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[Cosmic Bus]

B (and C?) locked, if memory serves.

Region-free players are as ubiquitous now as they were in the heyday of DVD, and given the number of quality catalog releases overseas that aren't making it out in the US, there aren't many good excuses not to buy one and be able to unshackle ourselves!

 

[Son of Cervantes]

Not enough HDMI inputs into TV or places underneath it to put another Blu-Ray player in.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

Eureka/MoC fall lineup:

"We've just announced the latest slate of films set for release in The Masters of Cinema Series & Eureka! Classics collection. Releases in the Masters of Cinema Series include one of Fellini’s final masterpieces I Clowns; the breakthrough film from director Sijun Suzuki, Youth of the Beast; Fritz Lang’s hugely influential story of intrigue, espionage, and blackmail, Spione; Raoul Walsh’s spectacular and award winning 1924 silent masterpiece The Thief of Baghdad starring Douglas Fairbanks; G.W Pabst’s 1929 masterwork starring screen icon Louise Brooks, Diary of a Lost Girl; the acclaimed silent era masterpiece from D.W. Griffith, Intolerance; and the 1934 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel of the same name, Raymond Bernard’s Les Misérables, starring Harry Baur. The Eureka Classics Collection sees the arrival of Blacula – the Complete Collection, the legacy of Dracula’s Soul Brother in a perfect midnight double bill featuring William Crain’s Blacula and Bob Kelljan’s Scream Blacula Scream starring Pam Grier (Jackie Brown).

 

[mattiewheels]

Is the Amazon sale a scheduled event? When was the last one...I have credit so I couldn't take part in the B&N sale.

 

[Shiv47]

Orson Welles' previously lost work print of Too Much Johnson can be downloaded at the National Film Preservation's web site. There's a shorter cut as well, the link for which is in the notes to the full version.

 

[Son of Cervantes]

My Twilight Time copies of Leave Her to Heaven and Major Dundee arrived yesterday. Very nice editions in terms of content though the cover art for the DVD version of Major Dundee was much better. Too bad The Big Heat and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia are both sold out, as they are the only other two Twilight Time releases I would want.

 

[Jo Shishido's Cheeks]

Orson Welles' previously lost work print of Too Much Johnson can be downloaded at the National Film Preservation's web site. There's a shorter cut as well, the link for which is in the notes to the full version.

Nice one, thanks for this!

 

[mattiewheels]

Did Wild At Heart sell out too? Glad I got one, since I don't see it on the TT site anymore.

 

[omgkitty]

The Thin Blue Line

 

[codhand]

More Errol Morris is fine by me.

 

[Son of Cervantes]

Just grabbed Godzilla Vs. Megalon and Destroy All Monsters. Maybe they don't qualify as 'fancy,' but they're pretty legendary.

 

[Ridley327]

I do have a personal bit of info to drop, now that I'm over the shock of meeting Terry Gilliam twice now at DragonCon this year. He mentioned in the first panel he did that he was going to be flying back after the convention to London to oversee the final check on Criterion's new edition of The Fisher King, which sounded like a definite 2015 title. He was also asked The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, but it didn't sound like they were working on that currently.

 

[Son of Cervantes]

Ooh! Nice bit of info. I will definitely grab that edition. Love The Fisher King.

 

[Downhome]

I just received the latest amazing release from Scream Factory!

 

[overcast]

Guess the Tati set is 120 dollars? Definitely grabbing it with the B&N 50% off sale in that case.

 

[mattiewheels]

Did anyone get the Herzog set from Shout? From whay I've read it sounds disappointing, but it has so much stuff I've never seen...

 

[TheKaeptain]

Did anyone get the Herzog set from Shout? From whay I've read it sounds disappointing, but it has so much stuff I've never seen...

I have it but I have not seen any of the films yet. What's supposed to be disappointing?

 

[Sinthetic]

It's said to be smeared with DNR. The BFI set is supposed to be the superior of the two.

 

[mattiewheels]

I have it but I have not seen any of the films yet. What's supposed to be disappointing?

