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The visuals in Badlands are great, it just has more of a plot than something like Days of Heaven.
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Feb 24, 2016 16:42
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Well then I can't wait for it to get here!
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Feb 24, 2016 16:45
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I ended up ordering The Kid, Speedy, and The Freshman. Now I own all of Criterion's silent releases on Blu-Ray.
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Feb 24, 2016 16:49
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caved and grabbed Death by Hanging, The Graduate, and On The Waterfront
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Basebf555 posted:There's so much in the collection that its really hard to control myself during these sales. I kinda want everything, although I try to stay away from blind-buys. a sale is pretty much the only time i would advocate buying the my darling clementine criterion. their encode is good and its got some great special features (especially the tag gallagher video essay) but the ford at fox box set that has like 25 movies in it includes it and sells for like $60 on amazon. great movie but i think i'd be hard pressed to put it in my top 10 fords, definitely top 15 though.
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Feb 24, 2016 17:02
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drat my wallet Moonrise Kingdom Watership Down Odd Man Out Ministry of Fear The Killers Limelight Monsieur Verdoux The Gold Rush The Killing
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Radio Spiricom posted:a sale is pretty much the only time i would advocate buying the my darling clementine criterion. their encode is good and its got some great special features (especially the tag gallagher video essay) but the ford at fox box set that has like 25 movies in it includes it and sells for like $60 on amazon. That set is DVD only though, I can't have it sullying the rest of my collection.
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Feb 24, 2016 17:18
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How is that double feature set of those Jack Nicholson westerns? They seem interesting.
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Feb 24, 2016 19:49
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How long has (will) Chungking Express been out of print for? 
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Rooney McNibnug posted:How long has (will) Chungking Express been out of print for? since 2012/2013. miramax/rolling thunder distribute it and licensed it to criterion for that release. idk if/when it will get reprinted but i can't imagine it'll be too long before they do it since it's such a major film pierrot le fou and marienbad went oop around the same time. i think rialto is working on a release of pierrot though, there was a new 4k restoration that played for a week or so at film forum back in december
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Feb 24, 2016 21:10
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I wish Criterion would get The Grandmaster, so I can see the uncut version. And while I'm wishing, a release of Hero that isn't disappointing. What a shame for such a visually vibrant film.
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Feb 24, 2016 21:22
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Based on the latest Criterion email, I assume they are putting out a "Doctor Strangelove"
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zandert33 posted:Based on the latest Criterion email, I assume they are putting out a "Doctor Strangelove" It will be Waterworld
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"Mandrake, have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water?"
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How are they going to top the Warner disc in extras or audio/video?
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Feb 26, 2016 19:30
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Pie fight?
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Feb 26, 2016 19:53
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They should release fail safe instead.
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Feb 26, 2016 20:08
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Jack Gladney posted:How are they going to top the Warner disc in extras or audio/video?
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The Sony Blu-Ray used the 4K restoration. It also had a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 remix as well as the original mono. I wouldn't expect Criterion to bother with the remix. However, pretty much all the extras were from the 2001 DVD edition except for the Robert McNamara interview, which was added to the 2004 2-disc edition. The DVD editions had advertising galleries, including the original trailer. The Criterion laserdisc only had the trailer, but added the cold war shorts. The laserdisc and the later Sony first and second (2001) editions used a transfer actually supervised by Kubrick. I'd expect the main pulls for Criterion would be multiple aspect ratios (theatrical was 1.85:1) and new interviews. Perhaps they can get James Earl Jones since this was one of his first film roles. Plus, Sony apparently remastered the trailer in HD since it's on their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98NaJ8ss4sY And there's a 17 minute exhibitor's reel out there that has alternate takes and edits of the film with narration by Kubrick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6OoWeHrWPg Maybe they'll get the pie fight from MoMA since that would be enough to get everyone to ditch the Sony edition. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Feb 27, 2016 |
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Got my movies today. I assumed the Hitchcock Collection was going to be similar to the David Lean Directs Noel Coward box set, in that the features would be in paper sleeves. But no, this is actually the 4 movies as you would have bought them individually, just bundled together. I have been eyeing the Hitchcock movies for a while, so I am probably too excited about getting them in a set for under $40 (during the flash sale).
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Feb 27, 2016 23:40
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Looks like Criterion is also working on Blood Simple, Multiple Maniacs/Pink Flamingos, and Here Comes Mr. Jordan.
