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Yea Stalker is just too perfect I think, it's always gonna be the reigning champ. There were a few portions of Andrei Rublev where I felt it dragged a little too much(a funny thing to say about Tarkovsky, I admit), whereas I wasn't bored for a single frame of Stalker.
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Basebf555 posted:Yea Stalker is just too perfect I think, it's always gonna be the reigning champ. There were a few portions of Andrei Rublev where I felt it dragged a little too much(a funny thing to say about Tarkovsky, I admit), whereas I wasn't bored for a single frame of Stalker. It's kind of the reverse for me. I've seen Stalker a number of times, and goddamn is it beautiful, but kinetic it is not. It drags for me hella hard by the time they get to the tunnel, in the same way that The Sacrifice drags about 3/4ths of the way through. Solaris is far more glacially paced than either, but I never seem to notice it because I am transfixed by Hari. And Rublev doesn't drag for a moment when I watch it.
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Mahasamatman posted:Starting a movie collection with that flash sale. Andre Rublev, Stalker, and Night of the Living Dead were my buys. Brazil, Fire Walk With Me and Hoop Dreams almost made the cut, and I was tempted to buy Repo Man having never seen it just on word of mouth from people I respect. Gonna squirrel away some overtime money for the longer sale whenever that is. I believe the next big sale is November so get to stacking! Repo Man rocks. It’s weird, it has heart. It’s very unique in its influences, that specific time in 80s California hardcore punk culture. If you’ve never seen it, consider Thief. One of my favorite all-time movies.
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The opening 10 minutes of Thief are loving magical.
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Egbert Souse posted:According to DVD Beaver, the Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema set is region free. That's got to be a first for Criterion, right? I assume it's possibly got something to do with getting additional region permissions because of Filmstruck or something? I, Butthole fucked around with this message at 12:02 on Oct 21, 2018 |
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I, Butthole posted:That's got to be a first for Criterion, right? I assume it's possibly got something to do with getting additional region permissions because of Filmstruck or something? They've actually started to encode for A+B on some titles getting US and UK releases around the same time: Smithereens A Raisin in the Sun The Magnificent Ambersons Cold Water Shampoo sex, lies, and videotape Night of the Living Dead The main reason they have region locked is that some licensors require it and they've opted just to put it on everything. UK labels still stick to a title-by-title basis, which is why Indicator doesn't lock any Sony-owned films, but their recent Fox and Universal films are.
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FancyMike posted:I’ve been wondering lately if region locking requirements are the reason we haven’t heard anything about 4k yet from Criterion or other boutique labels. Maybe it's just a case of creating a niche market within an already niche market. Most people do not care about 4k.
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zandert33 posted:Maybe it's just a case of creating a niche market within an already niche market. The thing about Criterion, though, is that the Venn diagram of "people who currently care about 4k" and "people who buy Criterion releases" is a smaller circle enveloped entirely within a big circle Like, that's not necessarily incorrect thinking, but their library would contain some of the safest bets of any possible 4k release
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:The thing about Criterion, though, is that the Venn diagram of "people who currently care about 4k" and "people who buy Criterion releases" is a smaller circle enveloped entirely within a big circle That's technically even worse, because it'd be cannibalising their own market. Unless they switched to exclusively releasing 4K/BD dual packs, they'd double manufacturing to two SKUs for the same amount of sales.
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I mean they may get around to it. But they would be then supporting three formats at once, unless they discontinued DVD, and that's still aways from dead.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:The thing about Criterion, though, is that the Venn diagram of "people who currently care about 4k" and "people who buy Criterion releases" is a smaller circle enveloped entirely within a big circle I don't think this is necessarily true. One of the biggest purchasers of Criterions are public libraries and they don't even buy Blu-rays, let alone 4K. Also you'd be surprised how many Criterion collectors still prefer DVDs. One thing I've learned from all the Criterion forums/groups I frequent is that you don't have to be a videophile to be a cinephile.
