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ShellOilJunior · 08-08-2025, 12:03 PM

Good to see Eclipse return with a Kiarostami set.

This is an interesting development because it may change how potential mainline box sets are handled. No names needed!

Vinyl · 08-08-2025, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Rayjg

Didn't the Eclipse line peter out due to poor sales? Y'all gonna buy them now?

I bought one. I didn’t like the films partially due to the low quality of the masters. I haven’t been interested in any others because of that even though some films in those sets interest me.

FindOneInEveryCar · 08-08-2025, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Rayjg

Didn't the Eclipse line peter out due to poor sales? Y'all gonna buy them now?

It certainly sounds like there is some interest in buying them on blu-ray rather than DVD, at least in this thread. How that translates to the real world remains to be seen, I guess, but I have to think that Criterion has some idea of how much demand there is for this stuff.

Cremildo · 08-08-2025, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Rayjg

Didn't the Eclipse line peter out due to poor sales? Y'all gonna buy them now?

I bought a few in the late 2000s/early 2010s and loved them, then stopped because I stopped buying DVDs.

They'll be releasing them on Blu-ray now, so... Yes.

joshinminn · 08-08-2025, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rayjg

Didn't the Eclipse line peter out due to poor sales? Y'all gonna buy them now?

If they are priced right and released at a pace that supports regular blind buying, I'll grab them as they are released.

dwk · 08-08-2025, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Rayjg

Didn't the Eclipse line peter out due to poor sales? Y'all gonna buy them now?

No, I think it stopped for three reasons;
1. The person running the line, Michael Koresky, left Criterion
2. The Criterion Channel
3. Phasing out of releasing DVDs.

Areyakiddin · 08-08-2025, 04:22 PM

They stopped DVD-only releases in the mainline series in 2010. No surprise if by 2018, many of the possible buyers of the Eclipse series were no longer interested in buying DVDs and were waiting for Criterion to start doing Blu-ray editions of the line.

nicwood · 08-08-2025, 05:11 PM

Criterion have Cape Fear 1962 and 1991:

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Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Some label picked up both Cape Fear movies, we tried. Since it's been 5 years or so, you can probably guess who.

Watershipdownisgood · 08-08-2025, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by nicwood

Criterion have Cape Fear 1962 and 1991:

Well Criterion needs to put them both out on 4K already as I'm thinking of buying the old Blu-Rays next year. I'm getting sick of waiting on 4Ks of these two.

Winslow Leach · 08-08-2025, 05:23 PM

I would love for both versions of Cape Fear to see the light of day on 4K.

Dr. Zaius · 08-08-2025, 06:17 PM

Querelle · 08-08-2025, 06:50 PM

Hell yeah, what a great closet visit. Love the RZA

mca213 · 08-08-2025, 07:23 PM

RZA's film knowledge is off the charts...

FindOneInEveryCar · 08-08-2025, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Winslow Leach

I would love for both versions of Cape Fear to see the light of day on 4K.

That would be a great two-pack, like the two versions of The Killers.

DimitriL · 08-08-2025, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by dwk

No, I think it stopped for three reasons;
1. The person running the line, Michael Koresky, left Criterion
2. The Criterion Channel
3. Phasing out of releasing DVDs.

I think there's another reason: they couldn't afford the staff anymore. They had, what, two major layoffs in the last 10 years?

CinemaBlu · 08-08-2025, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by FindOneInEveryCar

That would be a great two-pack, like the two versions of The Killers.

Or the two versions of The Front Page. Or the two versions of Magnificent Obsession.

But I think both films are important enough to each have their own release, like the two versions of Nightmare Alley.

Al_The_Strange · 08-08-2025, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by FindOneInEveryCar

That would be a great two-pack, like the two versions of The Killers.

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Originally Posted by CinemaBlu

Or the two versions of The Front Page. Or the two versions of Magnificent Obsession.

But I think both films are important enough to each have their own release, like the two versions of Nightmare Alley.

Maybe I'm crazy for dreaming about it, but I'm hoping it'll be two separate cases in a slipbox like the Yojimbo/Sanjuro set.

logboy · 08-08-2025, 09:45 PM

kinuyo tanaka janus retrospective trailer

also ...

[Show spoiler]

BoydR12 · 08-09-2025, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by sc1957

Well, they've announced only one set for sure, with others possibly in the pipeline. If the first few sets don't sell to their expectations, the project may fade away. These are sort of obscure films, older, subtitled, and mostly black and white, so they do have an audience that's rather small.

If you read the blurb on the email they sent out, they specifically mentioned a handful of sets that were coming soon. So for sure several in the pipeline.

Fabs · 08-09-2025, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by logboy

kinuyo tanaka janus retrospective trailer

Kinuyo Tanaka Retrospective | Trailer | March 18 - 27 - YouTube

also ...

[Show spoiler]

Watched the retrospective trailer and these look phenomenal.

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08-08-2025, 12:03 PM	#232381
ShellOilJunior Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2009 Location:USA Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:10	Good to see Eclipse return with a Kiarostami set. This is an interesting development because it may change how potential mainline box sets are handled. No names needed!

08-08-2025, 04:22 PM	#232387
Areyakiddin Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Apr 2022 4K collection:136 Blu-ray collection:1446 DVD collection:74 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:19	They stopped DVD-only releases in the mainline series in 2010. No surprise if by 2018, many of the possible buyers of the Eclipse series were no longer interested in buying DVDs and were waiting for Criterion to start doing Blu-ray editions of the line.

08-08-2025, 05:23 PM	#232390
Winslow Leach Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2020 Location:Connecticut 4K collection:55 Blu-ray collection:255 DVD collection:312	I would love for both versions of Cape Fear to see the light of day on 4K.

08-08-2025, 06:50 PM	#232392
Querelle Active Member Member since:Jan 2012 Location:Brest 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:-	Hell yeah, what a great closet visit. Love the RZA

08-08-2025, 07:23 PM	#232393
mca213 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2014 4K collection:60 Blu-ray collection:1617 Trading Score:13	RZA's film knowledge is off the charts...

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