The Criterion Collection

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Almost certainly. I wonder how many Fox titles they have left to release.

I almost expect they will get around to Thieves' Highway. It would also be nice if they had titles like The Street with No Name, Moontide, and Call Northside 777.

[randian]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

I almost expect they will get around to Thieves' Highway. It would also be nice if they had titles like The Street with No Name, Moontide, and Call Northside 777.

Isn't Northside currently only available in Germany? That's a strange release situation for a US film. A must buy if Criterion releases it. I'm not sure if Criterion can do a better job than Arrow did for Thieves' Highway, but at least it wouldn't be OOP anymore.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by randian

Isn't Northside currently only available in Germany? That's a strange release situation for a US film. A must buy if Criterion releases it. I'm not sure if Criterion can do a better job than Arrow did for Thieves' Highway, but at least it wouldn't be OOP anymore.

The first one has only seen a German release on Blu, but its always possible that Criterion could've grabbed it and is sitting on it. I'm just guessing about titles like Thieves' Highway and it's not really a priority for me since I also have the Arrow, but it would be nice news for those who don't have the Arrow or aren't region free.

[chane]

Originally Posted by Rizor

What questions do you have?

Originally Posted by Cholly

What the hell is a formatting surprise?

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

While I'm sure this will be deleted shortly, I will say Jon hasn't responded to me in a long while. Used to always respond, but no longer.

Originally Posted by Gacivory

What were the issues with the movies

Originally Posted by Reddington

Probably emailed Mulvaney half-a-dozen times, and always received a timely and helpful response. I can't say how others choose to approach such communications, but mine are always polite, brief, and to-the-point. I imagine he receives a large number of missives and demands which reasonably aren't likely to solicit a reply (also, the Contact Us page doesn't guarantee a response, even if he "lives for this stuff").

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Respectfully, what the hell are you talking about?

Here’s what I had emailed Jon Mulvaney on 2/28/21:
Mr. Mulvaney:

The movies treasured by many of us were shot in aspect ratios ranging mostly between the wide angle formats 2.35:1 or 1.85:1 or the squarish 1.33:1-and rarely, 1.37:1. In any case, many cinephiles often enjoy varying the magnification of select images while viewing. That is, as was always available with DVDs, wide range and on the fly slow motion and zoom control can provide a more varied and intimate connection with visual content.
Unfortunately, BDs are almost always authored using software (e.g. Oracle’s BD-J platform) which, arbitrarily (?), disables the player’s zoom and sometimes also slow motion controls.

Examples are enabled zoom control for https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Lolita-Blu-ray/15355/ and
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Spiri...Blu-ray/13523/

but disabled zoom for

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Psycho-Blu-ray/7741/
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/All-T...Blu-ray/99404/
https://www.criterion.com/films/27896-harold-and-maude
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Gilda-Blu-ray/91898/

The last title, like all non-wide screen formats, I watch on a 4:3 screen , proportionally identical to the academy 1.33:1 Academy aspect ratio. But as "Gilda" was filmed in the 1.37:1 aspect ratio format there are vertical and horizontal black bars around the entire image, thus making the image look smaller than it already is on a 32” 4:3 screen. Though no bargain, I would gladly part with some content loss by cropping (not stretching) to overshoot the bars. But unlike Twilight Time's BD release of "Whirlpool", also shot in 1.37:1, https://www.hometheaterforum.com/whi...lu-ray-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/s...ies-whirlpool/ , I have no such option because Criterion’s authoring disabled the player's zoom control.

Same problem with this Criterion release https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Leave...lu-ray/258990/

As there can be no logical reason for doing otherwise, when authoring all future Blu-Ray releases please insure full blu-ray player functionality of slow motion and zoom control.

Thank you.

[yoloswegmaster420]

Why are you posting this again?

[StarDestroyer52]

If you had to post that again, chane, at least use a spoiler tag.

[mmarczi]

I seriously don't know anybody who watches movies while slowly playing around with the zoom function...sober.

[Ray Jackson]

The Human Condition gets an upgrade?

[Show spoiler]

[dressedtokill]

SMH at the people saying that Criterion is getting more "woke" and pushing an agenda for pursuing and releasing more black filmmaker titles

[chane]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

Why are you posting this again?

