The Criterion Collection

[fdm]

Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

Would that be something Criterion would recall and fix then?

That could also be a firmware issue limited to certain players.

[P@t_Mtl]

I have not yet place an order for The Phantom Carriage, I think I will wait a bit, maybe wait for B&N sales next month (if one is made of course)

[BluPix]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I have not yet place an order for The Phantom Carriage, I think I will wait a bit, maybe wait for B&N sales next month (if one is made of course)

I'm also very interested in The Phantom Carriage and hope to order it during the same B&N sale, perhaps along with People on Sunday.

[Moonraker]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

why has my bd of The Four Feathers not even shipped yet from amazon??
wtf??

Same thing happened to me, looks like the new ship date is October 18

[BluPix]

On this, the release date of The Tree of Life (via Fox), I want to express my feeling that I still think this masterpiece will be given the Criterion treatment within the next year or two.

The reasons behind by hunch:

1. The extras on today's Fox release are quite slim (though of a nice quality).

2. There's a Criterion release of every feature from director Terrence Malick except for the two (Badlands and The New World) controlled by Warner Bros. and its subsidiaries, which historically seem to frown on licensing the films in its catalog to other studios for rerelease (though I once read somewhere that Warner is thinking of making an exception for Malick on Criterion; I don't know how true that is).

3. Criterion has an ongoing relationship with Fox, where Fox films are released by Criterion. For example, Bigger than Life, Walkabout, The Thin Red Line and 3 Women.

4. The Tree of Life seems to fit well with the sorts of artistic, intellectual and thought-provoking titles the Criterion Collection is known for.

It's just a gut feeling, but here's hoping I'm right. I'd love to see that become a reality.

[BluPix]

Originally Posted by Moonraker

Same thing happened to me, looks like the new ship date is October 18

My copy of The Four Feathers shipped over the weekend, although I see that Amazon's product description page now says that the retailer will have it back in stock on October 14th. It seems odd, but it looks as if the store didn't buy enough stock of this title.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by BluPix

On this, the release date of The Tree of Life (via Fox), I want to express my feeling that I still think this masterpiece will be given the Criterion treatment within the next year or two.

The reasons behind by hunch:

1. The extras on today's Fox release are quite slim (though of a nice quality).

2. There's a Criterion release of every feature from director Terrence Malick except for the two (Badlands and The New World) controlled by Warner Bros. and its subsidiaries, which historically seem to frown on licensing the films in its catalog to other studios for rerelease (though I once read somewhere that Warner is thinking of making an exception for Malick on Criterion; I don't know how true that is).

3. Criterion has an ongoing relationship with Fox, where Fox films are released by Criterion. For example, Bigger than Life, Walkabout, The Thin Red Line and 3 Women.

4. The Tree of Life seems to fit well with the sorts of artistic, intellectual and thought-provoking titles the Criterion Collection is known for.

It's just a gut feeling, but here's hoping I'm right. I'd love to see that become a reality.

Unless there's another cut available and more extras I don't think there's a need for another release.

[Donat96]

I would definitely double-dip if Criterion could get their hands on Tree of Life. I doubt they will, though.

[SpiderBaby]

Off-topic to Criterion, but since I know Mods read this,

Fassbinder's Despair needs updating on the site. The release date is now November 15th. Don't know if you all update features either, but here is Olive Film's site listing if you want a look:

http://www.olivefilms.com/films/despair-blu-ray/

We don't have a thread I believe for Olive Films so this is the next best thing for me to post this on.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by BluPix

The reasons behind by hunch:

2. There's a Criterion release of every feature from director Terrence Malick except for the two (Badlands and The New World) controlled by Warner Bros. and its subsidiaries, which historically seem to frown on licensing the films in its catalog to other studios for rerelease (though I once read somewhere that Warner is thinking of making an exception for Malick on Criterion; I don't know

haha, I love this reason. Criterion has released "every feature" of Malicks' except for half of them.

They release Malicks' 50% of the time, everytime.

[KubrickFan]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Unless there's another cut available and more extras I don't think there's a need for another release.

Agreed. I'm a big fan of Malick, and though it would be nice if Criterion managed to give us a longer cut (if Malick wants it, that is), it's not like Criterion is needed to give this movie a great release.

[Icemouth]

So was Criterion waiting for all three Transformers movies to come out to release a boxset? Maybe they could Blu-Ray their existing Bay movies, have a Bay Boxset they wouldn't need to release anything else for the rest of the year because that's pretty much the perfect release

[Monty70]

Originally Posted by RodneyOz

Regarding the Phantom Carriage return issue - I'm not comfortable cut-and-pasting someone's email into a public forum, but a member of the DVD Beaver email list has mentioned having a problem with his copy - whenever he tried to use the reverse function on his remote, the Blu jumped ahead to the very end of the movie credits. Another member felt that would be an authoring problem rather than a defective copy. I'm wondering if anyone else has had that problem?

(and I'm kind of happy that, since I have the old Tartan DVD release, I was waiting for the B&N sale rather than purchasing it straight away)

I just tried reverse and fast forward functions on TPC BD and experienced no problems. Now I will have to watch the film again, oh darn.

I also picked up the BB exclusive BD of Sid and Nancy today after work. ($14.95)

[Adrock]

Originally Posted by Icemouth

So was Criterion waiting for all three Transformers movies to come out to release a boxset? Maybe they could Blu-Ray their existing Bay movies, have a Bay Boxset they wouldn't need to release anything else for the rest of the year because that's pretty much the perfect release

You must be joking.

[Icemouth]

I don't joke around when it comes to giant robots, bro.

[Adrock]

Originally Posted by Icemouth

I don't joke around when it comes to giant robots, bro.

Fair enough.

Don't expect Criterion to get the rights for the Transformers movies, even *if* they wanted them, which I can with most certainty assure you that they do not. The Transformers films are definitely not what most would describe as, in my opinion, 'Criterion Worthy'. Criterion only owns the rights for (2) Michael Bay Films, 'The Rock', and 'Armageddon'. To be honest, it still surprises me that they wanted the rights to release 'The Rock', and 'Armageddon'. It's nothing against the films, they are good for what they are, but I certainly couldn't put them in the same class as a majority of their other releases.

[ythelastman89]

Hasn't been mentioned yet, but a good deal of new titles have been marked down to the $20-23 range including:
-Days of Heaven
-8 1/2
-Black Narcissus
-High & Low
-Beauty and the Beast
-The Thin Red Line
-Shock Corridor
-Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
-The Seventh Seal
-Antichrist
-Kiss Me Deadly
-Diabolique

[Guitar Joe]

Originally Posted by ythelastman89

Hasn't been mentioned yet, but a good deal of new titles have been marked down to the $20-23 range including:
-Days of Heaven
-8 1/2
-Black Narcissus
-High & Low
-Beauty and the Beast
-The Thin Red Line
-Shock Corridor
-Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
-The Seventh Seal
-Antichrist
-Kiss Me Deadly
-Diabolique

Why did you have to post this? I've already bought too many movies this week.

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[Arkadin]

Originally Posted by Moonraker

Same thing happened to me, looks like the new ship date is October 18

wow, that's a bummer.
thanks for the update though.

[ythelastman89]

Originally Posted by Guitar Joe

Why did you have to post this? I've already bought too many movies this week.

[Show spoiler]

I know, I'm sorry. All these Criterion sales seem to be a blessing and a curse. Really didn't need to spend an unexpected $90, but what can you do? Especially at these prices.