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The Criterion Collection in 2017: All Fancy Movie GAF Releases Welcome!
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I know this thread is mainly interested in Criterion but Masters of Cinema released their upcoming line-up and it's a thing of beauty. A four disc Shoah set that includes a 300 page book, Wooden Crosses, Two for the Road, Wild River, Satyricon, Man of the West and then there is their reissue of Metropolis as a two disc blu-ray set with an absolutely stunning steelbook cover:
Combing that with the Arrow Video slate and the Tarkovsky blu-rays from Artificial Eye should make living region B quite lovely for once.
Combing that with the Arrow Video slate and the Tarkovsky blu-rays from Artificial Eye should make living region B quite lovely for once.
MidnightCowboy
Member
Gonna snag Short Cuts on Friday. Looking forward to it.
As neat as all the other boutique labels are, the fact that NOT ONE has released additional Kieslowski (other than the DVD-only set from Kino) makes me sad. The Decalogue is an art house goldmine waiting to be unleashed on the cinephile masses.
Artificial Eye has released quite a bit of Kieslowski (including The Decalogue), so I'm not sure I'm following you.
Chance Hale
Member
The new Metropolis Steelbook is gorgeous, but the original blu's design is still pretty nice
Yeah, Masters of Cinema has had some really amazing steelbooks, my favourite is still their Touch of Evil one.
I suppose I should clarify: nothing on Blu Ray. The Dekalog release is over a decade old, so I'm SURE there's potential for a better picture/transfer.
Ah, fair enough.
Since I've sung their praises quite a bit I should probably shill a bit more for Masters of Cinema and point out that they have a black Friday deal with 30% off everything on their website (which is getting hammered at the moment).
Holy shit what a huge amount of movies. Did you clean them out?I've got the nicest B&N manager in existence!
Every single one of these bought with the 30% off coupon.
I'm going to buy one online right now and then walk into Barnes and Noble and grab one later. I printed out two coupons, if I go with my friend can we both use them separately? Might use him to grab another movie for cheap :]
Far from cleaning them out!
You should have no problems using one coupon a piece for you and your friend.
I seem to have a special relationship with my manager and he let me use the coupon as many times as I wanted. I typically wouldn't have gone so crazy, but I couldn't think of anything I wanted for Christmas this year, so I decided to expand the library again. My mother gave me a pretty hefty budget, and my wife chipped in some as well.
I've got the nicest B&N manager in existence!
Every single one of these bought with the 30% off coupon.
That's about as big (maybe bigger?) than my entire Collection. I hate you.
I've got the nicest B&N manager in existence!
Every single one of these bought with the 30% off coupon.
Holy crap. Maybe one day I'll amass a collection that big, but I'm nowhere even close to that right now.
On an unrelated note, Branded to Kill is a lot of fun. Glad I picked it up during this sale.
Gawdamn! That's bigger than my entire collection, haha.I've got the nicest B&N manager in existence!
Every single one of these bought with the 30% off coupon.
I've got the nicest B&N manager in existence!
Every single one of these bought with the 30% off coupon.
How much did that cost in total if you don't mind me asking?
TheKaeptain
Banned
$742 or $728 if my mental math is right.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Good lord @ $700 of Criterions in one haul. I don't know if I've spent that much in the 6 years they've been doing blu-rays.
XShagrath hit the level cap
XShagrath hit the level cap
Serpentine
Banned
I picked up Ace in the Hole and Thief, considering going back for Rififi and/or La Haine
goddamn, that's at least 10x my collection
I've got the nicest B&N manager in existence!
Every single one of these bought with the 30% off coupon.
goddamn, that's at least 10x my collection
Pretty close. Adding in tax put me at a little over $760. I had picked up $750 in giftcards earlier this week, so I've got an additional $100 that will activate on 12/26. I'll save that for the July sale and be able to pick up another half dozen or so, depending on coupons.
postcyberpunk
Banned
I've got the nicest B&N manager in existence!
Every single one of these bought with the 30% off coupon.
If I remember correctly, don't you have like 300+ Criterions?
Still nice fucking haul.
