The Criterion Collection

[qw0aszx]

Originally Posted by moody41

spine 900 announced it's a 32 blu-ray collection of Olympic movies.

https://www.criterion.com/current/po...-olympic-films

So the first mainland China film released by Criterion is Gu Jun's The Everlasting Flame? Errrrr.... (I never consider The Last Emperor as a mainland China film.)

[theater dreamer]

The Olympics collection looks amazing. Wow wow wow.

[SammyJankis]

Well, I can't even pretend to muster any interest in this.

[mja345]

"Tokyo Olympiad" is awesome. As a standalone, that would sell well. The Olympics Collection is going to be a tough sell to even hardcore film fans/collectors like us. But there's no doubt it's an important release in terms of film preservation/history.

[Darth Marcus]

As awesome as this is, there's only a few things I really want out of this collection. That being said I think I'd pay $100 alone for 4K or 2K restored footage of just The Dream Team from 1992.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by mja345

Spike Lee is pretty under-represented on BD. "Jungle Fever", "Mo' Better Blues" (coming to BD in the UK), "Crooklyn", "Get on the Bus", "She's Gotta Have It", and "Bamboozled" are all very worthwhile films that should get releases while the format is still humming. He and John Sayles are two filmmakers whose peak years are very under-represented on Blu-Ray

Bamboozled is a criminally under-appreciated, satirical masterpiece imo.

I don't agree with everything that Spike Lee has to say in it, but it says so much about race and entertainment in our society.

...the digital video format did not serve it well though.

[fuzzymctiger]

I really want that Olympic set, but Criterion don't ship internationally

What are the odds of this one popping up on Amazon or Barnes and Noble?

[ShellOilJunior]

#900 is not good news for completionists.

[Show spoiler]

Now accepting guesses for #1000.

[ShellOilJunior]

$400 SRP
$200 on Sale during BN July sale. Half the fun will be seeing how much forum members can chisel away from that 2 bills.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by omgkitty

The full retail price is $400, so it will be $200 in a 50% off sale.

Or slightly more than an OOP copy of Tokyo Olympiad.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_pro...temCondition=3

[Abdrewes]

This'll be the ultimate CC fan litmus test.

If you shell out a few bills for the Olympics set but never considered the 30 for 30 set when it has been under 35$ a bunch of times...you may have a Criterion problem.

[Scottie]

Welp. Color me intrigued.

I do love me some Olympics.

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by mja345

Wow, interesting! I wonder how many people will actually buy this though. I gotta be honest, I probably won't purchase because I don't want to watch that much Olympic footage. But it's a pretty daring release IMO.

So glad I finally took the plunge on an OOP copy of Tokyo Olympiad a couple of months back...

An incredible release for someone like me who is fascinated by the cultural and geo-political history of the games as much as the sporting events themselves. Count me in Day 1. And the preorder price is $319.96 on a SRP of $399.95, so a good discount up front. No waiting for 50% sales this time. Merry Christmas to me.

[Chabrolesque]

Originally Posted by mja345

"Tokyo Olympiad" is awesome. As a standalone, that would sell well. The Olympics Collection is going to be a tough sell to even hardcore film fans/collectors like us. But there's no doubt it's an important release in terms of film preservation/history.

I posted this on another board, but this seems like something that’s aimed more at institutions (libraries, universities) and sports/Olympics/history buffs than the usual Criterion fanbase. I could also see it getting some press coverage from outlets that usually wouldn’t cover a Criterion release.

In spite of the price, I could see it selling well, especially if they get it on the shelves at places like Costco around Christmastime.

Personally speaking, I’ll be picking it up, but I don’t know that I’ll ever watch everything in there.

[jbieste]

Probably won't be a day one purchase but I'll get it next year during a flash sale. To be able to watch parts of it every two years will be special.

[mande2013]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Nearly 100%

Amazon doesn't carry Criterion's release of Dekalog for some reason.

[captveg]

I would expect individual releases of Tokyo Olympiad, Olympia and Visions of Eight down the road, perhaps in a year or three. But this box is likely to be the only way to get the best majority of these films, as most wouldn't have much individual sales value.

What an amazing collection, though. I hope many of the films make it to Filmstruck.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by moody41

spine 900 announced it's a 32 blu-ray collection of Olympic movies.

https://www.criterion.com/current/po...-olympic-films

I'm generally known as a big spender around these parts, but I've finally met my match.

I'll just keep enjoying my $20 Criterion Blu-ray of Downhill Racer.

[anthonyls]

Originally Posted by Chabrolesque

In spite of the price, I could see it selling well, especially if they get it on the shelves at places like Costco around Christmastime.

Yeah... we will probably see this on sale at Costco during Christmas 2019 for $149.

Can I wait that long? One word answer... NO!

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by moody41

spine 900 announced it's a 32 blu-ray collection of Olympic movies.

https://www.criterion.com/current/po...-olympic-films

It looks sweet and has a lot of nice footage but as much as I like it I can't down that much money.