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Criterion (or someone measuring their sales) put out a list of their ten biggest selling DVDs ever a couple of years back. Fear And Loathing was far and away #1.
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The Cameo posted:Criterion (or someone measuring their sales) put out a list of their ten biggest selling DVDs ever a couple of years back. I'm not surprised. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was my first Criterion and it's still one of their best releases.
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Dec 2, 2009 08:33
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Just out of curiosity, were Wes Anderson's movies on that list at all? For a long time The Royal Tenenbaums was by far the DVD I saw around the most.
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Dec 2, 2009 08:44
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Criterion's Facebook posted:2010 is AK's centennial, so one imagines there will probably be some Kurosawa Blu-rays
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Dec 4, 2009 20:30
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Macrame_God posted:I'm not surprised. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was my first Criterion and it's still one of their best releases. Me too. I'd also say that it might be because it has one of the more eye-catching boxart. Then I went and tracked down the old 3-disc non-anamorphic Brazil as fast as I could.
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Dec 4, 2009 22:25
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Cacator posted:Me too. I'd also say that it might be because it has one of the more eye-catching boxart. Then I went and tracked down the old 3-disc non-anamorphic Brazil as fast as I could. I got that one too. I'm a sucker for great packaging. I just love my Criterion copy of Videodrome. 
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Dec 4, 2009 22:38
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Macrame_God posted:I'm not surprised. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was my first Criterion and it's still one of their best releases. Cacator posted:Me too. I'd also say that it might be because it has one of the more eye-catching boxart. Then I went and tracked down the old 3-disc non-anamorphic Brazil as fast as I could. Macrame_God posted:I got that one too. I'm a sucker for great packaging. I just love my Criterion copy of Videodrome. I agree with all of you  Those 3 movies look stunning on my shelf. The Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas case is perfect for the fim. Brazil (well I have the anamorphic one...) is a personal favorite of mine. Feels substantial in my hands and always draws the eyes. And what else could I say about Videodrome? Replica Betamax Tape? Genius.
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Dec 5, 2009 03:04
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I think obsessing over packaging is ridiculous, but Criterion 99% of the time presents films in the classiest way possible. When I see the bland or poorly composited covers, it makes the film look cheap. They also manage to capture the film within one image. Even better that their BluRay editions are in custom cases. They'll always stick out amongst the ugly blue-topped cases everyone else uses.
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Dec 5, 2009 03:54
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The Criterion Blu-ray cases are really gorgeous. They're about as thick as a DVD, neutrally colored, and incredibly sturdy. It's fun just to handle one.
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Dec 5, 2009 04:08
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Magic Hate Ball posted:The Criterion Blu-ray cases are really gorgeous. They're about as thick as a DVD, neutrally colored, and incredibly sturdy. It's fun just to handle one. I agree. It sucks that my copy of Benjamin Button has one of those typical blue cases though. 
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Dec 5, 2009 04:22
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Criterion has the rest of the BluRay cases available for their digipak releases, except for Bottle Rocket. Also, it's $5 each for the first two replacements; $2.50 each for additional cases. You can go ahead and order the BR case so they can ship the whole set together when it's ready.
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Dec 5, 2009 17:17
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I guess $27.50 is better than $45. Thanks for the heads up. By the way, you send payment to store@criterion.com
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The copy of Nights of Cabiria I ordered from B&N has yet to arrive. I got an email from B&N telling me that they're out of stock and if I still wanted the product to go to my purchase history on their website and confirm that I was still interested. They kept telling me that they're determined to get me a copy if I want it so bad, but I'm starting to get worried. It's been a month now and no Nights of Cabiria.
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Macrame_God posted:The copy of Nights of Cabiria I ordered from B&N has yet to arrive. I got an email from B&N telling me that they're out of stock and if I still wanted the product to go to my purchase history on their website and confirm that I was still interested. They kept telling me that they're determined to get me a copy if I want it so bad, but I'm starting to get worried. It's been a month now and no Nights of Cabiria. It stinks for me since my wanted to expand my knowledge of Fellini which constitutes of just the first 20 min. of La Dolce Vita(I should rent it again). Maybe I should look at region 2 for a copy instead.
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Dec 7, 2009 00:10
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Macrame_God posted:The copy of Nights of Cabiria I ordered from B&N has yet to arrive. I got an email from B&N telling me that they're out of stock and if I still wanted the product to go to my purchase history on their website and confirm that I was still interested. They kept telling me that they're determined to get me a copy if I want it so bad, but I'm starting to get worried. It's been a month now and no Nights of Cabiria. Same here. I did find that Optimum released a DVD back in March: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nights-Cabiria-DVD-Giulietta-Masina/dp/B001Q58KK0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1260141097&sr=8-1 Only $13 USD plus shipping, but it's probably R2-locked. Only extras seem to be the trailer and a Phillip Kemp interview, but it's better than nothing. StudioCanal generally has quality transfers available, so it should at least be as good as Criterion's.
