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I said I wouldn't buy anything but I just woke up from a fugue state with Blood Simple Inside Llewyn Davis The Darjeeling Limited The Player Persona I've already seen Inside Llewyn Davis twice but most Coen brothers movies are endlessly rewatchable and it has a metric ton of supplements.
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Cloks posted:I said I wouldn't buy anything but I just woke up from a fugue state with Davis has really stellar supplements that enrich the movie so much by giving details on the historical context
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I was going to order later this month, but went ahead and picked up Eraserhead, Blood Simple, and By Brakhage yesterday. The "Shooting Blood Simple" feature is really good (I watched a few minutes), but I'm surprised by how the Coens and Sonnenfeld almost seem embarrassed by the film.  Both look fantastic. I rented the old MGM Blu-Ray a few months ago. It looked alright, but it didn't "pop" like this. The colors and sharpness are off the charts. Eraserhead looked great on DVD, but this makes it look brand new. The sound is also incredible. It's listed as stereo, but it's encoded for Dolby Surround, too.
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I got (all blind-buys as usual) Akira Kurosawa's Dreams Chimes at Midnight Ikiru I might go back for more before it's over, I'm not sure yet though. I haven't watched all of mine from the last time I bought some, and I have Lone Wolf and Cub coming from Amazon Tuesday from when they screwed up their price.
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I got Boyhood and Shoah. Was expecting to spend a lot more, but it's just as well, considering I have a lot more movies still to watch from the summer sale.
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Just for kicks, here's a comprehensive list of films Criterion has not upgraded to Blu-Ray yet. Obviously, I'm omitting video-based stuff like Beastie Boys and Tanner '88. I'll note stuff as needed. Also, I'm listing whatever I can find on Blu-Ray.com. Most likely, any releases outside the US, UK, and Australia will not be English-friendly. If you're all-region equipped, anything from Arrow Films, BFI, and Masters of Cinema is worth getting. Some titles are out of order because I'm going by when the last edition was released (i.e. Cleo from 5 to 7 is listed under the year the remastered DVD came out, not the original) 1998: Summertime - Japanese Blu released 1999: Great Expectations - UK Blu released Oliver Twist - French Blu released Andrei Rublev - UK Blu released (Artificial Eye), but semi-confirmed as in the works. Henry V (Olivier) - UK Blu released Taste of Cherry The Most Dangerous Game - US Blu released (Flicker Alley) And the Ship Sails On - French Blu released Life of Brian - Sony Blu released (includes most supplements) The Passion of Joan of Arc - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema), but newer restoration is on Filmstruck 2000: The Magic Flute Le Million And God Created Women - German Blu released The Element of Crime Hamlet (Olivier) - UK Blu released Good Morning - UK Blu released (BFI) Pygmalion Sisters - UK Blu released (Arrow Films) 2001: Fiend Without a Face Double Suicide Written on the Wind - Semi-confirmed on Twitter I Know Where I Am Going! Do the Right Thing - US Blu released (Universal) The Rock - US Blu released (Disney) Alexander Nevsky - new restoration completed Ivan the Terrible I/II - new restoration completed Spartacus - US Blu released (Universal - new 4K restoration) The Scarlet Empress Big Deal on Madonna Street - Italian Blu released My Man Godfrey - new restoration completed Day of Wrath - UK Blu released (BFI) Ordet - UK Blu released (BFI) Gertrud - UK Blu released (BFI) Salesman The Shop on Main Street - UK Blu released (Artificial Eye) Closely Watched Trains - UK Blu released (Arrow Films) The Lady Eve - semi-confirmed on Twitter Haxan The Ruling Class 2002: Loves of a Blonde The Fireman's Ball - UK Blu released (Arrow Films) Juliet of the Spirits The Cranes are Flying Ballad of a Soldier - Russian Blu released General Idi Amin Dada The Horse's Mouth The Importance of Being Earnest - UK Blu released Red Beard - Japanese Blu released A nous la liberte Ratcatcher Under the Roofs of Paris Man Bites Dog - French and German Blu released 2003: Trouble in Paradise Pepe le Moko The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum - UK/French Blu released I Am Curious Yellow/Blue Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne Stolen Kisses - UK Blu released (Artificial Eye) Bed and Board - UK Blu released (Artificial Eye) Love on the Run - UK Blu released (Artificial Eye) Jubilee Coup de grace Il Posto I Fidanzati The Pornographers - French Blu released Indiscretion of an American Wife/Terminal Station Through a Glass Darkly The Silence Winter Light The Devil and Daniel Webster - Eventually, since it's one of the few films Janus Films outright owns. Knife