The Criterion Collection

[retablo]

Originally Posted by Yankees0222

So there IS an artistic explanation for the aspect ratio change. Interesting.....

Which is another reason why the yahoos on another thread wanting every movie's aspect ratio changed to "fill their TV screen" have NO CLUE what that are talking about and want to compromise the integrity of both the art form itself and the intended intention of the director's vision.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by captveg

It's an Eclipse set, so yeah, no Blu.

Has Criterion actually stated they have no intention of releasing those sets in Blu?

[thorthefifth]

I have now received all of the replacement cases. Just arrived today. I'll post a pic if I get a chance.

[reallyagi]

Originally Posted by thorthefifth

I have now received all of the replacement cases. Just arrived today. I'll post a pic if I get a chance.

I think whoever announces that they got their cases should also post when they ordered them, so we can get an idea of how the process is progressing.

[krisstivers]

Originally Posted by reallyagi

I think whoever announces that they got their cases should also post when they ordered them, so we can get an idea of how the process is progressing.

Good idea. Also, did you order ALL nine cases that were available?

[captveg]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Has Criterion actually stated they have no intention of releasing those sets in Blu?

Not blatantly, but the Eclipse series in general implies it. The series is to allow Criterion to release, with no extras and less effort towards restoration, many films that they otherwise would never get around to. Combine that with the statements that every Blu release is the equivalent of another full project - one they are struggling to increase production for in order to satisfy demand - and expecting Blu Eclipse releases anytime soon is very wishful thinking.

[thorthefifth]

Originally Posted by reallyagi

I think whoever announces that they got their cases should also post when they ordered them, so we can get an idea of how the process is progressing.

I ordered eight of the replacement cases excluding The Third Man because I ordered that as soon as it was available. I placed my order December 4.

[kndy]

Originally Posted by rezpekt

New hint from fresh newsletter:

Nagisa Oshima? I wonder which films for the Eclipse Series...he has a lot of them.

[Weirded Wonder]

Originally Posted by BlackDevil

Wait Best Buy is selling Che early?!

Not every one of them are. I had to go 3 Best Buys before I found one that had it out. The first two told me that it did not go on sale until next Tuesday. I picked it up last night, but have yet to watch it.

[Kevtronn]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

Weird, you just got your cases, which means they got a shipment in, yet I just received this email today.



So they were out of cases, got a shipment in, sent you yours, then send me an email saying they are out and expecting some in two MORE weeks?

You'd think after running out so many times, they'd stock up and order a lot of replacement cases...

Wow, I guess I just assumed that since they got the shipment in that everyone would be getting cases. I really can not believe they did not order enough for everyone.

[Kevtronn]

Originally Posted by rich_adamson

You see, it wouldn't be so bad, but they are obviously not fulfilling these in the order that they received them. If it does indeed take another 3-5 weeks, it will have been at least two months without any sort of update from them except for me having contacted them. I am a huge Criterion supporter, but this is absolutely ridiculous, and I honestly feel cheated by being skipped over for someone who was seemingly tended to because they spoke up and I waited silently. (no offense to Kevtronn here, as I'm glad he received his, but it just seems quite absurd from where I'm sitting.)

Rich ~ No offense taken. I really can not believe they would ship out orders not in order. I had assumed that everyone before me already had the cases & everyone else would be recieving copies soon.

[kndy]

The 1,000 greatest films “As voted by 2,041 critics, filmmakers, reviewers, scholars and other likely film types, and over 1,100 worlwide polls”:

http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1...l1000films.htm

Many of these are out on Blu-ray, DVD and some are available from Criterion. Anyone on here own all 50 films in some format or other?
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Here are the top 50:

1 1 1 1 Citizen Kane Welles, Orson 1941 US 119 BW

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2 2 2 3 Vertigo Hitchcock, Alfred 1958 US 128 Col

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3 3 3 2 Rules of the Game, The Renoir, Jean 1939 France 113 BW

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4 4 4 4 2001: A Space Odyssey Kubrick, Stanley 1968 UK 139 Col

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5 5 5 5 8½ Fellini, Federico 1963 Italy 135 BW

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6 6 6 7 Godfather, The Coppola, Francis 1972 US 175 Col

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7 7 7 9 Searchers, The Ford, John 1956 US 119 Col

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8 9 8 6 Seven Samurai, The Kurosawa, Akira 1954 Japan 200 BW

