The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
05-30-17 | 10:24 AM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
The rerelease announcement of Sid & Nancy (as well as getting peanuts for my Straw Dogs Criterion dvd) prompted me to list my Criterion dvd's of Pierrot Le Fou, The Third Man, Chungking Express, Le Cercle Rouge, Army of Shadows, Notorious and Rebecca. As well as some other OOP dvd's that will surely see Blu Ray sooner or later. I sold most for more than I paid for them. Chungking Express went for 70 bucks. Almost 4 times what I paid for it. I don't know what I was thinking holding onto them.
05-30-17 | 11:03 AM
#8777
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
The rerelease announcement of Sid & Nancy (as well as getting peanuts for my Straw Dogs Criterion dvd) prompted me to list my Criterion dvd's of Pierrot Le Fou, The Third Man, Chungking Express, Le Cercle Rouge, Army of Shadows, Notorious and Rebecca. As well as some other OOP dvd's that will surely see Blu Ray sooner or later. I sold most for more than I paid for them. Chungking Express went for 70 bucks. Almost 4 times what I paid for it. I don't know what I was thinking holding onto them.
I would love to have a CC Blu-ray version of Rebecca as I still have the DVD and one of the rare instances that I loved the extras. I guess the MGM Blu-rays versions of Rebecca, Notorious and Spellbound are out of print?
I still have a sealed CC Blu-ray of The Third Man.
05-30-17 | 11:17 AM
#8778
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
The rerelease announcement of Sid & Nancy (as well as getting peanuts for my Straw Dogs Criterion dvd) prompted me to list my Criterion dvd's of Pierrot Le Fou, The Third Man, Chungking Express, Le Cercle Rouge, Army of Shadows, Notorious and Rebecca. As well as some other OOP dvd's that will surely see Blu Ray sooner or later. I sold most for more than I paid for them. Chungking Express went for 70 bucks. Almost 4 times what I paid for it. I don't know what I was thinking holding onto them.
When it comes to Criterion securing Blu-ray rights, nothing is guaranteed.
05-30-17 | 02:23 PM
#8779
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
The rerelease announcement of Sid & Nancy (as well as getting peanuts for my Straw Dogs Criterion dvd) prompted me to list my Criterion dvd's of Pierrot Le Fou, The Third Man, Chungking Express, Le Cercle Rouge, Army of Shadows, Notorious and Rebecca. As well as some other OOP dvd's that will surely see Blu Ray sooner or later. I sold most for more than I paid for them. Chungking Express went for 70 bucks. Almost 4 times what I paid for it. I don't know what I was thinking holding onto them.
Studio Canal put out its own edition of The Third Man that was notably inferior to the Criterion disc. (See also: The Man Who Fell to Earth.)
05-30-17 | 02:33 PM
#8780
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Pierrot le Fou, The Third Man, Chungking Express, Le Cercle Rouge, and Army of Shadows are all owned by Studio Canal, which has cut ties with Criterion and now licences its titles to Lionsgate in North America. You will not see any of those reissued by Criterion anytime soon.
Studio Canal put out its own edition of The Third Man that was notably inferior to the Criterion disc. (See also: The Man Who Fell to Earth.)
Studio Canal put out its own edition of The Third Man that was notably inferior to the Criterion disc. (See also: The Man Who Fell to Earth.)
05-30-17 | 04:29 PM
#8781
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
The recent Studio Canal Blu-ray for The Man Who Fell to Earth claims to be from a "Stunning 4k Restoration," but it looks like complete ass compared to the older Criterion Blu-ray.
Studio Canal screws up more of its restorations than it gets right.
05-30-17 | 04:36 PM
#8782
re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
I agree with Rypro; the 4K restoration of The Third Man is great and it has a decent amount of extras. It's region free and I got it for about 18 bucks on Amazon shipped from the U.K. to New York.
05-30-17 | 05:00 PM
#8783
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The Third Man I already replaced with the Studio Canal box set and the Hitchcock titles I recently found used on Blu Ray, so I'm good on those ones. If Chungking Express, Pierrot Le Fou, Army of Shadows and Le Cercle Rouge don't get released again anywhere, I sold the dvd's for enough that it wouldn't be much of a stretch to buy the blu rays on ebay.
05-30-17 | 05:03 PM
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05-30-17 | 08:44 PM
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The Hitchcock titles are heavily rumored to be back at Criterion already. There has also been chatter online about Criterion maybe putting out a Wong Kar Wai box at some point, but I'm not sure how much substance there is to that chatter. It may just be wishful thinking.
05-30-17 | 09:16 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
05-30-17 | 09:51 PM
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05-30-17 | 09:54 PM
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05-30-17 | 10:58 PM
#8789
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
it literally has "Criterion" in giant letters on the disc
05-31-17 | 12:56 AM
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Cute- riffing on an old 78 for the disc art. 
Can't wait for the B&N sale to start to pick this up. I have a big list this sale, but this is at the top of it.
Can't wait for the B&N sale to start to pick this up. I have a big list this sale, but this is at the top of it.
05-31-17 | 09:04 AM
#8792
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What are you talking about? That's a shot of the actual package that Criterion posted to twitter/facebook:
https://twitter.com/criterion/status/862704961691451392
https://twitter.com/criterion/status/862704961691451392
05-31-17 | 09:14 AM
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The "Eightball" booklet is a reproduction of a couple of original (very short) Ghost World comics.
05-31-17 | 10:48 AM
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I thought that was just a DVD version. My bad.
05-31-17 | 02:08 PM
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05-31-17 | 03:39 PM
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I'm thinking it's Wild at Heart. Two wild cacti making a singular heart...... Twilight Time released their disc in April 2014 and they usually have a 3 year lease on their Blu rays.
Hopefully this means Criterion picked it up from MGM.
Hopefully this means Criterion picked it up from MGM.
05-31-17 | 04:07 PM
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You'll change your mind when you see how goofy and fake the gore looks in the "unedited" version. It's basically just a wet rag being thrown up in the air. The American release version looks decidedly better by masking that behind some smoke.
The international theatrical prints represent an unfinished version of the movie. The American theatrical release was David Lynch's director's cut.
The international theatrical prints represent an unfinished version of the movie. The American theatrical release was David Lynch's director's cut.