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Cacator posted:Recommendations needed for DeepDiscount/DVD Planet sale: Have you seen Bunuel's Diary of a Chambermaid yet? It's one of my favorites. If you own the rest of Melville's stuff I can't see why you wouldn't like Army of Shadows. It's a bit darker than his usual and has one of the coolest dvd covers in the collection in my opinion.
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Cacator posted:And is Army of Shadows as good as everyone says it is? I own the first three Melvilles in the collection. Short answer: yes. I own all the Melvilles and am enamored with it. I definitely think its one of the strongest dvds in my collection: awesome transfer, great extras, good packaging, etc...
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Yeah. I feel like I should be branching out in what I watch but I can't help but return to old favourites.
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Cacator posted:Recommendations needed for DeepDiscount/DVD Planet sale: I bought it on Monday, and I love it. You're right, it's really obscure stuff, but so much so it's entertaining. If you can get past some of his heavy handed criticisms, its a great buy.
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Pictures of the packaging for The Furies: Hahah, I didn't expect the novel to have the Criterion spine on it for some reason. Looks pretty classy. And this one, essay booklet looks nice: 
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Jun 7, 2008 05:42
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Jack Does Jihad posted:Pictures of the packaging for The Furies: Wow, that looks incredible. I really hope their packaging doesnt drop in quality with the switch to blu-ray.
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Jack Does Jihad posted:Pictures of the packaging for The Furies I don't think I'm legally allowed to use the 'swoon' emoticon two pages in a row, so I'll just say that this looks great, and I can't wait.
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Jun 7, 2008 06:30
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It's always great when a Criterion comes with the novel. Short Cuts has a book with all the Carver short stories the movie contains. It's interesting to see how they translated and hooked together (and makes the film that much more interesting).WaitsUp posted:Wow, that looks incredible. I doubt it. Hopefully, if anything, they'll help get everyone else to stop it with the awful Blu-Ray packaging.
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Jun 7, 2008 06:35
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Magic Hate Ball posted:It's always great when a Criterion comes with the novel. Short Cuts has a book with all the Carver short stories the movie contains. It's interesting to see how they translated and hooked together (and makes the film that much more interesting). The Man Who Fell to Earth also comes with the book it's based on, which incidentally is one of their Blu-ray releases.
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Cacator posted:Does anyone have the William Klein eclipse set? It sounds obscure (even by Criterion standards) and bizarre enough to be very interesting. I was considering this set but then caught Who Are You Polly Magoo? on Sundance Channel by chance and wasn't really able to stay with it. Very entertaining for about 45 minutes, and then the back half of it went completely off the deep end. Not my bag, but then again neither was Discreet Charm, so perhaps you should rent one or two of the discs before going with a purchase.
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Criterion is going to hit paydirt with the goth crowd.
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Og Oggilby posted:Criterion is going to hit paydirt with the goth crowd. Yeah, it kind of panders to that kind of crowd, but it's a much more interesting cover than Kino's or MoC's. The booklet looks to be pretty cool, containing the screenplay and the short story that inspired the film.
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New features added to Salo: - Fade to Black, a 23-minute documentary featuring directors Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, and John Maybury, as well as scholar David Forgacs - The End of "Salò", a 40-minute documentary about the film’s production Also, a Catherine Breillat essay has been added to the booklet. No sign of the September titles yet. It looks they've moved away from their old policy of doing new announcements on the 15th of every month.
