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leokitty posted:Harold Lloyd speeding along must be Speedy? Didn't Criterion announce they were going to release a Lloyd boxset? Maybe it's referring to that. The guesses in Slate Action's post all seem reasonable to me. The rose could refer to a lot of titles, though my first guess would be La Vie en Rose. The woman in the front feels like she should be familiar, but the only thing that comes to mind is Nausicaä. I'm also wondering what the thing right next to her is supposed to be. Blood?
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Ineffiable posted:I think the only Kurosawa bluray I'm missing is Kagemusha. But I have a copy of high and low I've never seen. Cancel your plans for this evening, and watch High and Low. Easily one of the best films I've seen.
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Island Nation posted:I feel the same way, I felt no connection to anyone in the film and since it ended with everybody arguing with one another, pointless. What?
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Manchurian Candidate has Angela Lansbury giving her best performance. It's worth watching just for that, though the rest of the film is really good as well.
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Radio Spiricom posted:brave new world (one of the tv movies only because i don't know what else this could be) Maybe Malick's The New World? Edit: Egbert Souse posted:"New" Planet = The New World/The Emigrants (already announced for Feb 9th) That's what I get for leaving the reply window open for an hour. Samuel Clemens fucked around with this message at 17:33 on Dec 31, 2015 |
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Hector Beerlioz posted:People don't seem to like it, but I really enjoy Bergman's The Magic Flute. It's good, but also kind of... conventional, I guess? It very much feels like a stage adaptation. Which is not a bad thing by any means, but when you have a director as talented as Bergman working on one of the most visually rich operas, you kind of expect something more. Compare it to Branagh's version, for instance, which revels in the cinematic potential of the source material.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:I actually like it because it feels so much like seeing a stage production. I'm glad he didn't do A Big Cinema Version because I like his concept of making a film of how it feels to see a fantastical, larger-than-life opera in a charming provincial theatre where you can hear the fabric rustle every time there's a scene change. That's definitely the effect he was going for, and it's something that can work really well. I love the way Pirates of Penzance plays with this kind of stage-in-a-film setting for instance. I don't know, maybe I'd be kinder to Bergman's adaptation if I hadn't already seen so many stage versions of The Magic Flute before it. Magic Hate Ball posted:I do wish there were recordings of his other theatrical work, because he was pretty prolific off-screen and it sounds like he did some great stuff. Critics apparently hated it, but I'd have loved to see his take on The Threepenny Opera. It must have been quite something.
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morestuff posted:Fantastic Planet is an interesting watch but I found it a little too grating to watch regularly. Maybe a rental first. I was about to disagree, but then I realised that I was thinking of Forbidden Planet instead. Fantastic Planet is definitely not to everybody's taste.
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blue squares posted:What criterions are the most bold and unique stylistically? Like in your face craziness and color, etc. Jigoku
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Unmature posted:Actually, get every classic Disney blu ray. That's what I do. And the Miyazaki box set. Yeah, Disney's blu-ray transfers are some of the best in the entire industry, and they've done a wonderful job with the Ghibli films as well.
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blue squares posted:Kubrick is one of my all time favorites but for some reason every time I went to B&N (six times or so) I would pick up both The Killing and Paths of Glory and then put them back down again. If the Shining, Strangelove, Eyes Wide Shut, and 2001 are some of my favorite films, am I being an idiot by never watching these two? Paths of Glory is Kubrick's best film and The Killing is his most underrated, so you should definitely watch both.
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Jul 27, 2016 21:28
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I like Bicycle Thieves a lot, but on some days, I wish Paisan had become the defining representative of Italian neorealism instead. And since we're on the subject of silent films, is there any chance of Sunrise ever getting a Criterion release?
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Aug 1, 2016 11:16
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If you can't appreciate Angela Lansbury's performance in The Manchurian Candidate, then I don't know what to tell you. She can monologue with the best of them.
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Hector Beerlioz posted:In the spirit of Halloween, what is everyone's favorite scary criterion? I personally like DePalma's Sisters. It's a toss-up between Jigoku and Carnival of Souls.
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Great title, though.
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Dec 8, 2016 20:55
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Basebf555 posted:So Ford is almost like his own genre, and when I look at my collection the only Westerns I own pre-1960 are all John Ford. Look at this fool not owning High Noon.
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Egbert Souse posted:Already see a few definite ones: My first thought was The Fountain, although The Tree of Life seems more likely. The woman on the moon puzzles me. She seems to be holding a Scandinavian flag, so maybe something related to Bergman. Unless the woman is meant to be a general representation of royalty. Princess from the Moon?
