Thanks Elliot! I really appreciate it. Always great to hear from you. I actually wanted my shelves to be the exact height of a Blu-ray case like yours, but I just had too many oversized releases for that to make sense for me. I love that tight clean look of your Criterion Collection shelves though.
Definitely one of the best shelves I have seen. Love the clean white look and looks awesome with all the colors like that. Definitely the best looking shelf by far 👌🏽
@@FilmsByColor they would get much more irritated at mine because I group by bluray and 4k in Genre sections. They would have a field day but that’s how I watch movies. I go I want to watch a thriller or i want to watch a comedy and I go to that section. Everyone has different ways they watch etc. Your shelf looks great don’t listen to the haters lol. If I had a nice white shelf backdrop I might arrange by color. Plus your shelf stands out from literally anyones
Man, your physical media collection looks huge! I actually have over 4,000 myself (so over twice as many) but am storing them differently - every time I see a display overview like this one it puts the size of my collection in perspective a bit lol (a lot of mine are on revolving units and it makes it look like it takes up less space) Great collection!
The best shelf display I’ve ever seen, an excellent video DJ! Thanks for sharing with us, I’m looking forward to when I’ll be able to purchase custom shelving ☺️
Thanks so much, Sean! That’s some high praise. I always appreciate your comments. When you commission your shelving, I’d recommend going with an independent contractor over a company. You’ll save a lot of money that way. Just make sure he’s good. Ask to see his previous work. We found a guy that specializes in built-in shelving. He does awesome work.
@@FilmsByColor Okay cool, I’ll take your advice on board 👍🏻 Thanks for getting back to me, I feel so pleased to have found your channel, it’s come at a time in my life when I really need to share my interests with like minded collectors 🍿
You must use some archive system, else it would be a nightmare to find a film, looks colourful though! Any world cinema, like The World of Wong Kar-Wai?
Great collection. A nice variety of titles, distributors and, most importantly, an array of colors. Funny, in the past whenever you mentioned your Criterion shelf, I always pictured in my mind another wall with a number of shelve units, not a continuation of the two shelve units we see on camera. I have my Criterion closet set up alphabetically by director then chronologically by the year of release. If I ever get myself reorganized, I'll have to do it typically by spine number, Currently, it is a pain trying to make room in various spots due to limited shelve space.
I’m constantly considering reorganizing my Criterion Collection by spine number. I don’t think it would be worth it though, since my collection is still relatively small.
Lovely video, of a large collection. I will always store my movies by genre, and it's so cool to see another view on things. Thanks for that! To upgrade from Blu-ray to 4k is so expencive in Norway, and in total there are only 1 physical store left in the entire country. 1 typical criterion release on 4k can go for 80 usdollars, which never will be ok for me. So sales are the way to go, or used.
OMG FILMS BY COLOR - now I get it!!! I'm strictly an alphabetic organizer then I use CollectorZ (CLZ) to locate the shelf (or case) where the disc lives. How DO YOU find a disc - do you know the color case of every film in the collection (LOL)? Certainly provides a great backdrop for your videos. Dropped by local B&N today, but after two Criterion titles on Monday, I decided to leave w/o purchasing; going away next week and saw there's a B&N 2 miles from where I'm staying and firgure I'd take a shot on the road trip one rainy day.
Your collection is lovely to look at but a headache trying to figure how to go about finding anything, though I'm sure you know where everything is. Also, great posters.
I also have that limited edition Psych box set which I love. I plan to keep it even when I do upgrade to have the blu-rays and to have the movies that unfortunately are only available in that newest set (2 and 3).
Sorry I'm a day late posting this, but thanks so much for giving us a look at your entire collection. I'm a little different in that I mostly organization my films by genre and certain actors/actresses/directors. So, that means I don't have all of my Criterion titles next to each other. For example, my Criterion copy of "War of the Worlds" is with my other sci-fi films, and my Criterion copy of "The Uninvited" is in with my horror titles. Sometimes I think of how cool it would be to have all of my Criterion titles together, but I really like organizing them by genre.
Gorgeous looking on the shelves but man my OCD would kill me not having sequels next to their original films and everything lol looks awesome though bro
I was just thinking of it now, but I'd love if you could make a video on films that you would show your child at different stages of their life. Starting with the first films you'd ever show them and making your way forward to their first ever introduction to R-Rated films? You could do it as an entire series videos breaking them down by different notable moments and age brackets of their life, whether that be films you've already shown or hope to show in the future. I know that you value creating a rich love of film in your kids and make that notable in your videos, so I think it would be a good fit for your channel and could be a way to get new viewers if your video reaches the right search bar terms.
