The Criterion Collection

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

Not the Abel Gance film I expected Criterion to get first, but quite welcome!

All I have to say about Abel Gance is when the actual hell are we getting Napoleon on this side of the pond?

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by Ishai

So everyone who wanted it just bought it in the last year and there's plenty of left over stock still in store that will probably be on sale for $10 on Black Friday.

They’re getting smarter and making more, but here’s the problem.

When the store gets ten copies and puts them out, ten people don’t come rushing into the store to by one copy, one guy comes rushing into the store to buy all ten copies, and then ten copies of the next one, and then ten copies of the next one, and then ten copies of the next one.

Somewhere there’s a big fat dude who has probably at least 100 copies of PF on his shelf (right next to 100 copies of every other big release), and he’s listing them for a ton of money. It’s pretty sleazy honestly. While I stand by PF being out of print by now (as in Paramount isn’t pressing any more copies and most if not all of them have left the factory), they’re not worth a ton of money, since probably at least half of the copies in existence are just being hoarded so they can be sold for stupid prices later. The same goes for a lot of movies released over the last few years.

The only discs that are easy to get without paying an arm and a leg to the creeps is T2, Pirates, and Criterion discs. Criterions are expensive enough 90% of the year, and T2 and Pirates sucked. Every other discs is “rare and OOP” and selling for at least twice what they’re really worth.

[Ishai]

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

They’re getting smarter and making more, but here’s the problem.

When the store gets ten copies and puts them out, ten people don’t come rushing into the store to by one copy, one guy comes rushing into the store to buy all ten copies, and then ten copies of the next one, and then ten copies of the next one, and then ten copies of the next one.

Somewhere there’s a big fat dude who has probably at least 100 copies of PF on his shelf (right next to 100 copies of every other big release), and he’s listing them for a ton of money. It’s pretty sleazy honestly. While I stand by PF being out of print by now (as in Paramount isn’t pressing any more copies and most if not all of them have left the factory), they’re not worth a ton of money, since probably at least half of the copies in existence are just being hoarded so they can be sold for stupid prices later. The same goes for a lot of movies released over the last few years.

The only discs that are easy to get without paying an arm and a leg to the creeps is T2, Pirates, and Criterion discs. Criterions are expensive enough 90% of the year, and T2 and Pirates sucked. Every other discs is “rare and OOP” and selling for at least twice what they’re really worth.

The discussion was about Criterion's #1200 and which big title would be appropriate for that round number. Your story about someone buying 100 copies of PF is irrelevant. It's been readily available for anyone who wanted it for almost a year now, even if went OOS tommorow, Criterion would need to get people to double dip a year after a release, which will be tough (and it will cost twice as much as the current Paramount release, which is at $17 on Amazon right now, not really "rare and OOP").

I'm not even going into the fact that it's the one Tarantino movie Paramount has and they're unlikely to license it out before they squeezed every dime they can from their own release.

You can't really believe this is a possibility for Criterion's December releases. There are so many other titles that didn't get a recent release that would make more sense for them.

[Rayjaymay]

I just saw a post on Francis Ford Coppola’s Instagram that was a clip from “Peggy Sue Got Married” with the tag “criterioncollection” under it. Has that been in the works to come from them or did he just tell us that it’s coming?


EDIT

Sorry…turns out it was a repost from Criterion saying the film was available to watch on the Criterion Channel.

[exzachary]

Encounters of the Spooky Kind and Mr. Vampire 1, 2 and 3 open with the Criterion and Janus logos on their streaming service.

[OceanBlue]

Originally Posted by Bradsdadg

Working on a list right now. Having a hard time narrowing it down this time. So far though:

Polyester
The Apu Trilogy
Trilogy of Life
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Carnival of Souls
Meantime
Wildlife
Day for Night
Mouchette (upgrade)
Paris Belongs to Us
The Rules of the Game
Varda
Fellini
Olympics

I can't decide!!

Did a post search in this thread where the film Polyester had been mentioned.

Among the titles I decided to get in the recent VS Labor Day weekend sale was Lust in the Dust (one of the reasons I've been wanting to get a copy of Lust in the Dust was because of the part-spaghetti western theme). Eventually, when there is another Criterion UK sale (ideally on HMV's website), among the titles I want to get is another film where Tab Hunter and Divine starred together in, Polyester.

Off the top of my head, other Criterion titles on my Blu-ray film title want list:

All That Heaven Allows
The Asphalt Jungle
Chilly Scenes of Winter
George Washington (found out this on Facebook recently, discovering it was directed by David Gordon Green (who directed the Blumhouse Halloween trilogy)
Inland Empire
Magnificent Obsession
Marketa Lazarova
Until the End of the World
Wanda
and Written on the Wind.

