The Criterion Collection

[jw007]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I just started watching the third episode of the Netflix show Archive 81, and spotted the main character wearing a Criterion Ministry of Fear shirt! The show is really good so far. The main character is a film preservist/restorer working at the Museum of the Moving Image in NYC, and obviously a huge film buff. He's tasked with restoring some old camcorder tapes that were found in a fire. Good mysterious/horror vibes, and nice atmosphere so far. The episode I'm watching was directed by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, who were behind movies like The Endless, Resolution, and Spring.



https://www.netflix.com/title/80222802

Very good series. Pretty scary if I might add. I finished watching it a week ago and look forward to hopefully a second season. I definitely spotted the Criterion Ministry of Fear t-shirt in that one episode.

[Show spoiler]Did you also spot the House and Diabolique posters too? Both were Criterion posters as well.

Maybe you didn't get to those episodes yet.

[Show spoiler]On top of that there was a clip from Solaris too.

If I had to sum up the series, I'd compare this show to a number of influential films including: Rosemary's Baby (yep, a Criterion title), Solaris (oh, another Criterion title), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (you guessed it, Criterion!), Videodrome (yes, that's on Criterion too!), and finally The Ninth Gate (ahh, no Criterion release, but a fun Polanski film).

By the way, I knew one of the on-set dressers who worked on this too. They shot it all around my hometown of Pittsburgh and Jen was one of the dressers hired to work on the show along with her sister Kate.

[True_Story1011]

Can we please move away from digi-book releases?

This whole UHD line is annoying if we're not going to get and stay plastic soon. Much rather them do something new or offer the thicker 14mm 4K cases from European releases, custom 4k cases or in the Scanavo Blu-ray cases. The cardboard has always had issues with shelf wear and durability.

But this is subjective to this individual.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by True_Story1011

Can we please move away from digi-book releases?

This whole UHD line is annoying if we're going to get plastic soon. Much rather them do something new or offer the thicker 14mm 4K cases from European releases, custom 4k cases or in the Scanavo Blu-ray cases. The cardboard has always had issues with shelf wear and durability.

But this is subjective to this individual.

The Piano & Uncut Gems are Scanvo cases. It’s not the whole 4K line.

[yoloswegmaster420]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

The Piano & Uncut Gems are Scanvo cases. It’s not the whole 4K line.

Uncut Gems is a digi. You might be thinking about The Red Shoes.

[TolerancEJ]

Originally Posted by Hindustani

No Color!

No Sale

we are in 21st century now. for god's sake, digitally color those films.

Nobody watches century old Black and white films anymore.

I love Young Frankenstein. I make sure to watch it often.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

Uncut Gems is a digi. You might be thinking about The Red Shoes.

You’re right. I just wasn’t paying attention.

[Abdrewes]

Digi:



Scanovo:

[Midway30]

The digis are ugly, just criterion trying to be different but it doesn't work.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I just started watching the third episode of the Netflix show Archive 81, and spotted the main character wearing a Criterion Ministry of Fear shirt! The show is really good so far. The main character is a film preservist/restorer working at the Museum of the Moving Image in NYC, and obviously a huge film buff. He's tasked with restoring some old camcorder tapes that were found in a fire. Good mysterious/horror vibes, and nice atmosphere so far. The episode I'm watching was directed by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, who were behind movies like The Endless, Resolution, and Spring.

https://www.netflix.com/title/80222802

Eh, it started off well, then slowly got worse the more it focused on the absolutely terrible actress in all the flashback stuff. By episode 5 I turned it off for good. Wasn't even good enough to finish.

[SuperFlyHighGuy]

Does the Mulholland Dr UHD come with the same booklet that the BD did? Watched mine again last night and now I think I’m going to upgrade.

[bonehica]

Originally Posted by SuperFlyHighGuy

Does the Mulholland Dr UHD come with the same booklet that the BD did? Watched mine again last night and now I think I’m going to upgrade.

