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Would anyone be interested in me doing a GonSmithe style "Criterion Vacation" for July? My work schedule isn't going to be as hectic and there's a bunch of Criterions I haven't had a chance to watch yet or haven't watched in a long time. Also, here's a bunch of recommendations... Pierre Etaix - Largely forgotten compared to Jacques Tati (whom employed Etaix as both assistant and graphic designer). The Suitor and Le Grand Amour are two of the funniest films I've ever seen. The Suitor is like finding some lost Buster Keaton film, while Le Grand Amour feels like a Bunuel with a bit less venom. Yoyo is a deliberate homage to both Fellini and Chaplin, succeeding and surpassing. The episodic As Long As You've Got Your Health is a bit all over the place, but the opening "Insomnia" segment and a bit with Etaix going to a movie theater are wonderful pantomimes. I think this is also the only Criterion release where the director did all the packaging art himself. The Gold Rush - Chaplin's 1942 recut diminished the reputation of the film, I think, but the original silent version is on the same level as City Lights or Modern Times. Criterion included both cuts in beautiful quality, though the silent version gets a re-recording of Chaplin's 1942 score in 5.1. Lonesome - It really seems like silents from the end of the 20s went into all sorts of amazing directions. This is a "everything but the kitchen sink" sort of film. Simple on the surface, but full of amazing camera work, editing, and even a few bits of early sound and hand-coloring. Also includes two complete Paul Fejos films as extras. F for Fake - My all-time favorite film. Welles is firing all cylinders on this one and it's one of his shorter features. The Blu-ray is PACKED with a feature-length doc on his unfinished films (in HD, no less), a Tomorrow Show interview, a doc about Elmyr de Hory, interview with Clifford Irving, the Howard Hughes press conference, and a nearly 9 minute trailer. Chimes at Midnight/The Immortal Story - Long unavailable in the US, both are stellar works by Orson Welles. Gorgeous restorations and tons of extras. Carnival of Souls - It's a shame that the public domain status has led people to believe it's just some cheap bad movie, but it's a brilliant horror film. Gorgeously photographed and moody. There's also a wonderful TV doc about the abandoned resort used in the film. A Hard Day's Night - Finally a great edition of the film. Gorgeous restoration, three sound mixes (original mono, stereo remix, and 5.1 remix) supervised by Giles Martin, plus hours of extras and a thick book with an interview with Richard Lester. This more than makes up for all the prior videos with wrong aspect ratios and sound mixes. Master of the House - Yes, Carl Th. Dreyer made comedies! Don't expect something like a Chaplin or Keaton, but this has a droll sense of humor, sort of reminding me of Ernst Lubitsch except without the sex. Beautiful restoration. The Night of the Hunter - One of the most essential releases from Criterion. One of the greatest films ever made from a gorgeous 2K transfer off the original negative. Also has an amazing 2 1/2 hour making-of using outtakes and test footage that's pretty much film school in a box. The Philadelphia Story - The film is great, but the real star of this release are two Dick Cavett episodes featuring Katharine Hepburn - I could have watched ten hours of her talking. Safety Last! - I think this might be the best silent comedy feature. It's such a perfectly constructed, hilarious work. The 2K restoration is beautiful and has a wonderful orchestral score by Carl Davis. There's also a feature-length documentary on Harold Lloyd, plus some bonus shorts. The Freshman and Speedy are also essential, but they don't reach the perfection of this one. Tampopo - Just see this movie. It's funny, beautifully shot, and has some of the best food porn ever committed to celluloid. Don't you dare watch this on an empty stomach.
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Jun 28, 2018 23:50
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/\/\/\ I'll read that
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Jun 28, 2018 23:59
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Hector Beerlioz posted:speaking of depalma, Sisters is great Margot Kidder let's GO!!
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Jun 29, 2018 00:04
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Get King of Jazz and watch it with a group of friends. That movie’s loving crazy, and essentially one gorgeous set piece after another.
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Jun 29, 2018 00:09
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Do it Egbert! Also yeah I definitely recommend A Hard Day’s Night even if you’re not a huge Beatles fan. It’s such a joyous movie, I was smiling the entire night thinking about it after I saw it for the first time. Also yeah, the transfer is beautiful.
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Jun 29, 2018 00:10
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Great recs, Egbert! I didn’t do a write-up this time, but everyone should get The Gold Rush. The silent version is Chaplin’s best feature. People should also check out the Eclipse series. Don’t let the DVD-only releases fool you — these are some of Criterion’s best offerings. Gonna give a shout out to Jean Grémillon, arguably the most underrated French director of the early 20th century.
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Jun 29, 2018 00:13
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I didn't even know there was a non-silent version of The Gold Rush. Is it worth watching for curiosity's sake if you're familiar with the original film?Egbert Souse posted:Would anyone be interested in me doing a GonSmithe style "Criterion Vacation" for July? My work schedule isn't going to be as hectic and there's a bunch of Criterions I haven't had a chance to watch yet or haven't watched in a long time. Hell yeah, go for it.
