The Criterion Collection

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Good catch. There were some spelling issues. The drawback to open submissions is people choose to enter titles differently. (A big validation drop list would never work though!).

List has been updated.

Le Samourai (5)

Well that's better. I am still curious as to how Criterion could possibly release Badlands, since we all know WB doesn't like to give them titles. I also think your list is better than the unofficial one in the wishlist thread, as the top titles seem to be dominated by David Lynch and/or titles already out on BD with quality releases (unlike poor quality ones like Spartacus).

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Well that's better. I am still curious as to how Criterion could possibly release Badlands, since we all know WB doesn't like to give them titles. I also think your list is better than the unofficial one in the wishlist thread, as the top titles seem to be dominated by David Lynch and/or titles already out on BD with quality releases (unlike poor quality ones like Spartacus).

Thank you.

I figure if one wants to get a lot of people participating ya gotta make it easy to submit a request. Google forms seems to be the ticket.

Ideally, I'd like to embed the form directly into my signature but this site doesn't take those kind of object tags.

[Arkadin]

Originally Posted by retablo

Also, with the announcement of the BFI Cassavetes Collection, any bets as to how long it'll be before Criterion re-issues their 5 film box (since its the 5 same films)?

going off the Chaplin films
my guess is 2 years.
that seems to be the way CC rolls these days.
(see "Picnic at Hanging Rock", "Bicycle Thieves", M. Hulot's Holiday, Eyes Without A Face, etc. etc)
(can't wait to get my BFI set)

[ikari777]

Hoping we get our announcement and some other information on what the delay was!

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Thank you.

I figure if one wants to get a lot of people participating ya gotta make it easy to submit a request. Google forms seems to be the ticket.

Ideally, I'd like to embed the form directly into my signature but this site doesn't take those kind of object tags.

Too bad, because that would be all kinds of awesome to have the embedded vote box.

I think this poll is much more interesting, because you can add so many titles, and I think most of the ones posting in the other one don't frequent this thread all that often.

I do really like the list of current top ones, other than Badlands and The Fountain. Several of them are ones I'd really like to see upgraded/added soon.

[Wally Q]

Originally Posted by DetroitSquirreL

Anyone know the reason 'Harold & Maude' has a new 3 months extended street date?

Yeah I'd like to know why it was pushed back to June.

[rock, stone]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

I just realise that I'm probably looking like a bit of a hypocrite, but I'm not.

Not many posts actually make me laugh, but this one did the trick.

And I think it sums up the thread pretty well.

[BluPix]

Originally Posted by retablo

It was the 39 Steps photo that was already posted a page or so back.

The 39 Steps would be a welcome — though expected — release from Criterion. One of the best examples of early Hitchcock.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by rock, stone

Not many posts actually make me laugh, but this one did the trick.

And I think it sums up the thread pretty well.

Which is exactly what I was going for. As I said, turnabout's fair play, and most of us are hypocritical, some are just more hypocritical than others.

I honestly wouldn't be all that upset if those two titles did get released. I may not enjoy them, but I won't stop others from enjoying them. I just found the whole "liek omg, Criterion is releazing teh tiny furnitures shit, tehy is teh ruins! Criterion isn't catering to meeeee by not relezing non-mainstream stuff!!!!!111eleventy" amusing as the top choices in our poll are for stuff that's far more mainstream than Tiny Furniture.

I think most of us take ourselves far too seriously sometimes in this thread, although it's been a bit more jovial as of late.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by sinthetic

in the mood for love needs to happen this year.

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[Brad1963]

Nice to see 39 STEPS coming. I almost bought the Essential Art House DVD for $10.00 during the last sale. I'm really hoping Criterion starts adding more upgrades each month.

[jayputter]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

Nice to see 39 STEPS coming. I almost bought the Essential Art House DVD for $10.00 during the last sale. I'm really hoping Criterion starts adding more upgrades each month.

I'm happy to see this too. I still have my old criterion dvd that came in the set with the other 4 hitchcock criterions at the time,but I'm definitely on board for any Hitchcock blu upgrades.

