The Criterion Collection

[Hellspawn28]

I made my ultimate Criterion wishlist. I'm not sure if these titles are already being picked up by someone else or not in North America. Jigoku still has no Blu-ray release. For box sets, a box set for Bill Plympton, Jan Švankmajer, and the One Arm Sword Man movies would be awesome.

[latehong]

Originally Posted by Hellspawn28

I made my ultimate Criterion wishlist. I'm not sure if these titles are already being picked up by someone else or not in North America. Jigoku still has no Blu-ray release. For box sets, a box set for Bill Plympton, Jan Švankmajer, and the One Arm Sword Man movies would be awesome.

Definitely not a Criterion level release, but in case you are desperate yet not aware of this one (the Region-B Eureka release is better in almost every way, of course):



Still available at Screen Archives Entertainment.

The 20th Century Fox release of Sunrise is good enough. Also, there is the region free UK Eureka release with better cover design, 20-page booklet and additional 40-min doc on Murnau's lost film 4 Devils.



Penda's Fen is recently released in the US as a part of Severin Film's massive All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror box set, using the same BFI master from their 2016 release, with the same 16-min doc on the UK disc and new audio commentary.

[Vigojean]

Originally Posted by Hellspawn28

I made my ultimate Criterion wishlist. I'm not sure if these titles are already being picked up by someone else or not in North America. Jigoku still has no Blu-ray release. For box sets, a box set for Bill Plympton, Jan Švankmajer, and the One Arm Sword Man movies would be awesome.

Waking Life definitely

The City of Lost Children got the crappiest Blu-ray release imaginable

more Hong Kong action films is always welcome, especially John Woo

[jordan-r]

Originally Posted by Hellspawn28

I made my ultimate Criterion wishlist. I'm not sure if these titles are already being picked up by someone else or not in North America. Jigoku still has no Blu-ray release. For box sets, a box set for Bill Plympton, Jan Švankmajer, and the One Arm Sword Man movies would be awesome.

Cure is coming for sure, likely this year.

[Martin_31]

In this month I've seen four films on Mubi, one which I believe has not been released in the Criterion Collection. The films are: Fellini's 8 1/2, Bergman's The Virgin Spring, Ray's The Coward, and Kobayashi's Harakiri.
I didn't really like 8 1/2. The cinematography, however, was exceptional especially in the spa scene with the archbishop(?): the way the camera moves in while the window opens. Another memorable scene was when, as a boy, he is caught with Saraghina and is escorted to the priests. What I thought was impressive and which I admire is it's editing, having it cut between the past and present, memories and creativity.
The Virgin Spring was phenomenal and heartbreaking fully knowing what was going to happen. One of those films that I've heard about so much and never got around to watching. I need to see more of Bergman's films.
The Coward isn't my favorite of Ray's. His Apu trilogy are some of my favorite films, I've written about them before in this thread, but this one was too simple, flat compared to his first film Pather Panchali.
All I can say of Harakiri is that it's shockingly beautiful and tense. The score by Toru Takemitsu exacerbates what we see on film with Tatsuya Nakadai being always framed by interiors and those around him, and when he isn't,

[Show spoiler]in the battle with Tetsuro Tamba, perhaps my favorite scene from the cemetery to the plain,

he is still trapped by faith and code. I only had the option of French subtitles, and while my reading is decent, I had to lookup aumône and spadassin. Mubi also has The Human Condition which might be next today and which I have been wanting to see for some years.

[Sterling450]

Something is fishy. The UHD edition of A Hard Day's Night disappeared from Criterion's website. Although, in the special edition description, it is mentioned. Does anyone know what happened with this release?

[jordan-r]

Originally Posted by Sterling450

Something is fishy. The UHD edition of A Hard Day's Night disappeared from Criterion's website. Although, in the special edition description, it is mentioned. Does anyone know what happened with this release?

Replacement program.

[Sterling450]

Originally Posted by jordan-r

Replacement program.

Pardon, did not knew about this. Thanks for the info!

[gbm82]

Originally Posted by Martin_31

In this month I've seen four films on Mubi, one which I believe has not been released in the Criterion Collection. The films are: Fellini's 8 1/2, Bergman's The Virgin Spring, Ray's The Coward, and Kobayashi's Harakiri.
I didn't really like 8 1/2. The cinematography, however, was exceptional especially in the spa scene with the archbishop(?): the way the camera moves in while the window opens. Another memorable scene was when, as a boy, he is caught with Saraghina and is escorted to the priests. What I thought was impressive and which I admire is it's editing, having it cut between the past and present, memories and creativity.
The Virgin Spring was phenomenal and heartbreaking fully knowing what was going to happen. One of those films that I've heard about so much and never got around to watching. I need to see more of Bergman's films.
The Coward isn't my favorite of Ray's. His Apu trilogy are some of my favorite films, I've written about them before in this thread, but this one was too simple, flat compared to his first film Pather Panchali.
All I can say of Harakiri is that it's shockingly beautiful and tense. The score by Toru Takemitsu exacerbates what we see on film with Tatsuya Nakadai being always framed by interiors and those around him, and when he isn't,

[Show spoiler]in the battle with Tetsuro Tamba, perhaps my favorite scene from the cemetery to the plain,

he is still trapped by faith and code. I only had the option of French subtitles, and while my reading is decent, I had to lookup aumône and spadassin. Mubi also has The Human Condition which might be next today and which I have been wanting to see for some years.

