When does Criterion announce new titles?

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#51 Post by Flike » Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:05 am

Criterion's new 'announcement window' is tearing us apart.

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#52 Post by Tribe » Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:28 am

Between this, Blu Ray and Rivette...we won't have a Forum left.

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#53 Post by Spielbergo » Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:07 pm

I still didn't get why there no "real" announcements last month.

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#54 Post by glaswegian tome » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:46 pm

Was there something to "get?" I thought it had been covered numerous times that the only new releases for December were the Kurosawa box and the Gimme Shelter blu-ray. The official line is that's all they have the capacity for.

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#55 Post by swo17 » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:40 pm

Holy crap guys, Criterion has announced that it's probably going to make announcements tomorrow!
some guy on Facebook wrote:When will Criterion be announcing more new releases? It seems like it's been ages since the last concrete announcement...
Criterion wrote:Looking like tomorrow...
I just felt like this was something that I should announce here.

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#56 Post by Minkin » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:55 pm

swo17 wrote:Holy crap guys, Criterion has announced that it's probably going to make announcements tomorrow!
some guy on Facebook wrote:When will Criterion be announcing more new releases? It seems like it's been ages since the last concrete announcement...
Criterion wrote:Looking like tomorrow...
I just felt like this was something that I should announce here.
I'm thankful that Opera has the option to auto-reload every five seconds!

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#57 Post by aox » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:57 pm

=D> excellent! I have a reason to get out of bed tomorrow!

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#58 Post by Tribe » Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:42 pm

Holy crap guys, Criterion has announced that it's probably going to make announcements tomorrow!
some guy on Facebook wrote:When will Criterion be announcing more new releases? It seems like it's been ages since the last concrete announcement...
Criterion wrote:Looking like tomorrow...
Just watch the cries of "they broke their promise" when they don't. O:)

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Re: 'Forthcoming' Lists Discussion and Random Speculation Vol.2

#59 Post by onedimension » Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:49 pm

No March titles announced today?

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#60 Post by Mr. Ned » Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:58 pm

Too Early; mid next week, probably.

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Re: 134 / BD 66 Il bidone

#61 Post by Kauno » Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:32 am

Maybe a childish question: has Criterion ever postponed anything? I really do not know the answer to this.

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Re: 134 / BD 66 Il bidone

#62 Post by Askew » Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:26 am

Criterion postponed Grand Illusion for over a year. There have been a few cases where releases were delayed for a week or two, but even these delays a uncommon.

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Re: 134 / BD 66 Il bidone

#63 Post by swo17 » Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:50 am

Around the time Criterion started releasing Blu-rays, they had to push back a bunch of their slate by a month.

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Re: 134 / BD 66 Il bidone

#64 Post by jindianajonz » Sat Aug 10, 2013 10:21 am

Harold and Maude was delayed if I remember correctly

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#65 Post by cdnchris » Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:36 am

Ran on Blu-ray was outright cancelled as well a month or so before release day

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#66 Post by Matt » Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:47 am

There have been quite a few release date delays of a week or two. I don't think anyone's kept track of them because they were pretty inconsequential.

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#67 Post by tenia » Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:13 pm

jindianajonz wrote:Harold and Maude was delayed if I remember correctly
I think it was even delayed twice : once between the announcement and the release, and once when just released, to tweak the cover art (though the 2nd time, it was available if you pre-ordered it).

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#68 Post by The Elegant Dandy Fop » Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:02 pm

cdnchris wrote:Ran on Blu-ray was outright cancelled as well a month or so before release day
That one still hurts to think about. That Studio Canal release is awful!

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#69 Post by Mouse » Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:00 pm

Makes one wonder how many copies were pressed of "Ran" before it was pulled, if any at all.

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#70 Post by swo17 » Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:06 pm

Probably none. It was announced 2/13/09 for a 5/12/09 release, canceled 3/24/09 or earlier.

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Re: When does Criterion announce new titles?

#71 Post by Feego » Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:32 pm

I believe Viridiana was delayed a while in order to feature an interview with Silvia Pinal (and of course to change the controversial cover art :wink: ).

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Re: Criterion on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube

#72 Post by swo17 » Tue Oct 15, 2013 2:24 pm

Criterion on Facebook wrote:Looks like the announcement will be tomorrow. Stay tuned…

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Re: Criterion on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube

#73 Post by domino harvey » Tue Oct 15, 2013 2:32 pm

#thisisanoutrage

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Re: Criterion on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube

#74 Post by FrauBlucher » Tue Oct 15, 2013 3:26 pm

CC answered this question.... Will announcements be today or pushed back a day because of Columbus Day? CC said, "Looks like tomorrow."..,Since when does Mr. Columbus make CC alter their plans.

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Re: Criterion on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube

#75 Post by Moe Dickstein » Tue Oct 15, 2013 3:56 pm

It's more likely due to today being a release day and not overshadowing Eyes without a face.

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