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UHD Blu-ray has been around for 2.5 years which is about how long it took for Criterion to put out their first Blu-rays at the beginning of that format. edit: It's not just Criterion, we haven't heard anything as far as I know from any smaller labels about 4k discs other than seemingly every movie getting a new 4k remaster. That's why I'm wondering if it might be harder to license a film for release on a region free format. FancyMike fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Oct 22, 2018 |
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Anyone know if the Filmstruck $10 discounts last until the November sale? I missed out on the flash one.
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As far as I know, their gift codes never expire. I had a $10 gift code from their Eraserhead recall for two years before I used it. They're more gift certificates than coupons.
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Mine from the summer still worked.
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Egbert Souse posted:According to DVD Beaver, the Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema set is region free. Oh gently caress oh god oh man
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So Filmstruck announced they are shutting down at the end of November. Wonder what will happen will all the digital only stuff they have.quote:News About FilmStruck zandert33 fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Oct 26, 2018 |
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While nowhere near as comprehensive, there still is Kanopy.
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This is 100% because of the AT&T merger. They've been shutting down a lot of other TW operations. They also recently closed Super Deluxe - who was actually going to premiere a short on Filmstruck next month.
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I can’t find what happened to the Filmstruck thread, but can I suggest during this final month that we post recs of stuff to watch on FS that may have slipped under the radar? I’m planning on dropping my spooky Halloween watch right now just so I can watch as many of these movies as I can.
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This really sucks. And it only solidifies my commitment to physical media as the true way to appreciate movies at home. There are just no guarantees that the films and streaming services available today will still be available tomorrow.
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Detective No. 27 posted:While nowhere near as comprehensive, there still is Kanopy. Yeah, Kanopy loving owns.
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Spatulater bro! posted:This really sucks. And it only solidifies my commitment to physical media as the true way to appreciate movies at home. There are just no guarantees that the films and streaming services available today will still be available tomorrow. Also a watchlist doesn't make you seem like an erudite and cultured individual *puts Harakiri next to The Hangover on the blu-ray shelf*
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This sucks but at least I now feel like less of a dumbass for buying Eclipse boxsets.
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Basebf555 posted:Maybe Criterion will go back to Hulu, is there some reason I'm not aware of that would prevent that from happening? They might not want to pay for it anymore, which is why they stopped originally IIRC
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Kart Barfunkel posted:I can’t find what happened to the Filmstruck thread, but can I suggest during this final month that we post recs of stuff to watch on FS that may have slipped under the radar? I’m planning on dropping my spooky Halloween watch right now just so I can watch as many of these movies as I can. anything not on disc yet, e.g. most of the oshima most the naruse yohiki / princess yang kwei fei five women around utamaro the 47 ronin where is the friend's house? the trial of joan of arc humanity and paper baloons eyes do not want to close at all times, or perhaps one day rome will allow herself to choose in her turn querelle chinese roulette masques l'amore la paura socrates the machine that kills bad people india matri bhumi im sure theres more but these would be ones i'd prioritize
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zandert33 posted:So Filmstruck announced they are shutting down at the end of November. Wonder what will happen will all the digital only stuff they have. Is your blu ray player taking up TOO MUCH SPACE? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Future of Cinematic Restoration: Streaming Video Tired of breaking your feet tripping over all of those cumbersome discs? YOU'RE SO STUPID! Streaming Video, MEEEEOOOOOOWWWWWWWW
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Also I’d point to Son of Godzilla and Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla because those discs are still OOP and cost a pretty penny.
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Oh gently caress they still haven't even announced a boxset for those yet. And those are supposedly new restorations, right? This whole thing is a loving tragedy. You can't even boycott WarnerMedia because it's like a third of media and the other two thirds are owned by Disney. 
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I never got to experience Filmstruck because they dragged their feet on apps for Sony or Xbox after chopping off their own feet, mimicking future Criterion release Saw (2004).
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