The Criterion Collection

[theater dreamer]

Who here was complaining about the titles being leaked before the announcement date? I simply asked that if people were going to list these new titles in advance of Criterion's announcement, that they use the spoiler tags. I don't think that's being unreasonable. Some people, myself included, look forward to Criterion's announcement every month.

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

Who here was complaining about the titles being leaked before the announcement date? I simply asked that if people were going to list these new titles in advance of Criterion's announcement, that they use the spoiler tags. I don't think that's being unreasonable. Some people, myself included, look forward to Criterion's announcement every month.

Not unreasonable, but then people start to talk about them and it becomes more difficult to avoid mentioning the titles names or something that would give them away.

Also there are other type of leaks when an artist or director mentions a film is going to be released or it appears on the Janus website, those are ok I am assuming?

I should mention that is a big part of why this thread is so interesting to me and I try to read every post, to get the latest news (official or not) on which titles are going to be released by Criterion.

[Scottie]

I wonder if we'll see an upgrade of

[Show spoiler]Mr. Arkadin

in conjunction with

[Show spoiler]the two new Welles films.

[jw007]

Just watched Witness for the first time in years, and I have to say, this is a great Peter Weir film. At times some of the pastoral Amish scenes remind me of Days of Heaven. I'd love to see this in the Criterion Collection. It's too bad the 2015 Warner blu-ray release has subpar video and absolutely zero supplements... it needs a fresh new 4k transfer and a Criterion release. And while we're at it, how about an upgrade of The Last Wave too (a totally mysterious and interesting drama).

And by the way, if we ever had a Peter Weir Criterion box set, I'd prob. die from sheer joy.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by jw007

Just watched Witness for the first time in years, and I have to say, this is a great Peter Weir film. At times some of the pastoral Amish scenes remind me of Days of Heaven. I'd love to see this in the Criterion Collection. It's too bad the 2015 Warner blu-ray release has subpar video and absolutely zero supplements... it needs a fresh new 4k transfer and a Criterion release. And while we're at it, how about an upgrade of The Last Wave too (a totally mysterious and interesting drama).

And by the way, if we ever had a Peter Weir Criterion box set, I'd prob. die from sheer joy.

If this got a good 4K remaster I'd buy it too..
I'm not so crazy about it , but it has a certain charm that draws me.

Also, please, Mosquito Coast!
(and Gallipoli with corrected audio)

edit:
Just saw this post:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...0&postcount=22

Just to comment that I am a journalist and I 'm covering the Cannes Film Festival , and I was able to see the new remastered copy in 4K of "Howards End" , and it is spectacular .
The only reference I have is the Criterion edition , but this new master greatly improves the level of detail and color of the film. Hopefully soon we hear the Blu ray .

i wonder if I should sell my Criterion Bluray, now that it's OOP and a new Bluray isn't released yet.
Would you sell it?
(i'm mostly addressing to people who don't need to own every single Criterion release, even if there are better transfers out there)
i generally don't like having 2 Blurays of the same film in my collection.
of course there are the extras, but I'm mostly interested in the film.

Also, do you think that when the Cohen Bluray does get released, the Criterion one will still have some value?
I mean the Criterion release of The Third Man still has some value, although there is a better transfer out there, doesn't it?

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

Also, please, Mosquito Coast!

I have a feeling that this will probably end up being a Warner Archive release.

[theater dreamer]

That's a completely different scenario. If an actor or director says, "looking forward to seeing the finished release of ____, which Criterion is distributing in three months", that's become part of the public record. It's unavoidable; people are going to be talking about it. What people are doing to figure out upcoming releases before Criterion has announced them is going to their website, and fishing for URLSs. That's information that has not been released to the public. I don't see the issue with waiting another one to two days, at most, to discuss them after the announcement has been made. Then everybody can do so to their heart's content, and the announcement a lot of people have been waiting a month for isn't spoiled.

Originally Posted by pedromvu

Also there are other type of leaks when an artist or director mentions a film is going to be released or it appears on the Janus website, those are ok I am assuming?

I should mention that is a big part of why this thread is so interesting to me and I try to read every post, to get the latest news (official or not) on which titles are going to be released by Criterion.

[ShellOilJunior]

Any time a

[Show spoiler]Welles

film is rumored for blu-ray I'm skeptical. Considering what some of his friends, lovers and acquaintances are doing with

[Show spoiler]The Other Side of the Wind

all these years.

[ThisKid]

Originally Posted by jw007

And by the way, if we ever had a Peter Weir Criterion box set, I'd prob. die from sheer joy.

Not until we have more Aussie films in the Collection. We only have Picnic at Hanging Rock and Breaker Morant in the Collection, why aren't our comedies in the Collection as well? As someone mentioned a page or so ago in this thread, The Castle should be in the Collection. True that. Sure, Peter Weir has made great films, but The Castle has inspired at least dozens of sayings in our Aussie society today. Not only that, this film has been treated poorly thanks to Miramax, who hasn't released the film outside a DVD released more than a decade ago.

[filmmusic]

Not Criterion related, but I would recommend this Greek film to film lovers (I think I had mentioned it in the past too, but now there's a review with screenshots):
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-r...ia_blu-ray.htm

My Criterion related comment is that I hope Criterion could release at least ONE Greek film in the collection.
There are so many great old Greek films (and worldwide acclaimed too) and I don't understand why Greece is not represented at all in the collection.

[Huseyin]

I've added a couple of criterions to my latest channel update.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmk_fHebwKg

[ShellOilJunior]

Here's hoping for Gaslight with the Bergman doc as an extra.

[Nuck Horris]

I'm moving to Canada until Criterion releases the movies I want released.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Nuck Horris

I'm moving to Canada until Criterion releases the movies I want released.

??
I didn't understand this "joke"...

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Here's hoping for Gaslight with the Bergman doc as an extra.

I forgot that I had Gaslight on my DVR, so I'm going to watch it sometime this week.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Nuck Horris

I'm moving to Canada until Criterion releases the movies I want released.

See ya.

[PBateman87]

Hopefully we don't get the "Well, ya know what, we're actually gonna wait to announce the new titles tomorrow" tweet from Criterion today.

[monorail91]

If anything they should reward us with announcements earlier since we've been clever enough to figure the new spines out!

[dumb_dutchman]

Originally Posted by Nuck Horris

I'm moving to Canada until Criterion releases the movies I want released.

Unfortunately, you will be rooming with Lena Dunham.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by monorail91

If anything they should reward us with announcements earlier since we've been clever enough to figure the new spines out!

Honestly, I don't have any anticipation at all since we know now the titles, unless they include an upgrade and I'm looking forward to find out what that upgrade may be.