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shadedpain4 · 07-29-2014, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by jlk5844

Was just about to order a replacement case for The Night of the Hunter. $10.95 w/ shipping? No way. That's extraordinary. I guess I'll have to live with it or sell my digipack down the road and buy the plastic case version on sale. Sucks, would've liked to hang onto the digipack case.

Just wait until the next Criterion flash sale and add it to an order over $50 to get free shipping.

jlk5844 · 07-29-2014, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Just wait until the next Criterion flash sale and add it to an order over $50 to get free shipping.

Makes sense. Still rather annoying. I just can't believe the case & artwork at $5 is already a little much, and then $6 for shipping on top of that is ridiculous.

bstv69 · 07-29-2014, 01:58 AM

I want to preface this by saying thank you to everyone for the suggestions and help discovering this sale. All of these are blind buys, and now I have plenty of films to satisfy my Criterion fix. This is the result of my final haul:
John Cassavetes ($47)
All of the rest with $8 off coupon:
Three colors trilogy
Fanny and Alexander
Night of the hunter
The Leopard
Thief
Revanche
Kiss me Deadly
The Killing
Sweet Smell of Success
The Great Beauty
The Thin Red Line
Rashomon
The 400 Blows
3 Women
Belle de Jour
Blow out
Jules and Jim
The Rules of the Game
Pickpocket
Tess
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Double Life of Veronique
The Black Narcissus
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Persona
Paris, Texas
In the mood for love

jayembee · 07-29-2014, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by bemaed

Does anyone have a CC blu-ray that ISN'T a "First Printing?" I ask because (after 99 Criterions) I just noticed that Criterion uses such a marking and it appears on seemingly all my blu-rays.

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Originally Posted by smoss469

I've never looked, but I assume my Bottle Rocket is a 2nd printing since it's the plastic case version and not the original Digipack.

Criterion using "Second printing" or later is a fairly rare occurrence. Only a few of the earliest titles on laserdisc had noted second or third printings. A handful of DVDs had noted second printings, though they were typically instances of a correction being made (eg. their first printing of The Magic Flute had the left & right audio channels swapped; the second printing corrected that).

As for Blu-rays, I only know of two specific instances in which a disc is labelled a second printing. One is Chungking Express, which was reissued with a plastic case sometime before it went OOP, and those were "Second Printing[s]". I don't have one, but I saw one at my local B&N back when. A similar reissue of Bottle Rocket in a plastic case still seems to be labelled "First Printing".

The other labelled "Second Printing" that I'm aware of is the corrected-audio version of White in the Three Colors set. The "Second Printing" statement appears on the disc label itself. I imagine that that was done specifically so people would be able to tell whether their copy was corrected or not. I have no idea if newer copies of the set say "Second Printing" on the back of the package.

ultlife2013 · 07-29-2014, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jlk5844

Makes sense. Still rather annoying. I just can't believe the case & artwork at $5 is already a little much, and then $6 for shipping on top of that is ridiculous.

Yeah, they should give it away.

jlk5844 · 07-29-2014, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ultlife2013

Yeah, they should give it away.

I never said that.

ultlife2013 · 07-29-2014, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jlk5844

I never said that.

No, I think they should give the cases away.

jlk5844 · 07-29-2014, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ultlife2013

No, I think they should give the cases away.

Sometimes I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

Abdrewes · 07-29-2014, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ultlife2013

No, I think they should give the cases away.

As a digipack hater, sometimes I feel this way.

SlickDamian · 07-29-2014, 03:18 AM

They should give them away, I agree. Maybe just require you to send a photo to them to prove that you own it or something.
Since Hunter got a plastic case, I wonder if others will?

ultlife2013 · 07-29-2014, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Abdrewes

As a digipack hater, sometimes I feel this way.

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Originally Posted by SlickDamian

They should give them away, I agree. Maybe just require you to send a photo to them to prove that you own it or something.

Since Hunter got a plastic case, I wonder if others will?

Yeah, it probably doesn't cost them anything to produce either. They won't lose any money at all giving them away.

Edward J Grug III · 07-29-2014, 03:36 AM

Stats! Looks like my collection is pretty different to the others posted so far. This is out of 252 Blu Rays.

Top five studios:

37.6% Criterion
18.6% Disney/Buena Vista
8.8% 20th Century Fox
6.7% Paramount
5.7% Olive Films

My wife a I are big Disney nerds, in fact it's what convinced us to switch to Blu Ray.

Top five production years:

25.5% 1950s
17.1% 1960s
15.5% 1940s
12.7% 2010s
9.2% 2000s

Not sure how accurate all of these stats are, mind you, since it says I have 0.4% 1910s movies in my collection, but if I follow the link, there are no movies listed...

Strongly overrepresented: Animation, Film-Noir, Foreign, Musical

Overrepresented: Coming of age, Family, Imaginary, Period, Psychological thriller, Romance, Surreal

Underrepresented: Action, Documentary, Epic, History, Melodrama, Teen

Strongly underrepresented: Anime, Biography, Erotic, Holiday, Horror, Martial arts, Music, Other, Short, Sport, Supernatural

Undeadcow · 07-29-2014, 03:37 AM

Dear Criterion,

Why is there not enough Bunuel in high definition? Remember that guy? He's a Spanish surrealist who made movies other than just Bella De Jour.

