THE ENTIRE COMPLETE CRITERION COLLECTION Spine Nos. 1 to 928, PART TWO (257-500) 

Thank you very much my friend!

The spine number titles before 500 are mainly occupied by DVD only titles, though the number of DVD-only titles is slowly going down. there are some great ones here, my friend. You have a region free/DVD zone free player, right?

Actually I don't have a region free player(I only have region b player), that's why I complained on an earlier comment about the fact that there are so few region b criterions.

I see... got it... And so that is why you were speaking about the UK Criterion releases. Now I understand! I am sorry for not realizing that and thank you for your clarification. So, I am not up to speed about the UK Criterion releases, but I understand that there are not so many. Right? Would you ever consider getting a region free player?

There are 68 UK Criterions at the moment(including the ones that have been announced), they usually release 2 every month. I'm still grateful that we even get some Criterions here, and many Criterion titles can be found on Masters of Cinema, Artificial Eye, Studiocanal, Arrow and even on standard blu-rays. My next blu-ray player will definitely be region free, let's say my player broke today, then I would buy a region free player immediately.

Yes, given your wide-ranging tastes in cinema, and also given that you are a collector, it might be a good idea! But as you say, the discs and labels that are available in your neck of the woods are really impressive.

Hello and wow that is very kind of you. Thank you so much. Are you a fan of the Criterion Collection?

You are very very kind! I am very honored. And not at all...it is I who should be thanking you and everyone here for being so kind and supportive and inspirational. Cheers and happy new year.

Hello and thank you! By the way, what do you think of those films? Are you enjoying them? Are there any in particular that you like? Cheers my friend.

@@DaisukeBeppu I live in a country where Criterion does not ship to/have a store. So, when I bought it, I gave one of my family member’s address (who lives in the US). So I am yet to receive my Tati box set. I am so very eager to receive it. I don’t have any other Criterion titles (other than The Irishman - UK import). But there are few criterion titles that I have downloaded which love and cherish - 8 1/2, Wild Strawberries, Vittorio de Sica’s Umberto D. and Bicycle Thieves, Orson Welles’ Othello, Cleo from 5 to 7 and few more. The Non-Criterion titles I love are - Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, Children of Heaven, King of Comedy, The Band’s Visit and many more. You can check out my favourite list on Letterboxd - boxd.it/aBDi4 Sorry, for such a long comment. What can I do? I love films!😅 Cheers!!

Hello Douglas and thank you so much for your comment. Oh yes, I too have similar feelings about the use of numbering for a box itself, but it is something that I have gotten used to I think.

Daisuke Beppu yeah, I also find it weird how some multi film sets are numbered as well. There would be double features and one could have a number for both but another would have only one. Same with the boxes where one could have one number for the entire set, like the Godzilla Showa set, but then you have others where everything has its own number. I haven’t even gotten a Criterion but I just finished looking through all 1000 spines to see which ones I’d do and that was something I noticed immediately. The worst part about some of the sets is there might’ve been 1 or 2 titles that sounded up my alley but I didn’t want to buy a 6 film set just for 1 of them. Some do offer solo releases but not all of them do so I had to go ahead and leave those films off my list because I made it a rule that I would only pick a set if I liked a majority of the titles in it, using Godzilla as an example I’m not that interested in the US cuts but I enjoy Gojira so the original Japanese versions won it for me. Already got a top 10 of which films I want to do first that are a good combination of domestic, foreign and sets along with a healthy dose of Japanese features since I love Japanese cinema.

Thank you so much for your comment!

Charlie Fulton, great point and you are absolutely right!! 😃. I should have made that point. Well done.

I love THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE. I should make a video about that. It is a Criterion DVD now, and so if there is a good and better blu out there, then yes indeed it might be worth checking out. Oh, I have the Arrow release of THE HUMAN CONDITION. It is stunning. What a stunning presentation. However, the nature of the film is such that it is difficult for me to revisit it often. Hopefully Criterion can bring it to blu as you say. That would be great. Have you seen it?

I have not seen it. I've been holding off for a special occasion. Going to set aside an entire weekend to consume it.

It is an intense, intense viewing experience. I saw the whole series over a few days in the movie theater in New York some years back. I was numb and stunned. I would love to hear your reactions to the films when you have had a chance to watch them.

You read my mind... Wow! Yes, I will make a video about some titles I would love to see in the Criterion Collection. Please stay tuned!!

Awesome, can't wait!

And thank you so much for sharing this one too!

Hello and thank you for your comment, and I totally understand what you are saying regarding some of the spine numbering.

I understand that the transfers are the same. And the supplements are all the same. (The DVD is a 2 disc release, with the film and commentary and deleted scenes and trailer I think on disc 1, and then the supplements such as the documentary and the audition and the Beer Bust at the Moon Tower supplements are on disc 2. On the blu ray, they are all on one single blu ray disc.) Also, in general, the booklet and the poster are the same. And the packaging is the same. Except that, the size of the packaging is of course different between DVD and blu ray. Also, the DVD says "30th anniversary edition" on the back while the blu ray says "35th anniversary edition". Also, there are very very minor changes made in some parts of the text of the booklet. Also, the screen menus are different, even though the supplements are the same. So in terms of contents, my understanding is that they are the same, and there are few differences in appearance only as described above.

@@DaisukeBeppu thank you for your thorough assessment.

Dear 60000volt, thank you!

Hehe thank you, are you gonna pick this one up, its super tempting :) www.criterion.com/boxsets/1427-ingmar-bergman-s-cinema

OF COURSE! So today (Friday July 13, 2018) Tokyo time, I woke up early and I saw my feed to find this AMAZING NEWS!! This is so fantastic! Yes you are right. It is SOOOOOO tempting. I take it you are Bergman fan?

Damn right I am, this box looks crazy, and beautiful book with it :)

Haha! It is going to be a great set. Criterion does it again!

Hello and thank you very much for taking the time to comment. Cheers and I hope you are well.

Greetings and thank you so much! As for your question, while I am not sure if there are any Japanese labels that, say, do things like spine numbering, etc., there are a lot of releases that have a great collectible factor as well. Recently I have been into TC (which released some of the Cronenberg early films with some interesting slip covers). Also, I think that King Records have been releasing a lot of ATG films on disc which is really great.

You are very kind. Thank you.

Thank you so much!

@@DaisukeBeppu🙏🙏❤️

Thank you so much!

Hello and thank you so much! And I am a Gemini, though I think I fall within the Taurus-Gemini cusp.

@@DaisukeBeppu will you please do an updated criterion spines that have came out after the 3 parts that you did back in 2018.. for example I dont know if "in the mood for love" came out after 2018 but I know newer releases such as "Crash" and "amorres Perros" may need to be on a list for all of us to see releases affter the 928