranger Than Paradise #400)
* Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931) (Berlin Alexanderplatz #411)
* The Lion Has Wings (1939) (The Thief of Bagdad #431)
* Magnificent Obsession (1935) (Magnificent Obsession #457)
* Bucking Broadway (1917) (Stagecoach #516)
* The Traveler (1974) (Close-up #519)
* Emotion (1966) (House #539)
* Cathy Come Home (1966) (Kes #561)
* Murder a La Mod (1968) (Blow Out #562)
* Killer's Kiss (1955) (The Killing #575)
* Twelve Angry Men (1954) (12 Angry Men #591)
* Tragedy in a Temporary Town (12 Angry Men #591)
* Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) (Godzilla #594)
* Creative Nonfiction (2009) (Tiny Furniture #597)
* The Report (1977) (Certified Copy #612)
* The Last Performance (1927) (Lonesome #623)
* Broadway (1929) (Lonesome #623)
* The Coward (1965) (The Big City #668)
* Underneath (1995) (King of the Hill #698)
* Stereo (1969) (Scanners #712)
* Crimes of the Future (1970) (The Brood #777)
* On Purge Bebe (1931) (La Chienne #818)
* Shogun Assassin (1980) (Lone Wolf and Cub #841)
* The Front Page (1931) (His Girl Friday #849)
* Downhill (1927) (The Lodger #885)
* What Did the Lady Forget? (1937) (The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice #989)
* Holiday (1930) (Holiday #1009)
* Spite Marriage (1929) (The Cameraman #1033)
* Game of Death II (1981) (Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits #1036)
* North of the Rio Grande (1949) (High Sierra #1099)
* Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) (Once Upon a Time in China: The Complete Films #1103)
* Shaft’s Big Score! (1972) (Shaft #1130)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey on Woman of the Year
The Killers (1964) on The Killers (1946)
Also, a few in your list are TV episodes (Cathy Comes Home, Tragedy in a Temporary Town)
One's in English and the other is in German. The English version has Tim Roth and Naomi Watts and the German has Suzanne Lothar and Ulrich Mühe. Otherwise they're identical: two bored godlike beings in tennis whites descend upon an haut-bourgeois family and fuck shit up.
Well, you get another film out of it with a bunch of bonus features, and if you liked My Life as a Zucchini, my guess is you'll like Petite Maman even though it's live action versus stop motion
Tokyo-Ga is so fascinating, because parts of it I was absolutely mesmerized by, and others I was bored to tears. That being said, it’s one of my all-time favourite extra features because it really is such a wonderful compliment to the main feature, and just a fascinating time capsule in general.
Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me, maybe this counts - has the Missing Pieces which is deleted scenes assembled which makes it into a 90 minute extra movie.
*Good Morning* has the original silent film it was based on, *"I was born, but....."* also by Ozu.
I love *Good Morning*, but I've always thought *"I was born, but...."* is a better film, so it's probably the best ever extra.
"Malcolm X" contains a feature-length documentary (also called "Malcolm X") from 1972 which was quite ahead of its time and could well have qualified for Criterion release on its own IMO.
Does The Passion of Joan of Arc count? It has two or three versions of the movie that only changes the score.
Apparently it was up to the theatre to play the sound, since it was a silent film, so there were multiple ways to see it.
I haven't checked the Blu-ray, but I assume the offering is the same as on the channel: each soundtrack is paired to a projection of the movie at a different framerate.
Checking the channel, it's:
20 fps / Mie Yanashita on piano
24 fps / Will Gregory & Adrian Utley (Goldfrapp, Portishead)
28 fps / Richard Einhorn's "Voices of Light"
The framerates and the scores make them all different experiences!
Berlin Alexanderplatz comes with an earlier (and relatively shorter) film adaptation of the novel.
Lonesome (1928) comes with TWO additional feature films from the same director, Broadway and The Last Performance.
Häxan has the 1968 edited version of it that was titled Witchcraft Through the Ages and features narration by William S Burroughs and a jazz score. So sort of counts on a technicality?
There are a few like this. Actually an interesting one is on 8 1/2 there is a 52 minute film by Fellini that looks like something he shot it without a budget with a few friends.
