(The Petit maman BR is shockingly un-stacked for a full-price offering.)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, February 15, 2023 12:41 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
I've seen a few examples of this... I do wonder what sort of background business decisions dictate that lower price point you see occasionally among their BR catalog. It's weird though, because in general the supplements component I'm pretty sure is cited as the reasoning for their premium pricing vs. "standard" versions of other BRs in market. From a consumer perspective this is a cash grab without anything except their collectible packaging design setting them apart.
― Evan, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
well in some cases, including evidently this one, it's the difference between having it available on disc in the region and not having it
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 19:15 (one year ago) link
True! But because the supplements are so expected from Criterion this comes across as a very phoned in release on shelf.
― Evan, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link
I just checked and they did finally remove the tease of a forthcoming SE of Blue is the Warmest Color from the website. (And maybe they slightly bumped up the price? I seem to remember it being $20 for the BR, not $25.)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 19:33 (one year ago) link
Wonder how many ppl would find this enough to buy, considering the availability of multi region players and streaming, if it didn't say Criterion on the cover.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 16 February 2023 10:33 (one year ago) link
tbh i think the # of multi-region player owners (at least in the US) is lower than the # of casual Criterion fans
― Nhex, Thursday, 16 February 2023 13:25 (one year ago) link
Picked up the mubi br of Petite Maman for £7.99 a month or two ago and not regretting that in light of this release
― or something, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:26 (one year ago) link
Another very contemporary future addition: All That Breathes.https://deadline.com/2023/03/all-that-breathes-documentary-criterion-tvod-acquisition-news-1235279149/amp/
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 5 March 2023 18:51 (one year ago) link
Pasolini box (doesn't include Salo, or the Trilogy of Life):
https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/6588-pasolini-101
Coming in June, a major tribute to the Italian iconoclast Pier Paolo Pasolini, one of the most original and controversial thinkers of the 20th century.Released in celebration of the 101st anniversary of Pasolini’s birth, this collector’s set provides an essential window onto a transformative period for an artist whose legacy remains a wellspring of freedom and revolutionary force. Including nine provocative, lyrical, often scandal-inducing films from the 1960s—Accattone, Mamma Roma, Love Meetings, The Gospel According to Matthew, The Hawks and the Sparrows, Oedipus Rex, Teorema, Porcile, and Medea—the decade in which this celebrated poet, novelist, and intellectual embarked on a feature filmmaking career, Pasolini 101 is a monument to the artist’s daring vision of cinema.
Released in celebration of the 101st anniversary of Pasolini’s birth, this collector’s set provides an essential window onto a transformative period for an artist whose legacy remains a wellspring of freedom and revolutionary force. Including nine provocative, lyrical, often scandal-inducing films from the 1960s—Accattone, Mamma Roma, Love Meetings, The Gospel According to Matthew, The Hawks and the Sparrows, Oedipus Rex, Teorema, Porcile, and Medea—the decade in which this celebrated poet, novelist, and intellectual embarked on a feature filmmaking career, Pasolini 101 is a monument to the artist’s daring vision of cinema.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 March 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
Those other ones are already out on Blu from Criterion, so presumably most interested in this new set already has them.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 March 2023 18:21 (one year ago) link
True ... if you have those two, this would complete your set of PPP movies (including one -- Love Meetings -- I never knew existed until now?)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 March 2023 18:33 (one year ago) link
seems like they took note of the Petite Maman complaints and are now including the animated film My Life as a Courgette/Zucchini (written by Sciamma) in the package
― or something, Sunday, 12 March 2023 18:17 (one year ago) link
Didn't know there was a connection between those two movies, hah. I should get to Petit Maman
― Nhex, Monday, 13 March 2023 12:09 (one year ago) link
More June: Medicine for Melancholy; The Servant; and 4K editions of Time Bandits & The Rules of The Game
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
Rules... is also now on it's 3rd distinctive cover, which must be a record.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:44 (one year ago) link
I started watching the Servant on the app 2 weeks ago. Watched the first half and by the time I had time to watch the rest it was gone!
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:54 (one year ago) link
They did that on purpose, if you break down your watches into several sessions they tag you as Not Kino Enough and block you from finishing the film.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:57 (one year ago) link
Ah, Medicine for Melancholy, one of the infamous titles Criterion previously turned down before that NYT article called them out.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
And Rules will become my first Criterion triple-dip
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
― Think Fast, Mr. Mojo Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 March 2023 10:53 (one year ago) link
Hmm. I see that someone over here posts the monthly leaving list which is a useful addition to looking in the app itself, which can be kind of tedious: https://letterboxd.com/lonelygoatherd/list/leaving-criterion-channel-updated-monthly/
― Think Fast, Mr. Mojo Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 March 2023 10:58 (one year ago) link
Re: *Rules* covers, it was also a Criterion laserdisc: https://dadons.com/the-rules-of-the-game-criterion-new-cav-50-laserdisc-vintage-drama
― ernestp, Saturday, 18 March 2023 17:04 (one year ago) link
50% off flash sale for the next 24 hours
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 16:16 (one year ago) link
I allowed myself to get a little greedy this time (as I'm now sans car payments for the first time in years and years). Picked up World Cinema Projects #2 and 4, along with Inland Empire, Cure, the Marguerite Duras duo set, This is not a Burial, and a couple others...
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link
I had three years of sales codes...so I indulged in one of the infamous t-shirts.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 16:47 (one year ago) link
SILENTorNOIR?
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 16:49 (one year ago) link
I used up a year and a half's worth of codes, which more or less paid for the tax on the order, but next flash sale I should be able to get to that $50 certificate from points
x-post PRE-CODE, of course. Capitolfest here I come....
