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If you like movies like Easy Rider or American Graffiti then Two-Lane Blacktop is definitely worth a watch.
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Also tedious and plodding. I'm not a fan.
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Is Warren Oates the bad guy or what? I was never really sure.
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I hope Criterion (or, you know, anyone more legitimate than Alpha Video) releases Cockfighter.
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Cacator posted:Is Warren Oates the bad guy or what? I was never really sure. I didn't think anyone was the bad guy. v  v
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friendo55 posted:Why must I go and do that? I've always heard how great the film is but it always stops there. Because Richard Linklater says so: http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/622-ten-sixteen-actually-reasons-i-lovetwo-lane-blacktop
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The only Criterions I've seen at Walmart are Armageddon, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and The Life Aquatic. Although, I saw Brazil and The Last Emperor turn up at a Target. The local Walmart did carry all the new MST3K sets, plus a single-disc release of Zombie Nightmare. Which is kind of weird since I don't even see most Shout! Factory releases at Best Buy, let alone Walmart.
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Two-Lane Blacktop is one of the few movies that can accurately be described as "hypnotic". It's tedium and nothingness eventually becomes enrapturing. Love that movie.
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Is there any chance of these failtards actually releasing the Eraserhead bluray before i commit suicide this year?
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Two Worlds posted:Is there any chance of these failtards actually releasing the Eraserhead bluray before i commit suicide this year? If the only thing keeping you tied to this Earth is a Criterion bluray of Eraserhead then you may want to reexamine things.
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Blu-Ray.com on A Hard Day's Night Alliance Atlantis:  Criterion:  Also, Janus Films has a page up on the theatrical screenings next month Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Jun 2, 2014 |
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Jun 2, 2014 13:36
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Uhhg, that grain kills it for me. I had the same problem with Night of the Hunter on BluRay. I got a headache and felt a little sick after watching that.
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DevCore posted:Uhhg, that grain kills it for me.
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Yeah, that's a sign the sharpness and contrast are probably out of whack. This is a pretty healthy level of film grain. The Night of the Hunter was also scanned from the original negative.
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Finally finished the whole Zatoichi boxed set. Great series. There are some peaks and valleys but overall good. Nothing ground breaking but always enjoyable. Like I said before, each film will have a few moments or shots where you are like "whoa!". I think it waned a little towards the end. Partly because the formula was completely spent by then and any change or alteration felt shoe-horned in. The series is basically a "who's who" of great Japanese actors and each one gets spotted in at least one of the films. The packaging is great. The essays are "meh". The gold extras are on the last disc. One involves a documentary where they follow Katsu around and you can see him get really tanked and make an rear end of himself for like 10 minutes.
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Do the bluray releases get the same essays that previously released DVDs do? I found the leaflet in The Life Aquatic's bluray pretty anemic to the books in most of the others I have.
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Detective No. 27 posted:Do the bluray releases get the same essays that previously released DVDs do? I found the leaflet in The Life Aquatic's bluray pretty anemic to the books in most of the others I have. They usually do. That's unfortunate. Maybe they just used the one from the DVD a while back, and that one was bare too?
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How likely is it that Criterion or someone else will ever release any (older) Jacques Rivette films for North America? edit: mainly wish I could get my hands on Celine and Julie or Duelle... 
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Another Costco had it's a mad... world and a few of the criterion noir films like 39 steps so it seems that selection varies.
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Does anyone have any remote speculation on Chungking Express on bluray? I am super super broke and it's one of my favorite movies but it is out of print so I could probably flip it for a lot. One would think this could definitely get repressed or is the license dead and gone with no chance of coming back.
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soggybagel posted:Does anyone have any remote speculation on Chungking Express on bluray? I am super super broke and it's one of my favorite movies but it is out of print so I could probably flip it for a lot. It was licensed from Miramax before they signed the distribution deal with Lionsgate.
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Anyone hear any word yet about when the BN sale might be starting?
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robix smash posted:Anyone hear any word yet about when the BN sale might be starting? If it's like the last 4+ years, the second week of July should be a good bet.
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robix smash posted:Anyone hear any word yet about when the BN sale might be starting? Oh god, time to start saving.
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Detective No. 27 posted:Do the bluray releases get the same essays that previously released DVDs do? I found the leaflet in The Life Aquatic's bluray pretty anemic to the books in most of the others I have.  
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Woooo. Cross post from the BR mega-deal thread. Thought I would share, I've been watching this release for a while and this is the cheapest I have seen it. Dr.Caligari fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Jun 8, 2014 |
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From charts it's also apparently one of their top sellers. That may be partly recent due to the new movie, but it would be neat if they went after some other kaiju movies.
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That would be sweet. Here is one you might not be familiar with that is cheap on Amazon. Daimajin It comes with 3 movies. The first two are great...3rd one not so much. It basically combines Kaiju with feudal Japan. I doubt Criterion would go to far into the Kaiju genre though. The original Godzilla was a few milestones and a strong message about the atomic bomb. Edit: Its stands up to the test of time better because of when it takes place. So no random dance club scenes with surf rock and horrible dancing. Favorabilis Solitud fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Jun 8, 2014 |
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Favorabilis Solitud posted:Edit: Its stands up to the test of time better because of when it takes place. So no random dance club scenes with surf rock and horrible dancing. You talking poo poo about Godzilla Vs. Hedorah, m8?
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Actually, Criterion has one other daikaiju film in its catalogue, the reasonably obscure The X from Outer Space. It's easily the worst film on the "When Horror Came to Shochiku" Boxset, which otherwise has the totally amazing, beyond bizarre The Living Skeleton, Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell, and Genocide.
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Back in their laserdisc days, they announced releases for nearly all of the Ishiro Honda Godzilla films but they were cancelled.
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Slate Action posted:If it's like the last 4+ years, the second week of July should be a good bet. Barnes and Noble is doing 40 percent off on all blurays right now, so this is a good couple months to pick some up.
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Apparently a Barnes & Noble employee (?) recently posted this online. I cannot confirm its accuracy.
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Looks like Criterion are giving up on the Dual-Format releases starting with the September titles.
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Did anybody really have to "make room" for a case that was the same size as the other cases?
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In my experience, the dual-format was forcing me to make room for wider digipak cases(Tokyo Story, Nashville, Tess, Foreign Correspondent, Fantastic Mr. Fox) that would have been the thinner plastic cases if they weren't dual format.
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The dual format boxes look the same size as the two disc digipacks they used for DVD like The Third Man and Breathless. Kind of a pity, but it was odd for them to still put out DVD only editions.
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I liked it since I use my Blu Ray player in my living room, but sometimes I watch stuff on my laptop which only plays DVD.
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Pappyland posted:Looks like Criterion are giving up on the Dual-Format releases starting with the September titles. That's disappointing.
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I must admit it came in handy when my mom wanted to see Liv & Ingmar but otherwise I loving hated the dual-format releases. Hallelujah, I say.
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