The Criterion Collection

[retablo]

Originally Posted by t4t3r

According to their Facebook, CC will be announcing new titles Monday - what do you guys think we'll see? I'm hoping for more Bergman...

Sweet Smell of Success (which was confirmed they were mastering months ago)
Fanny & Alexander
Brazil
Bergman's Faith Trilogy
Children of Paradise

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by puffyrock2

My Criterion dream release is "Looking For Mr. Goodbar".

That would be awesome if Criterion could rescue the film from what I believe is music licensing hell.

[oyboe]

Originally Posted by retablo

Sweet Smell of Success (which was confirmed they were mastering months ago)
Fanny & Alexander
Brazil
Bergman's Faith Trilogy
Children of Paradise

Man, I just bought this on DVD. Only paid $27 so I guess I can sell it for a small profit before the blu rays come out (if they do).

[greekak229]

Got Bigger Than Life for about $14 today with the 25% coupon. Going to pick up either Paris, Texas or Chungking Express this weekend too. Hmph, toughie.

[Roy G Biv]

Originally Posted by LeoneFan

I wanted to pickup Darjeeling Limited today but I noticed the back of the packaging looked kind of odd as if they glued on an extra back cover on it or something. Can anyone comment on the packaging, is this cover-up for a mistake they made during printing?

Yes, it is a glued-on sheet, much like what they do for most/all(?) digibooks. I don't know why though; I preferred the glued-on sheet for being a little more attractive, but it ain't no thing.

I don't remember any other Criterion being like this.

[greekak229]

I thought the same thing. I was looking at the Wes Anderson Criterions, and they had this strange crumpled up plastic-wrapping. I didn't think much of it, though. Shitty wrapping for shitty films. ZING!

[Bluyoda]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

We don't want everyone to create a thread of their own when there is something they want to discuss...... imagine the number of Avatar threads there would be

Come on! How about the people who want to talk about the upcoming Charlie Chaplin release when there are so many unrelated posts in between??

I don't like it one bit.

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Like you, I love Charlie Chaplin movies and I have them and hope to make an upgrade to Blu-ray for them. I have Modern Time on pre-order. It's not the movie I wish they would have release first from Chaplin but I will not complaint and cannot wait to see it.

I really wish for The Great Dictator to be released soon!
Any other film by C.C would be fine by me though.

Originally Posted by Marcus Wright

My final decision was to replace sanjuro/Yamb... set with Modern Days blu ray.

I think Charle Chaplin on blu is more of a must have than Kurosawa.
My final orders are.

1) Seven Samurai
2) The Thin Red Line
3) The Seventh Seal
4) Modern times.

For 100$ total cfor 4 Criterions cant go wrong.

Now I would go and exchange The Seventh Seal with Yojimbo/Sanjuro, as they have great replay value, whereas The Seventh Seal doesn't.

It's a great film, but for me it has zero replay value.

Yojimbo/Sanjuro are witty, touching, smart....that's the way to go IMO.

[jacobsever]

I wonder why this isn't half off.

http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/...ideo+anthology

[keldons]

Originally Posted by greekak229

Got Bigger Than Life for about $14 today with the 25% coupon. Going to pick up either Paris, Texas or Chungking Express this weekend too. Hmph, toughie.

Am I the only Wong Kar Wai/Christopher Doyle fan that thinks Chungking Express sucks?

[The Theory]

Originally Posted by Roy G Biv

Yes, it is a glued-on sheet, much like what they do for most/all(?) digibooks. I don't know why though; I preferred the glued-on sheet for being a little more attractive, but it ain't no thing.

I don't remember any other Criterion being like this.

My back sheet wasn't glued on, so it came off loosely after I took the cellophane off. Which is actually much nicer than gluing it on IMO.

The back sheet is basically a big block of text...the way most Criterion backs are. Underneath that is an edited down version. The exact same plot summery, the little Criterion Collection blurb on the lower right hand side, and special features list. What is missing (probably because they wanted the artwork to pop and not be completely covered by text) is the normal legal info (a full paragraph of Fox Searchlight Pictures copyright stuff, and those little icons at the very bottom that give everything from the movie rating to the anti-piracy warning), the barcode, and--oddly--the blurb on the right-hand side that gives movie length/year/etc.

I just slipped the loose back sheet inbetween the plastic since it is just the right size to fit. Initially I had it so that I could see it through the clear plastic of the case when I opened it (and removed the blu-ray), then I decided I preferred the general uniformity and put it so it was visible from the outside.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by greekak229

Got Bigger Than Life for about $14 today with the 25% coupon. Going to pick up either Paris, Texas or Chungking Express this weekend too. Hmph, toughie.

I'd personally go with Paris, Texas...even if some people might consider it to be trash.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by Bluyoda

Come on! How about the people who want to talk about the upcoming Charlie Chaplin release when there are so many unrelated posts in between??

I don't like it one bit.



I really wish for The Great Dictator to be released soon!
Any other film by C.C would be fine by me though.



Now I would go and exchange The Seventh Seal with Yojimbo/Sanjuro, as they have great replay value, whereas The Seventh Seal doesn't.

It's a great film, but for me it has zero replay value.

Yojimbo/Sanjuro are witty, touching, smart....that's the way to go IMO.

OK...LET'S TALK CHAPLIN!

I'm very happy about Modern Times, though personally, I'd like to have seen either "The Kid" or "City Lights" released first, as these two films never fail to get me all weepy. Just stellar performances in both films...most especially a VERY young Jackie Coogan.

RIP Uncle Fester...

[Arkadin]

Totally agree!
I remain stunned that it is not out yet.

[ShellOilJunior]

Flying Circus will be out before Brazil. It's being worked on (allegedly).

[rkish]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Flying Circus will be out before Brazil. It's being worked on (allegedly).

Monty Python? If so...Holy Grail? If so...FFO!!! (Consult your expletive language book of anagrams for translation ).

[tfunk]

Originally Posted by rkish

Monty Python? If so...Holy Grail? If so...FFO!!! (Consult your expletive language book of anagrams for translation ).

I went on Urban Dictionary and found 3 different meanings. The one that starts with Flipping makes the most sense in this scenario, though. As much as I'd love to have that, I would infinitely prefer Brazil. It's one of my favorite movies of all time.

[herzog4life]

Originally Posted by t4t3r

According to their Facebook, CC will be announcing new titles Monday - what do you guys think we'll see? I'm hoping for more Bergman...

Bela Tarr's Werkmeister Harmonies...would be AMAZING. The only release I know of is a crappy non-anamorphic DVD. PLEASE RELEASE THIS.

Also Body Double!

[Weirded Wonder]

Yes, Brazil!

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Flying Circus will be out before Brazil. It's being worked on (allegedly).

That makes no sense. All of the in-studio skits (65-75% of the show) were shot on (SD PAL) video; only the location segments were shot on film.

[IronFingaz]

I got a question. If i receive some Criterion Blu-Rays and some of the cases are cracked or broken, do Criterion offer replacement cases for them? I havnt bought the movies from Criterion.