The Criterion Collection

[Infernal King]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Can no one detect sarcasm? Rofl

I am one of the biggest Criterion enthusiasts in this thread, whether or not I like all of the films or not. My comment was a joke in regards to the one or two people who randomly always come in on the 15th of each month to add their negative two cents.

Do you still buy every single Criterion release?

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Infernal King

Do you still buy every single Criterion release?

Nope. Aside from Blind Chance (own), Limelight (own), and Mister Johnson (Amazon Queue), I've seen all of the films released thus far until November 2015 (I've seen a couple from November already). Here are my purchases for 2015:

02/15 - An Autumn Afternoon
02/15 - Don't Look Now

03/15 - Cries and Whispers

04/15 - Odd Man Out
04/15 - The River

05/15 - Limelight

07/15 - The Black Stallion
07/15 - Hiroshima mon amour
07/15 - The Killers

08/15 - Day for Night
08/15 - Two Days, One Night

09/15 - Blind Chance

10/15 - A Special Day

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10/15 - Mulholland Drive

11/15 - The Apu Trilogy (blind)
11/15 - Ikiru (blind)

I'll more than likely watch and cancel all of the other films because I have absolutely no interest in them.

[pedromvu]

Not sure if it has been discussed, but last week Criterion added a Liv Ullmann photo that appears to be for a new interview to their Instagram page.

Time for a new Bergman release, these seems to be the remaining possibilities:

Hour of the Wolf (1968)
The Passion of Anna (1970)
Scenes from a Marriage (1974) (Upgrade)
Face to Face (1976)
Saraband (2003)

I think a new spine is more probable.

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

Is Glida really that good or are you guys just excited to see Rita Hayworth in HD?

On the whole, Gilda is an engrossing film noir. The ending might be a little too slick, but it has some great lines along the way, as when Rita Hayworth declares, "If I'd been a ranch, they would have named me the Bar Nothing," and Glenn Ford confesses to George Macready, "I was born the night you met me."

But what really lifts the film out of the ordinary is Rita Hayworth's electric performance as Gilda. It's one of those iconic performances that defines a career; in fact, Hayworth admitted in later years (and I'm paraphrasing here) that her love life was disappointing because "Men went to bed with Gilda, but woke up in the morning with Rita Hayworth." The truth is, she makes the movie. If Columbia had cast any of its other contract stars in the role (they also had film noir stalwarts Evelyn Keyes and Nina Foch, among others), the film would have fizzled into mediocrity, at least in my opinion. Hayworth's strip tease to the song "Put the Blame on Mame" is one of those scenes like Marilyn Monroe standing over the subway grate in The Seven Year Itch ... once you've seen it, you'll never forget it.

[SuperFlyHighGuy]

Have the Lady Snowbloods on DVD but might upgrade, I'm sure they'll look nice. Haven't seen Gilda in years but it's an essential film for sure.

[Groot]

Inside Llewyn Davis sold me on the cover-art. I don't keep any cases now except special editions, but I may keep this release in the package as it's pretty great.

[oildude]

Gilda!! The stars are aligned for me because yesterday I got a new art print for my walls.

[Show spoiler]

[Groot]

Originally Posted by oildude

Gilda!! The stars are aligned for me because yesterday a bought a new art print for my walls.

[Show spoiler]

That art print is gorgeous! Where did you get it?

[oildude]

Originally Posted by Groot

That art print is gorgeous! Where did you get it?

Ordered it off ebay. It arrived yesterday. A limited release print from Tim Oliveira. I missed the original release so I paid more than what it sold for initially, but not by much. Quite happy.

[Kolm14]

Seems like Pierrot Le Fou and Ran have new restorations coming out. Don't know if this means anything, but could these releases possibly go back in print?

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Kolm14

Seems like Pierrot Le Fou and Ran have new restorations coming out. Don't know if this means anything, but could these releases possibly go back in print?

I hope so. The worst thing that StudioCanal could have EVER done is paired with Lionsgate.

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by Kolm14

Seems like Pierrot Le Fou and Ran have new restorations coming out. Don't know if this means anything, but could these releases possibly go back in print?

It'd be nice. I'd upgrade Ran day 1. Pierrot Le Fou I'm happy with their 1st disc so unless there's new extas I won't double dip on that one.

[dmarvin]

Inside Llewyn Davis is even more loaded than I ever dreamed it would be. I'm so happy that "Another Day, Another Time" is included, although I had hoped the entire unedited concert (instead of just the concert film) were included. Carey Mulligan and Adam Driver both sang at the concert but were cut, along with several other performances I wanted to see. Overall, it was a brilliant concert that exposed me to some great music and I'd pay $20 for that alone. Instantly became my most anticipated BD release!

[Poya]

Originally Posted by Infernal King

Like what?

Blow Out:
http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...ss=1#vergleich

Koyaanisqatsi:
http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...ss=1#vergleich

Thief:
http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...ss=1#vergleich

I can post many more if you wish. I don't want to bad mouth Criterion. They were my film school and we wouldn't have many classic films in their best shape in home media without them, but they need to put in effort into their encodes. These Arrow transfers were from the same scan that Criterion has but better encoded. Arrow proves that you can have both have many extras and still deliver in AV presentation.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Pretty boring month. Llewyn Davis is a waste os space, since there's already a perfectly fine disc out PQ-wise (and the extras herelooks pretty meager at that).

No interest in Lady Snowblood or Bitter Rice.

Gilda is great but already have the German disc.

The American Friend is the only must buy.

When is Blu-ray.com going to give us a "thumbs down" button?

[cash_black]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

The American Friend is the only must buy.

yup

[Infernal King]

Originally Posted by Poya

Blow Out:
http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...ss=1#vergleich

Koyaanisqatsi:
http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...ss=1#vergleich

Thief:
http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...ss=1#vergleich

I can post many more if you wish. I don't want to bad mouth Criterion. They were my film school and we wouldn't have many classic films in their best shape in home media without them, but they need to put in effort into their encodes. These Arrow transfers were from the same scan that Criterion has but better encoded. Arrow proves that you can have both have many extras and still deliver in AV presentation.

Wow, you're right! Surprised Criterion aren't using better encodes. Any chance of them doing so?

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by Poya

I can post many more if you wish. I don't want to bad mouth Criterion. They were my film school and we wouldn't have many classic films in their best shape in home media without them, but they need to put in effort into their encodes. These Arrow transfers were from the same scan that Criterion has but better encoded. Arrow proves that you can have both have many extras and still deliver in AV presentation.

Poya,

Posting screencaptures and blowing them up to 200% or more to look for "issues" is a very silly game. I am not interested in playing it, but I can just as easily upload a number of screencaptures from Arrow releases (or other releases) with artifacts. In fact, if you started examining Arrow's releases strictly by bringing up these types of blow-ups, you would end up with a lot more "issues".

Pro-B

[JoeBuck]

I actually like Criterions colours better than the Arrow edition. On top of that its not as noticeable when you put it into fullscreen either.
I'm perfectly happy with the Criterion edition of Blow Out
Koyanniqatsi, The Rose, Cries and Whispers and My Own Private Idaho though? Those could've been better...

[BobbyMcGee]

All of the titles in Criterion's latest announcement are homeruns in my book and I look forward to adding them to my collection.