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FitFortDanga posted:The Ice Storm - A decent movie, but why? I guess it'll generate some revenue. I'm not liking that cover at all. IIRC, there's some special features from the previous disc that are missing here. When I first saw it, I thought Criterion was doing the third "Works of Director" boxset. That IS an ugly cover. I can't remember the last Criterion cover art I really liked.
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# ¿ Jan 6, 2008 03:03 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 10:19 |
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BranceMulliganPI posted:Videodrome drat you. I want a copy of this but DVDPlanet won't sell me one because they think it's a porno and I don't have a credit card with which to buy "pornos"
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# ¿ Jan 16, 2008 06:05 |
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FitFortDanga posted:I'm pretty surprised no one ever released The Red Balloon before. Oddly enough this is the most excited I've been for a Criterion release since the eclipse Kurosawa box. Not familiar with the other children's films, though. Thief of Baghdad sounds promising, too. Is it the '24 version of the '40?
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# ¿ Jan 25, 2008 23:28 |
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Criminal Minded posted:Anything with zombies, superhero films, studio Ghibli films, films starring Christian Bale, Ed Norton and Clive Owen, and anything that can be classified as "so-bad-it's-good." Imagine the outrage following the end of 1985's consensus: 1) Back to the Future 2) The Goonies 3) Commando 5) American Ninja 6) That movie with those kids who build a spaceship and go to space and meet some alien teenagers (since nobody can ever remember the title) 7) Brazil 8) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 9) Rambo: First Blood II 10) Ran
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# ¿ Feb 9, 2008 12:00 |
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Jack Does Jihad posted:There's no reason why the Rebel Samurai set should not have been Eclipse. I wish they'd hurry up and put out a samurai Eclipse set - I'd really like to see it. I liked the look of Samurai Spy, I just didn't know what the gently caress was going on. Personally, I'm hoping and waiting for a Eclipse set of Hideo Gosha's Dark Samurai films. Three Outlaw Samurai, Tenchu, Samurai Wolf 1 and 2. Gimme!
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# ¿ Aug 20, 2008 02:14 |
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STEVIE B 4EVA posted:
I wonder if they'll package it with Insect Woman and Intentions of Murder in some sort of Eclipse: Japanese New Wave set. They did confirm an upcoming Imamura set for Eclipse... Starscream fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Dec 11, 2008 |
# ¿ Dec 11, 2008 02:19 |
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Is there any hater juice left? Or am I too late? Sheesh.
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# ¿ Dec 12, 2008 05:06 |
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Wow! That Empire of Passion cover is the best I've seen in a while.
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# ¿ Jan 18, 2009 12:06 |
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SubG posted:This is cool. Maybe it's just me, but I generally care gently caress all about most of the extras and just wish Criterion would just publish more titles. It also feels like they spend an awful lot of their time retreading very familiar ground as opposed to bringing out previously-unavailable films. It seems like more and more I'm more likely to be interested in a new Eclipse announcement than a Criterion announcement. Agreed. I'm loving these Eclipse sets and have no problem with them releasing Japanese films every second set.
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# ¿ Feb 13, 2009 06:52 |
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Any Guillermo is good Guillermo!
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# ¿ Apr 1, 2009 01:00 |
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LtKenFrankenstein posted:I take it you didn't see Blade 2. Like my friend above me points out, I take it you haven't seen 1 or 3?
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# ¿ Apr 1, 2009 10:21 |
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I just hope that's not a new Eclipse box, I'd like to see more themed sets like the Nikkatsu Noir or Louis Malle's documentaries. Also, 16% on that List of Bests. I figured somewhere between 16-20%. Guess I got some catching up to do.
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# ¿ Oct 15, 2009 22:48 |
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Just ordered Third Man Blu-Ray and Contempt last night from dvdplanet. Thought about picking up Marienbad's blu-ray too but I've heard some great things about SC's release so I'll hold off for now. I think I'll pick up a few more of those titles at the next big sale -- Peeping Tom, Pierrot le Fou and some Bunuel probably.
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2009 20:42 |
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Jack Does Jihad posted:When's the next Criterion sale? I remember shortly after the Barnes and Noble one, word on street was that they were gunna have another sale there soon, but it's been quite awhile. Does Amazon's occur at a certain time of the year? I'm pretty sure DeepDiscountDVD and DVDPlanet have one of their big sales in May. Can anyone confirm this? Starscream fucked around with this message at 22:01 on Apr 3, 2010 |
# ¿ Apr 2, 2010 19:09 |
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zeroordie posted:DVDPlanet has really gone downhill too. It seems even with this sale most of the time they only tie amazon's pricing. Truth. They dropped their Criterions about 2-3 bucks a piece and didn't drop their pre-order items at all. So weak.