Yeah, apparently the British version if the set looks a lot more natural. Even the very positive bluray.com reviews mentioned how uneven and DNR'd the transfers were. I'd love to hear impressions if you get around to watching them.

 

[Sinthetic]

The Man Who Fell to Earth is coming back in print Feb 2015, including the novel. Oh yes.

Proof

 

[Spocker]

The Man Who Fell to Earth is coming back in print Feb 2015, including the novel. Oh yes.

Proof

Would love for it to be back, but not much of a proof. That is the book included with the DVD edition I think.

 

[Sinthetic]

Look what showed up at Sin's house today. Gallery

 

[TheKaeptain]

The Man Who Fell to Earth is coming back in print Feb 2015, including the novel. Oh yes.

Proof

That would be the best thing CC has done in some time.

 

[omgkitty]

The Man Who Fell to Earth is coming back in print Feb 2015, including the novel. Oh yes.

Proof

More Welles too!

 

[Cosmic Bus]

lol, Lionsgate announces the re-release of a bunch of the oop Criterion/Studio Canal titles
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on itunes and Amazon dvd-r -______-

 

[bumbillbee]

So Criterion added a pretty good batch of movies to Hulu Plus (Watership Down, Scanners, The Brood, Judex, more) but they also added Kiarostami's Where Is My Friend's House? (their translation).

It's the first film in the Koker Trilogy and lays the groundwork for the other two masterpieces but it stands on its own well as one of the best movies about/starring children I've ever seen. The quality is pretty good, too, similar to the 35mm print I saw a few years ago. Hopefully it means their release of the trilogy is coming soon but if you have Hulu Plus I highly recommend it. It's even better if you speak Persian; the dialect they speak is just wonderful.

Speaking of Kiarostami, did anyone here pick up the bluray of The Wind Will Carry Us?

 

[TheKaeptain]

Anyone buy from the Cohen Film Collection?

 

[Son of Cervantes]

lol, Lionsgate announces the re-release of a bunch of the oop Criterion/Studio Canal titles
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on itunes and Amazon dvd-r -______-

Wow. I'm glad I have the Touchez Pas Au Grisbi Criterion DVD at least.

This is real bullshit...

 

[Fjordson]

lol, Lionsgate announces the re-release of a bunch of the oop Criterion/Studio Canal titles
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on itunes and Amazon dvd-r -______-

Ugh, damn =[ I need some Melville blu-rays in my life.

 

[swoon]

Anyone buy from the Cohen Film Collection?

i have their chabrol set and it's good, solid extras but it's not extravagant. they are reissuing that man from rio which i'm stoked about. i've also kept meaning to buy their vivien leigh collection, but haven't.

 

[TheKaeptain]

i have their chabrol set and it's good, solid extras but it's not extravagant. they are reissuing that man from rio which i'm stoked about. i've also kept meaning to buy their vivien leigh collection, but haven't.

That Man from Rio release is why I am asking. I'm going to pick it up.

 

[BaronLundi]

Let's hope they use the same master as the French release as I can vouch the picture quality is great (if a tad yellow).

 

[omgkitty]

How hard is it to just show us like 5 covers?

Criterion Collection ‏@Criterion 11m

We'll be announcing our December slate of new releases tomorrow!

 

[omgkitty]

Also, The Night Porter, which doesn't have artwork yet.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Of course the first Eclipse we get in forever is Kinoshita, lol.

 

[Son of Cervantes]

I watched Safe waaaay back when it was first released (on VHS!!!).

I don't have good memories of it...Haynes' worst film IMO, I would think it would have been condemned to obscurity. I can't believe it's getting the Criterion treatment.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

Safe is a nice surprise. I might pick that one up.

 

[inm8num2]

Time Bandits - excellent movie.

 

[codhand]

Time Bandits, cool.

 

[swoon]

I watched Safe waaaay back when it was first released (on VHS!!!).

I don't have good memories of it...Haynes' worst film IMO, I would think it would have been condemned to obscurity. I can't believe it's getting the Criterion treatment.

the biggest failure are the extras - poison, while deserving a full release, could have been an extra a la soderbergh's underneath or while i'm sure it would have been impossible, it would have been great for them to pay a bunch of money and get the music rights for superstar.

