[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by UNCMT9

I, too, have considered blind buying The Killing, so I can't comment. NOTH is outstanding. The film's cinematography is some of the best I've ever seen in cinema history. Robert Mitchum is incredible as the villain. Don't expect a scary movie per say. It has a lot of dark humor but it makes for a great story. The features are amazing and it's one of the best Criterions I own. The only bad thing is the packaging. It's in a cardboard digibook style package, and chances are it will arrived some what banged up unless you buy it in stores. This seems to be the case for a lot of folks who bought theirs and had it shipped.

This.

I've never seen The Killing, but The Night of the Hunter is one of my all-time favorites. It's a glorious Criterion package.

I did have to visit a couple of stores before I found a digipak that was not jacked up, though.