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Cacator posted:Kurosawa's Dreams have the same problem. Maybe a little easier to follow but aside from Scorsese popping up they're a little too personal for your average viewer to get much out of. Dreams looks incredible, and FWIW, I didn't have any trouble following them. I'd say only a complete beginner to foreign and art films would be significantly perplexed by it.
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Escobarbarian posted:It wasn’t so much about understanding for me so much as…..finding interesting Yeah this. I get what each of Kurosawa's segments are about, but I've fallen asleep multiple times watching the film (and I didn't dream about it).
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Egbert Souse posted:Ran (4K Best Buy exclusive released last month, previously had a Blu-ray) 
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Escobarbarian posted:A Brighter Summer Day and Yi Yi are incredible, although very long, slow and contemplative rather than the kinetic style in Chungking I watched a brighter summer day some days ago, and gently caress me, that was fantastic. How can a film be 4 hours long and just not even feel bloated or too long? Woodenlung fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Jan 8, 2022 |
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I’m glad you liked it! It is fantastic. Now keep in mind that until the criterion the only way to watch it was a terrible VHS rip with hardcoded subtitles https://youtu.be/2AMSHs2adWk
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haha drat, glad I didnt attempt this before then. Quite impressive stuff.
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never gonna happen but it would be awesome if criterion joined movies anywhere
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Why does Irma Vep turn into a creepypasta at the end?
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Fate Accomplice posted:never gonna happen but it would be awesome if criterion joined movies anywhere 
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Watched days of heaven and badlands recently, never gotten around to them before. Both still very good, I think I prefered Badlands in the end, but drat, both so good.
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Got my CC Challenge set up https://letterboxd.com/twilightsporkle/list/the-criterion-challenge-2022/
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checkplease posted:Haven’t watched for all mankind yet, but sounds like a great 4K pickup. It's an incredible film. I'm not a space-travel/NASA nerd, and I thought it was mind-blowing.
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Escobarbarian posted:Saw the new version of In the Mood for Love at the cinema today. Still an amazing movie, but the Matrix tint is just so obviously and bafflingly inferior and you can’t not notice it. Is is really that bad? oof, I haven't cracked that one open from the set. Maybe I'll just slip my solo copy into the pocket real clandestine... 
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Franchescanado posted:It's an incredible film. I'm not a space-travel/NASA nerd, and I thought it was mind-blowing.
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I saw the criterion Channel has French new wave section right now. Ive always seen references to this genre, but not sure I’ve actually watched any. Does anyone have any recommended ones on the channel?
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I've seen both The 400 Blows and Hiroshima Mon Amour ages ago when I was about 20, and recommend both from my hazy memories. They're capital-I important films in the French New Wave (as well as Breathless, which I haven't seen).
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Elevator to the Gallows was the first one I saw on a whim and I loved that
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Wizchine posted:I've seen both The 400 Blows and Hiroshima Mon Amour ages ago when I was about 20, and recommend both from my hazy memories. They're capital-I important films in the French New Wave (as well as Breathless, which I haven't seen). Yeah those are the three most important/essential ones for sure. I also love Jules and Jim, and Cleo from 5 to 7 is one I really gotta watch.
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Franchescanado posted:It's an incredible film. I'm not a space-travel/NASA nerd, and I thought it was mind-blowing. It's an interesting film because for the actual NASA nerds the Apollo footage used is all mixed and matched from various missions. So it comes across as asynchronous. checkplease posted:Ive always seen references to this genre, but not sure I’ve actually watched any. Does anyone have any recommended ones on the channel? Claire's Knee
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Zogo posted:Claire's Knee That movie kinda creeped me out.