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Jun 29, 2018 00:15
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Space Fish posted:Margot Kidder let's GO!! I remember having a crush on her in Black Christmas
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Jun 29, 2018 00:16
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oneforthevine posted:People should also check out the Eclipse series. Don’t let the DVD-only releases fool you — these are some of Criterion’s best offerings. Gonna give a shout out to Jean Grémillon, arguably the most underrated French director of the early 20th century.
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Jun 29, 2018 00:50
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Looks like I'm doin' it then.Robert Denby posted:Get King of Jazz and watch it with a group of friends. That movie’s loving crazy, and essentially one gorgeous set piece after another. Even if it's not a masterpiece, I'm an absolute sucker for early color, early sound, and 20s/30s jazz. GonSmithe posted:Do it Egbert! I really hope no one misses AHDN because they don't care of The Beatles because it's pretty much a British Marx Brothers movie done like direct cinema. The songs are great, but I don't think people get how huge of a deal this movie is. Up until then, most "rock" movies had threadbare plots and generic whenever there wasn't a song. Pretty much every line in the film is great. It's also mind-boggling that Gilbert Taylor shot this, Dr. Strangelove, and Repulsion back to back. What's amazing about the restoration is that it was in horrific shape when it was photochemically restored back in the 90s. The first and last reels are missing and the whole thing is in beginning stages of vinegar syndrome. Add in the fact that the opening title sequence is a dupe, you're asking for trouble from the first frame. Yet it's absolutely transparent. And Giles Martin's 5.1 remix totally makes up for the laughably bad 5.1 on the Miramax DVD. You'd think it originally had a vintage 4-channel mix from how great it sounds. I'm hoping Criterion gets a chance at doing Help! now that they've tackled "impossible" restorations like The Apu Trilogy and Tom Jones. oneforthevine posted:Great recs, Egbert! I didn’t do a write-up this time, but everyone should get The Gold Rush. The silent version is Chaplin’s best feature. I've only got one Eclipse, but it's 100% worth getting - Lubitsch Musicals. The Love Parade is one of the best early talkies I've seen and you'd never think it was Lubitsch's first crack at sound. It's hilarious, uses sound brilliantly, and Maurice Chevelier and Jeannette MacDonald are magnificent. It's also pre-code, so you get stuff like Maurice entering Jeannette's bedroom and closing the door, then immediately there's a shot of cannons firing. Monte Carlo, The Smiling Lieutenant, and One Hour With You are wonderful, too, but The Love Parade could have been a mainline release. I generally skip Eclipse since I can just watch most of them on Filmstruck, but Lubitsch Musicals is the only major studio license they've done so far (Universal), so they'll be disc-only. Samuel Clemens posted:I didn't even know there was a non-silent version of The Gold Rush. Is it worth watching for curiosity's sake if you're familiar with the original film? It's on the same disc, so I'd see it at least once. Chaplin narrates and composed the score, and I kind of like it. But it pales in comparison to the restored silent version.
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Jun 29, 2018 01:17
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The sale is a great time to pick up the Varda, Cassavetes, and/or Les Blanc sets, which are all amazing. Is Cleo from 5 to 7 not available as a standalone blu-ray?Samuel Clemens posted:That's just Magic Hate Ball's bad inflence. ahaha I finally turned around on him in the Shame thread with La Notte and had a really good time revisiting L'Avventura, which was, in particular, way funnier than I remembered it from the first time and much more deeply felt. Watching it was like being a really hungry person stumbling upon a restaurant abandoned mid-service. TIFF is doing a 35mm retrospective so I'm amped to see a couple on the big screen. I still hate Bresson, though.
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Jun 29, 2018 01:35
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So "Diary of a Country Priest" went OOP 8 years ago and never got a rerelease? It's not available streaming anywhere either. That's terrible.
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Jun 29, 2018 02:09
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Pulled the trigger on everything but Seven Samurai, Dazed and Confused, and Scanners. They haven’t jumped down in price but if they do, then I’m on it.
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Jun 29, 2018 06:09
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Is the B&N deal live?
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Jun 29, 2018 07:10
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Looks like it is, yeah. Probably going to head out there tomorrow!
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Jun 29, 2018 11:11
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Gonna stop by after work, finally pick up Silence of the Lambs and Night of the Living Dead.
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Jun 29, 2018 16:22
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Just bought the 100 Years of Olympic Films boxed set for $200. Please don't judge me.
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Jun 29, 2018 17:18
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Macrame_God posted:Just bought the 100 Years of Olympic Films boxed set for $200. Please don't judge me. Good luck!
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Jun 29, 2018 17:20
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Has Criterion ever done an April Fools joke list of pending releases? I’d love to see them go all out and make full supplement lists and mock cover art for the Criterion release of, like, Jason X, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, or Jurassic Park III or something.
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Jun 29, 2018 17:39
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Xenomrph posted:Has Criterion ever done an April Fools joke list of pending releases? I’d love to see them go all out and make full supplement lists and mock cover art for the Criterion release of, like, Jason X, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, or Jurassic Park III or something. They should do a mock release of Crank and make the disc look like a re-writable DVD with "gently caress You" written on it. I'd unironically buy that. I also unironically think Crank is a good movie.
