The Criterion Collection

[bingtau]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

As far as I can see, "Boyhood" is the new movie with the shortest window between a blu-ray release and a Criterion upgrade release, and that took almost two years. Wes Anderson's films seem to take about three years. "Traffic" took slightly less time than "Boyhood", but that was one where Criterion had already done it on DVD. Two years seems like a safe minimum bet.

What about Llewyn Davis? seems like that one went to Criterion fairly quick.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by bingtau

What about Llewyn Davis? seems like that one went to Criterion fairly quick.

About 22 months.

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Originally Posted by 20th Century Boy

I simply don't trust streaming. The quality and availability is always in flux and in someone else's hands. Heck you don't even own your own TVs these days, you're just "leasing" them.

I'm completely with you on the streaming topic but I own my TV as far as I know unless you mean there's so many new ones coming out.

I strictly have streaming and amazon instant video as a back up for movies I haven't seen yet or films that aren't on blu ray yet but that's it. For films I want to own and collect it's physical media all the way. Streaming is plagued with horrible compression, bad internet service, macroblocking and titles contracts running in and out. You also don't own the films. I want that security of knowing I physically own the film and can watch it anytime I want.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

If it exhausts/drains someone, maybe it's not the right hobby for them?

You're not talking about Owl running in 26 mile circles, are you?

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

I'm fairly certain I own my television.

Nah, pretty sure you're just leasing it and you don't even know it. We all are.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

Nah, pretty sure you're just leasing it and you don't even know it. We all are.

Sonofa....! Do I have to pay $.15 extra per movie if I've watched too many by the time the lease is up?

[jw007]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Sorry, was it edited? I went back and looked and didn't see anything about every single movie ever created or 100,000 blu-rays.

I exaggerated.

But I had said : "Trying to own as many films as possible is an exercise in futility for sure."

So the point about "trying to own as many as possible" just for the sake of doing so might be considered extreme.

This is why I truly admire iScottie's decision to sell off and refine his collection. It's much easier just buying/collecting than making a conscious decision to seriously edit/refine what you have.

I just like good "life editing".

The weird thing is, I appreciate what I have more, when I have less.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by bingtau

What about Llewyn Davis? seems like that one went to Criterion fairly quick.

Going by the dates in the blu-ray database, Inside Llewyn Davis took 679 days while Boyhood took 644.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by jw007

It's much easier just buying/collecting than making a conscious decision to seriously edit/refine what you have.

Exactly. Just buying stuff is a lot easier. Even if I wanted to make a conscious decision to seriously edit/refine what I have that sounds pretty exhausting. Draining, even.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

No Jim Thompson? I would assume you'd really like his stuff if you like the hard boiled guys.

I've got some of his stuff (The Killer Inside Me, etc.) in various hardboiled fiction anthologies.

[ShellOilJunior]

Criterion has a new post up about speaking with Mark Harris on 3/20/2017. His book Five Came Back has been adapted into a 3-hour Netflix movie.

The directors his projected are concerned with are John Ford, Frank Capra, William Wyler, George Stevens, and John Huston during the WWII years.

Could this mean a forthcoming release from one or more of those 5?

[ElliesDad]

Originally Posted by mja345

Don't get me wrong, I own quite a few books. I own Vonnegut's entire bibliography, Tom Robbins' entire bibliography, Tom Wolfe's entire bibliography, most of John Irving's stuff, most of Bukowski's stuff, and a lot of others. But if there's a current book I want to read, I tend to just read it on my tablet. If I'm going to collect something physically, I'm choosing films at this point. My girlfriend, on the other hand, buys a lot of physical copies of books and is a Netflix addict.

The topic has kind of moved on but just wanted to add that my comment wasn't in any way a criticism toward you, rather it was just a reaction to the general concept of 'physical copies of books'. To my admittedly old-school way of thinking 'books' are 'books', 'reading a tablet' is 'reading a tablet', and conflating the two does a disservice to books.

The type of reading may have some relevance. My sister reads a ton of romance and other light novels on her tablet~ no harm, no foul. I love George R.R. Martin's stuff and although it's not Dostoyevsky I still prefer the luxery of having book in hand, the tactile sensation of turning the pages, the smell of the book binding.

