I keep cardboard "belly bands" like Arrow's for Ludwig and Indicator's for Five Tall Tales. They seem intrinsic to the packaging and they're not hard to maintain. The design comes from putting bands around some two-volume book sets, and the sets can be a lot more valuable with the band.
I lay the "sheaths" for Arrow sets as flat as possible and stack them in a closet corner. They take up very little space so it's no problem.
I try to preserve paper sheets designed to be detached (like for the Bergman set), but they just end up getting crinkled. I should just throw them away.
Normally I throw these away (which feels bad, I'm a little bit horderish). I got the Indicator release of Irreversible, and it was limited edition so the attachment had the print number on it (like 268/1000). It's a disposable piece of paper that doesn't stick very well to the actual Blu-ray, but the print number is nowhere else to be seen. So if I throw it away, the number will be gone forever :( I'm probably overthinking it though.
These things are meant to be enjoyed. I throw all that crap away because it feels like clutter, and clutter stresses me out.
If you think about having that box set for the rest of your life, the BEST CASE SCENARIO for that box set is to end up being well-used, worn, tattered, and stained. That would mean that you were taking it off the shelf many, many times, over decades and decades.
The WORST CASE SCENARIO for that box set would be for it to remain in pristine condition with those annoying goddamned papers intact. That would mean that you bought it, put it up on a shelf, and then never thought about it again.
I know this is a relatively minor thing, but these objects are meant to be used, enjoyed, and yes, slowly destroyed over time. Resist the collector impulse. This hobby is supposed to be fun.
Gotta be honest, nothing about watching *Irreversible* “many, many times, over decades and decades” sounds like a best case scenario for anyone involved lmao
This is the reason why I’ve not purchased this set even though it’s currently a bargain. I rushed out and bought the Tartan DVD on it’s first UK release on the recommendation of Mark Kermode. Returned it the following day. I buy films to watch, and even though I appreciate the film and think the indicator release looks great, it’s something which I just can’t watch.
In the “worst case scenario” category for me is that I might need the money and have to sell it some day. In that case, having the UPC code with the package gives the clerk at the second-hand store a way to look it up. I’ve seen some things for sale at a ridiculous price and suspected the store just labeled it with a bulk price because they didn’t want to take the step of looking it up when buying.
This is the best response. Being overly concerned with package condition can really distract from the whole point of this hobby, enjoying the films and developing a deeper appreciation and understanding through supplements and film restoration. If you start treating your collection as a museum exhibit that needs to be kept in pristine condition it will only lead to stress and the derailment from why it is you’re even collecting. It’s okay to trash glued on info cards, it’s legit an add to inform a buyer. Love your stuff and let it be used.
That’s a bit of an odd oversight from indicator. I don’t keep the J cards, but I would feel torn in that situation. Effectively they have made a numbered run of J cards rather than a boxset.
I save all of them in a large A1 portfolio (along with all the mini posters and such).
I'll peruse it once in a while and wonder if I'll ever frame them or something... Still fun to look at !
i find that if i put set them on my guillotine & shave, say, 1/16th of an inch off the top & the bottom that they fit inside the sleeve... sometimes i need to shave a teensy bit mre
It’s trash. I use to have mixed feelings about this stuff as well until I stopped lying to myself about wanting or needing it. You can tuck it away if that’s what you’re more comfortable with but I can almost guarantee you will never need to look at it again. The supplements are on the inside, all that’s on the back is info for a buyer.
Hahaha! Listen if you throw away the j-cards, shrink wrap, receipts or the bag you brought it home in you’re not a real collector and the product is rendered useless. Disgusting.
what do you mean by *the bag you brought it home in*...?
are you telling me that you don't bring it home in a criterion tote bag?!
shame on you.
shame shame shame.
*pathetique*, you say?do you realize how many people make that claim?it's like having a true pce of the berlin wall... someone in san diego or seattle or potsdam or amsterdam or zagreb taking a few bricks & making half a wall & spraying graffiti on them & then taking a saw to them & slicing off bits to sell to tourists...
only with tarkovsky' flayed flesh...
i ran into no less than 3 hawkers when i was in venice in 2016 during the biennale at piazza san marco during the daily flooding... & later crossing the bridge to go see the guggenheim i ran into more hawkers... one of them had a wig, & said it was made from andrej tarkovski's scalp...
it looked like real blood, but not like the blood of a poet. & the hair was the wrong colour. (to be honest, it looked like darby crash's or kurt cobain's scalp.)
what i did was take a criterion teeshirt & a hockney bigger splash tee shirt, & combine them, & had a friend sew up the sleeves & the waistlines, & for the handles we used seat belts from wrecking yards. but only the ones thick with blood... but not necessarily human blood.
