The Criterion Collection

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I always pass on The Killers during these sales because I'm sure it'll get upgraded .....but it never does. What to do?

Just go for it :P and pay extra when/if it does get upgrade lol

[dressedtokill]

So no announcements today?

[Vinyl]

Originally Posted by dressedtokill

So no announcements today?

wait until next week. I am thinking Tuesday (or hoping).

[Rich Pure Doom]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I always pass on The Killers during these sales because I'm sure it'll get upgraded .....but it never does. What to do?

Don't get it. It's gonna be upgraded soon and Arrow in the UK already has an awesome Blu of it out.

[JoeBuck]

Originally Posted by Vinyl

wait until next week. I am thinking Tuesday (or hoping).

Its going to be on monday as today is the 15th.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by dressedtokill

So no announcements today?

No.

Announcements are on the 15th of the month, but if the 15th falls on a weekend day or a holiday, they get pushed out to Monday. Or to Tuesday if Monday's a holiday.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

I don't see how a personal film - one telling of Malle's own childhood experience during the war could ever be described as "award bait 'prestige' fare."

Lacombe, Lucien is a fantastic character study about a boy who is looking to be somebody and makes some unfortunate decisions along the way. I don't recall much of a score pushing along the drama. It is quiet, slow, and almost painful to watch as the main character imposes his authoritative will on a young girl and her father. the end of the film

[Show spoiler]is artistic, haunting, and rather thought provoking.

in other words, NOT award bait!

Agreed. Saying Au Revoir or Lacombe is awards bait couldn't be further from the truth, especially the latter.

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by SilentDawn

Well, today was my (probably) one and only run to the B&N Criterion sale. I picked up:

La Dolce Vita

La Haine

Black Narcissus

Beauty And The Beast (Jean Cocteau)

The only one that I've seen from this haul is La Haine, so I'm excited to dig into these blind-buys.

Great choices! Black Narcissus is one of my favorites among all the films in the collection, simply because of the breathtaking three-strip Technicolor photography by Jack Cardiff ... he more than deserved the Oscar he won for it. Deborah Kerr is fantastic in it (she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress), and so is Kathleen Byron, whose performance is a knockout that impresses me more with every viewing. Enjoy!

[The Great Owl]

I just finished revisiting The Vanishing Blu-ray for the third time in two weeks. If any of you have still not included this one in your sale haul, then now is the time. It's my favorite Criterion title of 2014. Insomnia is probably a close second, and the two movies would make for a great double feature, since they both involve dual foreign languages and associated accents in the plot lines.

Originally Posted by Page14

Nice pick-up on The Golden Age of Television. I've always been interested in that one, but never think to check out B&N's DVD section whenever these sales come about (only the blurays). Making a note to myself for the next trip.

I figured that the chance of The Golden Age of Television ever seeing the light of day on Blu-ray is pretty slim, so today was a good time to take advantage.

Sadly, the new plastic case for The Golden Age of Television is pretty godawful. It's a three-disc plastic case and is pretty much the DVD equivalent of the Dual-Format plastic three-disc cases a few months ago. Normally, this would be wonderful, but the booklet for this title is so enormous that it makes the plastic case bulge out in the middle so that there is a big opening. This plastic DVD case looks like that big dude in Monty Python's Life of Brian before he exploded. I'm not joking.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I figured that the chance of The Golden Age of Television ever seeing the light of day on Blu-ray is pretty slim, so today was a good time to take advantage.

Sadly, the new plastic case for The Golden Age of Television is pretty godawful. It's a three-disc plastic case and is pretty much the DVD equivalent of the Dual-Format plastic three-disc cases a few months ago. Normally, this would be wonderful, but the booklet for this title is so enormous that it makes the plastic case bulge out in the middle so that there is a big opening. This plastic DVD case looks like that big dude in Monty Python's Life of Brian before he exploded. I'm not joking.

That's too bad. It's been on my wishlist for a while now, but I've put off buying it because none of my local B&N's ever have it in stock when they have a sale on. Maybe I'll look for a used copy of the digipack version. As for a possible Blu Ray upgrade, I don't see the point. These are kinescopes we're talking about.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

This plastic DVD case looks like that big dude in Monty Python's Life of Brian before he exploded. I'm not joking.

I think you mean Monty Python's Meaning of Life.

"Would you like a waffer-thin mint?"

[oildude]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Sadly, the new plastic case for The Golden Age of Television is pretty godawful. It's a three-disc plastic case and is pretty much the DVD equivalent of the Dual-Format plastic three-disc cases a few months ago. Normally, this would be wonderful, but the booklet for this title is so enormous that it makes the plastic case bulge out in the middle so that there is a big opening. This plastic DVD case looks like that big dude in Monty Python's Life of Brian before he exploded. I'm not joking.

