The Criterion Collection

[Lutz]

Originally Posted by dwk

I don't think this has been mentioned. Chungking Express is on FilmStruck and it opens with both the Janus Films and Criterion logos. I suspect that they have WKW's run of films from Chunking Express to In the Mood for Love (which, per Janus Films site, they also now control.) Hopefully, they are doing new 4K transfers of all those films for a box set

If they have a deal with Sony they probably have 2046 as well.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Lutz

If they have a deal with Sony they probably have 2046 as well.

And let's not forget that Fallen Angels and Happy Together have long been OOP, suggesting that Kino has lost the rights to the films.

[Martin_31]

Originally Posted by ThisKid

Bought online-
-Blood Simple
-Short Cuts
-Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
-Trilogia de Guillermo del Toro, and
-Zatôichi, the Blind Swordsman.

Can anyone give their opinions on the Zatôichi films? Are they carefully made films, or your standard Japanese Sword and Sandel film?

What do mean by carefully?

[Poya]

Please don't insult me for asking this but why can't Criterion use the 2 disc Blu Ray/2 disc DVD format? That way the 1 disc has enough space for the best AV possible and the other has all the extras. Is it possible or economics have to be in account?

I ask this because the films have begin to have a lot of artifacts in the video area, like macroblocking. I attribute that to the need for extras on the same disc.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Poya

Please don't insult me for asking this but why can't Criterion use the 2 disc Blu Ray/2 disc DVD format? That way the 1 disc has enough space for the best AV possible and the other has all the extras. Is it possible or economics have to be in account?

I ask this because the films have begin to have a lot of artifacts in the video area, like macroblocking. I attribute that to the need for extras on the same disc.

Personally, I have no idea.

[ThisKid]

Originally Posted by Martin_31

What do mean by carefully?

As in large amounts of care was taken in the films to be perfect.

[diskspinner]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Well I just watched the first hour of Dekalog and I have to say, as much as I enjoyed it, I kind of wish that Kieslowski would've gone in a different direction from the light-hearted comedic fare that he was such a master at.

I mean I enjoy a good laugh as much as the next guy, but at a certain point it's like, enough with the feel-good stuff already...how about trying something a little darker. Something that can actually force a man to confront the existential abyss of his own soul.

I mean my goodness, what a laugh riot that first hour was.

If you'll excuse me, I'm going to pour myself a glass of Polish vodka and slip into a nice warm bath.

...I need time to ruminate on this joyous ode to levity and the eternal gaiety of the human condition.

[Show spoiler]

I have watched 8 episodes till now...

How is his 'Blind Chance'? Anybody here thinks it's great? His Best?
After Three Colors, Double Life & Dekalog, I feel I should have all his films available in criterion blu.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Poya

Please don't insult me for asking this but why can't Criterion use the 2 disc Blu Ray/2 disc DVD format? That way the 1 disc has enough space for the best AV possible and the other has all the extras. Is it possible or economics have to be in account?

I ask this because the films have begin to have a lot of artifacts in the video area, like macroblocking. I attribute that to the need for extras on the same disc.

Criterion have in the past used 2-BD releases, like with Seven Samurai, On The Waterfront, Night of The Hunter, Battle of Algiers etc. These usually cost more than the 1-BD releases (about 25$ at 50% off sales) because they are more expensive to produce.
That decision of 1 or 2-BD release boils down to how much total content is required to be encoded, and from what source. Yes, in recent times, there has been criticism of some of their releases for non-optimal encoding. Not sure if it's always related to extras. As David Mackenzie, who has done tons of work for various labels like Arrow, Mondo Macabro, Eureka etc has said, filesizes are not the whole story, what really matters is that the person doing the video compression properly analyzes the content and decides how much space / bit-rate to allocate (and personally verifies the results).

[Polaroid]

Woke up with the worst Criterion spending spree hangovers.

Nearly £200 emptied from my bank.