I don't think The Coward has but the other 3 def have Criterion BDs

[latehong]

Originally Posted by Martin_31

In this month I've seen four films on Mubi, one which I believe has not been released in the Criterion Collection. The films are: Fellini's 8 1/2, Bergman's The Virgin Spring, Ray's The Coward, and Kobayashi's Harakiri.
I didn't really like 8 1/2. The cinematography, however, was exceptional especially in the spa scene with the archbishop(?): the way the camera moves in while the window opens. Another memorable scene was when, as a boy, he is caught with Saraghina and is escorted to the priests. What I thought was impressive and which I admire is it's editing, having it cut between the past and present, memories and creativity.
The Virgin Spring was phenomenal and heartbreaking fully knowing what was going to happen. One of those films that I've heard about so much and never got around to watching. I need to see more of Bergman's films.
The Coward isn't my favorite of Ray's. His Apu trilogy are some of my favorite films, I've written about them before in this thread, but this one was too simple, flat compared to his first film Pather Panchali.
All I can say of Harakiri is that it's shockingly beautiful and tense. The score by Toru Takemitsu exacerbates what we see on film with Tatsuya Nakadai being always framed by interiors and those around him, and when he isn't,

[Show spoiler]in the battle with Tetsuro Tamba, perhaps my favorite scene from the cemetery to the plain,

he is still trapped by faith and code. I only had the option of French subtitles, and while my reading is decent, I had to lookup aumône and spadassin. Mubi also has The Human Condition which might be next today and which I have been wanting to see for some years.

Originally Posted by gbm82

I don't think The Coward has but the other 3 def have Criterion BDs

Actually, The Coward is also in the Criterion Collection. This 69-min feature is on the director's The Big City disc as a supplement.

[jkoffman]

What is it with the poor QC happening more often with 4K releases? I still imagine how much these companies could save if they just sent out 10 or 20 test discs to fans -- Not simply reviewers -- to watch closely all the way through. Such a small investment. Because whatever they're doing now, it sure ain't working well.

[Reddington]

Citizen Kane: Tied for the eleventh-best film of all time...in 1952.

https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sou...-all-time/1952

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by jkoffman

What is it with the poor QC happening more often with 4K releases? I still imagine how much these companies could save if they just sent out 10 or 20 test discs to fans -- Not simply reviewers -- to watch closely all the way through. Such a small investment. Because whatever they're doing now, it sure ain't working well.

I think they would be extremely nervous about some unvetted fan pirating a disc before it could even be released. I suppose they could fly people in to study them in-house, but that’s not going to happen when half the staff isn’t even back in the office.

I think it’s a combination of staffing issues and manufacturing capacity. Certainly problems have been endemic across labels, especially boutique ones, the last 18 months. I have friends who had to deal with the disastrous Mad Max and Donnie Darko releases in recent months.

[jkoffman]

Originally Posted by DimitriL

I think they would be extremely nervous about some unvetted fan pirating a disc before it could even be released. I suppose they could fly people in to study them in-house, but that’s not going to happen when half the staff isn’t even back in the office.

I think it’s a combination of staffing issues and manufacturing capacity. Certainly problems have been endemic across labels, especially boutique ones, the last 18 months. I have friends who had to deal with the disastrous Mad Max and Donnie Darko releases in recent months.

There are various ways to protect content, so I just find it hard to believe there isn't a better solution by now. These recalls must cost companies a ton, not to mention customer dissatisfaction, and general loss of prestige.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by jkoffman

There are various ways to protect content, so I just find it hard to believe there isn't a better solution by now. These recalls must cost companies a ton, not to mention customer dissatisfaction, and general loss of prestige.

Sure, but any layer of protection is one you’d have to remove before actual production - the easiest and most obvious being a watermark. But that again leads to the possibility of a mastering error before replication - for that to really work, what they’re viewing needs to be what’s going out. I certainly don’t understand the process well enough to solve this, though. You’d think processes in the industry would’ve changed when Paramount recalled 100k Saving Private Ryan discs in 2011 and presumably buried them in the desert somewhere, but they sure didn’t.

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by Freddie_Quell

99% are on the Internet before release anyway, because of those "reviewers" who get them early.

True, but at least most reviewers have something to lose if they get caught. They can’t afford labels to stop sending them stuff.

Originally Posted by Freddie_Quell

It's not a true Spielberg until it gets buried in the desert.

That is EXACTLY what I was thinking of.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Freddie_Quell

It's not a true Spielberg until it gets buried in the desert.

Off topic but I had watched this docuseries (High Score) on video games and the Atari E.T. game (designed by Howard Scott Warshaw) was quite literally the worst video game ever made at the time, which basically was the nail in the coffin for Atari and quite literally almost killed the booming video game industry in 1983.

[gudemameshiba]

Originally Posted by jkoffman

What is it with the poor QC happening more often with 4K releases? I still imagine how much these companies could save if they just sent out 10 or 20 test discs to fans -- Not simply reviewers -- to watch closely all the way through. Such a small investment. Because whatever they're doing now, it sure ain't working well.

My pet theory is that the entire industry shifted when one coin-counter or another decided that, since errors in digital distribution can be resolved with patches, the potential negative customer experience is no longer sufficient incentive to "justify" quality control, and eventually that "logic" expanded into workflows where it doesn't apply.

[alexrinse]

Originally Posted by Freddie_Quell

99% are on the Internet before release anyway, because of those "reviewers" who get them early.



It's not a true Spielberg until it gets buried in the desert.

Hang on, so they were never called Opal Fruits over there??

[JasonMichael]

Opal Fruits? What a silly name for a video game!

(Actually, they were introduced to the U.S. market in the late '60s as M&M's Fruit Chewies and soon changed to Starburst.)