The Criterion Collection

[lemonski]

Originally Posted by BluPat

Just pre-ordered 'Anatomy of a Murder' Criterion Blu on Amazon for $16.99 like someone else mentioned. Great price for a pre-order.

That has to be a mistake..Amazon reckons the SRP is $23.97, and the Criterion site says $39.95. Also the DVD is more expensive on Amazon.

Didn't stop me pre-ordering it though

Edit: Oh, and World on a Wire is $16.99 also??? Ka-ching! Sold!

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by trombone dixie

I was able to place a pre-order for both Three Outlaw Samurai ($20.99) and Anatomy Of A Murder ($16.99) on blu-ray for $37.98 on AMZ... Is this a mistake???

That was fast, normally it takes a few days for them to put up the titles. World on a Wire's also 16.99, and they are coming from Amazon themselves.

La Jetee / Sans Soleil isn't available yet though.

Edit: La Jetee is really the only one not available on BD from Amazon yet. I've been adding the ASIN numbers in.

[melo4mvp]

Originally Posted by lemonski

That has to be a mistake..Amazon reckons the SRP is $23.97, and the Criterion site says $39.95. Also the DVD is more expensive on Amazon.

Didn't stop me pre-ordering it though

Edit: Oh, and World on a Wire is $16.99 also??? Ka-ching! Sold!

I preordered both. Doubtful if it will be honored but can't hurt to try.

[DLizzle]

Originally Posted by Darkcritic

You know, I am actually really impressed by those graphs. I mean, it is no mystery that Criterion favors US, France and Japan, but I would have thought that Germany had a good chunk too. Still, the results are quite dissapointing. I mean, I know getting the rights for films at some countries is difficult but these results hardly reflect that "world cinema" motto of Criterion .

I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing the graph is reasonably close to the film output for each country as well

[DionJP]

CG - Clearly I was wrong about the Robert Downey Eclipse set.

Not having seen Tiny Furniture, so I can't comment on the film. The cover is one of the worst I've ever seen. Who looks at that and says "this looks like a must see! Some fat girls fat face!" Ugh.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by DionJP

CG - Clearly I was wrong about the Robert Downey Eclipse set.

Not having seen Tiny Furniture, so I can't comment on the film. The cover is one of the worst I've ever seen. Who looks at that and says "this looks like a must see! Some fat girls fat face!" Ugh.

What? I have no interest in seeing the film, but the girl's not fat:



The cover is very appropriate, from what I can see of the basic plot of the film.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by rock, stone

But the conceit that "everyone else just doesn't get it" is a fallacy. The majority don't need convincing. And the minority who may be going through their respective "Kurosawa phase" are unlikely to stop watching movies at Madadayo.

I think Pro-B is right. I adore Kurosawa but he is "the introduction" to Japanese cinema for most people but most people get stuck on him and fail to see there is more to Japan then him. It's like those who only watch kung fu movies and think that's all there is in Chinese cinema. I don't think there is a conceit as you say, just that someone like to point out there is other things to watch and they would like to have it made available. There is nothing wrong with that.

[Arkadin]

wow, ordered Three Colors and Rules like 2 hours into the sale and still got an "order delayed" email from B&N this morning.
OUCH.

[BohemianGraham]

If anyone wanted to pre-order La Jetee / Sans Soleil here's a tip from the thread in the hot deals section:

Originally Posted by Antonmassacre1

Search for sans soleil blu and you will find the last release for 27.99. They have a typo in the listing.

The accent grave (P@t, correct me if I'm wrong) has made the spelling of La Jetee show up as La Jetée.

For the record, I like that Criterion's taking a break from Kurosawa with the other Japanese titles. I like Kurosawa, but The other Japanese titles coming out lately have been really interesting to watch.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

If anyone wanted to pre-order La Jetee / Sans Soleil here's a tip from the thread in the hot deals section:



The accent grave (P@t, correct me if I'm wrong) has made the spelling of La Jetee show up as La Jetée.

For the record, I like that Criterion's taking a break from Kurosawa with the other Japanese titles. I like Kurosawa, but The other Japanese titles coming out lately have been really interesting to watch.

I think they have made a correction now? Seem to be at $34

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I think they have made a correction now? Seem to be at $34

Which Amazon are you on? It's still saying 27.99 for the BD for me. I'm not ordering it, because I hit my limit with February purchases.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Which Amazon are you on? It's still saying 27.99 for the BD for me. I'm not ordering it, because I hit my limit with February purchases.

Yes just found it. I got confuse I was sure you were saying it was on B&N sorry about that. Yes it's becasue of the accent that this occur

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Yes just found it. I got confuse I was sure you were saying it was on B&N sorry about that. Yes it's becasue of the accent that this occur

Gotcha. I was actually asking if I had the correct term for the accent. I get them confused, and honestly haven't taken a French course in about 8 or 9 years.

B&N has them up too? I'm impressed. Only Amazon Canada seems to be missing them.

[drbikeshorts]

I just watched the trailer for Tiny Furniture.
That's two and a half minutes I'll never get back

[ParticleDan]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

wow, ordered Three Colors and Rules like 2 hours into the sale and still got an "order delayed" email from B&N this morning.
OUCH.

Yeah just got that dreaded (and inevitable) email myself. The frustrating thing is that the site still says, "ships within 24hrs."

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by ParticleDan

Yeah just got that dreaded (and inevitable) email myself. The frustrating thing is that the site still says, "ships within 24hrs."

A lot of people are getting delays or cancellations. My friend had his Fanny and Alexander order cancelled, and his copies of Dazed and Confused & The Killing, which he ordered with The Battle of Algiers, have been delayed. Algiers shipped last week.

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

I just watched the trailer for Tiny Furniture.
That's two and a half minutes I'll never get back

Poor you. At least you know what not to pre-order for February now. You can get Anatomy of a Murder instead!

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by trombone dixie

I was able to place a pre-order for both Three Outlaw Samurai ($20.99) and Anatomy Of A Murder ($16.99) on blu-ray for $37.98 on AMZ... Is this a mistake???

Thanks for the heads up.
World on a Wire and Anatomy of a Murder pre-order

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by fkbrun

They MUST release The bride wore black. One of his most overlooked gems.

I was thinking the same thing.

[Cinemach]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

I was wondering the same about Truffaut, I'm surprised they have not released more on Blu ray. Shoot the Piano Player, Jules & Jim, Antoine Doinel series upgrades would be welcome.

The past couple Criterion sales I've looked at picking up Jules et Jim and Shoot the Piano Player on DVD, but I realize those have got to be on their way. Looking forward to The Soft Skin, which just had a new 35mm Janus print, shortly as well. And The Bride Wore Black would be very nice, though isn't that an MGM (distribution...so FOX) title?

I might convince myself to pick up the Doinel set sometime on DVD, as I don't believe those are in a rush to be upgraded. Then again the Fassbinder BRD set apparently is - and right after I picked it up during the last sale! - so those box-sets certainly aren't too exempt from blu upgrades.

And I also jumped on the World on a Wire Amazon pre-order. Though I wasn't too keen on the titles released yesterday, being a Fassbinder and available for $16.99 was too good to pass up.

[Darkcritic]

Originally Posted by DLizzle

I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing the graph is reasonably close to the film output for each country as well

No way ! Trust me, there are tons of other films at each country. Not all of them are gems, mind you, but it is the same thing with cinema of France, US and Japan. There are many strong film industries way too underrepresented by Criterion. For example, where is the cinema of countries like Iran, Russia, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil in the Collection? Their film output is incredibly strong and consistent year by year, it's cinema that deserves to be seen by a wider audience .