The Criterion Collection

[AreaFive]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Fire on the Plains

Thank you so much for mentioning this! I watched this quite some time ago on the Criterion Channel and could not remember what it was called. It's a remarkably powerful film that really stays with you and I'd love to pick it up.

[jshaide]

For Channel people, if I start an expiring movie before midnight does it cut off after midnight hits?

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by joshinminn

Some releases I would be thrilled to see get a respectable treatment from Criterion or one of the other boutiques: Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), Happiness (1998), any of Hal Hartley's films, The Straight Story (1999), In the Company of Men (1997), Presumed Innocent (1990), A Simple Plan (1998), Wild at Heart (1990), Lolita (1962), Delicatessen (1991), City of Lost Children (1995), and on and on..

Just got a 4K release from Sony in that Classics box set, so I doubt that is an option.

[mmarczi]

As several others have said, my biggest hopes for Criterion in 2024 are for more SD to HD upgrades. The biggest title on my list for years has been The Spirit of the Beehive, so hopefully that one finally happens this year. With Erice releasing a new movie and the subject of retrospectives, I imagine it has a fair chance of happening.

Many other notable titles in SD purgatory from Criterion:

Grand Illusion
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
Henry V
Hamlet
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Blood of a Poet
Testament of Orpheus
Pygmalion
Alexander Nevsky
Ivan the Terrible
I Know Where I'm Going!
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Diary of a Chambermaid
Carl Theodor Dreyer Box Set
The Shop on Main Street
Closely Watched Trains
Spellbound
Loves of a Blonde
The Firemen's Ball
The Importance of Being Earnest
Red Beard
À Nous la Liberté
Man Bites Dog
Trouble in Paradise
Contempt
Pépé le moko
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
The Adventures of Antoine Doinel
Coup de grâce
Quai des Orfèvres
Il posto
I fidanzati
Diary of a Country Priest
Stray Dog
The Lower Depths
Early Summer
French Cancan
Secret Honor
The King of Kings
Youth of the Beast
Fighting Elegy
Casque d'Or
Touchez pas au grisbi
Thieves' Highway
Young Törless
A Generation
Kanal
Divorce Italian Style
Unfaithfully Yours
The Browning Version
Crazed Fruit
Le notti bianche
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Samurai Rebellion
Samurai Spy
Sword of the Beast
Kill!
Shoot the Piano Player
Ran
Forbidden Games
The Bad Sleep Well
The Complete Mr. Arkadin
The Children Are Watching Us
La bête humaine
Murmur of the Heart
Lacombe, Lucien
Viridiana
A Canterbury Tale
Hands over the City
The Fallen Idol
Corridors of Blood
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Fires on the Plain
The Burmese Harp
The Face of Another
Les enfants terrible
Cría cuervos ...
The Threepenny Opera
Drunken Angel
This Sporting Life
Death of a Cyclist
The Thief of Bagdad
Twenty-Four Eyes
La ronde
Le plaisir
Le deuxième souffle
Hobson's Choice
That Hamilton Woman
White Dog

Apologies for the length of the list, but it's long for a reason. The point is they have a tremendous amount of titles that they only have available (if still in print) in SD. And yes, I am aware that many of these titles are or have been available on Blu-Ray or UHD from other labels, whether in this region or others, and in most cases I have them. In some cases other labels have the rights so upgrading is impossible. In some cases I'm sure there aren't sufficient materials for an HD upgrade. But there is still a lot of room to get more of these titles into HD.

The truth is their efforts to upgrade SD titles have diminished since they began UHD, prioritizing HD to UHD upgrades. As others have suggested, I'm more likely to jump on an SD to HD/UHD upgrade than I am to jump on an HD to UHD upgrade.

But at least they haven't entirely forgotten these titles. Peeping Tom is one upcoming title, even if it's only coming out after several of us already purchased the UK release. We're also (finally!) getting Floating Weeds back in print and in Region A, and The Devil and Daniel Webster, not to mention a wealth of Chantal Akerman titles. And LaserDisc upgrades of I Am Cuba and Trainspotting. Other still somewhat recent upgrades include Blast of Silence (another long-held want crossed off), The Red Balloon, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and Arsenic and Old Lace. I have to admit I'm often most excited for these SD upgrades when they make announcements and I always prioritize buying the ones that interest me.

[Jobla]

Any of the following would please me:

Eyes Wide Shut
The Return of the Secaucus Seven
A View From the Bridge (Sidney Lumet)
The Glass Menagerie (1987, Paul Newman)
M (1951)
One From the Heart (Coppola)
High and Low (yellow, readable subtitles)
A Perfect Couple (Altman)

[NeoNical]

From what I can remember: Eyes Wide Shut had a 20th anniversary reissue done by Park Circus in collaboration with Warner Bros. International back in 2019. This version supposedly comes as a 4K DCP but I haven't been able to find anyone or any piece to confirm if this is true (The Park Circus trailer doesn't mention a new restoration at all). I've heard people mention about a 4K DCP but nothing to really clarify if this is actually a new restoration or if they were mistakenly given the older HD remaster. Mind you, this was one of the earliest Kubrick titles to get re-released alongside 2001, Shining, and Barry Lyndon. Anyways, there was a point where it was rumored to be getting a 4K UHD in late 2019 (then in 2020, then in 2022, and so it goes). This site's official announcement for this film actually stated a 4K UHD slated for that timeframe, which was what got me initially excited and waiting for one.

