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How is Kurosawa's Dreams? I have really on seen his samurai related films, but the new release has great reviews.
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I haven't watched it yet (mine hasn't been delivered) but watch High and Low, it's in my top 10 of all time.
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GonSmithe posted:I haven't watched it yet (mine hasn't been delivered) but watch High and Low, it's in my top 10 of all time. High and Low is great. Toshiro Mifune disappears from the movie for about an hour as the movie shifts to the investigation, and I barely even noticed. That takes a lot of skill.
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Nov 16, 2016 06:35
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Before Trilogy pre-order is currently 39.95 on Amazon US. 29.95 for the DVD.
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Nov 16, 2016 10:16
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Escobarbarian posted:Before Trilogy pre-order is currently 39.95 on Amazon US. 29.95 for the DVD. Not going to lie, I've been hoping this would happen since the Lone Wolf and Cub screwup.
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Coaaab posted:Dekalog Six & A Short Film About Love have different endings. Don't know enough about A Short Film About Killing to tell you if its merely an extension of Dekalog Five.
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Nov 16, 2016 13:46
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So you're all gonna want to preorder The Before Trilogy BD asap - $39.99 at Amazon, similarly to what happened with The Lone Wolf and Cub set (and that seemed to have a happy ending for everyone) - http://amzn.to/2ghbIro
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I don't know a whole lot about Lone Wolf and Cub. Is there anything that might be comparable to it? I know its based on a manga series, is it only for people who are into manga and anime or would it have a wider appeal? I love stuff like Lady Snowblood and the Samurai Trilogy(Inagaki's), just for reference.
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Nov 16, 2016 16:37
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Escobarbarian posted:Before Trilogy pre-order is currently 39.95 on Amazon US. 29.95 for the DVD. Done and done - thanks for the heads up! Even with the shipping cost to Canada and the exchange rate, it was worth it - plus to get in advance rather than waiting for the B&N sale next July.
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Basebf555 posted:I don't know a whole lot about Lone Wolf and Cub. Is there anything that might be comparable to it? I know its based on a manga series, is it only for people who are into manga and anime or would it have a wider appeal? I love stuff like Lady Snowblood and the Samurai Trilogy(Inagaki's), just for reference. You'll love Lone Wolf and Cub. The manga influenced Frank Miller's Wolverine a ton. But otherwise, you don't gotta read the manga to get it. The basic story is it follows a samurai assassin and his infant son as they kill a whole lot of people in their quest for revenge. Even the infant gets a kill in the second movie. He's carried in a James Bond car style baby cart, loaded with weapons and tricks. Get the box set while it's cheap!
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Nov 16, 2016 17:05
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Basebf555 posted:I don't know a whole lot about Lone Wolf and Cub. Is there anything that might be comparable to it? I know its based on a manga series, is it only for people who are into manga and anime or would it have a wider appeal? I love stuff like Lady Snowblood and the Samurai Trilogy(Inagaki's), just for reference. Lady Snowblood and Lone Wolf & Cub are both based on manga written by Kazuo Koike. LW&C is fun, you'll like it.
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Nov 16, 2016 17:47
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I think I'll stop by B&N today and pick it up, thanks for the nudge! Seems like a pretty great value for the money, even at full price. Even more so during this sale.
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Nov 16, 2016 17:50
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Before Trilogy's price has been fixed...I slept on it for 4 hours and missed it again 
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I, Butthole posted:Before Trilogy's price has been fixed...I slept on it for 4 hours and missed it again Holy poo poo it's $100?! Sure glad I jumped on it during the price mistake.
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Nov 16, 2016 23:19
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I hope Criterion keeps making box sets, so that Amazon can continue to mess up their prices.
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Agreed, I'm gonna have so many drat box sets.
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if they do it one more time i'm going to assume its intentional on their part
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Nov 16, 2016 23:39
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How many times has it happened?
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Nov 16, 2016 23:42
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Twice.
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checkplease posted:How is Kurosawa's Dreams? I have really on seen his samurai related films, but the new release has great reviews. It's ok. I love Kurosawa but I have no real desire to buy it or watch it any time soon. Nthing High and Low as amazing. The commentaries for all his films are what got me into Criterions in the first place.
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High and Low is great but I think the second half is a little less interesting than the first.
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checkplease posted:How is Kurosawa's Dreams? I have really on seen his samurai related films, but the new release has great reviews. I love Dreams, it's one of my favorite films. It's a bunch of vignettes so don't expect a big story, but the visuals are gorgeous and each story is really interesting. The Van Gogh vignette is really memorable and beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OTj5Qv153U mod sassinator fucked around with this message at 04:32 on Nov 17, 2016 |
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Nov 17, 2016 04:29
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Anyone else see this in the newsletter? Cover art for the Before Trilogy - though it's not final: 
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Raxivace posted:High and Low is great but I think the second half is a little less interesting than the first.  , however the final scene and shot are amazing
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friendo55 posted:Anyone else see this in the newsletter? Cover art for the Before Trilogy - though it's not final: Eh, I kinda hope that's not the final art. It's not horrible, but they could do a lot better.
