The Criterion Collection

[Mr. Thomsen]

Originally Posted by Sherlock_Jr

The master is junk. They learned their lesson from Children of Paradise.

Sad choice of film to learn such a lesson from.

And, as for learning their lesson, the recent release of The Earring of Madame de... shows Criterion still have QC issues.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

The great Scottsman sold me his copy. I love all three directors, so it was a mustbuy for me.

I hope you enjoy it.

Act 3 is definitely the best. I could take or leave the first two.

[Thebunk]

A couple of comments / questions:

- Just to temper people's disappointment now, there is now way Criterion will be releasing films from Cronenberg and Lynch next month since they both dabble in the same type of dark cinema and the films most rumored (Eraserheard and Scanners/The Brood). That said, I have to think we can expect something next month due to the new year's clues

- On that, considering we have one month left of the year, does anyone know what was left in the illustration that has not been announced or released yet? From memory, I think we are still missing

- Scanners
- Eraserhead
- The Tenet (or whatever film represented the Builiding in the illustration)
- Le Samurai

Is this it?

[SlickDamian]

What does everyone think of Criterion using Blu-ray/DVD combo packs now? I think that it's a great idea, and gives just a little extra value to each release.

[Yami]

There's also the clue that could be either Nagisa Oshima's Boy or Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by Thebunk

A couple of comments / questions:

- Just to temper people's disappointment now, there is now way Criterion will be releasing films from Cronenberg and Lynch next month since they both dabble in the same type of dark cinema and the films most rumored (Eraserheard and Scanners/The Brood). That said, I have to think we can expect something next month due to the new year's clues

Y Tu Mama Tambien.

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

Yes, now it's Summer Sonata.

Hahaha, very true. one of those times they go too far with restoration.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

One possible perk about including a DVD is it might allow Criterion to include more special features that couldn't fit on the BD, and they wouldn't otherwise include if not for the availability of the other disc. Several studios that put out BD/DVD sets have done similar things, and I look at it as a positive in that respect.

In fact, there are several instances in which selected extras appear only on the DVD edition (or only on the BD edition). The most notable one being The Last Emperor: the DVD edition has the extended TV version, interviews with Ferdinando Scarfiotti & Ying Ruocheng, a reminisence by Bernardo Bertolucci, and essay & production-diary extracts by Fabien S. Gerard, none of which were included with the BD edition.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by paulgeneacepeter

I hope they don't do the separate tray packaging because a lot of times the plastic breaks. Hopefully they will do the stacked format with the blu ray on top.

Well, even if the DVD is on the top, you can swap them around yourself.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by jayembee

In fact, there are several instances in which selected extras appear only on the DVD edition (or only on the BD edition). The most notable one being The Last Emperor: the DVD edition has the extended TV version, interviews with Ferdinando Scarfiotti & Ying Ruocheng, a reminisence by Bernardo Bertolucci, and essay & production-diary extracts by Fabien S. Gerard, none of which were included with the BD edition.

There you go. I never knew that about the TLE release either. Kind of makes me hope they go back and re-release it in a dual format edition now.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by saprano

I don't get what's so hard to understand. I don't like DVD's, which i don't use, in my BD cases.

It's not really that people don't understand. It's that they think it's silly.

Originally Posted by saprano

I have nobody to sell them to.

So donate them to a local library. Even if, for whatever reason, they can't use them, they can try selling them at their next library sale. For that matter, you can also donate them to Goodwill or The Salvation Army, and let them sell them.

Originally Posted by saprano

Do people here still watch DVD's on their HDTV? Not me. Only HQ HD sources.

Not only do I still watch DVDs on my HDTV, I also still watch laserdiscs. Why? Because I have films or TV series in those formats that haven't been released on Blu-ray (and in some cases may never be). I'll be damned if I'm not going to ever watch The Wire again, simply because HBO hasn't seen fit to release it on Blu-ray. Hell, I have a shelf full of LDs of movies that haven't even been released on DVD, let alone Blu-ray.

