I don't know how people take so much away from screenshots. I might be a little weird, but I need to actually see the moving picture on screen in order to make any determination. It helps a little when they do side by side comparisons, but I still can't tell how much I like it.

As for Herzog, they really do need to get some of his stuff in the collection. It makes no sense at all. Not just for the great films, but I'm sure they could do some awesome things in regards to supplements.

I was actually very fortunate to see the 35mm print of Breathless yesterday. The Criterion screenshots have the same look as the 35mm print, the SC pictures show too much contrast boosting.

I just pre-ordered my first Criterion's. House, Modern Times, and The Thin Red Line. Was thinking about getting the Magician also but decided to pass for now.

Godard and Herzog
 

Sorry, not to highjack the dedicated Criterion thread, but I just bought myself tickets to the Toronto International Film Festival screenings of Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialism and Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams (a 3D film, no less). I read the controversy back in the spring from Cannes about the Godard film, so I'm going in with eyes wide open and not as an apologist/disciple. Definitely looking forward to both of these!

(I've bought tickets to 14 films, but may go see one or two more. Black Swan was already sold out.)

There is too much talk about Criterion. Let's talk about Studio Canal or something.

Not hijacking this thread at all...quite appropriate information for this group. ;)

ENJOY the show...tell us what you thought about it afterwards. :)

Let's talk about silents...

CG...thanks a lot for reminding me about the Keaton coming out soon...way to drain my wallet even more than I had hoped to! :p

Did you get the 3 Silents yet? I'm trying to be a good boy and wait.

Not a bad picture for the late summer/fall...3 Silents, more Keaton and Chaplin...ahhh....*sigh*

Interesting you talked about the von Sternberg silents. As you all know I live in Kentucky. Last week I ordered them and the shipping started in Kentucky. Actually 15 mins away from where I live. Then it went up about 2-3 hour drive in Kentucky and sat there for 3-4 days. So I called and asked why is it just sitting there. No answer. So this morning I checked and now not only did it finally move, but to f'n Iowa.

So let's recap. I live in Kentucky. The shipment was picked up 15 mins of where I live. 15. Takes a day or 2 to ship it to 2 hours away and sit there for 4 days (in a smaller county no less). Then it ships out of state, with more fun to come.

I got free shipping on this but don't understand. When you use cheaper shipping, they use more transportation. When you pay more for shipping, less transportation. Are they not wasting money on transportation?

I have a feeling that von Sternbrg set (if it gets here) will be smashed.

And a BD coming from the UK...with free shipping gets to upstate NY in 8 days...sometimes just boggles the mind.

LOL on your amusing anecdote... :( on the possibility of it being smashed.

If it's Kentucky...then you must have gone with Amazon. From past experiences...things shipped from their Kentucky depot have typically come in very good shape. A decent "dense" cardboard box...especially for a cardboard based case (digipack).

The last boxset that I got from Amazon was the "Band of Brothers" tin boxset. It was from one of the other warehouse locations and came with a decent ding on the edge of the tin. It didn't come in a box...but had a thin roll of corrugated cardboard wrapped around it.

Oh well...what can ya do?!

I think if you lived in Ohio you'd get your package sooner. Ironic since the shipping center is in your home state (when Criterion ships to me it's 2, 3 days tops-- very fast and it routes through KY).

Amazon UK shipped the Psycho Blu-ray to me in 7 business days.

Then on the other hand, Deep Discount took about 11 business days to ship Black Orpheus to me :/

Shell...Criterion Central is in Kentucky?...wasn't aware of that. I've never ordered directly from them before. I either immediate gratification buy them from BB/BN (whoever is cheaper at the time) or wait for the sales for the ones I've waited on. ;)

I ordered the set from Barnes & Noble. This is the first it's messed up like this.

The Criterion Warehouse, Amazon, and looks like Barnes is all in Kentucky (don't ask me why, but it's cool.).

When I order from Criterion's site, it comes the next day because they use UPS. Best thing about Criterion for me.:cool:

This B&N order crap is getting on my nerves though. I was pissed when it went from 15 mins of me to 2 hours, in Eastern Kentucky. It sat there for 3+ days. I was ticked off then. Now this morning it's in Iowa? :angry:

Oh well, I got an $80 set for $40, so that's cool. It's just I "don't have it" yet.

Hey, count yourselves lucky.
I'm still waiting for my July titles from Barnes & Noble, shipped on July 28th :eek:

I live near fort Wayne Indiana. During the criterion sale I had an order ship got to fort Wayne in three days but usps sent it to new York and then back before I got it. No wondering usps is losing money.

Barnes went through DHL to USPS. UPS is my only fav. DHL & USPS ships it all over to just waste time I guess, since you paid for crappy shipping.

You're going to love Flicker Alley's upcoming release:

http://www.flickeralley.com/images/f...infront_29.jpg

So, for those who want to see Chaplin's earlier works at Keystone (1913) will dig this release.

LOL... when you first mentioned all the shipping problems my first thought was Deep Discount.

As for warehouses located in Kentucky I think I read somewhere that Kentucky has some of the lowest worker wages in the U.S. and some of the most anti-union labor laws in the country. That probably has a lot to do with it.

Hmmm, interesting. We are also one of the states that have shipping taxes (some websites only have like KY, and I think states like FL).

Deep Discount has problems even shipping a product out. Barnes & Noble isn't the problem. It's the cheap shipping option they use for "Free Shipping", A.K.A "We'll give it to DHL to transfer to USPS and you Might get it someday!".

P.S., that package still hasn't left Iowa now. So USPS won't do anything else until Tuesday.:angry: They will be getting a call again then if it's not here Tuesday.

Shipping or sales taxes? I'm not familiar with shipping taxes. Florida doesn't charge any sales taxes (yet) for items shipped from out of state thankfully. Though more and more states are beginning to do so. It's the bigget reason 90%+ of my electronics/media puchases come from online retailers.

EDIT - Just added up my Amazon orders for 2010 and it comes out to $2,708 for items already received, not including future pre-orders. :ohnoes: And that's not including orders from all the other websites like Deep Discount, Barnes & Noble, Amazon UK store, Criterion.com, etc. :panic:

Crap, I think I meant sales tax. Sorry.