in the Water - UK Blu released Schizopolis La Strada - Japanese Blu released 2004: Maitresse - UK Blu released Pickup on South Street - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema) Tunes of Glory Salvatore Giuliano - UK Blu released (Arrow Films) Scenes from a Marriage - French/German Blu released Onibaba - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema) A Story of Floating Weeds/Floating Weeds - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema - Floating Weeds only) The Testament of Dr. Mabuse - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema) Stray Dog - Japanese Blu released Mamma Roma The Lower Depths (Renoir/Kurosawa) - Japanese Blu released (Kurosawa version only) Early Summer - UK Blu released (BFI) The Golden Coach - French Blu released French Cancan - UK Blu released (BFI) Elena and Her Men - French Blu released I Vitelloni Secret Honor 2005: Youth of the Beast - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema) Fighting Elegy Casque d'or - UK Blu released La commare secca Thieves Highway - UK Blu released (Arrow Films) Tout va bien - Japanese Blu released Young Torless - French Blu released A Generation Kanal Ashes and Diamonds - UK Blu released (Arrow Films) Burden of Dreams - UK Blu released (BFI - only in Werner Herzog collection) Heaven Can Wait (Lubitsch) - new restoration underway from Fox Au hasard Balthazar - UK Blu released (Artificial Eye) The Browning Version Crazed Fruit Unfaithfully Yours - French Blu coming next month Le notti bianche - Italian Blu released Gate of Flesh Story of a Prostitute The Flowers of St. Francis Boudu Saved From Drowning - UK Blu released (Artificial Eye) An Angel at My Table Masculin feminin - Japanese Blu released Bad Timing - UK Blu released Le samourai - UK/French Blu released, but poor quality Samurai Rebellion Sword of the Beast Samurai Spy Kill! Ugetsu - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema) Shoot the Piano Player - UK Blu released (Artificial Eye - listed as Shoot the Pianist) 2006: The Bad Sleep Well - French/Japanese Blus released The Virgin Spring - French/German Blus released Young Mr. Lincoln La bete humaine - French Blu released The Children are Watching Us Murmur of the Heart - French/German Blus released Lacombe Lucien - French Blu released Fists in the Pocket - French Blu coming next month Mr. Arkadin/Confidential Report - French Blu released (Confidential Report version only) Elevator to the Gallows - French Blu released Viridiana - French Blu released Harlan County USA A nos amours - French Blu released Equinox Koko: A Talking Gorilla A Canterbury Tale - BFI completing new restoration The Bakery Girl of Monceau - French Blu released (part of Eric Rohmer box set) Suzanne's Career - French Blu released (part of Eric Rohmer box set) My Night at Maud's - French Blu released (part of Eric Rohmer box set) La collectionneuse - French Blu released (part of Eric Rohmer box set) Claire's Knee - French Blu released (part of Eric Rohmer box set) Love in the Afternoon - French Blu released (part of Eric Rohmer box set) Kicking and Screaming Seduced and Abandoned - Italian Blu released The Spirit of the Beehive - Spanish Blu released Sojo con tu pareja - Mexican Blu released Clean, Shaven - German Blu released Hands Over the City - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema) Symbiopsychotaxiplasm 2007: Border Radio Mouchette - UK Blu released (Artificial Eye) First Man Into Space The Atomic Submarine The Haunted Strangler Corridors of Blood Paul Robeson - US Kino Pioneers of African American Cinema set includes Body and Soul Green for Danger 49th Parallel When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Fires on the Plain - French Blu released The Burmese Harp - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema) The Naked City - UK Blu released (Arrow Films) Brute Force - UK Blu released (Arrow Films) WR: Mysteries of the Organism Sweet Movie Pitfall (Teshigahara) The Face of Another Les enfants terribles Cria cuervos... - UK Blu released (BFI) House of Games Stranger Than Paradise - UK Blu released Night on Earth - UK Blu released The Threepenny Opera Mala Noche Under the Volcano - UK Blu released Berlin Alexanderplatz - Japanese Blu released Sawdust and Tinsel - UK Blu released (Artificial Eye) Drunken Angel - Japanese/French Blus released 2008: The Naked Prey - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema) Cleo from 5 to 7 Vagabond Miss Julie This Sporting Life - UK Blu released La Pointe Courte Le Bonheur Walker Antonio Gaudi Blast of Silence Death of a Cyclist The Lovers - German Blu released The Fire Within - German Blu released The Thief of Bagdad - UK Blu released Classe tous risques - UK Blu released (BFI) The Furies Before the Rain Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters - confirmed as in the works Patriotism Mon oncle Antoine Vampyr Brand Upon the Brain! La ronde - UK Blu released Le plaisir - French Blu released Le deuxieme souffle Missing Fanfan la Tulipe White Dog - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema) Europa 2009: The Taking of Power by Louis XIV Magnificent Obsession - French/German Blus released Simon of the Desert Hobson's Choice - UK Blu released Dodes'ka-den - Japanese Blu released Danton - French Blu released Empire of Passion - UK Blu released The Hit - Italian Blu released Wise Blood - UK Blu released Pigs and Battleships - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema) The Insect Woman - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema) Intentions of Murder Made in U.S.A. