The Criterion Collection has announced two titles for release on Blu-ray in August. On August 10, the studio will release the award-winning documentary
Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994), and a week later, the classic
Black Orpheus (
Orfeu negro, Marcel Camus, 1959). Both will be presented in new, restored high-definition digital transfers (director-approved for
Crumb) with uncompressed mono audio.
Special features include:
Black Orpheus:
- Archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and
actress Marpessa Dawn
- New video interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar
Robert Stam, jazz historian Gary Giddins, and
Brazilian author Ruy Castro
- À la recherche d'Orfeu negro, a feature-length
documentary about Black Orpheus's cultural and
musical roots and its resonance in Brazil today
- Theatrical trailer
- A booklet featuring an essay by film critic
Michael Atkinson
Crumb:
- Audio commentaries:
- 2010 commentary with Zwigoff
- 2006 commentary featuring Zwigoff and critic Roger Ebert
- Outtakes and deleted scenes
- Stills gallery
- A booklet featuring an essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
It must be noted that none of the titles that came up for preorder last week (see blu-ray.com,
May 5) have been announced at the moment.