The Criterion Collection

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by Darkcritic

No way ! Trust me, there are tons of other films at each country. Not all of them are gems, mind you, but it is the same thing with cinema of France, US and Japan. There are many strong film industries way too underrepresented by Criterion. For example, where is the cinema of countries like Iran, Russia, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil in the Collection? Their film output is incredibly strong and consistent year by year, it's cinema that deserves to be seen by a wider audience .

Italy has a decent showing in the collection, but it appears to have been lumped under "others."

[rkish]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

A lot of people are getting delays or cancellations. My friend had his Fanny and Alexander order cancelled, and his copies of Dazed and Confused & The Killing, which he ordered with The Battle of Algiers, have been delayed. Algiers shipped last week.



Poor you. At least you know what not to pre-order for February now. You can get Anatomy of a Murder instead!

I "pre-ordered" both Fanny and Rules to my local store...good thing that I did, as I think I might have gotten the only copies that they had. I guess the sale is killing their stocked inventory.

Three Colors is in a really nice packaging! Very nice and thick booklet with it. I will save revisiting all of these films for over Thanksgiving/Christmas, as I rented them all from NetFlix within the last 6 months or so.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

Thanks for the heads up.
World on a Wire and Anatomy of a Murder pre-order

Same here doc! A no-brainer!

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by rkish

I "pre-ordered" both Fanny and Rules to my local store...good thing that I did, as I think I might have gotten the only copies that they had. I guess the sale is killing their stocked inventory.

Three Colors is in a really nice packaging! Very nice and thick booklet with it. I will save revisiting all of these films for over Thanksgiving/Christmas, as I rented them all from NetFlix within the last 6 months or so.

Yeah, my friend put his order in last Tuesday, the day F&A came out, and it was cancelled yesterday. It should have shipped last week. A couple days before he did the Algiers, Killing, and D&C order, and they shipped Algiers 2 days later, but still haven't shipped the rest of that order. He tried re-ordering F&A last night, and it went through, so he has his fingers crossed that it will ship. He's been waiting for it for awhile. I guess some titles are more popular than others, hence all the cancellations/delays due to low stock.

[dwane5]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Life During Wartime was a blind buy for me....... and a wonderful one at that


I watched The Rules of The Game today. Looked lovely, so I will assume some of the rougher spots are limitations of the source material??? It fluctuated through different scenes.

the original negatives were destroyed during WWII, they pieced it back together somehow later on. so its safe to assume they used inferior source material in some spots.

[Darkcritic]

All this late talk about The Thief of Bagdad let me curious. Can someone give me some light on its quality in the way of a recommendation?

[AreaUnderTheCurve]

Originally Posted by DionJP

CG - Clearly I was wrong about the Robert Downey Eclipse set.

Not having seen Tiny Furniture, so I can't comment on the film. The cover is one of the worst I've ever seen. Who looks at that and says "this looks like a must see! Some fat girls fat face!" Ugh.

Well, a lot of the time Criterion covers look great and the films end up being crap, as my friends have experienced.

I hate Carlos' cover, but it's a rocking miniseries.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by JLTucker

Well, a lot of the time Criterion covers look great and the films end up being crap, as my friends have experienced.

I hate Carlos' cover, but it's a rocking miniseries.

There's still enough of Covers and Films being awesome together though to make up for bad covers and good films, and good covers and bad films.

Awesome Covers & Awesome Films:

Hausu
12 Angry Men
Anatomy of a Murder
Island of Lost Souls
Black Narcissus
Charade
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Diabolique
The Sweet Smell of Success
Godzilla
Kuroneko
Kiss Me Deadly

There are more, but those are just a few of my faves.

[rkish]

Any ideas as to why Criterion priced Fanny and Alexander (3 BDs) at $59.95 and Three Colors (3 BDs) at $79.95 ($20 more)?

