The Criterion Collection

[CRASHLANDING]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

If these are in your cart/unopened, Blood Simple and Miller’s Crossing have lots of edits, and Thief has the cyan turned up to 11.

I know there were a lot in Miller's Crossing, but they still added up to less than 2 minutes. The Blood Simple edits were made years ago and have been part of pretty much all prior releases as well. Regardless, I feel like this complaint is overblown a bit; the Miller's Crossing edits were done by the filmmakers themselves and are mostly very short/minor changes. That's a far cry from something being edited post-release by the studio, or even a director-approved reworking like the WKW set.

There's just a certain crowd that's violently opposed to any changes being made at all. But I think most people wouldn't even notice the differences, and certainly wouldn't discourage someone from purchasing.

[jzbadblood]

I've already opened and watched those three last sale. First time watches so I didn't notice the edits.

Is Thief not supposed to be cold looking? I thought that worked for the vibe of the film. My ignorance is showing.

[UndyAHundy]

Originally Posted by RevolverOcelScott

Was gonna grab a few titles, but I'm only 120ish away from a gift certificate on Criterion.com, so I'll wait for the next flash sale. When is the next one expected?

I skipped the last B&N for that reason as well.

[Resettito]

I see those discounts are also on Amazon US but shipping is steep for overseas. Any idea whether Criterion UK plans on offering those kinds of sales overseas?

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

Assuming you’re talking about the old black 2-disc case (which I always thought was flimsy as hell), the only Criterion I know that has that case is the 2004 DVD of Videodrome.

The clear 4-disc Blu case by Scanavo is what I was referring to.

The thick 2-disc Alpha cases were usually what Criterion used, just like Fox, Paramount, and Disney. They phased them out around the same time they rebranded in 2005-6, though The Life Aquatic was in a slim case.

On that subject, they used the rarer 3-disc Alpha only on The Leopard and Scenes from a Marriage, IIRC.

[dorium]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

I vote for yes on DLN and Browning.

[tama]

Only ordered the 4Ks of The Others and Mean Streets for now.

[Rayjg]

Forgot about The Otters. Will have to stop there tonight.

[MifuneFan]

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by dorium

[Show spoiler]

Might go back for Don't Look Now and the Todd Browning set as well. Gonna have lunch and sit with it.

If it handn't been included in the first haul, you could've gone back for Seconds!

[zoodermin]

What's your opinion on Bigger than Life? I'm considering blind-buying it because I'm a fan of Ray's other works like In A Lonely Place and Johnny Guitar.

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by RevolverOcelScott

Was gonna grab a few titles, but I'm only 120ish away from a gift certificate on Criterion.com, so I'll wait for the next flash sale. When is the next one expected?

I'm in the same boat. I will pick up Mean Streets, but any others can wait. According to past orders, seems that March and October are the 2 Flash Sale months, but I could be wrong.

[Trace17]

Originally Posted by Lannister1098

My first big haul from Day 1 of the Criterion Barnes and Noble sale.

Nice. I'm sure there's not a lot of Olympics boxset fans but I really enjoyed and appreciated it. Interesting to see so many wildly diverse approaches, and also great to see essentially historical snapshots of society through 100 years.

[KingOfBunnies]

Getting my order together. If I already have Criterion's blu-ray of Princess Bride, is the upgrade to 4K worth it?

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by KingOfBunnies

Getting my order together. If I already have Criterion's blu-ray of Princess Bride, is the upgrade to 4K worth it?

Depends on how big your display is. PB is a grainy transfer and on larger screens, there may be a much finer grain pattern on 4K than the 1080p disc.

It's not apples to apples, but Caps-a-holic has comparisons between the Criterion blu-ray and the German 4K release:
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=14302&d2=12542&c=4930

[CRASHLANDING]

Originally Posted by jcs913

I'm in the same boat. I will pick up Mean Streets, but any others can wait. According to past orders, seems that March and October are the 2 Flash Sale months, but I could be wrong.

Historically the sales were always February and October, but the last two years were both in March. Not sure if that's the new normal, but I think we can count on it being either Feb or March.

[MifuneFan]

Like the July sale, Fantastic Mr Fox is down to $14.99 at Amazon, because their bots keep march B&N's DVD price.

[romuald121]

Thankfully Amazon price matches with B&N, because Canada is excluded from the sale

[lilboyblu]

Anyone know whether the Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood (Blu-ray) set is just between pressings or out of print? It’s been out of stock at retail for awhile and it’s also marked currently unavailable at the Criterion store.

Maybe should go with the Indicator discs instead?

[romuald121]

Originally Posted by lilboyblu

Anyone know whether the Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood (Blu-ray) set is just between pressings or out of print? It’s been out of stock at retail for awhile and it’s also marked currently unavailable at the Criterion store.

Maybe should go with the Indicator discs instead?

It's on Amazon.ca for 155 CAD, the Indicator is out of stock everywhere unless you go to ebay https://www.amazon.ca/Dietrich-Stern...dp/B07C7J9VD2/