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So Criterion has added Eraserhead to their Hulu channel.
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So I was looking through the Criterion catalog to see what I may want to get during the sale. I'm pretty set on getting The Gold Rush and Blow Out, but could use some opinions on The Samurai Trilogy, The Lady Vanishes, Chungking Express, Vanya on 42nd St. and La Haine.
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Jul 9, 2012 16:04
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The only one of those I don't like is Vanya.
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Jul 9, 2012 17:06
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kaujot posted:So Criterion has added Eraserhead to their Hulu channel. They haven't announced their October releases yet. This plus the Rosemary's Baby clue awhile back could be good news.
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Jul 9, 2012 21:54
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GrandpaPants posted:could use some opinions on The Samurai Trilogy I went to Barnes & Noble last week and placed an in-store hold on Samurai Trilogy just to make absolutely sure that I can purchase it on day one of the sale without waiting for delivery. My opinion of it is rather high.
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Jul 9, 2012 23:41
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I put a blu ray of Night of the Hunter on hold at my Barnes & Noble, but I'd like to try and get some movies I haven't seen. Has anyone here seen Alambrista? I love American independent films and the clip on the Criterion site looks like my kind of thing. Then again, I've been meaning to watch the Three Colours trilogy and this might be my chance to get them for an affordable price. I'm also curious about the complete Jean Vigo set and the Jean Painleve Science is Fiction set. Any recommendations?
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Jul 10, 2012 02:48
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That's hard because I don't know what you haven't seen, but the Three Colors trilogy is astounding, as is The Double Life Of Veronique (but I'm totally using this sale to finally buy Topsy Turvy, which I adore far too much to not own).
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Jul 10, 2012 02:50
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Magic Hate Ball posted:That's hard because I don't know what you haven't seen, but the Three Colors trilogy is astounding, as is The Double Life Of Veronique (but I'm totally using this sale to finally buy Topsy Turvy, which I adore far too much to not own). Well, I was hoping for specifics out of that bunch (I'm really leaning toward the Painleve set after watching some clips, just watching that octopus is fascinating) but if there's anything similar I'm open to it. Although Three Colours is really tempting. Other stuff I haven't seen but was eyeing: Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Belle de Jour, the Hollis Frampton set, Tanner '88, and Vampyr.
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Jul 10, 2012 02:58
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Just a reminder, Blu editions of Mr. Hulot's Holiday and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp will probably be out before the end of the year.
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Jul 10, 2012 04:02
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TrixRabbi posted:Other stuff I haven't seen but was eyeing: Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Belle de Jour, the Hollis Frampton set, Tanner '88, and Vampyr. If you like Altman you'll probably enjoy Tanner '88 (though have you seen Secret Honor?), and it's hard to nix Vampyr. Someone around here recently described it as being surprisingly David Lynch-y, which is accurate. It has that same off-kilter feel and I sincerely regret selling it a couple years ago. Egbert Souse posted:Mr. Hulot's Holiday This is beyond good news. I love Playtime (thanks again for that) but I think Holiday tops it just by sheer force of good will.
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Jul 10, 2012 04:09
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Magic Hate Ball posted:If you like Altman you'll probably enjoy Tanner '88 (though have you seen Secret Honor?), and it's hard to nix Vampyr. Someone around here recently described it as being surprisingly David Lynch-y, which is accurate. It has that same off-kilter feel and I sincerely regret selling it a couple years ago. If anything, I see Dreyer influencing say the experimental films of Maya Deren, and Lynch being influenced by them. I'm not saying it's necessarily one or the other, mind you. I just see the lingering stillness of the striking compositions in Vampyr being influential on later experimental filmmakers, who added their new ideas about narrative (rather than just visual) composition, and that this is the `stuff' that is most striking about how Lynch constructs films. Unrelated to all that, has there ever been an R1 DVD or bluray release of Vadim's Blood and Roses, which is based on the same source material? With the release of Twins of Evil (1971) coming up making the all of the films in the Hammer Karnstein Trilogy available, the recent Image release of Crypt of the Vampire (1964), and the Blue Underground release of The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) from a couple years ago you've got a whole lesbian vampire film festival consisting entirely of films based (however loosely) on Le Fanu's Carmilla. With the caveat that Dreyer's film isn't very lesbiany.