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# ¿ Jun 9, 2010 16:10 |
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Origami Dali posted:Just as a reminder, the Barnes & Noble 50% sale on all Criterions starts July 14th and continues until, I think, August 3rd. In-store only or online as well?
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# ¿ Jul 6, 2010 03:54 |
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mod sassinator posted:And yeah definitely check out Le Samourai for a cool French crime flick. After you watch it check out Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog to see a modern film that was heavily inspired by Le Samourai. If you're going to do this, you might as well grab Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill as well since it's the other huge influence on Ghost Dog.
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# ¿ Jul 15, 2010 16:03 |
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First day of the sale I went and grabbed the remaining Criterion Blus that I wanted (Chungking Express, Last Year at Marienbad, The Last Emperor, The Leopard and Red Desert) along with that Nagisa Oshima eclipse set. I just went back and picked up Kurosawa's Dodesukaden and Godard's A Woman is a Woman (which is OOP) on the cheap. Looks like they still have about half of the titles that were recently announced as out of print.
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# ¿ Jul 17, 2010 05:28 |
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drat. B&N canceled my A Woman is a Woman order. Guess it's not as "in-stock" as I had been led to believe!
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# ¿ Jul 19, 2010 02:00 |
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Criminal Minded posted:With how many things I want to buy in October, I probably won't be able to get everything right away, and if I have to pick one of the Criterion releases to get first it'll probably be this. Thank goodness for the B&N sale in November then! I know I have 5 or 6 titles I'll have to put off til the sale, but Hausu is definitely coming to me as soon as possible.
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# ¿ Sep 29, 2010 17:33 |
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Took it easy this time around and only ordered a few (for now). Ordered a few favourites: House, Seven Samurai and The Thin Red Line and took a chance on blind-buying The Magician, it seems right up my alley. I might go back for Repulsion despite it not being one of my favourite Polanski films and I might also order Night of the Hunter if it's released while the sale is still on.
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# ¿ Nov 2, 2010 03:55 |
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I believe Chuck D said it best: "Don't believe the hype!" Hype will ruin just about any movie for anyone that may have otherwise enjoyed the poo poo out of it. Curse you, internet!
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# ¿ Nov 5, 2010 04:44 |
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Magic Hate Ball posted:so I reserved another copy and bought The Actuality Dramas Of Allan King to tide me over. Reviews, please!
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# ¿ Nov 17, 2010 04:15 |
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Not a very exciting slate for 2011 releases so far. Might grab that Silent Naruse set at the next B&N sale though.
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# ¿ Dec 16, 2010 05:46 |
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I'm in Canada too and my order during the recent sale took about 6 weeks to get to me. My order last summer got to me within 3 weeks.
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# ¿ Jan 20, 2011 03:18 |
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A nice stacked month that should be released in time for the next B&N sale. Quick thoughts: Complete Jean Vigo -- Blind buy for me. I've never seen any Vigo but L'Atalante sounds like it'd be up my alley and how can you go wrong with a filmmaker's entire library for thirty bucks? The Killing -- Definite upgrade over the MGM DVD I just sold off. I thought Killer's Kiss was rather tame but I'll be happy to give it another spin. Orpheus -- Meh. Not very interested in this one. Possible rental. The Battle of Algiers -- Without trying to sound too much like FFD here I think it's a great movie but not one I feel the need to own. Cul-de-sac -- This movie is so weird and hilarious, I think I'll have to own it on Blu. If.... -- Great movie, definitely the type of film I'd buy on sale. Secret Sunshine -- Ehhh. The term "Intense human drama" isn't doing anything to sell me on it. The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara -- Still haven't made it to his entry in the Nikkatsu Noir set, but this set will be a blind buy regardless. I love Eclipse sets!
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# ¿ May 17, 2011 17:55 |
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I'm also a huge fan of the Eclipse sets, I own about half of them. The idea behind them is that they're barebones releases of films that might otherwise never be released -- or at least not released with as much care as Criterion puts into them. The Late Ozu set in particular is fantastic and is definitely one of my favourites.
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# ¿ Jul 4, 2011 17:09 |
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drat I was hoping they'd upgrade Ugetsu before doing Sansho, but I'll still buy the Blu (at the next B&N sale) and watch it and be depressed again. Ballad of Narayama is probably a blind buy for me and I might grab On the Waterfront for that plethora of extras alone! No interest in the Dardenne flick or Chronicle, so overall this month's slate is generally good!
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# ¿ Nov 16, 2012 18:30 |
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Now that the holidays have come and gone I find myself in possession of TWO copies of Rashomon on BLU, one of which is SEALED and up for trade. What I'm really looking for is a copy of Rene Clement's Forbidden Games but I'm open to entertain offers from my Wish List as well. PM me so as to avoid cluttering up this thread.
