The Criterion Collection

[MifuneFan]

Great month! Glad to see the WCF box sets continuing, as it's been over 3 years since the last one.

[Reddington]

Appreciate all the responses on Jim Jarmusch. Thanks!

Looks like I'm not starting with one of his more acclaimed efforts - but as it's on the way from the UK and will be the only title of his I have, it will be the first anyway.

I'm interested in style, atmosphere, tone, mood, and even some "meandering" (thanks, ravenus) - so it sounds like there should be things for me to enjoy in his filmography. I'll see how I get on with The Limits of Control, and take it from there.

[Cremildo]

Greatest month in quite a while for me.

I'm a bit disappointed that Pixote didn't get a standalone release, but being part of a great boxset is certainly better than no release at all.

Beau travail is an old wishlist item, and I'm definitely in for the Rosi.

Hats off to Criterion.

[VincentVendetta]

I'll just leave this here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VCsABl390Y

[Jason Rietman4k]

What a completely horrible song

[Gacivory]

Definitely in for Beau travail & Christ Stopped at Eboli!

Not gonna lie, will probably pick up Elephant Man down the road and sit it next to the 4K.

[BenOswald]

Don't everyone thank me at once for buying the Brute Force DVD this winter...

[traths]

September is going to be a hell of a month, The Elephant Man and The Naked City.

[NeoNical]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

UHDs are Region Free. Makes no sense not to import the UK version if you want it so badly.

I would import if the Blu-ray was Region Free. But instead, most of the extras are on the Blu-ray and to pay a ridiculous amount of money just for a 4K just doesn't suit me well. Most 4Ks cost $20 and rarely any that are above that price unless if they come with multiple movies like Cornetto Trilogy or if they are done by a smaller company like Blue Undergound which at least costs about $40 which is only a $10 difference from the original price. I didn't pull the trigger on the Elephant Man 4K and I won't since the only thing that I can play is the 4K Blu-ray disc that doesn't include all the supplements. I'm not convinced by packaging or the booklet though.

[Reddington]

I'll likely pick up the Lynch. A brilliant film, but I find it difficult and emotional viewing. It's been a long time, so I'd like to revisit it.

I did not pick up the Arrow Region B releases of the Dassin titles - which interestingly used masters produced by Criterion (although no US BD releases). I see both of the upcoming Criterion are new 4K restorations by an outside entity.

[The Great Owl]

Brute Force and The Naked City, for sure! I've been waiting for those noir upgrades forever.

I might just go for the StudioCanal 4K UHD Blu-ray of The Elephant Man, though.

[blujazz]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Great month! Glad to see the WCF box sets continuing, as it's been over 3 years since the last one.

The OCD in me is glad it's a DVD/Blu-ray boxset :P

[The Sovereign]

Nice - I'm down for at least three of these: The Elephant Man, Brute Force, and The Naked City. Could be more once I dig into the others. Great month!

[BigBoxBlu]

Pixote is an amazing film, not interested in the rest of the set, but i’ll gladly buy it just for that film. Exciting.

[Scholer]

Naked City is going to look sick with the 4K redo! Long overdue.

Brute Force is another welcome upgrade, but wonderful surprises with Beau Travail and Christ Stopped at Eboli!

Elephant Man isn't really that exciting after Studio Canal's stellar UHD release, but also kind of strange that CC would decide to use literally the same cover art as SC?

[jshaide]

Having finished Room to Dream and going through Lynch films again, THE ELEPHANT is coming at the absolute perfect time for me!

[mja345]

Little late to the Jarmusch talk, but my rankings of his non-documentary films would be...

Essential Jarmusch:
Down by Law
Mystery Train
Stranger than Paradise
Night on Earth
Paterson
Dead Man
Ghost Dog
Broken Flowers

Lower-tier Jarmusch, but still good:
Coffee and Cigarettes
The Dead Don't Die
Limits of Control
Only Lovers Left Alive
Permanent Vacation

[bigbadwoppet]

Originally Posted by Scholer

Naked City is going to look sick with the 4K redo! Long overdue.

Brute Force is another welcome upgrade, but wonderful surprises with Beau Travail and Christ Stopped at Eboli!

Elephant Man isn't really that exciting after Studio Canal's stellar UHD release, but also kind of strange that CC would decide to use literally the same cover art as SC?

It would be strange if it weren't the poster artwork.

And yes, fans had been asking Criterion to release The Elephant Man since they started releasing blu-rays and it would've sold more copies, even without a 4K restoration because, at this point, people who have a UHD player will go for that instead.

It is only being released now because the restoration was done and available to license. It wouldn't surprise me if they released Crash now that a 4K release is available in region B territories.

[joy-division]

Elephant Man is a very interesting choice seeing as Studio Canal have judt released it in 4K
I jguess Criterion are now the home for Lynch releases on Region A

[joy-division]

Originally Posted by domok

Hello

I'd like to sell a few of my Region A Criterion blu-rays. I'm located in Europe, any idea, site, where I could post them?

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