The Criterion Collection

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by WeeBey

Oh my, it appears as if all the extra features are included. I did not expect this.

Time to save up some pennies.

I plan on prostituting my body for the extra cash for this release

[WeeBey]

For anyone interested in the Berman Filmography.

All the movies in this set:

Crisis (1946)
A Ship to India (1947)
Port of Call (1948)
Thirst (1949)
To Joy (1950)
Summer Interlude (1951)
Waiting Woman (1952)
Summer with Monika (1953)
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
A Lesson in Love (1954)
Dreams (1955)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries (1957)
Brink of Life (1958)
The Magician (1958)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
The Devil's Eye (1960)
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
Winter Light (1963)
The Silence (1963)
All These Women (1964)
Persona (1966)
Daniel (1967)
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Shame (1968)
The Rite (1969)
The Passion of Anna (1969)
Fårö Document (1970)
The Touch (1971)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Scenes of a Marriage (1973/1974)) [includes TV series and theatrical cut]
The Magic Flute (1975)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Autumn Sonata (1978)
The Making of Autumn Sonata (1978)
Fårö Document 1979 (1979)
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)
Fanny and Alexander (1982/1983) [includes TV series and theatrical cut]
The Making of Fanny and Alexander (1984)
After the Rehearsal (1984)
Karin's Face (1984)
Saraband (2003)


Not in the set:

- It Rains on Our Love (1946) [Available in Classic Bergman Collection from Artificial Eye in the UK]

- Music in Darkness (1948) [Only available on DVD in the Bergman Collection from Tartan in the UK]

- Prison (1949) [Available in the aforementioned Tartan set, DVD only]

- This Can't Happen Here (1950) [Bergman hated this one and it has yet to be released anywhere]

- Ingmar Bergman: Making Commercials (1951) [Commercials Bergman shot for the soap brand Bris, unreleased but you can find them on YouTube]

- Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957) [TV movie, unreleased. Available in Swedish on YouTube here]

- The Venetian (1958) [TV movie, unreleased. Available in Swedish on Youtube here]

- Rabies (1958) [TV movie, unreleased]

- Storm (1960) [TV movie, unreleased]

- A Dream Play (1963) [TV movie, unreleased. Available in Swedish on YouTube here]

- Don Juan (1965) [TV mini-series, unreleased]

- The Misanthrope (1974) [TV movie, unreleased]

- Face to Face (1976) [Available on DVD from Olive Films]

- The Dance of the Damned Women (1976) [Short movie, unreleased]

- The School of Wives (1983) [TV movie, unreleased]

- Dom Juan (1985) [TV movie, unreleased]

- The Blessed Ones (1986) [TV movie, unreleased]

- Madame de Sade (1992) [TV movie, unreleased. You can watch with English subs on YouTube here]

- The Bacchae (1993) [TV movie, unreleased]

- The Last Gasp (1995) [TV movie, unreleased. You can watch it with Russian dubs (lol) on Youtube here]

- Harald & Harald (1996) [TV short, unreleased. You can watch it in Swedish on YouTube here]

- In the Presence of a Clown (1997) [TV movie, unreleased. You can watch it in Swedish on Youtube here]

- The Image Makers (2000) [TV movie, available on DVD from Tartan in the UK]

- The Ghost Sonata (2007) [Play filmed in front of live audience, unreleased]

- On Set Home Movies (2008) [Documentary short, unreleased]




Some of those Swedish movies on Youtube might have English subs/close captions. Check them out if you are curious!

I would have loved to see It Rains on our Love, Music in Darkness, Prison, Face to Face, and The Dance of the Damned Women in this package but I'm not going to complain.

[willtopower]

I almost completely caught up on the Bergman blus this sale too! T_T


But the set is so good!

[RojD]

Originally Posted by postmodel

When I click on the individual release for The Seventh Seal, the special features are noted as follows in the Spoiler Tag:

[Show spoiler]•Digital transfer (box set edition); new, restored high-definition digital transfer (two-DVD and Blu-ray editions), with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
•Introduction by Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003 (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
•Audio commentary by Bergman expert Peter Cowie, with a new afterword on the two-DVD and Blu-ray editions
•Bergman Island (2006), an 83-minute documentary on Bergman by Marie Nyreröd, featuring in-depth and revealing interviews with the director (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
•Archival audio interview with Max von Sydow (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
•A 1989 tribute to Bergman by filmmaker Woody Allen (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
•Theatrical trailer
•Bergman 101, a selected video filmography tracing Bergman’s career, narrated by Cowie (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
•An annotated, illustrated Bergman filmography, featuring excerpts from Wild Strawberries and The Magician with commentary (box set only)
•Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
•New and improved English subtitle translation
•PLUS: A new essay by Cowie (box set edition); a booklet featuring a new essay by critic Gary Giddins (two-DVD and Blu-ray editions)
New cover by Neil Kellerhouse (two-DVD and Blu-ray editions); new cover by Gordon Reynolds (box set edition)

I note some features say (two-DVD and Blu-Ray only) while others say (box set only). Does this mean not all features will be present? Or just odd wording? Or are the box set edition features brand new to the set?

Definitely shooting to pick this up. That's for sure.

Oooof! The choices here!