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Jul 10, 2012 04:40
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I meant Lynch-y for an old silent film, which tend to be elaborately obvious (not that I'm well-schooled on silent films so maybe I should just shut the hell up) - you're not wrong that Dreyer probably influenced Lynch (through however many degrees of separation) rather than the other way around but I was trying to find a way to tie a modern, well-known director to a relatively obscure film. Man, I love this forum. I will say that I do remember being creeped out by Vampyr in the same way that I am by a typical Lynch film, like they both work from a similar emotional fabric.
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Jul 10, 2012 05:12
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Magic Hate Ball posted:I meant Lynch-y for an old silent film, which tend to be elaborately obvious (not that I'm well-schooled on silent films so maybe I should just shut the hell up) - you're not wrong that Dreyer probably influenced Lynch (through however many degrees of separation) rather than the other way around but I was trying to find a way to tie a modern, well-known director to a relatively obscure film. Man, I love this forum. I will say that I do remember being creeped out by Vampyr in the same way that I am by a typical Lynch film, like they both work from a similar emotional fabric. 1. Vampyr is not a silent film. 2. You should probably watch more silent films if you think they're "elaborately obvious".
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Jul 10, 2012 05:23
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Oh my. robix smash fucked around with this message at 08:10 on Jul 10, 2012 |
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Jul 10, 2012 06:01
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penismightier posted:1. Vampyr is not a silent film. 1) I thought it was but I'm recalling noise during the death-by-flour sequence. To my (lame, weak) defense it's probably been over two years since I've seen it. 2) You're not wrong. Did/do we have a silent film thread? I've seen a bunch of the classics, which have left me mostly cold (e.g., Sunrise), but I've always had the notion that the further off the beaten path you go with silents, the more interesting they become.
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Jul 10, 2012 06:10
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Magic Hate Ball posted:I've always had the notion that the further off the beaten path you go with silents, the more interesting they become. Yeah I'd say that's pretty accurate - a good mantra for film in general.
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Jul 10, 2012 06:19
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robix smash posted:Oh my. The sale can be coupled with the buy 2, get 1 free sale. Just got Still Walking, High and Low and My Life as a Dog for $43. That somehow made the sale more dangerous than it usually is. Oh God my wallet, threatening to open for those movies that I sorta kinda want the Criterion of but for this price...
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Jul 10, 2012 06:23
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robix smash posted:Oh my. The sale can be coupled with the buy 2, get 1 free sale. Just got Still Walking, High and Low and My Life as a Dog for $43. Oh holy hell, I had to pick up 3 flicks too. Went for a triple feature of Chaplin: Gold Rush, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator for $40. Not bad--I am severely tempted to go for more classics. edit: For anyone on the fence about The Gold Rush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk6s_Ac2uYk
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Jul 10, 2012 06:34
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I was only going to get Rushmore and Last Temptation of Christ, but then I saw the B2G1 banner and went in for Godzilla. So tempted to make another order but my poor wallet cant take it this month 
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Jul 10, 2012 06:36
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Man, I'm just gonna buy three and that's it. Now I just have to pick them - I have Topsy Turvy and 3 Women down, now to dawdle over the third.penismightier posted:Yeah I'd say that's pretty accurate - a good mantra for film in general. Which reminds me that I should check Phantom Carriage out from the library (I have a cool library).
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Jul 10, 2012 06:39
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Dear god...I did not know about this buy 2 get 1 free deal. Goodbye paycheck. So all this Vampyr talk has convinced me to buy it. So I might go for Night of the Hunter and Three Colours blu rays totaling around $65 and toss in Vampyr with it.
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Jul 10, 2012 06:47
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Oh great, there goes another kajillion dollars out of my wallet.
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Jul 10, 2012 06:51
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So there are 171 blurays--if you did enough orders you could buy all of them for about $2400 or so. No way in hell could I drop 2+ grand on movies, but drat that would be an amazing sight to see. edit: If you paid full price for all of them (assume $39.99 each, although a few box sets are higher) you'd spend almost $7k! mod sassinator fucked around with this message at 07:00 on Jul 10, 2012 |
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Jul 10, 2012 06:57
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mod sassinator posted:Oh holy hell, I had to pick up 3 flicks too. Went for a triple feature of Chaplin: Gold Rush, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator for $40. Not bad--I am severely tempted to go for more classics. I like how we now have the technology and expertise that we can take 80 year old film that has accumulated all this dirt and debris and other damage, and restore it to the point that anyone with a bluray player in their home can play the movie any time they want in a picture quality that is almost certainly better than the film was shown in at the time.
