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I just watched Flesh for Frankenstein and I think it may be the worst thing Criterion has released. This isn't even campy fun or outrageously shocking, it's just a tedious badly acted and badly shot mess. The worst part is that it does seem like it had some sort of budget but it wasn't used for anything other than cheap gore and quality sets and costumes.
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Adding to the Eclipse discussion, you can't go wrong with Kurosawa and I highly recommend The First Films of Samuel Fuller. The Steel Helmet is overlooked excellence. Watch I Shot Jesse James just to see how someone can write a movie in 2 weeks, shoot it in ten days with a $10,000 budget, and have something that isn't complete dogshit and actually good. The Baron of Arizona is kinda dry, but it starts Vincent Price and the camerawork by James Wong Howe keeps it interesting.
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Jul 10, 2011 15:54
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I'm waiting to find it for $20 or cheaper (used or new), but the Lubitsch Musicals set is wonderful. The Love Parade is hilarious.
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Jul 10, 2011 16:22
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I agree. Before I saw all of them, people had talked up 'One Hour With You' as the best of the set by far, but I really, really loved 'The Love Parade.' All of the Schertzinger tunes are just great, super memorable and witty, and I think MacDonald and Chevalier are both at their freshest in it. Oh, geez, and of course also Lupino Lane and Lillian Roth, both way under-rated and very good in 'The Love Parade' in an extraordinarily broad and unabashed way.
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Jul 10, 2011 18:12
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:I just watched Flesh for Frankenstein and I think it may be the worst thing Criterion has released. This isn't even campy fun or outrageously shocking, it's just a tedious badly acted and badly shot mess. The worst part is that it does seem like it had some sort of budget but it wasn't used for anything other than cheap gore and quality sets and costumes. Yeah, but Blood for Dracula is really good. It's baffling how they could do one so good and one so bad. Great score, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjqD3aLnPrY
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Jul 11, 2011 01:25
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FYI, Criterion just put up the original version of Gojira on their Hulu account. It also looks like all of the films licensed from Castle Hill (Walter Wanger and John Cassevetes) are available for free viewing. Here's all the free viewing films I've found so far... Shadows (1959, John Cassevetes) Room at the Top (1959, Jack Clayton) I Married a Witch (1942, Rene Clair) Gojira (1954, Ishuro Honda), plus Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Foreign Correspondent (1940, Alfred Hitchcock) Breaker Morant (1980, Bruce Beresford) History is Made at Night (1937, Frank Borzage) The Long Voyage Home (1940, John Ford) Quadrophenia (1979, Franc Roddam) Faces (1968, John Cassevetes) A Woman Under the Influence (1974, John Cassevetes) The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976, John Cassevetes) To Be or Not to Be (1942, Ernst Lubitsch) Stagecoach (1939, John Ford) The Ruling Class (1972, Peter Medak) Hopscotch (1980, Ronald Neame) Hoop Dreams (1994, Steve James/Frederick Marx/Peter Gilbert) For All Mankind (1989, Al Reinert) General Idi Amin Dada (1975, Barbet Schroeder)
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Jul 11, 2011 03:06
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Is that an indication that those are coming eventually? Cause if so I might need to sell my Quadrophenia DVD.
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Jul 11, 2011 03:19
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I will loving explode if Criterion releases Quadrophenia on Blu-Ray, but I won't take these as an indication of anything until they say so.
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Jul 11, 2011 03:22
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I would say the big names are safe for a release: Gojira, Quadropenia, To Be or Not to Be, etc. Who knows when they'll get around to working on them, but they'd be crazy to just dump those on Hulu
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Jul 11, 2011 03:35
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penismightier posted:Yeah, but Blood for Dracula is really good. It's baffling how they could do one so good and one so bad. Great score, too. Really, any movie that contains the line "the blood of these whores is killing me!" and features Udo Kier puking blood into a tub can be nothing but fantastic.
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Jul 11, 2011 06:16
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Foreign Correspondent's been on the list for ages now.
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Jul 11, 2011 06:48
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So does the half off B&N sale start on tuesday then?
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Jul 11, 2011 07:45
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The Lucas posted:So does the half of B&N sale start on tuesday then? Yep.
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Jul 11, 2011 07:47
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Gojira already has a good quality DVD, I'm surprised Criterion would waste their time.
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zandert33 posted:Gojira already has a good quality DVD, I'm surprised Criterion would waste their time. Edit: Oh it seems there is a Gojira bluray. That is odd then, but I'm sure it'd still be a moneymaker for them. People love monsters.
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Jul 11, 2011 14:46
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kaujot posted:
The existing Gojira blu-ray that we have in the States is god awful, for what it's worth.
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Jul 11, 2011 16:21
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If Criterion puts out The Long Voyage Home I will march right up to their offices and blow the first dude I see.