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checkplease posted:I saw the criterion Channel has French new wave section right now. I love both Lola and Bay of Angels, both Demy films. Bay of Angels is my favorite gambling film I've seen in recent years. (Really, all of the Demy is worth watching. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is an operatic musical, where every piece of dialogue is sung. I love it, but some people hate that kinda pacing. The Young Girls of Rochefort is a more traditional musical, with singing and dance numbers more organic or separated by regular dialogue. It's more upbeat and charming than Umbrellas, in that it's about finding your perfect person.) For Godard, Breathless is essential. Alphaville, Contempt and Weekend are on my radar to watch from that set, especially Weekend, which Brian De Palma cites as a major influence. Another I haven't seen but will watch while it's up, Shoot The Piano Playerb by François Truffaut, who directed the already recommended The 400 Blows.
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Egbert Souse posted:Someone revealed a bunch of titles coming from Criterion before deleting their account. Turns out two of the titles were among the March releases ("4K Scorsese" and Le cercle rouge in 4K), so I think it's safe to expect these as likely...
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Escobarbarian posted:It wasn’t so much about understanding for me so much as…..finding interesting
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:The quality really varies. The first one and the last one do it for me. The nuclear apocalypse one was pretty lame. The blizzard as well as the dead soldiers were pretty cool.
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Synthetic Hermit posted:The blizzard as well as the dead soldiers were pretty cool. I was talking about Mirror, btw. I think you guys might be talking about Dreams? Which I haven’t seen. Or I’ve just forgotten an absolute shitload of Mirror.
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:That movie kinda creeped me out. Even as someone who adores Rohmer, yeah, that one always weirded me out. Jerome is such a tedious lead at just about every juncture. Annecy looks beautiful, though. My Night at Maud's is a much better place to start imo, and much closer to the wider new wave aesthetic and feel they were asking for (although I still don't think Rohmer is particularly what most people are after when they want new wave, even though his early work is generally included).
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Allyn posted:Even as someone who adores Rohmer, yeah, that one always weirded me out. Jerome is such a tedious lead at just about every juncture. Annecy looks beautiful, though. My Night at Maud's is a much better place to start imo, and much closer to the wider new wave aesthetic and feel they were asking for (although I still don't think Rohmer is particularly what most people are after when they want new wave, even though his early work is generally included). Yeah, I much prefer My Night At Maud's. Also, another vote for Hiroshima, Mon Amour
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Cleo from 5 to 7 is one of the best films ever made imho.
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I finally watched Breathless a couple of weeks ago and it was not my thing. I’m gonna dig into the Criterion Varda set soon though.
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:That movie kinda creeped me out. Jerome can definitely come across like a lecherous man in the midst of a midlife crisis. Allyn posted:Even as someone who adores Rohmer, yeah, that one always weirded me out. Jerome is such a tedious lead at just about every juncture. Annecy looks beautiful, though. My Night at Maud's is a much better place to start imo, and much closer to the wider new wave aesthetic and feel they were asking for (although I still don't think Rohmer is particularly what most people are after when they want new wave, even though his early work is generally included). Yeah, Annecy is pictured to so well in that film. I can't think of another film that captures vacationing as well. It's funny you used the word tedious because that's exactly how I felt listening to the conversations in My Night at Maud's. At one point Jean-Louis says to Françoise, "I'm 34 and you're 22 and we're both talking like we're 15."  The Collector, Pauline at the Beach and The Green Ray are three Rohmer films I need to watch in short order.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:I finally watched Breathless a couple of weeks ago and it was not my thing. I’m gonna dig into the Criterion Varda set soon though. Even if it's not your thing, the editing is pretty cool in that. The whole time I kept thinking "He's doing this in 1960s?!" edit: I guess I should say she, since Cécile Decugis edited it. And Jean Seberg is a cutie. 
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Franchescanado posted:Even if it's not your thing, the editing is pretty cool in that. The whole time I kept thinking "He's doing this in 1960s?!" edit: I guess I should say she, since Cécile Decugis edited it. Yeah the jump cuts were interesting and I liked Seberg, I just bounced off it overall.
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I bounce off most FNW but Czech New Wave is quite palatable to me.
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Gripweed posted:I have bounced off every Godard movie I've watched. That dude rubs me the wrong way. I feel like I should try some other French New Wave stuff other than Godard to see if I can still like the genre otherwise. Same. Band of Outsiders was okay but for the most part he just seems like a big troll.
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