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The Criterion Collection in 2017: All Fancy Movie GAF Releases Welcome!
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That one is on the list for this year's horror marathon, but I've been meaning to get into him since I'm of Polish descent myself and I've always been interested to see just what the country produces as far as film without the more Hollywood-focused stuff, like Polanski. Not a knock on him at all, but I can always go for something far less integrated.
Fancy Clown
Member
Damn that is sad. Possession's a great movie
cj_iwakura
Member
Are custom DVD covers a thing? I loathe the It Follows cover, and I'd love to change it to something like either of these:
cj_iwakura
Member
You're a gentleman and a scholar.
I have the DVD version tho
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE!!!!!
cj_iwakura
Member
It came with a slip cover. I'm a sucker for that stuff. Blows my mind that DVDs get nicer packaging, still.
There's also a slipcover available for the blu-ray. But why does it matter when you want to change the cover anyways? Can't change the slipcover, unless you want to make a custom for that as well.
cj_iwakura
Member
I'd keep the slipcover and have the inside one be different. (I have the Inglourious Basterds LE with the baseball bat cover and the 'group' photo on the inside cover for instance.)
The place I went didn't have the blu-ray slipcover, though.
Typically slipcovers are only on first runs. You can actually get good money for some slipcovers on forums like blu-ray.com.
cj_iwakura
Member
Yep, I bought It Follows when it came out. Only the DVD had it.
cj_iwakura
Member
Wow. Great choice, great film.
mariachi507
Member
My bluray of It Follows definitely came with a slip cover. Even if it didn't, I Couldn't ever imagine choosing a slipcover over video quality.
Nice. Ordered Gilda and I Knew Her Well.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
Don't Look Back
Death by Hanging
The American Friend
Gilda
I Knew Her Well
The Emigrants/The New Land
I bought too much
Death by Hanging
The American Friend
Gilda
I Knew Her Well
The Emigrants/The New Land
I bought too much
Net_Wrecker
Member
I really didn't need a flash sale tempting me right now.
Why would you do this, universe
Why would you do this, universe
End of February / July / End of September / November - Same times every year with possibly a random Amazon sale mixed in for good measure.
Net_Wrecker
Member
So....many....completely...random...and...unannounced....flash sales
Send help...wallet...is...dying
The ones in July and November are the Barnes&Noble 50% off sales which usually last two weeks (three in November). So, at least with those, you have a little bit of breathing room.
I think it's in that weird bit of limbo right now where Criterion wants to make damn sure that every copy is snatched up from their retail partners before doing a new print run, as I can't imagine it's a big seller and is probably not terribly cheap to put together. It's the same thing with Pandora's Box and the Sternberg box.
cj_iwakura
Member
I think I got everything off my wishlist. Maybe Lady Snowblood? (It'd be blind, I've never seen it.)
cj_iwakura
Member
Could Ghost Dog ever go Criterion? I have the Artisan release, but it's kind of thin on supplement.
Heh, unless you like the Rza video.
(Guilty as charged)
Heh, unless you like the Rza video.
(Guilty as charged)
Fancy Clown
Member
There's an interview with the director of The Witch (about the film) on Criterion's site. Mayhaps an aquisition the line?
It's the same for me and the Kurosawa blus. I have everything except Ikiru, and frankly I'm not in the mood to watch it anytime soon, so I'll pick it up sometime later this year.
I got Don't Look Now and Kwaidan this time around.
One of the more popular suggestions from the New Year's drawing was that the planet in space could have meant The Bling Ring, which sounds like a crazy guess until it was discovered that the Blu-ray is actually out of print now. Not a big deal in of itself since there's a lot of copies out there, but they also discovered that there were a couple of other early A24 releases that were also out of print, like Spring Breakers and The Spectacular Now. A24 definitely has the kind of catalog that would appeal to Criterion, and A24 has had some well-known issues in the past with how they've handled home releases, particularly with both Enemy and Under the Skin initially set as DVD-only releases that got quickie single-layer discs after the outcry was big enough to justify them.
It could just as easily mean that Criterion is just promoting a film of strong acclaim from a newer filmmaker, and it wouldn't be the first time they've done that without it meaning anything other than giving some movies away to a director, but it's something to chew on.
I don't get it. It's not oop according to Criterion but only third party Amazon sellers have it. And it's freaking expensive.
nintendork666
Member
Went a little overboard...
Antichrist
The Brood
Cronos
The Devil's Backbone
Frances Ha
Mulholland Dr.
Rosemarys Baby
The Uninvited
Videodrome
I've actually been in the mood for some Criterion horror recently, so this was the perfect opportunity for me. Plus this will modernize my Criterion selection quite a bit.
I'm really excited to finally see The Uninvited. It was cheaper than the other discs, hopefully worth the blind buy.
Antichrist
The Brood
Cronos
The Devil's Backbone
Frances Ha
Mulholland Dr.
Rosemarys Baby
The Uninvited
Videodrome
I've actually been in the mood for some Criterion horror recently, so this was the perfect opportunity for me. Plus this will modernize my Criterion selection quite a bit.
I'm really excited to finally see The Uninvited. It was cheaper than the other discs, hopefully worth the blind buy.
Fancy Clown
Member
I certainly hope they nab some A24 stuff, they've got a great catalogue and it would help flesh out Criterion's contemporary stuff. And I'm always down for more horror in the collection so I especially want to The Witch in there.
BaronLundi
Member
Dollar, dollar bill is too expensive y'all
Criterion doesn't ship to my place
B&N are evil
I hate you guys
That is all
Criterion doesn't ship to my place
B&N are evil
I hate you guys
That is all
Yeah, this. I'd like to get The Kid and Speedy, but I can wait. I'm getting more selective in what I buy, so I'm holding off on a lot of stuff I might otherwise have just grabbed previously. My Costco has Eraserhead and Inside Llweyn Davis among a few other Criterion titles for $20, and I was going to grab them, and I thought "how often am I going to watch these?" and put them back. I have so many things to watch already, I can't justify adding more to the pile unless I really want it.
Fancy Clown
Member
This month's clue
Saw some comments saying Dr. Strangelove, which I've seen like 3 times and have 0 idea what the context is.
Also, The New World has been confirmed.
Fuck yes and fuck yes
I'm very good at paying attention :| In fairness it's not my favorite Kubrick film.
mariachi507
Member
Looking forward to see how criterion improves on the already released Dr. Strangelove, which I coincidentally recently purchased.
On another note, I really need to start hiding my wallet when I drink. I ended up ordering the Synapse release of Tenebrae. Oh well, deep down I guess I really wanted it anyway, expensive blind buy or not.
On another note, I really need to start hiding my wallet when I drink. I ended up ordering the Synapse release of Tenebrae. Oh well, deep down I guess I really wanted it anyway, expensive blind buy or not.