L and I (mostly L, but I like it too) have been dying for Ernst Lubitsch's 1932 comedy classic Trouble in Paradise to be released on DVD. The only way to have seen it otherwise would have been to get an old laserdisc of '30s comedies and borrow a laserdisc player, or to TiVo it off of Oxygen or AMC when it shows up at 3am every few months. Our very long wait for a version we can own is finally over, and it exceeds expectations. Trouble in Paradise will become part of the Criterion Collection on January 7, fully restored, with commentary by a Lubitsch expert, an additional Lubitsch short, a Screen Guild Theater radio program, and more.
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November 21, 2002
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Still holding breath for: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. There's a version available in other regions, so hopes are high for a nice, feature-laden region 1 release.