The Criterion Collection

[tama]

Originally Posted by Scottie

I'm a teensy bit surprised that Criterion didn't upgrade their version of The Devil's Backbone for this month.

Anyway, I guess we'll get Frankenstein next year.

Got a spider-sense tingle that it will be coming out alongside Pan's Labyrinth 4k and a possible 3 film set with 4K Cronos all in one month

[GrouchoFan]

Altered States for me! I can finally drop the old blu-ray from my Amazon wishlist.

[Poya]

Originally Posted by concolt

I’m pretty sure Sean Baker got two in one month this year. If they want to release 10 Cronenbergs in a month I’m fine with it.

Oh crap, that's right! At least Cronenberg's a more worthy filmmaker than Baker.

[Rayjg]

Good, not great, month. No deleted scenes for Altered States is a bummer. I guess the delay was them looking through the vaults. The Shrouds not being in 4K is a otter travesty. What the hell are they thinking

[Member-922335]

Excellent month for Criterion, I'll be picking up the following with the 50% off sales in the fall...

Altered States 4K
Eyes without a Face 4k
History of Violence 4k
Twin Peaks 4k

With that said, we are at a point where if there is something I don't own already from Criterion I will wait for the 4K which is why I'll be passing on the Shrouds. It's same reason I haven't picked up Scanners or Valley of the Dolls. There are some movies I had held out on and this point I feel like it would be a waste of money to pick up something I'll be upgrading in another year or two.

[Mike0284]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

A History of Violence 4K UHD

https://www.criterion.com/films/3380...ry-of-violence

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Surprised they didn't include a copy of the graphic novel the movie is based on, since it's not currently in print.

[Brad1963]

I'm going to put my bet in now that the Criterion Fall Flash Sale is going to land on October 21st.

[The Sovereign]

Altered States, A History of Violence, and FWWM will be certain buys during the November sale. I haven’t seen this Nightmare Alley or The Shrouds, but they look like solid blinds for me. I’m digging the Altered States cover because it looks like a paperback from the 70s.

[Driver78]

Originally Posted by eightslicesofpie

pleeease let the flash sale in October happen on a date such that A History of Violence and The Shrouds are available lol

How much do you save by waiting for a price drop? Can't be more than 5 or 6 bucks - Criterion prices don't go down that much.

[eightslicesofpie]

Originally Posted by Driver78

How much do you save by waiting for a price drop? Can't be more than 5 or 6 bucks - Criterion prices don't go down that much.

I mean, a 4k that Criterion typically sells for $40 is $25 during the sale (or a $31 standard is $20), so that's pretty significant, especially if you buy 5-10 titles during the sale.

And sure, there's always the Barnes & Noble sales or Amazon's possibly cheaper daily prices, but by reserving all my Criterion purchases for their website's flash sales, I'm saving the same or more amount of money (which really adds up) and also getting points toward gift certificates which I can then spend to get more movies without any extra cost

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by Poya

Two Cronenbergs is overkill. Can you imagine if they did that with any other director?

They’ve regularly done this with many other directors in the mainline nonetheless.

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by dex14

So they've renamed Janus Contemporaries to Criterion Premieres.
https://www.criterion.com/shop/colle...rion-premieres

That’s stupid

[Scottie]

Peep the main post I have and let me know if you guys like the new layout, where I separate the 4K and BDs.

[kowski]

Not much for me in October. Will probably pick up the Nightmare Alley remake and Altered States (never seen the latter before).

Undecided about The History of Violence but I’m in the minority when it comes to the cover art: I really like it.

[Martin_31]

Very excited for Profundo carmesí (Deep Crimson). The first Arturo Ripstein in the collection! I hope--hope!--we get El lugar sin limites (The Place without Limits).

[SeanJoyce]

Criterion over here owning their reputation as re-release central.

[concolt]

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

Criterion over here owning their reputation as re-release central.

So you want movies to stay on film or VHS maybe? They should never be put out in a higher quality?

[Sifox211]

Another month and no P&P

How long is it going to take them to release I Know Where I’m Going! ?

[Plain Jane]

I just bought Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me two weeks ago. That said, I will still be buying the 4K release in October.

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by Sifox211

Another month and no P&P

How long is it going to take them to release I Know Where I’m Going! ?

I wonder if there's some issue going on between Criterion and iTV since they haven't released anything from them since the The Red Shoes 4K in late 2021 and before that it was Meantime in 2017.

Shout has released The Stepfather, The Company of Wolves, The Last Unicorn, plus a bunch of later ITC stuff. Not to mention an absurd about of releases through Imprint lately.