A big Criterion day for me today

Videodrome arrived and i picked up America Lost and Found

Um.

My Videodrome & Cronos both shipped on Thursday, the only downside being that they're a Christmas present from my wife to me so I won't be able to open them for another month :D
(from Axel Music by the way)

i ordered Videodrome from Axel Music as well

I've never ordered from Axel Music, but do they usually just ship things a week and a half in advance?

Lynch is not popular in the U.S., nor are his films, really. Doesn't mean they aren't good, but they aren't really good in a financial sense for a company if they can't sell copies. I mean, Lost Highway finally came out on DVD just a few years ago, 10 years after it played in theaters (partly because October films went under, so the rights got shuffled around). I assume Blue Velvet and possibly Twin Peaks will hit blu sooner than later... maybe Mulholland Drive. The others, I wouldn't hold your breath, but I could be wrong.

I imported region-free copies of The Elephant Man and Wild at Heart, and both look pretty good barring a full digital clean up.

And Dune is out in region A... and ironically, that's his most "commercial" film.

Cmoooon...Hausu, dark?? It's downright whimsical. Just sayin.

I agree. I think that Lynch has no control over studios releasing his stuff. But if Criterion got the license they would want to include him in the process. And Lynch is just impossible to work with when it comes to how he wants his films presented.

My teacher was Lynch's writing partner for years, writing Twin Peaks the TV show and film, and he tells me stories all the time about crazy Mr. Lynch.

So I think that it is more the prospect of letting Lynch basically control the release that CC is wary of.

Seriously, screw UPS. It takes them an entire week for a film to even get to my house, when it shipped from only a couple of states over. Oh, wait, it still hasn't come in. Departed from Mass three days ago, I live in New Hampshire, and still haven't gotten my Modern Times in. Oh, I also ordered The Thin Red Line with UPS, so maybe I'll get that in a couple of months, if I'm lucky.

Strange that your UPS is that bad. I've always received my orders with UPS on the specified delivery dates such as 2 days for Amazon and 3 for Barnes & Noble. Are your orders beyond the estimated delivery dates?

For Modern Times, it said the estimated date was today. The Thin Red Line shipped, but there hasn't been information on the tracker for two days now.

Well, you think if that was actually the case, then his films would actually make money at the US box office.

http://www.the-numbers.com/people/directors/DLYNC.php

You'll probably get Modern Times on Monday since UPS doesn't deliver on weekends. They also don't ship on Thanksgiving and Black Friday so that shouldn't count on the shipping estimate. The thing that sucks about the holidays is if you order right before one, it makes the wait even longer.

I don't have the stats, but box office intake and home video sales can differ quite a bit. Lynch's films are the exact kind of cult cinema that flourishes on home video.

Both "Mulholland Drive" and "Inland Empire" played at the little arthouse cinema theater in my city for about a week each. Their release format is completely different than most "successful" theatrical releases. For arthouse/avant garde cinema, I'm sure Criterion would love to obtain the rights to release everything from "Blue Velvet" through "Inland Empire".

And seeing as "Blue Velvet" and "Wild at Heart" are both owned by MGM, I really hope Criterion gets a chance to release them.

BBS Set Review Is Up:

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Americ.../14981/#Review

Picked it up today, with the BN coupon around this weekend the in-store price is pretty decent. Can't wait to dive into this release :)

Good point.... I'm sure there are plenty of people who would love to see his films in the theater but, like myself, are unable due to their very limited release. I live in NYC where I can find pretty much any movie released and I was unable to find Inland Empire anywhere near me. I guess that begs the question "Do they release these films in such few theaters because people wont see it? or will people not see it becuse they dont have the opportunity to?" Like you said, These are the types of films that make most of their money on the home video format. Keeping my fingers crossed for a Mulholland Drive (One of my top 10 favorite movies of all time) and Blue Velvet blu release..... regardless of the distributor.

Lynch basically released Inland Empire himself and much of the time brought it screening to screening personally.

So i was just randomly playing with my new camera and i thought of taking my most recent CC.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...4/DSC_0090.jpg

Got the last of my Barnes & Noble shipments in yesterday's mail

Blu-rays purchased in the latest sale.

Vivre Sa Vie
Breathless
Charade
The Red Shoes
The Thin Red Line

I really like the subtitles on blu-rays. So much better than the blocky subtitles on DVDs

The picture quality is fabulous on the Thin Red Line and my projector is only 720p.