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles The Human Condition - UK Blu released (Arrow Films) Homicide That Hamilton Woman - French Blu released Z - New restoration in the works Rossellini's War Trilogy (Paisan/Rome Open City/Germany Year Zero) - UK Blu released (BFI) Dillinger Is Dead The Fugitive Kind The Only Son/There Was a Father Louie Bluie L'enfance nue - UK Blu released (Masters of Cinema) Also, the following films in Eclipse sets are on Blu-Ray in other regions: Les Miserables - UK Masters of Cinema Wooden Crosses - UK Masters of Cinema Osaka Elegy - UK BFI Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Nov 7, 2016 |
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Egbert Souse posted:Obviously, I'm omitting video-based stuff like Beastie Boys and Tanner '88. I'm actually not totally clear on this. Can't movies from any source be upconverted to 1080p? Sorta like they do for lots of the 4K/UHD releases? Besides that, won't pretty much anything benefit from the better encoding BD affords? Or am I missing something?
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Spatulater bro! posted:I'm actually not totally clear on this. Can't movies from any source be upconverted to 1080p? Sorta like they do for lots of the 4K/UHD releases? Besides that, won't pretty much anything benefit from the better encoding BD affords? Or am I missing something? Yes, you can up convert things to 1080p, but the value becomes less and less. So for UHD, even though there is upconversion happening, there's also support for HDR that's a huge part of the improvements people see with 4k. Also, there is a world of difference in the quality, that just doesn't exist today. Remember, 1080p is good enough to project. Video both has really low resolution, and then the way it handles motion and the dynamic range for lighting gives it a very different look than film would. So is there room for better encoding? Sure, but the difference is going to be wasted on the inherent weakness of the source. In all honesty, you're not going to get that much better results, just because DVD is still a decent platform for video. So in short, yeah, I could put video based stuff on Blu-ray, but for what return?
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Cemetry Gator posted:Yes, you can up convert things to 1080p, but the value becomes less and less.
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Nonviolent J posted:6thyghnn 77gg##@@@@@@@@ed The Newest Criterion Collection Thread: Alfred Hitchcock's 6thyghnn 77gg##@@@@@@@@ed Fully Restored.
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Detective No. 27 posted:The Newest Criterion Collection Thread: Alfred Hitchcock's 6thyghnn 77gg##@@@@@@@@ed Fully Restored.
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Spatulater bro! posted:I'm actually not totally clear on this. Can't movies from any source be upconverted to 1080p? Sorta like they do for lots of the 4K/UHD releases? Besides that, won't pretty much anything benefit from the better encoding BD affords? Or am I missing something? The resolution of most stuff shot on video is standard definition, aka 480p, so while there would technically be a benefit from the extra bitrate or whatever, the most notable boost would probably be in the audio. The main thing would be the potential for HD supplements, I guess, and maybe more content on fewer discs but Tanner 88 is already one disc anyway. A glossier menu would be cool.
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Lone Wolf and Cub orders from the Amazon pricing flub should be shipping now.
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Barnes and Noble has the Lone Wolf and Cub set for $50 right now http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-lone-wolf-cub/30229486?ean=0715515188517 Actually, it looks like a 50% off sale on Criterions is in effect.
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blue squares posted:Why are people so hot for that film series anyway? It's a really good action series about a man and his infant son.
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blue squares posted:Why are people so hot for that film series anyway? It's good, there's nothing weird about people liking it
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Blood, some of the most skilled swordplay you'll ever see, beautiful shot composition, hundreds of dead bodies, a boobytrapped death-machine baby carriage. LW&C is awesome.