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

If you had to post that again, chane, at least use a spoiler tag.

Originally Posted by dressedtokill

SMH at the people saying that Criterion is getting more "woke" and pushing an agenda for pursuing and releasing more black filmmaker titles

Sorry, but I was sure that I had posted this in reply to comments in the original thread, only to find it here instead. So I went there and posted it again-and it again ended up here? Sorry again, but it was hardly intentional.

[chane]

Originally Posted by mmarczi

I seriously don't know anybody who watches movies while slowly playing around with the zoom function...sober.

Apparently, a lot more than you thought.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=213505

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=295914

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=74659

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=40397

https://www.avsforum.com/threads/blu...ontrol.912173/

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/questio...1-e42827477b90

[SuperFlyHighGuy]

Originally Posted by The Sovereign

Very excited to see The Human Condition & and the long awaited upgrade for Pickup on South Street!

Same for me. I can finally retire the DVD for Pickup on South Street, and a new video essay from Imogen Sara Smith is a welcome bonus.

I was close to getting the DVD for The Human Condition several times but this will make for a better blind-buy.

[Jr7936]

I now have all the ak criterion dvds and blu rays that they have released
Watch in the next few months they release a box set now

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by dressedtokill

SMH at the people saying that Criterion is getting more "woke" and pushing an agenda for pursuing and releasing more black filmmaker titles

Being woke is no bad thing. Neither is having an "agenda" of including more Black cinema, especially when the existing collection is pretty underrepresented. Criterion also has a Czech film and Film Foundation agenda, but does anyone complain about that?

[Hellspawn28]

I'm glad that I can finally upgrade my HC DVDs. I hope Jigoku and Onibaba will be upgraded from DVD to Blu-Ray next.

[cicada88]

Originally Posted by Jr7936

I now have all the ak criterion dvds and blu rays that they have released
Watch in the next few months they release a box set now

I want to personally thank you for this.

I’ve been anticipating an AK boxset and/or UHD releases for awhile now, but I feel confident that your actions have finally sealed the deal.

[maely]

As somebody who mostly just adds the odd "classic" release to my Blu-Ray collection these days, I could not be happier about the trifecta of The Furies / Nightmare Alley / Pickup On South Street now upcoming. I've never ever seen the latter of these two films, but as someone who owns 50+ noirs, these are obviously two films that I have always heard about and have been eagerly waiting to see restored in beautiful high-definition for at least a decade. I gasped out loud when I saw the announcement for Pickup this morning... great way to start the day. I feel like this moves up Fallen Angel / D.O.A. / Thieves' Highway into the top tier of noirs not available on Blu-Ray now, maybe also High Sierra which is probably unlikely to be added to the Criterion collection. But I feel like my noir collection is getting close to "complete" (if there ever is such a thing, hah).

Meanwhile, I'm still holding out hope for Bringing Up Baby and a Master Kurosawa boxset, maybe a few other notable classics, but I'm really happy with the upcoming April-May-June releases overall. I also think Criterion's offerings have been extremely diverse lately, offering at least 1-2 films to all types of cinema lovers with recent announcements. I think Criterion is doing a laudable job of rounding their collection out at this advanced stage of the game; I have no complaints there.

But in the back of my head, I still wonder about when they will make the jump to 4K. Never a dealbreaker for me, but still a curiosity.

[Xtempo]

according to the site here for DVD I have 52 skus but that's including Eclipse so not many that I need to upgrade when the time comes plus a handful only on the wishlist that also needs upgrading but maybe not get them.

I can wait I've got to many in the collection 135 titles and now the channel. They can take their time and I still be happy when I can upgrade.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

ARROW’s The Human Condition was the first disc I bought when I went region free. Still have the Criterion DVD. So I have the movie and Criterion extras.

The Arrow BD wasn't the first thing I bought after going region free, but it was an early one. I never got around to buying the Criterion DVD. I still have the three separate DVDs that Janus Films released through Image.

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[bergman864]

Just got in Céline and Julie Go Boating and it has a booklet. I thought it'd be just a foldable insert.