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rpruthee

May 7, 2008 - CDT 6:15 PM
rpruthee
Member since:
September 2002
Normally I don't start this type of thread but I just now received the criterion newsletter that the following titles are coming to BluRay soon -

Dear Criterion Collection Newsletter subscriber,

We’ve got some exciting news for this fall, and we wanted you to hear it first.

Our first Blu-ray discs are coming! We’ve picked a little over a dozen titles from the collection for Blu-ray treatment, and we’ll begin rolling them out in October. These new editions will feature glorious high-definition picture and sound, all the supplemental content of the DVD releases, and they will be priced to match our standard-def editions.

Here’s what’s in the pipeline:

The Third Man
Bottle Rocket
Chungking Express
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Last Emperor
El Norte
The 400 Blows
Gimme Shelter
The Complete Monterey Pop
Contempt
Walkabout
For All Mankind
The Wages of Fear

Alongside our DVD and Blu-ray box sets of The Last Emperor, we’ll also be putting out the theatrical version as a stand-alone release in both formats, priced at $39.95. Our Blu-ray release of Walkabout will be an all-new edition, featuring new supplements as well as a new transfer we will also release an updated anamorphic DVD of Nicolas Roeg’s outback masterpiece at the same time.

As a special thank you to our newsletter subscribers, we’d like to offer you all $10 off any order of $60 or more placed on on criterion.com through Monday, May 26. Just use the code OFBT and you’ll also qualify for free shipping.

Enjoy spring!


[Post edited by rpruthee on May 7, 2008 - CDT 6:16 PM]

Love Hendrix!

May 7, 2008 - CDT 6:28 PM
says... Thanks for visiting DVDTOWN, and enjoy the news!
Love Hendrix!
Member since:
June 2006
Excellent news rpruthee!

http://blog.pentagram.com/archives/Criterion_Sm.jpg

Will definitely buy GIMME SHELTER, THE COMPLETE MONTEREY POP, THE THIRD MAN, and probably THE LAST EMPEROR (and maybe others). I already own the SD-DVD Criterion of WAGES OF FEAR, so probably won't rebuy it on Blu-ray (unless I sell the DVD edition).

> Criterion Collection website - for those interested

~ the Terry Gilliam set...
http://www.designpaulchampagne.com/images/cases/GilliamCriterion.jpg

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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
~ LaserDisc, DVD, HD-DVD, and Blu-ray ~

Mike37

May 7, 2008 - CDT 7:49 PM
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Mike37
Member since:
December 2007
I would totally buy the Criterion of Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas... even though I already have it... and the regular edition on HD-DVD.

Fumbled_Revolution

May 7, 2008 - CDT 9:12 PM
Fumbled_Revolution
Member since:
January 2008
This is probably the best news we've heard since the end of the format war. I've been holding off on buying Criterion DVDs because I knew they'd be coming to Blu-Ray sooner or later, but I never thought it would be this soon! Just today, I had to force myself not to buy the Criterion version of Seven Samurai. Hopefully they release their entire library in HD soon enough.

Here's to hoping that from now on, every movie gets the Criterion (or equivalent from another company) treatment!!!

csjlong

May 7, 2008 - CDT 9:25 PM
csjlong
Member since:
October 2004
Yuck.

Tim Raynor

May 7, 2008 - CDT 9:39 PM
says... It puts the lotion in the basket . . .
Tim Raynor
Member since:
March 2002
Quote:Yuck.

Ditto! Criterion is SOOOO overrated!

Love Hendrix!

May 7, 2008 - CDT 10:37 PM
says... Thanks for visiting DVDTOWN, and enjoy the news!
Love Hendrix!
Member since:
June 2006
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Janus_films_logo.jpg/250px-Janus_films_logo.jpg

As some of us have long known, it was The Criterion Collection which pioneered the improvements we take for granted today in our home videodisc collections.

Criterion pioneered many innovations in the way movies are presented on video that could be commonly thought of as standard features on consumer DVDs. These include the use of letterboxing (widescreen), commentary tracks, the release of multi-disc sets and special editions, and definitive versions.

The company's debut releases were the 1984 laserdiscs of Citizen Kane and King Kong, both originally RKO titles. In both cases, Criterion pioneered the concept of the special edition, in which a movie is presented with numerous bonus materials including trailers, directors' audio commentaries, behind-the-scenes documentaries, alternate endings, deleted scenes, and more. Peter Becker calls this idea, "a film school in a box". This concept was quickly embraced by almost all other home video companies, from the mainstream to small specialty labels. Today, special edition DVDs, even for the most trivial of films, have become standard practice.


Read much more info about this great leader in home video by clicking the Wikipedia link above. The new Criterion Blu-ray Hi-Def releases are scheduled to arrive beginning this October.

_____________
-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
~ LaserDisc, DVD, HD-DVD, and Blu-ray ~

Tim Raynor

May 7, 2008 - CDT 10:39 PM
says... It puts the lotion in the basket . . .
Tim Raynor
Member since:
March 2002
LH,

STFU you shill whacker! ..!..

csjlong

May 7, 2008 - CDT 10:44 PM
csjlong
Member since:
October 2004
Love Criterion, hate Blu Ray (and any HD format). I thought they'd hold out longer. Oh well.

Love Hendrix!

May 7, 2008 - CDT 10:50 PM
says... Thanks for visiting DVDTOWN, and enjoy the news!
Love Hendrix!
Member since:
June 2006
As some of us have long known... (not including Tim of course)

http://e-forwards.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/inspire-cluelessness.jpg

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