The Criterion Collection

[ilenewoodsfan99]

Originally Posted by speedracer5

I love The Big Heat and have refrained from picking up the Indicator (?) Blu Ray release so far. If/when Criterion releases it, I am definitely picking it up. It is a fantastic movie and contains what I believe should have been Gloria Grahame's Best Supporting Actress Oscar win. She deserved to win for this, not "The Bad and the Beautiful." The 1952 Best Supporting Actress Oscar, imo, should have gone to Jean Hagen for "Singin in the Rain."

The gap in quality between Hagen's comedic genius as Lina and Gloria giving us nothing is truly vast.

[mclellandj]

Whether it’s good or bad is up to you, but those screencaps have definitely been color pushed. Almost look like the 2-strip sequences from The Aviator.

[speedracer5]

Originally Posted by ilenewoodsfan99

The gap in quality between Hagen's comedic genius as Lina and Gloria giving us nothing is truly vast.

I love Gloria and I love "The Bad and the Beautiful," but I fail to see what Oscar voters saw in her performance that year. She's fine; but she's not even the best person in that film. If I were to nominate anyone from "The Bad and the Beautiful," it'd be Lana--she was fantastic in that movie.

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by Rzzzz

Yeah, I am only interested those 2 titles so I don't want to buy the whole set. I would hope that Imprint's release would motivate Criterion to finally put these films out but I imagine the reality is that they don't care and will put them out when they feel like it...

[Show spoiler]Hopefully within the next 10 years.

Actually, the Imprint box leads me to believe we'll have a Criterion edition within the next year.

[speedracer5]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

I'm usually on the b and moan train, but this lineup looks great, especially the doc on MONK, which I saw at the theater first run, MIDNIGHT and SORCERER.

However, just to be true to form, I will say I'm not crazy about the art for SORCERER, which makes it look like a Disney cartoon for Christmas nor for MIDNIGHT, which looks like a drawing from one of those YOU CAN DRAW ads on the back of old comic books.

I would agree re: the art for "Midnight." I'm not crazy about it either. If I didn't know who was in the film, I'm not sure that I would have recognized John Barrymore, Claudette Colbert, and Don Ameche. In this case, I think the original poster art would have been preferable. Sometimes I wish that Criterion did what some other labels do, like Flicker Alley, where they have reversible covers. I don't think Criterion's cover is as bad as the "Cluny Brown" cover; but it's not that much better.

[OceanBlue]

Interested in just Midnight from today's Criterion US announcements (and thanks MifuneFan for the indirect, helpful reminder about it being St. Patrick's Day next Monday (had forgotten).

[HillSprinter]

I’m ecstatic about Brazil getting 4K and a beautiful new regrade. I’ve always had issues with the previous release being too blue and bland looking. Previews of new grade look perfect!

Also very pleased with how Sorcerer looks.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by Scottie

Are we feeling confident that Criterion will release Eat Drink Man Woman and The Wedding Banquet?

If they do, I’d imagine The Wedding Banquet would blow closer to the release of the remake. But I also say hi because I spent a bit too much importing the Father Trilogy release with them.

My most wanted Ang Lee from them is them or honestly anyone to do a new restoration of The Ice Storm!

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by DimitriL

Hey ma! I put out the bait and I caught one!

(Also, the original Brazil transfer is like, what, 20 years old now? Like, 2005? If any big film is due, it's THAT one. At some point, there's "I'm satisfied because I want to save money and that's worth more to me" and there's Tarantino going, "You know, I prefer the way my VHS looks...")

I'd like to know exactly what movie he said that about. Because even though 90% of my movies are tapes, and most of the movies I watch are on tape, there's maybe 10-20 movies total where I can honestly say the tape looks better than the Blu-ray/4K. And most of those 10-20 tapes aren't that good, but the discs are simply dreadful. (T2, True Lies, the LOTR movies, etc.)

I also can't find proof that he hates 4K. Even though people say "everyone knows he hates 4K, he says all the time how he hates 4K"...where does everyone know this? Where does he always say this?

[lexx2.0]

I went back to the used store to buy some Criterions and the person pricing them had to be smoking some bad crack. The dvds were priced between $25 and $40 and the few blurays they put out were over $50. So needless to say I didn't buy any.

[DrasticHandprint]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

I'd like to know exactly what movie he said that about. Because even though 90% of my movies are tapes, and most of the movies I watch are on tape, there's maybe 10-20 movies total where I can honestly say the tape looks better than the Blu-ray/4K. And most of those 10-20 tapes aren't that good, but the discs are simply dreadful. (T2, True Lies, the LOTR movies, etc.)

I also can't find proof that he hates 4K. Even though people say "everyone knows he hates 4K, he says all the time how he hates 4K"...where does everyone know this? Where does he always say this?

There isn’t, afaik. I do think he prefers film being seen on film, though. There is a clip on Fallon or similar late night tv where he was being interviewed and they had a copy of OUATIH on 4k, and they both were like “I didn’t know dvds came in black”, but that’s the closest I’ve seen. But as far as I’m concerned it’s as baseless as people saying PTA hates 4k.

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by Colonel Blimp

Well, I still have the 3-disk DVD set of Brazil and I think it's got all the same features, etc. so I'm good on that score.

I don't know all the special features on Brazil, so I'll get the 4K, which likely contains both Blu-ray discs from before. It also contains the 142-minute director's cut and the 94-minute "Love Conquers All" cut.