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Jul 10, 2012 07:00
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GrandpaPants posted:That somehow made the sale more dangerous than it usually is. Oh God my wallet, threatening to open for those movies that I sorta kinda want the Criterion of but for this price... robix smash fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Jul 10, 2012 |
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Jul 10, 2012 07:00
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Belle du Jour, World on a Wire and Samurai Trilogy for me. If I'm feeling extra greedy, then one of either Broadcast News, Crumb, or Wings of Desire. Out of all of them, Wings of Desire is the only one I've seen and I have the old MGM DVD. Any opinions?
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Jul 10, 2012 07:05
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piratepilates posted:I like how we now have the technology and expertise that we can take 80 year old film that has accumulated all this dirt and debris and other damage, and restore it to the point that anyone with a bluray player in their home can play the movie any time they want in a picture quality that is almost certainly better than the film was shown in at the time. We live in very modern times!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssYgejIBH_g
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Jul 10, 2012 07:05
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Cacator posted:Belle du Jour, World on a Wire and Samurai Trilogy for me. If I'm feeling extra greedy, then one of either Broadcast News, Crumb, or Wings of Desire. Out of all of them, Wings of Desire is the only one I've seen and I have the old MGM DVD. Any opinions? I love Broadcast News! It's so very 80s and entertaining in an Aaron Sorkin-y kind of way, plus the BR transfer is amazing. But on the other hand it's hard to say no to Wings Of Desire (another amazing transfer, too).
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Jul 10, 2012 07:10
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 The Buy Two Get One sale is over at 02:59 AM ET online and it ended yesterday in store. Those debating between titles should choose quickly.  High & Low, Charade, and The 39 Steps for me. It was very tempting to toss in three more, but I do need money for food. Big Mean Jerk fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Jul 10, 2012 |
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Jul 10, 2012 07:18
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Big Mean Jerk posted:High & Low, Charade, and The 39 Steps for me. It was very tempting to toss in three more, but I do need money for food. Good picks! I grabbed 39 Steps, Insignificance, and Sweetie (finally upgrading it). I had a gift card, too, so it worked out pretty well. 
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Jul 10, 2012 07:28
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I loving hate myself right now.  Breathless Vivre sa vie Double Life of Veronique Fanny and Alexander Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Repulsion Seventh Seal Videodrome Walkabout Harold and Maude The Samurai Trilogy Yojimbo/Sanjuro Seven Samurai Red Desert 8 1/2
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Jul 10, 2012 07:50
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Big Mean Jerk posted:
Thanks so much! Found out about this just in time, and was able to get: Samurai Trilogy, Robert Downey Sr. Eclipse Set, and Last Temptation of Christ.
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Jul 10, 2012 07:53
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Thanks to this thread for reminding me of the sale. How often is the sale usually? Annual?
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Jul 10, 2012 12:20
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Erdnase posted:Thanks to this thread for reminding me of the sale. There's another sale in November.
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Jul 10, 2012 12:49
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Goddammit the one evening I don't bother to check the forums I miss a ridiculous deal on Criterions.
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Jul 10, 2012 12:57
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I guarantee that it was a major oversight. I hope you guys actually end up getting your stuff.
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Jul 10, 2012 13:13
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kuddles posted:Goddammit the one evening I don't bother to check the forums I miss a ridiculous deal on Criterions. I'm at work right now thinking the exact same thing! I'll be driving over to B&N after work at 5. Here's to hoping all my choices are still there: Gold Rush Great Dictator 39 Steps Lady Vanishes Branded to Kill Tokyo Drifter 12 Angry Men Harold & Maude Being John Malkovich Anatomy of a Murder Le Cercle Rouge
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Jul 10, 2012 14:27
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Just picked up The Phantom Carriage The Seventh Seal The Gold Rush Godzilla And I might pick up four more. I need to stop =)
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Jul 10, 2012 14:32
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VoodooXT posted:I loving hate myself right now. I'd personally go with Breathless, The Seventh Seal and Videodrome, but that's just me.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Man, I'm just gonna buy three and that's it. Now I just have to pick them - I have Topsy Turvy and 3 Women down, now to dawdle over the third. No, you should buy it, because it's loving fantastic.
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