The Criterion Collection

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by CriterionBlues

There's no way to know for sure without confirmation from Criterion of Lynch, but they did say more Lynch films. I highlighted that being plural because they said it after Eraserhead was announced. Lynch now has a great relationship with Criterion and he's a stickler for detail and quality, so I think he would put as much as he can.

Stvn makes a point about Disney. I'm not sure if there's a precedent.

Yet he missed the error on Erserhead disc :P

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Odd Man Out!

Man, talk about a movie I completely, absolutely hated. And I love The Third Man and The Fallen Idol (but not Night Train to Munich so much). I think it was because it had no lead character, no one to get behind, and Mason was injured and passed out for what seemed like half the film here and there.

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Yet he missed the error on Erserhead disc :P

Actually, he probably didn't. Since they were able to go back and easily "fix" the back screen, that means the original was correct, so it was probably an error that happened later after Lynch approved the master.

[D2Girls]

It's going to be either Inland Empire or Lost Highway that's next, for sure. I don't know about Blue Velvet, but it's also possible.

[CriterionBlues]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Yet he missed the error on Erserhead disc :P

That probably wasn't him. I'd wager he didn't watch the film, and probably neither did De Palma. I know of someone who does freelance work to watch films for "Director Approved" editions and some have been Criterion. Probably people like Wes Anderson watch the films though. Maybe Lynch, but I think he's probably more involved with packaging, supplements, and yes, chapter stops.

[Lutz]

Originally Posted by CriterionBlues

That probably wasn't him. I'd wager he didn't watch the film, and probably neither did De Palma. I know of someone who does freelance work to watch films for "Director Approved" editions and some have been Criterion. Probably people like Wes Anderson watch the films though. Maybe Lynch, but I think he's probably more involved with packaging, supplements, and yes, chapter stops.

Lynch twittered that he was doing the colour grading on the BLUE VELVET deleted scenes before the blu ray release so I presume he is pretty hands on?

[jw007]

Originally Posted by CriterionBlues

There's no way to know for sure without confirmation from Criterion of Lynch, but they did say more Lynch films. I highlighted that being plural because they said it after Eraserhead was announced. Lynch now has a great relationship with Criterion and he's a stickler for detail and quality, so I think he would put as much as he can.

Stvn makes a point about Disney. I'm not sure if there's a precedent.

You know what's fascinating? There was a time when David Lynch considered Criterion his worst enemy. I wonder if time was a real healer between them? I read all these strange stories of what David Lynch did in a Criterion board room once and how he hated them... and now they have a great relationship. I think its really a match made in Cinema heaven, because both have an eye for detail and perfection. It was meant to be.

[CriterionBlues]

Originally Posted by jw007

You know what's fascinating? There was a time when David Lynch considered Criterion his worst enemy. I wonder if time was a real healer between them? I read all these strange stories of what David Lynch did in a Criterion board room once and how he hated them... and now they have a great relationship. I think its really a match made in Cinema heaven, because both have an eye for detail and perfection. It was meant to be.

I'd be curious to hear those stories.

Time can be a healer, but also the state of physical media has changed. I wonder if the studios are now as accommodating or care about detail and perfection. They care about keeping costs low and moving units, which is probably not on the same page as Lynch.

Needless to say, Criterion and Lynch are buds now and we are all better off for it.

[diskspinner]

What everybody think about this title?



I sampled it a bit of it (library DVD) and so far I liked it...
Compact Digipak looks nice...and it is highly acclaimed...
video quality is bad as per blu-ray.com review... is it that bad?

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by diskspinner

What everybody think about this title?



I sampled it a bit of it (library DVD) and so far I liked it...
Compact Digipak looks nice...and it is highly acclaimed...
video quality is bad as per blu-ray.com review... is it that bad?

It's a good movie, but one watch was enough for me.

Regarding the video quality, is it Criterion's best? No, but I didn't find it to be half as bad as Pro-B made it out to be. Then again, I also don't find the video quality of Children of Paradise to be as atrocious as is reported.

[Fabs]

Originally Posted by TomN245

I've always thought Hara's performance in Repast is one of the finest in cinema history. She expresses the character incredibly subtly, through slight actions and reactions, focusing more on repression then oppression. Its truly magnificent.

I always loved how Hara's facial expressions and eyes could convey any emotion, through the smallest and slightest of movements. An incredible actress. This is really sad. But fortunately she left an amazing legacy and will forever be captured as beautiful in her films.

It's also sad how nearly everyone from that golden age of Japanese cinema has gone and left us.

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by diskspinner

What everybody think about this title?



