The Criterion Collection

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by bsweetness

Intentional pun? :P

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by bsweetness

Intentional pun? :P

I was waiting to see if anyone would pick up on that.

[TheHighRoller]

Originally Posted by Oblivion138

White and Disc 2 of Carlos both had audio issues in their original pressings. Criterion offers replacements for both.

How do I know if I have a defective disc for White? The back of the box and digipack for it say its a First Pressing.

[TheHighRoller]

Originally Posted by Iamspartacus

Sorry to ask a dumb question but is Nashville a digipack and not a traditional plastic cased criterion?

I was lucky and was able to snag it on Monday for $9.99 at B&N before the sale ended. It's a Digipack. I think they look beautiful, but its annoying that the booklets can't be held in place. And because of the extra DVDs, the Digipacks are bulky.


I guess Criterion is releasing Digipacks again as the main casing.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by TheHighRoller

I was lucky and was able to snag it on Monday for $9.99 at B&N before the sale ended. It's a Digipack. I think they look beautiful, but its annoying that the booklets can't be held in place. And because of the extra DVDs, the Digipacks are bulky.


I guess Criterion is releasing Digipacks again as the main casing.

They're only releasing DigiPacks for three-disc sets. Both City Lights and Frances Ha, for example, are dual format and they are both in plastic cases.

[Scottie]

These should be available in plastic cases, with the rest being DigiPacks.

-The Long Day Closes
-Rififi
-Thief
-Throne Of Blood
-La Vie De Bohème

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by TheHighRoller

I was lucky and was able to snag it on Monday for $9.99 at B&N before the sale ended. It's a Digipack. I think they look beautiful, but its annoying that the booklets can't be held in place. And because of the extra DVDs, the Digipacks are bulky.


I guess Criterion is releasing Digipacks again as the main casing.

I don't know why criterion can't use plastic cases with a "flipper" tray... I find the digipacks to be awfully flimsy.

[BluPix]

Originally Posted by K1NG J0RDAN

I'm interested in the Martin Scorsese World Cinema Project set but unsure about that $120 price tag on amazon. It's $100 on criterion's site but that's still steep considering the bargains many of us just got from BN.

I, too, would like to own the World Cinema Project. It's high on my list of blu-ray priorities as I think it's an important package.

As soon as I see a substantial discount — buy one get one; 40% or more off, etc. — I'll jump. I suspect Barnes & Noble will have a big enough sale this month that makes the price of this box more attractive.

There's always the next Criterion flash sale, but I doubt we'll have to wait that long.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by TheHighRoller

How do I know if I have a defective disc for White? The back of the box and digipack for it say its a First Pressing.

The correct WHITE disc says "Second Pressing".

[SammyJankis]

What is your avatar from, Abdrewes?

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

What is your avatar from, Abdrewes?

His avatar is from Grosse Point Blank. That's a cool little movie with a great soundtrack.

I prefer High Fidelity, but Grosse Point Blank is still awesome.

[fdm]

Originally Posted by RojD

Also, was in a MOOC course an saw Street Angel by Frank Borzage. Worst picture quality I've seen since VHS but what a movie! If we can't get some of Borzage's work on blu, maybe he'd be a good Eclipse subject.

This is out on blu region-free from France, along with two other Borzage titles. I've not seen the blus, but could be worth an import. Don't recall it looking bad in the Fox Borzage big dvd box, and these blus were likely sourced from the same masters, similar to MoC's Sunrise blu.

Long story short I ordered them (while on sale) a couple/three years back, but this was in the midst of amazon.fr's problems with shipping things out and then getting returned to them immediately as having bad addresses, so in the end I never got them. (I've since ordered once or twice from there and had no problems, same address.)

Thought about trying again earlier this week, but decided to spare my wallet some more pain by just going with the couple of titles I was most interested in instead (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg is finally on its way!).

[RiFiFi1955]

Just watched Kurosawa's Dreams last night for the first time. Very interesting watch...there were many wonderful aspects but that last segment was beautiful.

