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Friedpundit posted:Anyone know of a way I can see bigger versions of those Zatoichi covers? I might be able to post something, I'll have to check and see if it's okay though. I'll have an update this evening.
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Origami Dali posted:Maybe not entirely. I notice Zatoichi 1989 is conspicuously absent. IIRC, Media Blasters have the rights to that film. It's available for streaming on Hulu.
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Origami Dali posted:Maybe not entirely. I notice Zatoichi 1989 is conspicuously absent. Correct: http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1012-zatoichi-the-blind-swordsman The set is 1962-1973, with 25 films for $179.96. (Which is a hell of a deal - Just under $7.20 per film.)
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Friedpundit posted:Anyone know of a way I can see bigger versions of those Zatoichi covers? Right click the cover you want to see and select "open image in new tab". Replace the "w100" at the end of the filename in the url with "original" and you can see a larger version. Not huge, but still.
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Red posted:Correct: http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1012-zatoichi-the-blind-swordsman And if you wait till the B&N sale, 50% off the SRP is about $113 (about $4.50 a film). I'm positively giddy about getting this.
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Hewlett posted:And if you wait till the B&N sale, 50% off the SRP is about $113 (about $4.50 a film). I'm positively giddy about getting this. Can someone sell me on these Zatoichi films? I hadn't heard of them until listening to the Criterion Cast podcast a few days ago where they discussed the rumoured Zatoichi set possibly coming. They were excited and wondering how they were going to release it. Now that this massive 27-disc set is on the way, I'm thinking this is may be too much money for a potential blind buy.
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friendo55 posted:Can someone sell me on these Zatoichi films? I hadn't heard of them until listening to the Criterion Cast podcast a few days ago where they discussed the rumoured Zatoichi set possibly coming. They were excited and wondering how they were going to release it. Now that this massive 27-disc set is on the way, I'm thinking this is may be too much money for a potential blind buy. You could always pay for a month of Hulu Plus, sample them, and make your decision that way.
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I don't even think you need Hulu plus, because it's letting me watch them for free. 
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Yeah, I think the Zatoichis are default for free on Hulu; they keep a few staples consistently free, like Hoop Dreams. As for me, I remember catching snippets of them every so often when I was a teenager, since they would always shown them weekend afternoons on IFC. They were always great fun to watch, even if I was a bit lost since I would always tune in in the middle of them.
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morestuff posted:You could always pay for a month of Hulu Plus, sample them, and make your decision that way. I'm in Canada and thus have zero access to Hulu. 
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You might find some Zatoichi on youtube.
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There's definitely a great blind swordsman/blind buy pun to be made here but I just can't seem to make it happen.
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Criterion confirmed via email that City Lights will only have the original 1931 soundtrack. No re-recording. Unfortunate, but it's part of the stipulations by the Chaplin Estate. At least the original should sound great considering the miracles worked on other early films like Vampyr and M by Criterion, as well as Modern Times (which is one of the richest sounding mono tracks I've heard). Also, they put out a statement about switching dual format on their site; http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2873-why-dual-format
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ComicsAlliance has an article about the artwork used in the upcoming Zatoichi set. And apologies for the shameless plug, but I'm selling my Blow Out and Charade blu-rays in SA Mart if anyone's interested.
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http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2483-flash-sale The last Criterion.com sale was on September 24 of last year, so can we expect one this year at about the same time?
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Big Mean Jerk posted:ComicsAlliance has an article about the artwork used in the upcoming Zatoichi set. I know one of the artists who worked on that.
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I wonder how long they were working on this set. I doubt Criterion would release anything that didn't get their best restoration efforts.
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Red posted:I think so. Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Darjeeling all got BD re-releases. Which sucks, because Moonrise is by far my favourite Anderson film. I just saw that Tokyo Story is getting a Blu-Ray release in November, which was briefly mentioned in this thread, and I am hoping that I can grab that in BN's November sale. e: Along with the John Cassavetes five films BR that is getting released in October, which I just found out about now. Twin Cinema fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Aug 26, 2013 |
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Twin Cinema posted:e: Along with the John Cassavetes five films BR that is getting released in October, which I just found out about now. Oh, nice, I had no idea about that one. Might have to pick it up because I've seen Faces and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie but not the rest.
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Twin Cinema posted:Which sucks, because Moonrise is by far my favourite Anderson film. Darjeeling had a lovely Fox release for a few years before Criterion released it, if I remember right. Give it time.
