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Egbert Souse posted:I'm saving my The Freshman is really good if you like silent, physical comedy. He does this stupid little dance in it that will stick with you.
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for the next sale since I really only want Day for Night and The Freshman.... and I just paid rent for the month. 
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Cloks posted:The Freshman is really good if you like silent, physical comedy. He does this stupid little dance in it that will stick with you. I had the old New Line DVD. That dance was one of the best recurring gags. Speedy is going to be a must-have too.
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friendo55 posted:Would Umberto D. be a safe blind-buy purchase? I'm usually OK with sad movies, but goddamn umberto D is a sad movie. Simple elegant and heartbreaking is the perfect way to describe it. You will most likely cry.
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The flash sale has been extended for two hours; it now ends at 2 PM EST.
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Oct 7, 2015 16:56
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Glad I was able to snag a few I've been meaning to see for a while: Black Orpheus, The Red Shoes, and Smiles of a Summer Night. I'd be lying if I didn't say that my girlfriend had a slight hand in this selection as opposed to the last flash sale.
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Because it's October I was in the mood for a horror movie. I considered getting Throne of Blood and it sold out (yeah, not a horror movie per se, but it has witches and the right tone). I went for film on my wishlist I had't seen before instead - Kuroneko. I really wanted Kwaidan but isn't out yet nor on sale.
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The Innocents is a great Criterion horror. I'm not the biggest fans of Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby but there are those too of course. Maybe Night of the Hunter? Though that's more thriller I suppose.
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For horror, I really enjoyed the recently released The Brood, as well as the other Cronenbergs. Sisters is good too, imo. Also check out Peeping Tom, The Blob and Fiend without a Face.
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Nate RFB posted:The Innocents is a great Criterion horror. I'm not the biggest fans of Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby but there are those too of course. Maybe Night of the Hunter? Though that's more thriller I suppose. The Innocents is fantastic, it has a lot of genuinely unnerving moments that are all due to mood and atmosphere.
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Egbert Souse posted:Everyone should at least jump on the Tati set. The new restorations are absolutely stunning, especially Playtime. Anyone into silent comedies should like Etaix. The Suitor has no more dialogue than the average silent with title cards but it's spoken because that was no longer a limitation in 1962. Instead of a rising soundtrack you get sound effects. He was a live performer/magician and very much in the vein of Vaudeville guys like Keaton.
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The Suitor and Le Grand Amour are great.
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Just caught Letter Never Sent and it's beautiful, too bad no extras on the disc.
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Managed to not get anything in the flash sale. Even with the 10 bucks in store credit I couldn't figure out a way to hit the free shipping limit without going too much over. It just now occurred to me I could have added a mug or something small. Oh well, should be a B&N sale next month. Ends up being cheaper there anyway. They aren't planning on putting Jeanne Dielman out on Blu anytime soon are they?
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Stan Taylor posted:Managed to not get anything in the flash sale. Even with the 10 bucks in store credit I couldn't figure out a way to hit the free shipping limit without going too much over. It just now occurred to me I could have added a mug or something small. By the way, as long as your order hit $50+ without the coupon first, you still got free shipping if the coupon put it under $50.
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Red posted:By the way, as long as your order hit $50+ without the coupon first, you still got free shipping if the coupon put it under $50. Oh dang
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I managed to find Grey Gardens/Beales of Grey Gardens DVD at the pawn shop today for $2. I love that film and didn't even realize it was on Criterion, so that was a nice surprise.
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Red posted:By the way, as long as your order hit $50+ without the coupon first, you still got free shipping if the coupon put it under $50. 
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Probably a dumb question, but are the spine numbers based on the count when the film was added? Like M has spine #30, so was it the 30th film added to the collection?
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Yep, they're in chronological order of Criterion release.
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They're mostly in order, but they had to delay and switch releases occasionally. Here's a complete listing of every release date Just as an example, here's the first ten spines: #1 - Grand Illusion - November 23, 1999 #2 - Seven Samurai - April 21, 1998 #3 - The Lady Vanishes - May 26, 1998 #4 - Amarcord - March 31, 1998 #5 - The 400 Blows - March 31, 1998 #6 - Beauty and the Beast - June 2, 1998 #7 - A Night to Remember - May 12, 1998 #8 - The Killer - June 16, 1998 #9 - Hard Boiled - June 9, 1998 #10 - Walkabout - May 5, 1998 Also, The Passion of Joan of Arc (#62) was released on DVD in 1999 and has an insert noting Vampyr as coming soon, which finally came out in 2008 as #437. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Oct 13, 2015 |
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but what about the laserdisc numbers we just gonna forget those ever happened....?? fuckin Criterion, retconning things
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Citizen Kane is the REAL #1
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Thanks for the answers!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Criterion_Collection_Laserdisc_releases It's interesting to see how many films only released on laserdisc ended up having Criterion-quality releases anyways. Releases like Lawrence of Arabia, Citizen Kane, Blue Velvet, Blade Runner, Casablanca, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and the first three James Bond films are virtually Criterion releases on Blu-Ray without the logo.
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I'm just curious, how does the numbering handle bluray re-releases of older formats? Do they keep the old number?
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Xenomrph posted:I'm just curious, how does the numbering handle bluray re-releases of older formats? Do they keep the old number? Yep.
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Xenomrph posted:I'm just curious, how does the numbering handle bluray re-releases of older formats? Do they keep the old number? Blu-Ray releases of titles previously issued on DVD keep the numbers. For example, the Blu-Ray of Seven Samurai is still #2.
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I hope Criterion is cheeky and gives spine number 666 to some Satanic horror film. EDIT: Oh wait, they're well in the late 700's now. Never mind.
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Raxivace posted:I hope Criterion is cheeky and gives spine number 666 to some Satanic horror film. They did, it was The Devil's Backbone.
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Oh good. All is redeemed.
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morestuff posted:They did, it was The Devil's Backbone. More like The Devil's Spine Number amirite? 
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Cacator posted:More like The Devil's Spine Number amirite? Haha dammit I didn't even notice think of that part of it. That's amazing.
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The Barnes & Noble sale starts 11/10.
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Origami Dali posted:The Barnes & Noble sale starts 11/10. - Brazil - The Seventh Seal - The Brood - City Lights - The Great Dictator Edit-- nevermind, took the plunge and got a Hulu Plus account so I can find out for myself! Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Oct 16, 2015 |
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Xenomrph posted:On that topic, I'm considering blind-buying some more Criterion movies on the next sale. Are any of these a bad idea, or have any caveats? Those are all pretty great.
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Xenomrph posted:On that topic, I'm considering blind-buying some more Criterion movies on the next sale. Are any of these a bad idea, or have any caveats? I haven't seen The Brood, but the rest are essential. The Gold Rush and Safety Last! are also worth getting. Great films, but also definitive restorations.
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I'm trying to remember, when you get up to 500 points for $50 off on Criterion's site do they usually send out the code right away? Looking ahead I think I need like ~80 to get the $50 so I figure I could do two separate orders during the next flash sale to take advantage of it at that time. But if it's a day or two later that wouldn't work.
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Xenomrph posted:On that topic, I'm considering blind-buying some more Criterion movies on the next sale. Are any of these a bad idea, or have any caveats? If you work in a lovely bureaucratic office, you'll never be able to stop thinking about Brazil. This has been my experience with it.
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The Complete Lady Snowblood Bitter Rice The American Friend Gilda Inside Llewyn Davis Really cool month in my opinion. e: the Inside Llewyn Davis features  Criterion posted:DIRECTOR-APPROVED EDITION:
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