The Criterion Collection has announced their July title lineup. The titles include Down By Law for July 17, The Last Days of Disco and Metropolitan for July 24th, and Le Havre for July 31st. As usual we will expect the usual high quality releases, check below for a list of supplements.
Down By Law
Disc Features
- High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Thoughts and reflections on the making of the film from director Jim Jarmusch in 2002
- Interview with director of photography Robby Müller from 2002
- Footage from the 1986 Cannes Film Festival, including a press conference featuring Jarmusch and actors John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, and Nicoletta Braschi, and an interview with Lurie, with commentary
- Sixteen outtakes
- Music video for Tom Waits’s cover of Cole Porter’s “It’s All Right with Me,” directed by Jarmusch
- Q&A with Jarmusch in which he responds to fans’ questions
- Recordings of phone conversations between Jarmusch and Waits, Benigni, and Lurie
- Production Polaroids and location stills
- Isolated music track
- Optional French dub track, featuring Benigni
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by critic Luc Sante
The Last Days of Disco
Disc Features
- Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Whit Stillman, with 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Audio commentary featuring Stillman and actors Chloë Sevigny and Chris Eigeman
- Four deleted scenes with commentary by Stillman, Eigeman, and Sevigny
- Audio recording of Stillman reading a chapter from his book The Last Days of Disco, with Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards
- Behind-the-scenes featurette
- Stills gallery with captions by Stillman
- Original theatrical trailer
- PLUS: An essay by novelist David Schickler
Metropolitan
Disc Features
- Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Whit Stillman and cinematographer John Thomas, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Audio commentary by Stillman, editor Christopher Tellefsen, and actors Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols
- Rare outtakes and alternate casting, with commentary by Stillman
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Luc Sante
Le Havre
Disc Features
- New high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Aki Kaurismäki, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New interview with actor André Wilms
- Cannes Film Festival press conference from 2011, featuring cast and crew
- French television interview with Kaurismäki, Wilms, and actors Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Kati Outinen
- Concert footage of Little Bob, the rock group featured in the film
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Sicinski