Son of Cervantes
Member
I grabbed Night of the Hunter, Last Temptation of Christ, and Rules of the Game using the half-off plus 30% discount. All of them are upgrades, as I already owned them on DVD.
I own the following on DVD but want to upgrade them to Blu at some point. Figure I might as well list them here...I own too many DVDs. I shudder when 4K becomes the standard and I have to re-buy everything for a third time.
12 Angry Men (not the Criterion release, but the regular MGM release)
Ace in the Hole (Criterion DVD)
The Battle of Algiers (Criterion DVD)
Brazil (Criterion DVD box set)
Down by Law (Criterion DVD)
Following (non-Criterion DVD, not sure whether I like it enough to upgrade)
Foreign Correspondent (Warner Bros. DVD)
It Happened One Night (Columbia DVD, almost bit the bullet during this last sale)
Late Spring (Criterion DVD)
Tokyo Story (Criterion DVD)
The Leopard (Criterion DVD, but I hear that the French edition of the Blu is actually based on a recent restoration so I have been hesitant to pick up the Criterion version in case they do an upgraded disc)
M (the original OOP Criterion DVD, not sure if I like it enough to upgrade)
My Darling Clementine (Fox DVD)
Rififi (original Criterion DVD with the yellow cover)
The Sword of Doom (Criterion DVD)
Time Bandits (non-Criterion DVD...the Criterion DVD wasn't anamorphic)
Umberto D. (Criterion DVD)
The Wages of Fear (Criterion DVD)
I own the following on DVD but want to upgrade them to Blu at some point. Figure I might as well list them here...I own too many DVDs. I shudder when 4K becomes the standard and I have to re-buy everything for a third time.
12 Angry Men (not the Criterion release, but the regular MGM release)
Ace in the Hole (Criterion DVD)
The Battle of Algiers (Criterion DVD)
Brazil (Criterion DVD box set)
Down by Law (Criterion DVD)
Following (non-Criterion DVD, not sure whether I like it enough to upgrade)
Foreign Correspondent (Warner Bros. DVD)
It Happened One Night (Columbia DVD, almost bit the bullet during this last sale)
Late Spring (Criterion DVD)
Tokyo Story (Criterion DVD)
The Leopard (Criterion DVD, but I hear that the French edition of the Blu is actually based on a recent restoration so I have been hesitant to pick up the Criterion version in case they do an upgraded disc)
M (the original OOP Criterion DVD, not sure if I like it enough to upgrade)
My Darling Clementine (Fox DVD)
Rififi (original Criterion DVD with the yellow cover)
The Sword of Doom (Criterion DVD)
Time Bandits (non-Criterion DVD...the Criterion DVD wasn't anamorphic)
Umberto D. (Criterion DVD)
The Wages of Fear (Criterion DVD)
TheKaeptain
Banned
I got that for $70 bucks last year.
Femmeworth
Banned
Today's the last day of the B&N sale and they have a 25% off code CMONDAY14 for Cyber Monday. Someone recommend me a film. :x
Edit:
What I have seen
Wild Strawberries
The Seventh Seal
Rosemary's Baby
12 Angry Men
The 400 Blows
Yojimbo
Rushmore
Eyes Without a Face
Repulsion
Days of Heaven
Badlands
Hunger
Dazed and Confused
The Wages of Fear
Kicking and Screaming
Frances Ha
Blue is the Warmest Color
Broadcast News
Certified Copy
The Devil's Backbone
Cronos
Fish Tank
The Game
The Great Dictator
The Last Emperor
On the Waterfront
Weekend (2011)
Being John Malkovich
Bolded the ones I particularly liked.
Edit:
What I have seen
Wild Strawberries
The Seventh Seal
Rosemary's Baby
12 Angry Men
The 400 Blows
Yojimbo
Rushmore
Eyes Without a Face
Repulsion
Days of Heaven
Badlands
Hunger
Dazed and Confused
The Wages of Fear
Kicking and Screaming
Frances Ha
Blue is the Warmest Color
Broadcast News
Certified Copy
The Devil's Backbone
Cronos
Fish Tank
The Game
The Great Dictator
The Last Emperor
On the Waterfront
Weekend (2011)
Being John Malkovich
Bolded the ones I particularly liked.