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9 11 11 10 Singin' in the Rain Donen, Stanley/Gene Kelly 1952 US 102 Col

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10 8 12 12 Battleship Potemkin Eisenstein, Sergei 1925 Russia 65 BW

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11 10 9 8 Tokyo Story Ozu, Yasujiro 1953 Japan 134 BW

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12 12 10 11 Sunrise Murnau, F.W. 1927 US 110 BW

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13 13 13 13 Lawrence of Arabia Lean, David 1962 UK 216 Col

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14 14 15 17 Bicycle Thieves De Sica, Vittorio 1948 Italy 90 BW

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15 20 17 18 Godfather Part II, The Coppola, Francis 1974 US 200 Col

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16 16 14 16 Atalante, L' Vigo, Jean 1934 France 89 BW

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17 15 20 25 Casablanca Curtiz, Michael 1942 US 102 BW

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18 19 19 15 Rashomon Kurosawa, Akira 1950 Japan 88 BW

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19 18 18 19 Raging Bull Scorsese, Martin 1980 US 128 BW

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20 17 16 14 Passion of Joan of Arc, The Dreyer, Carl 1928 France 77 BW

21 21 22 22 Touch of Evil Welles, Orson 1958 US 108 BW

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22 22 28 32 Some Like it Hot Wilder, Billy 1959 US 119 BW

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23 26 24 23 Dolce vita, La Fellini, Federico 1960 Italy 175 BW

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24 25 26 26 Grande illusion, La Renoir, Jean 1937 France 117 BW

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25 23 21 21 City Lights Chaplin, Charles 1931 US 86 BW

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26 28 38 39 Taxi Driver Scorsese, Martin 1976 US 113 Col

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27 30 27 27 General, The Keaton, Buster/Clyde Bruckman 1926 US 74 BW

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28 32 30 29 Psycho Hitchcock, Alfred 1960 US 109 BW

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29 31 25 24 Enfants du paradis, Les Carné, Marcel 1945 France 195 BW

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30 24 23 20 Third Man, The Reed, Carol 1949 UK 104 BW

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31 29 31 28 Sunset Blvd. Wilder, Billy 1950 US 110 BW

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32 27 34 37 Gold Rush, The Chaplin, Charles 1925 US 82 BW

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33 39 39 35 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Kubrick, Stanley 1964 UK 93 BW

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34 33 29 30 Breathless Godard, Jean-Luc 1959 France 89 BW

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35 35 44 44 Apocalypse Now Coppola, Francis 1979 US 150 Col

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36 36 35 40 Chinatown Polanski, Roman 1974 US 131 Col

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37 37 43 52 Night of the Hunter, The Laughton, Charles 1955 US 93 BW

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38 34 37 41 Ordet Dreyer, Carl 1955 Denmark 125 BW

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39 38 33 31 Avventura, L' Antonioni, Michelangelo 1960 Italy, France 145 BW

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40 46 55 66 Blade Runner Scott, Ridley 1982 US 118 Col


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41 44 46 48 400 Blows, The Truffaut, François 1959 France 99 BW

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42 40 32 34 Persona Bergman, Ingmar 1966 Sweden 81 BW

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43 41 48 38 Andrei Rublev Tarkovsky, Andrei 1966 Russia 185 Col-BW

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44 47 41 45 Rear Window Hitchcock, Alfred 1954 US 112 Col

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45 45 47 43 It's a Wonderful Life Capra, Frank 1946 US 129 BW

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46 43 36 51 Magnificent Ambersons, The Welles, Orson 1942 US 88 BW

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47 54 50 47 Ugetsu monogatari Mizoguchi, Kenji 1953 Japan 96 BW

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48 53 51 53 M Lang, Fritz 1931 Germany 99 BW

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49 42 40 33 Jules et Jim Truffaut, François 1961 France 104 BW

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50 50 54 59 Strada, La Fellini, Federico 1954 Italy

[neo_reloaded]

Originally Posted by Kevtronn

Rich ~ No offense taken. I really can not believe they would ship out orders not in order. I had assumed that everyone before me already had the cases & everyone else would be recieving copies soon.

I too purchased on December 4th (which is, I believe, the first day that availability of cases other than The Third Man was posted), and have not received anything either.

[rich_adamson]

Originally Posted by kndy

The 1,000 greatest films “As voted by 2,041 critics, filmmakers, reviewers, scholars and other likely film types, and over 1,100 worlwide polls”:

http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1...l1000films.htm

Many of these are out on Blu-ray, DVD and some are available from Criterion. Anyone on here own all 20 films in some format or other? I've never watched #16.