I sampled it a bit of it (library DVD) and so far I liked it...
Compact Digipak looks nice...and it is highly acclaimed...
video quality is bad as per blu-ray.com review... is it that bad?

I agree with Scottie's take on the video quality, but disagree that it's a one-and-done. It's a wonderful film, pick it up!

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

The U.K. Studio Canal's rerelease of The Third Man is from a recent 4k transfer and is much better in terms of PQ then the previous one. Plus, it's region free. A nice alternative if you want to opt out on a potential expensive purchase of the Criterion version.

This is awesome, silverlakephil. Thank you!

I'd read about the 4k remaster that was playing in select theaters across the U.S., but when I looked to see if that had been ported over to a new Blu-ray, I didn't find anything. For some reason, it slipped my mind that a U.K. version could be region free. I'll definitely be picking this up. Much appreciated!

[Gusto-Guus]

Will the Human Condition be coming to bluray soon? Thinking about picking up the DVD if its not on the horizon.

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by CriterionBlues

I think just about all David Lynch is on the table. My best guess is we will see Lost Highway, Inland Empire, Straight Story and hopefully something early like The Elephant Man.

What's the likelihood of Wild at Heart or Blue Velvet?

[Scottie]

I just watched Ran and I loved it so much that I'm giving both Harakiri and Kagemusha second chances.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by CriterionBlues

I'd be curious to hear those stories.

Time can be a healer, but also the state of physical media has changed. I wonder if the studios are now as accommodating or care about detail and perfection. They care about keeping costs low and moving units, which is probably not on the same page as Lynch.

Needless to say, Criterion and Lynch are buds now and we are all better off for it.

I spent over an hour looking for some things on how/why David Lynch had problems with Criterion in the past (in the 1990s), and here's a link I found from the Digital Bits. In the 1999 interview, Peter Becker mentions Lynch. (http://www.thedigitalbits.com/site_a...iterionpb.html ) ...quote is below:

The biggest disappointment for all of us right now is Eraserhead, which is a title that we never announced. We were in year-long conversations with David Lynch. And it's one of these things where David Lynch is a very particular person. He has very peculiar ideas about how he wants to do things. And he doesn't want to be rushed to make up his mind. And he wants to do what he wants to do, in the way that he wants to do it. He doesn't want his privacy infringed, and he doesn't want to be reading about himself. We were in very protective conversations with him about Eraserhead that were all positive, over a long period of time. Suddenly, there's a rumor on the web that we were actually doing it, and had announced it. At some point, I even saw street dates posted for it. You know, this is something that never even made it on to our actual production load. It had been, at one point, penciled into a schedule -- if we could finish up negotiations in time. But that's as close as it ever come. We had certainly never announced anything about it. That's upsetting.

Here's a great interview and in it, David Lynch reveals some interesting things about how Eraserhead was handled by AFI's Frank Daniel (whom David Lynch really admired actually, as his teacher back in the 1970s): https://www.criterion.com/current/po...elf-eraserhead

[Gusto-Guus]

How often can you use the coupon from B&N? Like could I use online and again at the store?

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by jmclick

Keep a close watch on both ebay and the Criterion trading thread here at blu-ray.com. I've run into some excellent deals in both venues; you just have to be patient and determined!

I appreciate the heads up. I first started buying Criterion Blus from that discussion about three weeks ago. I grabbed my first OOP Blu, Army of Shadows, and Sweet Smell of Success in my first transaction. I then added Tess, Vivre Sa Vie, Summer Interlude, Paths of Glory and Days of Heaven in another.

I have about another 50 Criterion films that I want to add immediately, some of which I'm buying tonight and tomorrow from B&N. Once I have these in, I'll likely post a want list in that discussion. I also have a lot of movies I want to buy that aren't part of the CC-Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Misfits, White Heat, King Kong (1933), How Green Was My Valley, Laura, An Affair to Remember, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Sabrina, My Fair Lady, Cavalcade, Suspicion, Mutiny on the Bounty, North By Northwest, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Wings, It's a Wonderful Life, Out of the Past, Murder, My Sweet, Metropolis, Mrs. Miniver. So, I'm trying to balance everything out, while not going too crazy at any one time.

[pedromvu]

Wow with the recent talk about John Waters seems you guys invoked him, looks like he just was at Criterion offices, maybe one of your the titles you talked about might actually come out by CC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnj2d-g5zQs

Edit: I see Polyester and Pink Flamingos were released on LD, seems they are rereleasing a lot of those old spines.

[theater dreamer]

Picked up some more from Barnes & Noble.

Ikiru
Night and the City
The Fisher King
Ace in the Hole

I'll buy the Three Colors trilogy later this weekend.