If I was your neighbor I would sneak in at night one day and rearrange your collection alphabetically like a normal person. How do you remember what color something is if you’re looking for a particular title?
I just found your youtube channel! Love it! ❤ Could you make a video on how you started sorting by color? Would also be fun to hear you talk about green films! I think green films are the hardest to find! Maybe a video about hunting green films! Would be fun to see! 🙋♂️🎬🌈🎨✨
In addition to your two copies of Red River, I see you have two copies of the Indicator John Ford at Columbia box sets! Would you be willing to part with both?
Fantastic collection. Do you struggle sometimes remembering what section a film is it due to it being in a colour section. I know us collectors sometimes have a 6th sense were we put stuff but was just wondering. Loving the content keep them coming.
Well said. I’ve never heard it put that way, but you’re right. We do kinda have a sixth sense. So it’s not usually a problem, but in the rare case that I can’t remember where something is, I have all my movies logged in a database app on my phone. And I tag them with a color, so it just takes a couple seconds to run a search. Great question. Thanks for the support!
It looks pretty, but, man, this would drive me crazy. I don't know how you find anything. P.S. Why are you hiding The O.C. in the bottom cabinet?? (I love that show.)
Haha! That OC boxset is my wife’s. I’ve never seen the show. I’m not sure why it ended up down there. I guess just because we keep most of our DVDs down there. I should probably move it up to the top.
Nice shelving, would look better in black. I don’t like the order by colour but each to their own. Mine is in no particular order so I can’t say much lol. I just have most expensive boxsets at the top, followed by slips, standards, TV Shows/ DVDs.
Great collection, but how do you find movies you want to watch? I alphabetize all of my blu rays and DVDs. If I went by color, I would never be able to find anything because I wouldn't be able to remember what color they were.
I wanna get the Psych Blu-ray collection so bad for my uncle but keep the three movie pack!! But I don’t know if that makes me a bad nephew. 😱😱 It’s a real moral dilemma.
If you wanted to showcase releases in more depth, you could pull a selection of films all in one color or shade of color and talk about them there. To turn it into more of a series of videos rather than a singular video.
You’re spot on. I’ve had the same thought. If I ever do Complete Collection videos, that’s how I’ll do them. I actually tested out that format with my Christmas Collection video at the end of last year, and I though it worked really well.
I find it strange that the collection is colour coded for esthetics, but then up close, you haven't taken it to the next level and grouped similar cases by height and size for a truly unified look.
I wish I could, but if I put them by size they wouldn’t truly be by color. There has to be an even gradation from light to dark within each color section or you lose the rainbow effect, and the shelves just look patchy on camera.
This is what I love to see! Your shelves always catch my eye in your videos. Brilliant stuff. Cheers!
Thanks Elliot! I really appreciate it. Always great to hear from you. I actually wanted my shelves to be the exact height of a Blu-ray case like yours, but I just had too many oversized releases for that to make sense for me. I love that tight clean look of your Criterion Collection shelves though.
Definitely one of the best shelves I have seen. Love the clean white look and looks awesome with all the colors like that. Definitely the best looking shelf by far 👌🏽
Thanks so much! I’m glad you like it. It seems to irritate a lot of people for some reason. But it works for me, and I love it.
@@FilmsByColor they would get much more irritated at mine because I group by bluray and 4k in Genre sections. They would have a field day but that’s how I watch movies. I go I want to watch a thriller or i want to watch a comedy and I go to that section. Everyone has different ways they watch etc. Your shelf looks great don’t listen to the haters lol. If I had a nice white shelf backdrop I might arrange by color. Plus your shelf stands out from literally anyones
Man, your physical media collection looks huge! I actually have over 4,000 myself (so over twice as many) but am storing them differently - every time I see a display overview like this one it puts the size of my collection in perspective a bit lol (a lot of mine are on revolving units and it makes it look like it takes up less space)
Great collection!
This is so clean very well organized. Best looking shelves
Another great video mate! Loved your videos for a long long time, you deserve a lot more exposure :) !