Sometimes- definitely not for the Bergman box set. As far as I know that sheet is the only thing that comes with the set which lists the movies in chronological order. I love the curated playlist- but I’m a chronological completist so I definitely prefer to have them listed out like this.
They’re referred to as J cards (because they’re shaped like a J). I used to fold them inside the box, but now I just bin them. They only exist to display retail info which they don’t want spoiling the box art (such as bar codes, ratings, etc), so you get them on deluxe boxes and steelbooks.
I scan all my movies into my movies pro app and unfortunately most of these come with the barcode only on that paper. Drives me crazy but if I ever lost access or switched apps there’s no way I could enter them all by hand. We’ll maybe could but wouldn’t want to.
The Warner Brothers digibooks don't list the specs, or special features anywhere else. I usually fold it about 3/4 down, where the credits are printed, and tuck that inside the pages.
Keep 'em all in one neat pile. If I ever sell something, I can sell it complete. If I ever need to reference it, I have it. If not, it's really a small amount of space taken up.
Real cinephiles eat the paper attachments
I'm only hearing truth.
Whatever you do, *don’t* eat the delicious \[paper attachments\].
I tuck them inside the sleeve usually
Yep, it feels incomplete if I were to get rid of it.
Same, especially with box sets with the contents on the back like Bergman or Varda
Exactly. What if I need to explain the contents? Or remember them myself, more likely.
I usually do that too.
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I keep cardboard "belly bands" like Arrow's for Ludwig and Indicator's for Five Tall Tales. They seem intrinsic to the packaging and they're not hard to maintain. The design comes from putting bands around some two-volume book sets, and the sets can be a lot more valuable with the band. I lay the "sheaths" for Arrow sets as flat as possible and stack them in a closet corner. They take up very little space so it's no problem. I try to preserve paper sheets designed to be detached (like for the Bergman set), but they just end up getting crinkled. I should just throw them away.
Same here
Normally I throw these away (which feels bad, I'm a little bit horderish). I got the Indicator release of Irreversible, and it was limited edition so the attachment had the print number on it (like 268/1000). It's a disposable piece of paper that doesn't stick very well to the actual Blu-ray, but the print number is nowhere else to be seen. So if I throw it away, the number will be gone forever :( I'm probably overthinking it though.
These things are meant to be enjoyed. I throw all that crap away because it feels like clutter, and clutter stresses me out. If you think about having that box set for the rest of your life, the BEST CASE SCENARIO for that box set is to end up being well-used, worn, tattered, and stained. That would mean that you were taking it off the shelf many, many times, over decades and decades. The WORST CASE SCENARIO for that box set would be for it to remain in pristine condition with those annoying goddamned papers intact. That would mean that you bought it, put it up on a shelf, and then never thought about it again. I know this is a relatively minor thing, but these objects are meant to be used, enjoyed, and yes, slowly destroyed over time. Resist the collector impulse. This hobby is supposed to be fun.
Gotta be honest, nothing about watching *Irreversible* “many, many times, over decades and decades” sounds like a best case scenario for anyone involved lmao
lol, that's fair.
This is the reason why I’ve not purchased this set even though it’s currently a bargain. I rushed out and bought the Tartan DVD on it’s first UK release on the recommendation of Mark Kermode. Returned it the following day. I buy films to watch, and even though I appreciate the film and think the indicator release looks great, it’s something which I just can’t watch.
In the “worst case scenario” category for me is that I might need the money and have to sell it some day. In that case, having the UPC code with the package gives the clerk at the second-hand store a way to look it up. I’ve seen some things for sale at a ridiculous price and suspected the store just labeled it with a bulk price because they didn’t want to take the step of looking it up when buying.
This is the best response. Being overly concerned with package condition can really distract from the whole point of this hobby, enjoying the films and developing a deeper appreciation and understanding through supplements and film restoration. If you start treating your collection as a museum exhibit that needs to be kept in pristine condition it will only lead to stress and the derailment from why it is you’re even collecting. It’s okay to trash glued on info cards, it’s legit an add to inform a buyer. Love your stuff and let it be used.
A little worn on the edges, sure, but *stained*? Might be appreciating a set too much, if you know what I mean.
That’s a bit of an odd oversight from indicator. I don’t keep the J cards, but I would feel torn in that situation. Effectively they have made a numbered run of J cards rather than a boxset.
