The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
#6426
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Pretty soon Criterion will be releasing Wes Anderson's home movies - including his vacation trip to Europe, the time he recorded his monster dump, and all the accidental footage recorded from his iPhone in his back pocket.
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Can't wait to see the whimsical hand-drawn cover art on the case.
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Someone in Bluray.com posted the following in the forum:
http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs...rd-days-night/
Restoration by Janus Films may mean a Criterion release?
http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs...rd-days-night/
Restoration by Janus Films may mean a Criterion release?
#6432
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Honestly, while I love Criterion, for the most part, I most looked forward to their work on older and more obscure films where the prints need a little TLC.
In the case of current films being released on blu-ray as their first home video releases, I don't usually find that there's a night & day difference in the picture and audio quality between a Criterion and a non-Criterion release. As long as the studio puts the same caliber of extras into the releases as Criterion I don't care if it's a Criterion release or not.
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Someone in Bluray.com posted the following in the forum:
http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs...rd-days-night/
Restoration by Janus Films may mean a Criterion release?
http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs...rd-days-night/
Restoration by Janus Films may mean a Criterion release?
#6434
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Honestly, while I love Criterion, for the most part, I most looked forward to their work on older and more obscure films where the prints need a little TLC.
In the case of current films being released on blu-ray as their first home video releases, I don't usually find that there's a night & day difference in the picture and audio quality between a Criterion and a non-Criterion release. As long as the studio puts the same caliber of extras into the releases as Criterion I don't care if it's a Criterion release or not.
In the case of current films being released on blu-ray as their first home video releases, I don't usually find that there's a night & day difference in the picture and audio quality between a Criterion and a non-Criterion release. As long as the studio puts the same caliber of extras into the releases as Criterion I don't care if it's a Criterion release or not.
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But I'm likely in an extreme minority on that.
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Someone in Bluray.com posted the following in the forum:
http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs...rd-days-night/
Restoration by Janus Films may mean a Criterion release?
http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs...rd-days-night/
Restoration by Janus Films may mean a Criterion release?
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He said in an interview once that his childhood super 8 films were stolen from his car, and, with hindsight, he added, he was kind of glad. But maybe they will show up on bootleg....
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you know I didn't cut out the Time Out New York ad for the screening but it's also discussed here:
Alien: 30th anniversary print (+ Criterion?)
Film Forum screened it in 2009.
on a side note - Landmark E Street is showing the DCP on February 28 / March 1 (midnight screenings) - they have an official one-sheet for the screening, but a quick look I didn't notice a Janus Films logo (I'll look again)
Alien: 30th anniversary print (+ Criterion?)
Film Forum screened it in 2009.
on a side note - Landmark E Street is showing the DCP on February 28 / March 1 (midnight screenings) - they have an official one-sheet for the screening, but a quick look I didn't notice a Janus Films logo (I'll look again)
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I might be completely off with this, but from my understanding, while the fact that Janus has secured theatrical rights to a film oftentimes points to a Criterion release, it's far from a guarantee. I think it's pretty easy to assume that Alien would be one of those instances.
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you know I didn't cut out the Time Out New York ad for the screening but it's also discussed here:
Alien: 30th anniversary print (+ Criterion?)
Film Forum screened it in 2009.
on a side note - Landmark E Street is showing the DCP on February 28 / March 1 (midnight screenings) - they have an official one-sheet for the screening, but a quick look I didn't notice a Janus Films logo (I'll look again)
Alien: 30th anniversary print (+ Criterion?)
Film Forum screened it in 2009.
on a side note - Landmark E Street is showing the DCP on February 28 / March 1 (midnight screenings) - they have an official one-sheet for the screening, but a quick look I didn't notice a Janus Films logo (I'll look again)
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Included in Deepdiscount's Suspense Sale is Criterion's Thief for 19.99 (for those that don't want to wait for B&N's next sale). They do require an order of $25 for free shipping so you may need to find something else. I know DD has a poor rep on here due to past issues but I've placed 10 or so orders with them in the last few months and all have been handled perfectly.
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"Janus has a close relationship with The Criterion Collection regarding the release of its films on DVD and is still an active theatrical distributor."
I've not seen any film of theirs not get a DVD/bluray release from Criterion - in a related comment, Janus Film did (quasi) confirm that a Criterion release is eminent of the 4K restoration of THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
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Janus is a front used to take advantage of various taxation loopholes, as well as a way to easier split up Criterion's multiple off-shore banking accounts.
#6448
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Got Thief, the colors are different which was a bit jarring but I'm happy that it is the director's cut and that it sounds great.
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Can't stand that Fantastic Mr. Fox release is being released in a digipak instead of a standard case like all of the other Wes Anderson Criterions...