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Dec 7, 2009 00:26
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Sorry if this is a stupid question, but where is the information on the criterion blu-ray case replacements? I looked on their website, but i couldn't find anything. Those digipaks are looking real out of place.... On another note, finally watched The Seventh Seal on blu and I was really impressed with the film itself and the transfer. I really did not expect the film to be as witty as it was. Really enjoyed it.
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melvinthemopboy3 posted:Sorry if this is a stupid question, but where is the information on the criterion blu-ray case replacements? I looked on their website, but i couldn't find anything. Those digipaks are looking real out of place.... Jon Mulvaney posted:We are offering replacement cases for the following titles:
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Dec 11, 2009 17:50
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From the official page:Jonathan Turell posted:To answer the most frequently asked question: yes, we will be releasing separately the five titles in the set that had previously been unavailable from Criterion: Sanshiro Sugata; The Most Beautiful; Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two; The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail; and Madadayo. And the March announcements will likely come tomorrow, but here's a sneak preview: Jonathan Turell posted:As for other Kurosawa plans, we had hoped to celebrate the actual centenary, in March, with a Blu-ray edition of Seven Samurai, but weeks of additional restoration have turned into months—yes, it looks really amazing—and the release won’t be until later in 2010. Instead, on March 23, we’ll be releasing Kurosawa’s Yojimbo and Sanjuro. They look great, too. A last word about AK 100: if you haven’t had a chance to pick up, feel, and look at this beautiful, linen-bound box, you should. The design is great, and the book inside is wonderful. There are many iconic stills from the movies that you’ll certainly recognize, but what’s especially neat is that Kurosawa himself appears in many of the images, just outside the framing with which you’re familiar. It’s fascinating to see where he placed himself in the process.
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I'm sure that AK 100 box is sweet as all holy everyloving gently caress but it ought to be subtitled the Criterion doubledippers fanclub edition. Releasing something like that only on DVD while simultaneously announcing the future availability of some of the films on Blu Ray is just goddamn baffling. Am I missing something about the typical Criterion boxset buyer demographic here? It seems like they'd be disproportionately early adopters of Blu Ray.
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Looks like they're pushing AK100 as a holiday gift. I guess for rich people who have no idea what DVDs their loved ones already own.
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gently caress, anybody want to buy my copies of Yojimbo and Sanjuro?
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FitFortDanga, you forgot to mention this part: "Sanshiro Sugata; Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two; and The Most Beautiful will be released in an Eclipse set; The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail and Madadayo will be released in Criterion editions." What surprises me is that they didn't include "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail" in an Eclipse set with the other movies... the movie is under an hour long, are there tons of extras they are going to include with it? Kinda reminds me of what they did with Mishima's "Patriotism", that movie really should have been an extra (3rd DVD) with the Mishima movie.
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zandert33 posted:FitFortDanga, you forgot to mention this part: Where'd you read that?
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Today I learned that blind-buying The Human Condition when it was on sale was like the best thing I ever did.
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I'm not planned on upgrading my copies of Yojimbo and Sanjuro right away, but I am getting that Seven Samurai BRD because it's my favorite movie ever.  Also, It would be nice if they put it all on one disc so that I'm not having to switch out discs in the middle of the movie. penismightier posted:Today I learned that blind-buying The Human Condition when it was on sale was like the best thing I ever did. I got Berlin Alexanderplatz for $43 dollars during the B&N sale so I know exactly how you feel. Also, I love The Human Condition too. It immediately placed on my short list of favorite movies of all time after seeing it (well, all three of them that is).
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FitFortDanga posted:Where'd you read that? I actually read it in a quote that was said to be taken from "Thinking Outside the Box" as well, but now that I've gone to the Criterion site myself I see that the quote is as you've stated... which means one of two things: 1. The person I saw the quote from altered the quote (for some strange reason) 2. Criterion edited the post after originally posting it Either way, as long as I can buy them all somehow I'm happy.
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I actually bought the AK100 box as a Christmas/birthday/next Christmas gift to myself since I only own Seven Samurai and Ran and won't be upgrading to Blu-Ray for quite a while. It is indeed pretty awesome.