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Jun 29, 2018 17:46
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Nashville - get this movie. There's no singular plit in the film, just a bunch of connected episodes that cross at different times. There's a lot of country music, and it's mostly pretty good, or an entertaining pistache, like 200 Years. You have a trio where two of the members are in a strained marriage, and the third one is a womanizer who is trying to go solo. And he also sleeps with the wife in the strained marriage. You have a waitress who wants to be a singer despite having very little talent. Her friend, a cook at the restaurant, is trying to help her give up her dream. You have a country star who has suffered a nervous breakdown, and her manager is trying to help her both emotionally and with her career. You have a British news reporter who tries to turn everything into a bad metaphor, including a hilarious scene where she walks through the place where school buses are stored for the summer. You have people trying to set up a political rally featuring the musicians. You have a woman who actually has talent who is trying to get a break and is trying to get away from her husband who wants her to give up her dreams of being a music star. You have Jeff Goldblum, who rides around in a motor tricycle (I don't know what it is called) and doesn't say anything but does a few magic tricks. It really is one of my favorite movies. It's darkly comic, but also has a lot of tender moments like the best of Altman. And it had a hit single too! I'm Easy, by David Carridine.
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Jun 29, 2018 17:50
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Macrame_God posted:They should do a mock release of Crank and make the disc look like a re-writable DVD with "gently caress You" written on it. I'd unironically buy that. I also unironically think Crank is a good movie. See, I think this is what would make them hesitant to do something like that. Crank is actually a good movie, who's to say that in 15 years it won't have been re-appraised as one of the more unique action films of it's time? If you go through the collection, there are many films in it that weren't highly regarded in their own time, in fact that's a big part of the purpose of the collection itself! Of course, if you have a sense of humor about these things then who gives a poo poo but hey, we're film nerds so this is serious business.
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Jun 29, 2018 17:50
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for anyone hitting up the B&N sale, check your email - I got a 10% off your order coupon today, good online and in store
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Jun 29, 2018 17:59
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It specifically excludes Criterion. 
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Jun 29, 2018 18:10
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gey muckle mowser posted:for anyone hitting up the B&N sale, check your email - I got a 10% off your order coupon today, good online and in store Doesn’t work online for Criterion stuff, I just tried it. That means it probably doesn’t work in-store either, but if you make a stink about it in-person they’ll probably honor it.
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Jun 29, 2018 18:12
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well, crap. worth a shot anyway I guess. I won't be annoying about it, but I've found that being nice to retail employees and feigning ignorance can go a long way
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Jun 29, 2018 18:14
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Xenomrph posted:Doesn’t work online for Criterion stuff, I just tried it. Don't be that person.
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Jun 29, 2018 18:16
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Don't be that person. Yeah, I was going to amend my post with “...if you want to be that guy.” Also I think I haven’t cried enough this year so I’m going to finally pick up Shoah.
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Jun 29, 2018 18:32
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Xenomrph posted:Has Criterion ever done an April Fools joke list of pending releases? I’d love to see them go all out and make full supplement lists and mock cover art for the Criterion release of, like, Jason X, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, or Jurassic Park III or something. One year they announced a 3 disk set bluray for Kindergarten Cop and even made one of those 3 reasons videos for it and the next year they announced CHUD but I believe that's it.
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Jun 29, 2018 20:18
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My friend did a thing https://twitter.com/withnailgeorgen/status/1012781216666476544?s=21
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Jun 29, 2018 20:40
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Hector Beerlioz posted:One year they announced a 3 disk set bluray for Kindergarten Cop and even made one of those 3 reasons videos for it and the next year they announced CHUD but I believe that's it. I have to wonder if those were dry runs for actual releases if the joke went over well; Kindergarten Cop is pretty easily the best of Ahnuld's comedies, and CHUD is a straight-up no-poo poo cult classic.
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Jun 29, 2018 20:43
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Escobarbarian posted:My friend did a thing I like the Mulholland Dr one
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Jun 29, 2018 21:22
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Guys, I purchased M, Badlands, Silence of the Lambs, and Age of Innocence. I'm worried there's something wrong with me. A film based off an Edith Wharton novel?
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Cemetry Gator posted:Guys, I purchased M, Badlands, Silence of the Lambs, and Age of Innocence. DDL directed by Scorsese though.
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Jun 29, 2018 23:52
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I think I'm going to buy Fantastic Planet and Lady Snowblood on my way home from work. The B&N on my way home is in lovely Metrocenter which doesn't stock Criterion so I gotta go a bit out of my way to the one in Norterra.
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I still have a stack from the last sale that I haven't watched, so I've limited myself to The Brood and Videodrome. I was lukewarm on Videodrome the first time I saw it years ago, but I saw both of these recently in a proper theater as a double feature and it completely changed my opinion.
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Cemetry Gator posted:I'm worried there's something wrong with me. A film based off an Edith Wharton novel? It's a Top 5 Scorsese film.
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who put salo in the n section smh
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