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[filmmusic]

Am I the only one here that doesn't like digipacks for the reason that they deteriorate more easily in time (even if you're as careful as can be) than the regular cases?

[D2Girls]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

Am I the only one here that doesn't like digipacks for the reason that they deteriorate more easily in time (even if you're as careful as can be) than the regular cases?

I find it's just the corners that get bumped and damaged a bit. quite a bit actually... but aside from that, they look very very good. if you treat them well, they'll be fine and look fine for the most part.

[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by Jowiko96

The Mulholland Drive release is a Digi-Pack, folks!

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Nice presentation

Originally Posted by Polaroid

I'm moist

Thx for sharing

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[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Jowiko96

The Mulholland Drive release is a Digi-Pack, folks!

[nitin]

Originally Posted by Namuhana

I didn't work today, but I'll be in tomorrow and so I'll see if I can get any more information on when the sale ends.

would you happen to know if B&N online still has the same exorbitant international shipping rates they had last Criterion sale (which were introduced with the new online site)?

[SlickDamian]

Not a fan of digipaks.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

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WTF do you care? You throw everything in plastic tubs anyway

[Namuhana]

Originally Posted by nitin

would you happen to know if B&N online still has the same exorbitant international shipping rates they had last Criterion sale (which were introduced with the new online site)?

That is something I do not know. The retail stores and the website are somewhat separated. Even for ship-to-home orders made in store the order has to ship within the US (or, at least I believe so; I've never had someone try to ship something abroad).

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by octagon

WTF do you care? You throw everything in plastic tubs anyway

Yeah, but I could throw two plastic case Blu-rays into the plastic bin in the place of one clunky digipak.

First world problems...

[CriterionBlues]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

Am I the only one here that doesn't like digipacks for the reason that they deteriorate more easily in time (even if you're as careful as can be) than the regular cases?

My digipaks have stayed in pretty good condition. And they look good on the shelf.

Thrilled to see that Mulholland Drive is a digi. The package looks terrific!

[BobbyMcGee]

Originally Posted by SlickDamian

Not a fan of digipaks.

Neither am I.

Hopefully this time around they are used only for select releases.

Criterion got a lot of flack the last time they tried to use them and ended up re-releasing a number of titles in plastic cases as a result (or was it all of them?).

I still have quite a few digipacks sitting on my shelf that I wish I had in plastic case form but have not gotten around to "upgrading".

[WonderWeasel]

After all the excitement of watching my Royals make a miraculous comeback in the 8th inning of an elimination game for the second year in a row had ceded last night, I decided to watch Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, and it did not disappoint. Gian Maria Volonté portrayed the sociopathic chief homicide inspector perfectly, and I enjoyed the rather scathing indictment of the Italian justice system during the "Years of Lead". Morricone's simple score was also very good. Are any of the other collaborations between Volonté and Petri worth watching?

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

Am I the only one here that doesn't like digipacks for the reason that they deteriorate more easily in time (even if you're as careful as can be) than the regular cases?

I find it very telling that the Criterion website offers plastic replacement cases and artwork for some digi-pak titles (The Last Metro, The 400 Blows, Night of the Hunter, etc., etc.) ... but to my knowledge, they have never offered a digi-pak replacement for any title originally released in a Scanovo case.

Need I say more?

[jw007]

I watched Ace in the Hole last night for the very first time and wow, this was one infuriating film.

Now I know why forum member Ausjdm sent me this as the grand prize for me winning the Fantasy baseball league we were in...because he couldn't stand the unlikeable characters in this movie.

This is one futuristic film...futuristic in the way today's events and news end up becoming sensationalized and into circuses. It's totally tragic too...but I won't give away any spoilers.

Ace in the Hole is a cautionary tale to say the least. Released in 1951, it was Billy Wilder's darkest film yet. Amazing how it could foretell the future of how journalism and the media report the news. It reminded me a bit of Nightcrawler, as morality and ethics play a major part in the story.

