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per CriterionForum, it's Ride the Pink Horse (1947).
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HOLY BALLS ARE THEY DOING RIDE THE PINK HORSE?
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Nov 26, 2014 06:04
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Hector Beerlioz posted:At last, My Little Pony will get the Criterion treatment it deserves. You laugh, but someone has actually made a fake Criterion cover for the series. 
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Nov 26, 2014 06:19
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The Man Who Fell to Earth is my favorite movie. I blind-bought it because I love Bowie to an unhealthy degree, and someone was selling it on SA Mart for $40. I completely understand why someone would not like it, but it hits every note perfectly for me. I don't think it's possible to depict an alien living on Earth and having no loving idea what is happening better than David Bowie in that movie.
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Nov 26, 2014 07:16
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What gets me is how it depicts the passing of time, like that scene where it's Christmas and they're in their apartment, and they're in kind of crummy old-people makeup looking kind of sad. It's so eerie and moving in a way that it really shouldn't be. It's one of those movies that seems like it should be a big block of cheese but it's so forthright and consistent in its oddness that it develops its own idiosyncratic and vibrantly effective emotional language.
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Nov 26, 2014 09:30
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I love that Criterion packaged the novel along with the disc of Man Who Fell To Earth. The book is incredibly low-key and has that rare quality where it's so plainly written that it feels authorless and universal.
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Nov 26, 2014 10:02
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B&N just sent out a Thanksgiving/Black Friday 30% off code. Not sure if it works with Criterion, but I don't see why not since all of the other ones have worked. It's just a generic code: BFRIDAY14ComradeCosmobot posted:You laugh, but someone has actually made a fake Criterion cover for the series. robix smash fucked around with this message at 12:24 on Nov 26, 2014 |
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Nov 26, 2014 12:21
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robix smash posted:B&N just sent out a Thanksgiving/Black Friday 30% off code. Not sure if it works with Criterion, but I don't see why not since all of the other ones have worked. It's just a generic code: BFRIDAY14 Oh man, if this code works, I'm gonna spend so much money on Criterions alone. I assume what they'll do is make the code work on the sale price of Criterions. So it'd be 30% off the 20 dollars the Criterions are, making them about 14 bucks. If it worked off the MSRP, I think it'd take each movie down to 8 bucks
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Nov 26, 2014 12:46
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Ineffiable posted:Oh man, if this code works, I'm gonna spend so much money on Criterions alone. Even cheaper if you have a BN membership. I'm gonna have to slum it up to one this weekend.
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Nov 26, 2014 14:33
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That B&N code only works on one item per customer.
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Nov 26, 2014 15:11
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Slate Action posted:That B&N code only works on one item per customer. Wow even then if it stacks with the 50% off you could get a box set for super cheap.
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Nov 26, 2014 19:30
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mod sassinator posted:Wow even then if it stacks with the 50% off you could get a box set for super cheap. Why yes, Barnes and Noble, I would like to get the Les Blank set for $44. How thoughtful of you! e: VVV The coupon won't work on anything until tomorrow (online) or Friday (in stores). Slate Action fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Nov 26, 2014 |
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Nov 26, 2014 19:35
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Just tried to use the Black Friday code and it doesn't work with the Criterions.
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Nov 26, 2014 19:55
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VoodooXT posted:Just tried to use the Black Friday code and it doesn't work with the Criterions. It's only valid on Thanksgiving and Black Friday though right?
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Nov 26, 2014 20:00
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mod sassinator posted:It's only valid on Thanksgiving and Black Friday though right? d'oh, you're right. 
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Nov 26, 2014 20:29
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Ride the Pink Horse is one of my favorite noirs
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Nov 26, 2014 20:46
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mod sassinator posted:Oh drat it's coming back? I need to dump my copy then. Was a blind buy, watched it once, never again. It's. Just. So. Freaking. Slow. Even. For. A. Person. That. Likes. Slow. Movies. I think what kills it isn't the slow pace, but a lack of momentum by the end. The propulsion for the film initially is the mystery of Mr. Newton and a desire to see him accomplish his goal. As soon as the rocket attempt fails, the mystery is solved and the conflict is nullified. Afterwards, we're left with directionless film whose only reason for going on is sheer force of will. Meanwhile neither Bowie or his character are powerful enough to carry the film by themselves. It ends up feeling like a denouement that takes up half the film.
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Nov 26, 2014 22:49
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Slate Action posted:That B&N code only works on one item per customer.
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Nov 27, 2014 00:51
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Anybody either check out or pick up the "Criterion Designs" book? It sure looks interesting from the previews, but the price is a bit much to blind buy.
