New conversation between Schultz and film scholar Racquel J.New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Michael Schultz, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.With Cooley High, director Michael Schultz and screenwriter Eric Monte-who drew on his own experiences growing up in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing project-arrived at something truly unique in 1970s cinema: an endearingly funny, tender, and authentic portrait of Black teens striving toward a brighter tomorrow, brought to life by a dynamic ensemble cast and set to a heavenly hit parade of Motown classics.ĭIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES Of course, when you’re a young Black man in America, your coming-of-age story is far from complication-free.
Check out the details below.Ĭhicago, 1964: it’s the last weeks of high school for aspiring poet Preach (Glynn Turman) and his best friend, Cochise (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), and they have a full slate of extracurricular activities: swinging dance parties, late-night joyrides, and the stumbling pursuit of romance.
Solid release month, with lots of goodies. Lastly, Criterion will be releasing Todd Haynes‘ arty and experimental documentary on the legendary art-rock band the Velvet Underground featuring Lou Reed and John Cale-one of the most influential bands of all time. The film starred Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, best known for “ Welcome Back Kotter,” and veteran character actor Glynn Turman. READ MORE: ‘Power Of The Dog,’ ‘Infernal Affairs,’ ‘Malcolm X’ & More Coming From Criterion In NovemberĪ very nice surprise is the inclusion of the 1975 coming-of-age high school comedy, “ Cooley High,” from director Michael Schultz.
The boutique DVD-Blu-Ray label is ending the year with quite a bang, including two trilogy box sets-one from Austrian fear-meister Michael Haneke and one from the lesser-known Mai Zetterling, a Swedish actor turned director who worked with Ingmar Bergman and then started making her own films in the 1960s. Cinephiles take note, it’s that good cineaste time of the month: The Criterion Collection has unveiled its latest line-up, this time for December to wrap up 2022.
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