The Criterion Collection

[Fabi T]

Lol, I feel like a total idiot... thanks guys!
I was checking through the bunch and all others had 2 discs stacked on the right side, one of them being the 4k. So I didn't check under the booklet.

Thanks a lot guys!!

[Mose Harper]

Last night I watched the copy of the Dazed & Confused UHD I got in the flash sale.
it had a 2mm long scratch that looked to be deep (deeper than just light scuff marks scratches, anyway).
Fortunately it played fine.

I saw this at the theater in '93 and didn't warm up to it.

Finally seeing it again after thirty years, it played as a profoundly different experience.
What I thought back then was an awkward ping-ponging between cartoon-ish stoner comedy and lame dramatics- with some detours for bizarre, mean spirited activity to juice it up- I now see had a lot more honesty and nuance than I gave it credit for.
Along with an actual point that I wasn't open to seeing years ago
I was honestly surprised at my reaction.

This isn't the first time my feelings about a movie radically changed for the better with a follow up viewing years later.
Oddly enough, the three times that stick out most prominently were all titles that Criterion put out (Don't Look Now, Picnic At Hanging Rock, and this).

I have another ten titles to get through from that sale, but the extent to which I enjoyed this last night, went a long way to pretty much justifying the whole order.

[MifuneFan]

Lynch/Oz (2022) added to Janus' website

https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2116

[filmlover22]

FYI - I have 3 shrink wrapped/new Criterion blurays I am looking to offload.

• Silence of the Lambs
• Night of the Hunter
• Picnic at Hanging Rock

PM me if interested.

[BluCollector13]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Lynch/Oz (2022) added to Janus' website

https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2116

I've liked/loved Philippe's prior cinematic dissertations (loved "78/52" and enjoyed "Memory", but not as much).

Curious if this could open the door to a box set of those three films plus whatever other docs and dissertations he has.

[mazzyhope815]

My flash sale order arrived today in England via Stackry, my first from Criterion.com, and my brand new shrink-wrapped copy of The Virgin Suicides 4K is missing the 4K disc, just one regular blu-ray disc inside. Bollocks.

[BadBart]

Be sure to check under the booklet as Criterion seems to be sneaky and hides them from everyone.

[mazzyhope815]

Sadly it's not under the booklet or the blu-ray disc.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by mazzyhope815

Sadly it's not under the booklet or the blu-ray disc.

That sucks. Criterion can probably send a replacement to your stackry address

[drush9999]

Originally Posted by mazzyhope815

My flash sale order arrived today in England via Stackry, my first from Criterion.com, and my brand new shrink-wrapped copy of The Virgin Suicides 4K is missing the 4K disc, just one regular blu-ray disc inside. Bollocks.

Contact Criterion, I've had replacement discs shipped from New York to my UK address directly. So hopefully they can sort something.

[djgabz]

Hi everyone! I order like 5 Criterion at the Flash Sale, Okja (UHD/BD), Sound of Metal (UHD/BD), Menace 2 Society (UHD/BD), Power of the Dog (UHD/BD) and The Worst Person in the World (BD).

I had to return everything because of all the discs were scratched except Sound of Metal UHD/BD and Power of the Dog BD disc. Even the one that are 99% mint have mini scratches on it, but it's tolerable.

At least Criterion have a good customer service. They answer rapidly and will send replacement discs.

I hope that Criterion will change his pressing plant in the future because it's becoming disastrous. I collect Blu-rays since 2007 and 2023 becoming the worst year for collector. I received a lot of discs that have imperfections and severe ones, not only Criterion.

I hope that company that release disc will press their disc in Germany plant or other place in a near future because it's becoming very disappointing for collector. But I still buying them because the quality of video/sound is not comparable to platform streaming despite the many inconveniences.

[concolt]

Originally Posted by djgabz

Hi everyone! I order like 5 Criterion at the Flash Sale, Okja (UHD/BD), Sound of Metal (UHD/BD), Menace 2 Society (UHD/BD), Power of the Dog (UHD/BD) and The Worst Person in the World (BD).

I had to return everything because of all the discs were scratched except Sound of Metal UHD/BD and Power of the Dog BD disc. Even the one that are 99% mint have mini scratches on it, but it's tolerable.

At least Criterion have a good customer service. They answer rapidly and will send replacement discs.

I hope that Criterion will change his pressing plant in the future because it's becoming disastrous. I collect Blu-rays since 2007 and 2023 becoming the worst year for collector. I received a lot of discs that have imperfections and severe ones, not only Criterion.

I hope that company that release disc will press their disc in Germany plant or other place in a near future because it's becoming very disappointing for collector. But I still buying them because the quality of video/sound is not comparable to platform streaming despite the many inconveniences.

Did you try playing the movies before returning them?

[djgabz]

Originally Posted by concolt

Did you try playing the movies before returning them?

Nope, I bought them new and I pay for a premium product. Why have products that worst than used one? I buy a lot of use bluray/4k movies in audio/book stores that are in better condition than that. They must be notified if there are quality control flaws.

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Lynch/Oz (2022) added to Janus' website

https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2116

Coming out June 2nd at IFC Center.

[FragnitoM]

Just saw the new Louis Garrel film The Innocent in cinemas and was surprised to see it open with a Janus Logo. Not listed on the janus site, but I assume it will get a physical release at some point

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by FragnitoM

Just saw the new Louis Garrel film The Innocent in cinemas and was surprised to see it open with a Janus Logo. Not listed on the janus site, but I assume it will get a physical release at some point

It's listed there. It's actually one of the four films featured on the front page of the site.

https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2113

[FragnitoM]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

It's listed there. It's actually one of the four films featured on the front page of the site.

https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2113

Okay weird because I couldn’t find it by searching by the American or French title.

[DukeTogo84]

https://www.criterion.com/current/po...VslAs0jFlC5aLc

Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai | Trailer - YouTube

I'm curious how many of these Criterion has the rights to? Typhoon Club for sure, but not sure of any of the rest.

[Scottie]

Wreckmeister Harmonies (2000)
https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2117

The Third Generation (1979)
https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2118

The Eight Mountains (2022)
https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2119

[MifuneFan]

Béla Tarr finally in the collection