Originally Posted by ravenus

Criterion have in the past used 2-BD releases, like with Seven Samurai, On The Waterfront, Night of The Hunter, Battle of Algiers etc. These usually cost more than the 1-BD releases (about 25$ at 50% off sales) because they are more expensive to produce.
That decision of 1 or 2-BD release boils down to how much total content is required to be encoded, and from what source. Yes, in recent times, there has been criticism of some of their releases for non-optimal encoding. Not sure if it's always related to extras. As David Mackenzie, who has done tons of work for various labels like Arrow, Mondo Macabro, Eureka etc has said, filesizes are not the whole story, what really matters is that the person doing the video compression properly analyzes the content and decides how much space / bit-rate to allocate (and personally verifies the results).

Yeah I saw people complaining about Lone Wolf & Cub having 3 films per disc... but the discs are large enough and as you said the person who does the compression should know what they are ending so shouldn't be an issue.

[MifuneFan]

Yes, it all boils down to proper encoding

[Poya]

Ok, that makes sense. It seems that Arrow does the same that Criterion does but their encoding is far better.

I love Criterion. They're my film school. It's just I use a projector and with that size, I can see those anomalies up close in motion. I'm not judging it on caps-a-holic. I actually own these releases.

[nitin]

Originally Posted by Poya

Ok, that makes sense. It seems that Arrow does the same that Criterion does but their encoding is far better.

I love Criterion. They're my film school. It's just I use a projector and with that size, I can see those anomalies up close in motion. I'm not judging it on caps-a-holic. I actually own these releases.

There has been a noticeable step up in encoding this year. Most the ones that some people have said have had noticeable encoding issues are from the previous 2 yrs or so (and some of those are high bitrate so its's not necessarily a space issue).

[Member-222782]

Ordered 2 Blu-rays to start me off. The sale lasts the entire month - why are people rushing to get multiple titles all at once? One or two a week works just fine

[MifuneFan]

Just a heads-up for those subscribed. It looks like Hulu will be losing some, if not all, of their Criterion library in one week. Then Filmstruck will be the exclusive streaming service for the catalog (the service went live yesterday).

[sperezmore]

Ordered 12 Criterion Blu-ray yesterday.

- Charade
- Badlands
- My Darling Clementine
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle
- Downhill Racer
- Gilda
- Only Angels Have Wings
- Phoenix
- In a Lonely Place
- A Touch of Zen
- The Game
- One-Eyed Jacks (Release Date: 11/22/2016)

And also pre-ordered on August 16, 2016 a criterion blu-ray title that's coming next week from amazon.com (Great price, $39.99)

- Lone Wolf and Cub (Release Date: 11/8/2016)

I think that's enough fun for one day and the rest of the year for me and Criterion.

Next year I will start with a Criterion Blu-ray.......

- His Girl Friday (Release Date: 1/10/2017)

Regards,

[Cremildo]

Gonna order Dr. Strangelove and/or Marketa Lazarová on Friday.

[MifuneFan]

Pre-ordered AK's Dreams, can't wait

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by dwk

I don't think this has been mentioned. Chungking Express is on FilmStruck and it opens with both the Janus Films and Criterion logos. I suspect that they have WKW's run of films from Chunking Express to In the Mood for Love (which, per Janus Films site, they also now control.) Hopefully, they are doing new 4K transfers of all those films for a box set

Perhaps a box set with the now OOP Happy Together and Fallen Angels.

[blu-bry]

Last night I picked up:

Only Angels Have Wings
The Manchurian Candidate
Kwaidan
Night Train to Munich
All That Heaven Allows
A Touch of Zen

I was also able to use my 2 mailed member 20% off coupons!

[Gusto-Guus]

Originally Posted by cine74

Ordered 2 Blu-rays to start me off. The sale lasts the entire month - why are people rushing to get multiple titles all at once? One or two a week works just fine

The fear of what you want being sold out when you decide to head over to B&N