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I don't know if it was mentioned earlier, but it's rumored that Criterion will release a collection of Martin Scorsese shorts in the near future (What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, It's Not Just You, Murray!, The Big Shave, Street Scenes, Italianamerican, American Boy, and Made in Milan). The films weren't specifically mentioned, but it would probably contain all of those (from what I found on the IMDB).
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Triphos posted:I'm more or less getting it because I just saw F for Fake and loved it, and blind buying the other two. General Idi Amin Dada is a fine movie, but chances are you will watch it once and never touch it again. Honeymoon Killers is fun if you like campy, John Waters-ish stuff.
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Triphos posted:Pretty decent deal going on at DVD Planet right now: F for Fake, The Honeymoon Killers, General Idi Amin Dada, and a hat for 64.95. Those are the regular prices for those movies at dvdplanet. So essentially the deal is buy these 3 and get a hat. I guess it's worth it if you want the hat.
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i know all criterion releases are top notch but does anyone have the dazed and confused release? how is it?
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The Dazed and Confused transfer is very nice - rich and vibrant. A top tier Criterion if I do say so myself!
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Yes, Dazed and Confused is a fabulous transfer. The special features are very good as well.
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Cross-posted from SA-Mart: Coupons... Just got an announcement from MySpace. Thought cheap cinephiles might like to know that Amazon is doing a deal for thirty Criterion classics 35% off. Get Three-disc Seven Samurai for $32.49 ... or maybe Fear and Loathing for just $26 ... or Fanny and Alexander for under $20 Plus "Kicking and Screaming", "Kind Hearts and Coronets", "My Own Private Idaho", "Young Mr. Lincoln", "Mr. Ardakin", "Hoop Dreams", "The Tin Drum", "The 400 Blows"... ... and of course, suspiciously featured back to back, "3 Women" "Naked".  the whole sale I know 35% off isn't much by Amazon standards but we all know the C in the Criterion logo doesn't stand for Cheap.
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May 15, 2007 18:42
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It seems Breathless is coming later this year from the hint in Criterion's newsletter.
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Icon-Cat posted:Cross-posted from SA-Mart: Coupons... Just got an announcement from MySpace. Thought cheap cinephiles might like to know that Amazon is doing a deal for thirty Criterion classics 35% off. amazon sales are never worth it because you end up paying the same amount of money with the shipping, or it's like a few dollars less, plus you have to wait 
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Being a cheapass in the extreme, I never mind waiting for the free Super Saver Shipping, and since a lot of those discs clock over $25 all by themselves... (shrug) I always welcome the opportunity when I need to buy a $17 book or something, and have a legitimate excuse to throw on a cheapie $10 DVD to be economical. Can't get Criterion for that kind of money, but you can get a silly comedy 
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May 15, 2007 22:03
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Icon-Cat posted:Being a cheapass in the extreme, I never mind waiting for the free Super Saver Shipping, and since a lot of those discs clock over $25 all by themselves... (shrug) If you were really a cheapass you'd know DVDplanet has ALL criterions at 35% of, all the time. There's nothing special about this amazon deal, other than that it's at amazon.
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#399 - House of Games DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Juan Ruiz Anchia Audio commentary by director David Mamet and consultant and actor Ricky Jay New video interviews with actors Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna David Mamet on "House of Games," a short documentary shot on location during the film's preparation and production Storyboard detail from the deleted scene "The Tap" Theatrical trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones and excerpts from Mamets introduction to the published screenplay Wow, this truly came out of nowhere. I used to LOVE this movie, kinda soured on it a little bit in recent years. Will still rent it to check out the extras though. Ricky Jay! FitFortDanga fucked around with this message at 22:43 on May 15, 2007 |
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#401 - Crνa Cuervos Special Features New, restored high-definition digital transfer Portrait of Carlos Saura, a documentary on the life and career of the Spanish auteur New interviews with actresses Geraldine Chaplin and Ana Torrent Original theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Paul Julian Smith Looks like it might be my kind of movie. FitFortDanga fucked around with this message at 22:43 on May 15, 2007 |
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#402 - The Milky Way New, restored high-definition digital transfer Video introduction by screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriθre New video interview with film scholar Ian Christie Theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitles More! PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by Carlos Fuentes and Mark Polizzotti, and a reprinted interview with Luis Buρuel Meh. I think this is my least favorite Bunuel. I might not even bother with a rental. Sigh... why couldn't it be Exterminating Angel?
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It's worth noting that there's no #400 yet. I wonder which title they're saving it for.
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FitFortDanga posted:Wow, that cover is pretty slick looking. Very cool--like you said, a bit out of nowhere, but I think a Criterion Mamet is long overdue. Now you have me wondering about #400...
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Holy poo poo. I've wanted to see House of Games ever since I read Ebert's review of it, but the current DVD didn't look so hot. I will definitely be grabbing that one.  EDIT: Also, this is an MGM title...hopefully this is a precursor to more MGM titles getting licensed to Criterion, like 12 Angry Men, Sweet Smell of Success and some Woody Allen flicks. Criminal Minded fucked around with this message at 03:26 on May 16, 2007 |
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May 16, 2007 03:11
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FitFortDanga posted:#399 - House of Games Color me excited.
