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TrixRabbi posted:I'd personally go with Breathless, The Seventh Seal and Videodrome, but that's just me. You do realize that I just bought all those, right?
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I want another Bergman. I have/have seen Fanny and Alexander, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries and enjoyed them all immensely, F&A being the most incredible in my opinion. Where should I go from here? I'm not against blind-buying Bergman at this point.
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Kart Barfunkel posted:I want another Bergman. I have/have seen Fanny and Alexander, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries and enjoyed them all immensely, F&A being the most incredible in my opinion. Where should I go from here? I'm not against blind-buying Bergman at this point. Winter Light or Persona.
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Kart Barfunkel posted:I want another Bergman. I have/have seen Fanny and Alexander, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries and enjoyed them all immensely, F&A being the most incredible in my opinion. Where should I go from here? I'm not against blind-buying Bergman at this point. The Magician.
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VoodooXT posted:You do realize that I just bought all those, right? Nope. I thought that was the list you were trying to decide from. Well, holy poo poo then.
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Kart Barfunkel posted:I want another Bergman. I have/have seen Fanny and Alexander, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries and enjoyed them all immensely, F&A being the most incredible in my opinion. Where should I go from here? I'm not against blind-buying Bergman at this point. Autumn Sonata.
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i am not so sure posted:Winter Light or Persona. Persona is not a Criterion. Normally I'd say Scenes from a Marriage. But I would recommend against buying not on Blu-Ray, as I feel all of them (with the exception of the Eclipse set and possibly The Magic Flute) will be upgraded eventually. So I would probably say The Magician too, although all of his "Summer" movies are also wonderful.
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Kart Barfunkel posted:I want another Bergman. I have/have seen Fanny and Alexander, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries and enjoyed them all immensely, F&A being the most incredible in my opinion. Where should I go from here? I'm not against blind-buying Bergman at this point.
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Jul 10, 2012 19:03
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robix smash posted:Just sign up for the Hulu channel instead. There are like 10 Bergmans on there. Way more than 10 A Lesson in Love All These Women Cries and Whispers Crisis Fanny and Alexander (TV), Episode 1 Fanny and Alexander (TV), Episode 2 Fanny and Alexander (TV), Episode 3 Fanny and Alexander (TV), Episode 4 Fanny and Alexander: The Theatrical Version From the Life of the Marionettes Port of Call Sawdust and Tinsel Scenes from a Marriage Secrets of Women Smiles of a Summer Night Summer Interlude Summer with Monika The Magician The Seventh Seal The Silence The Virgin Spring Thirst Through a Glass Darkly To Joy Wild Strawberries Winter Light
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Jul 10, 2012 19:19
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I can't even being to describe how angry I am at the fact that I didn't log onto the forums last night because my friends were over. gently caress socializing, I could have three Criterions for the price of two right now.
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Wilhelm Scream posted:Way more than 10  I've been saving my student email for Hulu+ until I had a reason. I guess I have a reason.
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Jul 10, 2012 20:02
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So I wound up getting Kuroneko because the cover caught my eye. My only regret is I didn't spring for the blu ray because that movie is loving beautiful. How is this not more well known?
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Jul 10, 2012 20:21
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Got the e-mail for the B&N sale a few minutes ago. I think I'm just going to pick up the Samurai Trilogy, maybe Harold and Maude. A lot of the stuff I'm looking at doesn't have enough of a discount over amazon to make it a GET IT NOW kind of purchase.
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Edit: Anyone seen Three Outlaw Samurai? I'm a big fan of Sword of Doom and The Samurai Trilogy and other stuff like that. Do you think I might like it?
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Ended up getting World on a Wire and Hunger. I've been wanting to watch World ever since it got mentioned in the General Chat thread, looks fantastic. Hunger, I've also been meaning to see. I love me some Fassbender, and I've also heard it's really well made. Plus, I've wanted to watch Shame for a while now, so I figured I'd watch McQueen's first movie first. I'm also getting Yojimbo/Sanjuro as a belated birthday present, which I absolutely can't wait for because I really need to watch more Kurosawa.
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The Gold Rush is a must get for me, but after that I only have enough money for two more. I'm torn between Tokyo Drifter, Being John Malkovich and 12 Angry Men. What should I do CD? 
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I only picked up 39 Steps and Three Outlaw Samurai. Three Outlaw Samurai was directed by the same guy who made "Sword of the Beast", "Goyokin" and one of my absolute favorite 60's samurai films, "Tenchu" (which isn't on DVD sadly). Three Outlaw Samurai is his first film, it's not as deep as some of his later films, but it's light and fun, and for the price its a steal. It's more in line with a "Yojimbo" (a fun to watch film) rather then a more serious "Sword of Doom" or "Samurai Trilogy".
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Magic Hate Ball posted:The 12 Angry Men disc is amazing. So I've heard. Ooh, and I just remembered that The War Room is also out. I guess that narrows it down for me.
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I just picked up: The Double Life of Veronique Kes Science is Fiction Beauty and the Beast Häxan Bigger Than Life I vitelloni Jean Vigo Larisa Shepitko Black Narcissus Good grief...
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Can't splurge too much this time, but I'm picking up the Blus for The Gold Rush, The 39 Steps, and The Lady Vanishes. The David Lean set will have to wait.  Still got to figure out how to afford Universal's Monster and Hitchcock sets in October. 
