The Criterion Collection

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by dkelly26666

I KEEP getting burned like that, LOL.

Last year, I imported "A Rainy Day in New York", "The Elephant Man", and "Crash", only to be double dipping later in the year when all of those saw US releases. This year, I imported "The Pianist", and now it's coming out in the US, and I imported Abel Ferrara's "Siberia", and now it, too, is coming out in the US. I just need to learn that good things come to those who wait.

On the other hand, I've got a slew of imports I bought years ago that have never seen US releases. You just never know.

Happened with me. I bought Secrets & Lies and Irma Vep. Only to have Criterions that actually seem to rival or improve.

I had the issue with Crash only for me to import the German 4K, and then had to import the Arrow 4K. I think about getting the Criterion. But it’s certainly a low priority.

[dkelly26666]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Happened with me. I bought Secrets & Lies and Irma Vep. Only to have Criterions that actually seem to rival or improve.

I had the issue with Crash only for me to import the German 4K, and then had to import the Arrow 4K. I think about getting the Criterion. But it’s certainly a low priority.

I got the German blu ray Mediabook from DiabolikDVD, and like the very next month, Criterion announced it. I got the Criterion, also.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by bsend

We will never get a Walker upgrade unless I buy the DVD at the next sale.

The German mediabook is super cheap

There’s an international release of Siberia?

Originally Posted by slop101

Odds of Criterion getting Soderberg's The Limey on blu soon?

there’s a French 4K UHD

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Buster Scruggs or Mank from Netflix would be nice. Something Scorsese related, and pretty much anything Japanese but Fires on the Plain would be perfect or anything Gosha.

Buster Scruggs might not happen:

Originally Posted by tylergfoster

My understanding is that Criterion inquired about doing a Buster Scruggs Blu-ray, but the Coens declined to participate in extras, and thus the disc was abandoned.

I would happen to see Mank as though the reviews are divisive and a lot of people have issue with Kael’s Raising Kane ascribing Mankiewicz authorship too, but I never got to see it in the cinema because of COVID and with the black and white cinematography it would be nice, especially with Criterion’s Welles connections. GeekGab seems to think it’s happening but you really can’t trust him.

[tylergfoster]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

I would happen to see Mank as though the reviews are divisive and a lot of people have issue with Kael’s Raising Kane ascribing Mankiewicz authorship too, but I never got to see it in the cinema because of COVID and with the black and white cinematography it would be nice, especially with Criterion’s Welles connections. GeekGab seems to think it’s happening but you really can’t trust him.

Seems far more likely that Fincher, given his history of extremely elaborate DVD and Blu-ray editions, would be happy to participate in a Criterion than the extras-shy Coens.

[CelestialAgent]

It’s less likely as it’s a Netflix series but if Fincher could get a Mindhunter Criterion set out there I wouldn’t object

[Pike724]

Is Lars von Trier's Element of Crime upgrade to blu-ray going to happen this year? I'm ready to buy the dvd, but I'll wait if its coming.

[andantelise]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Most commonly 4th Tues in Feb and 3rd Tues Oct, but there has always been a bit of wiggle room esp depending on specific high profile releases

Noted. I'm going to start saving up. I intend to stock up in case of an apocalypse.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Warm Gun

Oh, god damn it. That looks much better than the Criterion Blu-ray, whose grain is a fuzzy digital mess. Also doesn't push the blacks like Criterion's.

[Show spoiler]

Criterion's logic here was just so strange. I know it is only one of the three parts of the movie, but 43 minutes is still long enough for a feature film. Yet they encoded it like an extra. I didn't even know I owned this film until months after finishing all the other Fellini-directed movies in the collection, because I'm not used to digging through special features. I rarely watch them.

Yikes, that's fairly dire. How do they make a transfer that's worse than a disc released more than 10 years ago?