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To be honest I'm not impressed at all. Another rerelease of a film that's already available? And another trip to the well for a "grand old master"? The Spanish film could be good, but I think Criterion is really dragging their feet with August's line-up. The June series looks great, but they've been getting into a really boring pattern of rereleases lately (and if the news about 'A bout de souffle' is true, we have another rerelease to not look forward to). I'd be interested to see the data on what sells for them. My guess is that rereleases of familiar stuff sells really well, as does the stable of establishes directors that they're committed to promoting, but I'm thinking that everything else falls flat. Given that they have access to so many films through Image, MGM (via Fox) and Paramount, it seems likely that they will keep chugging out familiar titles that have proven to sell. Oh well.
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vertov posted:To be honest I'm not impressed at all. Another rerelease of a film that's already available? And another trip to the well for a "grand old master"? The Spanish film could be good, but I think Criterion is really dragging their feet with August's line-up. The June series looks great, but they've been getting into a really boring pattern of rereleases lately (and if the news about 'A bout de souffle' is true, we have another rerelease to not look forward to). I agree, it's a dud month. House of Games will sell on the popular market because it's an American movie with recognizable actors, but it's not that great of a film. I have a hard time complaining about Bunuel, but they've really been concentrating on some of his least exciting work. I'm also not at all looking forward to Breathless... influential as it may be, I find it to be one of Godard's less compelling films. Hopefully the next Eclipse set to be announced will be a little more adventurous (or at least more to my liking).
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I'm excited about Breathless, but nothing that's actually coming out in August. I hope the rest of the titles for that month are going to be redeemed by a spectacular release #400 or something. But really, there are so many good titles in the library that I don't own yet that I can spend August catching up of some of them. Edit: I would buy like 4 copies of a 12 Angry Men release
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I'd probably buy 12 Angry Men as well. Right now I'm spending on money I've allocated on other movies, but we'll see how Criterion goes.
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I doubt #400 is anything special. Criterion hasn't really set a precedent by releasing incredible titles for any of the previous 00's (Beastie Boys Anthology, Honeymoon Killers, and The Life Aquatic respectively). I like each of those releases enough, but they aren't mindblowingly amazing or incredible (though I do own all of them, but I think I'm going to sell The Honeymoon Killers).
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cryme posted:I doubt #400 is anything special. Criterion hasn't really set a precedent by releasing incredible titles for any of the previous 00's (Beastie Boys Anthology, Honeymoon Killers, and The Life Aquatic respectively). I like each of those releases enough, but they aren't mindblowingly amazing or incredible (though I do own all of them, but I think I'm going to sell The Honeymoon Killers). Yeah, but I don't recall them deliberately withholding what those titles would be. It's probably because I wasn't paying that much attention at the time, though. I'm sort of hoping for Berlin Alexanderplatz, but who knows. I don't think that would be an amazing release to that many people, but I am really anticipating it.
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Triphos posted:Yeah, but I don't recall them deliberately withholding what those titles would be. It's probably because I wasn't paying that much attention at the time, though.
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Finally, a decent Breathless! If Fox is finally sublicensing MGM titles to Criterion, I hope this means we'll see the Selznick Hitchcocks back in print, as well as Straw Dogs (All Selznick International films licensed to MGM by ABC a while ago).
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Cria Cuervos is a fine movie, plus it has Jeanette's Por que te vas dominating the soundtrack.
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Og Oggilby posted:Finally, a decent Breathless! mgm released a bare bones version of straw dogs that was one minute longer. i don't know what was different about it but it always felt like they were trying to get one up on criterion.
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Grapefruit Pulp posted:mgm released a bare bones version of straw dogs that was one minute longer. i don't know what was different about it but it always felt like they were trying to get one up on criterion. It's the same transfer, so the extra minute must just be company logos at the beginning and maybe the authoring/copy protection stuff at the end. Also, someone at cf.org is claiming that the Eclipse box for August is going to be three of Sam Fuller's films. That pretty much redeems the month for me.
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vertov posted:Also, someone at cf.org is claiming that the Eclipse box for August is going to be three of Sam Fuller's films. If that's true, that'll be an easy one for me to skip. I can think of few people less deserving of their reputation.
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That would rock. Just ordered a few Criterions: Fires on the Plain Honeymoon Killers Jules and Jim Salesman La Haine Vengeance is Mine Haven't seen any of them (yes, including J&J). I love every Truffaut I've seen, and love Tokyo Olympiad, the rest are pretty much blind-buys (though I've seen bits of Salesman in college and was quite impressed).
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bmmello posted:That would rock. Just ordered a few Criterions: You'll probably regret the Honeymoon Killers. It's interesting, but not worth owning. Also, the audio is horrible for some reason.
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https://www.criteriondvd.com has cover art for Eclipse 4 and 5: Eclipse 4: Raymond Bernard - Wooden Crosses - Les Miserables Eclipse 5: The First Films of Samuel Fuller - I Shot Jesse James - The Baron of Arizona - The Steel Helmet
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FitFortDanga posted:cover for Milky Way: Weird, CriterionDVD's cover has a orange-red background instead of the photo.
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Og Oggilby posted:Weird, CriterionDVD's cover has a orange-red background instead of the photo. Not anymore, though that would look a bit better (not a fan of the font, though). Also The Third Man reissue is out today, meaning I'll have to find a way to get rid of my old one.
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FitFortDanga posted:cover for Milky Way: The past 4 films released by them have had awful covers. I don't know what's up but they need to fix it.
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I just noticed that Cria Cuervos has been moved from #401 to #403. This would seem to suggest that whatever #400 is, it's part of a pair.
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