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#506 - DILLINGER IS DEAD (3/16/10, DVD) •New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director of photography Mario Vulpiani •New video interviews with actor Michel Piccoli and Italian film historian Adriano Aprà •Excerpts from a 1997 roundtable discussion about director Marco Ferreri, with filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci and Francesco Rosi and film historian Aldo Tassone, including clips of interviews with Ferreri •Theatrical trailer •New and improved subtitle translation •PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Joshua Rowin and a selection of reprinted interviews with Ferreri Looks like a cool movie, will definitely rent it. #507 - BIGGER THAN LIFE (3/23/10, DVD & Blu-Ray)  •New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition •Audio commentary featuring critic Geoff Andrew (The Films of Nicholas Ray) •Profile of Nicholas Ray (1977), a half-hour television interview with the director •New video appreciation of Bigger Than Life with author Jonathan Lethem (Chronic City) •New video interview with Susan Ray, the director’s widow and editor of the book I Was Interrupted: Nicholas Ray on Making Movies •Theatrical trailer •PLUS: An essay by film writer B. Kite Terrific, subversive movie, with a nice set of extras. Might buy this one. #508 - LETTERS FROM FONTAINHAS: THREE FILMS BY PEDRO COSTA (3/30/10, 4-disc DVD box set)  Set includes: Ossos, In Vanda's Room, Colossal Youth DIRECTOR-APPROVED FOUR-DVD SET: •New, restored high-definition digital transfer of Ossos, supervised by director Pedro Costa; new digital transfers of In Vanda’s Room and Colossal Youth •New video conversations between Costa and filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin about Ossos and Colossal Youth •Audio commentary for In Vanda’s Room featuring Costa and Gorin •Selected-scene audio commentary by critic Cyril Neyrat and author-philosopher Jacques Rancière for Colossal Youth •Video interviews with critic João Bénard da Costa and cinematographer Emmanuel Machuel about Ossos •Video essay by artist Jeff Wall on Ossos •All Blossoms Again, a feature-length documentary on Costa and the making of Colossal Youth •Tarrafal and The Rabbit Hunters, two short films by Costa •Little Boy Male, Little Girl Female, a video installation piece by Costa featuring outtakes from In Vanda’s Room and Colossal Youth •Photographs by Mariana Viegas and Richard Dumas •Theatrical trailers •New and improved English subtitle translations of all the films •PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by critics Cyril Neyrat, Luc Sante, Thom Anderson, and Mark Peranson, as well as a reprint by Bernard Eisenschitz Sorry to say I don't know a drat thing about this guy, but he sounds right up my alley. Also, all on March 23rd: Blu-Rays of Days of Heaven, Yojimbo and Sanjuro. gently caress YES. (Yojimbo & Sanjuro BRs also available together in a box, just like the DVDs)
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FitFortDanga posted:Blu-Rays of Days of Heaven Holy poo poo. Yes.
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The second Criterion announced they were doing Blu-Rays, I had two immediate thoughts about the two films I need in Blu more than any others: Solyaris Days of Heaven 1/2!!
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Very excited about all releases. Am sad that I will have to buy Yojimbo again but it is my favourite Kurosawa. This time I'll get it with Sanjuro. Knew they couldn't put out Days of Heaven without a blu-ray.
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FitFortDanga posted:(Yojimbo & Sanjuro BRs also available together in a box, just like the DVDs) Awesome, I knew there was a reason I kept putting off buying the DVDs.
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Dillinger Is Dead had a brief US theatrical run this year. Manohla Dargis wrote that it was worth seeing but not wonderful. Colossal Youth got crazy press the year it came out. The indiewire critics' poll ranked it best undistributed film and 8th best film overall of 2007 (below There Will Be Blood, Zodiac, No Country For Old Men, Syndromes and a Century, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, I’m Not There, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford). It is quite good but super slow-paced (not that it could have been any other way). I haven't seen the previous two in the trilogy.
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Omigod omigod omigod omigod, I am so excited for Bigger Than Life. Now we just need a release of Johnny Guitar
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doctor thodt posted:Holy poo poo. Aaaaand my switch to blu-ray ASAP is now happening for sure.
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FitFortDanga posted:#507 - BIGGER THAN LIFE (3/23/10, DVD & Blu-Ray) I got my hands on a copy of this last year and it blew me away. Just a fun movie, and I'm so happy it's on Blu-ray. Between Che, Paris, Texas and this, I'm already three Criterions in the hole for next year...
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vvvvvvv Because I get drunk and don't think things through.
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Dec 16, 2009 08:04
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What's the point in censoring the names when we can easily find that
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Carl Garcia, you are not nearly as funny as you think you are.
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Friedpundit posted:Well, I'm pretty proud of it... That's really sad. FitFortDanga posted:Also, all on March 23rd: Blu-Rays of Days of Heaven, Yojimbo and Sanjuro. gently caress YES. (Yojimbo & Sanjuro BRs also available together in a box, just like the DVDs) drat, I'm definitely gonna get all of these. I'm finally happy that I don't already own Yojimbo and Sanjuro on DVD. Also probably gonna get that Pedro Costa box set, I've never watched any of his movies but the descriptions make it sound like I should have.
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