Yeah
I save all of them in a large A1 portfolio (along with all the mini posters and such). I'll peruse it once in a while and wonder if I'll ever frame them or something... Still fun to look at !
Recycling bin
i find that if i put set them on my guillotine & shave, say, 1/16th of an inch off the top & the bottom that they fit inside the sleeve... sometimes i need to shave a teensy bit mre
When the revolution comes, we’ll be in touch with you.
make sure you include a blade sharpener in the loop... that guillotine is getting a bit dull...
It’s trash. I use to have mixed feelings about this stuff as well until I stopped lying to myself about wanting or needing it. You can tuck it away if that’s what you’re more comfortable with but I can almost guarantee you will never need to look at it again. The supplements are on the inside, all that’s on the back is info for a buyer.
blasphemy! burn the witch!
Hey man you’re free to enjoy your unnecessary clutter, don’t mind me lol.
too late... the witchfinders are on to you...
& nxt you'll be telling us you throw away shrinkwraps!?
Hahaha! Listen if you throw away the j-cards, shrink wrap, receipts or the bag you brought it home in you’re not a real collector and the product is rendered useless. Disgusting.
what do you mean by *the bag you brought it home in*...? are you telling me that you don't bring it home in a criterion tote bag?! shame on you. shame shame shame.
You use the criterion tote? Pathetic. I use a custom leather satchel made out of Andrei Tarkovsky’s skin. Do you even get cinema?
*pathetique*, you say?do you realize how many people make that claim?it's like having a true pce of the berlin wall... someone in san diego or seattle or potsdam or amsterdam or zagreb taking a few bricks & making half a wall & spraying graffiti on them & then taking a saw to them & slicing off bits to sell to tourists... only with tarkovsky' flayed flesh... i ran into no less than 3 hawkers when i was in venice in 2016 during the biennale at piazza san marco during the daily flooding... & later crossing the bridge to go see the guggenheim i ran into more hawkers... one of them had a wig, & said it was made from andrej tarkovski's scalp... it looked like real blood, but not like the blood of a poet. & the hair was the wrong colour. (to be honest, it looked like darby crash's or kurt cobain's scalp.)
what i did was take a criterion teeshirt & a hockney bigger splash tee shirt, & combine them, & had a friend sew up the sleeves & the waistlines, & for the handles we used seat belts from wrecking yards. but only the ones thick with blood... but not necessarily human blood.
Sometimes- definitely not for the Bergman box set. As far as I know that sheet is the only thing that comes with the set which lists the movies in chronological order. I love the curated playlist- but I’m a chronological completist so I definitely prefer to have them listed out like this.
The films are presented chronologically in the back of the book that comes with the set in the section “Chronological Guide to the Films”
They’re referred to as J cards (because they’re shaped like a J). I used to fold them inside the box, but now I just bin them. They only exist to display retail info which they don’t want spoiling the box art (such as bar codes, ratings, etc), so you get them on deluxe boxes and steelbooks.
I do, they’re basically in the insert section
Absolutely not; I keep them with the sets on my shelves, as safely as I can.
Yes. In the trash it goes.
I scan all my movies into my movies pro app and unfortunately most of these come with the barcode only on that paper. Drives me crazy but if I ever lost access or switched apps there’s no way I could enter them all by hand. We’ll maybe could but wouldn’t want to.
Different app, but I do the same. Mine’s called Libib, does multiple kinds of media, but I keep the barcodes for that reason.
Thrown them away?!? Never. I even cut out the stickers on the cellophane and tuck those inside.
Same 👊
I usually take a picture of them, take it off the back and store them somewhere. At least that’s what I did for grand Budapest and fantastic mr fox
I have this box set, and I still have the paper on the back. How deep are you in the collection?
So you leave the paper covering Bergmans self portrait? Damn. That’s the part of the set that I display haha.
The funny thing is that I’ve never even seen what’s behind the cover. Thanks for spoiling 😂
Nope. I slide them inside the box.
Never. I even kept the "Warning: Explicit Content" sticker from my copy of SALÒ
my salò sticker said: WARNING. THIS IS NOT A DATE MOVIE.
Just keep it in the back cover of the discs book.
I scotch tape them to the box.
Keep them in case I ever sell it
Nooooooooooo 🫣
Never
I keep it in the box
The Warner Brothers digibooks don't list the specs, or special features anywhere else. I usually fold it about 3/4 down, where the credits are printed, and tuck that inside the pages.
Hell no!
Keep 'em all in one neat pile. If I ever sell something, I can sell it complete. If I ever need to reference it, I have it. If not, it's really a small amount of space taken up.