The Criterion Collection

[jrsl76]

Great group of titles this month. I'm particularly excited for the Errol Morris and the Hoop Dreams upgrade. I love Noir, but hadn't heard of Ride The Pink Horse until the last newsletter clue. Stoked for more Truffaut, but I wish it was Two English Girls, one of my most wanted Criterion titles.

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Check out Grey Gardens!

It's on my lsit to check out - My wife is very interested in it.

Originally Posted by iScottie

I'm with you, although I find both Close-Up (docu-fiction) and Koyaanisqatsi (The Qatso Trilogy) to have high replay value.

I am interested in Cloe-Up, but I am almost 100% certain Koyaanisqatsi is not for me at all. It sounds like a torturous endurance test of tedium.

[dsman71]

I wish they would license more PD titles that are considered classics even if it doesnt have a *name* director. I would love Criterion releases for movies like the original DOA, Detour, Too Late for Tears, Eyes in the Night, Fear in the Night, The Bat Whispers, Raw Deal. Even more movies in the Fiend Without A Face realm, something like The Flying Serpent..
Maybe the film elements for these films arent good..
Then on top of that, movies like The Innocents get an overseas release only to have Criterion release it months later. It makes deciding on double dipping really difficult since I love Criterion releases. I ponder what would happen if they announce Onibaba , Great Expectations or The Killers which are others that I own overseas imports of..

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by dsman71

I wish they would license more PD titles that are considered classics even if it doesnt have a *name* director. I would love Criterion releases for movies like the original DOA, Detour, Too Late for Tears, Eyes in the Night, Fear in the Night, The Bat Whispers, Raw Deal. Even more movies in the Fiend Without A Face realm, something like The Flying Serpent..
Maybe the film elements for these films arent good..
Then on top of that, movies like The Innocents get an overseas release only to have Criterion release it months later. It makes deciding on double dipping really difficult since I love Criterion releases. I ponder what would happen if they announce Onibaba , Great Expectations or The Killers which are others that I own overseas imports of..

The Innocents wasn't months later, it was about a month and 4 years. Also, the supplements, IMHO, are better on the BFI release than on the Criterion. The transfer might be slightly better, but I'm not going to double dip on it.

I may double dip on IAMMMMW, simply because of the Roadshow version, and the fact the initial release was cheap. I initially thought about FMF, but decided against it as it's not worth buying it for a 3rd time (DVD, which was traded in for the initial Fox BD when it was on for 5 bucks).

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

It's on my lsit to check out - My wife is very interested in it.



I am interested in Cloe-Up, but I am almost 100% certain Koyaanisqatsi is not for me at all. It sounds like a torturous endurance test of tedium.

Koyaanisqatsi is a masterpiece and is a MUST SEE by everyone!!!!!!!

HOW VERY DARE YOUUUUUUUU

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Koyaanisqatsi is a masterpiece and is a MUST SEE by everyone!!!!!!!

HOW VERY DARE YOUUUUUUUU

Yaaaaaaaawwwwwn

[fdm]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

It was hard to follow last months announcements and it nice when documentaries get BLU releases even if they aren't ones I've been dying for. I still want Antonio Gaudi badly but at least some of the other films got upgraded but I have to agree that cover for Cries and Whispers isn't exactly begging for me to want to see it.

Glad to see The Soft Skin announced but Honestly CC should have worked out a deal to release a FT box set or two with his films. milking title to title like that sends me ready to import the UK editions.

I'm waiting for Criterion's Antoine Doinel box, but yeah, I pretty much figured (and hoped) that Criterion would be dribbling the rest out one by one for quite some time when I pre-ordered the UK set. (And phew, glad I was right. I hope it shows up minty fresh.)

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

I love the Ride the Pink Horses cover!

That cover I think is actually pretty great!

[AKORIS]

yawn. Lousy announcements....

[malakaheso]

Hopefully Criterion will announce the Kiarostami boxset soon.

Easily Criterion's least impressive announcement in a while though.

[dressedtokill]

Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

I love the Ride the Pink Horses cover!

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

That cover I think is actually pretty great!

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by edward j grug iii

yaaaaaaaawwwwwn

:-o!

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by dressedtokill

Retta would know we're right.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

It's better than this!!!! Atleast CC's cover related to the film haha!

Even Chasing Amy has a better cover rofl!

The Cries and Whispers cover definitely relates to the film. In fact, it's really an in-your-face cover, nothing is subtle about it.

March still looks really, really strong. I'm interested in everything announced!

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

The Cries and Whispers cover definitely relates to the film. In fact, it's really an in-your-face cover, nothing is subtle about it.

March still looks really, really strong. I'm interested in everything announced!

it so so so ugly though lol

[spargs]

A bit of a disappointing month for my tastes, as I'm not really into documentaries. I'm definitely in on The Soft Skin. Ride the Pink Horse is a film I had never heard of prior to the newsletter clue last month, but being an admirer of film noir I'm curious about it.

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

The Innocents wasn't months later, it was about a month and 4 years. Also, the supplements, IMHO, are better on the BFI release than on the Criterion. The transfer might be slightly better, but I'm not going to double dip on it.

I may double dip on IAMMMMW, simply because of the Roadshow version, and the fact the initial release was cheap. I initially thought about FMF, but decided against it as it's not worth buying it for a 3rd time (DVD, which was traded in for the initial Fox BD when it was on for 5 bucks).

I didnt realize the Innocents had been out that long - I bought it months before Criterion announced - it was just something I had discovered earlier this year. I just found out that Bubba Ho Top had some blu ray releases overseas today as well, so I bought one, watch that getting announced by Scream Factory or Kino early next year

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by dsman71

I didnt realize the Innocents had been out that long - I bought it months before Criterion announced - it was just something I had discovered earlier this year. I just found out that Bubba Ho Top had some blu ray releases overseas today as well, so I bought one, watch that getting announced by Scream Factory or Kino early next year

The innocents is just perfect. That is all.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

it so so so ugly though lol

Very true. Although the word I'd use is putrid.

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by dressedtokill

That being said, what's up with the increasing trend of diminishing supplements?

Probably the same reason why they are skimping on booklets, by the way i am in for Cries and Whispers and The Soft Skin, too bad those covers are awful.