=============================

Here are the top 20:

1 1 1 1 Citizen Kane Welles, Orson 1941 US 119 BW

.
2 2 2 3 Vertigo Hitchcock, Alfred 1958 US 128 Col

.
3 3 3 2 Rules of the Game, The Renoir, Jean 1939 France 113 BW

.
4 4 4 4 2001: A Space Odyssey Kubrick, Stanley 1968 UK 139 Col

.
5 5 5 5 8½ Fellini, Federico 1963 Italy 135 BW

.
6 6 6 7 Godfather, The Coppola, Francis 1972 US 175 Col

.
7 7 7 9 Searchers, The Ford, John 1956 US 119 Col

.
8 9 8 6 Seven Samurai, The Kurosawa, Akira 1954 Japan 200 BW

.
9 11 11 10 Singin' in the Rain Donen, Stanley/Gene Kelly 1952 US 102 Col

.
10 8 12 12 Battleship Potemkin Eisenstein, Sergei 1925 Russia 65 BW

.
11 10 9 8 Tokyo Story Ozu, Yasujiro 1953 Japan 134 BW

.
12 12 10 11 Sunrise Murnau, F.W. 1927 US 110 BW

.
13 13 13 13 Lawrence of Arabia Lean, David 1962 UK 216 Col

.
14 14 15 17 Bicycle Thieves De Sica, Vittorio 1948 Italy 90 BW

.
15 20 17 18 Godfather Part II, The Coppola, Francis 1974 US 200 Col

.
16 16 14 16 Atalante, L' Vigo, Jean 1934 France 89 BW

.
17 15 20 25 Casablanca Curtiz, Michael 1942 US 102 BW

.
18 19 19 15 Rashomon Kurosawa, Akira 1950 Japan 88 BW

.
19 18 18 19 Raging Bull Scorsese, Martin 1980 US 128 BW

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20 17 16 14 Passion of Joan of Arc, The Dreyer, Carl 1928 France 77 BW

I own all of them. I love these lists too. My favorite is actually DVDBeaver's Desert Island list. I loved so many of them on that list at the time, that it motivated me to go out and pick up all of the others that I didn't have. Lists like these have been some of the best resources for me to find great films that I might not have otherwise been aware of. (another reason DVDBeavers was so great was because it pointed out the best discs available for those particular films as well.)

[kndy]

Originally Posted by rich_adamson

I own all of them.

Have all the Criterion titles on the list except Rashomon. I'm waiting for a BD release of that title. I don't have #16, never watched it before.

Plan to purchase the MoC Sunrise #12 if it goes on sale. I will buy #10 Battleship Potemkin when it's released on Blu-ray from Kino. I'll have to pick up "The Searchers" Blu-ray...if I recall, it's one of those $10 titles. I'm so tempted to get #21 Touch of Evil 50th Anniversary but I hoping it comes out on Blu-ray. I purchased #19 "Raging Bull" which is on sale at Amazon right now for $8.99.

From the top 50...Criterion titles I'll need to pick up is the "Andrei Rublev", "La Strada" and "Ugetsu Monogatari". "M" is coming out on Blu-ray, so I look forward to taht. I thought "Persona" was out on Criterion but I guess not...that's one film I'm shocked that it's not out by them.

[captveg]

It's not just a matter of ordering more cases. The cases are custum made, so the supplier is likely falling behind on their manufacturing capabilities. Remember that the Nov/Dec titles saw a 2-3 week delay because of this issue.

[mikesncc1701]

Originally Posted by kndy

Have all the Criterion titles on the list except I thought "Persona" was out on Criterion but I guess not...that's one film I'm shocked that it's not out by them.

It's actually available standalone or in the MGM Bergman set. It'd be nice if Criterion could get the rights to those films and put out another great set like The Trilogy (Through A Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Silence, and Ingmar Bergman Makes A Movie). I actually purchased that from the Barnes and Noble sale in November and loved everything in it.

[stobbart]

its nice to see all but Kubricks first two movies make the top 1000....now if only we can get a barry lyndon criterion blu-ray

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Could this be L'Eclisse?

If this is indeed Antonioni, it would be the event of the year for me! Pure Cinema!!

More than likely, however, it would be Oshima.

Pro-B

[SpiderBaby]

I own abut 90% of those titles but that is a "safe" list there IMO.