Naturally, Kirk Douglas's character angered me tremendously. And the leading female character was even worse. A whole bunch of scumbags to say the least! I won't reveal any plot spoilers but wow, that ending...it just had to end the way it did. Back in 1951, there was such a thing as "production code" in that certain characters needed certain direction. Today, we don't have this type of "code" any longer. The code lasted from 1930 until 1968. It was a set of industry moral guidelines.

Is anyone else a fan of production code?

I am not, with a resounding no.

Speak and be heard.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by jw007

Is anyone else a fan of production code?

I am not, with a resounding no.

Speak and be heard.

I am not a fan of the "Hays" Code itself, though I do enjoy some of the creative innuendo writers/directors had to come up with to circumvent it, e.g. the "firewood" scene in Jubal, or the implied sexual relationship between Gutman and Wilmer in The Maltese Falcon.

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by jmclick

I find it very telling that the Criterion website offers plastic replacement cases and artwork for some digi-pak titles (The Last Metro, The 400 Blows, Night of the Hunter, etc., etc.) ... but to my knowledge, they have never offered a digi-pak replacement for any title originally released in a Scanovo case.

Need I say more?

I thought they only released plastic replacements for the first digipaks which did suck, I replaced the one from The 400 Blows and Last Year at Marienbad, but I am not sure why they replaced Night of The Hunter since that has the newer style which I really like.

My guess is that wasn't planned to have a digipak release originally but they probably didn't had two disc scanavo cases at the time.

Based solely on look, feel and care taken to create the packaging, I think some of their finest releases are digipaks, Breathless, Dazed and Confused, A Hard Days Night, The Battle of Algiers, and Sweet Smell of Success comes to mind.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by pedromvu

I thought they only released plastic replacements for the first digipaks which did suck, I replaced the one from The 400 Blows and Last Year at Marienbad, but I am not sure why they replaced Night of The Hunter since that has the newer style which I really like.

My guess is that wasn't planned to have a digipak release originally but they probably didn't had two disc scanavo cases at the time.

Based solely on look, feel and care taken to create the packaging, I think some of their finest releases are digipaks, Breathless, Dazed and Confused, A Hard Days Night, The Battle of Algiers, and Sweet Smell of Success comes to mind.

The early digipaks really did suck, but I'm a fan of the newer ones. Every Criterion release I have in the newer digipak form looks absolutely fantastic IMO.

[hoytereden]

I love Pre-code! Although technically it should be called pre-enforced code since it had been drawn up (then promptly ignored) during the silent era but not strictly enforced until 1934.

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

Am I the only one here that doesn't like digipacks for the reason that they deteriorate more easily in time (even if you're as careful as can be) than the regular cases?

Dude, where the hell do you live? On top of Mount Everest? Paper, especially cardboard doesn't deteriorate just like that if you're only somewhat careful. There are books that are many hundreds of years old.

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by pedromvu

I thought they only released plastic replacements for the first digipaks which did suck, I replaced the one from The 400 Blows and Last Year at Marienbad, but I am not sure why they replaced Night of The Hunter since that has the newer style which I really like.

My guess is that wasn't planned to have a digipak release originally but they probably didn't had two disc scanavo cases at the time.

Based solely on look, feel and care taken to create the packaging, I think some of their finest releases are digipaks, Breathless, Dazed and Confused, A Hard Days Night, The Battle of Algiers, and Sweet Smell of Success comes to mind.

The Night of the Hunter is the first type digipak where the booklet sits in a sleeve, but it always moves around flimsily in there:



They also offer a plastic replacement for The Last Emperor, which is also the first type digipak:



Their newer digipaks are better. And the main reason they use these for most of their digipak releases is because the book that they include is too thick to fit in the plastic case:



However, in this case, it might also be because Lynch himself prefers the digipak packaging. Other than Eraserhead, the Twin Peaks box set also has a digipak-like packaging, which I'm sure he was involved with the design of.