Linklater wants to work with Criterion for the DVD!

C: I've have really enjoyed your two Criterion disks, SLACKER and DAZED AND CONFUSED. Are you planning on doing any more of those?

RL: I hope so. I think they’re trying to get the BEFORE SUNRISE and BEFORE SUNSET together, because we’ve done nothing special for either of those, so I’d love to do that. I’m trying to get them to…you know, SUBURBIA’s not even on DVD? It’s kind of getting lost.

C: I love that film. I’m a big Eric Bogosian fan from way back.

RL: Yeah, “subUrbia,” I went to the [current revival] opening in New York. It’s playing in New York. Eric kind of updated it a little bit. His wife, Jo [Bonney], directed it. Excellent production--Gaby Hoffman, Kieran Culkin, a great cast. It’s really wonderful. Anyway, you make a film, it’s always a part of your life. Lincoln Center was trying to show it, and they couldn’t get a print. So, it made me sad that there’s not one print of that movie. What happens to them? There were a couple of hundred at one point, I think. But, anyway, I’d like that one to at least be *beep* available.

C: I’ve actually held off on buying BEFORE SUNSET and BEFORE SUNRISE because I figured someday they’re going to put them together in a deluxe box set.

RL: Yeah, well, hopefully soon. It would be fun.

C: A lot of Criterion release dates gets delayed because they want to add more stuff.

RL: They’re trying to make it as thorough as possible. So, I love working with them, because they really want to make a great disk. They want everything they can possible squeeze on and make it as thorough as they can.