[Yeah yeah... I know CC lost the rights to most of Bunuel's stuff but there is still Exterminating Angel and Viridiana, I'd kill for a Milky Way blu.]

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Originally Posted by ultlife2013

Yeah, they should give it [plastic cases, replacement art] away.

It's been a while but there had been times where if you e-mailed Jon Mulvaney (?) at Criterion occasionally they'd provide a booklet without charge; not 100% sure on cases.

SilentDawn · 07-29-2014, 03:57 AM

I just saw 8 1/2 for the first time.

What a masterpiece.

ShellOilJunior · 07-29-2014, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Polaroid

Whats worse for me is 'Sex is becoming to real in films'... Well, a lot of violence looks very real in A LOT of films haha

That's exactly what I thought when I saw The Room.

Mansinthe · 07-29-2014, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by SlickDamian

Since Hunter got a plastic case, I wonder if others will?

i hope so. i would love to replace them all.

Ausjdm · 07-29-2014, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

That's exactly what I thought when I saw The Room.

The horror that is tommy wiseau's ass lol

jw007 · 07-29-2014, 05:20 AM

I watched Insomnia last night and loved it. Now I just want to see the Nolan remake next. I remember that one being a very good remake with Al Pacino and Robin Williams. But Stellan Skarsgard was devilishly good.

THALL434 · 07-29-2014, 06:27 AM

Apologies if this has already been discussed but what Criterion titles have the lowest review scores on the site. I know Tiny Furniture has a 3/5 rating, are any lower than that?

Edward J Grug III · 07-29-2014, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by THALL434

Apologies if this has already been discussed but what Criterion titles have the lowest review scores on the site. I know Tiny Furniture has a 3/5 rating, are any lower than that?

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-E.../72983/#Review

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Child.../48077/#Review

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07-29-2014, 01:58 AM	#107643
bstv69 Active Member Member since:Mar 2014 Blu-ray collection:360 Trading Score:65	I want to preface this by saying thank you to everyone for the suggestions and help discovering this sale. All of these are blind buys, and now I have plenty of films to satisfy my Criterion fix. This is the result of my final haul: John Cassavetes ($47) All of the rest with $8 off coupon: Three colors trilogy Fanny and Alexander Night of the hunter The Leopard Thief Revanche Kiss me Deadly The Killing Sweet Smell of Success The Great Beauty The Thin Red Line Rashomon The 400 Blows 3 Women Belle de Jour Blow out Jules and Jim The Rules of the Game Pickpocket Tess Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Double Life of Veronique The Black Narcissus The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Persona Paris, Texas In the mood for love

07-29-2014, 03:18 AM	#107650
SlickDamian Expert Member Member since:Sep 2010 Location:Canada 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:642 DVD collection:160	They should give them away, I agree. Maybe just require you to send a photo to them to prove that you own it or something. Since Hunter got a plastic case, I wonder if others will?

07-29-2014, 03:36 AM	#107652
Edward J Grug III Power Member Member since:Mar 2013 4K collection:5 Blu-ray collection:1110	Stats! Looks like my collection is pretty different to the others posted so far. This is out of 252 Blu Rays. Top five studios: 37.6% Criterion 18.6% Disney/Buena Vista 8.8% 20th Century Fox 6.7% Paramount 5.7% Olive Films My wife a I are big Disney nerds, in fact it's what convinced us to switch to Blu Ray. Top five production years: 25.5% 1950s 17.1% 1960s 15.5% 1940s 12.7% 2010s 9.2% 2000s Not sure how accurate all of these stats are, mind you, since it says I have 0.4% 1910s movies in my collection, but if I follow the link, there are no movies listed... Strongly overrepresented: Animation, Film-Noir, Foreign, Musical Overrepresented: Coming of age, Family, Imaginary, Period, Psychological thriller, Romance, Surreal Underrepresented: Action, Documentary, Epic, History, Melodrama, Teen Strongly underrepresented: Anime, Biography, Erotic, Holiday, Horror, Martial arts, Music, Other, Short, Sport, Supernatural

07-29-2014, 03:57 AM	#107654
SilentDawn Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2012 Location:Isla Nublar Blu-ray collection:400 DVD collection:58 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:1	I just saw 8 1/2 for the first time. What a masterpiece.

07-29-2014, 05:20 AM	#107658
jw007 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2012 Location:Between PA, NJ, FL, and the Middle East Blu-ray collection:628 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:5	I watched Insomnia last night and loved it. Now I just want to see the Nolan remake next. I remember that one being a very good remake with Al Pacino and Robin Williams. But Stellan Skarsgard was devilishly good.

07-29-2014, 06:27 AM	#107659
THALL434 Special Member Member since:May 2010 Location:Central Virginia Blu-ray collection:553 DVD collection:34 Trading Score:14	Apologies if this has already been discussed but what Criterion titles have the lowest review scores on the site. I know Tiny Furniture has a 3/5 rating, are any lower than that?

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