14:32 best part of the video 😂
I was hoping someone commented this 😭
The best shelf display I’ve ever seen, an excellent video DJ! Thanks for sharing with us, I’m looking forward to when I’ll be able to purchase custom shelving ☺️
Thanks so much, Sean! That’s some high praise. I always appreciate your comments. When you commission your shelving, I’d recommend going with an independent contractor over a company. You’ll save a lot of money that way. Just make sure he’s good. Ask to see his previous work. We found a guy that specializes in built-in shelving. He does awesome work.
@@FilmsByColor Okay cool, I’ll take your advice on board 👍🏻 Thanks for getting back to me, I feel so pleased to have found your channel, it’s come at a time in my life when I really need to share my interests with like minded collectors 🍿
Always have love alphabetical order myself, but the color organization looks stunning!
Your dedication to organization, not just collecting, is something that is always astounding.
Thanks Jeffery! I’m pretty sure it’s just some kind of condition I have, but I’ll take it as a compliment 👍
@@FilmsByColor fair enough
You must use some archive system, else it would be a nightmare to find a film, looks colourful though! Any world cinema, like The World of Wong Kar-Wai?
Great collection. A nice variety of titles, distributors and, most importantly, an array of colors. Funny, in the past whenever you mentioned your Criterion shelf, I always pictured in my mind another wall with a number of shelve units, not a continuation of the two shelve units we see on camera. I have my Criterion closet set up alphabetically by director then chronologically by the year of release. If I ever get myself reorganized, I'll have to do it typically by spine number, Currently, it is a pain trying to make room in various spots due to limited shelve space.
I’m constantly considering reorganizing my Criterion Collection by spine number. I don’t think it would be worth it though, since my collection is still relatively small.
Love this collection!!!
Thank you so much!
best shelf/room tour keep up awesome content DJ
Thanks so much! Really appreciate the support.
this is such an amazing collection
Lovely video, of a large collection. I will always store my movies by genre, and it's so cool to see another view on things. Thanks for that! To upgrade from Blu-ray to 4k is so expencive in Norway, and in total there are only 1 physical store left in the entire country. 1 typical criterion release on 4k can go for 80 usdollars, which never will be ok for me. So sales are the way to go, or used.
Looks great!
That Ben Hur looks amazing.
I have to put mine in alphabetical order.
Thanks! Yeah I love that Ben Hur set. One of my favorites.
OMG FILMS BY COLOR - now I get it!!! I'm strictly an alphabetic organizer then I use CollectorZ (CLZ) to locate the shelf (or case) where the disc lives. How DO YOU find a disc - do you know the color case of every film in the collection (LOL)? Certainly provides a great backdrop for your videos. Dropped by local B&N today, but after two Criterion titles on Monday, I decided to leave w/o purchasing; going away next week and saw there's a B&N 2 miles from where I'm staying and firgure I'd take a shot on the road trip one rainy day.
Your collection is lovely to look at but a headache trying to figure how to go about finding anything, though I'm sure you know where everything is. Also, great posters.
I also have that limited edition Psych box set which I love. I plan to keep it even when I do upgrade to have the blu-rays and to have the movies that unfortunately are only available in that newest set (2 and 3).
Sorry I'm a day late posting this, but thanks so much for giving us a look at your entire collection. I'm a little different in that I mostly organization my films by genre and certain actors/actresses/directors. So, that means I don't have all of my Criterion titles next to each other. For example, my Criterion copy of "War of the Worlds" is with my other sci-fi films, and my Criterion copy of "The Uninvited" is in with my horror titles. Sometimes I think of how cool it would be to have all of my Criterion titles together, but I really like organizing them by genre.
I used to organize by genre too. It’s great. It’s like having your own personal video store.
Gorgeous looking on the shelves but man my OCD would kill me not having sequels next to their original films and everything lol looks awesome though bro
note the dvds in plastic traps air it will start disc rot i would remove them
but thats the most clean set up ever we bow to you ....your a god
I was just thinking of it now, but I'd love if you could make a video on films that you would show your child at different stages of their life. Starting with the first films you'd ever show them and making your way forward to their first ever introduction to R-Rated films?
You could do it as an entire series videos breaking them down by different notable moments and age brackets of their life, whether that be films you've already shown or hope to show in the future.
I know that you value creating a rich love of film in your kids and make that notable in your videos, so I think it would be a good fit for your channel and could be a way to get new viewers if your video reaches the right search bar terms.
