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Just saw the restoration of chimes at midnight and it's one of the most amazing things I have ever seen.
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I have been waiting over a decade for Criterion to release Chimes. I can't believe it's finally happening.
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May 17, 2016 04:09
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Jesus Christ I hope the Australian dollar recovers soon. Even with Amazon's base price I'm still looking at $40AU a movie + shipping 
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May 17, 2016 04:23
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I'm looking forward to rewatching Chimes. I had a hard time understand the dialogue for most of the movie and it only started making sense to me near the end.
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May 17, 2016 04:25
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Glad to see audio commentaries are not a thing of the past
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May 17, 2016 05:11
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Egbert Souse posted:Looking at Wikipedia, the rights to Filming Othello are held by Oja Kodar.
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May 17, 2016 05:41
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The BBFC listing for the UK edition of Dr. Strangelove reveals that Criterion is including the 17 minute promo reel as an extra. It's made up of alternate edits and takes of the film with narration by Kubrick. Sort of like a condensed version of the film meant for either the investors/studio or exhibitors. Also, the new interviews run about 70 minutes long combined. http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-stop-worrying-and-love-bomb-added-value-video
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May 26, 2016 02:38
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My current copy of strangelove has these special features:
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May 26, 2016 19:38
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 Valley of the Dolls (1967)? ('Valet of the dolls')
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Jun 1, 2016 00:48
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Maybe we're meant to focus on the blank space that's...beyond the valet of the Dolls.
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Jun 1, 2016 00:50
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Butler of Babies
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Criterion's Dr. Strangelove officially has the best packaging ever: http://www.criterionforum.org/DVD-p...collection/1591 The booklet is in an envelope to look like the Plan R instructions and the credits/transfer notes are in a reproduction of the miniature phrase book/bible
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Jun 5, 2016 03:34
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Egbert Souse posted:Criterion's Dr. Strangelove officially has the best packaging ever: I am excited to buy this
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Jun 5, 2016 16:18
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Has anyone else had problems with the quality of the discs on the Zatoichi set? So far, of the 3 discs I've gotten around to watching, 3 have issues with skipping and not playing properly. I've never had this issue before with any other Blu-ray I have. I emailed Criterion, and I asked them just to send me copies of the movies in a normal case or even a CD-jewel case for all I care. I just don't trust the sleeves the discs come in. Or maybe I've been given a lemon. But I'm a creature of psychology, and so I have made the connection that this unique packaging, without strong evidence, is why I've been given a lemon set.
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Jun 5, 2016 21:21
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That does seem odd. AFAIK Blu-ray have superior scratch resistance than dvds. They shouldn't be scratched up by that unique case so easily.
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Jun 6, 2016 21:40
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Yea I had a lot of issues with my old DVDs before I switched over the blu ray, but I've never had any problems with a blu ray and I have over a hundred of them. I'm thinking the discs in that Zatoichi set were probably just defective.
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The only time I've had that happen from discs in a multi-set was the Hitchcock Premiere Collection from MGM which came in similar packaging to the Zatoichi set. Apparently a consequence of so many discs and pages being tightly packed together in a booklet was that the discs became warped, which was enough to cause playback issues. Whenever I watch one of those, the sound of the disc spinning is like a tiny buzzsaw.
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Cemetry Gator posted:Has anyone else had problems with the quality of the discs on the Zatoichi set? So far, of the 3 discs I've gotten around to watching, 3 have issues with skipping and not playing properly. I've never had this issue before with any other Blu-ray I have. I haven't made it through all of them but I've had no probs thus far with the set.
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Jun 7, 2016 17:25
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Cemetry Gator posted:Has anyone else had problems with the quality of the discs on the Zatoichi set? So far, of the 3 discs I've gotten around to watching, 3 have issues with skipping and not playing properly. I've never had this issue before with any other Blu-ray I have. Did they ever get back to you on this? My set is doing the same thing. The second movie is completely unplayable, it always stutters and eventually freezes for good 31 minutes in.
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Jun 9, 2016 04:08
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Do the Zatoichi discs look discoloured in anyway? I bought that set forever ago and haven't got around to watching them yet and seems like when I do they'll just explode. Edit: I put in the first bluray and went through every movie on it on fastforward (I stopped it during part 2 and let it play normal from 30 minute mark to 32 and no skips) and none of them stopped the player. E.G.G.S. fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Jun 9, 2016 |
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Jun 9, 2016 15:34
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Did they ever get back to you on this? My set is doing the same thing. The second movie is completely unplayable, it always stutters and eventually freezes for good 31 minutes in. Oh god, now you guys are making me worried and I am going to spend like 3 hours trying out every disc.