[dwane5]

Originally Posted by rkish

Any ideas as to why Criterion priced Fanny and Alexander (3 BDs) at $59.95 and Three Colors (3 BDs) at $79.95 ($20 more)?

F & A is one film (2 cuts). Three Colors is 3 seperate films. all things considered, Three Colors is priced nicely.

[ParticleDan]

Originally Posted by rkish

Any ideas as to why Criterion priced Fanny and Alexander (3 BDs) at $59.95 and Three Colors (3 BDs) at $79.95 ($20 more)?

I would guess it's because fanny and alexander is one movie (albeit in two versions) while three colors is three distinct films.

[KenHurd]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

wow, ordered Three Colors and Rules like 2 hours into the sale and still got an "order delayed" email from B&N this morning.
OUCH.

I've never had an order delay e-mail from Barnes and Noble, but I got one for the Three Colors trilogy. This was pretty much the only Criterion I was interested in getting during this sale. What usually happens when this happens? Does Barnes and Noble cancel the order or something? If it ships after the sale ends, do we still get it for 50% off?

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by rkish

Any ideas as to why Criterion priced Fanny and Alexander (3 BDs) at $59.95 and Three Colors (3 BDs) at $79.95 ($20 more)?

It's the opposite in Canada:

Three Colors: 80.73 MSRP, 56.90 AMZ.CA Price
Fanny & Alexander: 82.99 MSRP, 66.99 AMZ.Ca Price

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by KenHurd

I've never had an order delay e-mail from Barnes and Noble, but I got one for the Three Colors trilogy. This was pretty much the only Criterion I was interested in getting during this sale. What usually happens when this happens? Does Barnes and Noble cancel the order or something? If it ships after the sale ends, do we still get it for 50% off?

Pretty sure B&N can't up the price after you're locked in on it for you online order. Only if they cancel your order, and you try to re-order after the sale, will they charge you more.

[Cocophone]

Originally Posted by Yankees0222

[Show spoiler]

Thanks! Thats what I thought but I heard someone say on here that starting with red would be like starting with return of the Jedi so that comment confused me a little

I just finished watching blue and was really impressed glad I decided to blind buy this set..... Too bad there isn't any more Binoche left to watch!

Have you watched Summer Hours?

[kndy]

Originally Posted by ROclockCK

Thanks kndy. Probably too much to ask, but do you think Criterion would ever do a Sabu box set on Blu? I r-e-a-l-l-y don't want a double dip on that Eclipse DVD set.

Greetings, in my opinion, more likely not. Films starring Sabu!, while memorable for some who grew up with the films, the three titles on the Eclipse will probably not be released on Blu-ray as part of the Criterion Collection.
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We (in media) just received the Criterion February press release this morning, expect Pro-B to post it on the thread soon.... A lot of cool titles, films I have never seen before!

[jacobsever]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

What? I have no interest in seeing the film, but the girl's not fat.

After watching the trailer I'd consider her fat.
And also after watching the trailer I know which release I'm definitely going to refrain from purchasing.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Italy has a decent showing in the collection, but it appears to have been lumped under "others."

Check the pies again. Italy is not listed with "Others".

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Check the pies again. Italy is not listed with "Others".

My mistake, I initially looked at the graphs at 5:30 AM without my glasses on.

Originally Posted by jacobsever

After watching the trailer I'd consider her fat.
And also after watching the trailer I know which release I'm definitely going to refrain from purchasing.

That's a bit shallow, and mean. She's not skinny like 95% of the Hollywood starlets, but she's not fat either.

[jacobsever]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

I might not be a huge Chaplin fan, but too much of 1 filmmaker will turn it into The Chaplin Collection (like Malle is doing).

Malle? You mean Kurosawa?

Malle is at 11 films (same as Godard mind you), while Kurosawa is at 16. Bergman is at 14, Bunel & Fellini have 9 a piece, and Truffaut has 8.

Chaplin currently has 2 films in the collection. So I think it's safe to say we are a long ways off from it turning into The Chaplin Collection.