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So Dark the Night is good, too. Funny how Joseph H. Lewis directed it and Julia Ross. And what do you know, he also directed Gun Crazy.
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Egbert Souse posted:So Dark the Night is good, too. Funny how Joseph H. Lewis directed it and Julia Ross. And what do you know, he also directed Gun Crazy. I loved some aspects of So Dark the Night but man that ending was Psycho levels of this isn't how any of this works. I hope they're working on better film presentation through the channel, right now you either have to have a broad idea of what you're looking for, know exactly what you want or be happy with what's on the front page. There's a TON of stuff in the catalog that won't be exposed because it's obscure. I watched Peppermint Frappe last week and the only way I found that film was because I had written it down when it was featured on Filmstruck. I also watched Ali : Fear Eats the Soul Tuesday night and wow, having never seen anything by Fassbinder before, I'm definitely going to dive into the rest of his catalogue. That's the real strength of the channel to me - if there's a director I like, I can easily watch a bunch of their films.
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Cloks posted:I loved some aspects of So Dark the Night but man that ending was Psycho levels of this isn't how any of this works. The collections are going to rotate/expand, so if you just watch stuff from those it'll be a bit like one of those curated services. I actually really like that, i never do the netflix thing where you just endlessly scroll through poo poo, pick nothing and then get bored and move on
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DeimosRising posted:The collections are going to rotate/expand, so if you just watch stuff from those it'll be a bit like one of those curated services. I actually really like that, i never do the netflix thing where you just endlessly scroll through poo poo, pick nothing and then get bored and move on It's important to note that not all collections are rotating out. A lot of stuff is permanent. All those Zatoichi films are here to stay. However the expiration dates aren't quite visible. You have to go select the movie, and then expand the description to see if there's a date in there or not. In Filmstruck the date was always visible, plus there was a "Leaving Soon" tab that you could explore.
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What films have expiration dates? I haven't noticed them on anything I've checked the description for.
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Almost Blue posted:What films have expiration dates? I haven't noticed them on anything I've checked the description for. Some that I found: All of the Columbia Noir(June 30) All the Charles Burnett(Some end on June 30 others on September 30) All the Susanne Bier(June 30) Elephant Man(May 31) Mulholland Drive(June 30) Virgin Suicides(June 30) Bugsy Malone(June 30) Rocco and His Brothers(September 30) Kaili Blues(September 30) There really is no way other than just going one by one.
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May lineup for the channel just went up https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6314-coming-attractions-the-criterion-channel-s-may-lineup Excited to finally watch Night Of The Hunter
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I'm most excited for the Kelly Reichardt, Carol Reed, and Hong Sang-soo
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If anyone was wondering, you can cancel your Criterion Channel trial now and still use it till May 8th. That wasn't clear in their FAQ and I was worried I might forget on the 7th. Unfortunately the whole thing was just too half-baked for me to be on board for a year. I can't watch with Chromecast yet, which forces me to use my laptop and an HDMI cable to my TV. And the web player is just bad. Frequently it will drop to 240p quality for no reason, or stop playback randomly. Skipping ahead takes 10+ seconds sometimes. It's kind of funny that the web player they use for trailers is better and lets you select a resolution, but full movies get the stripped down player. Hopefully the service takes off and they can fix some of the issues. If they ever put out a PS4 app I'd definitely consider resubscribing at the regular price.
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Apr 29, 2019 22:34
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Salesman is great if you wanna watch old men just ramble around about nothing.
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Detective No. 27 posted:Salesman is great if you wanna watch old men just ramble around about nothing. Sounds like these forums. Hey-oooooo
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I was just coming in to talk about Salesman. I’ve told this story before but My grandfather is one of the salesman in the film and this is the only way I’ve ever got to see him. He was passed away by the time I was born and we never had any pictures of him so it was always Salesman, but what’s cool is that as technology advanced I was able to get a better look at my grandfather going from vhs quality to dvd to now this highest quality. It’s great.
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Empress Brosephine posted:I was just coming in to talk about Salesman. I’ve told this story before but My grandfather is one of the salesman in the film and this is the only way I’ve ever got to see him. He was passed away by the time I was born and we never had any pictures of him so it was always Salesman, but what’s cool is that as technology advanced I was able to get a better look at my grandfather going from vhs quality to dvd to now this highest quality. It’s great. That’s actually really cool, plus you don’t have to worry about pictures fading or getting lost over the years. Just pop in Salesman. I’ve been meaning to watch it for a long time.
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Empress Brosephine posted:I was just coming in to talk about Salesman. I’ve told this story before but My grandfather is one of the salesman in the film and this is the only way I’ve ever got to see him. He was passed away by the time I was born and we never had any pictures of him so it was always Salesman, but what’s cool is that as technology advanced I was able to get a better look at my grandfather going from vhs quality to dvd to now this highest quality. It’s great. Which one was he? The Gipper?
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Detective No. 27 posted:Which one was he? The Gipper? Yep good guess!
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Empress Brosephine posted:Yep good guess! That's rad.
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Empress Brosephine posted:I was just coming in to talk about Salesman. I’ve told this story before but My grandfather is one of the salesman in the film and this is the only way I’ve ever got to see him. He was passed away by the time I was born and we never had any pictures of him so it was always Salesman, but what’s cool is that as technology advanced I was able to get a better look at my grandfather going from vhs quality to dvd to now this highest quality. It’s great. You ought to contact Criterion about this since they haven't released Salesman on Blu-ray yet.
