The Criterion Collection

[kuro_sawa]

Originally Posted by SlickDamian

I've only seen L'Avventura so far. Thought it was a masterpiece. I own the other three in the "series". Can't wait to watch the rest.

On that note, have many people seen Identification of a Woman? How does it compare to the others?

I love it. I really suck at writing reviews (usually end up with a New Testament sized ramble) but personally it's in my top 3 of his next to Blow Up and L'Avventurra with Zabriskie Point not far behind.

[jazzbo]

Originally Posted by jmclick

Here's hoping that the Cohen remaster and reissue of Howards End will do the film justice ...

Just curious, but was the Criterion version of HE considered poor? Just thought it was odd that you worded this as if it hasn't gotten a proper remaster in the past.

[Namuhana]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Sorry if already posted here but it looks like Cohen Media will be restoring and releasing Merchant-Ivory films in the US (excluding some big releases - A Room with a View, Remains of the Day, Jefferson in Paris, and Mr. and Mrs. Bridge):
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=17743

Thanks for the update! I haven't seen too many Merchant-Ivory titles (just the three Forster adaptations), but I am a little sad that this won't be handled by Criterion. However, I am excited to finally get a copy of Maurice. I just finished reading the novel and I'm now itching to rewatch the film; luckily, my local library has a copy of the Criterion DVD.

[ShellOilJunior]

Does anyone know the end date for the upcoming BN Sale? In the past when it started on Nov 10 it ran for 2 full weeks.

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Does anyone know the end date for the upcoming BN Sale? In the past when it started on Nov 10 it ran for 2 full weeks.

isn't it usually 3 weeks? and I remember it sometimes being extended.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Does anyone know the end date for the upcoming BN Sale? In the past when it started on Nov 10 it ran for 2 full weeks.

Seems to me that the B&N Criterion sales tend to last 3 weeks, so I would expect it to run through the 30th.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

I think what really got on my nerves were the never ending scenes in the stock exchange. They just kept happening and went on forever with seemingly no point. I get it, the guy was materialistic and shallow. It doesn't mean we need to spend 30 minutes of the movie here.

felt EXACTLY the same way... this was where the movie kind of lost me.

[dex14]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Does anyone know the end date for the upcoming BN Sale? In the past when it started on Nov 10 it ran for 2 full weeks.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...stcount=135721

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Does anyone know the end date for the upcoming BN Sale? In the past when it started on Nov 10 it ran for 2 full weeks.

No more Taylor Swift avatar? Awww, man.

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by jazzbo

Just curious, but was the Criterion version of HE considered poor? Just thought it was odd that you worded this as if it hasn't gotten a proper remaster in the past.

Yes, I personally felt the Criterion blu-ray release of Howards End was horrendous. Several scenes were filled with specks and other video noise, to the point that I was distracted from the story. I thought perhaps I had a defective disc until I started researching online and found that many (if not most) viewers had similar complaints ... and pertaining to the same scenes.

Howards End is one of my favorite films (I saw it first on HBO one day while I was home sick with the flu, and it was so engrossing that I forgot I was miserable!), so I was especially disappointed in the sloppy transfer, which was so atypical of Criterion's output.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Does anyone know the end date for the upcoming BN Sale? In the past when it started on Nov 10 it ran for 2 full weeks.

Originally Posted by dex14

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...stcount=135721

ShellOilJunior was asking for the end date; he already knew the beginning date.

[Rich Pure Doom]

Originally Posted by jmclick

Yes, I personally felt the Criterion blu-ray release of Howards End was horrendous. Several scenes were filled with specks and other video noise, to the point that I was distracted from the story. I thought perhaps I had a defective disc until I started researching online and found that many (if not most) viewers had similar complaints ... and pertaining to the same scenes.

Howards End is one of my favorite films (I saw it first on HBO one day while I was home sick with the flu, and it was so engrossing that I forgot I was miserable!), so I was especially disappointed in the sloppy transfer, which was so atypical of Criterion's output.

Howard's End actually looks like quite a few of Criterion's earliest Blu-rays. I don't think they had completely mastered the format yet.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Nothing official announced unless you want to send a message to the Employee who posted the start date.

The last 3 years it has run through the end of the day CyberMonday. 3 weeks has been the most common length, though it was 4 weeks in 2012-2013. It's not been 2 weeks in the fall since the first year. the July sale has been a bit more variable though 3-4 weeks seem to be common once even when they had to extend the sale to do so.

2012 it was supposed to be 3 weeks ending the Monday prior to BF which had been the SOP to that point, but Hurricane Sandy disrupted the 1st 7-10 days of the sale both for the NE B&M, but also online since a lot of B&N computers and corporate structure seem to be based in NYC -- so it was extended through Cybermonday. I'm guessing it was such a big success they kept it running through that week with the nice bigger coupon discounts being available.

After the Criterion sale ended last year, didn't they have a 40% off all DVDs/blu-rays sale?

[Namuhana]

I didn't work today, but I'll be in tomorrow and so I'll see if I can get any more information on when the sale ends.

[JMDiaz718]

Just received my copy of The Brood! Very excited to watch it this weekend. I still HATE the cover, as much as I hated the cover for Scanners. Plus the cover for The Brood, spoils a huge part of the movie, for those that have never seen it.

[Jowiko96]

The Mulholland Drive release is a Digi-Pack, folks!

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[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by Jowiko96

The Mulholland Drive release is a Digi-Pack, folks!

Nice, I somehow never lost hope of it being a digipak, now I can forgive the mediocre art work, it looks way better in this way, and I suppose it will have more art on the inner sleeve, can you add pictures of the inside and booklet?

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by JMDiaz718

Just received my copy of The Brood! Very excited to watch it this weekend. I still HATE the cover, as much as I hated the cover for Scanners. Plus the cover for The Brood, spoils a huge part of the movie, for those that have never seen it.

To be fair those that haven't seen the film aren't going to know that it spoils anything until after they've seen it. In fact, had I not already seen the film I wouldn't have known it was a spoiler had I not seen you mention it just now.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by Jowiko96

The Mulholland Drive release is a Digi-Pack, folks!

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[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Jowiko96

The Mulholland Drive release is a Digi-Pack, folks!

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