The Criterion Collection

[MifuneFan]

The set may has been discontinued, but they do still have the rights to all the films

[Namuhana]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

I'm just saying that the scarcity isn't due to it being oop, which means Criterion should still hold the rights to all 3 films.

It just seems strange then that the four short films ended up moving to The Woman in the Dunes release if the DVD set is still in-print. Has there ever been a DVD --> BD upgrade of a single film from a boxset?

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by Namuhana

It just seems strange then that the four short films ended up moving to The Woman in the Dunes release if the DVD set is still in-print. Has there ever been a DVD --> BD upgrade of a single film from a boxset?

Yes, Orpheus.

It's clear that the plans for these 3 films most likely isn't a straight blu-ray upgrade of the dvd set, but as to what the future plans of the other 2 films from the set are, that's anyone's guess.

[Namuhana]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Yes, Orpheus.

Ah, okay. Was the set still in-print when Orpheus got a BD release, though?

[pedromvu]

If anyone here is not subscribed to iScottie storefront you may want to check it out before all Criterions are taken :

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=12222487

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Is Woman in the Dunes anything like In the Realm of the Senses? What exactly makes it so good that it is highly regarded?

It's mesmerizing-Besides the two main characters; the sand itself becomes a character with its everchanging shapes and movement. I don't care for In the Realm.... at all but can sit and watch Woman in the Dunes absolutely transfixed. It's that hypnotic!

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by Namuhana

Ah, okay. Was the set still in-print when Orpheus got a BD release, though?

Nope, but unlike the Teshigahara set, The Orphic Trilogy was clearly marked as oop on the site.

[Namuhana]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Nope, but unlike the Teshigahara set, The Orphic Trilogy was clearly marked as oop on the site.

Very interesting. Thanks for the info!

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by Namuhana

Very interesting. Thanks for the info!

Sure thing. The closest example I think of is Vampyr. It was listed for a bit on Criterion.com with the same message that the Teshigahara set now sports, and it eventually reappeared on the site in its current book-less version.

[dwk]

Originally Posted by Namuhana

It just seems strange then that the four short films ended up moving to The Woman in the Dunes release if the DVD set is still in-print. Has there ever been a DVD --> BD upgrade of a single film from a boxset?

The closest example is what happened to the 3 Films by Louis Malle box set. In that case, Criterion has only released one of the three films on Blu, Au revoir les enfants, and that Blu has all (or nearly all) of the extras from the Box set's supplements DVD. Where it differs from the Teshigahara box set is the Louis Malle box set is listed as OOP, but the other two films are still available as individual DVDs.

[pedromvu]

I've seen Jacques Rivette Out 1 mentioned here, so in case someone hasn't noticed I just wanted to mention that apparently the complete long version is playing on Netflix US as a series in HD (not sure if it is the same transfer of the blu-rays though).

It is odd that it was at the very bottom of the foreign movies category, usually this kind of stuff tends to get a bit more highlighted on my account so maybe not many have seen it is there.

[pedromvu]

Hadn't noticed The New World release mentions a book in the supplements, and with 3 discs... digipak practically confirmed

As for today's announcements, McCabe & Mrs. Miller cover looks perfect for a digipak, but it only mentions an essay so it probably wont be.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by CriterionBlues

And for those wondering when Alicia Vikander would be in the Collection, well the long wait is over.

The Bergman disc is the most baffling but I welcome it.

Well handsome, I think you'd better tell RayJ what's going on. All this secrecy's going to ruin my little dinner.

...Come on Mr. C., what is darkening your brow?

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Well handsome, I think you'd better tell RayJ what's going on. All this secrecy's going to ruin my little dinner.

...Come on Mr. C., what is darkening your brow?

No secrecy. She's the narrator of the Ingrid Bergman Doc.

[CriterionBlues]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Yes, Orpheus.

It's clear that the plans for these 3 films most likely isn't a straight blu-ray upgrade of the dvd set, but as to what the future plans of the other 2 films from the set are, that's anyone's guess.

Maybe they'll find a home on Filmstruck. I'd be cool with that.

[CriterionBlues]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Well handsome, I think you'd better tell RayJ what's going on. All this secrecy's going to ruin my little dinner.

...Come on Mr. C., what is darkening your brow?

I'm just saying that if you organize your Criterion shelves tabloid style, McQueen's Hunger will be next to the Bergman doc.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by CriterionBlues

Maybe they'll find a home on Filmstruck. I'd be cool with that.

I'm not a streamer, so that would make me sad, but that's probably the most likely answer here.

[Snicket]

Any fans of The Long Day Closes?

I just watched it for the first time and really struggled through it. The pacing was mega slow (and I usually have a stomach for slow films) and I couldn't find any compelling tug in the narrative. It picked up a little more in the latter half of the film once school starts, but was still tedious. Maybe I'm just over films about boys coming of age with a catholic guilt complex.

It sort of reminded me of Beasts of the Southern Wild or Pan's Labyrinth, in the way that magical realism provides an escape or means of growth except that here the boy's life isint that awful, and his imagined sequences are quite joyless.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by CriterionBlues

I'm just saying that if you organize your Criterion shelves tabloid style, McQueen's Hunger will be next to the Bergman doc.

Look CB, I'll make it easy for you.

The time has come when you must tell me you have a wife and two adorable children...and this madness between us can't go on any longer.

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by Namuhana

Has there ever been a DVD --> BD upgrade of a single film from a boxset?

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Yes, Orpheus.

Also, Richard III from the Olivier's Shakespeare box set. Henry V and Hamlet have, as of yet, not been upgraded. I should note that all three are available individually on DVD, though I am not certain if the boxed set preceded the individual releases.

I would jump out of my skin if the set got released on Blu-ray. Olivier's Hamlet is exquisite.