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There's a lot of amazing Eclipse sets; some of them are cheaper and worth it for one or two films, and some of them are almost uniformly great. The ones I would definitely recommend are: The Documentaries of Louis Malle Late Ozu Postwar Kurosawa Lubitsch Musicals Rosselini's History Films Nikkatsu Noir Chanttal Akerman in the Seventies Oshima's Outlaw Sixties Pearls of the Czech New Wave Up All Night with Robert Downey Sr. When Horror Came to Shochiku Early Fassbinder Late Ray
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Picked up Breaking the Waves and Salò today. The cashier didn't seem to wanna make eye contact with me, and I guess B&N has crystal clear bags now? So people on the train ride home probably thought I was a suicide risk or something. Good times.
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Rusty Staub posted:Picked up Breaking the Waves and Salò today. Hell, I'd give anything if the vast majority of the people you walked past with that knew what those movies were. Good picks.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Criterion's putting Watership Down up on their iTunes channel: Had never heard of it, but watched it and man it was great and I loved it, but there was some pretty heavy stuff for a children's movie. If I had kids I'd definitely make them watch it. Great visuals too, probably would have been even better if I weren't sober.
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Jul 19, 2014 01:12
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Is it even a children's film?
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Is it even a children's film? No, it's a trap from the bygone time of parents selecting VHS rentals based entirely on the cover and malicious Blockbuster employees putting it in the "family" section.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Is it even a children's film? Well...  ...hmm.
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There's really nothing in Watership Down more horrific or gruesome than a Golden Age Disney film. It's really weird how children's animation is seemingly the only genre where people are shocked by the content of older films versus today, as opposed to modern films always being perceived as over-sexed and gratuitously violent. I think a large part of it just has to do with the inspired decision to depict the rabbits as rabbits, as opposed to hyper-realized cartoon characters. They have their own language and spooky superstitions and governments, but they don't wear clothes, they don't have parties, they don't have musical numbers. It's really not the presence of the violence that gets people, I don't think, it's the absence of everything else which is supposed to mitigate it.
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By-the-by, if there's any fellow Australians in here that want a copy of Francis Ha on blu (only half-watched once) for $15+postage, let me know.
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Jul 19, 2014 04:54
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It was originally a children's book written by someone who feared that British children growing up without memories of the Blitz would therefore be insufficiently traumatized.
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Jul 19, 2014 04:55
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I picked up the hidden fortress today. I really wanted Scanners too but the blu rays were sold out. I was thinking of getting breaking the waves and the great beauty as well. Only I didn't see the great beauty in theaters, but I loved Il Divo. Is it worth the blind buy?
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Hopefully they don't do the barebones thing like they did with Blue is the Warmest Color.Richard Linklater posted:Q: The Criterion Collection has worked with you before putting together special editions of your films. Is there a Criterion edition of Boyhood coming in the future and if so, can you talk about some of the special features we might see on the release?
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99 CENTS AMIGO posted:There's a lot of amazing Eclipse sets; some of them are cheaper and worth it for one or two films, and some of them are almost uniformly great. The ones I would definitely recommend are: Oh good, I was looking at a few of these, so it's good to know that my interest matches your recommended sets. Thanks! e: picked up the Robert Downey Sr. set, because it was the cheapest of the ones I wanted. I was also buying the Cassavettes set. Twin Cinema fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Jul 19, 2014 |
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I really hope they make some more Eclipse sets. They're usually some of the most fascinating films on the Criterion label.
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Silent Ozu is another Eclipse release worth investigating, especially if you enjoyed Good Morning. Ozu tackling comedy is just as good as his dramatic work.
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When Horror Came to Shochiku is by far one of the best things I've ever bought. The X from Outer Space is the only clunker, and even that's fascinating. Otherwise, The Living Skeleton, Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell, and Genocide are all fantastic movies. They are so totally bleak and sick. Great late night movies. All visually superb.
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It's always hard for me to not just pick up nothing but Japanese films when Criterions go on sale. Most of these are blind buys: Badlands Modern Times Riot In Cell Block 11 The Organizer Tokyo Drifter Red River
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I wish I could see Badlands for the first time again.
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kaujot posted:I wish I could see Badlands for the first time again. Ditto this and add Tokyo Drifter and Modern Times. All three amazing films - great choices!
