Criterion Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

[Drucker]

Ah I didn't realize that. This is a bummer, for me, who may be the last person on this board not to be 4k yet? It may indeed finally be time.

[domino harvey]

I’m not and will never be, so you’ll never be the last

[dadaistnun]

I'm not either. I'll buy the dual format if the price difference isn't too great in an effort at future-proofing, but lack of dual format doesn't keep me from picking up the blu-only versions of titles I love (or even those I don't -- Wild at Heart isn't anywhere close to my favorite Lynch).

[swo17]

Just announced: a UHD-only Complete Michel Deville box

[Lowry_Sam]

The Rebel Samurai box isn’t listed on the site anymore but the films still are… potential upgrade or standalone releases?

I'm hoping it means we're getting a Kobayashi (60s?) box (Radical Japan?) eventually. BAMPFA has a Kobayashi series coming this fall. Unfortunately Kwadan is the only one with a 4k restoration.

[starmanof51]

I’m not and will never be, so you’ll never be the last

I haven’t either. Can’t say I never will, but it doesn’t interest me at all. The only release that’s been a problem is that 4k only Amadeus. Worried they might do the same with The Devils

[Adam X]

Me neither. Though I will eventually, there’s been more than enough favourite films that’ve finally gotten a proper restoration only for them to be UHD-exclusive to justify at least buying a player. Hadn’t even noticed Wild at Heart wasn’t dual format.

The (relatively) uncut version of The Devils, on the other hand, feels like it’ll even get a DVD release somewhere given its unavailability til now.

[zedz]

The Rebel Samurai box isn’t listed on the site anymore but the films still are… potential upgrade or standalone releases?

It’s a very very very long time ago, but wasn’t this a ‘gift set’ rather than a box set, in the old sense. i.e. a slip case enclosing three (four?) individual releases. The only difference was that it was released simultaneously with the individual releases, in which case they’d always have had individual listings.

[therewillbeblus]

Yes, like the Classic Hitchcock four-film blu ray set, which is unbelievably going for insane prices on Amazon and eBay despite all four releases still being in print and there being no additional extras inherent to the box, other than… the box itself

[FrauBlucher]

I too am not and will not be at this point in my life. But I am very much happy for the format's emergence as it has breathed life into physical media

[Matt]

wasn’t this a ‘gift set’ rather than a box set, in the old sense. i.e. a slip case enclosing three (four?) individual releases

You're correct. I think I misremembered it as a box set because of the matching covers.

[zedz]

wasn’t this a ‘gift set’ rather than a box set, in the old sense. i.e. a slip case enclosing three (four?) individual releases

You're correct. I think I misremembered it as a box set because of the matching covers.

I double checked, and the giveaway is that the box itself does not have a spine number. It's a five-sided thin cardboard slip case with the opening at the bottom. Careful, now!