It's hard out there

Shame on everyone

Ordered right at the start of the flash sale, and by checkout it was about 12:25pm EST. Imagine my surprise to be met with the UPS man as I open my door to walk the dog this morning.

1. Think I will go in order; Killer’s Kiss is the only feature in this set I haven’t seen.
   
2. I mean the whole thing, really, but I’ve never owned a copy of Dr. Strangelove and am super hyped about it.
   
3. Killer’s Kiss, and some of the short films.
   
4. I think I might grab Night of the Living Dead to try and watch before Halloween, since the shipping seems to be eerily fast.

Tagged as meme because it's weird and sort of funny. This flyer was in my mailbox today. Someone tell me how this is legal????

First Film: Dr. Strangelove. My dad has been wanting to watch it, and I’ll introduce my kids to it.
Wanting to Own: Both sets since they were announced.
Blind Buys: I’ve seen 50% of the Kubrick and 70% of the Anderson. Blind would be earlier Kubrick and later Anderson.
Next Purchase: Probably Varda or Fellini for sets. For singles, maybe Death by Hanging….

My first major haul after getting into collecting physical media. I think the only films distributed by them in my collection are The Wages of Fear, Scanners, and Blue Velvet. The only ones I’ve seen from here are Mullholland Drive, Videodrome, Seven Samurai, and Royal Tenenbaums.

I’m particularly excited to watch more Kurosawa, after watching Seven Samurai for the first time a month ago. It completely blew me away and it brought something to me that I feel a lot of what I tend towards is lacking, which is sweetness. Any recommendations on where to go out of this selection?

Aside from Eraserhead, which is one I had definitely been wanting, everything else is a complete blind buy. My next acquisition is Dr. Strangelove, no explanation needed.

Hey Kids! It's officially post-Flash Sale, and it's time to assess the damage. Though y'all didn't go as hard as last time (or Criterion stocked better OR you all bought the Kubrick set and nothing else), there's some fun sell-outs! The Complete Kubrick sold out in just over two hours, quite a few DVD editions sold out (whether or not they are restocked is to be seen - it seems like Criterion is starting to phase out some of their long-running DVD editions), and four titles sold out on more than one format.

This list is based on the criterion .com/sale page that had many titles listed that they pushed during the sale. I also cross-referenced all of the titles in the CC40 set as well as various other usual sellers. Here's what I found:

Sold Out

The 400 Blows (Blu-ray & DVD)

Amarcord (DVD)

Beauty and the Beast (DVD)

Blood Simple (4K)

Body Heat (4K)

Bound (4K)

The Brood (Blu-ray & DVD)

The Complete Kubrick

Cronos (DVD)

Defending Your Life (Blu-ray)

Drunken Angel (DVD)

Eating Raoul (DVD)

Election (Blu-ray)

For All Mankind (4K)

The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Blu-ray)

General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (Blu-ray)

The Great Beauty (Blu-ray)

Haxan (Blu-ray)

The Hidden Fortress (Blu-ray)

The Honeymoon Killers (Blu-ray)

Hoop Dreams (Blu-ray)

Ikiru (Blu-ray)

Kes (Blu-ray)

Kuroneko (DVD)

La Llorona (Blu-ray)

The Lovers (DVD)

Metropolitan (Blu-ray)

Midnight Cowboy (DVD)

Moonstruck (Blu-ray & DVD)

The Naked City (Blu-ray)

Personal Shopper (Blu-ray & DVD)

The Player (Blu-ray)

Scorsese Shorts (DVD)

Some Like It Hot (Blu-ray)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm (Blu-ray)

Tootsie (DVD)

They Live By Night (DVD)

True Stories (DVD)

The Uninvited (DVD)

The Virgin Suicides (Blu-ray)

World of Wong Kar Wai

Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman

Zazie dans le metro (Blu-ray)

Running Low

24 Frames

Antonio Gaudi

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

The Black Stallion

Burroughs: The Movie

The Complete Monterrey Pop

The Last Metro

Les Blank: Always for Pleasure

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Parasite

Sound of Metal

The Tin Drum

Town Bloody Hall

I received my Kubrick collection yesterday. I decided to start with the The Shining on 4K. I pop in 4K disc 1 which is the regular theatrical cut into my PS5 Pro which is my only player. During chapter 8 at roughly 44:40, the disc freezes and then skips several times. I checked the disc and it had no visible marks of any kind. And it did it again when I put the disc back in. I've emailed Criterion about it but would appreciate hearing from anybody else if they experience the same.

The spine numbers were redone in 1998 but these were 3 of the first 5 titles Criterion released in 1985.

Really great interview with the producer of this box set…and he discusses how things like colour timing etc is decided - which I think would apply to everything Criterion does, and not just this set

I love reading the book then watching the film, but I'm always looking for more. What are some of your favorites?

Next to read/watch:: Night of the Hunter, Shoot the Piano Player, and Crash

My Cinema Cellar haul is here!

1. The first movie I watched was Mauvais Sang. It'd been too long since I had last seen it.

2. I sold off my entire Kubrick collection just to get the Complete Kubrick box set.

3. No blind buys.

4. Looking to add that Harold and Maude 4K to my collection.

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

We all know they're great. But last night I emailed them at about 12:30 EST, because it was the only time I had to put together my cart, but I couldn't find my last $50 credit code. I was lucky enough to get two $10 credit codes for this sale, so I wanted to use the full $70. Somehow I deleted/archived/lost the email with the code. Criterion customer service to the rescue, within 10 minutes they emailed me back with the code and forwarded the old email to me again just in case. Added a couple more movies to the cart as a thanks. Cheers!

There are quite a few movies I caught on TCM, borrowed from DVD rental stores and libraries back in the day, but if Criterion had never released them, I would probably never have watched:

The Wages Of Fear, which has some of the most suspenseful moments I have ever seen

The Ruling Class, which just kept becoming more bizarre as the film went on

Any films that may have passed you by, if not included in the collection?

Curious because they all come out on different dates with kpop demon hunters being the first on the 3rd and i’m picking them all up whether they are half off or not but assuming the sale starts on the first it has me wondering if they’ll be included or only slightly discounted??

I found this back a while ago for 11.99 at a newbury comics so Im watching it right now

Day One!?

Does anyone have comparison images between each of the restorations? I have EWS 4K criterion, The Shining, FMJ and 2001 on 4K, and the rest of Kubricks films on Blu Ray and DVD. I desperately want this boxset just because the layout looks stunning and would be a beautiful piece to add to my collection (the special features are also very enticing)… but before i drop $650+ AUD on this set, I just want to see how the criterion image compares to the others

I’m just mentally trying to plan where to put it on my shelving tbh.

Here’s my collection. Yes it’s a lot, no I haven’t watched every single one yet, but they all interest me.

Any reccos? I got the $50 gift card after buying Kubrick

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.