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Here comes the Ophuls... #443 - LA RONDE  - New, restored high-definition digital transfer - Audio commentary featuring film scholar Susan White, author of The Cinema of Max Ophuls - An interview with Academy Award–winning filmmaker Marcel Ophuls, discussing his father’s work - Interview with actor Daniel Gélin (Napoléon, Testament of Orpheus) - Interview with film scholar Alan Williams - Selected correspondence between Sir Laurence Olivier and Heinrich Schnitzler (the playwright's son), illustrating the controversy surrounding the source play - New and improved subtitle translation - PLUS: A new essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty #444 - LE PLAISIR  - New, restored high-definition digital transfer - Introduction by filmmaker Todd Haynes - English- and German-language versions of the opening narration - From Script to Screen, a video essay featuring film scholar Jean-Pierre Berthomé discussing the evolution of Ophuls’s screenplay for Le plaisir - Interviews with actor Daniel Gélin, assistant director Tony Aboyantz, and set decorator Robert Christidès - New and improved English subtitle translation - PLUS: A new essay by film critic Robin Wood #445 - THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE...  - New, restored high-definition digital transfer - Audio commentary featuring film scholars Susan White and Gaylyn Studlar - Interviews with Ophuls collaborators Alain Jessua, Mar Frédérix, and Annette Wademant - A visual analysis of The Earrings of Madame de . . . by film scholar Tag Gallagher - Interview with novelist Louise de Vilmorin on Ophuls's adaptation of her story - New and improved English subtitle translation - PLUS: A new essay by Molly Haskell, Louise de Vilmorin's novella Madame de, upon which the film is based, and a reprinted essay by costume designer and longtime Ophuls collaborator Georges Annenkov #446 - AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (no cover art yet) - New, restored high-definition digital transfer - New audio commentary featuring David Bordwell, author of Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema - Excerpts from "Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake," a 1978 French television program looking back on Ozu's career, featuring film critic Michel Ciment - Theatrical trailer - New and improved English subtitle translation - PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by film scholars Geoff Andrew and Donald Richie And now for the utterly awesome (to me, anyway): ECLIPSE SERIES 12: AKI KAURISMAKI'S PROLETARIAT TRILOGY     I'm glad that two of the Ophuls are new to me. AAA is a middling Ozu, but I may rent it to check out the extras. Match Factory Girl is my favorite Kaurismaki, and the other two are good also. I wish they were getting the full Criterion treatment, but it's about drat time we had some more Kaurisamki in region 1. The color scheme on the Kaurismaki box is hideous, though. FitFortDanga fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Jun 17, 2008 |
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FitFortDanga posted:Here comes the Ophuls... That cover art is beautiful, but I have to admit I'm a little disappointed by the fact that it doesn't look like this will be a box set, and there's no Letter from an Unknown Woman, Liebelei or Lola Montes, I didn't expect all three but at least one of them. While all three are enjoyable I don't see myself buying them individually, especially at the $40 price point, and I was looking forward to them too.
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Argh, I've just bought those exact Kaurismaki titles (also together in a box) in R2 (UK). Have you actually seen those import DVDs FFD, or have you seen them by other means? The only Kaurismaki film I've seen so far is Lights in the Dusk (which I loved) and I'm wanting to check out more. I've also bought the R2 The Man Without a Past, they were all cheap from Amazon UK. Also from that order was Innocence, which I really liked though sadly the DVD didn't feature a very good transfer.
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:That cover art is beautiful, but I have to admit I'm a little disappointed by the fact that it doesn't look like this will be a box set, and there's no Letter from an Unknown Woman, Liebelei or Lola Montes, I didn't expect all three but at least one of them. While all three are enjoyable I don't see myself buying them individually, especially at the $40 price point, and I was looking forward to them too. I was hoping for a box set as well, but really, who pays list price for Criterions, ever? I haven't seen any of them, but I'm buying Madame de... the day it comes out. I've wanted to see it forever.
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Criminal Minded posted:I was hoping for a box set as well, but really, who pays list price for Criterions, ever? True, but even on sale $20 is a lot for a single DVD. It's the reason I haven't bought Sawdust and Tinsel and Drunken Angel, among others. Even though DVDs in general seem to be going down in price Criterion seems to be moving towards releasing a larger percentage of films at the higher price point. I'm much more willing to impulse buy at $10 or even $15.
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That's fair enough. I've been wasting my money on Criterions for as long as I can remember though.
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bmmello posted:Argh, I've just bought those exact Kaurismaki titles (also together in a box) in R2 (UK). Have you actually seen those import DVDs FFD, or have you seen them by other means? Other means (although Kaurismaki has made me want to take the region-free plunge)
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FitFortDanga posted:The color scheme on the Kaurismaki box is hideous, though. Yeah, it looks awful. The Small Back Room cover looks really lovely too. That font makes it look like a 5 dollar dvd or something.
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Criterion is also starting a "budget" line of their DVDs: http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/sd-dvd-film-documentary/273471-criterion-press-release-september-2008-titles.html Grand Illuion, Beauty and the Beast, Wild Strawberries, The Lord of the Flies, Rashomon, and Knife in the Water are in the first wave. They're all movie-only, with the extras left off. MSRP is $19.97 and the "Essential Art House Vol. 1" box set will have all 6 films for MSRP $99.95. Not a bad idea considering these will street for about $14. Release date is Sept. 9.