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The Before Trilogy: Kissy Kissy / Titty Titty / Pooosseeyyyyy
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I think the idea is supposed to be that while the first half focuses on Kingo Gondo's character and what his dilemma is, the second half is supposed to be using the police exploration also as a method of discovering about the villain and what his motivation is. The issue for me is that the villain just isn't as interesting of the character and just feels less fleshed out in general- once Gondo's story is put on pause for a while, it's not replaced with anything quite as thematically substantial. I almost think Kurosawa should have just pulled a Study in Scarlet and just made the entire second half from the villain's POV. Or more from his POV anyways as the police are investigating him, as opposed to making them the focal characters. I appreciate the sense of contrast the film is going for- it's in the title, the Rope-ish closed off nature of the film's first half vs. the open nature of the second half, the ending etc. What Gondo is being contrasted against just isn't quite as developed IMO. It brings things down to "merely" a 9.5/10 realm for me.
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Raxivace posted:I appreciate the sense of contrast the film is going for- it's in the title, the Rope-ish closed off nature of the film's first half vs. the open nature of the second half, the ending etc. I wish they'd kept the title of Heaven and Hell. High and Low just feels neutered.
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I love High and Low so much I'm gonna name my kid Kingo Gondo after Mifune's character.
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Zogo posted:I wish they'd kept the title of Heaven and Hell. High and Low just feels neutered. I know some other Kurosawa films have slightly different titles in Japanese compared to English. The Hidden Fortress is called something like "Three Villains of The Hidden Fortress" in Japanese, and I'm still not quite sure what that is meant to imply.
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Raxivace posted:I dunno how it comes off in Japanese, but in English I think Heaven and Hell sounds like a little much. I don't think it's too far off as the film obviously doesn't meet the most explicit definitions of hell but uses the word Jigoku which does refer directly to hell in other films of the era (ignoring the differences between broad eastern/western religion afterlife concepts): Jigokumon AKA Gate of Hell (1953) Jigoku AKA Hell (1960) Tengoku to Jigoku AKA Heaven and Hell (1963) Now imagine if a film was called "Low" or "Gate of Low" or "Drag me to Low." I think the three villains refer to the two peasants (droids) and the general but I'm not 100% sure.
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FYI, Kurosawa was a Lakers fan:
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Nov 19, 2016 02:17
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Zogo posted:Now imagine if a film was called "Low" or "Gate of Low" or "Drag me to Low." quote:I think the three villains refer to the two peasants (droids) and the general but I'm not 100% sure.
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Raxivace posted:Or you could do "Drag Me to Lowe's", and start a whole slew of horror films about retail companies. :P Yea, it'd have to be from the perspective of the Yamana clan for them to be called the villains.
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Got unexpectedly paid out on my unused sick and vacation time at my old job, so... Opted for a bunch of blind-buys I've been wanting to see: Dreams The Double Life of Veronique In a Lonely Place Godzilla Mulholland Dr. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Nov 19, 2016 |
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What are some of the more analytical commentaries out there? I really enjoyed the one for Godzilla and Yojimbo as they both provide history and analysis of the films. I started listening to Brazil's, and while its interesting, its more of just Terry talking about the production and ideas for the movie it seems.
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checkplease posted:What are some of the more analytical commentaries out there? I really enjoyed the one for Godzilla and Yojimbo as they both provide history and analysis of the films. I started listening to Brazil's, and while its interesting, its more of just Terry talking about the production and ideas for the movie it seems. Beyond the Vally of the Doll as its Roger Ebert
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checkplease posted:What are some of the more analytical commentaries out there? I really enjoyed the one for Godzilla and Yojimbo as they both provide history and analysis of the films. I started listening to Brazil's, and while its interesting, its more of just Terry talking about the production and ideas for the movie it seems. High and Low with commentary by the same guy as from Yojimbo L'Avventura does a really great close reading of the film. Highly recommended. Double life of Veronique is analytical.
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checkplease posted:What are some of the more analytical commentaries out there? I really enjoyed the one for Godzilla and Yojimbo as they both provide history and analysis of the films. I started listening to Brazil's, and while its interesting, its more of just Terry talking about the production and ideas for the movie it seems. Straw Dogs has the best scholarly commentary I've ever heard
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Hector Beerlioz posted:Straw Dogs has the best scholarly commentary I've ever heard Stephen Prince really is fantastic
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