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I only saw Mishima and Sorcerer for the first time within the last year and they both rule. Brazil is a must buy too, the old 3 disc DVD set was also one of my first Criterions.The_Rob posted:Sorcer and Mishima getting a 4k is loving rad. The wiz getting a 4k is a pleasant surprise Should've released The Wizard instead imo
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I bought Sorcerer digitally not too long ago and was about to watch it a few weeks ago before I got interrupted by something and forgot to start it. The flash sales are for items currently out, right?
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Action Jacktion posted:
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Detective No. 27 posted:I bought Sorcerer digitally not too long ago and was about to watch it a few weeks ago before I got interrupted by something and forgot to start it. All in-print and released discs. The flash sale also coincides with the release date for Godzilla vs. Biollante (4K and Blu) and Chaplin's A Woman of Paris (Blu). By the way, I'd hold off on any of these titles as they're 99% likely to get a 4K upgrade within the next 12 months: The Great Escape The Night of the Hunter The Killing/Killer's Kiss Paths of Glory 12 Angry Men The Manchurian Candidate Barry Lyndon Salo High and Low Throne of Blood Army of Shadows The Double Life of Veronique Diabolique The Last Temptation of Christ Anatomy of a Murder On the Waterfront Eyes Without a Face Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
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Mar 14, 2025 19:23
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I've never upgraded my copy of Brazil because it was my first Criterion and I'm way too attached to that box set
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Mar 14, 2025 19:46
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Noir expert Eddie Muller confirmed on a podcast that Criterion is putting out Fritz Lang's The Big Heat. This will likely be a 4K UHD since it's a Sony title and just had a new restoration. It's been out of print from Twilight Time in the US for a while (Indicator's region-free UK Blu has remained in print).
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Mar 14, 2025 20:10
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Egbert Souse posted:Noir expert Eddie Muller confirmed on a podcast that Criterion is putting out Fritz Lang's The Big Heat. This will likely be a 4K UHD since it's a Sony title and just had a new restoration. It's been out of print from Twilight Time in the US for a while (Indicator's region-free UK Blu has remained in print). GREAT movie, cool addition to the collection. Hope they include the fun Marty Scorsese introduction from the old Columbia Noir DVD set.
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Mar 14, 2025 20:45
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I’ve been waiting for so many years to get Barry Lyndon in 4K, let’s loving goooooo
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Mar 14, 2025 22:52
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Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould is the best Canadian film of all time
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Mar 14, 2025 23:39
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Kull the Conqueror posted:Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould is the best Canadian film of all time And it inspired a top 10 Simpsons episode.
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I know we rag on Criterion all the time, but I wanted to stop to appreciate how gorgeous the artwork is for Chaplin's A Woman of Paris. The included poster/liner notes is going into a frame now.
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Mar 16, 2025 02:45
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Apparently the Criterion guys at this year's SXSW let it out that a 4K upgrade of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is coming in November.
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Mar 16, 2025 22:24
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HELL YEAH
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That didn't need spoiler tags
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I just watched my Blu-ray copy of that yesterday. Then the first three episodes of The Return.
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Criterion appears to be letting a lot of DVD-only titles go out of print. Minus stuff that's been OOP for a while, these are the latest: And the Ship Sails On - 4K restoration in Essential Fellini set Juliet of the Spirits - 4K restoration in Essential Fellini set The Horse's Mouth Mamma Roma - 4K restoration in Pasolini 101 set Stage and Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir - Raro just released The Golden Coach on Blu I vitelloni - 4K restoration in Essential Fellini set Fanny and Alexander (theatrical cut) - Blu-ray includes both cuts and also included in Ingmar Bergman's Cinema The King of Kings - Flicker Alley Blu-ray coming in April Tout va bien Andrzej Wajda: Three War Films - Ashes and Diamonds upgraded to Blu a while ago The Flowers of St. Francis Sword of the Beast Kill! Shoot the Piano Player - Probably getting a UHD reissue soon, already out in France Solo con tu pareja The Burmese Harp - New restoration has been touring, upgrade likely coming soon Les enfants terribles Under the Volcano Death of a Cyclist The Fire Within Le plalsir - New restoration already out in UK and France White Dog Empire of Passion Pigs, Pimps & Prostitutes: 3 Films by Shohei Imamura The Only Son/There Was a Father: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu - New restorations already out on Blu in UK Also looks like they're taking Eclipse sets out of print as they sell out. Most of the titles can be seen in better quality on Criterion Channel anyways.
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Ah, too bad about White Dog. I thought it was really good. My library has a copy, which is how I watched it.
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Servoret posted:Ah, too bad about White Dog. I thought it was really good. My library has a copy, which is how I watched it. Most of these titles are with Janus, so it's probably not rights, they just aren't bothering to press more copies on DVD. Especially with so many having newer restorations and masters available. Also quite a lot of titles that had DVDs or were released on both Blu and DVD originally now list only the Blu-ray edition, without even an out of print notice.
