milo bloom

Nothing for me this month, my wallet is glad!

OldBoy

another winner...War of the Worlds

Brian T

Pre-pandemic, my Karl Zeman box arrived damaged. It shipped in a bubble mailer with two regular-cased discs, and the cardboard got crushed along one edge. I emailed them about getting replacement packaging minus the discs, even if it cost me a few bucks, but by then they were no longer shipping packages (anywhere, I believe) and said they'd take care of it once they were back up and running. Today, they emailed to say they'll be sending a complete set (with discs), boxed for shipment, as compensation for the wait. That's above and beyond. I'll probably still return the first set to them once the border opens up, but still, pretty swell of them.

Josh Z

Looks like no Criterion sale at Barnes & Noble this July, according to this thread at HTF:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/com.../#post-4881218

milo bloom

Not surprising.
But, I wonder if Criterion themselves may do a flash sale this summer to help move stock.

rocket1312

I read the complete opposite on Criterion forum and that it starts on July 10.

Edit: here's a link on reddit showing an employee's work schedule.

https://www.reddit.com/r/criterion/c...cording_to_my/

Hopefully this is accurate and not old/incorrect data.

Ringmaster

Man, I hope that the sale happens. Got a gift card itching to be used and the Bruce Lee set is coming out in 7/14!

A little pissed though that Criterion didn't add English subs to the special edition of Enter the Dragon (according to DVDbeaver). That's my go to version.

Still picking it up though and buying it half off at 62 bucks would alleviate the sting.

JeffTheAlpaca

I heard the Irishman was suppose to get a Criterion release but so far no release date

DJariya

The only thing I really want from Criterion is the new Bruce Lee set. I'll get that one when B&N has their next 50% off sale. My yearly membership at BN also auto-renewed, so I would also get an extra 10% off as well.

I'm not a big Criterion person to be perfectly honest.

milo bloom

I have to admit I fell for the allure of being a fancy film collector and bought a lot of titles that I thought I should watch, in order to be taken seriously as a film scholar. But I'm not a film scholar, I just like collecting and exploring some new concepts in film. But Criterions, even during the sales, are too expensive for "experimentation".

So now I just stick to things like War of the Worlds and the Bruce Lee set.

OldBoy

Would love to see a great Criterion edition of Da 5 Bloods. So so good and so timely!

Mike86

I’m sure most of us have been guilty of this at some point. For me there’s a very small percentage of Criterion releases that actually interest me. Not that they don’t put out quality releases, but a lot of the more arthouse or foreign releases I just don’t care about if I’m honest.

I’m getting War of the Worlds, which actually is a blind buy but I feel like it’s something I’ll enjoy. Aside from that the only other release on the horizon from them I’m getting is The Elephant Man. Have some interest in the Bruce Lee set, but mainly for Enter the Dragon. Wish that would just release from them separately.

Decker

^ Does the Criterion version of Enter The Dragon have anything of significance that my Deluxe box version lacks?



kefrank

Depends on your definition of "of significance". The deluxe WB release only has the "special edition" cut. The Criterion includes:
"New 2K digital restoration of the rarely-seen 99-minute 1973 theatrical version of Enter the Dragon, with uncompressed original monaural soundtrack"

It also claims the "special edition" cut comes from a "New 2K digital restoration" though it's unclear to me if that's really newer than the WB release. As far as extras, the only Enter the Dragon-specific thing I can see listed that isn't on the WB release is "New interviews on all five films with Lee biographer Matthew Polly" (one of which is obviously about Enter the Dragon).

asianxcore

Ghost Dog (1999) being released by Criterion?

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=27027

Hazel Motes

I believe that was leaked almost a year ago.

asianxcore

I know but it's still good to know that they are actually working on it now.

Old article but great read on Criterion's work on Bamboozled.

https://www.criterion.com/current/po...at-masterpiece

OldBoy

I don’t know why, I keep trying, but I dislike this movie. I like Whitaker, a lot (The Butler, King of Scotland, even his SW stuff. Wasn’t he in a famous war movie? Was it Platoon?, freaking Vision Quest, Bird oc, Good Morning Vietnam, remember him in Fast Times at Ridgemont High? short, but fun), liked him and his quirkiness., but just don’t jive with the movie so much. I have tried multiple times. I’ve always watched completely, but doesn’t do it for me. Maybe this version will enlighten me.

Ringmaster

Went into Barnes and Noble today and pre-ordered the Bruce Lee set for in store pick up. Paid 17 bucks after the discount and a 50 dollar gift card I had from Xmas. Wanted to get "Being John Malkovich" but it was already sold out at my local store.
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I'm trying hard not to go crazy with this sale.

OldBoy

Wow! That’s a great price for that masterpiece!

asianxcore

Same! I didn't buy much during the last sale, so I went in pretty hard during my visit to 4 stores in my area.

I ended up picking up:

Bamboozled
The Battle of Algiers
Detour
Fanny & Alexander
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Portrait of a Lady On Fire
Scenes From A Marriage
Wildlife
Wild Strawberries

I accidentally bought a 2nd copy of All That Heaven Allows because I forgot that I owned it. So that'll be going back tomorrow.

Once I pick up the Bruce Lee set, Cries & Whispers and Marriage Story, I'll be done on this sale. I hope!

Hazel Motes

As I live in Canada I'm gonna have to sit this sale out. Which may be a blessing in disguise, because the winter sale is when they run their gift card deal where if you buy a 60 dollar gift card (I think its 60) you get 10 dollars free. I didn't buy a Criterion disc in either of their last 2 sales. I haven't bought a Criterion disc at all since the 2018 B&N winter sale, so my list is hovering around 40 titles. So hopefully when I pull the trigger on a shit load of titles, I'll have enough gift cards to get a decent sized stack of titles next summer for free.

Josh-da-man

The Guillermo Del Toro Trilogia blu-ray has been unavailable for quite a while now. It's not available on Amazon or B&N (both have it temporarily out of stock, and the Criterion website lists it as "currently unavailable.") B&N even has it at 50% off as part of their sale, but not in stock.

No indication on when, or if, it will be available again. I'm hoping its between pressings, and the deluxe nature of the packaging and book means it might take a while.

I never picked this up because it's a $100 boxed set, and getting it online from Amazon or B&N means it would arrive damaged because their packaging is shit, and the two copies that B&N had in-stock at the time both had crushed corners. This set is too nice to not own in pristine condition.

andicus

I've avoided it because I already own The Devil's Backbone and Chronos (signed by Guillermo!), so can't justify the price, just for Pan's Labyrinth.

It is a beautiful set, though, which makes it tempting.

E Unit

Thanks asianxcore for posting that article. Very good stuff. I’ve always seen Bamboozled as the one movie that should have gotten a lot more acclaim. I think it’s Spike at his best. Only BlacKKKlansman and Da 5 Bloods are up there with it.

Well, and Do the Right Thing at the top of all that.