I bought Tenenbaums for 13 and ordered Dazed and Confused with the Cyber Monday code (came out to 15 dollars).
Done now. I feel like I haven't seen enough films to tell you what to get Femmeworth. I loved the first film of the Three Colors Trilogy. Why not just grab a film from one of those directors you loved?
Done now. I feel like I haven't seen enough films to tell you what to get Femmeworth. I loved the first film of the Three Colors Trilogy. Why not just grab a film from one of those directors you loved?
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Finally going to have This Sporting Life, heard the supplements and transfer are superb. Ordered it along with the Complete Tati + Certified Copy for The Report.
Femmeworth
Banned
I might order the Three Colors Trilogy since it is only $30 with the code.
Forgot to mention that I ordered Fanny & Alexander a few days ago with the 30% off coupon, so I'd like to get something from a different director. Thanks though.
I'm definitely going to watch Persona at some point.
Son of Cervantes
Member
Get anything Kurosawa on Blu. My favorite Kurosawa (Red Beard) hasn't gotten a Blu-Ray release but I'm sure it will eventually.
you only own one copy? pffft
I would almost be tempted to buy another copy if they made a blu-ray only version. Drop that shit from 27 discs down to 9.
Nope, and no rumors of it either that I can recall.
Rats. I only own Down By Law and have yet to pull the trigger on anything else. Maybe one day, I'd like to have Cleo from 5 to 7, at least.
Femmeworth
Banned
Anyone here watch Fat Girl? Kind of interested in that though it might be something I'd be better off renting first.
Edit: Pulled the trigger on the Three Colors Trilogy. So I've got that as well as Fanny & Alexander coming for my Christmas.
Edit: Pulled the trigger on the Three Colors Trilogy. So I've got that as well as Fanny & Alexander coming for my Christmas.
Edit: Pulled the trigger on the Three Colors Trilogy. So I've got that as well as Fanny & Alexander coming for my Christmas.
I see you too enjoy sadness.
Net_Wrecker
Member
There's a 3 hour film cut, and a 5h 22m miniseries cut. So yeah, along with the supplements, there's a lot of stuff in that package.
Femmeworth
Banned
Third disc is a documentary. Really it should have been four discs since the TV version has a squashed bitrate.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
A bunch of super, super obvious Warner Archive discs were discontinued this week - some of them very recently released in the first place. It's no coincidence that they're all from some of Criterion's favorite directors:
Dreams (Akira Kurosawa)
Blow Up (Michelangelo Antonioni)
The Breaking Point (Michael Curtiz)
Barcelona (Whit Stillman)
Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles)
The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston)
A Face in the Crowd (Elia Kazan)
Klute (Alan Pakula)
Day for Night (Francois Truffaut)
Cat People (Jacques Tourneur) Both the individual Cat People and the Val Lewton box are officially discontinued this week.
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater)
Before Sunset (Richard Linklater)
So when Criterion puts out that annual Where's Waldo artwork of upcoming titles, welp... Go ahead and start looking for those.
Dreams (Akira Kurosawa)
Blow Up (Michelangelo Antonioni)
The Breaking Point (Michael Curtiz)
Barcelona (Whit Stillman)
Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles)
The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston)
A Face in the Crowd (Elia Kazan)
Klute (Alan Pakula)
Day for Night (Francois Truffaut)
Cat People (Jacques Tourneur) Both the individual Cat People and the Val Lewton box are officially discontinued this week.
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater)
Before Sunset (Richard Linklater)
So when Criterion puts out that annual Where's Waldo artwork of upcoming titles, welp... Go ahead and start looking for those.
Femmeworth
Banned
O_O *prays to the cinema gods that CC can strike a deal with Sony Pictures Classics as well*
Yo, I just saw this. What a fantastic movie. I now agree with you.
You and me both know this shit isn't happening :[
Son of Cervantes
Member
Mortimer Brewster
Member
To add to the Criterion rumor mill. There are rumblings that Criterion has also acquired the rights to Captain Blood and Lost Horizon.