[dumb_dutchman]

Originally Posted by Scottie

Janus update

#2028 (404 page) -- Europa Europa

#2029 - SENNAN ASBESTOS DISASTER (2016, Kazuo Hara)
https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2029

#2030 - A DEDICATED LIFE (1994, Kazuo Hara)
https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2030

#2031 - THE EMPEROR’S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON (1997, Kazuo Hara)
https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2031

#2032 - EXTREME PRIVATE EROS: LOVE SONG 1974 (1974, Kazuo Hara)
https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2032

#2033 - GOODBYE CP (1972, Kazuo Hara)
https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2033

I hope this means they are releasing a Hara box set. Second Run had hinted that there was more Hara in the future from them, but I’d rather pick up the domestic Criterion release. The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On is a fantastic documentary/film.

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

“It's not what a movie is about, it's how it is about it.”

-Roger Ebert

And it's about it in a very "let's sympathise with this rapist" way.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Or a boxset. They have most of his films, so it would be great to just get them out there.

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Do they? They lost some to Studio Canal which Kino then released.

Originally Posted by dvining

They got most (all?) of them back within the last couple of years, hence the re-issue of Army of Shadows.

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Since Kino released Le Doulos, Bob Le Flambeur, & Leon Morin Priest on Blu. I just assumed they had the rights.

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Well, I guess Criterion has a lot and Kino has a lot of them. They have I believe 4 or 5 of them, so I guess they could release those together.

Melville made 13 films.

Criterion has six of them:

Le silence de la mer
Les enfants terribles *
Le deuxième souffle *
Le samouraï
L'armée des ombres
Le cercle rouge

* DVD-only so far, and listed as "Currently Unavailable", but not "Out of Print".

Kino Lorber has four of them:

Bob le flambeur
Léon Morin, prêtre
Le doulos
Un flic

Cohen has one of them:

Deux hommes dans Manhattan

Yet to be released in the US:

Quand tu liras cette lettre
L'aîné des Ferchaux

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Vigojean

Seems like every month someone, somewhere, is disappointed. This guy wants John Sayles, this other guy wants Todd Solondz. I just lower my expectations now so I’m never disappointed

For all labels, the announcements come when they come. Some I will be interested in, some I won't. On occasion, there might be a month's slate where I want all of them; rarely, there might be a slate where I don't want any of them (though I don't recall this ever being the case with Criterion).

I don't worry about it. I have plenty of other things to get tied up into knots about.

[JasonMichael]

Originally Posted by Vigojean

Seems like every month someone, somewhere, is disappointed. This guy wants John Sayles, this other guy wants Todd Solondz. I just lower my expectations now so I’m never disappointed

Originally Posted by jayembee

For all labels, the announcements come when they come. Some I will be interested in, some I won't. On occasion, there might be a month's slate where I want all of them; rarely, there might be a slate where I don't want any of them (though I don't recall this ever being the case with Criterion).

I don't worry about it. I have plenty of other things to get tied up into knots about.

Unless you have prepaid for a subscription like Vinegar Syndrome has, I don't understand being disappointed by any label's announcements. If they put out something I want, I buy it, if they don't have anything I want, I don't. It's not worth hyping yourself up without really knowing anything beforehand and then getting upset because there's nothing to spend your money on.

[bonehica]

Originally Posted by Vigojean

Seems like every month someone, somewhere, is disappointed. This guy wants John Sayles, this other guy wants Todd Solondz. I just lower my expectations now so I’m never disappointed

I'm greedy. I want both of them!

[pikachufan1336]

Are the new releases dropping today?

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by pikachufan1336

Are the new releases dropping today?

Monday.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by pikachufan1336

Are the new releases dropping today?

They don't announce on weekends.

[pikachufan1336]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Monday.

Oh I didn't realize it was Saturday and no announcements on Weekends.
Sorry
Thank You

[Network23]

announcement always fall on the 15th of the month UNLESS it falls on a weekend then it usually pushed to the upcoming monday

[Vigojean]

Not to sound like Dr Phil, but what kind of personal enjoyment do you guys get when purchasing Criterion titles? Anybody here living vicariously through Criterion? I guess the real question is: Why do we buy Criterion titles?