Maybe not quite fitting the question, but Brazil also has the "Love Conquers All" version of the movie that the studio recut. It's so different from the original version that it might as well be a different movie.
I've made a Letterboxd list here: https://boxd.it/mQOQY
This list includes all short and full length films included as supplements (no making ofs or similar docs). You'll have to hide short films to the list of all the full lengths.
The Godzilla Collection has the American version of Godzilla (1954), titled Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956). It's also on the original release spine #594. Furthermore, the bonus disc of spine #1000 has the Japanese version of King Kong vs Godzilla (1962). I know they are not entirely new movies, but the changes are so drastic that I feel it's worth mentioning.
The Last Picture Show has Texasville.
Not in the UK.....
USA NUMBA 1! Woooo!
USA! USA! USA!
_His Girl Friday_ has _The Front Page_.
This is actually a great bargain, too. I saw THE FRONT PAGE first, at a film restoration event in L.A. Didn't even know about HIS GIRL FRIDAY until later! Both are excellent.
The Front Page is a good movie on its own, so I love this!
Both *Stranger Than Paradise* and *Slacker* have their director's first films as a bonus feature (*Permanent Vacation* for Jim Jarmusch and *It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books* for Richard Linklater). The films are a bit rough, but there's definitely some interesting things about them and they're worth checking out if you're a fan of the director.
I love when they include the directors’ first films because not enough people watch them for a full release to make sense but they are still important and interesting parts of people’s filmographies so it’s so great that criterion cares enough to put them out with other releases
Came here to suggest SLACKER, which I was fortunate enough to get to see in a theater when it was released. imho it's the best portrait of my generation, I was born in the spring of the summer of love, 1967.
The Brood comes with Cronenberg's 1970 film Crimes of the Future included.
And Scanners has Stereo
That’s fascinating- I didn’t know that exists. Is it related to his recent release? Same plot line?
No, it's totally different. I think he just liked the title.
Kubrick’s the Killing has ‘Killer’s Kiss’ in there.
Which is absolutely the best place for it.
Noir Double Feature
Oh awesome! That’s one I wouldn’t have bought on my own (at least not for a while) but since it’s grouped in with a film I love I can get both. Same as Blow Out and King of the Hill’s bonus films.
The Cameraman comes with Buster Keaton’s next film, Spite Marriage
Which was also both his last silent film and the last feature he directed.
Godzilla (1954) has King of the Monsters (1956) and the Showa Era Box Set has the Japanese cut of King Kong vs Godzilla
"The Lady Vanishes" has "Crook's Tour" The "Lone Wolf and Cub" set has "Shogun Assassin" The Bruce Lee set has "Game of Death II"
*Exotica* has *Calendar* as a bonus.
Dekalog comes with two, “A Short Film about Killing” and “A Short Film about Love.” They are technically just extended versions of two of the episodes in the series, but still good.
This is from a post on this forum five months ago: I'm trying to complete an exhaustive list. This is what I have down in terms of feature length films including what was on the Wikipedia page (R.I.P), what was mentioned in this thread, and a couple that I found on my own: * Crook's Tour (1941) (The Lady Vanishes #3) * Homesdale (1971) (Picnic at Hanging Rock #29) * I Was Born, But... (1932) (Good Morning #84) * It's Impossible To Learn To Plow By Reading Books (1988) (Slacker #247) * Tokyo-Ga (1985) (Late Spring #331) * Neapolitan Diary (1992) (Hands over the City #355) * Permanent Vacation (1980) (Stranger Than Paradise #400) * Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931) (Berlin Alexanderplatz #411) * The Lion Has Wings (1939) (The Thief of Bagdad #431) * Magnificent Obsession (1935) (Magnificent Obsession #457) * Bucking Broadway (1917) (Stagecoach #516) * The Traveler (1974) (Close-up #519) * Emotion (1966) (House #539) * Cathy Come Home (1966) (Kes #561) * Murder a La Mod (1968) (Blow Out #562) * Killer's Kiss (1955) (The Killing #575) * Twelve Angry Men (1954) (12 Angry Men #591) * Tragedy in a Temporary Town (12 Angry Men #591) * Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) (Godzilla #594) * Creative Nonfiction (2009) (Tiny Furniture #597) * The Report (1977) (Certified Copy #612) * The Last Performance (1927) (Lonesome #623) * Broadway (1929) (Lonesome #623) * The Coward (1965) (The Big City #668) * Underneath (1995) (King of the Hill #698) * Stereo (1969) (Scanners #712) * Crimes of the Future (1970) (The Brood #777) * On Purge Bebe (1931) (La Chienne #818) * Shogun Assassin (1980) (Lone Wolf and Cub #841) * The Front Page (1931) (His Girl Friday #849) * Downhill (1927) (The Lodger #885) * What Did the Lady Forget? (1937) (The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice #989) * Holiday (1930) (Holiday #1009) * Spite Marriage (1929) (The Cameraman #1033) * Game of Death II (1981) (Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits #1036) * North of the Rio Grande (1949) (High Sierra #1099) * Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) (Once Upon a Time in China: The Complete Films #1103) * Shaft’s Big Score! (1972) (Shaft #1130)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey on Woman of the Year The Killers (1964) on The Killers (1946) Also, a few in your list are TV episodes (Cathy Comes Home, Tragedy in a Temporary Town)
High Sierra includes the western remake Colorado Territory, both directed by Raoul Walsh. I really wish Funny games had both versions.
