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Oh, snaps!

Matt wrote:Maybe they had it all planned and just forgot to release it. Like they keep forgetting to include booklets and forgetting to include scenes in some movies or the right dialogue in others.

..and on occasion forget to flip scenes the right way around and size up boxes correctly.

I've gone thread crapping crazy today. Apologies.

Regarding The Threepenny Opera...

A few years ago...this was a month or two before the official announcement of the released film; mind you, but HVE listed both La Strada and The Threepenny Opera with $39.95 pricetags as coming from the Criterion label. Both vanished quickly from their page, but only La Strada surfaced officially a month or two later.

Worth noting, perhaps?

Perhaps they had technical problems with the prints at the time and may still have on Three Penny Opera due to its age. Or they are prioritizing Pabst's films, Pandora being the first.

Perhaps they had problems clearing rights for the bonus materials. That would seem to be the most logical reason if it appeared and then vanished as a possible release. Or simply, there was a rights dispute with the film itself that has only be cleared up recently.

so the January titles have been announced and still no sign of individual releases for the films exclusive to this set (which Janus had already been sitting on for years before this). Do Criterion really enjoy annoying their dedicated customers that much?

Does anyone know how us UK residents will be able to purchase this?

Nothing wrote:so the January titles have been announced and still no sign of individual releases for the films exclusive to this set (which Janus had already been sitting on for years before this). Do Criterion really enjoy annoying their dedicated customers that much?

Has anyone actually written them and asked about this? Just a thought.

Cobz wrote:Does anyone know how us UK residents will be able to purchase this?

I'd have a friend stateside ship it to you. The powers that be will probably not ship this overseas if history is any guide.

Cobz wrote:Does anyone know how us UK residents will be able to purchase this?

Why not order it from dvdplanet HERE? Remember to enter the coupon code JANUS to save $25 (expires 10/31/06).

Mine shipped 4 days ago and is most likely at customs right now!

I mailed 'Mulvaney' a month or so ago and received no reply.

Nothing wrote:I mailed 'Mulvaney' a month or so ago and received no reply.

It seems some people on this forum are better informed than others. Has Mulvaney left Criterion organization? Or did he get promoted, hence does not get involved in answering consumer mail? Dangers of naming a menu button after a person.....

I ordered the book yesterday and will let folks know my personal opinion when it arrives. Now to get the coffee table!

If someone here is better informed, perhaps you could find out when Criterion are going to bless the non-super-rich with a DVD of Fires on the Plain...

I wasn't at home today when UPS came to drop off my Janus book. I'll post something tomorrow, once I get it; most likely: "This book is totally awesome!!"

Got mine today, and "This book is totally awesome!!". Actually, haven't cracked it open, thinking it'll be more of a weekend (and daytime) activity, not unlike most of my (weekend/nighttime) movie watching any more. (Usually reserve the week for the supplements...) Book only, btw.

Think maybe one or more of the unreleased-by-Criterion films in the book will show up via Eclipse?

fdm wrote:Think maybe one or more of the unreleased-by-Criterion films in the book will show up via Eclipse?

the documentaries probably will

Fires on the Plain is not a cult film, it should already have been released by Criterion years ago.

Nothing wrote:Fires on the Plain is not a cult film, it should already have been released by Criterion years ago.

Eclipse isn't for cult films anymore.

Well, I'm not sure what to say about the book; it's just about what I expected. It's a nice, hefty coffee table book, with 2 pages of pictures and one page of text about each film. The text is new (i.e. not reprinted from the back of the discs or booklets) and fairly general in nature.

The Scorsese intro is a few paragraphs of "Hooray for Janus", and I've just glanced at the Cowie article (20 pages), which seems informative and dry.

Anyway, it's just what you would expect it to be, and definitely worth the price for me.

Got my box yesterday. The DVD's look damn sweet lined up 4 by 4 and most of them have b/w labels. The over all quality is excellent and flipping the pages already had me going "oh, gotta see that again". Thank you "my self" for the nice Christmas gift!

Any comments on Le Jour se Leve? This is one of my most eagerly awaited DVDs and I don't know if I should be frustated that Criterion chose to release it only as part of this set (which I have no intention of buying since I already own most of the DVDs) or heartened that it is at least on it's way (it should only be a matter of time before the title gets released separately).

In the case of DVDs that are part of multi-disc sets where the extras disc is excluded, does the movie disc say "Disc 1" or did they change the disc art for this release ? Just asking cause I was wondering if the upcoming Le Jour se Leve will be a single disc or two disc set.

Thanks,
-D

Based on the images of the set at the Janus Films website, I'm quite sure every one of the discs in the set got the title in the same font, laid over a screenshot of the film (hence hammock's comment that most of the disc art is in Black and white.

DonShye! The 50 discs only have the films and subs on them. Everything for the box is custom made as far as I can tell. Here you will find 2 examples on the discs + chapter indexing:

LE JOUR SE LEVE

FIRES ON THE PLAIN

The box sure as hell is of amazing quality and with the previous prediction that it would cost around $1,000 maybe $600 is not that bad. I was planning to re-sell it but I simply can let it go now. Got Family Guy season 5 this Friday as well so my weekend is gonna be fantastic!