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Eraserhead is one of Criterion’s best releases ever. It helps that Lynch is so hands-on with releases of his films. He’s probably the only director other than Don Hertzfeldt that has personally designed and authored a DVD release. Not to mention he almost always does his own sound design.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 13:09 |
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Big Mean Jerk posted:If the history of snubs and unearned wins wasn’t already enough, the anonymous comments that trickle out each year should be enough to convince anyone with half a brain that the Oscars are a joke. It has always been a PR stunt, it has never been anything else. George C Scott was right.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 15:58 |
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Big Mean Jerk posted:If the history of snubs and unearned wins wasn’t already enough, the anonymous comments that trickle out each year should be enough to convince anyone with half a brain that the Oscars are a joke. I feel like that can be said about most awards. Instead of celebrating great works, we try to put them in a competition that means nothing. Especially when you end up with vastly different genres in the same category. And then if something that isn't huge wins, people complain.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 17:26 |
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I picked up Barry Lyndon, Gimme Shelter, M, and David Lynch: The Art Life the other day. First Criterions I've bought in five or six years.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 17:43 |
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For the record, there’s an Indiegogo campaign going on here to restore four films by Criterion filmmaker Jean Painlevé. These underwater documentary/avant-garde art pieces are scarier than any horror film ever made.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 18:30 |
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I'm not a Bergman guy by any means but jeez https://twitter.com/Criterion/status/1017489085609512960
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 20:26 |
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Hello can someone please give me hundreds of dollars and a region-free blu-ray player
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 20:27 |
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Radio Spiricom posted:I'm not a Bergman guy by any means but jeez I was seriously thinking about grabbing Persona at the BN sale after work today, but reading this I might just wait until the next one and grab the set? Because this looks rad as hell
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 20:33 |
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Radio Spiricom posted:I'm not a Bergman guy by any means but jeez I knew there was a reason I haven't upgraded most of my Bergman films to blu-ray yet
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 20:38 |
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I am allllll over that.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 20:46 |
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drat, what am I going to do with the Bergmans I already bought on Bluray?
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 21:10 |
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Radio Spiricom posted:I'm not a Bergman guy by any means but jeez Jesus, and I just got the Olympic Films box set. Why does Criterion have such a hard on for my wallet? I guess I'll try and get it on sale next year because I already spent way more money on Criterions this year than I wanted to.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 21:47 |
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VoodooXT posted:drat, what am I going to do with the Bergmans I already bought on Bluray? Sell them all individually and you'll easily afford the set with the profits.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 21:53 |
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Those types of sets are cooler in theory than they are in practice. I like individual presentations myself.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 21:54 |
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Those types of sets are cooler in theory than they are in practice. If it has all the stuff from the films' individual releases I'm cool with it, especially since there's a ton of new stuff.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 22:00 |
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:If it has all the stuff from the films' individual releases I'm cool with it, especially since there's a ton of new stuff. The price is baller but the packaging is just not my thing.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 22:14 |
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I don't even have that many Bergmans but that set will free up so much shelf space.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 22:31 |
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I might actually just order it from Criterion directly. $240 for 39 films with supplements and a coffee table book is cheap. That comes out to just over $6 per movie.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 22:36 |
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Amazon has the Olympic set for only $148, but only for a few hours: https://www.amazon.com/Years-Olympi...L70_&dpSrc=srch They really want to poach those wallets heading over to B&N
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 22:55 |
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Good lord that Bergman box. I own a ton of his stuff and still want it.