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Carrie Coon's criterion closet video might be the first one where the person in the closet finds it hard because they own so much of whats in there. https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/790-carrie-coon-s-closet-picks?srsltid=AfmBOopWvZq4DbfB5gkXodMG-6MMKwEFflyMxqA5Xf_MyLfQKUgPPcPv
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She’s the best
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Flash sale’s live. Reposting Egbert’s post:Egbert Souse posted:and just for fun, here's all the new releases since the November B&N sale that'll be 50%-off for the first time
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I bought Tokyo Story because I still haven't watched any Ozu.....
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Rooney McNibnug posted:I bought Tokyo Story because I still haven't watched any Ozu..... It might change your life
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Or it might not
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Found a copy of White Dog at the thrift store for 99 cents 
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Ended up grabbing the 4Ks of Godzilla vs. Biollante, Thief, No Country for Old Men, Paris Texas, and The Wages of Fear. Almost got the 4Ks of The Seventh Seal and 8 1/2, but I think the Blu-rays in the Fellini and Bergman sets are fine for now (especially being from the same restorations). Which put my just over the points to get a $50 gift certificate... which I'm saving for the fall sale. Though, I'm realizing how many must-have releases I'm going to have to grab during the July B&N sale. Sorcerer, Killer of Sheep, Brazil, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Anora, Night Moves, The Three/Four Musketeers, and Midnight. Probably will also grab Withnail & I and How to Get Ahead in Advertising, too. And we won't even know what's on the July slate for another month. Also, I got around to seeing A Woman of Paris and it's a really great silent. Chaplin only made one other film he wasn't also the star of, but it's astonishing how well-directed it is. Almost feels like a Lubitsch. Criterion's Blu-ray includes two versions (24fps with Chaplin's score, 22fps with a re-recorded score), plus quite a lot of extras. Great restoration, considering it didn't seem to survive with as good materials as The Kid or The Gold Rush. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Mar 18, 2025 |
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I fell in love with Ozu last year after watching Late Spring and then watched 30+ other films by him in the next 9 months. He is now one of my favorite directors of all time so I’d say it changed my life, in some capacity. YMMV of course!
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Bought a copy of The Mother and the Whore for the shipping price of 7.95 after discount and gift card, so I am in fact the winner.  OTOH, this is the first time I've purchased from Criterion online and now they have my credit card info, so they are in fact the winner. 
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I didn’t know what to buy, but I was in a panic to use up all the little Criterion Channel $10 off coupons that I had accumulated before they’re retroactively declared void or something, so I just went for comfort watches: Defending Your Life, Cat People, and the I Walked with a Zombie/The Seventh Victim double feature.
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This was a good time to find all the credits/rewards I had missed in my email. I noticed they're putting expiration dates on them now.
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Sir Mat of Dickie posted:I noticed they're putting expiration dates on them now. prob my fault. last sale, i used up 80 bucks worth of cards at once.
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Le Saboteur posted:Carrie Coon's criterion closet video might be the first one where the person in the closet finds it hard because they own so much of whats in there. https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/790-carrie-coon-s-closet-picks?srsltid=AfmBOopWvZq4DbfB5gkXodMG-6MMKwEFflyMxqA5Xf_MyLfQKUgPPcPv I got a good laugh when she took a back-up copy of a Godzilla movie.
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I remembered a friend cancelled his Channel subscription to save money so I hit him up and got a couple of $10 certificate codes. My haul of 4ks: Yojimbo/Sanjuro (upgrade) Winchester ‘77 Lost Highway My copy of Godzilla vs. Biollante came in. It comes with a gorgeous Eric Powell drawing, I wish they’d sell extras on their site.
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got eastern condors, the akerman set, and the muratova set for $6 after using up $100 of codes
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*whistles innocently, putting a tablecloth over the 53 movies I bought out of no sense of self-control so no one can judge me*
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Ended up scoring Lost Highway and Inland Empire (I think I just need straight story and wild at heart to complete my Lynch collection) as well as the John Cassavetes box set.
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Looks like Criterion is going to start letting Eclipse sets go out of print. These are all now listed as OOP after the sale: Late Ozu Silent Ozu - Three Family Comedies Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu Alexander Korda's Private Lives Chantal Akerman in the Seventies The First Films of Akira Kurosawa Basil Dearden's London Underground Silent Naruse Aki Kaurismaki's Leningrad Cowboys Jean Gremillon During the Occupation All films in the Akerman collection are upgraded to HD within Criterion's recent Blu-ray set that also includes Jeanne Dielman.
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Travels has been OOP for a long while. Always wanted a copy, sad to see 'em go
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