Clocking in 4.5 years later and if there was a 4K DCP, then there hasn't been any signs of the 4K UHD itself and 10 out of 13 of Kubrick's films have already been released on 4K UHD! The other remaining two are Barry Lyndon, which has a 4K restoration used for the Criterion Blu-ray, and Lolita, which much like Fear and Desire won't have a strong demand for a 4K. With the 25th anniversary coming in this year, I sincerely hope this will be the year that SOMEBODY (Can be from any company at this point because I genuinely do not care anymore) actually releases this on 4K UHD.

25th Anniversary. 4K UHD. Hopefully not another Blue Christmas.

[Doctor Jack]

I just want more Kubrick, A simple Plan, and Dead Presidents. Please.

[Watershipdownisgood]

Yes Dead Presidents please awesome film I'm buying the DVD this year please Criterion give this a Blu Ray you did Menace II Society but please do Dead Presidents it really deserves it.

[Ned Brainard]

What would I want?
The Wedding March (1928)
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Captain Blood (1935)
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Seventh Heaven (1927 - probably wishful thinking here)
More Harold Lloyd
More Charlie Chaplin

[Caseyscott]

More titles from their Czech holdings, and early Costa-Gavras please.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

It’s been one day. They were flooded with orders. Relax.

I was going to ask if that post was the earliest ever shipping complaint following a sale?

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by KrugerIndustrial

One title I really wanted to get from the sale was Pale Flower. I have never seen it, but it has been sitting on my wish list for over a decade. I read earlier that there's a Blu-ray out in France that uses a new 4K restoration. Hopefully, Criterion will give us a 4K release in the very near future.

It's amazing. I saw it in 35mm in Los Angeles on Mother's Day one year and it was just amazing. I highly recommend checking it out as soon as it hits 4K.

[JupiterMission]

Multi-quote madness!!!

Originally Posted by joshinminn

Happiness (1998)

I just re-watched Happiness the other night for the first time in over twenty years, and holy moly is that movie dark. I remembered it was "messed up," but my blood just stopped cold at a couple points. Such a good movie, and definitely needs an upgrade, as the DVD looks pretty bad.

Originally Posted by jshaide

For Channel people, if I start an expiring movie before midnight does it cut off after midnight hits?

My answer is a little late here, but for future reference: I have had better luck with Criterion Channel than HBO Max (which cuts off immediately at midnight EST). I can't remember the exact situation, but I have definitely had an expiring movie on CC run beyond midnight CST. I don't know if their cut off is midnight Pacific time or what, but I know I've been able to go beyond midnight Central time.

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

I was going to ask if that post was the earliest ever shipping complaint following a sale?

For many of us, part of the joy of ordering movies in any sale is closing the tab that has your order confirmation screen, and immediately logging into blu-ray.com to complain about how it hasn't shipped yet. After every sale order, I try to post shipping updates in all relevant threads daily until my packages arrive. Once my order comes I open it up, check the packaging for blemishes, check discs for scratches, and report back here. If a disc needs replaced, I continue to update the forums on a daily basis about the status of my situation. Once I have all of the films in my possession and undamaged, I put them on my shelf, take a picture for my various social media pages to see if I can get some hearts and thumbs-up, and I never watch them. In fact, I have only ever seen four movies in my lifetime, and three of them were in-flight movies where I simply couldn't avoid seeing at least some portion of the screen.

[zoodermin]

Originally Posted by jshaide

For Channel people, if I start an expiring movie before midnight does it cut off after midnight hits?

I started watching Little Murders yesterday at 11 pm ET and I finished it without any issues.

[joshinminn]

Originally Posted by JupiterMission

I just re-watched Happiness the other night for the first time in over twenty years, and holy moly is that movie dark. I remembered it was "messed up," but my blood just stopped cold at a couple points. Such a good movie, and definitely needs an upgrade, as the DVD looks pretty bad.

Yes, I think it is as dark as a comedy could possibly be. I remember seeing it in a theater, and a few people walked out near the end when

[Show spoiler]Dylan Baker is talking with his son about what he did to his friend

. I thought, you made it through this whole film, and now at the end, it finally pushed you over the edge?! Not a film for everyone, but a great one nonetheless. It's one of the last DVDs I watch that isn't enhanced for widescreen TVs and is letterboxed with curtains on the sides. Like watching a postage stamp in middle of the screen!

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

I started watching Little Murders yesterday at 11 pm ET and I finished it without any issues.

Yeah, I got through Amateur, which ended around 1am, without issue.

[Mose Harper]

No shipping update email here either.



However I did just receive a packed box from Criterion.
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it's my flash order.

[HuggyBear73]

Do we know if Criterion has the 4K rights to ..STRAW DOGS?

Isn't the rights now with FOX .. which is Disney?


Plus, I ordered 2 hrs into the flash sale and still no ship confirmation.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by JupiterMission

For many of us, part of the joy of ordering movies in any sale is closing the tab that has your order confirmation screen, and immediately logging into blu-ray.com to complain about how it hasn't shipped yet. After every sale order, I try to post shipping updates in all relevant threads daily until my packages arrive. Once my order comes I open it up, check the packaging for blemishes, check discs for scratches, and report back here. If a disc needs replaced, I continue to update the forums on a daily basis about the status of my situation. Once I have all of the films in my possession and undamaged, I put them on my shelf, take a picture for my various social media pages to see if I can get some hearts and thumbs-up, and I never watch them. In fact, I have only ever seen four movies in my lifetime, and three of them were in-flight movies where I simply couldn't avoid seeing at least some portion of the screen.

Oversharing!

[mmarczi]

I didn't know where else to put this but sadly David Bordwell has reportedly passed away.