If there's any extra features on the 2005 DVD and the laserdisc, I'll get them too.

And eventually, I'll pick up the Universal Blu-ray, which even though it's been waxed to all hell, it's still the best copy of the 132-minute theatrical cut.

So...just the Uni Blu and the 4K gets me 99% of the way there.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

I'd like to know exactly what movie he said that about. Because even though 90% of my movies are tapes, and most of the movies I watch are on tape, there's maybe 10-20 movies total where I can honestly say the tape looks better than the Blu-ray/4K. And most of those 10-20 tapes aren't that good, but the discs are simply dreadful. (T2, True Lies, the LOTR movies, etc.)

I also can't find proof that he hates 4K. Even though people say "everyone knows he hates 4K, he says all the time how he hates 4K"...where does everyone know this? Where does he always say this?

IIRC, he said it about Dark Star, though I’m not absolutely positive.

Here’s where he called all 4k “television”, whether shown in a theater or not. It’s probably the root of most of these stories.

https://theplaylist.net/quentin-tara...ssed-20141002/

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Also, as much as Criterion is bugging me right now, there is something that is bugging me a whole lot more! Post in spoilers as it's not movie related.

[Show spoiler]Watching the video of someone dragging away a baby wombat from its mother as the mother panics in the background got me all riled up this morning.

I really hate this person right now.

As someone who regards animals as my best friends, people who hurt animals for any reason are just lower than all others. For her to do this just for her stupid TikTok video, it shows what a scumbag she is. (I considered many other words, but between the fact that my mouth has got me banned before, and the fact that the site has a language filter, I settled on "scumbag".)

People like that make me absolutely furious that Hell isn't real. Prison isn't long enough or hard enough for someone who would literally rip a child away from their parent, whether human or non-human.

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by Scottie

The Shrouds trailer

https://x.com/janusfilms/status/1900590300776505639

RE: June releases - Mishima and Sorcerer are DigiPacks. Rest are plastic.

Well that's good. The thought of Brazil in one of those Digicraps

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by HillSprinter

I’m ecstatic about Brazil getting 4K and a beautiful new regrade. I’ve always had issues with the previous release being too blue and bland looking. Previews of new grade look perfect!

Also very pleased with how Sorcerer looks.

Don't know much about a regrade, but nothing looked overly blue on the old transfer to me.

It seemed like it was intentionally bland, intentionally sterile, much like the world Sam was forced to live in.

And for anyone who has any older copies of Sorcerer (tape, LD, DVD), I'd love to see some A/B comparisons with the Blu-ray. And when the 4K and remastered Blu come out, some comparisons between both discs and the old disc would be nice too.

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by lexx2.0

I went back to the used store to buy some Criterions and the person pricing them had to be smoking some bad crack. The dvds were priced between $25 and $40 and the few blurays they put out were over $50. So needless to say I didn't buy any.

If there were any OOP stuff, $25-$40 for a DVD and $50+ for a Blu-ray would be a discount...sadly.

Originally Posted by DrasticHandprint

There isn’t, afaik. I do think he prefers film being seen on film, though. There is a clip on Fallon or similar late night tv where he was being interviewed and they had a copy of OUATIH on 4k, and they both were like “I didn’t know dvds came in black”, but that’s the closest I’ve seen. But as far as I’m concerned it’s as baseless as people saying PTA hates 4k.

Originally Posted by DimitriL

IIRC, he said it about Dark Star, though I’m not absolutely positive.

John Carpenter's Dark Star?

For a 16mm film, and for a Blu-ray sourced from a 35mm blow-up, it looks pretty damn good to me. It doesn't stack up against, say, the 4K of The ten Commandments, but for what it is I think the disc of Dark Star is good.

Originally Posted by DimitriL

Here’s where he called all 4k “television”, whether shown in a theater or not. It’s probably the root of most of these stories.

https://theplaylist.net/quentin-tara...ssed-20141002/

He saw the 4K transfer of A Fistful Of Dollars and that's where he concluded that 4K sucks?

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/A-Fis...2/#Screenshots

Hell, that explains everything!

[lexx2.0]

[QUOTE=Shane Rollins;22961512]If there were any OOP stuff, $25-$40 for a DVD and $50+ for a Blu-ray would be a discount...sadly.


Nothing was out of print that I could tell. The Rose on dvd was priced at $35 and you can order that on Amazon for $23 on dvd or blu for $26. This place is hit or miss on pricing. Sometimes you can find deals but most of the time everything is over priced.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

John Carpenter's Dark Star?

For a 16mm film, and for a Blu-ray sourced from a 35mm blow-up, it looks pretty damn good to me. It doesn't stack up against, say, the 4K of The ten Commandments, but for what it is I think the disc of Dark Star is good.

I agree! But he and Avary spent time waxing rhapsodically on the VHS on their podcast.

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

He saw the 4K transfer of A Fistful Of Dollars and that's where he concluded that 4K sucks?
Hell, that explains everything!

[HillSprinter]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

Don't know much about a regrade, but nothing looked overly blue on the old transfer to me.

It seemed like it was intentionally bland, intentionally sterile, much like the world Sam was forced to live in.

And for anyone who has any older copies of Sorcerer (tape, LD, DVD), I'd love to see some A/B comparisons with the Blu-ray. And when the 4K and remastered Blu come out, some comparisons between both discs and the old disc would be nice too.

I compared the new 4K clip on Criterion website against the original Blu-ray, and that’s what makes the blueness much more evident.