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Egbert Souse posted:While it uses the 2006 remasters of 2001, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut (which is also the uncensored version)... Barry Lyndon was never upgraded after the 2001 DVD that's 1.66:1 letterboxed instead of 16x9 enhanced. Well, thanks for ruining my bad joke with useful information, jerk!
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Posted yesterday by Janus: https://twitter.com/janusfilms/status/1067248037070807040 If they got back Ran, they'd effectively have the entire filmography of Akira Kurosawa.
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AKI RAK URO SAW A'S CIN EMA
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When you look at the careers of Bergman and Kurosawa, is there anyone that prolific today that isn’t mainstream? Spielberg has made a lot of movies, but he’s not really a courageous director, technically or in his subject matter.
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Boywhiz88 posted:When you look at the careers of Bergman and Kurosawa, is there anyone that prolific today that isn’t mainstream? Spielberg has made a lot of movies, but he’s not really a courageous director, technically or in his subject matter. Miike.
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Depending on your definition of mainstream, Woody Allen.
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Spatulater bro! posted:Depending on your definition of mainstream, Woody Allen. Probably counts, because it's not like Bergman didn't have well-known films and plenty of notoriety at various points in his career. Like Bergman, Allen had moments when the public was paying a lot of attention to him but all through the quieter years he's continued to make movies.
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Abel Ferrara
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Kurosawa will absolutely be another filmmaker-centric masterworks set, especially since if they can get Ran, they'll absolutely be able to release his complete works in one box. Hell, they have already released all but three of his films on DVD or Blu-ray (The Quiet Duel, Derzu Uzula, and Rhapsody in August). I've spoken to B&N people before and they always have to constantly restock Kurosawa during the sales. Chaplin and Lloyd also seem likely since their films are mostly centralized or with friendly parties, plus they've been slow to release their films. Woody Allen probably wouldn't happen between his first film being with Kino and most of his United Artists, Orion, and Sony films being with Twilight Time. Though, a box set by decade would be nifty since there's little chance for extras, but he didn't object to Arrow's UK edition having a book of essays and interviews.
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I'm lukewarm on the Bergman set but I would buy the gently caress out of a definitive Kurosawa set.
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I'm holding out for the definitive Samuel Fuller box.
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I mean, if it's dreamboxes we're talking about: WONG KAR WAI
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Didn't the old Kurosawa DVD set also sell out a la the Bergman set?
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I blind bought True Stories. This movie owns. It really reminds me of The American Astronaut and Stingray Sam. Cory McAbe must have taken a lot of inspiration from it. John Goodman singing the song to his date was hysterical. Also, I always thought Jeans West was a fake place the King of the Hill writers made up until now. 
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Just blind bought True Stories and The Magnificent Ambersons. Two movies I've been meaning to watch for years and got ahold of right before they were announced. Then I decided to wait.
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There's a bit of "What could have been" thing with Ambersons but even in its current state its still a pretty good movie.
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True Stories is one of my favorites and I've only ever seen the old pan and scan DVD, can't wait to see it.
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Is One Eyed Jacks worth a blind buy? I love Westerns and I've been trying to see every film shot in VistaVision that I can get my hands on.
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Basebf555 posted:Is One Eyed Jacks worth a blind buy? I love Westerns and I've been trying to see every film shot in VistaVision that I can get my hands on. It’s a neat film, even if a little messy in structure. Worth buying at least for Brando and the gorgeous VistaVision cinematography. Universal’s 4K restoration used the camera negative plus the yellow separation master to gain back the faded color. Same technique was used for Spartacus and North by Northwest.
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Raxivace posted:There's a bit of "What could have been" thing with Ambersons but even in its current state its still a pretty good movie.
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gently caress yeah, they’re doing A Face in the Crowd per the newsletter clue.
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Raxivace posted:There's a bit of "What could have been" thing with Ambersons but even in its current state its still a pretty good movie. There are parts that are fantastic. There are other parts where it's so completely obvious that it's outside of Welles vision it's remarkable.
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Egbert Souse posted:gently caress yeah, they’re doing A Face in the Crowd per the newsletter clue. Good double feature with Sweet Smell of Success (or triple feature with The Comedian!).
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I'm having a hell of a time finding copies of True Stories and The Magnificent Ambersons in stores. I'm almost ready to just have them shipped, but I'm going to be traveling all next week and won't get to see them until after 
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Haven’t seen True Stories but am tempted to blind buy- is there much re-watch potential? What are the odds of a Last Detail release? New restoration was playing by me recently- wonderful film and would round out their prime Ashby collection.
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MystOpportunity posted:Haven’t seen True Stories but am tempted to blind buy- is there much re-watch potential? A) yes B) you also get a soundtrack album
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MystOpportunity posted:Haven’t seen True Stories but am tempted to blind buy- is there much re-watch potential? imagine instead of the faces on mount rushmore there was a huge carving of the word "YES"
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I watched True Stories yesterday and I'm already itching to watch it again.
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Detective No. 27 posted:I watched True Stories yesterday and I'm already itching to watch it again. I just saw David Byrne on his Australian tour and it's made me give serious thought to grabbing it blind before the sale ends. This is gonna push me over the edge.
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MystOpportunity posted:Haven’t seen True Stories but am tempted to blind buy- is there much re-watch potential? Still in print with Twilight Time, but when that goes OOP, Sony will probably make it a "MOD" disc like other former TT releases like Night of the Living Dead '90 and Oliver! - but Indicator UK has a near clone and it's region-free. I just ordered it in the Black Friday sale (along with Age of Consent, The Passenger, The Wild One, and The Front).
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Detective No. 27 posted:I watched True Stories yesterday and I'm already itching to watch it again. Me too. Watching the making of right now.
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Egbert Souse posted:gently caress yeah, they’re doing A Face in the Crowd per the newsletter clue. Oh poo poo, yessss.
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I, Butthole posted:I just saw David Byrne on his Australian tour and it's made me give serious thought to grabbing it blind before the sale ends. This is gonna push me over the edge. I saw him in September and it was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. I don't know anything about True Stories but you guys are making me want to get it.
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I want everyone here to know that I picked up Hiroshima, Mon Amour yesterday because that movie owns. RIP Filmstruck. Thanks for reading.
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Kart Barfunkel posted:I want everyone here to know that I picked up Hiroshima, Mon Amour yesterday because that movie owns. I'll be honest, Hiroshima Mon Amour did absolutely nothing for me. All French New Wave continues to absolutely elude me, although I've got Breathless (non Criterion) sitting here that I haven't yet got around to, and that seems to be the turning point for a lot of people. Anyone have decent entry points for French New Wave? I really appreciate the contributions it had to cinema, but I just really, really can't click with the films themselves.
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The 400 Blows is probably the best of the early new wave films, followed by Breathless.
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Egbert Souse posted:The 400 Blows is probably the best of the early new wave films, followed by Breathless. I’d also put Jules et Jim up there.
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"French New Wave" covers a vast array of styles. Rohmer is nothing like Godard, Resnais is nothing like Truffaut. I say just seek out the ones that sound appealing to you. Really surprised by all the praise for True Stories. I haven't seen it since it came out, but even as a huge Talking Heads fan I found it pretty dull, condescending, and pointlessly quirky.
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Haven’t seen a ton of new wave stuff but Cléo From 5 to 7 is my favorite and one I’d recommend to anyone having trouble with some of the others
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