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Nov 27, 2014 03:16
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zandert33 posted:Anybody either check out or pick up the "Criterion Designs" book? It sure looks interesting from the previews, but the price is a bit much to blind buy. $60 from Amazon isn't too bad.
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Nov 27, 2014 03:37
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zandert33 posted:Anybody either check out or pick up the "Criterion Designs" book? It sure looks interesting from the previews, but the price is a bit much to blind buy.
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Nov 27, 2014 03:37
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That's the exact kind of book where I take it to the Starbucks at Barnes and Noble and read the whole thing and then put it back on the shelf (see also: anything by Taschen).
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Nov 27, 2014 04:30
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FYI, code is live and appears to work for Criterion DVDs
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Nov 27, 2014 06:07
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Thanks for the heads up, I can't not buy Eraserhead for 23 CAD total.
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Nov 27, 2014 06:46
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Thanks for the heads up. Ended up getting the Les Blank set.
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Nov 27, 2014 07:07
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zandert33 posted:FYI, code is live and appears to work for Criterion DVDs Oh drat, thanks!
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Nov 27, 2014 07:59
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Yeah, the Blank set is probably the best bet to use the code on - it averages out to about 3 bucks per film.
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Nov 27, 2014 08:43
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UGH I placed my last order which included a boxset (Pasolini trilogy) because for some reason I thought the sale was ending last weekend but I didn't want to waste a coupon so I just ordered a couple more... that makes 10 this sale  Not another boxset though because THIS MUST ALL END
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Nov 27, 2014 09:00
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The code doesn't work for pre-orders, sadly. I was hoping to grab Sword of Doom with the discount so I didn't have to wait until June to get it.
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Nov 27, 2014 12:00
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edit: deleted in case the person I'm getting this for sees it.
Dr.Cthulhu fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Nov 27, 2014 19:15
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e: wrong thread.
The Time Dissolver fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Nov 27, 2014 22:45
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I just watched Mon Oncle. What an utterly charming movie. Between this and Playtime, there seems to be this running theme of near-dystopian modernism through Tati's works, as if there is this inevitable force that will ultimately swallow up the wonder in life. That brief scene near the end where (super minor Mon Oncle spoilers, but better safe than sorry) where the construction crew was knocking down that old building as they are driving away from Hulot's village into the ultra modern...travel station of some vague nature kinda got to me. There's even some of this in The Illusionist, but it's not as blatantly obvious as those two movies. Do the rest of his movies have that undercurrent of impending cold, clinical modernization?
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Nov 28, 2014 07:36
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It increased as he got older - I remember Trafic as being particularly brutal in its depiction of modern life, and Tati's last planned film would have had Hulot electrocuted live on a talk show (or something like that, I can't remember exactly).
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Nov 28, 2014 08:15
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gently caress, with the 50% off and the BN.com code, I can't decide which Criterion to get as my first one. Anyone have any recs? Out of films that are Criterion ones, I've watched In The Mood For Love, Hausu, Beauty and the Beast, Francis Ha, and Blue is the Warmest Color (all on streaming). Not sure if I should get one I haven't seen before, or one I have.
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Nov 28, 2014 16:16
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Akarshi posted:gently caress, with the 50% off and the BN.com code, I can't decide which Criterion to get as my first one. Anyone have any recs? Out of films that are Criterion ones, I've watched In The Mood For Love, Hausu, Beauty and the Beast, Francis Ha, and Blue is the Warmest Color (all on streaming). Not sure if I should get one I haven't seen before, or one I have. Seven Samurai
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Nov 28, 2014 16:17
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Akarshi posted:gently caress, with the 50% off and the BN.com code, I can't decide which Criterion to get as my first one. Anyone have any recs? Out of films that are Criterion ones, I've watched In The Mood For Love, Hausu, Beauty and the Beast, Francis Ha, and Blue is the Warmest Color (all on streaming). Not sure if I should get one I haven't seen before, or one I have. Videodrome
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Nov 28, 2014 16:42
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Akarshi posted:gently caress, with the 50% off and the BN.com code, I can't decide which Criterion to get as my first one. Anyone have any recs? Out of films that are Criterion ones, I've watched In The Mood For Love, Hausu, Beauty and the Beast, Francis Ha, and Blue is the Warmest Color (all on streaming). Not sure if I should get one I haven't seen before, or one I have. Border Radio
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Nov 28, 2014 16:59
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Cloks posted:Border Radio This is possibly the worst movie in the entire Criterion Collection.
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Nov 28, 2014 17:50
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GonSmithe posted:Seven Samurai Do this. It really is one of the greatest films ever made.
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Nov 28, 2014 17:53
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GonSmithe posted:Seven Samurai Raxivace posted:Do this. It really is one of the greatest films ever made. Listen to these guys.
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