The Criterion Collection

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by DenOfEarth

Any chances for Freaks?

My mouth would drop. Day one! (well, if that day is a day I can get it half off).

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by dkelly26666

I myself will never forget a time they did this before, way back in June 2015. It was for the September 2015 announcements.

It was delayed day after day.

Turns out it was ALL just because they were waiting for their good pal Wes Anderson to approve the COVER of their "Moonrise Kingdom" re-release. He was so busy, you see, that he couldn't get back to them on that for three days...

Well, that and Manhattan hipsters love to hit the town by Happy Hour...

So, we all waited three days that time, too.

Not that I didn't believe you, but memory is a funny business, and I don't recall anything remotely close to this happening in 2015.

So here's what actually happened in June 2015 for September 2015 titles:


June 15th:

Moonrise Kingdom general artwork leaked onto site (via phantom page manipulation) at ~2:30 PM EST:

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Moonrise Kingdom Artwork:

http://www.criterion.com/current/pos...gdom-cover-art



That Cover :O!

Specs updated for Moonrise Kingdom posted at ~5:35 PM EST

Criterion Announces via Facebook that announcements will be delayed till tomorow at ~6:05 PM EST

Sorry all, our September titles announce is postponed until tomorrow—we still have a few kinks to work out!

June 16th:

Titles started to leak out (via phantom page manipulation) around 5:00PM EST with Breaker Morant, and Blind Chance

Artwork for Moonrise Kingdom posted at 5:04 PM EST

The Honeymoon Killers at 5:06 PM EST

By 5:15 PM all 6 titles for September 2015 were on the site, and officially announced.


So it was not delayed day after day, and was not 3 days as you thought, and certainly nothing comparable to this current incident. Like I said, memory is a funny business

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by dkelly26666

Well, my memory may have confused that delay with another delay close to the same time. But there has definitely been a several days delay, before. If you'd care to forensically go back thru the years, month by month, hour by hour, and find it, LOL.

I didn't intend to call you out or anything. My memory is pretty photographic, and thorough, and something just seemed off about what you said with regards to my own recollections, so it was more to see whether I had mis-remembered it or not. It was over 4 years ago, so it's hard to remember exact details of course, and it's entirely possible the delay was becuase of the MK artwork needing to be finalized.

[dkelly26666]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I didn't intend to call you out or anything. My memory is pretty photographic, and thorough, and something just seemed off about what you said with regards to my own recollections, so it was more to see whether I had mis-remembered it or not. It was over 4 years ago, so it's hard to remember exact details of course, and it's entirely possible the delay was becuase of the MK artwork needing to be finalized.

I do now remember the MK artwork being removed after the announce, and replaced with a black box with a Criterion 'C' in it, for several days. Then, the artwork re-appeared. That likely was what I was mis-remembering. And I remembered that there was a delay around that time. Ugh, I am getting old, it's true.

Anyway, there have been a number of announcement delays before, some even a few days long, so while it's frustrating, it actually isn't anything new.

People always say we shouldn't get so angry, as Criterion never officially promises the announcements ON the 15th. . But it is still frustrating mainly when they say things like it's delayed until tomorrow, and then tomorrow they delay again.

Oh well...

[BagheeraMcGee]

Originally Posted by jardel

For me, my dream is that movies like:
- Ball of fire
- Witness ( weir,1985)
- The Mortal storm
would be announce some day.....but never happens...and I go on buying other stuffs instead, but just Shawshank 's mantra : "Hope is a good thing...."

Why not have a Peter Weir box set with The Last Wave (they've already released the DVD), Gallipoli, The Year of Living Dangerously, Witness and The Mosquito Coast?

[spanky87]

It’s a crime against cinema that a bonafide classic like Roman Holiday still isn’t available on blu-ray. Anywhere. In 2019.

Fix this, Criterion.

[FragnitoM]

Originally Posted by BagheeraMcGee

Why not have a Peter Weir box set with The Last Wave (they've already released the DVD), Gallipoli, The Year of Living Dangerously, Witness and The Mosquito Coast?