[onetet]

Noticing that Criterion has TOUKI BOUKI offered on Hulu Plus has me hoping we'll see that wildly creative, psychedelic Senegalese film on blu in the next year. It's that rare African film that might appeal to fans of Jodorowsky as much as it does fans of Sembene. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touki_Bouki

It's Hulu availability coupled with this new documentary about the film by his niece playing festivals makes me think the timing would be ideal for TOUKI BOUKI on BD w/ the doc as a bonus feature: http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowand...fest-marseille

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Not only do I still watch DVDs on my HDTV, I also still watch laserdiscs. Why? Because I have films or TV series in those formats that haven't been released on Blu-ray (and in some cases may never be). I'll be damned if I'm not going to ever watch The Wire again, simply because HBO hasn't seen fit to release it on Blu-ray. Hell, I have a shelf full of LDs of movies that haven't even been released on DVD, let alone Blu-ray.

Preach it! But seriously, I'm the same way. I have LDs and DVDs of stuff that isn't on blu. And i play the DVDs on my DVD player I still have since it's region free. I have hundreds of DVDs i still don't have on blu because they aren't released or b/c i don't have thousands of $$$ to upgrade them all. Just silly, IMHO, to get rid of all your DVDs b/c you have a HDTV now. They can still look better on the TV upscaled. just my opinion though.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I hope you enjoy it.

Act 3 is definitely the best. I could take or leave the first two.

I can't wait to see it. Dr. Svet's review really makes it sound interesting.

Also, how can I own Be Kind and Rewind and Green Hornet but not Tokyo!? I had to fix that.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Sherlock_Jr

For now I'll just say there's a few things potentially coming back from the Laserdisc days.

Ooo, ooo, ooo...so many to choose from...

Breaking the Waves? Nostalghia? Alphaville back in its proper ratio? Once Were Warriors? Crash? sex, lies, and videotape? King of Hearts? The Fisher King? The Umbrellas of Cherbourg? Z? Boogie Nights? El Cid? The Return of Martin Guere? Darling? Zulu? Jour de fête? Damage, She's Gotta Have It? Shraeder's Cat People? Dersu Uzala? Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?? Montenegro? League of Gentlemen? Or their four forgotten-about Hitchcocks (Sabotage, Secret Agent, Young and Innocent and Blackmail)?

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Ooo, ooo, ooo...so many to choose from...

Breaking the Waves? Nostalghia? Alphaville back in its proper ratio? Once Were Warriors? Crash? sex, lies, and videotape? King of Hearts? The Fisher King? The Umbrellas of Cherbourg? Z? Boogie Nights? El Cid? The Return of Martin Guere? Darling? Zulu? Jour de fête? Damage, She's Gotta Have It? Shraeder's Cat People? Dersu Uzala? Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?? Montenegro? League of Gentlemen? Or their four forgotten-about Hitchcocks (Sabotage, Secret Agent, Young and Innocent and Blackmail)?

or all of them? But sex, lies, and videotape, El Cid, Boogie Nights, Crash, The Fisher King, and any of the Hitchcocks would be great!

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Y Tu Mama Tambien.

We also need Grey Gardens.

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

I can't wait to see it. Dr. Svet's review really makes it sound interesting.

Also, how can I own Be Kind and Rewind and Green Hornet but not Tokyo!? I had to fix that.

It's definitely neat. Also, I heard those other two movies were mehish.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

[Carnival of Souls is a] Great great great great movie. Needs to be on Blu-ray. Now.

I'm probably in a minority on this, but I was not at all impressed by this film. I tried both versions included with the DVD, and didn't find the director's cut any better than the theatrical cut.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by iScottie

We also need Grey Gardens.



It's definitely neat. Also, I heard those other two movies were mehish.

Yeah, Green Hornet is terrible, but Be Kind has a good share of great visual moments.

I haven't seen Science of Sleep yet, though. Ive heard great things about that one.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Thanks for the heads up! That's not for me, though. I have a rule on Facebook that I never repost updates, I never share memes, and I never share ads on my wall. My policy is that everything I post has to be an original thought of mine. I don't have the heart to spam my friends with that Amazon chain ad.

Not judging anybody who actually does use this discount, of course, but it's just not my personal policy on Facebook.

(Most of the stuff that I order from Amazon is by way of cheaper third-party sellers, anyway.)

Just do what I do, which is set it so that any sponsored posts like the Amazon one are only visible to me. I have redeemed a bunch of deals this way, and no one else will ever see them.