Well I just pre-ordered Knife in the Water at $21 and change at DDD. Doubt they'll change the price on me. At least I hope not.

Looks like Knife In The Water has been pushed back from 9/23 to 9/30.

OMG! I can't believe I haven't heard about this before! And all those short films sound friggin great!!! Love that Criterion, I tell you! Love it!

Ditto. Already had mine on pre-order for a while now. I've been waiting for this one to come out for ages, and the fact it will be a Criterion is just fantastic.

La Strada and Richard III should be released in November according to some websites.

Have posted this in the International Forum but anyway....a brief review of 'Knife In The Water:CC' here:

http://www.mondo-digital.com/polanski.html

'At Polanski's request,the viewer cannot fast forward during the feature' ??????

I sometimes wonder if the Mono Digital reviewer works for Criterion. He always seems to review their discs weeks before they're released, beating the rest of the DVD review crowd to the punch.

Mondo Digital has a review of Criterion's Fassbinder BRD Trilogy up as well now...

http://www.mondo-digital.com/whity.html

Yes...and The Devil And Daniel Webster! both certainly sound fantastic.
Was maybe going to pick up BRD Trilogy further down the line although i'm severely tempted to pick this up at the end of September/beginning of October as well.

Actually, is the R2 set better than Criterion? Can anyone inform us of the differences? Thanks.

I wasn't aware there was a R2 BRD Trilogy set??....French (MK2)??

i think schizopolis is due in october...i could be wrong. This is the best news I've heard in a while! I can't wait to see it on dvd instead of my crappy vhs transfer!!!!!!!

At the moment you are correct...it is scheduled for October (14th?) unless it suffers a 'release date shift' as what has happened to the September releases originally listed for the 16th.

Well I picked up both D&DW along with the Fassbinder trilogy yesterday.

They are both freaking excelent - there's a little print damage in D&DW, but otherwise it looks great. The extras are okay - but nothing major.

Everything about the Fassbinder set is MAJOR - all the films look awesome and sound great for mono. The packaging is just like the Truffaut and Monterey Pop sets - each movie has it's own disc and package, with commentaries and a fourth disc for more extras covering Fassbinder's entire carreer. It also has a very thorough booklet. - this is my pick for dvd of the month.

Bravo Criterion!