Coming from Criterion's Essential Art House 6/16/09

At long last, this marvelous film is being released on DVD, June 16, 2009.

Last Holiday (1950) will be issued by Criterion's Essential Art House -- the first film to be originally released under that label, instead of having first been a full-fledged Criterion release. I haven't yet seen any of the EAH discs as I have most of the films from Criterion proper, but they're apparently at least of equal quality to films in their Eclipse series, and probably better. Anyway, no quibbles: the film is wonderful, and will certainly be of superior quality, well worth having, even if extras are few. SRP is EAH's usual $19.95, a very good price for anything connected to Criterion, and probably what you'd pay from a lesser label.

I'm also glad to see that the EAH label is not just going to be releasing already-issued films from Criterion itself, but may now branch out to offer previously-unreleased titles as well. I can't think of a better one with which to start. Looking forward to it!

Touching, funny, bittersweet: a truly one-of-a-kind film, very much of its time, and one which -- as the moronic American remake of the other year demonstrated -- can never be repeated, let alone equaled...or, for that matter, done justice.