The Criterion Collection

[Cheerupemokid]

Originally Posted by Jwilly019

Thanks, I just checked the online catalog and it appears they don't have Army of Shadows, but the do have Bob le Flambeur, Le Cercle Rouge, Le Deuxieme Souffle, Le Doulos, and Les Enfants Terribles.

Of these, which would you recommend as a good starting place?

Justin

I've only seen Le Doulos out of that lot (it is the only Melville I've seen at all actually) but I absolutely loved it. Definitely made me want to see the rest of his films. Definitely suggest checking it out.

My order from Criterion came in yesterday. I'm now the proud owner of Bigger Than Life and Yojimbo/Sanjuro on blu-ray. I even decided to keep Yojimbo/Sanjuro in the box it came with. Looks nice. Now to actually make time to watch them. This summer-like weather is NOT helping.

[P@t_Mtl]

I would like to comfirm something if anyone can help.

Amazon.ca as Tokyo Story at $54 CAN. Is that the normal price for this one? Is it considered OOP by Criterion?

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

The thing is, it says "coming this fall" - that's a long time after the initial buzz about Antichrist, and its release in all other territories. I guess us importers aren't any kind of factor in a company like Criterion's release strategy, but I personally would prefer new releases that don't require restorations of any kind to come out closer to the film's actual release. I don't think there's much for Criterion to really add to these brand new films, so I'd honestly prefer IFC to license through Lionsgate or some other medium-sized studio and just get this stuff out fast - instead of needlessly filling Criterion's release schedule and making the US audience wait so long for it.

Yeah, I understand what you're saying, neo. If I didn't already own the region-B blu-ray of "Antichrist" from Artificial Eye I might be a bit more excited. As it is, though, the Fall season is quite a stretch when the movie has been released in other territories so soon.

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[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I would like to comfirm something if anyone can help.

Amazon.ca as Tokyo Story at $54 CAN. Is that the normal price for this one? Is it considered OOP by Criterion?

It's definitely not OOP from Criterion. You can always check Criterion's site for their price and also Amazon USA's price to compare it to the Canadian price on Amazon right now.

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[horseflesh]

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[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by horseflesh

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Now, that's how to sell yourself! Dang it, horsey... you just made my post irrelevant.

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[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

It's definitely not OOP from Criterion. You can always check Criterion's site for their price and also Amazon USA's price to compare it to the Canadian price on Amazon right now.

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Thanks. Using Criterion directly is not a good idea, they have very bad shipping prices to send to Canada unfortunately. I will check Amazon sometimes with the exchange it can be a good deal. Otherwise I will wait for a sale Thanks for the help

[durden269]

Hey guys,
While I'm new to blu, I have a large portion of the criterion collection on SD. Are there any blu releases with glaring omissions from the SD versions? I know The Last Emperor doesn't have the same versions as the SD, and The Man Who Fell to Earth doesn't come with the book. Any others I should know about? Also, if anyone has The Third Man for about MSRP, I'd be interested. I already picked up Pierret Le Fou.

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Thanks. Using Criterion directly is not a good idea, they have very bad shipping prices to send to Canada unfortunately. I will check Amazon sometimes with the exchange it can be a good deal. Otherwise I will wait for a sale Thanks for the help

Yeah, I'm not suggesting you order from either Criterion directly or Amazon USA. I was just wanting to have you compare the American prices on both sites as compared to the price through Amazon.ca right now. That way, you can see if that's a fair price in Canadian dollars after you do the exchange rate.

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[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by durden269

Hey guys,
While I'm new to blu, I have a large portion of the criterion collection on SD. Are there any blu releases with glaring omissions from the SD versions? I know The Last Emperor doesn't have the same versions as the SD, and The Man Who Fell to Earth doesn't come with the book. Any others I should know about? Also, if anyone has The Third Man for about MSRP, I'd be interested. I already picked up Pierret Le Fou.

You can always check Criteron's site. For each release's page, it lists all of the supplements. If anything's missing from either the DVD or blu-ray, it's usually noted down in the supplement listing.

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[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Yeah, I'm not suggesting you order from either Criterion directly or Amazon USA. I was just wanting to have you compare the American prices on both sites as compared to the price through Amazon.ca right now. That way, you can see if that's a fair price in Canadian dollars after you do the exchange rate.

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Sorry just read you post again stupid French guy here can't read. I might get it from Amazon, I do that sometimes since US prices are sometimes much better then here in Canada and it's worth it. I will probably wait for the next Criterion sale from N&B or Amazon, it's been a few months now since the last one so I hope one will happen soon

[rezpekt]

ANTICHRIST! Now 100% sure. Too bad it won't be released until the fall, I was hoping for an announcment next week.

[horseflesh]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Now, that's how to sell yourself! Dang it, horsey... you just made my post irrelevant.

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It actually sold, ironically to a bloke in Tokyo.
(there's three Ozu titles out here soon on BD, Tokyo Story is one of them)

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by horseflesh

It actually sold, ironically to a bloke in Tokyo.
(there's three Ozu titles out here soon on BD, Tokyo Story is one of them)

Yeah, the BFI releases, right? I have mine on pre-order from Amazon UK already.

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[horseflesh]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Yeah, the BFI releases, right? I have mine on pre-order from Amazon UK already.

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Yeah, I'm not pre-ordering though, and hoping for a price drop after a couple of months.
I may even pick them on the second-hand market.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by rezpekt

ANTICHRIST! Now 100% sure. Too bad it won't be released until the fall, I was hoping for an announcment next week.

I guess we'll have another "explicit content" sticker...

[fdm]

Originally Posted by durden269

Also, if anyone has The Third Man for about MSRP, I'd be interested.

If you have one (or more) local Borders, may be a copy still sitting on one of their shelves.

[Eny-]

Originally Posted by KubrickFan

Wait, what? When did this happen? And why?
I have to say, I think Criterion dropped the ball on this one. Charging people abroad a lot more for these, not replacing the cases in stores, and now this. They have great customer service most of the time, but this isn't their best example.

I send an e-mail on March 5th confirming the total amount before paying and they confirmed it, so on April 2nd I sent the payment (I was moving to a new apartment), now I receive an e-mail saying that they stopped sending the replacement cases abroad...

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by rezpekt

ANTICHRIST! Now 100% sure. Too bad it won't be released until the fall, I was hoping for an announcment next week.

As I know, Criterion has months planned ahead on releases. So again, if a release was just hinted, means you won't see it for months, sometimes years (with "2 or 3 Things...."). It's been like that for as long as I can remember.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

As I know, Criterion has months planned ahead on releases. So again, if a release was just hinted, means you won't see it for months, sometimes years (with "2 or 3 Things...."). It's been like that for as long as I can remember.

The hint says this fall, and I believe their deal with IFC is short-term (1 or 2 years) for 12 titles, so the IFC titles will go from announcement to store shelf a hell of a lot faster. Maybe that's why the majority have been newly released films, because the new pristine prints don't require time consuming restoration.

I would say that's what Criterion gets out of the deal, 12 titles practically "ready to go" with a bit more exposure (i.e. a bigger audience) than the usual Criterion release.