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Yeah I just want to say that’s an awesome story. Your grandpa will probably be recorded better in history by being put to film than most people despite having no photos of him. Something something the power of cinema.
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Thanks all! Yeah I’ll reach out to them and tell them the story. I tried to reach the Maysles before they died but never got a response back but I’ll try Criterion
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Cloks posted:I also watched Ali : Fear Eats the Soul Tuesday night and wow, having never seen anything by Fassbinder before, I'm definitely going to dive into the rest of his catalogue. That's the real strength of the channel to me - if there's a director I like, I can easily watch a bunch of their films. The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant is so great. Beware of a Holy Whore is great too but even better if you watch it after seeing a bunch of his other films because a lot of the actors are mostly portraying each other in real life and its mostly his stable.
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Cloks posted:I also watched Ali : Fear Eats the Soul Tuesday night and wow, having never seen anything by Fassbinder before, I'm definitely going to dive into the rest of his catalogue. That's the real strength of the channel to me - if there's a director I like, I can easily watch a bunch of their films. Make sure to dive into some of the trivia and the behind the scenes, it's fascinating and sad. I've been waiting for Salesman to be released on Blu-Ray for a while. A lot of people I talk to seem luke warm on it, but the look at a thing largely now extinct is something right up my alley. That's really cool that you have that personal connection with it. Dr.Caligari fucked around with this message at 17:50 on May 3, 2019 |
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Criterion will be sending out all the charter (early) subscribers a steel membership card.
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Egbert Souse posted:Criterion will be sending out all the charter (early) subscribers a steel membership card. I don’t know what I’m going to do with this but I’m amused
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Hope you guys don't mind, but I'm selling a bunch of criterions to slim down the collection. Thought you guys would like a heads up. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3888830
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Can't wait to smugly flash my steel Criterion card to get sweet VIP seats at my local hipster cinema.
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Origami Dali posted:Can't wait to smugly flash my steel Criterion card to get sweet VIP seats at my local hipster cinema. i be like plz Origami sir sit in any one of our 475 unreservable seats you goddamn bigshot bastard
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Kinda bummed it probably wont have a notch cut so it can open bottles
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I'm trying to watch movies from every year represented on the Criterion Channel catalog, and man, I just cannot get into Harold Lloyd. He's fine in like 10 minute shorts but I just watched High and Dizzy which is almost 30 minutes and I never thought I'd say this, but the slapstick just gets real boring.
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:I'm trying to watch movies from every year represented on the Criterion Channel catalog, and man, I just cannot get into Harold Lloyd. He's fine in like 10 minute shorts but I just watched High and Dizzy which is almost 30 minutes and I never thought I'd say this, but the slapstick just gets real boring. For what it's worth, I don't find Lloyd to be anywhere near as consistent as Chaplin or Keaton (especially Keaton), but Safety Last! is probably my favorite silent comedy feature and I think it's his best overall film. I don't think Lloyd's short films are as good as his features, at least not to the degree where Chaplin's Mutual films and pretty much all of Keaton's 1920-1923 shorts are one great film after another.
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Egbert Souse posted:For what it's worth, I don't find Lloyd to be anywhere near as consistent as Chaplin or Keaton (especially Keaton), but Safety Last! is probably my favorite silent comedy feature and I think it's his best overall film. I don't think Lloyd's short films are as good as his features, at least not to the degree where Chaplin's Mutual films and pretty much all of Keaton's 1920-1923 shorts are one great film after another. I wish the CC had some Keaton on it, but I'm def going to watch The Kid next. Then in 1922 I get to watch motherfucking HAXAN. I'll give Safety Last a shot when I get there.
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:I wish the CC had some Keaton on it, but I'm def going to watch The Kid next. Then in 1922 I get to watch motherfucking HAXAN. They will eventually have Keaton since the launch announcement mentioned stuff from Cohen Media, who has the rights to the 4K restorations of the Keaton features. Probably waiting for when they put out The Cameraman. Besides the Keaton films, Cohen also has Intolerance, The Thief of Bagdad (Fairbanks), Broken Blossoms, Jamaica Inn, The Old Dark House, Harry Langdon's features (like The Strong Man), and the Merchant-Ivory library.
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Just got Police Story in the mail today. The transfer looks so drat good. The last time I saw Police Story 1 was on some bad dvd transfer. Really sharp.
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Harold Lloyd will have my heart if only for an Eastern Westerners takedown of Birth of a Nation.
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soggybagel posted:Just got Police Story in the mail today. The transfer looks so drat good. The last time I saw Police Story 1 was on some bad dvd transfer. Really sharp. I held that BluRay in my hands today but decided against it and halfway home I got whatever the opposite of buyer's remorse is.
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The Kid still slaps, what a good movie. The supplemental doc on undercranking is pretty cool too.
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Is there no way to change languages on Criterion Channel, or is that a movie by movie thing? I watched Godzilla vs King Gidorah last week and it was in Japanese. I started Invasion of Astro Monster today and I was ten minutes in before I realized I wasn't suddenly fluent in Japanese, that it was in English the whole time with no way to put in in Japanese.
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