License Fearless and Truman Show to add to the box too

[jardel]

Originally Posted by BagheeraMcGee

Why not have a Peter Weir box set with The Last Wave (they've already released the DVD), Gallipoli, The Year of Living Dangerously, Witness and The Mosquito Coast?

You can count on me !!!! Day One

[FragnitoM]

Originally Posted by spanky87

It’s a crime against cinema that a bonafide classic like Roman Holiday still isn’t available on blu-ray. Anywhere. In 2019.

Fix this, Criterion.

People keep asking but they just recently said they have no plans for it

[spanky87]

Originally Posted by FragnitoM

People keep asking but they just recently said they have no plans for it

Really? Got a link to that?

Been waiting so long that I was hoping they would awknowledge it one way or the other.

[dkelly26666]

Anyway, back to wishing:

I wish they'd announce "After Hours", "Bringing Out the Dead", or any Scorsese, really.

Always wishing for "The Devils".

Some more Pasolini or Bertolucci would be most welcome.

And by the way, I posted a little joke earlier about Toho and Criterion, and people apparently lost their minds and flagged me left and right. So, I apologize for offending anyone. That wasn't my intention.

[FragnitoM]

Since Matewan is all but confirmed now, I know this and Ghost Dog were both on Artisan DVD. I don’t know who owns it, but man this gave me some hope that maybe Ghost Dog has a chance to being around the corner

[FragnitoM]

Originally Posted by spanky87

Really? Got a link to that?

Been waiting so long that I was hoping they would awknowledge it one way or the other.

It was in the home theater forum podcast they asked if there were any plans for Roman holiday and they said no

[UmbrellaFish]

Originally Posted by spanky87

It’s a crime against cinema that a bonafide classic like Roman Holiday still isn’t available on blu-ray. Anywhere. In 2019.

Fix this, Criterion.

The lack of a release for Roman Holiday is so perplexing to me. It’s a well-remembered, well-loved classic. One of the biggest movies in the portfolio of one of cinema’s most beloved actresses. Why isn’t this on Blu-ray yet? It’s past due.

[critterdvd]

Originally Posted by VaguellyAlluring1

Does anybody here think it is wise to put out box sets like this? From a business sense?

I was thinking the same thing, especially when in the cast of the Bergman set you can pick it up for roughly the price of 7-8 regular criterion releases (and that's when they are on sale). However, I think it probably ends up working for them, because for most of us these boxes will have double-dips of movies we already own, and because of the price we are purchasing additional movies we wouldn't have purchased otherwise. Again, going back to the Bergman box, I already had 4 of his movies individually, and those are probably the only 4 I'd be willing to spend $20-30 each on, however when the box set was on sales for $150, I jumped on it for the value.

[FragnitoM]

Originally Posted by UmbrellaFish

The lack of a release for Roman Holiday is so perplexing to me. It’s a well-remembered, well-loved classic. One of the biggest movies in the portfolio of one of cinema’s most beloved actresses. Why isn’t this on Blu-ray yet? It’s past due.

Hope for a remake then paramount would be all over it

[CQD84]

Originally Posted by SleazyForWeasley

I'd love it if Paul Dano's Wildlife was part of this month's announcement. No R1 Blu release from IFC, and he made a visit to the CC closet recently, so hopefully it's in the cards.

I'm really hoping for this also. It's such a great, underrated movie from last year. It's a shame that it hasn't gotten a Blu-ray release yet.

[postmodel]

Spine 1000 needs a better diaper for it has leaked.

[Show spoiler]

Well...

[Show spoiler]Maybe someday...I’d buy it.

[jordan-r]

Originally Posted by postmodel

Spine 1000 needs a better diaper for it has leaked.

[Show spoiler]

Well...

[Show spoiler]Maybe someday...I’d buy it.

It'd be a day-one pickup for me. What a movie.

[Filmscholar35]

I am hoping they announce today, but if not, I can wait, lol

Hoping everyone gets that big Godzilla set they want so badly.