The Criterion Collection

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by ChinaMan

Yojimbo/Sanjuro and Che

I listed those..... see... just look

[Cocophone]

I really liked the packaging for Sweet Smell of Success. Much better than a plastic box.

[ChinaMan]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

I listed those..... see... just look

Hahaha

Are you dino88 on CAG?

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by ChinaMan

Hahaha

Are you dino88 on CAG?

Since I don't own any video games.... I'm gonna go with "no"

[ChinaMan]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Since I don't own any video games.... I'm gonna go with "no"

Hahaha

Oh yeah, to the member who said their order got canceled on Criterion, don't worry. I've read on CAG *cough* that Criterion accidentally sent cancellation emails for people who got their orders on back-order.

You'll probably have to email Criterion to fix your canceled order.

[biglou114]

Originally Posted by greekak229

Glad March is a slow month for Criterions, to save money for once, but I love the April and May releases. Is anybody not too psyched with the March releases?

I'm really excited for Topsy-Turvy!

[Jr7936]

I got the still walking blu ray in the mail today and I love the way the book, and the disc look together. it looks gorgeous imo

[fdm]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

I listed those..... see... just look

There was also Button, which came with its very own cardboard slipcase.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by rkish

It wasn't so much that I couldn't "connect" with the characters, but had more to deal with the story itself,

[Show spoiler]namely the ending. I thought it was kind of dopey to have our hero drive like a druken child on the return trip and drive himself off the edge. AT LEAST Clouzot could have had him drive over the "forgotten explosive charge" and blown himself up. I was very disappointed by the current ending.

I feel pretty strongly the same way.

[Show spoiler] After playing our emotions like fiddles for over two hours that ending seemed incredibly manipulative and heavy-handed. I could have lived with a fairly traditional 'the sense of invunlerability and immortality which got him through all this is that which causes his ultimate downfall' fatal flaw but being beaten over the head with it seemed a bit much.

I won't go so far as to say it made me view the film all that differently. I wasn't really sure it had too much replay value before the SPOILER.

I'm just saying the SPOILER didn't help.

[kinglm]

Originally Posted by GunRanger

Did Criterion cancel anyone else's order from the sale? I have no idea why they did it to me.

No, I did not get a cancelation email, but I did get an email that said because I may have received a cancelation email due to out of stock items, that it was sent by mistake and that my orders were OK.

[Jwilly019]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

(I may forget some, so sorry)

The Leopard uses a cardboard case as well.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by greekak229

Glad March is a slow month for Criterions, to save money for once, but I love the April and May releases. Is anybody not too psyched with the March releases? I think I'm gonna pick up Au revoir les enfants, and that's probably it.

I'm really excited about Au revoir and Topsy-Turvy, although I might have to wait until a sale to pick them up.

[italy12]

Originally Posted by repete66211

Not to mention House Party (1990), House Party 2 (1991), House Party 3 (1994)...Kid'n'Play were so craaaazy.

One of them, Play, is a university instructor down here at the University of North Carolina - Central. A guest speaker I had come to our school last year was attending that particular school, a historically Black college, and said Play was his teacher.

I do think House Party deserves a mention here...although not Criterion related.

[italy12]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

A similar situation just happened to me, though it wasn't with a girl. I've yet to meet a girl that is educated when it comes to Criterion. One day..

Well, the girl looking up "House" was not the one who knew of the CC House. The guy I was standing and waiting with was the one...he's about my age and had a crazy college roommate who collected (and watched) all sorts of oddball films. My co-worker said he used to make him watch them with him.

My wife makes fun of me for posting on CC's wall on fb...she gets a kick out of repeating what I posted while we're hanging out...

Many females are not "in the know" when it comes to CC...at least the females I know.

[ShellOilJunior]

To be fair, the average person doesn't know about Criterion.

[Hendershot737]

Quick question (off topic...)

Does Criterion.com charge for a pre-order when the order is placed or when they actually ship the pre-ordered movie?

[reallyagi]

Originally Posted by Hendershot737

Quick question (off topic...)

Does Criterion.com charge for a pre-order when the order is placed or when they actually ship the pre-ordered movie?

When it ships.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

As Criterion Cast reported on Twitter, Criterion have flipped the image in the cover art of The Great Dictator so that it's more Chaplin, less Hitler.

http://www.criterion.com/films/27605-the-great-dictator

Which makes no sense to me as it undermines the design, but whatever.

It's making the best of a bad situation. The art really should have been better in the first place. Probably too late to go back to the drawing board with new imagery at this point.

[octagon]

I wonder if Time will have to redo their top ten covers now.

[Woodstove]

Originally Posted by repete66211

I bought a Janus Films and Criterion Collection t-shirt off the AV Club years ago. So far no one has said anything about the Criterion collection, mainly beause it's just the cock-eyed C on the front ("Criterion Collection" is in tiny letters on the back, vertical), but a couple of people have acknowledged the Janus Films shirt. They usually say, "Hey, Janus Films" like they recognize it but can't remember from where.

I have the Janus Films shirt too, but every time I wear it with a cardigan it says "anus Film," which provokes strange looks from cashiers and the like.