The Criterion Collection

[Cinemach]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

I was barely able to get through Don't Look Now, as the transfer is almost unwatchable on a larger screen. My only hope is that Criterion will someday do it right.

Yeah it's pretty bad, and my screen is only 40" so I can just imagine how bad that scrubbing looks at even 10" larger, let alone a 100" screen. At 6 GBP or so thrown in an Amazon UK order with other titles, it was worth it for the rotten transfer and its (English-friendly) extras.

Certainly one of the worst transfers I have...probably the worst, really. But even comparing its screenshots to Le Samourai, it outclasses it fully.

[Mansinthe]

Originally Posted by TheHighRoller

The November announcement was very disappointing by the way.

criterion releases 25 zatoichi movies , a all time classic like toykio story and city lights? + francis ha (well i never did hear a thing about that movie ^^)

even if you dislike a movie or maybe all you cant seriously call this a disapointing month with 28 movies announcet ! 0o

maybe you will like the next month better. i didnt like the last month that much , but still im gonna probably give the movies a chance at hulu.


@ the people asking for horror movies. isnt "the uninvited" a horror movie?
i think there are already enough labels doing horror / cult horror movies / splatter and trash stuff every month.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

I hope you figure out what you are gonna do about Le Samourai. For $24 you could actually buy, you know, blurays with decent transfers.

Oh, it's locked in at Amazon France with the "Not Yet Shipped", but I would have followed through anyway, because I'm morbidly curious. It's not breaking the bank for me, although I could have scored a better Blu-ray presentation of a different movie for that money.

I own a few Blu-rays that are considered horrible by reviews here (Hitchcock's Family Plot, The Last Starfighter, Near Dark, etc.), but none of them are outright unwatchable.

I'm not expecting anything more than a placeholder.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

IMO it probably made better business sense to combine formats and release only 1 SKU per title. Physical media is on the decline, even though Blu ray is up 15%, DVD's are dying. To produce 2 separate releases costs much more than 1 and the packaging and the storage of a single DVD release costs more than just adding the DVD to the Blu ray release.

Not to mention for a Brick and Mortar store like B&N it makes stocking so much easier. Instead of trying to decide if they want to stock 2 blu and 2 dvd of a Criterion title, or 3 blu and 1 dvd, they can just stock 4 and have their bases covered.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by TheHighRoller

I thought that Criterion lost the release rights (or rather, they expired) to Jean-Pierre Melville's stuff, which is why Leon Morin, Priest is no longer in print???

Criterion still maintains the rights to Le Samourai.

Army of Shadows, Le Cercle Rouge, and the other Melville titles that are on DVD are currently out of print, though.

I'm not sure what the licensing specifics are that led to this situation, though.

[dizzy4111]

Anyone know if Criterion still has the rights to Peeping Tom?

[Yami]

Originally Posted by dizzy4111

Anyone know if Criterion still has the rights to Peeping Tom?

They don't, sadly. They're probably with Lionsgate

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Oh, it's locked in at Amazon France with the "Not Yet Shipped", but I would have followed through anyway, because I'm morbidly curious. It's not breaking the bank for me, although I could have scored a better Blu-ray presentation of a different movie for that money.

I own a few Blu-rays that are considered horrible by reviews here (Hitchcock's Family Plot, The Last Starfighter, Near Dark, etc.), but none of them are outright unwatchable.

I'm not expecting anything more than a placeholder.

Sweet. The transfer can't be as bad as Footloose's can it?

I hope you enjoy it though.

Side note: I hope you know about the $5 off Amazon deal.
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...=1#post7990115

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by TheHighRoller

I would love to see a release of L'Eclisse as well since it's the only other Alain Delon film that Criterion has.

I think L'Eclisse, along with L'Avventura, is just a matter of time.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I think L'Eclisse, along with L'Avventura, is just a matter of time.

Please, please, please.

[onetet]

Originally Posted by TheHighRoller

I would love to see a release of L'Eclisse as well since it's the only other Alain Delon film that Criterion has.

My favorite Antonioni. The whole thing's beautiful, but its final ~15 minutes are a stunning burst of pure cinema.

