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Minkin wrote:Has anyone seen the new Zatoichi set? Is it in a plastic case now or still in the old configuration? If the latter: does it have the Exact dimensions of the old box?

Someone on reddit posted a pic of it sealed

Just in time for the flash sale!

I guess October is Robert Altman month at Criterion - one of his films is getting a release for the first 3 weeks...

Looks like a tip-on vinyl record box

I just hope it doesn't use sleeves.

tenia wrote:I just hope it doesn't use sleeves.

Unfortunately, I believe they said it is going to be the same as the Zatoichi set. At least the individual releases in Scanavo cases are available.

dwk wrote:

tenia wrote:I just hope it doesn't use sleeves.

Unfortunately, I believe they said it is going to be the same as the Zatoichi set.

And it definitely look the same from the outside, hence my apprehension.

Mulvaney has confirmed sleeves. I'm sticking to individual releases for unspined boxes.

That is one impractical box set! Sleeves aren't a big deal for Blu-rays like they are for DVDs thanks to the coating, but that Isolation Drills packaging is a bit silly!

I got it in today as well and it looks nice, but getting the discs out isn't all that fun.

We'll now see if Criterion indeed make available the packaging and the book for sale separately, as Mulvaney said in the past.

Let`s hope they do because it`s looks great. Too bad about the way you have to take out the discs, though

I posted a handful of photos of the "del Toro" set's book over on Facebook. You shouldn't need an account to view.

Chris, could you tell which part of the content of the book isn't in the individual booklets in terms of what and how much ? I haven't been able to find out yet.

It's sort of spread out. The intro is unique and then the rest of the book is divided into 3 parts, one for each film. Cronos has the essay and director notes. Devil's Backbone has the essay and then a sampling of the storyboards that appear as an extra on the disc (the storyboards weren't in the individual insert for that film). I can't compare to the individual Pan's Labyrinth yet as I don't have it, but that part has the essay and then a number of production sketches and drawings, which are also scattered about in the features on the disc. Other sketches and drawings are then dispersed around the book. The final few pages are then credits for the release, notes on the transfers, etc. It's 100 pages long.

(His Girl Friday) Love it! One of their best efforts for a Sony license for sure

All great covers so far, and great titles

His Girl Friday, excellent! and another Fassbinder as well.

domino harvey wrote:All great covers so far, and great titles

Yes indeed, a very nice month. I must say, the extreme simplicity of the Black Girl cover works like crazy.

All covers are very solid. Black Girl is perfect and better than the BFI version. His Girl Friday is the best old Hollywood cover Criterion has done.