Buildin the Criterion collection...

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:56 pm

February

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:59 pm

i wonder if sweet smell will be worht the upgrade

weird that they picked that for BR, considering that dialogue is its main strength

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:57 pm

You don't think the visuals alone warrant the upgrade? It's one of the best visions of NY on film.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:11 pm

i remember being pretty happy with the version i have

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:27 pm

drizzle wrote:i wonder if sweet smell will be worht the upgrade

weird that they picked that for BR, considering that dialogue is its main strength

I'm sure it has very little to do with picking it for BR and more with the fact that a BR & DVD release is now pretty much the standard for each new criterion release. Only a very small percentage of their new releases now are DVD-only.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:22 am

http://communities.canada.com/montrealg ... erion.aspx

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:27 pm

any of yall take advantage of that sale?

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:30 am

I picked up blurays of:

Hausu
For All Mankind
Antichrist
Modern Times
Charade
Paths of Glory
Breathless
The Magician

My store was sold out of Night of the Hunter within 2 hours of the store opening on the day of the release. I tried to order it but they weren't able to fill it. I guess Criterion completely sold out their initial stock of it? Anyone else have problems getting a copy?

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:10 am

my B&N only got 2 copies of it, luckily I got one

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 11:18 am

Tommy Bunz wrote:My store was sold out of Night of the Hunter within 2 hours of the store opening on the day of the release. I tried to order it but they weren't able to fill it. I guess Criterion completely sold out their initial stock of it? Anyone else have problems getting a copy?

yeah, i managed to get my order in early enough online. Just got it yesterday. for my standards, i went a little overboard on the sale.

swooped up on all BR copies of...

KAGEMUSHA
7 SAMURAI
YOJIMBO SANJURO
PATHS OF GLORY
THIN RED LINE
HOUSE
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

havent watched any yet. looking forward to seeing 7 samurai in HD.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:23 am

March:

Plus bluray releases of:

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:36 am

Fake Criterion Covers For Shitty Movies:

(didn't go all the way back in this thread, saw the other variety, but not these, sorry if repost)

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:03 am

I would absolutely buy a 3 Ninjas criterion.
Audio commentary with Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum.
A documentary look into Emily's eventual drug addictions and forays into hardcore porn.
Victory Wong biography: living life as Mr. Miyagi's bitch.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:04 am

Really like the Pluto Nash and Three Ninjas covers.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:57 pm

MORE

MELVILLE

ON

BLU-RAY!!!!

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:08 pm

April:

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:36 pm

Blow Out

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:08 pm

May 3
Smiles of a Summer Night

Fat Girl

May 10
Something Wild

May 17
Diabolique

Pale Flower

May 24
Solaris

The Great Dictator

The new Diabolique and Solaris covers are pretty

Will be very tempted to double dip. Something Wild also getting copped fo sho

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:29 pm

really? not crazy about the diabolique cover at all

the solaris one is dope but kinda looks like it should be for a chillwave ep

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:40 pm

I think they are both improvements on the originals. Better than the revamped Fuller covers at the very least.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:32 pm

Criterion has reached 50,000 fans on Facebook, so they will be having a 50% off sale on all DVDs and Blu-rays. The sale will last 50,000 seconds.
The promo code hasn't been released yet, but will be soon. Check http://www.facebook.com/CriterionCollection for details. Be warned though, the Facebook page and Criterion's site are being slammed, so expect page errors.

Promo code is THANKS. It was posted at 8:15pm est, so sale ends 50,000 seconds from then.

eris · Post by **eris** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:15 am

I haven't purchased any Criterion before (usually rented), but I picked up a few from the sale. Got:

Cronos (blu ray)
Seven Samurai (blu ray)
The Battle of Algiers (dvd)
Overlord (dvd)

Really wish Peeping Tom wasn't out of print. But I found it on amazon and picked it up there tonight as well.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:36 am

I ordered 3 Blu-rays

Revanche
Modern Times
The Thin Red Line

Never saw the last one, wanted to go with a blind buy, so it was between that and Paths of Glory.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:43 am

damn. why wasn't this sale last week. Got...

ARMY OF SHADOWS (BR)
STAGECOACH (BR)

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:11 am

thanks for the heads up, used this one to grab all the shit that i had either seen a bunch of times but never bought or already owned an inferior copy of.

m
marienbad
amacord
friends of eddie coyle
night of the hunter
earring of madame de..

pretty pretty good

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:42 am

Is Earrings that good? Never really seemed like something that I'd like.

Definitely going to pick of NotH since B&N screwed me during their last sale, maybe a couple other things. Really trying to not blow a shitload of money on dvd's for a while. This sale ends in a couple hours btw.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:04 pm

it's a very well written and incredibly shot melodrama about a high society woman having an affair. even with it's O'Henry-ish ironies and mindblowing camera movements i can't front, it's basically a :smugkid:

chick flick. i also can't front on the fact that i'm incredibly gay for it.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:39 pm

Cronos got bought up in the sale so i didnt pick that one up. anybody have anything to say about it?

Funky Butler · Post by **Funky Butler** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:03 pm

yall should check out 'caught' and 'the reckless moment'

the darkest and most noir of the ophuls films ive seen

but you definitely cant front on the cinematography

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:41 am

darkwingduck wrote:Cronos got bought up in the sale so i didnt pick that one up. anybody have anything to say about it?

You have a short memory man. Go back two pages, you asked the same thing.