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# ? Jul 12, 2018 23:49 |
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Godard's Weekend was some crazy poo poo y'all, even having seen every previous feature he made beforehand. The Dziga Vertov Group period approaches me, like an assassin in the night... BeanpolePeckerwood posted:The price is baller but the packaging is just not my thing. Raxivace fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Jul 13, 2018 |
# ? Jul 13, 2018 00:26 |
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The difficulty of the Dziga Vertov Group films is relatively overblown imo, and certainly not helped by the fact that they pretty much existed as samizdat outside of theatrical screenings until recently or that they are intentionally politically provocative to English audiences. If anything I had a harder time with Numero Deux and Comment ça va Be sure not to skip Le gai savoir, it sort of sets the agenda for a lot of ideas pursued after 68. The new Kino blu is gorgeous Also read this http://www.diagonalthoughts.com/?p=1620
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 00:46 |
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Which reminds me, it's criminal that The Hour of the Furnaces hasn't got a Criterion release yet.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 00:48 |
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Radio Spiricom posted:The difficulty of the Dziga Vertov Group films is relatively overblown imo, and certainly not helped by the fact that they pretty much existed as samizdat outside of theatrical screenings until recently or that they are intentionally politically provocative to English audiences. If anything I had a harder time with Numero Deux and Comment ça va I'll primarily be working off of that Godard + Gorrin blu-ray set from Arrow Films that came out earlier this year (Which I suppose means I'm technically off-topic for the Criterion thread but oh well), and adding whatever I need to as I go on.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 01:07 |
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Egbert Souse posted:Amazon has the Olympic set for only $148, but only for a few hours: And it's sold out. drat, that was about $50 less than what I paid.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 02:19 |
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I'm in San Antonio for work and I think I found the best B&N video section in the world. They literally had every in-print Criterion on Blu-ray and DVD. Ended up just getting In the Mood for Love and Love Streams. They also had a ton of Arrow, Olive Signature, Kino, Shout/Scream Factory, etc. stuff. Also scared off someone from buying Salo.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 03:18 |
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MystOpportunity posted:I know this is off-topic, but probably the best place to ask: a theater near me is doing a 26-film Bergman retrospective (with mostly new digital restorations). Have only ever seen Fanny and Alexander (loved) and Cries and Whispers (lukewarm, but should probably watch again). Which of these are must sees and which can I skip? Are you talking about the Wexner Center in Columbus? I saw where they were doing this, but I have been shamefully choosing the summer series at the Ohio Theatre instead.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 03:20 |
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Egbert Souse posted:I'm in San Antonio for work and I think I found the best B&N video section in the world. They literally had every in-print Criterion on Blu-ray and DVD. Ended up just getting In the Mood for Love and Love Streams. Which location? I might head out that way..
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 03:48 |
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kaujot posted:Which location? I might head out that way.. The one by the airport.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 03:55 |
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Egbert Souse posted:I'm in San Antonio for work and I think I found the best B&N video section in the world. They literally had every in-print Criterion on Blu-ray and DVD. Ended up just getting In the Mood for Love and Love Streams. That's like the one in PDX where I'm at, literally every spine and every boxset. On my second trip in they had two 3-shelf library wheelcarts full to the brim with stuff that had just been reordered. Last week they were out of Midnight Cowboy blus, and when I went back there were 12.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 04:03 |
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So when's the next B+N sale after this one? December? Because I am totally squirrelling away cash to get that Bergman set at half price. e: oh and have any of the rare Australians ordered from B+N this sale? Are you getting stung for GST?
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 04:08 |
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I, Butthole posted:So when's the next B+N sale after this one? December? Because I am totally squirrelling away cash to get that Bergman set at half price. I wonder if the Bergman box will be limited run only.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 04:18 |
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:I wonder if the Bergman box will be limited run only. Please don't say that I'm too poor to buy it right now
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 04:20 |
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Sale or not, Criterion's pre-order price is a bargain. The $240 cost is about $20 cheaper than buying all the separate releases available now (plus upcoming Virgin Spring and September's Scenes from a Marriage) at 50% off. And you get almost twice as many films and a coffee table book.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 04:49 |
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Egbert Souse posted:Sale or not, Criterion's pre-order price is a bargain. Yeah I'd jump on this but Criterion don't ship to Australia, and neither does Amazon anymore, because they threw a hissy fit about paying Australia tax. B+N are my only chance to really get it E: goddamn Welles' Othello is ace. I think he's bested by Olivier for acting but this looks like a film-rear end film. Also how goddamn prescient is Iago in a post-gamergate society lmao What I'm trying to say is Cassio is a straight up soyboy I, Butthole fucked around with this message at 11:26 on Jul 13, 2018 |
# ? Jul 13, 2018 06:20 |
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Dr.Caligari posted:Are you talking about the Wexner Center in Columbus? Man, I don't check the Wexner Center's listings often enough. Thanks for sharing.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 14:06 |
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This year’s Venice Film Festival is screening Some Like It Hot and Death in Venice as new restorations by Criterion
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 19:50 |
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I wish Crouching Tiger was on Criterion
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 21:18 |
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:I wish Crouching Tiger was on Criterion It's one of Sony's Supreme Cinema releases, which is basically a Criterion without the "C" logo: https://www.amazon.com/Crouching-Ti...L70_&dpSrc=srch 4K remaster, two commentaries, deleted scenes, making-of, interviews, trailer, and I think it even has a booklet and is in a Criterion style case.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 21:26 |
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Egbert Souse posted:It's one of Sony's Supreme Cinema releases, which is basically a Criterion without the "C" logo: Looks good, except for that cover art...and also Criterion blu menus are quite lovely and well designed
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 22:24 |