The Criterion Channel -- Film and Content Discussion

[HardNight'sDay]

According to this reddit post, The channel uploaded the Netflix dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Strangely the credits has the cast of the original english dub.

UPDATE: I noticed this morning that the first three episodes of the english dub are gone.

Only episode one return while more episodes are removed to be replaced with the original english dub.

[Roger Ryan]

For those who may be revisiting the Eno documentary each month to see a different iteration (the documentary was designed to be continually mutable via a specially-designed non-AI software program and The Criterion Channel streams a different version every month)...

That non-AI generative software program appears to be following a formula when presenting the Eno documentary where the major deviations from previous iterations all appear in the film's second half. This is true of the new September version where, apart from a brief previously unseen interview clip appearing near the beginning, the first half of the doc presents the same content in roughly the same order as seen in the August version (as well as the June and July versions). However, starting at the 44 minute mark, we're treated to almost entirely new segments; approximately 30 minutes of previously unseen footage. The new material includes a funny sequence where Eno is asked to recite his own quotes given to the press years earlier, a lovely live performance at the Acropolis, and a discussion concerning Eno's disapproval of being a specialist (with surprise B-roll clips of Hard To Be A God, Andrei Rublev, and other films) that is so on-point for the artist that it seems like it should be the centerpiece for every iteration of the documentary.

[Matt]

I wonder if they could've uploaded a newer recently restored version with this month’s Duvivier restropective

They could've but they didn't.

[FrauBlucher]

Thanks Matt. Disappointing because it probably means don’t expect an upgrade soon

[Mr Muckle]

The info page for "Flow" shows a 5.1 designation but playback on my Apple 4K TV is only coming through in 2.0. Has anyone been able to play it in surround?

[Lowry_Sam]

Is anyone else annoyed with the changes to the interface?
I used to be able to do a search for a film’s year (“2006”) to bring up all the films that were released in that year, but it doesn’t work anymore. Now I’ll get random results with all movies on the channel from the 2000s despite entering a specific year. Furthermore, fewer frames post the actual year, so for many of the top results you don’t have any idea on the year unless you click on the frame. This is true for either the Roku app or using a browser on my ipad.

Another change is that I only see a film’s length for the top two rows of any selected category (my list, leaving soon, etc.). I often decide on films based on their time so this is also annoying.

An overhaul of the channel’s interface would also be welcomed to make things easier to find/explore.