The Criterion Collection

[SlickDamian]

Thanks for the help, I think I am going to go with High & Low. I may purchase another one, which I think will be Solaris, or maybe a completely different random one that I see and decide that I want.

[SlickDamian]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Everyone ready for the big day? Let the speculation begin

It seems that The Lady Vanishes is a pretty sure bet.

I wouldn't be surprised if they only announce two, but hopefully there will be more.

I would love to see Two-Lane Blacktop and Picnic At Hanging Rock. Also, The Life Aquatic and The Royal Tenenbaums need to get out on blu to complete the Wes Anderson Criterion Collection! I love his work. Hopefully I won't be flamed now.

[Darkcritic]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Everyone ready for the big day? Let the speculation begin

The Lady Vanishes already has been locked. Here is hoping for another upgrade and two more new titles. Who knows, I can predict a lot of things but Criterion has always a surprise under the sleeve .

[dumb_dutchman]

Not going to happen...but my predictions (aside from those hinted at)
More Altman with...
Come back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

and a weird tie-in with a Paul Morrissey Eclipse Set of
Trash
Heat
& Flesh

[ShellOilJunior]

Johnny Guitar

Make
it
happen

[Banned User]

Originally Posted by SoundofSilence01

I"m pretty sure Chaplin drives a car like that in City Lights

It looks like it, but I'm not positive yet. I think the cars he drives in the movie don't have a bell like that on the hood. Definitely a 20's vehicle though so I think City Lights is the best guess. Good news if true.

Originally Posted by AlbinoPriest

Completely agree with everything in this post. I just noticed that, of all the different releases shown in that dvdbeaver comparison page, the MoC is th only one that has the fuller frame. I think that one may have been restored from a different source than all the others.

Good call I didn't notice that, but according the this site and others it is from the same source.
It would be great to have some more info about this. From a few of the screenshots I'm guessing the MoC version would most likely be the directors intentional framing as the same Criterion screenshots cut people in half on the edges.
Granted those particular scenes employ a static camera.

Blu-ray.com even lists the Criterion Aspect Ratio as 2.34:1 and the OAR as 2.35:1

I'll be getting this regardless and ultimately its not that big a deal other then being a curiosity.

[GxyExpress999]

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

Harakiri comparison

It concerns me that the Criterion is noticeably cropped. In one screenshot, a person visible on the left of the MoC's frame is completely missing from the Criterion.
However, I think the MoC looks a little soft. Perhaps others will think the Criterion looks artificially sharpened.
Any thoughts?

Hmmm I guess I will wait for more reviews but since I don't have a region B/free player, I'd have to go with CC anyway.

[RupertPupkin]

The Soft Skin

if they could also release on blu-ray "Ma Femme Est Une Sorcière" (aka I Married A Witch) with Veronica Lake I would be in heaven... (it's already on hulu under Criterion calatalog...)

since a blu-ray is out in Japan (altough I have seen no test and no screenshots so far which is a bit strange for a blu-ray which is out since last July) : The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (I don't know if Criterion have the right for this like he used to for the laserdisc)

Crash from Cronenberg would be a killer (sorry) for me...
Atom Egoyan needs to enter in the Criterion collection : and I don't think that "Exotica" would be a bad choice

regarding the blu-ray upgrade side, 2 weeks ago I watched again "Short Cuts" and while remembering my crush for Madeleine Stowe I also thought that a blu-ray upgrade would be fantastic for this title (I bought 3 Women of course (already had the DVD) and was really pleased with the blu-ray)

I know Belle de Jour will come pretty soon... I love this movie soooo much. I already have the StudioCanal transfer and judging the transfer (not that bad but...) I'm sure Criterion could do better...

Picnic at Hanging-Rock would be nice; but I already buy the BR UK when it came out...

[Monty70]

Originally Posted by BillyJack

I really like em' all, but my fave of those six you listed would be "The Killing" (plus the CC blu has Kubrick's full legnth film:"Killer's Kiss" added as bonus feature)

I love all of the Film Noir that Criterion has released on BD. (The Third Man, The Night of the Hunter, Sweet Smell of Success, The Killing, and my personal fav, Kiss Me Deadly)

I hope that Criterion continues to license other classic films from this genre.

P.S.
Has anyone seen Angel Face (1952) directed by Otto Preminger and starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons? (and would you suggest it?)

[GxyExpress999]

OK, The Lady Vanishies & City Lights I guess. Possibly one more - Y tu mamá también?

[blkhrt]

Criterion Cast has started tweeting things.

The first is

[Show spoiler] Lubitsch's Design for Living

[tfunk]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Everyone ready for the big day? Let the speculation begin

Oh, shoot, that's today isn't it. Where have I been?

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by blkhrt

Criterion Cast has started tweeting things.

The first is

[Show spoiler] Lubitsch's Design for Living

I just saw that too. Looks like a lock on that too. So far 3 w/City Lights and The Lady Vanishes. Another new title would be nice.

[Banned User]

Originally Posted by blkhrt

Criterion Cast has started tweeting things.

The first is

[Show spoiler] Lubitsch's Design for Living

Just point me to the PreOrder

**EDIT** boy do I feel Dumb. Cooper is in Design For Living.

CriterionCast
Interesting, there aren't any films starring Gary Cooper in the Collection. I wonder what might change that.

Hmmmm interesting.

[ShellOilJunior]

There was a City Lights clue?

[CheapChildren]

Does anyone know the first episode of CriterionCast without Ruie Obias? I hated the show with him hosting. But I've learned it's improved since his departure.

[ShellOilJunior]

Ball of Fire?

(I think that was off limits though).

High Noon, maybe...

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by jcs913

I just saw that too. Looks like a lock on that too. So far 3 w/City Lights and The Lady Vanishes. Another new title would be nice.

Well so much for a spoiler alert. haha

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

There was a City Lights clue?

No, I think people just didn't realize you were joking. Once people saw other people excited about it, it just spread.

Amazing how that happens on the internet

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Ball of Fire?

(I think that was off limits though).

High Noon, maybe...

I didn't realize the DVD for Ball of Fire went OOP. I wouldn't put it past them to get their hands on the title. It wasn't available for the longest time. Otherwise MGM should have just kept the DVD avaiable. I recall having it ordered but was realyl hard to find in stores.

I would KILL for Johhny Guitar that film needs a decent dvd and HD release for sure. That film has been in limbo forever.

Just hoping that Criterion doesn't wait until end of the day to post the announcements I have a meeting later in the afternoon and will be stuck there for eternity haha.