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Origami Dali posted:Blood, some of the most skilled swordplay you'll ever see, beautiful shot composition, hundreds of dead bodies, a boobytrapped death-machine baby carriage. LW&C is awesome. sounds good maybe I'll snag it along with Godzilla
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blue squares posted:Why are people so hot for that film series anyway? I was actually introduced to it through a really great episode of Bob's Burgers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObyK8sT-sl8 I've only ever seen the US "Shogun Assassin" edit, but it's still pretty great and I'm pumped to see the unedited originals.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:The resolution of most stuff shot on video is standard definition, aka 480p, so while there would technically be a benefit from the extra bitrate or whatever, the most notable boost would probably be in the audio. The main thing would be the potential for HD supplements, I guess, and maybe more content on fewer discs but Tanner 88 is already one disc anyway. A glossier menu would be cool. Yeah, pretty much the only things to gain would be better compression and higher bitrate audio. However, it's not as if you can't max out bitrate on a DVD or use PCM uncompressed sound for a fraction of the price of authoring a Blu-Ray. The problem is that anything video-based from before the last decade or two is going to look meh no matter what. That's one reason why all the studios are slowly remastering their shows shot on film, but originally edited on tape. Even going back to the original video masters, you can only get as good as 80s or 90s telecine quality can be. I do wonder if something like Beastie Boys Anthology could be remastered. The videos I've seen all look like they were shot on film, so it's possible they could go back and rebuild them in HD if the elements still exist. I'm positive many have already had this treatment since VEVO has a lot of music videos in true HD from before 2000.
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blue squares posted:Why are people so hot for that film series anyway? I'm a huge fan of "Lone Wolf and Cub", but in honestly it's not a perfect series. I'd say the first three are fantastic, the other three vary a bit in their quality. They are fun and entertaining movies to watch, they feature some insane over the top gore effects, and don't overstay their welcome (most are under 90 mins long). Aside from that there was the interesting recut of the first two films into "Shogun Assassin" which were kind of a big deal in the underground cinema scene in the early 80s, and the popularity in the underground extended into bootleg VHS tapes and then bootleg DVDs (in the early 00s you couldn't go into a shady DVD shop in NYC without seeing a stack of Shogun Assassin DVDs). The movie's reputation was also built up due to it being heavily sampled in Wu-Tang member Gza's album "Liquid Swords" which is a very highly regarded rap album. "Shogun Assassin" is also included in the Criterion set, and though I feel it's not as good as the original movies, them including it is significant.
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zandert33 posted:I'm a huge fan of "Lone Wolf and Cub", but in honestly it's not a perfect series. I'd say the first three are fantastic, the other three vary a bit in their quality.
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I've seen and loved The Third Man, Citizen Kane, F for Fake and Touch of Evil. Is it safe to assume that I can go in blind on Immortal Story and Chimes at Midnight?
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Kart Barfunkel posted:I've seen and loved The Third Man, Citizen Kane, F for Fake and Touch of Evil. Is it safe to assume that I can go in blind on Immortal Story and Chimes at Midnight? Yes and yes. Chimes at Midnight might be his most beautifully shot film. Same DoP as The Trial.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Speaking of Shogun Assassin, is the soundtrack for SA the same as the soundtrack for the original film? I picked up the Shogun Assassin vinyl last year and it's pretty killer. All the moog based tracks were original to SA, but I think some songs from the original movies were in the SA soundtrack as well.
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Kart Barfunkel posted:I've seen and loved The Third Man, Citizen Kane, F for Fake and Touch of Evil. Is it safe to assume that I can go in blind on Immortal Story and Chimes at Midnight? orson didn't direct third man 
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Egbert Souse posted:Arrow Films, Quoting this excellent post to say Arrow Films have amazing releases, especially if you are a Dario Argento fan.
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Wow with the 50% off Chasing Amy is only $5!
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While I did not get Chasing Amy despite the incredible deal I got Short Cuts (you fuckers better not be lying about how good it is) Tootsie Chimes at Midnight Blind Chance Naked Lunch A Touch of Zen Purple Nooner
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Short Cuts is good, but Nashville is where it's at.
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Picked up McCabe & Ms. Miller today. Its a blind-buy but I absolutely love Westerns so I'm pretty sure its a safe bet. Looks like a beautiful film.
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Origami Dali posted:Short Cuts is good, but Nashville is where it's at. You know I might have switched the two in my head, oh well
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Hector Beerlioz posted:You know I might have switched the two in my head, oh well Nashville and Short Cuts are both masterpieces, just of different kinds.
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The Lone Wolf and Cub set is great so far. I've read a decent amount of the manga, but I didn't expect it to be so close to it. The first movie was probably the most brutal samurai movie I've ever seen. (Mostly seen Kurosawa's stuff and Zatoichi films) I'm less than two minutes into the second movie and he's already killed two dudes. This movie doesn't gently caress around. Edit: I'm pretty sure what those women did to that ninja was a Mortal Kombat Fatality. 
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