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The Quay Brothers' Nocturna Artificialia was in a similar position—it was the Quays' first film, they've pretty much disowned it, and would have much preferred it not to be included in the BFI compilation.

The problem was that the BFI produced it and owned it outright, and so they ultimately had no say.

But I agreed with them that if I stuck it on the extras disc instead of the main one, and promised not to cut anything negative that they said about it in the interview, they'd consider that an acceptable compromise. And since there are few things that I enjoy more than filmmakers slagging off their own work, I was only too happy to go along with it.

That price just about made my eyes pop out of my head. There’s no denying it’s worth it, but I don’t know if I can afford it.

hanshotfirst1138 wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2026 12:51 pm That price just about made my eyes pop out of my head. There’s no denying it’s worth it, but I don’t know if I can afford it.

It’s eye-watering, but thank god for the frequent sales. $300 is a big gulp, a very big gulp, but it’s also a lot more in the “I was saving up for this” bucket than MSRP. (Heck, you can’t even get a computer SSD for $300 anymore.)

As far as standalones go, I would think that Criterion would probably wait until their existing stock to sell out before releasing new editions and to wait and help pad a slow month to release the titles they haven't already released.

$300 seems perfectly reasonable. It's actually slightly less than what I paid for the complete Wojciech Has box set, and that was Blu-ray only and completely barebones aside from a hefty book.

(Although the latter was a legitimate business expense, whereas this one won't be!)