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 16:52 (one year ago) link
In my younger days, I'd proudly flaunt a MELODRAMA shirt at the club
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 18:09 (one year ago) link
Thanks to this thread for reminding me to look for old unused codes - I searched my email, found $70 worth, and wound up getting six titles for about $65.
-Two Films by Marguerite Duras-Wanda-All About Eve-The Naked Kiss-I Married a Witch-Cat People
The Naked Kiss had been on my wishlist since at least 2011, when the Blu-ray first came out. No idea why I waited so long. I haven't seen it since I rented the original Criterion DVD.
I missed out on finally buying Dielman, after putting it off for a similar amount of time. When I first looked this morning, it was in stock; when I placed my order, it was not; then later in the day it was again. Oh well, next time.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 05:34 (one year ago) link
Stocked up on Lynch.
It would be sweet if they put out a collection of his short films that are scattered across several different collections.
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 22 March 2023 07:06 (one year ago) link
Stocked up on Lynch. It would be sweet if they put out a collection of his short films that are scattered across several different collections.
― young sussy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 07:16 (one year ago) link
OK, July is a monster month.
The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher 4K box (!)After Hours 4KOne False Move 4KThe Watermelon Woman BRBreathless 4K upgrade
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 14 April 2023 16:14 (one year ago) link
We missed August
Drylongso; Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart; Bo Widerberg's New Swedish Cinema box (The Baby Carriage; Raven's End; Elvira Madigan; and Adalen 31), and a 4K upgrade of Kurosawa's Dreams
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 2 June 2023 14:01 (one year ago) link
Wow -- Resurrection finally gets a proper release.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 19:27 (eleven months ago) link
It does?
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 19:30 (eleven months ago) link
LOL, someone's last straw was La Bamba on Criterion...
Hey @Criterion — no-one who cares about LA BAMBA cares about it coming out on Criterion. What a waste of a slot. Some jerk in the conference room must have made a hell of a convincing speech to stick in the label. This is totally foolish.— craig keller (@evillights) June 15, 2023
Is this what @Criterion have become, or are 4 of the 5 releases just the last sweeps of acquired dust-bunnies to clear the plate to tabula rasa status? I’m seriously concerned at the mounds of junk that they’re putting out. The world is not Kmart. THE TRIAL + FILMING THE TRIAL…— craig keller (@evillights) June 15, 2023
…is/are a total triumph of a release. I know some people like Nic Roeg; frankly, I hate him; but fair enough. The rest? LA BAMBA? And the other shit? I used to buy like 3 or 4 Criterions every month. Now? Other labels do it better, w/ just as good restoration.— craig keller (@evillights) June 15, 2023
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 June 2023 16:44 (eleven months ago) link
Who cares?
― jaymc, Thursday, 15 June 2023 16:56 (eleven months ago) link
Posted mostly to point and laugh ... but it also kind of speaks to a certain kind of cultural gatekeeper chauvinism that's been creeping into a lot of cinephilia's margins ever since NYT wrote that article excoriating CC for its lack of Black representation, and CC's subsequent course-correction
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 June 2023 17:13 (eleven months ago) link
What an asshole. Probably a Mod over at the CC Forum.
SEPTEMBER: Moonage Daydream*; La Bamba; The Trial*; and 4K upgrades of Walkabout and The Princess Bride
*4K available
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 June 2023 17:14 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah, sorry, to be clear, the "Who cares?" wasn't directed at your post, Eric; I'm just baffled by the sentiment that guy is expressing.
― jaymc, Thursday, 15 June 2023 17:25 (eleven months ago) link
I'm less baffled than saddened at how often this pernicious mentality pops up, in every fandom
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 June 2023 17:34 (eleven months ago) link
October: Nanny; The Others*; Tod Browning's Sideshow Shockers set (Freaks/The Unknown/The Mystic); and 4K upgrades of Videodrome & Don't Look Now.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 17 July 2023 21:12 (ten months ago) link
New 2K digital restoration of The Mystic, with a new score by composer Dean Hurley
v. intrigued by this in light of some of the sounds he made for Twin Peaks: The Return
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Monday, 17 July 2023 21:33 (ten months ago) link
Oh wow, I don't think Criterion's ever endeavored a nothing-but-horror October before
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Monday, 17 July 2023 21:42 (ten months ago) link
New sister line Janus Contemporaries to launch in October!
Initial Titles: EO; No Bears; and The Innocent.
https://www.criterion.com/janus-contemporaries
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 27 July 2023 17:15 (ten months ago) link
November's slate is ... quite New Hollywood-centric:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/product_images/2035-00397dc6a40239b317f24adf0c86b430/55pTNrIGtsH7uG8kEDAoe9PZu76jZu_small.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/films/fdd856a888419c6f2c73abfdf238f241/Kdd1vlVmnbyb2MamPGVm4SdmVOpfgo_small.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/films/323c56a13b44f5ded3b7b0117a6dc08d/o7l2a4KSto1HXIf7DxvRcPVn2sMRvl_small.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/films/246893f4108627f4863117ebf1d321da/4TR6eTQtnxHqqWZsxZ00vgXfrLMiwO_small.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/films/46b4f8dc45b858771e74746e2655b7a1/lM3SqpO30GIVmAQoWIN7c1F2QKclrM_small.jpg
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 17:08 (nine months ago) link
(The three American films are 4K; the box and Chabrol just BR.)
lol that Jackie set is some real barrel scraping
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 18:14 (nine months ago) link
boy, La Cérémonie continues to grow in esteem.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 18:18 (nine months ago) link