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Feb 28, 2016 06:27
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Any word on which cut of Blood Simple it will be?
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Feb 28, 2016 06:35
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If you have a Costco nearby, might want to check out their DVD/Blu-ray section. I picked up Eraserhead there for $20 this weekend, and they also had Slacker and a couple older classic Criterions whose names escape me at the moment. Costco always seems like a tossup as to what's actually in stock on a store-by-store level though.
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Feb 28, 2016 22:06
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In case there was any doubt remaining, Chimes at Midnight is an upcoming Criterion release. Saw it at the Wexner Center at Ohio State today and the program director announced it.
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Cloks posted:In case there was any doubt remaining, Chimes at Midnight is an upcoming Criterion release. Saw it at the Wexner Center at Ohio State today and the program director announced it. It's coming to a theater near me in Atlanta in a few months and I can't go. So bummed out, but I'm glad to hear they'll be releasing it for real.
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Raxivace posted:Any word on which cut of Blood Simple it will be? I think I only ever saw the original on TV years ago, but whatever they decide I hope they keep the bizarre joke anti-commentary that was on the DVD.
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On a related note am I the only usually not into director commentaries? I usually would rather hear a critic or historian or hell even a different director talk about a movie than the people that actually made it.
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Raxivace posted:On a related note am I the only usually not into director commentaries? I usually would rather hear a critic or historian or hell even a different director talk about a movie than the people that actually made it. I'm into them if it's Herzog or movies with tons of special effects/crazy settings because you usually get a lot of great stories but in general no.
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Raxivace posted:On a related note am I the only usually not into director commentaries? I usually would rather hear a critic or historian or hell even a different director talk about a movie than the people that actually made it. Sometimes when it's a director that's a good storyteller. I've found commentaries by Francis Ford Coppola, Terry Gilliam, and Roger Corman to be entertaining. Also, any John Carpenter/Kurt Russell commentary. Half of Big Trouble in Little China's track is them just talking about stuff and it's great.
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Looks like the Zatoichi and BBS sets aren't going OOP after all. They're between pressings according to an email customers got after the flash sale. They oversold the sets, but note that the next pressing is coming in a few months. Also, the new Blus for The Kid and Speedy look incredible. The Kid literally looks like a brand new movie. Speedy looks almost as good, if just a little softer. The Kid has some terrific supplements, including the complete deleted footage from the 1921 cut - the actual scenes, intertitles, and opening/closing credits - are included as an extra in full 1080p. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Mar 2, 2016 |
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That's cool. I was hoping to grab the Zatoichi set as soon as I wasn't a temporarily embarrassed millionaire.
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Raxivace posted:On a related note am I the only usually not into director commentaries? I usually would rather hear a critic or historian or hell even a different director talk about a movie than the people that actually made it. It really depends on the director. One of my favorite commentaries I listened to was actually rob zombie on devils rejects. Where sometimes even a movie I absolutely adore I won't care about the commentary at all.
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If I got a Hidden Fortress combo blu/dvd off amazon that's been backordered for months, should I expect that it will just get cancelled because criterion quit doing those combo releases?
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Egbert Souse posted:Looks like Criterion is also working on Multiple Maniacs/Pink Flamingos
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Not a Criterion anymore, but I saw a movie preview for the new 4K restoration of Ran and it looks fantastic. I really hope Studiocanal doesn't gently caress up whatever blu-ray they make of it. Would be even better if Criterion could get the rights back. Not complaining though since my DVD of it is worth about a hundred bucks right now.
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I finally watched the Great Dictator. I can not believe how amazing it looks and sound. What a majestic piece of cinema.
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bobkatt013 posted:I finally watched the Great Dictator. I can not believe how amazing it looks and sound. What a majestic piece of cinema.
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mod sassinator posted:Not a Criterion anymore, but I saw a movie preview for the new 4K restoration of Ran and it looks fantastic. I really hope Studiocanal doesn't gently caress up whatever blu-ray they make of it. Would be even better if Criterion could get the rights back. Not complaining though since my DVD of it is worth about a hundred bucks right now. Oh poo poo, this is awesome news. I've had the previous blu ray release for a while now, and I've watched it several times already, so I have no problem at all paying for an upgrade. I think its the best looking film Kurosawa ever made, I wish he had done more work with color in his career.
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Raxivace posted:The speech at the end is so drat good. The speech, the petty fight between the dictators, the physical comedy (the coin scene along with others), and the ballet with the globe. So so good
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