You quoted me as if I said it's a disappointing year for physical media releases in general. I understand the sentiment, but since you quoted and twisted what I said. Seems like every month there’s close to a dozen titles I’d love to have. I also love Scorsese so I’ve been quite happy on that front too.Īfter seeing all my Blu-ray stores close as well as more digital services open, I’ve actually been quite pleased with how relentless the 2023 output has been. Overall, I also think it's a somewhat underwhelming yearĪs a Jackie Chan fan, this is the single greatest year of physical media releases and there’s not a close second. But as someone who went region-free ages ago and has been aware of releases and labels outside the US for years, almost every time Criterion announced their line-up, I could not help but think, 'Is that really necessary?', 'Aren't you guys too late?', 'Hmm, better wait for a possible UK release', etc. If you live in the US and only buy the US releases, fine. Mind you, I'm not saying these Criterion releases are bad per se. La Cérémonie: has been available for 11 years in the UK and the upcoming CC release doesn't look like a significant upgrade.Īnd more 4Ks without HDR: The Seventh Seal, Triangle of Sadness, Wings of Desire, Branded to Kill, Rules of the Game, Moonage Daydream, The OthersĪnd while I was happy with the announcements of Targets and Mean Streets at first, now I'm waiting for the upcoming UK BFI ( Targets) and Second Sight ( Mean Streets) releases because quality-wise, they are more reliable labels these days. The Trial 4K: Again, the UK Studio Canal 4K with Dolby Vision and HDR10 has been available for a year, yet Criterion released it only in SDR.ĭon't Look Now 4K & Videodrome 4K: Again, Studio Canal and Arrow did them first (and probably with better encoding from Fidelity in Motion). The Servant 4K: The UK Studio Canal 4K with Dolby Vision and HDR10 has been available for 2 years, yet Criterion released it only on Blu-ray. Time Bandits 4K: Arrow released it in the UK this year and their encoding is better. Three Colors 4K: Controversial color correction (not Criterion's fault, to be fair). Last Hurrah for Chivalry: Eureka released it together with John Woo's other wuxia movie Hand of Death (Arrow released it this year in the US) four years ago. It was released even in South Korea last year, using the same new 4K restoration Criterion used. Romeo and Juliet: It has been available for 10 years in the UK and other countries. CC lost the Douglas Sirk remake and the PQ is more or less the same. Imitation of Life: Universal's Imitation of Life: 2-Movie Collection has been available for the last 8 years. Overall, I also think it's a somewhat underwhelming year, mainly because of so many 'good but not great and sometimes unnecessary or perhaps a little too late' releases, for example: The Last Picture Show 4K (mainly for its bonus feature, Texasville) Red River) and "Janus Contemporaries" excluded Not to mention all of the incredible upgrades we got this year. No even counting 4K upgrades the following come to mind: HOWEVER, I feel this year from Criterion has been absolutely un-f*****g-real. I understand you’re very micro focused on one small niche so I appreciate your opinion. I'm thinking we'll at least get Pat Garrett or The Roaring 20's. Instead of going on a rant, I'm just going to hope for the best for 2024 and getting some of my most wanted held hostage Criterion titles. Now that we know their entire line up for 2023, I'm still pretty ho hum about it, mainly due to the lack of 0 new to HD Japanese titles and a ton of upgrades to 4K that already had either really good Blu-rays or 4K already somewhere in the world.
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