The Criterion Collection

[JediFonger]

from what i remembered, BN sale was somn like $18 or $19, not too shabby =)

[P@t_Mtl]

Decided the watch Les Vacances De Monsieur Hulot last night, been a while since I had. The DVD look stunning, I am hoping they will release this one on Blu-ray.

[Kurgen1975]

Imported my first Criterion Blu Ray today...The Third Man

I can't wait to sit and watch this tonight

[ShellOilJunior]

Amazon sale> BN sale

For me anyways. Free and quicker shipping.

[biglou114]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Decided the watch Les Vacances De Monsieur Hulot last night, been a while since I had. The DVD look stunning, I am hoping they will release this one on Blu-ray.

I asked this (and Mon Oncle) on Criterion's facebook page, and they told to expect this one first.

This of course means that it could be a while until we'll see.

[PowellPressburger]

I wrote Criterion and asked if they could shed some light on why the Cannes transfer was NOT used on the new Blu edition. This is their response.

Thank you very much for your email!

No offense taken! I know several other customers have posed the same question and I've passed your suggestion along to our web design team.

As far the reason behind choosing the print that we did: we provided support to the restorers of the Cannes version, but our master was made directly from the original camera negative and meticulously color-corrected in Rome under the direct supervision of cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno. For our purposes there was no technical or artistic need to work off the new elements. In fact they used our master for color reference. This new work was done to create proper 35 mm preservation elements taking advantage of the newest technology.


We're very happy that the Film Foundation continues to spearhead projects like this one, and we're looking forward to seeing how it came out. One thing we can say is that our QC staff thinks the Leopard may be the most beautiful Blu-ray we've ever made!

I hope this information is helpful! Thank you for supporting Criterion!

Best,

Jon Mulvaney

[feeter]

Any promo codes for Criterion out... want to buy Stagecoach from them

[kndy]

Man...getting amped for the B&N sale coming up but at the same time, 91pilot on eBay is upping things up lately. He's again putting up box sets, 2-disc sets and blu-rays and stuff and the recent releases I purchased were all sealed with the security sticker still.

http://myworld.ebay.com/91pilot/

[JediFonger]

powell that's amazing!

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by feeter

Any promo codes for Criterion out... want to buy Stagecoach from them

Unfortunately, I don't think there are any codes right now.

CC

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by RaymondLuxuryYacht

Suggestions for Criterion in 2011: "Brazil", "Robocop","The Royal Tennenbaums", "The Life Aquatic".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEc9W...eature=related

Yes for Pandora's Box though.

[Arkadin]

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QUOTE=buffetfroid;3433383]I was just thinking today that it'd be awesome if Criterion (or someone, for christ's sake) would release Johnny Guitar. Then I could ditch my VHS copy...

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I picked up "Johnny" dvd from amazon.uk.
I noticed it got released over there on dvd.
you should check it out.
will certainly beat a vhs copy.
I doubt a bd of that one will ever occur unless Criterion buys the rights somehow.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

I watched Mystery Train last night...... Funny funny funny stuff.....

Glad ya liked it Beta...it's a great film (though I am partial to Jarmusch films ).

I'm hoping to see Night on Earth and Down By Law/Stranger Than Paradise on BD in the near future.

[neo_reloaded]

CG, have you seen Histoire(s) du cinema? I've liked all the 60's stuff of Godard's I've seen and I'm honestly curious which side of the line I'll fall on with regards to his 80's-90's output. Do you think Histoire(s) is the best starting point if I want to go that route?

[retask]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Amazon sale> BN sale

For me anyways. Free and quicker shipping.

When is the amazon-sale?

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by retask

When is the amazon-sale?

There isn't an Amazon sale, per say. It's just that Amazon lowered their prices on select titles during the last two B&N sales. So, whenever the B&N sale happens that's when you'll probably see Amazon lower their prices on some titles.

CC

[kndy]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

What in the Wide World Of Sports is a goin' on here????!!!!!!!

I leave you guys for a little bit, and it's all politics, sexual orientation and race (people from Kentucky are a different race right????

They are re-enacting their favorite Criterion moments in a sausage-fest kind of way. J/K!

Originally Posted by Arkadin

I picked up "Johnny" dvd from amazon.uk.
I noticed it got released over there on dvd.
you should check it out.
will certainly beat a vhs copy.
I doubt a bd of that one will ever occur unless Criterion buys the rights somehow.

They show it occasionally on TCM and it makes me wonder why there has not been a DVD release for it yet, but hopefully a Blu-ray release in the near future.

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

CG, have you seen Histoire(s) du cinema? I've liked all the 60's stuff of Godard's I've seen and I'm honestly curious which side of the line I'll fall on with regards to his 80's-90's output. Do you think Histoire(s) is the best starting point if I want to go that route?

Here is a good discussion of Godard's post 60's work.

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Decided the watch Les Vacances De Monsieur Hulot last night, been a while since I had. The DVD look stunning, I am hoping they will release this one on Blu-ray.

I also watched "M. Hulot's Holiday" this past weekend. It's a very cool film but it's just interesting to see how Paris changes through the eyes of Monsieur Hulot from this film and then to "Mon Oncle" and then of course to "Playtime". I do have "Trafic" in my queue next but I like to spread out my Tati film viewing every few months.

Originally Posted by biglou114

I asked this (and Mon Oncle) on Criterion's facebook page, and they told to expect this one first.

This of course means that it could be a while until we'll see.

"Mon Oncle" is a film I would expect on Blu-ray. Definitely!

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

CG, have you seen Histoire(s) du cinema? I've liked all the 60's stuff of Godard's I've seen and I'm honestly curious which side of the line I'll fall on with regards to his 80's-90's output. Do you think Histoire(s) is the best starting point if I want to go that route?

Yes and please tell me how you can see it, because I want to know.

[capnnarcolepsy]

Ah, what a lovely Tuesday....Err, Wednesday I mean...

http://twitpic.com/21be4c

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by biglou114

I asked this (and Mon Oncle) on Criterion's facebook page, and they told to expect this one first.

This of course means that it could be a while until we'll see.

Probably not until at least well into 2011 I would say.