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Og Oggilby posted:Criterion is also starting a "budget" line of their DVDs: It's a follow-up to the big Janus box they did a while ago. At first I was thinking these wouldn't sell very well, but then I realized that I've been hesitant about buying Belle et la Bete because of the price. I've already seen the supplements, so a $14 barebones edition is sounding attractive.
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That one was really obvious. I never figure them out and I immediately knew that one.
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Anyone happen to know when some more Godards might be coming out? I've been hearing that Criterion's planning on releasing Vivre sa Vie and Two or Three Things I Know About Her for a long time now and it still hasn't happened. 
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Some images of the inside of Vampyr from the Criterion forums: It looks great, and I'm pretty psyched about this. I don't remember the black skeleton in the movie, though. Did they just add that for the packaging? And I really wish Criterion would expand their poster selection. There are so many awesome covers and images they could choose, but the selection they have now is really, really boring.
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Well, I know everyone's probably had their fill of spending cash on DVDs, but I stumbled across a deal thats been going on for a while (apparently) and is ending the 30th. You may be familiar with it, but it's the 'open a google checkout account and get 10$ anything over 10$ at buy.com.' I opened a GC account a while back for one small transaction, but it looks like it'd give me the discount no problem if I just used my other(junk mail) account. More importantly, I figured I might pick up one last Criterion or some such, as there are some that can be had considerably cheaper than I've seen elsewhere(which is odd, as most of them ship from Deep Discount). From a brief glance through, I may end up grabbing the Complete Mr. Arkadin for 15.90 and free shipping, after the 10$ off. Would this be a recommended blind buy? Alternatively, I may grab Band of Outsiders or Breathless instead...
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<b>Mishima</b> is out, and my life is complete!
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Villainous_Fonda posted:<b>Mishima</b> is out, and my life is complete! Mine just arrived today. The cover is not as bad as it looks in photos, but it's still pretty ugly.
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ThetaOmnikron posted:I may end up grabbing the Complete Mr. Arkadin for 15.90 and free shipping, after the 10$ off. It's a pretty choppy mash-up of Citizen Kane and The Third Man. That's a pretty awesome price, though, but unless you really like Orson Welles you might get more joy out of something else.
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I'm sure people are tired of my deal posts, but most all Criterion are buy 1 get 1 free over at Deep Discount. http://www.deepdiscount.com/DVD---HBO-Comedy-Sale_stcVVcatId476505VVviewcat.htm Doing some quick math, you'd be hard pressed to find any of these cheaper elsewhere.
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That's the best deal post I've seen on Criterions. It's going to be really hard to restrain myself from buying a bunch of the titles I've been hesitant to buy.
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Oof, I just bought a bunch too. But there's another dozen or so I might have to buy at that price.
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ThetaOmnikron posted:I'm sure people are tired of my deal posts, but most all Criterion are buy 1 get 1 free over at Deep Discount. Holy poo poo I love you. I've been torn between seven or eight Criterion DVDs but now I can buy all, or almost all of them, guilt free.
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I really hope Vampyr will be added on the 22nd since this goes until the 29th. My eyes are set on that and Mr. Arkadin. Going to pass on the Tati films (especially Playtime) and Spartacus since they're too likely to be BluRays by next year.
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Yeah, I just bought a bunch of poo poo I didn't really need. "I've always wanted to read the essay about Bernard Herrmann that DePalma wrote for Sisters.." I'm really glad they're having this sale, though. I got to buy 3 I've been meaning to pick up, with 3 others that I mildly considered buying. Yesss.
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I just bought: 8 1/2 All That Heaven Allows Band of Outsiders The Cranes Are Flying Early Summer Ivan's Childhood Late Spring Mouchette Naked Spirit of the Beehive That Obscure Object of Desire Diary of a Chambermaid And there were at least 6 more I had to resist. I almost got Mon Oncle/M. Hulot's Holiday, but decided to pass for the same reasons as Og. Total price: $194.31. Thank heaven for credit cards.
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Og Oggilby posted:I really hope Vampyr will be added on the 22nd since this goes until the 29th. My eyes are set on that and Mr. Arkadin. I'm hoping for "High and Low" to be added as well. I'll get that, and I think I'll finally pick up "Ikiru". I've been meaning to get that one for a while and just haven't.
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