The Criterion Collection

[koberulz]

Is there any logic behind which films get foreign titles (eg Le samourai), and which get English titles (eg Pan's Labyrinth)?

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

Yeah, a real mood killer when you get an order you've been looking forward to, only to hear that rattling noise or the sound of little bits of loose plastic in a case.

Yeah, that sinking feeling...

Thankfully, BD are more scratch-resistant than DVD. But it is so annoying when the plastic disc holder is broken.

[dwk]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Is there any logic behind which films get foreign titles (eg Le samourai), and which get English titles (eg Pan's Labyrinth)?

They tend to use the title that is most known/was released as in the US.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Is there any logic behind which films get foreign titles (eg Le samourai), and which get English titles (eg Pan's Labyrinth)?

I think that's down to the distributors of the film when they're originally released theatrically. El labertino del fauno was given a major studio release in English language markets so it was given an English title (Pan's Labyrinth), whereas Le Samourai probably only played arthouse films at the time of its release and has only ever been known by that title. As an American company, Criterion simply releases the films under the title they're best known by to English language audiences.

[theater dreamer]

I’ve heard a rumor that the Belle de jour reissue will come with a new kind of experimental bonus feature, Criterion and the spacetime continuum. They send Jon Mulvaney’s DeLorean through a wormhole, and Catherine Deneuve from 1967 travels across space and time to come watch the film with you.

Though the MSRP would be driven up exponentially, as Plutonium is still quite costly in the year 2018, I’d expect this to sell well. Unfortunately, it would only be available as a digipak, so some of our members would have to pass on the chance to meet Miss Deneuve. Zut alors.

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Some people felt there wasn't enough Catherine Deneuve.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by ravenus

I suspect a year down the line Criterion will make additional money selling plastic case replacements for these digipacks.

Yeah, I thought we already went through this once and Criterion had learned their lesson. I guess not.

[Al_The_Strange]

No worries folks, just send your unwanted digipacks my way and I'll gladly take them off your hands at no additional cost.

[manunited1]

I wonder how this Criterion release of Night of the Living Dead stacks up next to the black case Japanese release? I know I am loving the packaging and will probably be unable to keep myself from the purchase. Silence of the lambs also looks amazing.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

I’ve heard a rumor that the Belle de jour reissue will come with a new kind of experimental bonus feature, Criterion and the spacetime continuum. They send Jon Mulvaney’s DeLorean through a wormhole, and Catherine Deneuve from 1967 travels across space and time to come watch the film with you.

Though the MSRP would be driven up exponentially, as Plutonium is still quite costly in the year 2018, I’d expect this to sell well. Unfortunately, it would only be available as a digipak, so some of our members would have to pass on the chance to meet Miss Deneuve. Zut alors.

How in the hell would I be able to focus on the film?!

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by iScottie

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The Night of the Living Dead review should be live in the next 48 or so hours.

I don't mind plastic cases but I prefer digipacks which usually means a booklet and/or second blu-ray is included.

I appreciate the consistency of plastic cases but often those releases only include dorm room posters.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

How in the hell would I be able to focus on the film?!

At that point, why would you want to?

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

At that point, why would you want to?

OK, good point. I didn't really think that one through.

[teneightypee]

Originally Posted by zakzak

I prefer that, something more durable. The digipak looks pretty but it won't be in a year's time. Unless you keep it all wrapped up all the time....

What on earth are you people doing with your digipaks? Using them to play fetch with your dog? Coasters at parties?

I can see my shelf from where I'm sitting and there are a load of digipaks I've had for several years that may as well have been bought yesterday. It's really not difficult to maintain them.

[Doctor Jack]

Watched L’Avventura today. Movie is a masterpiece obviously, but has anyone notice the amount of “hairs” on the print used for the blu? Was there nothing Criterion could do about that? I don’t really know much about the removal of things like that.

[thinredline]

Originally Posted by mdawg1972

Does anybody know if there is a forum dedicated to selling actual blu-rays? I know there is a forum for selling the codes but did not see one for actual blu-rays. I am looking to sell my Jean-Pierre Melville titles (including two of the out of print titles) in a group package. They have all only been watched once so they are in excellent condition.

Thanks!

https://forum.blu-ray.com/forumdisplay.php?f=48

[ravenus]

Last night I was browsing the collection thinking to myself, "Let's see something that's pacy and action-packed and tests the new subwoofer." Somewhere it became this movie. Truth be told, it's more exciting than Solaris, and only towards the end where the Writer is berating the Stalker did I begin to feel the heavy-handedness. After seeing it on national TV as a kid (in part, I imagine, I doubt I sat through it all), my first viewing as an adult was more than a decade ago on the Artificial Eye DVD, which was struck from a weak source and encoded shoddily. The new Mosfilm restoration is amazing, although the sepia scenes sometimes acquire a tinge of urine yellow more at home in a David Fincher movie.

[The Sovereign]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Watched L’Avventura today. Movie is a masterpiece obviously, but has anyone notice the amount of “hairs” on the print used for the blu? Was there nothing Criterion could do about that? I don’t really know much about the removal of things like that.

I certainly noticed them, and it seemed odd that they hadn't been removed. Like you, I don't know much about how that's done, so perhaps they had to be left in to preserve the remaining integrity of the film. But they do stand out in several places.

[javy]

Originally Posted by ravenus

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Last night I was browsing the collection thinking to myself, "Let's see something that's pacy and action-packed and tests the new subwoofer." Somewhere it became this movie. Truth be told, it's more exciting than Solaris, and only towards the end where the Writer is berating the Stalker did I begin to feel the heavy-handedness. After seeing it on national TV as a kid (in part, I imagine, I doubt I sat through it all), my first viewing as an adult was more than a decade ago on the Artificial Eye DVD, which was struck from a weak source and encoded shoddily. The new Mosfilm restoration is amazing, although the sepia scenes sometimes acquire a tinge of urine yellow more at home in a David Fincher movie.

Stalker definitely has more action so in that case I would agree that it is the more exciting film. I do enjoy both films equally well though.

On a different note, and one relating to your avatar, I watched Pale Flower yesterday and I found it to be a mind-blowing gangster flick. Some things I really loved about the film and that really stood out to me (aside from the amazing black and white norish cinematography, and that back alley cat and mouse chase) were when they were sitting at the table and Muraki asks his buddy about Yoh. What I like about this scene, besides everything, is how his buddy is touching the girls face and gazing upon her beauty in adoration. I rewound it like four or five times to take in everything here. I actually did that a few times through the film.

Another thing that really got me was when Muraki was telling Saeko that he's the "scum of the earth" and he knows it, but even still he forgives himself. Saeko then says she forgives herself too, and doesn't care what others say. The way she turned her head when she said that made me feel as if she were talking to me, even though she wasn't looking at the camera. Brilliant.

And I love how she plays the voyeur at the end. Oh, and when they found out that all that time she was

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[TajSamKojiJesam]

Pale Flower is absolutely masterful, I think of it as one of the absolute best crime films out there. Have you seen any other movies by Masahiro Shinoda?

[Marlow27]

Ugh. Still think that Silence of the Lambs cover art is some of the worst that Criterion has ever done.