[Bradsdadg]

Originally Posted by OceanBlue

Did a post search in this thread where the film Polyester had been mentioned.

Among the titles I decided to get in the recent VS Labor Day weekend sale was Lust in the Dust (one of the reasons I've been wanting to get a copy of Lust in the Dust was because of the part-spaghetti western theme). Eventually, when there is another Criterion UK sale (ideally on HMV's website), among the titles I want to get is another film where Tab Hunter and Divine starred together in, Polyester.

Off the top of my head, other Criterion titles on my Blu-ray film title want list:

All That Heaven Allows
The Asphalt Jungle
Chilly Scenes of Winter
George Washington (found out this on Facebook recently, discovering it was directed by David Gordon Green (who directed the Blumhouse Halloween trilogy)
Inland Empire
Magnificent Obsession
Marketa Lazarova
Until the End of the World
Wanda
and Written on the Wind.

Great list! The thing about Criterion with me is that my list is always changing. They have a good amount of titles always coming out, and sometimes my tastes change a bit as to what I want to see next. I need to make a new one for the next sale

[MifuneFan]

Roger Corman visited the Criterion Closet on Tuesday. I had no idea he was now 97 .. I have to imagine he's now the oldest person to visit the closet.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Roger Corman visited the Criterion Closet on Tuesday. I had no idea he was now 97 .. I have to imagine he's now the oldest person to visit the closet.

[Show spoiler]

And despite his age, he's still got a sharp mind and is well spoken, and gives great interviews - he can still tell detailed stories about some movie he made back in 1957.

[CMG]

Maybe MEL BROOKS can visit the Criterion Closet one o'these days; he's also 97.

[ladysnowblood]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I was curious about her lists, so I looked up one. Bolded are those that Criterion has already released on Blu-ray.

Syberberg's German Trilogy has just been restored!
· Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
· Karl May
· Hitler – A Film from Germany

I neeeed this box set + «Theodor Hierneis or How to become a former royal chef» & «The Confessions of Winifred Wagner» as supplements

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by CMG

Maybe MEL BROOKS can visit the Criterion Closet one o'these days; he's also 97.

Dick Van Dyke too.

[TolerancEJ]

Originally Posted by CMG

Maybe MEL BROOKS can visit the Criterion Closet one o'these days; he's also 97.

I bought the Mel Brooks boxed sets twice already (upgraded to Blu-ray.) If Criterion can give them a 4K treatment, I would buy them a 3rd time.

[Egbert Souse]

Roger Corman is probably the guy who mentored the most amount of directors in the collection! Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Peter Bogdanovich, Paul Bartel, Dennis Hopper, Monte Hellman, and Jack Nicholson...

[dkelly26666]

Originally Posted by dvining

Has there been any tea leaves on an Wise Blood?

I just watched it on the Channel, and it seems cleaner and sharper than my memories of the last time I watched it.

*considers making joke about how the colors on the laserdisc were more accurate to the theatrical presentation*

*is pretty sure that's a really narrow reference that no one will bother to even try to remember*

*does not make joke about how the colors on the laserdisc were more accurate*

People are not doing that anymore, they're just not doing it!

[dvining]

Originally Posted by dkelly26666

People are not doing that anymore, they're just not doing it!

I see you givin' me that fast eye.

You watch out. I'm gonna do some things I ain't never done before.

[ukulelemonster]

If Criterion were to release a movie directed by Roger Corman, which one would you think they would pick? (I'm assuming they haven't released any on dvd or laserdisc).

The Vincent Price movies would probably popular be picks, but I think Criterion would probably go with something like Little Shop of Horrors or The Terror.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Roger Corman visited the Criterion Closet on Tuesday. I had no idea he was now 97 .. I have to imagine he's now the oldest person to visit the closet.

At last, someone in the Criterion closet I actually give a shit about and would be interested to see what they chose!

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

And despite his age, he's still got a sharp mind and is well spoken, and gives great interviews - he can still tell detailed stories about some movie he made back in 1957.

I had a couple of good conversations with him years ago on that shite site Twitter and he had a fantastic sense of humor! Not like Friedkin who actually blocked me on the site after I poked fun at his pastel FRENCH CONNECTION. Corman is a real idol of mine, an artist who knew what he was doing and how to do it.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by ukulelemonster

If Criterion were to release a movie directed by Roger Corman, which one would you think they would pick? (I'm assuming they haven't released any on dvd or laserdisc).

FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND, which is criminally underrated and has no Blu release!