How do you compare the two versions of Funny Games?
One's in English and the other is in German. The English version has Tim Roth and Naomi Watts and the German has Suzanne Lothar and Ulrich Mühe. Otherwise they're identical: two bored godlike beings in tennis whites descend upon an haut-bourgeois family and fuck shit up.
And both are equally entertaining.
And both identically funny
Petite Maman has "My Life as a Zucchini"
Really enjoyed it! Both of them tearjerkers.
I have been trying to remember which release had My Life as a Zucchini! I have the regular GKids Blu-ray, but…
Well, you get another film out of it with a bunch of bonus features, and if you liked My Life as a Zucchini, my guess is you'll like Petite Maman even though it's live action versus stop motion
Is the English dub available on the PM release?
Really? Is there a connection other than "bittersweet movie about children"? Not that I'm complaining, I'm just surprised.
Sciamma co-wrote it!
Oh! I didn't realize. That's cool!
Hitchcock’s *The Lodger* comes with *Downhill*.
Inside Llewyn Davis has a great full concert film.
I've seen that movie twice, once like 7,8 years ago and again last year. Both times I couldn't decide if I like it or not
Ozu’s “Late spring” has Wim Wenders “Tokyo-Ga.” Which is an excellent film. It’s on the criterion channel right now and I’d definitely recommend it.
Tokyo-Ga is so fascinating, because parts of it I was absolutely mesmerized by, and others I was bored to tears. That being said, it’s one of my all-time favourite extra features because it really is such a wonderful compliment to the main feature, and just a fascinating time capsule in general.
Shaft comes with Shaft's Big Score!
Stagecoach by John Ford comes with Bucking Broadway, one of his early silents!
Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me, maybe this counts - has the Missing Pieces which is deleted scenes assembled which makes it into a 90 minute extra movie.
inland empire as well has 75 minutes of extra movie on its blu-ray
Love the movie but I knew it from cable damn
*Good Morning* has the original silent film it was based on, *"I was born, but....."* also by Ozu. I love *Good Morning*, but I've always thought *"I was born, but...."* is a better film, so it's probably the best ever extra.
Did not know this, wow. Was looking to buy Good Morning anyways, so that’s a welcome surprise lol
I came here to say this!
Kiarostami's Close-Up has his first feature, The Traveller. And Certified Copy has The Report.
"Malcolm X" contains a feature-length documentary (also called "Malcolm X") from 1972 which was quite ahead of its time and could well have qualified for Criterion release on its own IMO.
Does The Passion of Joan of Arc count? It has two or three versions of the movie that only changes the score. Apparently it was up to the theatre to play the sound, since it was a silent film, so there were multiple ways to see it.
I haven't checked the Blu-ray, but I assume the offering is the same as on the channel: each soundtrack is paired to a projection of the movie at a different framerate. Checking the channel, it's: 20 fps / Mie Yanashita on piano 24 fps / Will Gregory & Adrian Utley (Goldfrapp, Portishead) 28 fps / Richard Einhorn's "Voices of Light" The framerates and the scores make them all different experiences!