And other books I can't imagine experiencing on a sterile electronic platform. I have a book titled "They Were There", edited by Curt Riess and published in 1944 that contains several hundred eye-witness accounts of the progress of the war by foreign correspondents from John Gunther to Edward R. Murrow, to John Steinbeck, and everyone in between. The book itself is of it's time, solid, substantial, a relic of the past.

I've accumulated a healthy Civil War library and have mint-condition treasures, scoured during travels from niche bookstores in New York and Chicago and Philadelphia, like Frederick Douglass' "My Bondage and my Freedom" printed in 1857; "Four Years in Secessia" by Junius Henri Browne, a war correspondent with the New York Tribune published in 1865, and confederate Major John Scott's "Partisan Life with Col. John S. Mosby" (think "Ride With the Devil) published by Harper and Brothers in 1867. The books are old, the pages yellowing a bit, but still crisp, and the bindings smell of history. I could not imagine trying to read them on a tablet.

I also recognize that we're dealing simply as well with a question of personal taste and inclination and that there's no right or wrong answer involved. It's just another aspect of the tired old streaming vs blu-ray debate. Sorry for carrying on...

[SkyAntoine]

Originally Posted by yarulbcool

Just looked at your collection photos. Looks great! Was wondering if you could tell me what shelves you use for your Criterions? The shelves you have your complete collection in, not the ones in the corner of your display.

Thank you. Here are the shelves I ended up going with for my Criterions.
Maybe not as sturdy as those I've seen folks use from Ikea, but they look good and hold a lot of flicks for $208 each.

I need to pick up a matching wall unit for my Eclipse set and odd and ends. In a couple of years I'll be tight on space.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Criterion has a new post up about speaking with Mark Harris on 3/20/2017. His book Five Came Back has been adapted into a 3-hour Netflix movie.

The directors his projected are concerned with are John Ford, Frank Capra, William Wyler, George Stevens, and John Huston during the WWII years.

Could this mean a forthcoming release from one or more of those 5?

The only one of the five missing from the collection is Wyler. Could Roman Holiday be in the works? That would be great, if true. Or it could be a tie-in with April's release of Woman of the Year. That release will include the documentary George Stevens -- A Filmmaker's Journey, which includes some of the WWII footage shot by Stevens.

Now that I think about it, it's probably the latter.

[atlantajoseph]

Originally Posted by SkyAntoine

Thank you. Here are the shelves I ended up going with for my Criterions.
Maybe not as sturdy as those I've seen folks use from Ikea, but they look good and hold a lot of flicks for $208 each.

I need to pick up a matching wall unit for my Eclipse set and odd and ends. In a couple of years I'll be tight on space.

[Show spoiler]

Wow, respect. I think you qualify as Criterion fan #1 by any conceivable measure!

[BluProofie]

Originally Posted by yarulbcool

I'm pretty sure the most recent 8 1/2 from Criterion is a recent printing. Also, I bought Hunger a while back and have had no issues. But if you happen to get a bad disc, I'm pretty sure Criterion replaces it for you.

I bought Eraserhead at B&N last year and it said it was the first printing on the back. The actual disc, however, said "Second Printing" on it, meaning it was the corrected disc. I wonder if B&N would have newer printings of these discs.

[BluProofie]

Originally Posted by stevieray44

What exactly was the problem with the 8 1/2 disc?

Bronzing and disc rot with some Criterion titles in 2010 due to a bad facility Criterion used to print the discs I believe. They'll replace them if you have a bad disc, I just would prefer to purchase a newer pressing rather than go through the replacement process.

[tisdivine]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

My Criterion digibook of Blow-Up arrived undamaged in and perfect mint condition from Amazon today, despite being shipped in a flimsy envelope.

I really should have bought a lottery ticket today.

Same here. I thought sure I would have to return it at least once lol

[theater dreamer]

I still buy CDs, too.



This represents about the last six months, and I've slowed down considerably. I have some mp3s on my iPhone to listen to at the gym, but 99% of the time, if I'm listening to music, it's in my car, or on my home stereo. They just sound better to me than mp3s. And of course, vinyl still sounds the best, but I'm too much of a klutz. I'd spend $50 on a Beatles record, trip, bust it in half, and end up buying the CD, anyway.

[Arch Stanton]

Of course, MP3s are revolting quality wise.