If I was your neighbor I would sneak in at night one day and rearrange your collection alphabetically like a normal person. How do you remember what color something is if you’re looking for a particular title?
Its easy to remember the color of sleeves if you actually watch your movies. Also, each color would be arranged alphabetically.
What’s the best place for affordable Blu-ray’s with places like Best Buy leaving physical behind.
Not all movies are for all people saying that I do love your display its really nice neat and uniformed 🙌🏻
I just found your youtube channel! Love it! ❤ Could you make a video on how you started sorting by color? Would also be fun to hear you talk about green films! I think green films are the hardest to find! Maybe a video about hunting green films! Would be fun to see! 🙋♂️🎬🌈🎨✨
Mine seems so modest in comparison! But I also have the out of print The Third Man blu ray!
I love that Third Man release. I’m one of the few who likes Criterion’s DigiPaks
How do you pick a movie you want to see out of this huge collection= :)
In addition to your two copies of Red River, I see you have two copies of the Indicator John Ford at Columbia box sets! Would you be willing to part with both?
Sure, man! I’ll be selling both of those very soon. You interested?
@@FilmsByColor oh yeah
OMG, your framed Moviepass card 🤣
Haha! I was hoping someone would catch that. Good eye!
Fantastic collection. Do you struggle sometimes remembering what section a film is it due to it being in a colour section. I know us collectors sometimes have a 6th sense were we put stuff but was just wondering. Loving the content keep them coming.
Well said. I’ve never heard it put that way, but you’re right. We do kinda have a sixth sense. So it’s not usually a problem, but in the rare case that I can’t remember where something is, I have all my movies logged in a database app on my phone. And I tag them with a color, so it just takes a couple seconds to run a search. Great question. Thanks for the support!
Was going to say Disney Treasures set has like 32 dvd sets or something around there
Yeah there’s a bunch. I was mostly interested in the early animation stuff. I may eventually pick up some of the live action ones.
It looks pretty, but, man, this would drive me crazy. I don't know how you find anything.
P.S. Why are you hiding The O.C. in the bottom cabinet?? (I love that show.)
Haha! That OC boxset is my wife’s. I’ve never seen the show. I’m not sure why it ended up down there. I guess just because we keep most of our DVDs down there. I should probably move it up to the top.
I LOVE that Avatar boxset, I have the Legend of Korra one but for some reason I haven't gotten the Avatar one yet.
Nice shelving, would look better in black. I don’t like the order by colour but each to their own. Mine is in no particular order so I can’t say much lol. I just have most expensive boxsets at the top, followed by slips, standards, TV Shows/ DVDs.
Great collection, but how do you find movies you want to watch? I alphabetize all of my blu rays and DVDs. If I went by color, I would never be able to find anything because I wouldn't be able to remember what color they were.
Hi,(His wife here)He’s just annoyingly good at remembering the colors. Makes for a fun game though
I wanna get the Psych Blu-ray collection so bad for my uncle but keep the three movie pack!! But I don’t know if that makes me a bad nephew. 😱😱 It’s a real moral dilemma.
Haha! I think your uncle will understand. It’s really the studio’s fault for making those movies only available in the box set. Blame them!
If you wanted to showcase releases in more depth, you could pull a selection of films all in one color or shade of color and talk about them there. To turn it into more of a series of videos rather than a singular video.
You’re spot on. I’ve had the same thought. If I ever do Complete Collection videos, that’s how I’ll do them. I actually tested out that format with my Christmas Collection video at the end of last year, and I though it worked really well.
I find it strange that the collection is colour coded for esthetics, but then up close, you haven't taken it to the next level and grouped similar cases by height and size for a truly unified look.
I wish I could, but if I put them by size they wouldn’t truly be by color. There has to be an even gradation from light to dark within each color section or you lose the rainbow effect, and the shelves just look patchy on camera.
I love Kino.
Kino Lorber’s great. I need to pick up more of their titles. I only have about 30. Any Kino titles you recommend?
Unfortunately when you reach your 70’s and look at your personal collection all I see is a landfill filled with movies.
Nice collection! Running at a little over 5000 movie titles myself (haven't counted my TV collection yet) - I must slow down, lol.
Wow, very impressive! I think my spacing is gonna max out around 2,000. Then I’ll have to start selling stuff off.