Set advantages:

Many movies I don't have
Way less room on the shelves

Set disadvantages:

Far fewer special features/commentaries (I think)
I already have a lot of these films

But I have to balance this latter with the possibility that the ones I don't have will be released individually. However, that hasn't happened with the Tati or the Demy sets.

Dang....glad I have several months to think about this.

[StarDestroyer52]

Luckily I just have The Seventh Seal, so I would be getting all them for the first time. Though even if I did have a lot of them I would double-dip on this one.

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by callahan09

The current lightning deal on Amazon for the Olympic films box set makes me really consider buying it. Probably never get a better price than that. Even with a nice coupon and the 50% off sale at B&N (which you can't even get them to apply the coupons towards anymore) you won't be able to get much better of a deal than this.

OK, I like the olympics. I have never seen any of these movies, and I probably wouldn't watch most of them anytime soon, but it could be cool to have around and boring day I can always pop one of these on and relive some of the glory or experience some history I never knew about.

I assume this set comes highly recommended?

My quick take in answer to your question: I think the real appeal of the set is not the pure "sport" documented per se (of which there is plenty), but the broader cultural and geopolitical themes that have impacted many of the Games in the modern era, and which are represented in many of the films (although I have not yet watched them all). Plus, some of the films are seriously well made (Riefenstahl's and Ichikawa's entries are probably the most obvious highlights for well-deserved reasons, while a personal favourite would be Alberto Isaac's outstanding record of the Mexico Games in '68).

Hard to beat at the price. If you think you might enjoy it, then go for it.

[MortimerBrewstr]

Being a Woody Allen fan, I'm predisposed to liking Bergman, though, admittedly, I've seen very little of his work.

I've got an old DVD (Non-Criterion) of Persona as well as JUST purchased The Virgin Spring Blu-Ray.

However, I have 4 or 5 Blu-Rays currently in my Barnes and Noble cart that I haven't had a chance to purchase yet... So I'll take it as a sign.

Day One purchase on this set.

[ShellOilJunior]

I'm glad I've been lazy about purchasing The Virgin Spring. 39 movies for an affordable price. Good deal.

It's tempting to speculate which director is due for the next big set but sometimes ya gotta stop asking for more and give Criterion its due.

[SammyJankis]

That set is just insane. I honestly thought it would be priced higher, which I would have been fine with.

Time to sell my current Bergman blus.

[captainron_howdy]

No Face to Face .

[Antiochus]

Originally Posted by RojD

Oooof! The choices here!

Set advantages:

Many movies I don't have
Way less room on the shelves

Set disadvantages:

Far fewer special features/commentaries (I think)
I already have a lot of these films

But I have to balance this latter with the possibility that the ones I don't have will be released individually. However, that hasn't happened with the Tati or the Demy sets.

Dang....glad I have several months to think about this.

Not "far fewer". I looked through the titles Criterion already released on Blu-ray and The Seventh Seal is the only one with differing special features (and newer restoration for the box set!). Even then, Bergman Island documentary will be included in the upcoming set. I suspect there'll be a dedicated special features disc considering that if we substract standalone titles there's 15 discs for 27 titles, so likely 2 titles per disc + 1 disc for special features.

[Kyle15]

Good God that Bergman set...it has Hour of The Wolf and pretty much everything else I have yet to see and want to. My tears, they flow...

[Scottie]

Note to self: e-mail Jon Mulvaney about which existing Blu-rays (besides The Seventh Seal) will be remastered.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by MoneyLover

The Seventh Seal is the only one with differing special features (and newer restoration!).

Are you saying that the (couple-years-old) stand-alone The Seventh Seal release is made from a newer master than the version of The Seventh Seal in this yet-to-be-released box set?!

[mrjohnnyb]

I just got back from my local Barnes and Noble and exchanged my unopened The Virgin Spring for The Age of Innocence. I will be selling my other Bergman Criterions, and will gladly make the purchase for this collection in November. In the process, this will clear off a lot of desperately needed shelf space!

By the way, my Hour of the Wolf wish has come true!

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Are you saying that the (couple-years-old) stand-alone The Seventh Seal release is made from a newer master than the version of The Seventh Seal in this yet-to-be-released box set?!

The existing Blu-ray of The Seventh Seal was released in 2009. It's almost 10 years old.

Digital restorations, including a new 4K restoration of The Seventh Seal and new 2K restorations of Shame, The Touch, Waiting Women, and The Serpent’s Egg, among many others, with uncompressed monaural and stereo soundtracks

[Antiochus]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Are you saying that the (couple-years-old) stand-alone The Seventh Seal release is made from a newer master than the version of The Seventh Seal in this yet-to-be-released box set?!

The other way around, obviously. Sorry, didn't phrase it well.

[javy]

Originally Posted by Scottie

The existing Blu-ray of The Seventh Seal was released in 2009. It's almost 10 years old.

And still looks gorgeous.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by Scottie

The existing Blu-ray of The Seventh Seal was released in 2009. It's almost 10 years old.

Wow- it's been that long. Geez, I'm old.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

It's tempting to speculate which director is due for the next big set but sometimes ya gotta stop asking for more and give Criterion its due.

Rohmer would be great, but I'm ecstatic with the Bergman news.