Just re-evaluated my opinion after reading the specs. I'll be buying The Double Life of Veronique and, especially, Fish Tank now, along with Sweet Smell of Success.

The Double Life of Véronique! I've been waiting for Criterion to put this on Blu! I was about to give up and order the AI version. Now if only they could get rights to the Blue, White, and Red trilogy.

I just cracked open Night of the Hunter and am wondering why exactly it is a digipak. The included booklet is only 32 pages, so there's absolutely no need for the clunky, oversized packaging.

Apparently they can't get the producer of their one-disc cases to make similar two-disc cases for them and won't lower themselves to use the conventional cases everyone else does. So we get big cardboard beasts that take up lots of shelf space and often arrive dinged up from the retailer.

Really interested to see how Senso looks. Last I heard, all existing elements of the film were a mess, almost beyond restoration. But technology has come a long way.

Yeah, they don't have 2-disc plastic cases.

I really don't get why everyone is so up in arms about non-plastic cases though. When Criterion was only releasing DVDs, people seemed to love the elaborate digipak cases.

I understand complaining about their original method of packaging BDs, as that method was terrible, but these digipaks are still awesome.

It was released by Studio Canal on Blu-ray back in February. Here are a couple of screenshots (second post down).

Uniformity.

Some react differently than others; a collection that has seamless clear cases looks sleek, while the experience in looking at the fold-out packaging is also very nice. All depends on the person. And, as mentioned, the elaborate fold-out packages do run a risk in getting banged up in shipment, though I've had one or two of Criterion's cases also arrive with cracks at the top and what not.

Also, I'm now spoiled by the beautifully slender standard Blu-ray multi-disc packaging. In the DVD era, a fat two-discer was de rigeur, but these days when I have 6-disc sets in single-width cases, it's frustrating having to make room for a triple-wide just for 2 discs.

Annnnnd now we're back to packaging talk.

any pics of the Hunter set?

In Sweet Smell of Success, I hope the ragged end-of-reel scene with Tony Curtis and David White at the restaurant is fixed. On the MGM DVD part of White's line is cut out due to some jumpiness or missing frames. The TV master of this scene is better (why didn't MGM use this for the DVD ) but still jumps a little (I think he says "Or three" in response to Curtis's "... or two"). If there are some complete film elements that exist, maybe Criterion can take more care with transferring the film if there are some problematic splices around this shot.

The TV master also has fewer vertical lines than the DVD and is all-around cleaner.

IDC I just put them in regular blu-ray cases with scans resized to the standard size blu-ray case and then they are all in a uniform pattern

Courtesy of the Criterion Forum:

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Very nice. Looking forward to checking it out once my B&N shipment comes in...

Is it still possible for me to order a replacement case for Man Who Fell to Earth and Bottle Rocket? I remember reading a while back that you could order them, but I don't see anything on the site.

I copied one of the guys' emails that put it up here and kept it on my desktop cuz it's handy..anyway...here's the info on that...

Not true. I have "The Thin Red Line" in my hot little hands right now. Arrived from Netflix today.

Fucking own TTRL now. Also got Modern Times and Antichrist.....should probably get Breathless and Night of the Hunter. NoTH was here at the B&N but it was kind of bent on the top.

Got a few more.

The Leopard
Hunger (never heard of this until Criterion released it. Hope it's good)
WR: Mysteries of the Organism
Burden of Dreams
Paths of Glory
Crumb
Black Narcissus

I was strict with what I decided to buy this round, but I did get:
Charade
The Night of the Hunter
Modern Times

I also got Summer Hours from Half-Price Books for $10.

The Thin Red Line is a great disc. I've watched it twice, second time with the commentary. Very insightful.

http://www.criterionforum.org/DVD-pa...collection/776

Thumbs up.

Nice! I was hoping they'd keep the DVD packaging.

oh wow that's excellent!