The Criterion Collection

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by joie

Maybe someone with BBFC surfing skills could find out whether any Criterion material is being rated and by whom.

I found the supplements for Speedy, Macbeth, L'Avventura and It Happened One Night.

The distributor appears as: "Sony DADC UK Limited"

But the supplements are the same as the ones from Criterion.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by pedromvu

I found the supplements for Speedy, Macbeth, L'Avventura and It Happened One Night.

The distributor appears as: "Sony DADC UK Limited"

But the supplements are the same as the ones from Criterion.

Isn't Sony already Criterion's distributor?

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Isn't Sony already Criterion's distributor?

Yeah, that makes sense now, but we still need to wait and see if those are going to be labeled as Criterion's with spine's and all, not sure how this works, but I guess there is still a chance they could be released as a different Sony lineup.

[ckt]

Has Criterion said anything about any 4K releases?

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by diskspinner

Is not today last day of the poll? May we see the results tomorrow?

Today is the last day. Results will be up Saturday around 12-1pm EST.

[Rich Pure Doom]

Originally Posted by ckt

Has Criterion said anything about any 4K releases?

It'd be pretty silly to jump into yet another new format when physical media is dying a slow death as it is.

[ckt]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

It'd be pretty silly to jump into yet another new format when physical media is dying a slow death as it is.

Hey, just asking. It would be really nice. Imagine the texture, and color.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by ckt

Has Criterion said anything about any 4K releases?

No, they haven't. I suspect that they will hold off until they see how the format does.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by ckt

Hey, just asking. It would be really nice. Imagine the texture, and color.

90% of the stuff the release is sourced from 2K restorations anyway. So all that will still be an upscale. It took them years to jump into blu-ray fro DVD so I don't expect them to try out 4K until they see if it actually takes off, which I doubt it will for most catalog titles and especially foreign films.

Originally Posted by TJS_Blu

Happening Now!

Yep, got my order in. Didn't know the last time it would sell out in a day, or I would've placed an order when I saw them in stock.

[Purplenoon]

Originally Posted by belcherman

In a Lonely Place will be the second Dorothy B. Hughes adaptation in the collection. The other is Ride the Pink Horse. The novel is out of print as a standalone, but is included in Library of America's "Women Crime Writers" set, which I need to pick up now.

I love the film so much that I hesitate to say that someone should read the book first. I think it would be best to go into the film totally blind. But I guess you could say the same about the book. I can't say as I haven't read it. Yet.

By the way, I think this might be the first monthly clue that I've guessed before I read about it on this site, so it has to be In a Lonely Plates.

I have read all of Dorothy's books. The two that the movies in question are based on far surpass the films. Having said that, the movies are in themselves also excellent. I would, as always, recommend reading the books and viewing the films. The order in which you experience her vision doesn't matter. Both are unique, and not to be missed.
Btw: I bought all of her books on ABE for less than $3 each, plus shipping: well worth the price.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Purplenoon

I have read all of Dorothy's books. The two that the movies in question are based on far surpass the films. Having said that, the movies are in themselves also excellent. I would, as always, recommend reading the books and viewing the films. The order in which you experience her vision doesn't matter. Both are unique, and not to be missed.
Btw: I bought all of her books on ABE for less than $3 each, plus shipping: well worth the price.

One of her earliest novels The Fallen Sparrow was also turned into quite a good movie, with John Garfield and Maureen O'Hara. It's available on DVD-R from Warner Archive. It'd be nice to see WAC release it on Blu, but there are so many films that deserve that more, I doubt we'll ever see it.

[RalphoR]

Any chance Criterion could get The 7th Voyage of Sinbad from Sony? I think a CR edition would be spectacular.

[Lino11]

For anyone interested, it looks like Criterion has the Zatoichi blu ray set back up for sale at $179. Pretty sure this was considered OOP for a minute.

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/10...lind-swordsman

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by Lino11

For anyone interested, it looks like Criterion has the Zatoichi blu ray set back up for sale at $179. Pretty sure this was considered OOP for a minute.

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/10...lind-swordsman

Was it out of print out just out of stock?

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

A David Bowie album is released and then he dies.

Out 1 and The Jacques Rivette Collection is released and then he dies.

Is Justin Bieber releasing a new album soon?

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

Is Justin Bieber releasing a new album soon?

You're missing the point. The people who die are the ones we actually are going to miss, so the answer is no, Justin Bieber is not releasing a new album

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

You're missing the point. The people who die are the ones we actually are going to miss, so the answer is no, Justin Bieber is not releasing a new album

I understood the point. The correlation I chose to focus on was an artist's death so soon after a new release. I hoped we might get lucky, that the grim reaper would busy himself with somebody a little more expendable.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

Is Justin Bieber releasing a new album soon?

That's just cold, man.


Anyways, got my freakin' Blu-Rays FINALLY "organized" -- sorta. Only took me 3 episodes worth of SVU, so just about 3 hours. Man, I don't ever want to have to do something like that again.

At least all my Criterion Blus are organized, and all my Criterion DVDs are together. Found 5 that I had upgraded but never gotten around to donating to the library, so yet another thing I need to do.

And the worst part is that now, after the Criterions which are in there own little area, then the box sets, then the ... Keira Knightley and then the Scarlett Johansson films (SHUT UP!), everything else is in alphabetical order. And I HATE alphabetical order beyond the degree to which I hate anything else in the universe. But there was nothing else I could do.

Back in the day of fewer discs, I always had everything alphabetized by director's last name, then organized with each director's work chronologically. Oh well.

