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SpiderBaby · 01-15-2010, 04:11 PM

^Oh very much so. I thought I would love the poster art for it, but that is simple and awesome too. Love it. Can't wait for April now, but I still need to buy Hunger, Bigger than Life, and Dillinger is Dead before I can get my hands on Vivre sa Vie and Fugitive Kind.

Cheerupemokid · 01-15-2010, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by kndy

Hey whbinder, I do that with my Criterions and will also this year will keep Kino and MoC once I start making purchases separately as well. As for Warner titles, I've started doing that with classics only...like the Warner Signatures.

With my DVD collection, I've always kept my Criterion titles mixed in with everything else, and kept them as a whole in alphabetical order. I don't have a ton of Criterion, so perhaps that's why I never felt the need to seperate them from the rest.

With blu-rays, I find myself putting the Criterion's together, in alphabetical order, seperate from the rest of my blu-ray collection. I think it is the different cases they come in, mixing them among the standard blu-ray cases would drive me crazy. Not that I mind the different cases, I actually like them a lot and think they give the Criterion titles a unique look and makes them stand out.

Pretty sure I'd consider keeping the Criterion Blu-Rays in spine number order if it weren't for my Last Year At Marienbad case, which isn't plastic and thus is larger than the plastic cases of all my other Criterion titles. I could get the plastic replacement case for it, but I kind of like the cardboard case, so as of right now I don't feel the need to replace it at all.

PowellPressburger · 01-15-2010, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

Who are you telling? I hate that it is too, as well as Dillinger is Dead. They are HD transfers, so why not wait to put them out when you have time for a blu-ray release is my question. But I am super happy for Vivre sa Vie and I will end up buying the dvds of Dillinger is Dead and The Fugitive Kind.

I am not BUYING anymore DVD releases from Criterion, Dillinger needed to be HD on BD on the release date.

Every month a film or two gets burned and classified for DVD only release from Criterion, I know some will disagree but my feeling is if you can't release the BD also then delay the release until you can. I hate being teased. I woudl rather have the BD release or nothing.

SpiderBaby · 01-15-2010, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

I know some will disagree but my feeling is if you can't release the BD also then delay the release until you can.

I agree 100%. But even though I am mad, I am a sucker for these movies and will end up buying the dvds on release day(s), just so I can have them. I kind of went on a rampage when Dillinger wasn't announced on blu, but I have since cooled down about it, even though I want it on blu so bad. Now with Fugitive Kind, I am starting to get mad again.

No offense to the Summer Hours fans or the Ride with the Devil fans, but wouldn't you rather had a Sidney Lumet film with Marlon Brando in it instead? I didn't say the Godard film, because well, Godard>Lumet. But Lumet is the 2nd best director in the month of April's releases.

Also, is it me or is Criterion making some A+ cover art between Feb-April releases?

PowellPressburger · 01-15-2010, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

I agree 100%. But even though I am mad, I am a sucker for these movies and will end up buying the dvds on release day(s), just so I can have them. I kind of went on a rampage when Dillinger wasn't announced on blu, but I have since cooled down about it, even though I want it on blu so bad. Now with Fugitive Kind, I am starting to get mad again.

No offense to the Summer Hours fans or the Ride with the Devil fans, but wouldn't you rather had a Sidney Lumet film with Marlon Brando in it instead? I didn't say the Godard film, because well, Godard>Lumet. But Lumet is the 2nd best director in the month of April's releases.

I agree... Ang is a good director and all, but come on Lumet doesn't get a BD release!

jamal2 · 01-15-2010, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

No offense to the Summer Hours fans or the Ride with the Devil fans, but wouldn't you rather had a Sidney Lumet film with Marlon Brando in it instead?

I'd rather have a Lumet film if it was something like Network or 12 Angry Men or Fail-Safe. But as it happens, I'll gladly take Summer Hours and Ride with the Devil over The Fugitive Kind.

SpiderBaby · 01-15-2010, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

I agree... Ang is a good director and all, but come on Lumet doesn't get a BD release!

Yeah, I like Ang Lee, but come on, Marlon Brando is in the collection now being directed by Lumet, and no BD?

SpiderBaby · 01-15-2010, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jamal2

I'd rather have a Lumet film if it was something like Network or 12 Angry Men or Fail-Safe. But as it happens, I'll gladly take Summer Hours and Ride with the Devil over The Fugitive Kind.

Really? Is Summer Hours that good? Some say The Fugitive Kind has Brando's best acting in his career in it. Brando!

