― maura (maura), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 19:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 19:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
Believe it or not, Ikiru and Tales of Hoffmann are each set to be released sometime in the next 18 months.
― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 14 July 2003 17:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Monday, 14 July 2003 20:38 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 14 July 2003 20:40 (twenty years ago) link
― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 14 July 2003 20:41 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 14 July 2003 20:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Millar (Millar), Monday, 14 July 2003 20:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 14 July 2003 20:49 (twenty years ago) link
(*crossing fingers* Now, you know I'm hoping my luck holds and I get the job I'm up for, just so I can say I've a budget to break!)
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 14 July 2003 20:53 (twenty years ago) link
Oh, beyond sweet.
Recheck that catalog again, Nichole -- Sid and Nancy has been OOP for a while. There are a number of DVDs no longer available (the John Woo selections, the original Spinal Tap release)...
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 July 2003 21:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 14 July 2003 22:24 (twenty years ago) link
my faves arecontemptband of outsidershiroshima, mon amourdiscreet charm of the Bourgeoisiegeorge washingtonratcatcher
i am sure there are more i cant think of
― todd swiss (eliti), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 02:12 (twenty years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 02:27 (twenty years ago) link
According to the CC discussion board, they might re-release The Seven Samurai as a 2-disc (from better sources), which is both great news and sucky news 'cause I HAVE THE OLD ONE-DISC, DAMMIT.
I really love the Brakhage collection, more than I thought I would (though I might never watch The Act of Seeing... ever again, except to gross people out, which actually I did a few days ago). If you take stills from Dog Star Man, then you have a year's worth of 4AD album covers (and that year would be 1984). According to Brakhage, Eye Myth was made over the course of one year. One year! For a 9 second film! The transfer looks great, but maybe some of the source materials could've been in better shape. I mean, Mothlight had all sorts of crud on the film that they didn't sweep off, like grass, insect parts, etc.! (heh. *grin*)
― Ernest P. (ernestp), Friday, 2 January 2004 07:56 (twenty years ago) link
― dean gulberry (deangulberry), Friday, 2 January 2004 08:20 (twenty years ago) link
Aside from a few commentaries and making-ofs - especially if it's an in-depth thing, like the Three Colors trilogy - I don't care about extras. I'd much rather have a $24.95 one-disc version of Brazil w/ the Criterion transfer and a commentary or two than the $50+ three-disc box set.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Friday, 2 January 2004 08:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 2 January 2004 08:50 (twenty years ago) link
the criterion release i saw most recently (and loved more than anything i've seen lately): band of outsiders
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 2 January 2004 09:03 (twenty years ago) link
I've had ridiculous luck with a number of Criterion releases turning up used in my neck of the woods -- most recently, Andrei Rublev and The Third Man.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 14:43 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:58 (twenty years ago) link
As for prices/extras: keep in mind that Criterion has to license the rights to these films and then does their best to work with the top of the line prints, people, and equipment to make the best transfers possible. This costs a lot of money for discs that generally don't exactly fly off of a standard retailer's shelves. That is why the discs are expensive, not the extras. The extras are added both because the hard-core cineastes appreciate them and because they help justify the price a bit more. But most of those extras cost very little extra to produce or obtain. It's the transfers themselves that are the largest expense. Take Playtime, for example. It's going to be re-released in a few months, but the delay is because they have finally gained access to a 65mm telecine machine - something that is extremely rare and not at all cheap. The transfer will be that much better for it, but if you think that the CC is raking in the dough, I can assure you that they are not.
That all being said, don't trust the prices on the official site. I highly recommend buying through Deep Discount DVD, who generally have the best prices on most titles and offer free US shipping.
Oh, and just as a matter of point, Straw Dogs also just went out of print last week.
― Girolamo Savonarola, Saturday, 3 January 2004 00:35 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 19:26 (nineteen years ago) link
My girlfriend gave me Criterion's Band of Outsiders for our 4-year anniversary. Great gift.
― webcrack (music=crack), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:03 (nineteen years ago) link
Steven Seagal: auteur.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― big chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― big chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― dean? (deangulberry), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― big chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:48 (nineteen years ago) link
The recent HVE (Criterion parent comp.?) releases have been more interesting to me than a lot of the Criterions. I don't need ANOTHER Bergman box set, and extras are meaningless.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Apparently, Ebert recently said on his TV show that this will be coming out next year - hooray!!
Enjoy MP3s from the movie here.
― Ernest P. (ernestp), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 02:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 02:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 02:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Does John Coltrane Dream of a Merry-go-round? (ex machina), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 03:23 (nineteen years ago) link
(Also, would TOMBOT like to add for the third time that he wishes they'd do more WKW?)
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:20 (eighteen years ago) link
I haven't harrassed but it's tempting. But more often I'm content to see what rabbits they randomly pull out of hats.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link
'life and death of colonel blimp' is notable cos michael powell is on the commentary (aged like 85) which might be a record.
― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:25 (eighteen years ago) link
Though I do know people who e-mail Criterion every random release thought they have so they probably don't notice, that I e-mailed them twice.
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:25 (eighteen years ago) link
This, I admit, would be a dream for me.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:46 (eighteen years ago) link
and not to brag but a certain someone DID also recently score a SEALED DVD box of the complete run of The Facts of Life. that someone? it was me! that someone was me!
― scott seward, Friday, 1 March 2024 01:03 (two months ago) link
xpost -- good thing too! (I hadn't had a 4K player before this, so it was a good investment all around.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 March 2024 01:24 (two months ago) link
The all-region part, of course, is still pretty handy for the old Blu-rays if you've started collecting those from multiple regions
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Friday, 1 March 2024 01:41 (two months ago) link
Especially if you live in a region B backwater like me. One of our chain stores was doing a clearance on budget bluray players which were all-region DVD and menu-switchable for BD regions, I bought 3 so if one fails I have a backup. About 30% of my collection is region A and my Sony 4K player is hard locked to region B BD, region 4 DVD (which I believe is illegal in Aus, but whatever).
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 March 2024 01:55 (two months ago) link
Yeah my player automatically plays any region DVD and Blu-rays, just have to select a button on the remote. A saviour.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 March 2024 04:02 (two months ago) link
(Should be a comma after 'DVD' there. You get the drift.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 March 2024 04:04 (two months ago) link
on brand Wes Anderson from that NYTimes article
Anderson, who asked that verbal tics like “uh” and “um” not be excised from his quotes, told me that he had always admired how Criterion covers tended to be “more adventurous than, uh, what a movie studio would be inclined to go with.”
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 1 March 2024 04:19 (two months ago) link
I'd argue Region B is actually a better region than A to be in these days! But yeah I own a multi region player.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 1 March 2024 10:46 (two months ago) link
There are even region B Criterion discs, I own a couple
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 March 2024 11:31 (two months ago) link
In 'not at all of interest to ivy and others' news, some of the forthcoming releases in June:
https://www.criterion.com/films/33670-bound
https://www.criterion.com/films/27974-querelle
https://www.criterion.com/films/33289-victims-of-sin
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 March 2024 16:35 (one month ago) link
yessss Bound
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Friday, 15 March 2024 16:37 (one month ago) link
Another good batch for July:
https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse?popular=coming-soon
Preordered Perfect Days, Le Samourai, Farewell My Concubine and Black God, White Devil.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 April 2024 17:31 (two weeks ago) link
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSD7Kpr7XxqaxyAFSU1wvyiMczNIA7oZGQJUKnZdksDPg&s
"Whatta 'bout me, Ned?"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 15 April 2024 17:36 (two weeks ago) link
I have no thoughts on the matter.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 April 2024 17:43 (two weeks ago) link
That's a helluva set for a movie I have almost no interest in owning
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Monday, 15 April 2024 17:48 (two weeks ago) link
XP Haha, I already forgot they were also doing Risky Business too...thought it was funny you were slighting just one title.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 15 April 2024 17:49 (two weeks ago) link
https://scontent-atl3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/438230209_7400901270037141_1008300569344314893_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=tDQpJPz8oUcQ7kNvgHxykhl&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.xx&oh=00_AfD_BWMLDkJ0T-PUWPqIj8d50RwjsT4vY9cJ-_p7XmUR8g&oe=66375592
https://bit.ly/3JH5BYg
― Ippei's on a bummer now (WmC), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 01:13 (four days ago) link
what's a charter subscriber? like the channel?
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 13:37 (four days ago) link
People who signed up when it first launched.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 13:42 (four days ago) link
i'm not sure but in 2018 I got an email about being a charter subscriber and have been one since. I think it was from people who had filmstruck subscriptions and then became initial members of the Criterion channel?
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 13:43 (four days ago) link
Kerry Condon being brill in the Criterion Closet...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kII05HTS6c
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 14:07 (four days ago) link
Would almost rather they held contests tho for people to do raids of the Criterion closet like notables do on their YT channel.― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Monday, September 28, 2015 4:40 PM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink"Stand in the same spot as Michael Cera!"― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, September 28, 2015 5:02 PM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Monday, September 28, 2015 4:40 PM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink
"Stand in the same spot as Michael Cera!"
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, September 28, 2015 5:02 PM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 14:31 (four days ago) link
Charter members are ones who got a membership in the first month. I got a membership card for being subbed for the first 3 months.
― adam t. (abanana), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 14:47 (four days ago) link
All right, I joined in out of the gate, I can enter. And I will!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 14:57 (four days ago) link
<You Will Stand In The Same Spot As Michael Cera!>
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 15:00 (four days ago) link
Have I mentioned lately that I've been in the closet and got Night of the Hunter blu-ray?
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 15:57 (four days ago) link
Thievery. You broke in under cover of night. (Well maybe not.)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:05 (four days ago) link
I entered too but honestly I would pay good money to hack it so Ned wins
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 16:10 (four days ago) link