The Criterion Collection: NON-NUMBERED BOX SETS, ETC. 

Haha... thank you my friend for that remark. Yes, since the video, I have been able to enjoy the set. And perhaps the titles could come back into the collection one day. That would be so great. I hope you are well and cheers.

Thank you for the kind words and suggestion! I am very happy to hear you say that. The fact that you took time out of your day to write this comment and watch the video is very flattering. Thank you, my dear friend. I still remember our early conversation about that great film CANOA!

i guess Im randomly asking but does any of you know of a method to get back into an instagram account? I stupidly lost the login password. I appreciate any help you can give me.

@Rory Emilio instablaster =)

@Bodhi Briar Thanks for your reply. I got to the site through google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Takes quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@Bodhi Briar it worked and I now got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D Thanks so much you saved my ass !

Thank you very much for your kind words!

You are very very kind to say that. Thank you Eff Kay, and warmest regards and I hope you have a nice rest of your weekend.

I am so intrigued to hear about your love of the REBEL SAMURAI SET and the SAMURAI TRILOGY! This is interesting. I admit that these films are good to me, but not great. But, I have not seen them in such a long time... and you have inspired me again, as you always do. I will look at them later this week! Thank you so much for making me re-think about my opinions! This is exactly why I started these RU-vid videos!!!!

Glad that I could inspire you to view them again, as you have inspired me to continue making RU-vid videos! My love of Samurai cinema goes back pretty far, back when I rented Seven Samurai at a small video store when I was in middle school. It ruined me, both in terms of a new-found love for Akira Kurosawa (even though Ikiru is my definitive favorite of his work -- I can't begin to express how that film touches me, every damn time I watch it) -- and it also ignited a passion for seeing every Samurai movie I could find. When I saw the Rebel Samurai box in the video store, there wasn't a question: I HAD to have it. There are many good memories surrounding those films and I admit that there are much better to be found... but they all hit the right kind of notes for me.

I had a similar experience watching Seven Samurai. I saw it on a beautiful print that was shown at my university's film society. It was an amazing experience and the crowd was really into the film. I had seen the film many times before but never on 35mm like this. It was one of the best film watching experiences of my life.

There is a UK Blu-ray of Oliver's Hamlet from the company ITV DVD: www.blu-ray.com/movies/Hamlet-Blu-ray/6628/ Reviews indicate it is a decent release, and very cheap at only 10 pounds. Region B locked. But I am sure Criterion would do a much better job if they could get the rights again.

Wow! This is very interesting! So, yes, as far as I am aware, Criterion still has the rights to HAMLET, but the Criterion release is a fairly old release of a DVD, which has not yet been upgraded as far as I can recall. So, the blu ray that you mention seems to be a good alternative to the Criterion DVD (maybe even better??).

Thank you so much! Yes, that AK boxset is lovely... but I would preferred to have also had MADAYAYO broken out of the box and also have been made available as an individual release. But oh well. Have you seen MADADAYO? I admit to not liking it that much (even though I do not hate the film at all), but as a drama comedy film it is in many ways a radical departure for Kurosawa especially when we think about his late period; in that way I really admire the film.

darwinia55 again, you come here with such sagely and useful comments! Thank you so much. Yes, you are absolutely correct 😃👍. I love this!! Thank you!!!

Hello melvin moten, and wow, thank you! You are always, always welcome here my friend. If you want to share any film recommendations for me, please let me know anytime. And if you have any favorite films you want to talk about, you can do so here anytime my friend. Cheers and I hope you are well.

You are very kind. Thank you for your comment and for watching this. It is one that I made some years back so perhaps it is in need of updating one day. Cheers.

Thank you so much, Matt.

the film Murderous Maids is based on a true story of the Papin sisters, who were French maids in the early 20th century. I think the actual events that are the basis of the film are in the 1930s. Here is a link to the wikipedia article about the sisters, which hopefully can lead you to more resources if you are interested! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_and_L%C3%A9a_Papin

thank you so much for revisiting these older videos. I hope you are well and cheers.

(Daisuke Beppu replied to SJSFilms in a subsequent video.)

Thank you so much monsterfan! This is so nice of you! Yes, the large 50 Years set was expensive but I don’t remember having to pay 500 bucks for it, and I bought mine new. Still it is an expensive item and thus it is not necessarily an item that one must have, since most of its titles appear in separate releases. But it is a great set to have all the same 😃

Thank you so much my dear friend! Yes, I think we have been talking offline about your great comment. Warmest regards and I hope you are well.

