oh i forgot i have a coupon too
― na (NA), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 19:57 (three years ago) link
I went back and forth but I think I need to skip this one. WB Shop is having what sounds like their final 4 for $44 Warner Archives sale in a couple weeks and I need to save enough money to go properly apeshit with that.
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
i noticed that amazon has matched the sale prices of everything ive looked up so far, i assume for today only - do they normally do that? i wonder if thats why criterion sent out that $10 coupon, to keep people on the site.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:09 (three years ago) link
WB Shop is having what sounds like their final 4 for $44 Warner Archives sale in a couple weeks
Does ILX have a catch-all "boutique home video" thread somewhere? I'd find that pretty useful now that I have a region-free 4K player and am finally digging into more Arrow/Indicator/etc.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:11 (three years ago) link
finally own a DVD copy of Notorious.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
just went to the website for the Canadian CC distributor to see if anything was happening today and now I'm...#753 in line
― rob, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
I did that earlier, then found the few things I was after were either pre-orders or out of stock :/
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
I suspect I'm in the same boat (Touki Bouki is the only thing I can immediately think of that I want), though maybe I'll see how much upgrading my Sturges dvds would cost
that said I am very pleased that Unobstructed View exists and I don't have to use amazon
― rob, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
xposts All right, I finally pulled the trigger: Non-Criterion Boutique Home Video Discussion (Kino, Warner Archive, Arrow, Indicator, Vinegar Syndrome, Code Red, etc.)
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
Ok, splurged on that Bruce Lee box set. Couldn't resist this time.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 05:20 (three years ago) link
the art on that put me off even considering it. Ugly ass cover. Don't get me started on Godzilla.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 05:39 (three years ago) link
Going through the third Scorsese World Film Foundation box and those things are the best case for the continued existence of the label imo: so far I've seen Dos Monjes (Mexico, campy 30's melodrama bathed in expressionism with a truly bonkers ending), After The Curfew (Indonesia, amazing film about post-war malaise and PTSD that any noir fan should enjoy) and Pixote (Brazil, probably the roughest social realist film I've seen from the modern era; Brazilian music geeks take note that Toni Tornado has a cameo).
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 11:03 (three years ago) link
umm Paramount is pulling their Criterion shit w/o warning to take to Paramount+
first on the chopping block:
Harold & MaudeNashvilleLa Dolce VitaRosemary's BabyDays Of Heaven
and something else awesome that I forget
grab the discs now if you want 'em
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Monday, 8 March 2021 04:11 (three years ago) link
The Friends of Eddie Coyle, and Don't Look Now. Bad news
― flappy bird, Monday, 8 March 2021 06:02 (three years ago) link
wait, like pulling them from Criterion Channel, or pulling the rights for Criterion to sell discs????
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 8 March 2021 13:44 (three years ago) link
Probably yes(?) and the corresponding discs are now OOP.
― Evan, Monday, 8 March 2021 17:01 (three years ago) link
A poster on Criterion Forum emailed the company, and they confirmed the five titles sleeve listed plus Don't Look Now are going OOP. However, the CC La dolce vita will remain available as part of the Fellini box.
They also said there weren't any plans for other Paramount titles to go OOP right now.
I think part of this is happening because Paramount is playing their own new editions of a few of those titles, and probably angling to add all six to Paramount+.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 8 March 2021 23:43 (three years ago) link
PLANNING
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 8 March 2021 23:44 (three years ago) link
FWIW, I don't see Paramount making a move on more esoteric titles like Eddie Coyle or, say, If.... or Downhill Racer or Ace In The Hole.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 8 March 2021 23:47 (three years ago) link
Eddie Coyle is currently listed as unavailable in both DVD and Blu-ray form on the Criterion site, which differs from Nashville, Harold & Maude, et al, which are all now listed as Out of Print. So maybe they are just out of stock on it. the other three you listed all seem to be unaffected though.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Monday, 8 March 2021 23:53 (three years ago) link
Probably just a coincidence exacerbated by rumors going around that it too was also going OOP, and collectors and/or speculators snatching up copies.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 02:13 (three years ago) link
yeah I just grabbed one for "normal price," seems like it is. then again it was worth waiting for Salo to come back into print this year
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 07:19 (three years ago) link
I've been hearing rumors about Medium Cool and (from an unrelated rights owner) Belle de Jour as well, but idk how seriously to take them. Sucks either way if you care about the physical presentation of the film, which Paramount very obviously do not:
https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/54/3946454-2680732.jpg?ae=1655788141
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 15:46 (three years ago) link
wow. that is not a good cover.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 15:49 (three years ago) link
a wacky comedy about two giant people who have to learn to live in a normal sized house
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
DAMN
I was curious about Medium Cool. it's been unavailable on Blu Ray for a while, maybe even over a year?