[SimBelm]

Originally Posted by onetet

I'd like to see Criterion tackle some of the Brazilian Cinema Novo films of the 60s/70s. Very important films with very limited availability.

I'd like to see more back-catalog Claire Denis (I Can't Sleep and Trouble Every Day, anyone?) in the collection as well.

I'd also like to see some early Frederick Wiseman, although he controls his own rights and may not be interested in licensing. Equally important as the Maysles IMO, but lesser-known, partially due to limited availability of his catalog.

Ditto on all of that. Beau Travail is made for Blu, I can't believe it's not on the format yet.

[TheHighRoller]

Originally Posted by Mansinthe

criterion releases 25 zatoichi movies , a all time classic like toykio story and city lights? + francis ha (well i never did hear a thing about that movie ^^)

even if you dislike a movie or maybe all you cant seriously call this a disapointing month with 28 movies announcet ! 0o

maybe you will like the next month better. i didnt like the last month that much , but still im gonna probably give the movies a chance at hulu.

Hopefully I do!

To me, it doesn't matter how many they release, it's what they release and whether it's something I want to own or not. If something I want to own is on Hulu Plus, I'll wait to get it on Blu-ray, or if I can't wait to see it, I'll watch it and get it later like what I did for Les Trois Couleurs, La Promesse and part of Purple Noon.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by SimBelm

Ditto on all of that. Beau Travail is made for Blu, I can't believe it's not on the format yet.

"Rhythm of the Night" will sound killer on a lossless track too.

[TheHighRoller]

Originally Posted by SimBelm

Ditto on all of that. Beau Travail is made for Blu, I can't believe it's not on the format yet.

Agnes Varda's Le Bonheur is also made for Blu-ray as far as it's cinematography goes. Yet the 4x Varda set that it's a part of hasn't been announced on Blu-ray yet.

[TheHighRoller]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Criterion still maintains the rights to Le Samourai.

Army of Shadows, Le Cercle Rouge, and the other Melville titles that are on DVD are currently out of print, though.

I'm not sure what the licensing specifics are that led to this situation, though.

They do?! Is there any proof?

It's strange that all Melville titles are expired except for Le Samourai. Hopefully they announce this in December or something! They did Alain Delon last December.

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I think L'Eclisse, along with L'Avventura, is just a matter of time.

I sure hope so. But I doubt it on the fact that if you watch Hulu Plus, you can usually see what titles are being released next or at least considered. A lot of the recent announcements from May to November I wasn't surprised to see announced since the Hulu Plus icons for them had updated "release" artwork weeks before any announcements were made (I found it strange at the time).

L'Eclisse has the plain DVD artwork, so unless they update it soon, I don't think it will be released any time in the near future. Le Samourai isn't even available, so I don't think it will be released on Blu-ray in the U.S. at all at this point. I'm surprised that The Criterion Collection still has the rights to release it after they lost the rights to the other Melville titles- which did have Blu-ray releases, funny enough. So maybe they have a deal where they only have it in print a one year or two after it's released on Blu-ray, then the rights expire?

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by TheHighRoller

Agnes Varda's Le Bonheur is also made for Blu-ray as far as it's cinematography goes. Yet the 4x Varda set that it's a part of hasn't been announced on Blu-ray yet.

Yeah, it's probably not the visual standout from the set, but the one I want the most is Vagabond. I couldn't stop thinking about it for days afterwards.

Everybody else will go gaga over Cleo, and rightfully so. It's probably my favorite film from the French New Wave.

[SimBelm]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

"Rhythm of the Night" will sound killer on a lossless track too.

Haha only Lavant could make that track cool.

[SimBelm]

Originally Posted by TheHighRoller

Agnes Varda's Le Bonheur is also made for Blu-ray as far as it's cinematography goes. Yet the 4x Varda set that it's a part of hasn't been announced on Blu-ray yet.

One of the reasons I haven't yet gone for the set.

[paulgeneacepeter]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

It should look like this:

Yeah exactly, they should continue with this packaging for dual format