[Flatnate]

Criterions facebook page just posted a nasty picture of a can of 35mm film containing Bergman's Summer Interlude being utterly devastated into flaking pieces. I'm starting to wonder if the May 29th release is now completely off the table. What a bummer. I guess stay tuned for news on that one.

[italy12]

Originally Posted by lanceandnade

Hi! I'm looking forward to blu-ray upgrades for "The Royal Tenenbaums," "The Life Aquatic" "Grand Illusion," "La Strada" "Nights of Cabiria," "Umberto D," "Bicycle Thieves," "The Bad Sleep Well," "The Hidden Fortress," "Othello," "The Magnificent Ambersons," "Jules And Jim," "Shoot The Piano Player," "A Woman Is A Woman," "Band of Outsiders," "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie," "Simon of The Desert," "The Gold Rush," "The Circus," "The Kid," "Vengeance Is Mine," "Tokyo Olympiad," "Floating Weeds," "Ikiru," "Good Morning" (Ozu), "Tokyo Story," "Rashomon" & "Boudou Saved From Drowning."
It's about time these classics were brought back to the Criterion Collection in blu-ray format. I'm sick of all these "new" "modern" (except for Wes Anderson, whom I love) titles. We need the "classics of world cinema" oop of print titles restored to the collection. "Grande Illusion" is spine #1 and it's not even in print!

I have been more of a "lurker" as of late...real busy at my school job and can't keep up as much as I used to...however, this post made me want to post right away!

oop of print? So, would that be, "out of print of print"?

Wes Anderson=not new, not modern. Whew!

Grand Illusion=spine #1=wins a prize of never going out of print of print.

Oh, and by the way...THEY'RE UP!!!!

OOPOP Box Set!! (featuring all titles out of print of print, including #1 Grand Illusion)
#56 The 39 Steps
#615 The Spiral Staircase
#616 Throw Mama From the Train
#617 The Singing Detective
#618-#622 "Not new, not modern boxset."

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by Flatnate

Criterions facebook page just posted a nasty picture of a can of 35mm film containing Bergman's Summer Interlude being utterly devastated into flaking pieces. I'm starting to wonder if the May 29th release is now completely off the table. What a bummer. I guess stay tuned for news on that one.

Hulu - Summer Interlude - Watch the full movie now.

[rezpekt]

Originally Posted by Flatnate

Criterions facebook page just posted a nasty picture of a can of 35mm film containing Bergman's Summer Interlude being utterly devastated into flaking pieces. I'm starting to wonder if the May 29th release is now completely off the table. What a bummer. I guess stay tuned for news on that one.

Why would it affect the release date in any way? They obviously have created a master from a different source.

[Guitar Joe]

Originally Posted by Flatnate

Criterions facebook page just posted a nasty picture of a can of 35mm film containing Bergman's Summer Interlude being utterly devastated into flaking pieces. I'm starting to wonder if the May 29th release is now completely off the table. What a bummer. I guess stay tuned for news on that one.

It just means that the transfer came from a different source. At least I hope it came from a different source.

[Flatnate]

Yeah I had no idea if this was from the print they were working on during the telecine transfer process or not. Not trying to be fear mongering here. I hope its just a random can of some release print they found and nothing really important.

[AgentOrange]

Originally Posted by Flatnate

Yeah I had no idea if this was from the print they were working on during the telecine transfer process or not. Not trying to be fear mongering here. I hope its just a random can of some release print they found and nothing really important.

I would assume that they aren't just getting around to opening the film canister if they already announced a release date.

They obviously have other sources, just that particular one could have provided an upgrade if it wasn't destroyed.

[Flatnate]

Originally Posted by AgentOrange

I would assume that they aren't just getting around to opening the film canister if they already announced a release date.

They obviously have other sources, just that that one could have provided an upgrade if it wasn't destroyed.

I would have assumed the same thing... till I met the management at my current job..

Your probably right though.