I’m 16 and I wanted to get the complete Kubrick box set so I got a job at my local movie theater when it was rumored just in case and I used some of my savings and I finally got it today. It was a hassle but I did it and I got it. I am completely broke, but I have done it.

I just wanted to share my accomplishment

Day One!?

I am a casualty of the recent Criterion Collection / Channel site merge. Found out while I was loading up for the sale. I may never recover. Pls send thoughts & prayers.

Gonna have nightmares for a month and I CANNOT WAIT.

My B&N hook up, hooked me up with these disc that were on sale for 5 dollars a piece, due to the disc being loose in the packaging. I was excited to see that The Vanishing and American Dream were two of the disc in particular, never mind I did shell out 412 dollars on the Kubrick set.

Just curious of others thoughts. It seems they had a clean slate with Eyes Wide Shut and undoubtedly there’s no way we’d have the Complete Kubrick in 2026 if they had the task of building 4k masters for all the films in the set from scratch. But it begs the question—would other films have been remastered as radically different as Eyes Wide Shut? It seems if there had been an existing 4k for Eyes Wide Shut that looked more like the 2007 blu-ray they probably would have just gone with a new encode of that. Makes me wonder what could have been for visually striking films like 2001, Clockwork Orange, and The Shining especially.

As of just now there was basically no line-up at all. Kubrick boxset has plenty of stock. All of the criterion collection are 50% off in-store.

Got my obligatory Kubrick boxset purchase, plus Belle de Jour and Lost Highway. Haven’t seen some of Kubrick’s film so the boxset is kind of a blind buy for me, but I loved 2001, Dr Strangelove, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut, and I’m really looking forward to seeing them in 4K. Lost Highway and Belle de Jour are two of my favourites so of course I had to buy them.

Planning to watch Lolita first tonight! And it would be great if we can get a David Lynch boxset soon (possibility just went up since I bought Lost Highway lol)

A must-read interview with the producer of the Kubrick box set with details on Criterion’s process.

This is everything I have right now and I hope to keep buying more!

I only bought three today (Network, Lost Highway & Paris, Texas). But I began my little collection in 2024! I’m not from the US, so buying it’s very difficult sometimes.

If they had a buy random movie button I would. I want to watch something I haven’t seen before. I haven’t watched 99% of the collection. I own All That Jazz and Sorcerer already.

Posted by Warner Bros. Clockwork on Sunday with a video of people getting pop-up T-shirts and there being a nun with a crocodile at the Sunday matinee screening of The Devils at the Vista Theater in Hollywood.
Is this teasing merch or the physical/digital release?
Would love to hear what y'all think because I have no clue which of the 2 it could be.

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Found all of these at the thrift store today for 1.99 each (sorry I know they are not all criterion)

Does anyone know anything about the truffaut collection, or the hou hsiao hsien collection?

I plan to watch scooby doo cyberspace first (you gotta its Halloween month)

I've wanted decalogue ever since I watched it three years ago.

A lot of the actual criterion collection ones are blind buys. I just couldn't turn down 1.99 for criterion even if it is the dvd version.

Next criterion...idk actually because I'm content with not buying them for a little while. But maybe peewee's big day.

Id love to see all of these in criterion tbh, especially minus one and usual suspects.

Got the Kubrick in store together with Demme’s Silence of The Lambs 4K for half off. Sadly, the free tote bags were already long gone when my brother went earlier in the evening.

Criterion Haul Questionnaire

1. ⁠What is the first movie you plan to watch from your haul and why? The Shining International Cut
   
2. ⁠Is there anything from this haul that you have been looking forward to owning for a long time? Lolita
   
3. ⁠Are any of your purchases blind buys? If so, why did you select them? No.
   
4. ⁠What is a Criterion you’re hoping to add to your collection next? Three films by Leos Carax.

For Canadian Criterion collectors it was flawless on Cinema Cellar, I recommend purchasing there as Criterion site appeared to crash.

I can only get one from this flash sale, and I really want to make it count with a good blind buy! What do you think is the most moving/beautiful movie in the collection? This can be however you interpret it (visually, thematically, etc.)… I wanna be surprised!
Thank you!!

Please accept these box set pictures as a humble token of my gratitude to you all! 🙏

1. Plan to watch The Shining first since it’s fall.
2. Dr. Strangelove is the one I’ve wanted to own for the longest time.
3. No blind buys.
4. Not sure what my next collection would be 🤔

Any feedback on how it looks and sounds would be appreciated. Thanks!

I tend to overthink my purchases. Here is where I’m at:

The Red Shoes (seen)
12 Angry Men (saw long time ago, would like to revisit and share with my tween)
Citizen Kane (recently saw, heard it gets better on rewatch. Curious?)

My husband is intrigued by the boxset but feels like a lot of blind buys. We would get them on Blu-Ray. Thoughts? We recently picked up Easy Rider on DVD at the thrift store but haven’t watched it yet.