Thread: The Criterion thread

Criterion Announces April Titles

The Criterion Collection has announced five titles for Blu-ray release in April. On April 9th, the studio will release Richard III (Laurence Olivier, 1955), Gate of Hell (Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1953), and Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1981). A week later, it will release Repo Man (Alex Cox, 1984). On April 23rd, it will release a collection of films by director-actor Pierre Etaix.

****in' REPO MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And Naked Lunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by adgy-san

Criterion Announces April Titles



****in' REPO MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And Naked Lunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it April yet?

Eclipse Series 38: Masaki Kobayashi Against the System - The Criterion Collection

THE ECLIPSE BOX SET FOR APRIL IS A ****ING MASAKI KOBAYASHI SET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like this guy's flicks better than even Kurosawa's. I'm pre-ordering this as soon as it hits Amazon.

See, not that I have a blu-ray player, lol (), but if I didn't, don't know if I would upgrade to the Naked Lunch Blu. That Criterion DVD cost me a good amount of money.

But anyhoow, I am hoping that this new version keeps the same special features than the Criterion. That commentary on said DVD Disc with Cronie & Robocop is really good.

What bothers me about Criterion's Blu-Rays is that their packaging isn't as good as their DVD's. My favorite Criterion DVDs in term of packaging is Seven Samurai (the 3 disc version), Vampyr, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas and my all time favorite, Videodrome (They made that look like an old Betamax tape!) :D

Originally Posted by orpheus

See, not that I have a blu-ray player, lol (), but if I didn't, don't know if I would upgrade to the Naked Lunch Blu. That Criterion DVD cost me a good amount of money.

But anyhoow, I am hoping that this new version keeps the same special features than the Criterion. That commentary on said DVD Disc with Cronie & Robocop is really good.

What bothers me about Criterion's Blu-Rays is that their packaging isn't as good as their DVD's. My favorite Criterion DVDs in term of packaging is Seven Samurai (the 3 disc version), Vampyr, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas and my all time favorite, Videodrome (They made that look like an old Betamax tape!) :D

The Blu-ray packing for those is the same, Orph. Just smaller.

Originally Posted by adgy-san

The Blu-ray packing for those is the same, Orph. Just smaller.

But sometimes sizes matters.

Hey-oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

It's not the size of the box, it's the quality of the picture.

Originally Posted by orpheus

See, not that I have a blu-ray player, lol (), but if I didn't, don't know if I would upgrade to the Naked Lunch Blu. That Criterion DVD cost me a good amount of money.

But anyhoow, I am hoping that this new version keeps the same special features than the Criterion. That commentary on said DVD Disc with Cronie & Robocop is really good.

What bothers me about Criterion's Blu-Rays is that their packaging isn't as good as their DVD's. My favorite Criterion DVDs in term of packaging is Seven Samurai (the 3 disc version), Vampyr, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas and my all time favorite, Videodrome (They made that look like an old Betamax tape!) :D

I keep both DVD and Blu-Ray of Videodrome, because the videotape effect is much more effective with the DVD packaging.

GDT set loose in the Criterion closet.