That would be The Meaning of Life.

"It's only one little wafer thin mint".

EDIT: Damn, a second too slow in my posting. Kind of scary how jayembee and I think alike.

[The Great Owl]

Here are the pictures of this new case for The Golden Age of Television...

[Show spoiler]

If you put your ear up to the side of the case, then you can barely hear it saying, "Feed me, Seymour. Feed me."



Oh, and, yes, I meant to say The Meaning of Life.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Here are the pictures of this new case for The Golden Age of Television...

[Show spoiler]

If you put your ear up to the side of the case, then you can barely hear it saying, "Feed me, Seymour. Feed me."



Oh, and, yes, I meant to say The Meaning of Life.

Wow... Why did they change it from that beautiful digipak?

[MitchA17]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Wow... Why did they change it from that beautiful digipak?

BECAUSE THE DIGIPAKS TAKE UP so much space in my house and on my shelf and whatnot and I hate them and they're ugly and I don't want DVDs and clear cases forever and ever

In all honesty, no idea. The same thing happened with The Night of the Hunter, and it sounds like it's happening with Foreign Correspondent. My love of digipaks has been previously documented, so I'll refrain from repeating myself, but this upsets me

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by MitchA17

BECAUSE THE DIGIPAKS TAKE UP so much space in my house and on my shelf and whatnot and I hate them and they're ugly and I don't want DVDs and clear cases forever and ever

In all honesty, no idea. The same thing happened with The Night of the Hunter, and it sounds like it's happening with Foreign Correspondent. My love of digipaks has been previously documented, so I'll refrain from repeating myself, but this upsets me

I'm still trying to get over 'The Double Life of Veronique' upgrade from digipak to clear case.

:'(

[Namuhana]

Originally Posted by MitchA17

BECAUSE THE DIGIPAKS TAKE UP so much space in my house and on my shelf and whatnot and I hate them and they're ugly and I don't want DVDs and clear cases forever and ever

In all honesty, no idea. The same thing happened with The Night of the Hunter, and it sounds like it's happening with Foreign Correspondent. My love of digipaks has been previously documented, so I'll refrain from repeating myself, but this upsets me

Yeah, I love the digipaks. I think they look so much better than the regular release cases. Plus, I actually preferred the dual-format releases because I don't always have access to a Blu-ray player.

It annoys me that people complained so much about the dual-format and digipak releases that Criterion reverted back to separate releases, and now people are complaining that we're getting pamphlets instead of booklets. Plus, those who complain that the digipaks take up space, here's a thought: you don't have to buy the release. Criterion explained that they have to cut back due to finances, so the complaints make no sense to me. We can't get everything we want; this is a business after all.

I'm sorry if this comes off as rude.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Namuhana

Yeah, I love the digipaks. I think they look so much better than the regular release cases. Plus, I actually preferred the dual-format releases because I don't always have access to a Blu-ray player.

It annoys me that people complained so much about the dual-format and digipak releases that Criterion reverted back to separate releases, and now people are complaining that we're getting pamphlets instead of booklets. Plus, those who complain that the digipaks take up space, here's a thought: you don't have to buy the release. Criterion explained that they have to cut back due to finances, so the complaints make no sense to me. We can't get everything we want; this is a business after all.

I'm sorry if this comes off as rude.

It annoyed me too :P! I loved DF as I can watch DVDs in bedroom and blurays in lounge, now i have to incest in another american player which is £100 odd.

I found digipaks felt for complete and more thought went into them, they stand out and look beautiful and you can include for in them, bigger books/booklets, more artwork.

TGAOT is perfect example of why plastic cases are flawed an limited, they look cheap, generic and don't feel special and you can't fit nice big booklets in them.

Tbh this argument has gone on and on and ends up going in circles - can't please everyone I suppose!

[oildude]

Originally Posted by Namuhana

I'm sorry if this comes off as rude.

Nope, it comes off as a complaint about complainers

I think the issue was never about digipacks by themselves. If Criterion had kept them similar in size and frequency of use to previous years, it would not have lead to complaints. But what Criterion did was give each digipack a dose of steroids and make them standard for almost every new release. These new versions were huge.

Criterion did come up with a solution of finally getting a three-disc plastic case, but then abandoned the whole dual format thing immediately after these rolled out. Their abandonment of dual format had less to do with complaints about packaging and more to do with DVD-buyers (institutional and individual) not appreciating the extra Blu-ray.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by oildude

Their abandonment of dual format had less to do with complaints about packaging and more to do with DVD-buyers (institutional and individual) not appreciating the extra Blu-ray.

Or the extra expense, I would think.