[The Great Owl]

I used a coupon to buy Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion this afternoon, since I had a gift card to use along with it. This is the one December release that I'm really fired up to see, so this is going to be a nice addition to my weekend.

I'm not loving the fact that Dual Format necessitates a digipak with this release, but it's a handsome package.

[14728]

I know the answer is probably no, but is there any chance Pink Floyd's The Wall could get a criterion?

[RojD]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Depends. Sternberg shot two versions at the same time: one in German, one in English. The previous Kino BD had only the German version. The new BD has both. I have the Kino DVD with both, and I want to get the BD with both, but I'm a bit of a completist. Your mileage may vary.

Thanks, jayembee. Sort of a completist here, too, but in denial and was hoping for an excuse to get the new release. I'll read a bit about the two versions so I can rationalize what I'm probably going to do anyway.

Originally Posted by fdm

This is out on blu region-free from France, along with two other Borzage titles. I've not seen the blus, but could be worth an import. Don't recall it looking bad in the Fox Borzage big dvd box, and these blus were likely sourced from the same masters, similar to MoC's Sunrise blu.

Thought about trying again earlier this week, but decided to spare my wallet some more pain by just going with the couple of titles I was most interested in instead ([/i]Les Parapluies de Cherbourg is finally on its way!).

I had no idea, and this is great news. Seems to me like silent film was hitting a real peak when sound interrupted it, and I really liked Street of Angels. Time to stimulate the French economy. ....and I've never seen all of Cherbourg, but the color has to look great in hi def. Keep us posted.

[deadhatetheliving]

Finally made a list of Criterion films I might be interested in purchasing. Bold films I already own

1. The 39 Steps
2. Antichrist
3. Being John Malkovich
4. The Blob
5. Blow Out
6. Bottle Rocket
7. The Brood
8. Cronos
9. The Darjeeling Limited
10. Dazed and Confused
11. The Devil’s Backbone
12. Diabolique
13. Eyes without a Face
14. Fantastic Mr. Fox
15. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
16. Foreign Correspondents
17. Godzilla
18. Island of Lost Souls
19. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
20. The Killing
21. The Lady Vanishes
22. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
23. The Lord of the Flies
24. The Man Who Knew too Much
25. Naked Lunch
26. The Night of the Hunter
27. On the Waterfront
28. Paths of Glory
29. The Phantom Carriage
30. Repo Man
31. Repulsion
32. Robinson Cursoe on Mars
33. Rosemary’s Baby
34. The Royal Tenenbaums
35. Rushmore
36. Scanners
37. Shallow Grave
38. The Thin Red Line
39. Traffic
40. The Uninvited
41. Videodrome

[smoss469]

I said I was done until after Christmas, but apparently I lied. The Gold Rush is on the way now.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by deadhatetheliving

finally made a list of criterion films i might be interested in purchasing. Bold films i already own

1. The 39 steps
2. Antichrist
3. Being john malkovich
4. The blob
5. Blow out
6. Bottle rocket
7. The brood
8. cronos
9. The darjeeling limited
10. dazed and confused
11. The devil’s backbone
12. Diabolique
13. Eyes without a face
14. Fantastic mr. Fox
15. Fear and loathing in las vegas
16. Foreign correspondents
17. Godzilla
18. Island of lost souls
19. It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world
20. The killing
21. The lady vanishes
22. The life aquatic with steve zissou
23. The lord of the flies
24. The man who knew too much
25. Naked lunch
26. The night of the hunter
27. On the waterfront
28. Paths of glory
29. The phantom carriage
30. Repo man
31. Repulsion
32. Robinson cursoe on mars
33. Rosemary’s baby
34. The royal tenenbaums
35. Rushmore
36. Scanners
37. Shallow grave
38. The thin red line
39. Traffic
40. The uninvited
41. videodrome

3, 5, 12, 20, 21, 26, 27, 31, 38, 39

[hoytereden]

Just a heads up-For Robert Bresson fans TCM Imports is showing a film every Sunday night (my time zone)* this month. This week will be his The Trial of Joan of Arc followed by Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc. A fascinating double bill.


*which equals Monday 2am EST