The Criterion Collection

[sfmarine]

Can anyone confirm if Eyes Without a Face has gone OOP? It's unavailable on Criterion.com and B&N does not offer shipping on it.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by sfmarine

Can anyone confirm if Eyes Without a Face has gone OOP? It's unavailable on Criterion.com and B&N does not offer shipping on it.

Criterion usually mentions when a title would go OOP and the DVD is still listed as available(which would be unavailable were this indeed OOP). Probably between print runs

[tallrichard]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

The worst Best Picture nominee I've ever seen is Three Coins in the Fountain.

I take it you have never seen The Broadway Melody or Cavalcade....and they won Oscars for Best Picture!

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by tallrichard

I take it you have never seen The Broadway Melody or Cavalcade....and they won Oscars for Best Picture!

I've seen Cavalcade.

[joy-division]

Originally Posted by belcherman

Disappointment:

Ghost World: I heard a lot of great things about this one and I love Steve Buscemi, so I figured it was a safe blind buy. Nah. Not horrible, but I can't see myself ever rewatching it.

This was the reason why I bought a multi-region player. And I have the comic in 4 different formats now! LOL

[joy-division]

Originally Posted by sfmarine

Can anyone confirm if Eyes Without a Face has gone OOP? It's unavailable on Criterion.com and B&N does not offer shipping on it.

Still in print. Use this as a guide

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...ction_releases

[pikachufan1336]

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[Scholer]

Originally Posted by tallrichard

I take it you have never seen The Broadway Melody or Cavalcade....and they won Oscars for Best Picture!

I've always been mixed about Cavalcade, but what's wrong with The Broadway Melody? By no means some masterpiece, but it is quite an enjoyable film with ample technical finesse to put it beyond many films of the era.

[Arawn]

Originally Posted by joy-division

That's exactly what happened with Jackson's LotR's RotK. It was a gesture Oscar.

They had to make up for ignoring Fellowship. The mainstream hadn't picked up on LOTR by that point.

[joy-division]

Originally Posted by Arawn

They had to make up for ignoring Fellowship. The mainstream hadn't picked up on LOTR by that point.

We all know the oscars are bullsh!t but it shouldn't have mattered if they hadn't picked up on it. It's not a popularity contest but what is best - or should be at least

[Arawn]

But that's just it. They didn't appreciate the first film's quality because the mainstream hadn't caught on.

[BamaDullard]

Naming the best picture of a certain year in that year is silly to begin with. It takes years to figure out if a film is actually great or not. Some of the best movies ever weren’t even nominated: Vertigo (most of Hitchcock’s best films for that matter), Badlands, 2001 : A Space Odyssey, The Night of the Hunter, Rio Bravo, etc. And some of these didn’t receive any Oscar noms. Ridiculous, but not surprising.

[Zen_Amako]

With regards to Criterion blind buys, some have turned out to be great, but quite a few were watched once and then sold.

Here are some of the best ones:

-Marketa Lazarova (a fantastic film that I don't think gets enough attention)
-Pale Flower (a great Japanese neo-noir)
-They Live By Night (a terrific film noir that doesn't get talked about much)
-Modern Times (it's a bona fide classic, but I'd never seen it prior to buying the Criterion edition )

[ilenewoodsfan99]

Adore All That Heaven Allows. The only Sirk movie I love more is Imitation of Life. I have the blu rays for both, but it would be wonderful if Criterion released Imitation of Life.

[drownsoda]

This is my final roll call on this fall's Barnes & Noble sale—I spent a pretty penny, but I filled in a lot of gaps and upgraded multiple titles I already had on DVD, which I'm happy about. I always hold off on doing that because it's more of a thrill to get something "new," but I'm glad I finally upgraded on some of these, and the B&N sale is the perfect time to do that. Ride with the Devil was the only title I didn't already own on DVD.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by ilenewoodsfan99

Adore All That Heaven Allows. The only Sirk movie I love more is Imitation of Life. I have the blu rays for both, but it would be wonderful if Criterion released Imitation of Life.

I actually had what I thought was a very good friend cut off our friendship after I refused to go see a Sirk double feature with him at a revival theater in Los Angeles. It was the 90's and I just wasn't into what I thought were nothing more than over the top stylized melodramas. I still think what my friend did was a really strange overreaction, but I guess Sirk love goes deep with some people.

Ironically, I've since grown to really appreciate Sirk and as far as his melodramas go, I haven't seen a bad one yet. I think ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS has to be my favorite, with WRITTEN ON THE WIND a close second. I have the UK Blu of A TIME TO LIVE AND A TIME TO DIE, but I haven't watched it yet. I understand that was one of Sirk's personal favorites?

[nitin]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

I actually had what I thought was a very good friend cut off our friendship after I refused to go see a Sirk double feature with him at a revival theater in Los Angeles. It was the 90's and I just wasn't into what I thought were nothing more than over the top stylized melodramas. I still think what my friend did was a really strange overreaction, but I guess Sirk love goes deep with some people.

Ironically, I've since grown to really appreciate Sirk and as far as his melodramas go, I haven't seen a bad one yet. I think ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS has to be my favorite, with WRITTEN ON THE WIND a close second. I have the UK Blu of A TIME TO LIVE AND A TIME TO DIE, but I haven't watched it yet. I understand that was one of Sirk's personal favorites?

The Tarnished Angels and There’s Always Tomorrow are my favourites.

Also think your friend’s reaction is in line with those of some characters in Sirk’s films.

[drownsoda]

Regarding Eyes without a Face—it is odd that the DVD is still available on Criterion's website, while the Blu-ray is not. It doesn't seem to be for sale anywhere online. I also never noticed that they apparently did not release an upgraded DVD when the Blu-ray came out (which they tend to do with most titles).

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by drownsoda

Regarding Eyes without a Face—it is odd that the DVD is still available on Criterion's website, while the Blu-ray is not. It doesn't seem to be for sale anywhere online. I also never noticed that they apparently did not release an upgraded DVD when the Blu-ray came out (which they tend to do with most titles).

It is strange but like StarDestroyer said...they are likely between prints but not being able to find it anywhere online tells me the stock is really depleted. It does make you wonder though.

[KubrickKurasawa]

Originally Posted by BamaDullard

Naming the best picture of a certain year in that year is silly to begin with. It takes years to figure out if a film is actually great or not. Some of the best movies ever weren’t even nominated: Vertigo (most of Hitchcock’s best films for that matter), Badlands, 2001 : A Space Odyssey, The Night of the Hunter, Rio Bravo, etc. And some of these didn’t receive any Oscar noms. Ridiculous, but not surprising.

Those awards mean nothing.