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Modern Times I've seen before, and it's of course wonderful. Badlands is a blind-go for me (I've seen a couple of Malick films before). As for Tokyo Drifter, I didn't really like Youth of the Beast very much, but there were certain things I liked about it a lot, enough to convince me to give Suzuki another go (and neither of the B&Ns I went to had Branded to Kill).
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I think the Sam Fuller set is also well worth the money, and relatively cheap. Here it is the 19th of the month, and I am just now making it to B&N. I picked up two less popular titles, but one's that I have been wanting: The Uninvited Beauty and The Beast They actually had the White Dog DVD in stock too, which isn't one I see too often. Wishing I would have grabbed it now, but Half Price Books was also having a 30% off sale too, so I was trying to spread my funds out.
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I picked up Videodrome, The Hidden Fortress and Scanners today, then I went home and finally got around to watching Repo Man. Good day. long-ass nips Diane fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Jul 20, 2014 |
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 Looks Like Mulholland Dr. is also coming to Criterion. http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11468 Why such a strange request with the headroom?
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spotix55 posted:Why such a strange request with the headroom? To appease Jeffrey Wells? But if I had to take a guess, it might be related to the fact that it started off as a TV pilot, so the initial framing was aimed for TVs. When it got converted to a motion picture, it seemed like just moving the matte up would make it work visually.
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Anyone know if the films on the Jacques Demy box set are all the same type of opera-style musicals as Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Une Chambre en Ville? Also, Une Chambre en Ville is finally on video? Holy poo poo.
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The Time Dissolver posted:Anyone know if the films on the Jacques Demy box set are all the same type of opera-style musicals as Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Une Chambre en Ville? They are not.
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spotix55 posted:Looks Like Mulholland Dr. is also coming to Criterion. Maybe, but that post is from 2013.
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Would anybody recommend A Brief History of Time as a blind-buy? I've seen a few Errol Morris docs here and there but I can't say I'm otherwise familiar with him, this is more out of interest in Hawking and physics. I usually cap my B&N buys at 5 but this would make it 6.
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Cacator posted:Would anybody recommend A Brief History of Time as a blind-buy? I've seen a few Errol Morris docs here and there but I can't say I'm otherwise familiar with him, this is more out of interest in Hawking and physics. I usually cap my B&N buys at 5 but this would make it 6. I personally loved the doco and it was a nice introduction to Hawking but it's a barebones disc.
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For what it's worth, the movie is much more focused on Hawking's life than on physics, although it does touch on some of that stuff as it relates to his work. It's a good watch but maybe not anything too mind-blowing.
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I really hope Criterion gets to put out Morris' other work (at least his early films like Gates of Heaven), as they've got a relationship with MGM.
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Cacator posted:Would anybody recommend A Brief History of Time as a blind-buy? I can Recommend it. I love how it's science plays into the suggestiveness of the film. It makes it a worthy experience and it opened my eyes.
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Received Scanners and Persona today. Do all the dual format releases come in these cardboard digipacks rather than the standard clear plastic cases?
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I think it depends on how many DVDs it comes with. City Lights is a dual format (1 dvd, 1 bluray), but it came in a plastic case. I personally like the cardboard boxes.
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All That Heaven Allows doesn't have a box, Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion does though.
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caiman posted:Received Scanners and Persona today. Do all the dual format releases come in these cardboard digipacks rather than the standard clear plastic cases? Hidden Fortress is in the standard box.
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Got Hunger and A Hard Day's Night. Makes for a strange double feature, to say the least.
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Egbert Souse posted:They are probably releasing the Sternberg set in new packaging and on Blu. Same thing for Pandora's Box. No reason for either to be OOP for rights. Even though this is saying 'unavailable' on Criterion's website and not OOP, this would be one to pick up in it's original release even for resale's sake. Lost in the re-release may be the 96-page booklet and cardboard packaging.
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Dr.Caligari posted:If [3 Silent Classics by Josef Von Sternberg] is at your B&N, you should snatch it up and resale, regardless. There isn't one that has it in stock within 100 miles of me, and it is not offered for sale at B&N's website. Relatedly, I actually was able to order the OOP Paul Robeson box from bn.com. Granted, you can still get it cheaper used, but....
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