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 (twenty 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 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:43 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:46 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:03 (twenty years ago) link
Steven Seagal: auteur.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:03 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:04 (twenty years ago) link
― big chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:36 (twenty years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:37 (twenty years ago) link
― big chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:39 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:39 (twenty years ago) link
― dean? (deangulberry), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:40 (twenty years ago) link
― big chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:48 (twenty 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 (twenty 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
― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Friday, 5 May 2006 14:51 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyza...), Today 8:20 AM. (allyzay)
Kino just rereleased everything but ITMFL and AOT last year...
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 5 May 2006 15:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Also: watched Kumonoso Jo for the gazillionth time last night and the first for the crit. version... so fresh! so clean!
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― TRG (TRG), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:32 (eighteen years ago) link
for the dr. king interview.
― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Not Criterion, but I watched Siberian Mammoth last night, the doc about I Am Cuba which I missed when it screened at Film Forum, and is just out on DVD. Pretty fascinating. Cubans hated it and the USSR was too timid to show it because Cuba was too westernized. Scorsese says that had he seen the film as a student he would have been a different filmmaker. Hmmm.
― TRG (TRG), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 May 2006 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 5 May 2006 19:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 5 May 2006 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― milo z (mlp), Friday, 5 May 2006 19:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― milo z (mlp), Friday, 5 May 2006 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Fluffy Bear (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Friday, 5 May 2006 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 5 May 2006 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 5 May 2006 19:16 (eighteen years ago) link
info here: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=61290
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Friday, 5 May 2006 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 5 May 2006 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
40 Film Greatest Hits Blu Box In November: https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/7646-cc40
― Charlie Hair (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 8 August 2024 18:30 (one month ago) link
Nana Mouskouri!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qAT_K_YQOA-
― Charlie Hair (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 28 August 2024 20:07 (one month ago) link
So now it is in a van...: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8593-the-criterion-closet-is-hitting-the-road
― Charlie Hair (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 September 2024 17:12 (two weeks ago) link
bring it to Mississippi you cowards
― WmC, Thursday, 12 September 2024 17:22 (two weeks ago) link
xp That just sounds creepy. "Hey you, do you like movies? Want to get in my van?"
― birdistheword, Thursday, 12 September 2024 20:24 (two weeks ago) link
The cover art to Divorce Italian Style, by Love & Rockets co-creator Jaime Hernandez, is amazing:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/films/1fe503bed44263b70f7636796068ff8a/hTb7NjbnH3PFkEGB3AeotNhiyR4Wrg_large.jpg
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Thursday, 12 September 2024 20:37 (two weeks ago) link
The Tubi Van is a 1998 Plymouth Voyager with the TV/VCR/DVD combo upgrade, 4 storage tubs of VHS tapes, and a binder full of bootleg DVDs. pic.twitter.com/eT0pmYKFL3— Nathan (@Humanstein) September 13, 2024
― Charlie Hair (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 14 September 2024 04:13 (two weeks ago) link
No Country For Old Men and Eastern Condors coming in December
― omar little, Monday, 16 September 2024 18:28 (one week ago) link