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# ¿ Feb 3, 2013 20:55 |
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Hewlett posted:I honestly don't understand it when I see pictures of people's Criterion collections that are in alphabetical order - I just want to grab them through the screen and put it in spine number for them. MY OCD I sort mine into my director collections or sometimes into genre collections (ie Gojira) but other than that I sort alphabetical. The only reason to have them sorted by spine # is purely for collecting reasons, unless you can remember what each spine number's film is.
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# ¿ Apr 6, 2013 03:20 |
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Soft month. The Devil's Backbone will likely be a November 50% B&N purchase -- the rest I can do without. I'm still hoping Criterion will give us a nice release of Mizoguchi's A Geisha.
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# ¿ Apr 15, 2013 22:09 |
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Anonymous Robot posted:Anyone have impressions on Youth of the Beast? I know Branded to Kill is the canonical one, but without having seen either, Youth sounds a little more interesting to me. Youth is one of my favourites by Suzuki, it's like his film-noir version of Yojimbo. Definitely worth a look!
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# ¿ Nov 29, 2013 01:11 |
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Ineffiable posted:Keep those recommendations coming. It's nice to explore a side of filmmaking that aren't trying to be summer blockbusters, or Oscar bait. Japanese samurai-related Criterions: Harakiri -- Impeccable storytelling the Samurai Trilogy -- Beautiful photography and duels Sword of Doom -- Super violent! Three Outlaw Samurai -- Quick pace and great style Rebel Samurai boxset -- 2 great films and 2 good ones Other: 8 1/2 -- The best movie about movies ever Chungking Express -- Sweet and a LOT of fun to watch Fanny and Alexander -- Epic inside look at family, through the eyes of a 10 year old boy Ikiru -- Understanding life through death Late Spring -- Very powerful without being grandiose The Night of the Hunter -- Stylish and haunting Red Beard -- What it means to be human. I cry every time I watch it Le Samourai -- Everything about it oozes cool La Strada -- Warning: You WILL fall in love with Giulietta Masina after watching this! Ugetsu -- Quite possibly the best ghost story ever made Z -- THE best political thriller ever made Those are just some of the titles I couldn't live without. Enjoy!
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# ¿ Dec 31, 2013 01:14 |
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Anonymous Robot posted:I don't know if this is kosher to ask here, but anyone want to trade something for a (watched once) copy of Sanjuro? It's not the Yojimbo two-pack version, it's the individual film version. I just didn't care for it nearly as much as I expected to, and don't see myself going back to it. I'm pretty sure trading is A-OK here. I can't help you out as I already own Sanjuro and love it, but I too have a trade offer: I have two copies of Rashomon on BLU and am looking to unload one, still sealed. Anyone?
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# ¿ Jan 5, 2014 01:59 |
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Twin Cinema posted:I have two copies of Hausu, and I am looking to unload the sealed one, if you're interested. Bought it on release day, sorry
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# ¿ Jan 6, 2014 01:32 |
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Xenomrph posted:I've never seen the 1972 Solaris but the blu-ray.com review for the Criterion set makes it awfully tempting. What's the consensus on it? Having never seen it, I blind bought it and watched it a couple weeks ago. Was too dumbstruck to even try to rate or review it so I put it back on the "To Watch" stack. Like any Tarkovsky film it's spellbinding to say the least. In Solaris he reminds me a lot of Bergman, so take that as you will. Also, Videodrome is awesome! It was on TV tonight but I had to watch hockey highlights.
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# ¿ Apr 24, 2014 09:48 |
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I feel like Criterion is running out of steam on the Eclipse series. They're announced/released less and less often, Kobayashi feels like it was mid-last year, Fassbinder in December and Satyajit Ray in February(?). Kinda reminds me of the ill-fated Art-House Essential series (which, I'll admit was doomed from the start). I would love it if they released a set every other month, no matter how obscure it is or how many titles are included therein. For example there are only 3 titles in the newest Satyajit Ray set and it's still one of the most sought after releases among all the cinephiles I know both online and off. I know it all comes down to licensing and rights ownership, but how about a Mexican Bunuel set? Or a Late Chabrol? Or something wacky like an 80's Korean Cinema set? I dunno, I guess I'm just sad to see a good thing on its way out.
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# ¿ May 17, 2014 12:06 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 10:19 |
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Did anyone recommend the Allan King set? It's great. A Married Couple is so good it could've justified its own Criterion release. I really need to watch them, I bought the set a year ago and haven't taken it off the shelf yet. Seems like everyone has a different favourite Eclipse set, which is definitely a good thing. Mine are: Late Ozu and When Horror Came to Shochiku.
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# ¿ May 23, 2014 21:37 |