[ShellOilJunior]

Year End Poll Results

15 Ballots submitted

Point system: Categories which allowed for multiple selections used a 1st place=5 pts, 2nd place=4 pts, 3rd place=3 pts, etc. point system. Single selection categories: 1 vote = 1 point.


Best Presentation:

1st place (27 pts):

2nd place (25 pts):

3rd place (20 pts):


Favorite Blind Buy- No overwhelming consensus. Films receiving votes
Dont Look Back (3)
An Autumn Afternoon (2)
Ride the Pink Horse (2)
Receiving 1 vote each: The River, The Honeymoon Killers, My Dinner with Andre, The Thin Blue Line, The Apu Trilogy, Hiroshima mon Amour, Code Unknown, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders.

Best Upgrade

1st place (27 pts):

2nd place (24 pts):

3rd Place (18 pts):


Best New Spine

1st place (43 pts):

2nd place (18 pts):

3rd place (15 pts):


Most anticipated release of the year. No runaway winner:
Mulholland Drive (4)
The Apu Trilogy (3)
Receiving 1 vote: Hiroshima mon amour, Limelight, Sullivan's Travels, The Fisher King, Odd Man Out, Day for Night, Jellyfish Eyes.

Most Wanted Catalog Upgrades (No consensus):
Le Samourai
Pygmalion
The Bad Sleep Well
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Spirit of the Beehive
Carnival of Souls
Life of Brian
Thieves' Highway
Andre Rublev
The Shop on Main Street
Red Beard
Hiroshi Teshigahara Box Set
Nights of Cabiria

What were they thinking?
Jellyfish Eyes (7)
The Black Stallion (1)
In Cold Blood (1)

Criterion thread member of the year
iScottie (3 votes)

All Receiving mention:
jmclick
Jon Mulvaney
Ray Jackson
ShellOilJunior
The Great Owl
CriterionBlues
jayambee
TJS_Blu


Best Release of the Year:

1st Place (47 pts):


The rest (Film/Points)
Mulholland Drive 24
Hiroshima Mon Amour 18
Night and the City 13
Dont Look Back 10
Blind Chance 9
In Cold Blood 9
The Fisher King 7
Blind Chance 7
Ride the Pink Horse 6
An Autumn Afternoon 6
Limelight 5
Sullivan's Travels 5
Watership Down 5
Odd Man Out 5
Kwaidan 4
The Honeymoon Killers 4
Day for Night 4
The Sword of Doom 4
A Day in the Country 4
Burroughs: The Movie 4
Moonrise Kingdom 4
Breaker Morant 3
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant 3
Fellini Satyricon 3
The Killers 3
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders 3
My Winnipeg 2
Don't Look Now 2
The Soft Skin 2
My Own Private Idaho 2
Code Unknown 1
Two Days One Night 1
The River 1
Ikiru 1


Thank you for voting!

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Year End Poll Results

15 Ballots submitted

Point system: Categories which allowed for multiple selections used a 1st place=5 pts, 2nd place=4 pts, 3rd place=3 pts, etc. point system. Single selection categories: 1 vote = 1 point.


Best Presentation:

[Show spoiler]
1st place (27 pts):

2nd place (25 pts):

3rd place (20 pts):


Favorite Blind Buy- No overwhelming consensus. Films receiving votes
Dont Look Back (3)
An Autumn Afternoon (2)
Ride the Pink Horse (2)
Receiving 1 vote each: The River, The Honeymoon Killers, My Dinner with Andre, The Thin Blue Line, The Apu Trilogy, Hiroshima mon Amour, Code Unknown, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders.

Best Upgrade

1st place (27 pts):

2nd place (24 pts):

3rd Place (18 pts):


Best New Spine

1st place (43 pts):

2nd place (18 pts):

3rd place (15 pts):


Most anticipated release of the year. No runaway winner:
Mulholland Drive (4)
The Apu Trilogy (3)
Receiving 1 vote: Hiroshima mon amour, Limelight, Sullivan's Travels, The Fisher King, Odd Man Out, Day for Night, Jellyfish Eyes.

Most Wanted Catalog Upgrades (No consensus):
Le Samourai
Pygmalion
The Bad Sleep Well
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Spirit of the Beehive
Carnival of Souls
Life of Brian
Thieves' Highway
Andre Rublev
The Shop on Main Street
Red Beard
Hiroshi Teshigahara Box Set
Nights of Cabiria

What were they thinking?
Jellyfish Eyes (7)
The Black Stallion (1)
In Cold Blood (1)

Criterion thread member of the year
iScottie (3 votes)

All Receiving mention:
jmclick
Jon Mulvaney
Ray Jackson
ShellOilJunior
The Great Owl
CriterionBlues
jayambee
TJS_Blu


Best Release of the Year:

1st Place (47 pts):


The rest (Film/Points)
Mulholland Drive 24
Hiroshima Mon Amour 18
Night and the City 13
Dont Look Back 10
Blind Chance 9
In Cold Blood 9
The Fisher King 7
Blind Chance 7
Ride the Pink Horse 6
An Autumn Afternoon 6
Limelight 5
Sullivan's Travels 5
Watership Down 5
Odd Man Out 5
Kwaidan 4
The Honeymoon Killers 4
Day for Night 4
The Sword of Doom 4
A Day in the Country 4
Burroughs: The Movie 4
Moonrise Kingdom 4
Breaker Morant 3
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant 3
Fellini Satyricon 3
The Killers 3
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders 3
My Winnipeg 2
Don't Look Now 2
The Soft Skin 2
My Own Private Idaho 2
Code Unknown 1
Two Days One Night 1
The River 1
Ikiru 1

Thank you for voting!

Does best presentation mean best PQ or best case art?

And what does best new spine refer to?