Thank you so much for watching this video also! Wow, this is such an honor. I am not sure if there was ever a huge Merchant Ivory box released by Criterion, etc. However, I think there was this: www.amazon.com/Merchant-Collection-Householder-Shakespeare-Wallah-Hullabaloo/dp/B008U0XMXY Is this what you are thinking of perhaps? And yes, unfortunately, all the title that were released on these Criterion DVDs are all OOP, and the only title that is part of the regular CC collection that is still in print is I think A ROOM WITH A VIEW. I agree completely with you... it would be great to see all these back into the collection again. They are all really gorgeous and lovely and so filled with emotion and happiness and sadness and everything. Thank you so much!

Thank you for your reply. I think that must be the Merchant Ivory box set I was thinking of. Yet another amazing collection. I’m fortunate enough to have the Blu Rays of A Room With a View and the now OOP Howard’s End. Both beautiful films and personal favourites of mine.

I must say that in particular HOWARDS END (both the novel and the film) is one of my favorites. I have seen this film so many times and I often walk my dog while listening to the soundtrack (the track that is played when Leonard Bast is walking towards the house Howards End).

Hello Betamax Blocker and thank you so much for this comment. It is a very lovely set but I am not sure what the price is lately. Cheers and thank you again.

+DungeonStudio hello! So regarding the Rialto set, the only title that was never given a single CC release is Murderous Maids.

Kinda what they did with the Jaques Tati set after I bought all the single titles. I think the only additional item to that is his Human Circus performance? But that Rialto set, what a collection still!

By the way, DungeonStudio, my friend, I hope you are well this holiday season and seasons greetings. I don't know if I have mentioned it before, and if I have I apologize. Are you on Facebook? If so, please feel free to drop me a line there anytime.

All the best to you and your family for the holidays as well my friend. As to Facebook, I'm not much of a goer there (nudge, nudge, wink, wink.) And my tablet won't hardly let me access it now for some reason? BTW, the Envizen DVD Tablet I highly recommend. Plays North America and Asian Region DVD's, great picture, sound, ports, and all the Android tablet features to boot! A movie buffs best friend. ;-)

It is called Strange Stuff: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r2nLRSWenPk.html You can find it in the RU-vid Audio library as part of the licensed music that users can use in videos under the terms set forth in the library.

@@DaisukeBeppu Thank you so much!

Thank you so much. Janus Films was and is the distributor of the films in the US market, and then it partnered with Criterion so that Criterion would release certain films on home media.

Thank you so much. And oh yes, that would be so great it if could get its own individual release.

Hello and yes! I think I might have done a video here talking about the Eclipse sets but I am not sure (to be honest I don’t remember all the videos I have done here). But I have discussed some in passing as well. And yes I think they are “part” of the CC. By the way what sets did you get?

@@DaisukeBeppu I got the Sam Fuller Eclipse set, and just today I got the Chantal Akerman set

Thank you!!

It is called "Strange Stuff" by Matt Harris. It is in the RU-vid Audio Library (which has music that one can use royalty free for videos). You can also find a link to the work here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-27rhIdrZtC8.html

Oh yes, the filler is because I want to prevent any wear and tear on the boxes. But I like to have the Criterion discs out because I choose to have them on the shelves. And yes I like Love Actually and others that I have as filler. Cheers.

You are referring to the Criterion-related Merchant Ivory releases?

@@DaisukeBeppu correct, I see you have the individual discs but if I’m not mistaken they put out a collector’s box as well, correct?

I was never able to confirm directly so I am not sure.

Thank you for your question. It is a good one. So the boxes often contain titles that I would have separately on the shelf (for example the box set may have individual spine numbered titles, so I would take out the individual titles and arrange them in spine number order). But I still like to keep the boxes themselves with filler in order to make them easier to store or easier to put on shelves (it is easier practically for me to store boxes that are filled rather than boxes that are not filled because filled boxes retain their shape over time). I understand if others may have different methods or preferences but this works for me.

Sawyer Fitzpatrick it’s worth it if it means being able to watch the films. 😃👍.

Thank you very much for your comment. Warmest regards.

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