High and Low

"One of the best detective thrillers ever filmed" -- New York Times

Toshiro Mifune stars a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a ruthless kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa's exemplary film noir. Based on Ed McBain's detective novel King's Ransom, High and Low is both a riveting thriller and a brilliant commentary on contemporary Japanese society. Criterion is proud to present High and Low in a luminous widescreen transfer with new electronic subtitles.

2 discs / CLV / $59.95 / 1963

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Picnic at Hanging Rock

"...An innovative, exciting cinematic discovery." -- Tom Allen, The Village Voice

Twenty years after it swept Australia into the international film spotlight, Peter Weir's stunning 1975 masterpiece remains as ineffable as the unanswerable mystery at its core. A Valentine's Day picnic turns to disaster when a few young girls inexplicably vanish on Hanging Rock. A lyrical, meditative film charged with suppressed longings. Picnic at Hanging Rock is at long last available in a pristine, widescreen director's cut with a newly minted Dolby stereo soundtrack.

Special features:

• The recently released director's cut of the film
• The original theatrical trailer
• Liner notes by Vincent Canby

1 disc / $39.95 / 1975

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Stranger than Paradise

". . . A very, very funny film which resists rational description as strongly as it resists pigeonholing."
-- Sheila Benson, The Los Angeles Times

The main man of American independent cinema, Jim Jarmusch cracked the ice for an entire generation of filmmakers with this offbeat and powerful tale. His trio of outsiders, in a witty expression of post-punk alienation, discover that Paradise isn't so easy to find, least of all in Cleveland. Criterion is proud to present Stranger Than Paradise in a luminous new widescreen transfer.

1 disc / CLV / $39.95 / 1984

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