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Jul 11, 2011 17:10
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Recommendations on one of Naked, Crumb, or Diabolique?
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Jul 12, 2011 01:03
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My personal choice would be Naked. It is a film that had me mouth agape the entire running time my first viewing. Now it's agape 95% of the time, but that missing 5% is the opening credits.
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Jul 12, 2011 01:17
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Cacator posted:Recommendations on one of Naked, Crumb, or Diabolique? Diabolique would be my choice but Naked is pretty close. Crumb is ok in that it's a film about a really weird and creepy guy and makes you think "how can someone be this broken?" but it's not really a movie I'd want to own.
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Jul 12, 2011 01:17
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Hahaha, 10 minutes into the B&N sale starting, and the website's already keeling over. You'd think they'd be prepared for this by now.
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Jul 12, 2011 05:39
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As a complete nerd, I am angry that this was scheduled right after the Steam sale ended. my wallet
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Jul 12, 2011 05:41
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Just another heads up. A couple of weeks ago, the B&N coupon system noticeably changed. Now, instead of one number for a coupon that anyone can use, each coupon has a unique number/letter combination that, once used, will no longer be active. Whether or not this is company-wide, I have no idea, but if it is, you can forget about the old stacking/reusing coupons routine.
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Jul 12, 2011 05:50
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Origami Dali, I believe that's just on certain coupons. There's a decent chance I'm wrong, but I'm under the impression that there's still a few general use coupons floating around. I wouldn't be surprised to see that change across the board soon, though. Unfortunately, they've done away with the $5 off coupon that was the real meat and potatoes of the past Criterion sales. The sale is live now; some titles don't show the discount but I've found that adding them to your cart usually fixes that. For the time being, there are two 15% off codes you can use online: L7C8F9D T9P8A9P They're each one-time use only. BN disabled coupons early in the last sale, so act swiftly as they're likely to do so again.
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Jul 12, 2011 06:17
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Hey I dont need to pay any bills this month! Ordered: High and Low, Blow Out, The Great Dictator and Kiss Me Deadly.
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zeroordie posted:The sale is live now; some titles don't show the discount but I've found that adding them to your cart usually fixes that. For the time being, there are two 15% off codes you can use online: They worked for me. Thanks.  Picked up a few things I've been meaning to pick up for a while... Diabolique The Passion of Joan of Arc Kiss Me Deadly Louie Bluie Late Spring My Dinner with Andre Simon of the Desert Zazie in the Metro Sounds like a nice haul this time around. Can't wait for them to get here.
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Jul 12, 2011 06:57
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Really tempted to buy some of those Eclipse sets, I think those 15% off coupons will push me over the edge.
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Jul 12, 2011 07:04
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Eyes Without a Face. Any good?
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Fag Boy Jim posted:As a complete nerd, I am angry that this was scheduled right after the Steam sale ended. Haha, I've got F for Fake, Ikiru, The Naked City, Rififi, and The Friends of Eddie Coyle in my cart and I keep waffling on purchasing them  I hate this sale 
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I already own so many Criterions that it's getting harder and harder to decide what to get, as I'm left with nothing but blind buys. Makes these sales bittersweet.
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gently caress i hate this. That was hard. I got Solaris and My Dinner with Andre. Two blind buys, over Brazil and Peeping Tom, which I have seen. e: so i'm not the most obscure criterion shopper sue me Kart Barfunkel fucked around with this message at 09:42 on Jul 12, 2011 |
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Jul 12, 2011 09:39
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Eyes Without a Face. Any good? Amazing. Buy it.
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Jul 12, 2011 12:35
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How long is this sale going on? I need to wait til Friday to have money but I REALLY want The Thin Red Line and Days of Heaven on proper Blu Ray 
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Jul 12, 2011 13:22
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End of the month.
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Jul 12, 2011 14:14
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Man, I forgot about tax. Tax sucks.
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Jul 12, 2011 14:23
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J3M9D8K is a coupon code for 10% off everything in your cart (except preorders).
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kaujot posted:J3M9D8K is a coupon code for 10% off everything in your cart (except preorders). Any idea if this coupon has an expiration date?
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Jul 12, 2011 14:39
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No idea. I purchased my entire haul when I woke up this morning.
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Jul 12, 2011 14:48
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Cacator posted:Recommendations on one of Naked, Crumb, or Diabolique? Naked. Johnny: You from Scotland? Archie: EH? Johnny: Are you Scots? Archie: Aye. Johnny: What's it like up there? Archie: Fuckin' shite. Johnny: D'you dream in Scotch? Archie: Eh? Johnny: Like dream about sporran-clad, caber-tossing haggis galloping over porridge-covered glens? Archie: FUCKIN' shite!
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I don't care what anyone says, I love the new Naked package design. 
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