Beta Man · 01-15-2010, 04:28 PM

not bad......

jamal2 · 01-15-2010, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

Really? Is Summer Hours that good? Some say The Fugitive Kind has Brando's best acting in his career in it. Brando!

Honestly, Summer Hours will be a blind buy for me, but this assures me that it'll be a worthwhile purchase:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/summer_hours/

SpiderBaby · 01-15-2010, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Beta Man

not bad......

not bad at all. Feb-April has probably been my fav releases in a 3 month span in some time. Hunger, Lola Montes, Revanche, Bigger Than Life, Dillinger is Dead, Vivre sa Vie, and The Fugitive Kind. Those are the ones I am looking forward to owning.

SpiderBaby · 01-15-2010, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jamal2

Honestly, Summer Hours will be a blind buy for me, but this assures me that it'll be a worthwhile purchase:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/summer_hours/

Don't get me wrong, I will end up buying it. But look at it this way. Criterion wants to make money. Why not release a film by a great director with one of the best American actors of all time in it on BD to help out sales?

fdm · 01-15-2010, 04:34 PM

Hmm. Now it's Kapo buried in a[n Essential Art House] box set. Wish they'd stop doing that. Otherwise, bring 'em on.

jamal2 · 01-15-2010, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

Don't get me wrong, I will end up buying it. But look at it this way. Criterion wants to make money. Why not release a film by a great director with one of the best American actors of all time in it on BD to help out sales?

Oh, I totally agree. I'm just saying if I had to choose between one or the other, I'd stick with the ones Criterion decided to go with.

SpiderBaby · 01-15-2010, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jamal2

Oh, I totally agree. I'm just saying if I had to choose between one or the other, I'd stick with the ones Criterion decided to go with.

Well I'll end up getting the dvd of the Fugitive Kind and Dillinger is Dead anyways, so it seems I will stick with the ones they decided to go with too.

SpiderBaby · 01-15-2010, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by fdm

Hmm. Kapo buried in a box set. Wish they'd stop doing that. Otherwise, bring 'em on.

You can buy it on it's own, it's just not part of the collection (Spine #) is what bugs me.

buffetfroid · 01-15-2010, 04:44 PM

Ride with the Devil is an extended director's cut. That's ok, but I wish they'd include the theatrical version as well.

PowellPressburger · 01-15-2010, 04:50 PM

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Sidney Lumet

Sounds like thanks for approving this HD transfer, but sorry Sidney we can't release it in HD. really sad.

jacobsever · 01-15-2010, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

I am not BUYING anymore DVD releases from Criterion

I'm sorry, but that's just silly.
You sound just as stuck up/snobby/elite as the anti blu ray posters on the Criterion and Auteurs forums. We all know blu Ray is better, but is DVD quality honestly that horrendous that you will refuse to buy films you already enjoy?

retablo · 01-15-2010, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

No offense to the Summer Hours fans or the Ride with the Devil fans

Ride With the Devil has fans? lol... didn't know this one tanked so bad.. $630,779 total domestic with a budget of $35 mil? How did anyone let Ang Lee direct again after that? lol

01-15-2010, 04:34 PM	#4893
fdm Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Way Out West 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- iTunes collection:- Prime collection:- Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:3	Hmm. Now it's Kapo buried in a[n Essential Art House] box set. Wish they'd stop doing that. Otherwise, bring 'em on. Last edited by fdm; 01-15-2010 at 04:40 PM.

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01-15-2010, 04:11 PM	#4881
SpiderBaby Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2009	^Oh very much so. I thought I would love the poster art for it, but that is simple and awesome too. Love it. Can't wait for April now, but I still need to buy Hunger, Bigger than Life, and Dillinger is Dead before I can get my hands on Vivre sa Vie and Fugitive Kind.

01-15-2010, 04:28 PM	#4889
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01-15-2010, 04:44 PM	#4897
buffetfroid Senior Member Member since:Dec 2009 Blu-ray collection:294 DVD collection:1	Ride with the Devil is an extended director's cut. That's ok, but I wish they'd include the theatrical version as well.

01-15-2010, 04:50 PM	#4898
PowellPressburger Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:DIFFERENT PLACES! Minneapolis 4K collection:993 Blu-ray collection:3678 DVD collection:359 Blu-ray reviews: 51 Trading Score:297	New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Sidney Lumet Sounds like thanks for approving this HD transfer, but sorry Sidney we can't release it in HD. really sad.

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