I'd like to maintain a master list that briefly compares the merits of the releases for all films that have been put out by both Criterion and MoC. I'm primarily concerned with the presentation of the film, and with any substantial extras that might be on one edition but not on the other. I'm not so much interested in cataloguing every single difference between the two editions, but rather, just the big ones that might have factored into someone favoring one edition over the other. In most cases, I'm only familiar with one edition (or neither) and am mostly going off of DVD Beaver comparisons or other reports on the internet. If anyone feels I've misrepresented anything, or missed something important (and I probably have), please let me know.
A nos amours - PQ roughly comparable between the two, some extras unique to each release, MoC's a little more extensive The Burmese Harp - CC is more cleaned up but also pictureboxed, MoC has it on Blu-ray, some unique extras on each release Colossal Youth - MoC has slightly better PQ and more extras, but CC comes with Ossos and In Vanda's Room The Devil and Daniel Webster - PQ roughly comparable between the two, CC has more on-disc extras but MoC has a substantial booklet The Face of Another - CC has slightly better PQ (but pictureboxed), only comes in Teshigahara box with lots of extras, MoC has Rayns commentary, MoC is OOP F for Fake - PQ roughly comparable between the two, unique extras on each release, MoC has the trailer in color Floating Weeds - MoC coming out with a Blu-ray, CC includes A Story of Floating Weeds, waiting for MoC release to compare further The Flowers of St. Francis - CC has sharper image but is also a little cropped compared to MoC, some unique extras on each release For All Mankind - both editions roughly comparable General Idi Amin Dada Autoportrait - PQ probably roughly comparable between the two (can anyone confirm this for certain?), both have minimal extras, MoC is OOP Grey Gardens - MoC has slightly better PQ on the DVD but a CC Blu-ray is forthcoming, CC has The Beales of Grey Gardens, MoC has substantial unique extras of its own Harakiri - framing slightly better for MoC, CC picture more "worked on" (for better or worse), unique extras on each release but CC's a little more extensive House - CC in correct ratio and on Blu-ray, unique extras on each release but CC's more extensive, including the short Emotion The Idiot - PQ roughly comparable between the two but MoC has extras, CC only available in Eclipse set The Insect Woman - MoC has it on Blu-ray, CC only comes in Imamura box with lots of extras (including Intentions of Murder), MoC includes Nishi Ginza Station Island of Lost Souls - PQ roughly comparable between the two, some unique extras on each release Kuroneko - CC has superior PQ on Blu-ray though the image is slightly cropped, CC has more extras Kwaidan - MoC has the full film (20 minutes longer), better PQ, and a substantial booklet L'Enfance nue - CC is yellow-tinged which they defend but is probably wrong, some unique extras on each release M - PQ roughly comparable between the two (though CC more "worked on," for better or worse, and a German edition trumps them both), some unique extras on each release Make Way for Tomorrow - MoC has it on Blu-ray, extras roughly comparable between the two Onibaba - MoC has slightly better PQ and more extras, including Shindo commentary The Passion of Joan of Arc - MoC coming out with a Blu-ray (Criterion supposedly preparing one as well), will wait to compare Pigs & Battleships - MoC has it on Blu-ray, CC only comes in Imamura box with lots of extras (including Intentions of Murder), MoC includes Stolen Desire Pitfall - CC has slightly better PQ (but pictureboxed), only comes in Teshigahara box with lots of extras, MoC has Rayns commentary, MoC is OOP Salesman - PQ roughly comparable between the two, some unique extras on each release Sansho the Bailiff - MoC has it on Blu-ray, both have unique extras and substantial booklets, CC has commentary, MoC has Gion bayashi Scandal - CC has better PQ but MoC has extras, CC only available in Eclipse set The Testament of Dr. Mabuse - MoC has it coming on Blu-ray, CC has more extensive extras Trouble in Paradise - will wait to compare Twenty-Four Eyes - MoC has slightly better PQ, CC is windowboxed, both have minimal extras Two-Lane Blacktop - MoC has it on Blu-ray, both have substantial extras, some unique on each release Ugetsu - MoC has it on Blu-ray, both have unique extras, CC has Rayns commentary and Shindo doc, MoC has Oyu-sama Vampyr - PQ roughly comparable between the two (though CC more "worked on," for better or worse), both have substantial extras, some unique on each release, MoC has Del Toro commentary Vengeance Is Mine - CC DVD has better PQ than MoC but MoC Blu-ray is best of all, some unique extras on each release, MoC has a Rayns commentary
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