 

[TheKaeptain]

TIME BANDITS!!!

 

[Fox Mulder]

Neat thread, I'm a criterion noob, so will have to read all this.

I've only got Godzilla and Thief blurays, but my local used bookstore has a bunch for $20 that I may dive into when I read up on some recommendations.

 

[DiscoJon]

Does the December line up seem kinda small to anyone else?

Non-Criterion related, I picked up Ghostbusters today. Looks great!

 

[codhand]

Been slowly making my way through the Mack Sennatt set. Really great silent stuff, and early appearances of some legends like Chaplin. Worth it for silent film nerds.

 

[Rydeen]

Neat thread, I'm a criterion noob, so will have to read all this.

I've only got Godzilla and Thief blurays, but my local used bookstore has a bunch for $20 that I may dive into when I read up on some recommendations.

Get House. Movie will grow on you, and it's a visual feast. I had it on dvd and after I got a blu-ray player it was my first Criterion blu.

 

[lazybones18]

TCM has a bunch of Criterion titles on sale. Up to 50% off on some of them

http://shop.tcm.com/criterion-sale-up-to-50-off/index.php?v=tcm_sale&icid=slider_criterion_09012014

 

[Fox Mulder]

TCM has a bunch of Criterion titles on sale. Up to 50% off on some of them

http://shop.tcm.com/criterion-sale-up-to-50-off/index.php?v=tcm_sale&icid=slider_criterion_09012014

amazon has plenty of them on sale as well for a few bucks more, but TCM also charges for shipping. I ordered one from them and it's only $2 less than amazon's price since I have Prime. I've also been waiting 2 weeks for the package when I would have got it from Amazon in 2 days.

 

[Steamlord]

So apparently the Criterion Eraserhead BD has a slight defect in one scene for whatever reason.

Spoiler

When Henry touches the Lady in the Radiator the screen is supposed to fade to white, but instead it just cuts to black for a few seconds, then resumes as normal.

Fortunately they're replacing copies that have already shipped. It looks like it's on backorder at the moment so at least no one else will have to deal with the inconvenience...but the wait is kind of annoying.

 

[Downhome]

Guys, it's time to bust our your older Criterion Collection Blu-ray titles and check on them to see if they still work or not. I am beyond pissed off at this. Earlier tonight I saw some people mentioning that certain titles from late 2009 to mid 2010 are already going bad. It's some sort of weird production screwup that is causing a browning/bronzing across the disc that either causes skipping, screwing up entire chapters, or just flat out kills the discs entirely, preventing them from even loading at all.

I hate to say that I have horrible news. I just went through all of my titles and I found six that have noticeable browning/bronzing.

The titles included here are from my personal collection, and these are the ones I have found so far that are afflicted with this issue. The titles are...

-M (2010, first printing)
-Monsoon Wedding (2009, first printing)
-Paris, Texas (2009, first printing)
-Summer Hours (2010, first printing)
-Walkabout (2010, first printing)

None of the above titles will load in any Blu-ray player that I own. They are all completely and totally dead Blu-ray discs now. My copy of Days of Heaven (2010, first printing) also has the the browning/bronzing effect that is starting to show up, but as of right now that disc will still load in my player and I can fast forward through the entire movie.

What are the others that I need to check? I discovered the above only by doing a quick visual inspection. I haven't tested any other titles without noticeable browning/bronzing. Have any of you guys had any that didn't work but did not have a physical flaw?

I am beyond ticked off about this. I have five titles that flat out no longer load, one that is likely going to end up like this, and who knows on some of the other titles I have. I have tons of Criterion discs, and this is incredibly worrying to me.

In addition to the ones I mentioned above, some of the other titles mentioned with this problem are Howards End, Pierrot le fou, Ride With the Devil, and Stagecoach. This is even more damaging for Howards End and Pierrot le fou since those are now totally out of print (OOP).

Here are some pictures I took of the ones that will no longer play...

 

[teepo]

oh great, the majority of my criterion's are from that period.