The Criterion Collection

[themp3000]

I’m just waiting for Dragon Inn and Come and See. I’m a guy of simple wants, what can I say.

[joy-division]

Just bought La Poison solely because of the cover artist. Will be getting it signed by him along with the Special edition of The Producers

[cropduster]

Originally Posted by kylec123

Unrelated to anything being talked about currently, but I'd probably shit my pants if Christiane F. (Uli Edel) got a Criterion release.

Easily one of the best pieces of German cinema from the 80s. No English friendly BD release exists.

I agree, it is one of the best German films from the 80s. I've almost imported the German blu-ray a couple of times even though I don't speak German. It's a shame if Criterion has no interest in releasing this, though I'm sure even if they did, it wouldn't be a big seller.

I'm still holding out hope that someone will issue a blu-ray of this with English subtitles.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by kylec123

Unrelated to anything being talked about currently, but I'd probably shit my pants if Christiane F. (Uli Edel) got a Criterion release.

Easily one of the best pieces of German cinema from the 80s. No English friendly BD release exists.

I'm right there with you, since I'm a huge David Bowie fan.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Fair enough, but my main argument still stands and is still valid.

Criterion's release of The Breakfast Club includes never-before-seen deleted and extended scenes. That makes it a worthy addition to the Collection.

A T2 release by Criterion would have nothing close to that. There's zero reason for it to exist, and zero reason why anyone would pay $20-$40 for it if it did.

Again, it's never going to happen anyway.

I don't think it's impossible. If James Cameron wanted T2 in the collection he could make it happen. That's how Director Bay got two of his films spines in the collection.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by jayj15

They had a vote on facebook a few years back. If I remember correctly "Le Samourai" had the most votes.

I don't recall a poll on Facebooks. There was an Amazon CC poll back in 2009. Howards End received the most votes.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

If James Cameron wanted T2 in the collection he could make it happen That's how Director Bay got two of his films spines in the collection.

The question is WHY would James Cameron want T2 or any other film of his to be in "The Collection"? He is already acknowledged as one of the masters of modern spectacle cinema, and most of his films out on blu-ray or DVD have very thorough documentaries / retrospectives.

Michael Bay took the initiative of working with Criterion because at that point of time most mainstream studios had not yet gotten into documenting the making of films and recording director's perspectives etc, so it stoked his ego to get all that exposure through Criterion. Once the major studios followed Criterion's lead, you no longer had any of Michael Bay's or most other modern mainstream blockbuster films being featured in the Criterion Collection.

It's understandable that some Criterion label fans think it's the only label that matters but, without diminishing their pioneering work in this field, you gotta realize that's no longer true.

[MifuneFan]

Cohen Media Group will be releasing Claude Berry's classic film The Two of Us (1967) on May 29th, sourced from a new 4K restoration. The film was previously released by Criterion on DVD.

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[bsend]

Any chance Criterion can get "How to get ahead in advertising" (1989) for a new blu ray release?

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by bsend

Any chance Criterion can get "How to get ahead in advertising" (1989) for a new blu ray release?

It depends who has the rights now. Wouldn't be surprised if Arrow actually had it in the US. They released it with the special (and limited) edition of Withnail and I in the UK, newly remastered

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Withn...lu-ray/119313/

[jlk5844]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Depends on the licensing costs and the money they would potentially put into extras. It will never happen, but it also doesn't mean it would be some automatic success just because it has the "C" on it.

Well, it wouldn't sell as many units as the Lionsgate editions obviously. Not even close. And yeah, it'll never happen. But this is freakin Terminator 2, one of the most popular movies out there, at least in terms of its genre which sells extremely well. I have to disagree, it would move a lot of units by Criterion's standards simply with their branding, but they wouldn't add nothing to it in terms of extras, so its a moot point anyway.

[mfitzwah]

Something I'm wondering about now that I've received my copy of the sure-to-be-amazing The Passion of Joan of Arc blu-ray, the Dreyer box set that Criterion put out years ago is no longer sold on their site and only on Amazon, and even Amazon is not currently carrying it, just other sellers through Amazon.

I wonder if those films are headed for a blu-ray upgrade in the future? Would love to experience restored versions of Day of Wrath, Ordet, and Gertrud.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by mfitzwah

Something I'm wondering about now that I've received my copy of the sure-to-be-amazing The Passion of Joan of Arc blu-ray, the Dreyer box set that Criterion put out years ago is no longer sold on their site and only on Amazon, and even Amazon is not currently carrying it, just other sellers through Amazon.

I wonder if those films are headed for a blu-ray upgrade in the future? Would love to experience restored versions of Day of Wrath, Ordet, and Gertrud.

They've been gone for a long time now from Criterion and Amazon. They were released overseas a couple years back, sourced from new restorations, so hopefully Criterion does release them eventually.

The UK set (which also includes Master of the House) is very reasonably priced, if you're region free

[mfitzwah]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

They've been gone for a long time now from Criterion and Amazon. They were released overseas a couple years back, sourced from new restorations, so hopefully Criterion does release them eventually.

The UK set (which also includes Master of the House) is very reasonably priced, if you're region free

Unfortunately, not region free. But thanks for the suggestion in case I ever am!

[dwk]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

It depends who has the rights now. Wouldn't be surprised if Arrow actually had it in the US. They released it with the special (and limited) edition of Withnail and I in the UK, newly remastered

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Withn...lu-ray/119313/

Criterion has the HandMade Films catalog in the US (Time Bandits has already been re-released, and the rest are on FilmStruck.)

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by dwk

Criterion has the HandMade Films catalog in the US (Time Bandits has already been re-released, and the rest are on FilmStruck.)

Oh that's good to know.

[20th Century Boy]

Originally Posted by themp3000

I’m just waiting for Dragon Inn and Come and See. I’m a guy of simple wants, what can I say.

Couldn't hold out. Got the MOC version when it was released. Doing the same for Legend, even though Olive has US rights to that, not Criterion.

[20th Century Boy]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

Personally, I would be happy with nothing but upgrades for a while.

For reals. I'm jonzing for Godard & (more) Bergman upgrades. Come. On.

[captainron_howdy]

Originally Posted by 20th Century Boy

For reals. I'm jonzing for Godard & (more) Bergman upgrades. Come. On.

We really need 'Hour of the Wolf' on criterion.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by 20th Century Boy

Couldn't hold out. Got the MOC version when it was released. Doing the same for Legend, even though Olive has US rights to that, not Criterion.

Kino