Yes. The only difference is the final two pages that include specs about the 4K

[Abdrewes]

Nice deals at Target with the B2G1. I haven't ordered too many yet because I want to save some fun for the next flash sale.

[Dankk]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Nice deals at Target with the B2G1. I haven't ordered too many yet because I want to save some fun for the next flash sale.

The Target B2G1 sale is very much worth it, as long as you are selecting titles that are priced at around $25 or less. This way, you can end up getting each blu-ray for about $15 or $16 each - considerably less than you would on a regular 50%-off sale.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by Dankk

The Target B2G1 sale is very much worth it, as long as you are selecting titles that are priced at around $25 or less. This way, you can end up getting each blu-ray for about $15 or $16 each - considerably less than you would on a regular 50%-off sale.

Those are great prices for older releases, but I can't ever wait. I'm still very happy with 27.99 newer releases (Effectively $18.66 after B2g1)

[MifuneFan]

Target has some great Criterion deals with their B2G1 deal. Amazon beats them in some regards with their clipped coupons, since many of Amazon's prices are already half-off.

Here are some deals I found

Prices after coupon

Time Bandits - $16.33
Show Boat - $16.33
The Philadelphia Story - $16.32
Yojimbo / Sanjuro set - $31.33 (~$15.66 a film)
War of the Worlds - $17.33
Two-Lane Blacktop - $17.33
Essential Fellini Set - $112.66
Rohmer's Six Moral Tales - $39.99

They also have the Zatoichi set for a low of $89.99 after coupon. Credit to ArtVandelay

https://www.amazon.com/Zatoichi-The-...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

[regeyer]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Target has some great Criterion deals with their B2G1 deal. Amazon beats them in some regards with their clipped coupons, since many of Amazon's prices are already half-off.

Here are some deals I found

Prices after coupon

Time Bandits - $16.33
Show Boat - $16.33
The Philadelphia Story - $16.32
Yojimbo / Sanjuro set - $31.33 (~$15.66 a film)
War of the Worlds - $17.33
Two-Lane Blacktop - $17.33
Essential Fellini Set - $112.66
Rohmer's Six Moral Tales - $39.99

They also have the Zatoichi set for a low of $89.99 after coupon. Credit to ArtVandelay

https://www.amazon.com/Zatoichi-The-...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

That's a great price for Zatoichi.

[Jr7936]

Are the six mortal tales transfers better then the releases in the rohmer French blu ray box

[TheArgentinian]

I saw The Red Shoes for the first time the other night and now I see an interview with Soderbergh mentioning it. Crazy.

I get excited when I see something great; I’m not jealous of it. It makes me want to go to work. But at the same time, I know what kind of filmmaker I am in the sense that, it’s possible—and probable—that I can’t make, for instance, The Red Shoes. I can’t make that. There’s so much going on, on so many different levels, and I know what it takes to make something like that, conceptually and practically. I can’t do that. Now, what I can do is have a longer career than Michael Powell, doing what I want to do the whole time. I can’t compete with him on the film-by-film basis, so I have to take a step back and go, I’m going to put together a career that adds up to something like that.

[lilboyblu]

I find it interesting that the credits on Miller's Crossing say "under exclusive license from 20th Century Studios" (i.e. the Disney branding) instead of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC (i.e. the Fox branding) since Criterion has supposedly been sitting on this title for a while.

Pickup on South Street was the previous (legacy) Fox title released by Criterion, and that one does still have the Fox branding on it.

Could Criterion then, perhaps, have a new deal with Disney to release titles from the old Fox back catalog? Is that where this new wave is coming from (i.e. Flight of the Phoenix and The Girl Can't Help It)? Or, am I just wishfully thinking?



Credit to chrisandy007 for the pic from the Miller's Crossing thread.

[MifuneFan]

I wonder why it has 2022 for the Fox copyright too, instead of 1990? Did the rights just get renewed this year maybe, and so Criterion had to put 20th Century Studios instead of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment? If they truly did license from Disney however, then that's pretty huge, especially with how many they're coming out with already this year.