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Jun 9, 2016 16:19
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Multiple Maniacs is getting restored by Criterion 
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Jun 10, 2016 01:38
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Yaws posted:Multiple Maniacs is getting restored by Criterion
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Jun 10, 2016 01:46
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SubG posted:This is unexpected and awesome. Yeah I thought Waters had kinda disowned it but I guess not. He does the best commentaries so I'm really looking forward to it. Now I just need Mondo Trasho
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Jun 10, 2016 02:08
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Just give me a big box of filth. I won't even wait for a John Waters Divine set to go on sale. Day one.
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Jun 10, 2016 02:40
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Did they ever get back to you on this? My set is doing the same thing. The second movie is completely unplayable, it always stutters and eventually freezes for good 31 minutes in. I sent in the email on Sunday, so I'm not worried. They're not a big company, and so I'm willing to accept that their customer service department might be a little slower than I would prefer. Part of me imagines that there's someone who spends an hour or two every day going through emails before getting back to other work. And I imagine that their email can be filled with variety of legitimate needs and people kvetching about something minor like "I notice that this release isn't as grainy as I like!" You just got to be patient.
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Safe Driver posted:Just give me a big box of filth. I won't even wait for a John Waters Divine set to go on sale. Day one. I'm honestly surprised they're not just doing it this way.
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Yaws posted:Yeah I thought Waters had kinda disowned it but I guess not. He does the best commentaries so I'm really looking forward to it.
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SubG posted:Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969) they have this on Hulu, so i'd guess they hold some sort of rights to it..?
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Selling some Criterion blus at sub-B&N sale prices if anyone is interested. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3779562
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Safe Driver posted:Just give me a big box of filth. I won't even wait for a John Waters Divine set to go on sale. Day one. Nah, I will instantly buy any pre-Hairspray films they release.
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Rusty Staub posted:they have this on Hulu, so i'd guess they hold some sort of rights to it..? And huh they have Juraj Herz' The Cremator (1969), which is probably his best film (and the score by Zdeněk Liška is one of my favourites as well). But not Morgiana (1972) or, like Ferat Vampire (1982).
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Jun 10, 2016 21:27
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SubG posted:And huh they have Juraj Herz' The Cremator (1969), which is probably his best film (and the score by Zdeněk Liška is one of my favourites as well).
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Coaaab posted:That reminds me that I could do with more František Vláčil as well. Criterion has flirted with Czech film and the Czech New Wave a couple times, but it would be cool if they dug into it the same way they do with, say, Japanese film.
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Yaws posted:Yeah I thought Waters had kinda disowned it but I guess not. He does the best commentaries so I'm really looking forward to it. He seemed pretty happy with in when they showed it at Lincoln Center last year. I would normally expect something like Mondo Trasho to be a supplement, like Killer's Kiss was when they released The Killing, but getting the music licenses would be insanely expensive. It's a shame, too, because that needs a restoration even more than Multiple Maniacs does. Waters brought his personal print of it to project last year, but it was so worn and brittle it wouldn't thread, so they showed a near-VHS quality digital version instead. I suppose they could do an alternate soundtrack or something, but that would be a completely different movie.
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SubG posted:And huh they have Juraj Herz' The Cremator (1969), which is probably his best film (and the score by Zdeněk Liška is one of my favourites as well). But not Morgiana (1972) or, like Ferat Vampire (1982). Two Worlds posted:He seemed pretty happy with in when they showed it at Lincoln Center last year.
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HP Hovercraft posted:I've only seen The Cremator but I absolutely adore it, I need to seek out more by him. His version of Beauty and the Beast looks amazing. We ought to have better language for talking about this sort of thing. Because I have no problem saying that The Cremator is a great film (despite what I just said). But it's not exactly a film that casts a long shadow. I don't find myself comparing other films to it. Don't see it's influence everywhere. Don't find it changing the way I feel about the medium. Or whatever. I made similar comments about Aldo Lado in the horror thread, and it's pretty much the same thing. His films, at their best, feel like they're on the ragged edge of being revelatory or seminal or whatever...but they're never quite there. As opposed to, I dunno, Béla Tarr,. Whose misses leave you feeling like that was a mediocre great film but holy poo poo was it a great film. If that makes sense. Talking about film sucks.
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Jun 11, 2016 06:12
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I would still love for Criterion to release some Miklós Jancsó films. I want an actual good transfer of The Red and the White.
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SubG posted:As opposed to, I dunno, Béla Tarr,. Whose misses leave you feeling like that was a mediocre great film but holy poo poo was it a great film. If that makes sense. Talking about film sucks. Speaking of directors whose films could use the Criterion treatment.
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So it's all but confirmed that a Lone Wolf & Cub set is coming, yeah?
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