The Criterion Collection

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by wcrouse

Just pulled this off the shelf last week to re-watch, and noticed it was bronzing along the outer edge. Sure enough, it froze just beyond the 50 minute mark. Mailed it in to Mulvaney in hopes the disc replacement program is still in place. I bought this some years ago but hadn't watched it since. It must have come from that bad batch back in 2009-10. I've now gone through and checked my other discs from that period, but thankfully they seem okay.

That sucks. Hopefully you get a replacement.

Originally Posted by koberulz

Really opens up your wallet, too.

All the more reason it should be a cheapie.

I don't care how good it is, it's hard to justify $60 for a half-hour film. I'm used to paying $10-12 for two-hour films. Even feature-length Criterions are quite the mental adjustment.

It's also the only Criterion I can recall ever seeing on Amazon at MSRP.

Who is paying $60 for it? That is $20 more than the MSRP. You say you are used to paying $10-12 for blue. Well, sometimes certain things cost more. In this case it is definitely a case where the quality is so good, it is worth the higher price.

[Buscemi]

I was going through Metacritic and I found Janus is releasing Abbas Kiarostami's last film, the experimental anthology film 24 Frames, next month. Looks like this will join the Collection later in the year.

And Night and Fog will always be an important film. Better to spend $40 on it than something like Tiny Furniture or whatever cheesy movie horror film that just went out-of-print.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Really opens up your wallet, too.

All the more reason it should be a cheapie.

I don't care how good it is, it's hard to justify $60 for a half-hour film. I'm used to paying $10-12 for two-hour films. Even feature-length Criterions are quite the mental adjustment.

It's also the only Criterion I can recall ever seeing on Amazon at MSRP.

Umm ... at Criterion itself, it's $32. A great film, a 100 minute documentary, and other extras -- for $32 and there's a complaint? Really? Have you ever seen this film?

[Banned User]

Originally Posted by ravenus

I always find it funny that people want/expect a whole bunch of studios to "wrestle" with license holders and release titles for their region-locked player, when the much simpler solution is for them to get an all-region player and not be limited by the market.

I have a region free player. I just find it ridiculous that titles like the recent 4k restoration of Ran or Kind Hearts and Coronets sit in license limbo and get no Region A release simply because of Lionsgate/Studiocanals failed studiocanal collection attempt.. I was simply venting my frustration that such a large library of important films can only be purchased by going region free and hoping Criterion is making an attempt to get them back.

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Who is paying $60 for it? That is $20 more than the MSRP.

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Umm ... at Criterion itself, it's $32.

$40 US is $53 AU, and that's without getting it into the country.

Originally Posted by Buscemi

And Night and Fog will always be an important film. Better to spend $40 on it than something like Tiny Furniture or whatever cheesy movie horror film that just went out-of-print.

*quietly hides "mad magician 3D" eBay search*

Have you ever seen this film?

I haven't, which is another reason to be nervous about dropping so much coin on it.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Really opens up your wallet, too.

All the more reason it should be a cheapie.

I don't care how good it is, it's hard to justify $60 for a half-hour film. I'm used to paying $10-12 for two-hour films. Even feature-length Criterions are quite the mental adjustment.

It's also the only Criterion I can recall ever seeing on Amazon at MSRP.

So...don't buy it then?

[20th Century Boy]

Originally Posted by octagon

We can barely count on getting one set of announcements more or less around the 15th but good luck with that

Trying to shame them into it.

[jshaide]

Interesting. . .

The Metrograph in NYC is having a DCP screening of SALESMAN on January 26th. Janus is listed in the description. Perhaps a Blu for this is on the way.

[MifuneFan]

Akijama just broke the news that The Princess Bride is coming to the collection:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=301070

Originally Posted by Akijama

link

I suspect this will be another 4K remaster.

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

So...don't buy it then?

That's definitely my plan for now, at least, but that does preclude watching it.

[bwdowiak]

Night and Fog is about 30 minutes and I couldn't wait for it to be over. I like art films as much as the next CC fan, but Resnais comes off as bogus to me.

I'd much rather watch Richard Widmark's courtroom presentation about the horrors of Nazi Germany in Judgment at Nuremberg for something short and effective on the topic.

[olivianewtonyawn]

Originally Posted by jshaide

Interesting. . .

The Metrograph in NYC is having a DCP screening of SALESMAN on January 26th. Janus is listed in the description. Perhaps a Blu for this is on the way.

Hope this is true. Asghar Farhadi is one of my favorite working directors at the moment. I have loved every film of his that I've seen so far, A Separation, The Past, About Elly, most recently, The Salesman. These films are all worth checking out.

EDIT: Just realized you're referring to the Maysles doc... whoops. I guess an upgrade from the DVD is not that crazy.

[MifuneFan]

Yes, Salesman should be coming to BD this year

[Nightman04]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

I'll probably go a little nuts during that Feb sale.


Worried.

When I get the approval from the Fiance, I hope to go A LOT nuts.

[Nightman04]

Originally Posted by latehong

Below are all the dates of Criterion 24-hour flash sale for the last 7 years :

　2011　　　02 24 Thu　　　09 08 Thu
　2012　　　02 14 Tue　　　09 24 Mon
　2013　　　02 24 Tue　　　10 01 Tue
　2014　　　02 25 Tue　　　10 09 Thu
　2015　　　03 10 Tue　　　10 06 Tue
　2016　　　02 23 Tue　　　10 18 Tue
　2017　　　02 28 Tue　　　10 17 Tue

So it's almost definitely Tuesday, and most likely the end of February. 20th or 27th?

Awesome! Thanks for the info!!

[billy pilgrim]

Originally Posted by Nightman04

When I get the approval from the Fiance, I hope to go A LOT nuts.

You need to get approval? Wow, sorry brother.

[ShellOilJunior]

In the newest issue of 'Cineaste,' Criterion CEO and Janus Managing Director Jonathan Turell is interviewed in a round-table discussion about "the Changing world of home video," and at the end of his bio it states: he "eagerly awaits Criterion's re-release of The Princess Bride.

Has it changed enough that Warner Bros. would license 2001: A Space Odyssey to Criterion?

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Has it changed enough that Warner Bros. would license 2001: A Space Odyssey to Criterion?

I doubt it. I feel like there's films (like this one) that some studios would never license out.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I doubt it. I feel like there's films (like this one) that some studios would never license out.

I thought the same a few years ago then they released On the Waterfront.

[dcfan88]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Has it changed enough that Warner Bros. would license 2001: A Space Odyssey to Criterion?

I'd like them to. It was once a Criterion title but it was on Laserdisc. WB did license Barry Lyndon to Criterion, even though I don't see them doing the same with 2001, them licensing Barry Lyndon could be a sign that things are changing