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 17:51 (three years ago) link
So not "out of print" like Nashville et al. but "CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE" like Eddie Coyle
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
I can't find the post now, but there was another CriterionForum user reckoning that "Currently Unavailable" just means between pressings, and it's happening with more titles because of Covid-related issues at pressing plants, where priority is given to new titles and repressing for the time being is reserved for faster sellers. A relatively obscure title like Medium Cool just isn't a priority for them right now.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
JUNE: Pariah; Streetwise/Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell; The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs; Visions of Eight; and upgrades of Pickup On South Street and The Human Condition Trilogy.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 15 March 2021 16:57 (three years ago) link
Good news about Streetwise. I remember renting a creaky VHS copy for the ILX '80s filmpoll back in the day.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 15 March 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
Yeah I caught that at a rep screening in September 2019. Great, great movie. Excited to see the follow-up.
― flappy bird, Monday, 15 March 2021 18:09 (three years ago) link
You can get the Medium Cool blu-ray at Barnes and Noble if you don't mind paying MSRP. I'm going to email Criterion and ask what's up with that title in particular; they're usually pretty forthcoming when asked.
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Monday, 15 March 2021 18:37 (three years ago) link
Also, it's happening less now since they're mostly finished, but if a title was released during the period when blu-rays were released in dual format (bundled with a DVD), they would go temporarily OOP while they were repackaged as blu-ray only.
That's exciting news about Streetwise, I've been wanting to see that for decades.
― Stefan Twerkelle (Old Lunch), Monday, 15 March 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link
I'd never heard of Pariah but the clip on the Criterion site looks gorgeous
― rob, Monday, 15 March 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
"Hi Ryan,Thank you for writing to us!
MEDIUM COOL Blu-rays are due to be available again on our site the mid April:https://www.criterion.com/films/28426-medium-coolThe title is not due to be out of print.
As a note, any time that we sell out of a film and we still have the distribution rights for it, we will always produce more inventory. You'll know a title is due to be restocked in the future when you see "Currently Unavailable" or "On Back-order" on the film's page. Titles that have sold out and for which we no longer hold the rights will be designated as "Out of Print" (OOP).
As I think you're aware, the following titles recently went out of print for us due to licensing:DAYS OF HEAVENDON'T LOOK NOWHAROLD AND MAUDELA DOLCE VITANASHVILLEROSEMARY'S BABY
As usual, if we should ever recover the rights to any of our out-of-print titles, we will happily re-release them.We do not typically disclose things that are about to go out of print, but I can assure you that there is nothing else in our catalog that is due to be OOP in the near future.
That said, obviously if there's something you've had an eye on, it's always a good idea to purchase it sooner than later, as we do not announce upcoming OOP status or packaging changes.
Hope this puts your mind at ease but please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns.
Best,Kseniya
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
really glad I snagged a Harold & Maude from B&N right after this went down
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link
oh hell yeah
https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/4430-streetwise-tiny-the-life-of-erin-blackwell
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Monday, 22 March 2021 04:38 (three years ago) link
I don't know if I'm ever going to stop kicking myself for selling my Chungking Express disc right before the particulars of the Wong Kar-Wai box set were announced >_<
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 19:04 (three years ago) link
Stopped at the Tupelo B&N today while running errands and snagged their last (only) La Dolce Vita blu. I don't even like Fellini -- I may leave it sealed and try to flip it for $$$ at some point.
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
WKW thing comes out today !
― calstars, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:23 (three years ago) link
caught streetwise / tiny double feature early last year and I think of different things from streetwise all the time
― Bongo Jongus, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:26 (three years ago) link
like the prisoner dad at his son's open casket funeral and in that moment he mainly just wants to drink soda
― Bongo Jongus, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 21:27 (three years ago) link
July: La Piscine, Bringing Up Baby, Deep Cover, Working Girls, and...Mirror!!!
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 April 2021 16:11 (three years ago) link
Their last two months' slates seem to indicate they took that NYT article from last year to heart. Good!
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 April 2021 16:33 (three years ago) link
I know it's not universally beloved around here (xpost ;) but I am very excited they're doing BUB
The cover of Deep Cover is awesome, but I don't remember that being particularly good. It has been a long time though: it's quite possible I saw it on VHS
― rob, Thursday, 15 April 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link
Bringing Up Baby and Mirror have been expected for years, right?
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 April 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
I keep waiting in vain for Trouble in Paradise to get an upgrade, gahdamn glaring hole in my Lubitch collection, grumble grumble
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 April 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link
There must be a reason for that--I'd figure there's no way they would upgrade Heaven Can Wait before TIP if they had the option
― rob, Thursday, 15 April 2021 20:10 (three years ago) link
There was just some discussion about upgrading Trouble In Paradise over on the Criterion Forum: apparently the elements were an issue, but technology has advanced enough that a restoration premiered in '18, and a European Blu is due in May.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 16 April 2021 03:10 (three years ago) link