The Thin Red Line to Receive the Criterion Treatment
Malick fans rejoice: The Criterion Collection, known for its special feature-laden, artfully packaged editions of “important classic and contemporary films,” is releasing The Thin Red Line on DVD and Blu-ray on September 28th of this year. This will be the second of Malick’s films to receive the treatment–the first being 1978’s Days of Heaven–and it’s an act sure to please the vocal minority that has long championed this film, which to date has seen only the most basic release on DVD. Not included, I’m sad to say, is the supposed five-hour-long version of the film with cut scenes featuring the likes of Martin Sheen, Mickey Rourke, Viggo Mortensen, Bill Pullman, and narration by Billy Bob Thornton. Full list of disc features after the jump.
Good news, folks. Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life “is definitely set for release in November,” according to Bob Berney, president of Apparition Films. It had previously been reported (and hoped) that the film would premiere at Cannes, which is apparently still a possibility.
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