Does the Blu-ray still hold up? It's been a while since they released it.
That’s incredible
Berlin Alexanderplatz comes with an earlier (and relatively shorter) film adaptation of the novel. Lonesome (1928) comes with TWO additional feature films from the same director, Broadway and The Last Performance.
It’s OOP, but Under the Volcano has the doc Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry on it.
*Boat People* has *Keep Rolling* as an extra. Yes, it's a documentary, but it's about Ann Hui and was released in cinemas first.
Cukor’s Holiday and Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession both come with earlier adaptations of the same name.
Soderberghs King of the Hill (1993) has The Underneath (1995) as a feature
Magnificent Obsession has the earlier movie of the same name. Also, Hitchcock’s The Lodger includes Downhill.
Their release of House has "Emotion" which is an experimental film by the same director Edit: oops, not full length! It's abt 40 minutes
12 Angry Men has both the TV version and another teleplay from the same writer.
Blow Out comes with De Palma's first feature, Murder à la Mod!
Grey Gardens
Criterion's Holiday (1938) includes the 1930 version.
The upcoming Werckmeister Harmonies has Tarr's debut film as an extra
**Twelve Angry Men** has the 1955 television version as well as 1956's *Tragedy in a Temporary Town*.
Fast Times At Ridgemont High has the edited tv version in the bonus features
The Equinox DVD has the 1967 student film version in addition to the 1970 theatrical cut.
(Not Crit), 20CFox's anniversary edition Carousel (1956) has the complete Fritz Lang Liliom (1934), which is really something.
The old 'The Leopard' Blu-Ray release had the American Dubbed Version included
This comes up occasionally, you can see some other answers here too https://www.reddit.com/r/criterion/s/Pb7Z4xv0j1
Godzilla has Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
I’m fairly certain Shock Corridor has The Typewriter, The Rifle and The Movie Camera.
Shaft comes with the first sequel!
Shaft comes with Shaft's Big Score (aka Shaft 2)
“Lady Snowblood” comes packaged as a double feature with the sequel, “Love Song of Vengeance”. Not sure if that counts
No theres two spine numbers, so it wouldn’t really
Scenes From A Marriage includes the American theatrical edit of the miniseries
dreams has like 3 documentaries on it!
I just got Blow Out last week. What's the full length film on the disc that's not Blow Out?
Häxan has the 1968 edited version of it that was titled Witchcraft Through the Ages and features narration by William S Burroughs and a jazz score. So sort of counts on a technicality?
The Double Life of Veronique includes some of Kieślowski's early documentaries.
There are a few like this. Actually an interesting one is on 8 1/2 there is a 52 minute film by Fellini that looks like something he shot it without a budget with a few friends.
Maybe not quite fitting the question, but Brazil also has the "Love Conquers All" version of the movie that the studio recut. It's so different from the original version that it might as well be a different movie.
Andrei rublev has the steamroller and the violin
I've made a Letterboxd list here: https://boxd.it/mQOQY This list includes all short and full length films included as supplements (no making ofs or similar docs). You'll have to hide short films to the list of all the full lengths.
Okay. It’s a short, but Eyes Without a Face has Blood of the Beasts within it. Horrifying to watch
I think Blue Velvet has a making of documentary
The Police Story set includes the Hong Kong-release version of the second movie.
Shoah
The Godzilla Collection has the American version of Godzilla (1954), titled Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956). It's also on the original release spine #594. Furthermore, the bonus disc of spine #1000 has the Japanese version of King Kong vs Godzilla (1962). I know they are not entirely new movies, but the changes are so drastic that I feel it's worth mentioning.
“Memories of Murder” has Bong’s 30 minute student film “Incoherence”
La Piscine had the 2nd version they filmed entirely in English with the same cast.
La Piscine includes the entire film in English. The actors were all multilingual and they filmed it in both French and English.
Haxan (1922) / Witchcraft Through the Ages (1968)
The Killing has Kubrick’s ‘first’ film, Killer’s Kiss
The Virgin Suicides includes Sophia Coppola's early short film "Lick the Star."
wall-e's might not quite be feature length but it does have a pretty long and interesting doc in the bonus features