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Jan 1, 2018 14:51
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Raxivace posted:Silent Naruse any good? I don't have any experience with him but I've wanted to check out some more silent Japanese cinema. I can't vouch for his silent films, but if they're even half as good as his later stuff, then yeah, definitely. Magic Hate Ball posted:Trafic is a pretty bleak film as well, and his concept for the end of Hulot was being electrocuted by a microphone on live television, so I think it’s fair to say he was feeling pretty embittered towards the end of his career. I feel like there's always been a cynical streak in Tati's work, but it's much less noticeable in his earlier films because they're more often amused by than outright contemptuous of the absurdity they depict.
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Feb 14, 2018 01:18
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Egbert Souse posted:I think the last Criterion DVD I bought was Lubitsch Musicals, which was at least 6-7 years ago. How is it by the way?
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Feb 19, 2018 10:56
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drat, The Lives of Others vs. Pan's Labyrinth is a tough call. Both are easily better than The Departed though.
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Basebf555 posted:What would be a good place to go next? I'm thinking maybe The Player or to go outside the Criterion collection maybe The Long Goodbye. Do Short Cuts and Nashville live up to the hype? The only problem with starting with Nashville is that every subsequent film you watch will seem lesser by comparison.
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Apr 9, 2018 12:28
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I'm surprised Ambersons wasn't part of the collection already.
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Jun 2, 2018 02:03
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It's great, isn't it?
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Jun 4, 2018 14:52
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If you'd like to see more by Kim Ki-young, I definitely recommend Killer Butterfly, one of his later works, which you can watch for free on YouTube. It deals with similar themes as The Housemaid and leans a lot more heavily on the absurd and surrealist elements that are hinted at in his earlier work.
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Jun 4, 2018 16:05
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The Phantom Carriage and The Vanishing are essential if you've never seen them before.
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Jun 28, 2018 14:36
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Basebf555 posted:People around here tend to be pretty down on Antonioni That's just Magic Hate Ball's bad inflence. 
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Jun 28, 2018 22:16
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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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F for Flat Out Broke After this Sale
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I don't remember seeing a Bergman which I didn't enjoy. Even his "lesser" works are worth it. So go watch as many as you can, I'd say.
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Jul 9, 2018 14:25
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That's why Wong Kar-Wai is the greatest of all horror directors.
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Jul 9, 2018 16:23
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It's shameful how few good opera adaptations there are. We have this, The Pirates of Penzance, and arguably Branagh's version of The Magic Flute. I guess Topsy-Turvy kind of counts?
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Jul 10, 2018 12:53
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I forgot about The Tales of Hoffmann. That one is indeed great. Apparently, it was also George Romero's favourite film.Radio Spiricom posted:Watch Moses und Aron I've been meaning to get into Straub & Huillet. Seems as good a place as any to start.
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Jul 11, 2018 12:39
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IIRC, nominees for Best Foreign Language Film have to be officially submitted by the country they were made in, and each country only gets one slot at most. I can think of a number of reasons why China pushed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon instead of In the Mood for Love.
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Basebf555 posted:If a film isn't submitted as the selection from that country for Best Foreign Language Film, does that mean it's not eligible for the other awards? Like in the case of In the Mood For Love and costume design, it seems criminal that it didn't at least get a nomination. I believe the only criterium for being eligible for the other categories is having a theatrical run in Los Angeles County. Looking it up, it seems like In the Mood for Love didn't get a US release till 2001, so maybe that's the reason? In any case, I agree with you on the costumes. Say what you want about Wong Kar-Wai as a storyteller, the way he uses colour in his films is incredible.
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Thanks for clearing that up, I didn't realise Hong Kong still got its own submissions. The Academy is run by idiots then.
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Jul 11, 2018 20:13
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What's the story behind that one?
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Jul 11, 2018 23:59
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You didn't make a single bad choice there, so you should be proud if anything.
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Jul 12, 2018 13:00
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Which reminds me, it's criminal that The Hour of the Furnaces hasn't got a Criterion release yet.
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Jul 13, 2018 00:48
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It's great, though more for its atmosphere and characters than the fight scenes.
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Bergman himself said that he considered every scene he had to cut for the theatrical release an irreparable loss, so you definitely aren't alone. What I want to know is how Sweden's public TV was able to fund such a lavish production. Bloody socialists!
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