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kaujot posted:Darjeeling had a lovely Fox release for a few years before Criterion released it, if I remember right. Give it time. That release was DVD-only, though, wasn't it? The existing release for Moonrise Kingdom appears to be fairly decent - DVD/BD/UV/Digital Copy Extras: • Featurette: A Look Inside Moonrise Kingdom (3:07) • Welcome to the Island of New Penzance (Murray, Willis, Norton, Anderson - 6:11) • Set Tour With Bill Murray (3:09) Source: DVD Beaver
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Red posted:That release was DVD-only, though, wasn't it? The existing release of Fantastic Mr. Fox is also good... - Making Mr. Fox Fantastic (1080p, 44:48) - A Beginner's Guide to Whack-Bat (1080p, 1:12) - Fantastic Mr. Fox: The World of Roald Dahl (1080i, 3:00) - Theatrical Trailer (1080p, 2:27)
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Both of those releases look beautiful to boot, imo. In addition to being pretty drat cheap. All a Criterion release would be good for in this case is more special features; Moonrise Kingdom's in particular are VERY press-kit-y.
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Red posted:That release was DVD-only, though, wasn't it? The Fox release? Yeah, maybe, though I don't really remember. What does that matter though?
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juan the owl posted:Both of those releases look beautiful to boot, imo. In addition to being pretty drat cheap. All a Criterion release would be good for in this case is more special features; Moonrise Kingdom's in particular are VERY press-kit-y. Which is why I want Criterion to release it. But, looking at my previous post, I should have mentioned that the Moonrise Kingdom BR is an excellent release in terms of quality (and price!), but I would have liked more special features. Now that I have thought about it for more than a few seconds, though, I don't know if I would be willing to pay the price for those special features, rendering my last post moot.
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kaujot posted:The Fox release? Yeah, maybe, though I don't really remember. What does that matter though? The poster(s) asking about Darjeeling were specifically asking about which Anderson films had gotten a Blu-Ray "upgrade" from the initial DVD release years before BD was the new media standard.
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Twin Cinema posted:Which is why I want Criterion to release it. The main thing I'd spring for in both cases would be a Wes Anderson commentary track; I love it on Royal Tenenbaums, and having it on my second-and-third favorite Anderson films would be wonderful.
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Any idea if Criterion has plans for more Kaurismaki? Have been going through most of their releases and really enjoying them, but his others films don't seem to be available/have crummy releases. Would especially love to see the trilogy of Drifting Clouds/Man Without a Past/Lights in the Dusk.
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From today's newsletter. No idea.
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robix smash posted:From today's newsletter. No idea. A Single Man? 
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It's probably Persona. They have it on iTunes as coming Sept. 17, so that might end up being a December title.
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Egbert Souse posted:It's probably Persona. They have it on iTunes as coming Sept. 17, so that might end up being a December title. I was thinking "if it's Persona, then why aren't they women?". Then it hit me. Person A.  Great news, though.
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Today's Amazon Gold Box is made up of some recent releases (all Blu unless noted); On the Waterfront Badlands The Thin Red Line Richard III The Qatsi Trilogy The Darjeeling Limited The Rules of the Game Three Colors Trilogy (DVD) The Blob The Last Emperor (4-disc DVD) When Horror Came to Shochiku (Eclipse DVD) All are around 50% off.
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Eraserhead's coming to the Music Box in Chicago with a new 35mm print in early October With other possible-soon-releases in the past, this usually means it'll be announced in this batch or the next.
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Criterion of Goodfellas would make me happy. To be fair any top quality release of that film would make me happy, but that is something I would be so drat pumped for.
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Rapdawg posted:Criterion of Goodfellas would make me happy. To be fair any top quality release of that film would make me happy, but that is something I would be so drat pumped for. The current editions are quite packed, even if they use an older master. Warner does amazing work, so the eventual 4K remaster should be great. They just have to release it.
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Just an FYI to any Washington D.C. goons, tomorrow at 2pm the National Gallery of Art is showing Closely Watched Trains for free with a Q&A with director Jiri Menzel. I've been to their director Q&As before and they are always a lot of fun. Plus I've never seen the film before, so I am excited for it.
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December Releases: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970, Elio Petri) - Dual Format Nashville (1975, Robert Altman) - Dual Format Grey Gardens - Blu-Ray Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project Vol. 1 - Dual Format (3-Blu/6-DVD) Touki Bouki, Redes, A River Called Titras, Dry Summer, Trances, and The Housemaid Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Sep 16, 2013 |
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December releases are up and I'll let somebody else post a big summary but yes yes yes yes yesssss e;fb
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Aw poo poo yeaaaaaaa.
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