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Jul 11, 2012 00:15
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Man, I tend to go overboard with this sale, so I'm going to restrain myself and only get like 3 or 4 this time around (besides, the second sale happens around my birthday in November). I know that I'm finally going to pick up Godzilla, and I'm going to pick up World on a Wire on a recommendation. I might get The Samurai Trilogy, any suggestions on what else to pick up? Here's my collection:
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Jul 11, 2012 00:25
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Jul 11, 2012 00:29
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Picked up 12 Angry Men (seen) and The Killing (not seen) because I am a total chump for this sale. At least I didn't blind buy a whole stack like last time.
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Momotaros posted:Man, I tend to go overboard with this sale, so I'm going to restrain myself and only get like 3 or 4 this time around (besides, the second sale happens around my birthday in November). I know that I'm finally going to pick up Godzilla, and I'm going to pick up World on a Wire on a recommendation. I might get The Samurai Trilogy, any suggestions on what else to pick up? Here's my collection: If you like Wes Anderson Bottle Rocket is fantastic. You can't go wrong with The Night of the Hunter. And not everyone is a fan but I love Two-Lane Blacktop. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is also criminally underrated.
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Colonel Whitey posted:... and The Killing (not seen) You lucky bastard, check in when you watch it for the first time.
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I drove by B&N on the way home and picked up Seven Samurai and Anatomy of A Murder. gently caress this sale so hard. 
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So, is The Friends of Eddie Coyle as good as it's rep? Worth a blind buy?
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I thought it was a pretty good movie. It's been a while, though, caught it on TCM.
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Origami Dali posted:So, is The Friends of Eddie Coyle as good as it's rep? Worth a blind buy? I definitely think so. Robert Mitchum is pretty amazing in it.
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Momotaros posted:Man, I tend to go overboard with this sale, so I'm going to restrain myself and only get like 3 or 4 this time around (besides, the second sale happens around my birthday in November). I know that I'm finally going to pick up Godzilla, and I'm going to pick up World on a Wire on a recommendation. I might get The Samurai Trilogy, any suggestions on what else to pick up? Here's my collection: Nice, you got a copy of Ran. Did you pick that up before it went out of print? Dodes'ka-den is way undervalued as a film  . You sir have good taste.
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So the Criterion B&N sale puts a big dent in my wallet yet again. I call it a belated birthday present to myself.  Some I've seen and some are blind buys - TrixRabbi sold me on Kuroneko. I don't even know where to begin. It's overwhelming.
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Question - I notice that some of the Criterions (notably World on a Wire and The Complete Jean Vigo) are Pan & Scan according to B&N. I've never actually seen a Pan & Scan film from memory but I know their reputation for being pretty tragic quality - are these Criterions lesser quality in comparison to the rest of the back catalogue?
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Pigeon Shamus posted:Question - I notice that some of the Criterions (notably World on a Wire and The Complete Jean Vigo) are Pan & Scan according to B&N. I've never actually seen a Pan & Scan film from memory but I know their reputation for being pretty tragic quality - are these Criterions lesser quality in comparison to the rest of the back catalogue? Pan and scan is a term for when they crop widescreen films into Academy ratio. Those films were all originally shot in Academy ratio. As far as I know there's not a single title in the wrong aspect ratio, unless Storaro's been loving around with em.
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Pigeon Shamus posted:Question - I notice that some of the Criterions (notably World on a Wire and The Complete Jean Vigo) are Pan & Scan according to B&N. I've never actually seen a Pan & Scan film from memory but I know their reputation for being pretty tragic quality - are these Criterions lesser quality in comparison to the rest of the back catalogue? If you're looking for information on a specific title, look at its page on Criterion.com. Don't use B&N as a reference for what's on their discs. Hell, they use the wrong cover art for Chungking Express, among others.
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Cheers for the heads up. I really need to read up on aspect ratios before next month. Anyway, made my first set of purchases today. To my tiny Criterion collection of Secret Sunshine, The Human Condition and Nikkatsu Noir, I have added two of my favourite films - F For Fake and Le Samourai - and two blind buys - Hoop Dreams (really liked The Interrupters and it was twelve dollars) and Hausu (because). Good times.
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Pfirti86 posted:Nice, you got a copy of Ran. Did you pick that up before it went out of print? Thank you  , I love Dodes'ka-den and Kurosawa's story behind it. And yeah, Ran was one of my first Criterions I bought way back when and probably my favorite of Kurosawa's films.
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penismightier posted:Pan and scan is a term for when they crop widescreen films into Academy ratio. Those films were all originally shot in Academy ratio. From what I can find, Hobart's Choice and Summertime should be framed at 1.66:1 instead of unmatted at 1.33:1. For some reason, most of their 1950s United Artists films (Paths of Glory, The Killing, 12 Angry Men) are 1.66:1 instead of 1.75:1 or 1.85:1.
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Egbert Souse posted:From what I can find, Hobart's Choice and Summertime should be framed at 1.66:1 instead of unmatted at 1.33:1. For some reason, most of their 1950s United Artists films (Paths of Glory, The Killing, 12 Angry Men) are 1.66:1 instead of 1.75:1 or 1.85:1. Didn't Kubrick prefer those two get projected 1.66:1?
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