Peaceful Anarchy posted:

That doesn't make any sense to me, the current DVD is pretty feature packed and the movie really wouldn't benefit from a better transfer. I also think it's a terrible movie, but that's beside the point.

Edit: did you mean for The Fountain?

quote:

so the dvd came out.
happy that it is in the world.
hope more folks will get to see it.

as many of you can tell it is light on the extras as compared to my previous dvd releases.

everything at the studio was a struggle.
for instance: they didn't want to do a commentary track cause they felt that it wouldn't help sales.
i didn't have it in me to fight anymore.
whatever.

so:
niko, my friend who did the doc on the dvd came up with a novel idea.
we recorded a commentary track ourselves.
we're gonna post it on a site soon, http coming soon.
you can play it and watch the flick and hopefully you'll enjoy it.

i do hope to do a big special edition at some point. but for that to happen the dvd is gonna have to sell.
i got a lot of extras in my bag so who know maybe if you all write to criterion they'll get interested (suggest the fountain as a title: mulvaney@criterion.com).

they've been into pi and requiem but because the first run of dvd's had so many extras they didn't know what else they could add. but the fountain...

i hope you are all well. i've been writing. stuff is coming. gonna know what we are doing next soon enough.

best,
da

Slackerish posted:

I got the three-disc set of Brazil for my birthday last night, and some money which I'm going to use to order a couple of other Critereons.

I'm thinking Do the Right Thing and Knife in the Water. Any comments on either of these?

LaptopGun posted:

Daunte, I agree with with all of Danga's recomendations. I especially recommend Brazil and The Third Man. To contribute others:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (someone was bound to say it)
The Last Temptation of Christ
Ran (Hell, I like all three Kurasuwas here)
Throne of Blood (I love Macbeth, so maybe I'm a bit too attached to this one)
Traffic
Yojimbo
Videodrone

Brazil for my money is the greatest DVD release I have ever seen, let alone the best Criterion. I know some may disagree with me, but I really feel it is worth every cent. Of course, I didn't pay full price thanks to a sale I heard about through this humble thread...

LaptopGun posted:

They have to as long as you physically clicked "submit" on the final review screen that had the lower price. Amazon claims its their super-duper protect the customer policy to ensure they get the lower price; in reality, if they didn't honor it they would be liable for a false advertisement/bait&switch investigation form the Better Business Burrow. There are exceptions to the rule (most of them perfectly reasonable), but this on the surface doesn't seem to be one. Amazon isn't Ebay- they have to follow actual laws you know.

zandert33 posted:

Well, one could hope...

So it'll be about $35 with a DVDPlanet 20% deal.... nice

FitFortDanga posted:

Apparently #427 is Death of a Cyclist. I admire Criterion's ability to keep whipping out these interesting-looking films that I've never heard of.

FitFortDanga posted:

Although 92 isn't exactly an untimely death, it's still a loss. His movies on Criterion are all superb, and An Actor's Revenge (which Animeigo is supposed to be releasing in 2008) is one of my absolute favorites, a drat near perfect film.

Og Oggilby posted:

Og Oggilby posted:

High and Low (Akira Kurosawa) - special edition

-- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with newly restored original
four-track surround sound
-- New audio commentary by Akira Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
-- A 37-minute documentary on the making of High and Low, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
-- Rare archival interview with Toshiro Mifune
-- New video interview with actor Tsutomu Yamazaki, who plays the kidnapper
-- Theatrical trailers from Japan and the U.S.
-- New and improved English subtitle translation
-- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and a reprinted essay by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie
-- More!

SRP: $39.95
Street date: 7/22/08

Jack Does Jihad posted:

Does this news make any of you think twice about buying a standard def Criterion dvd? I was planning on buying a good number during the sale (whenever that is) but there will always be this nagging feeling that I'm gunna have to re-buy them not too far down the road. Just curious what you guys thought, it might just be me though.

RaydaArab posted:

Eyes Without a Face is creepy and awesome. Well worth the $10.

And what is with the Virdiana and 400 Blows hate? The sequels to 400 are what suck. I borrowed that box set from a library; Jean-Pierre Léaud was a charming actor as a kid but he acted the same exact way when he got older. So I guess I would say that the Doinel Box set sucks.

stray posted:

Can someone answer a question for me?

I just got from Netflix a Criterion movie called Walker with Ed Harris, about the 19th-century American who became ruler of Nicaragua. However, the reviews on the film on Netflix give it a 2.5-star rating out of five and some people seem to have really hated it.

I'm going to watch this movie tonight, but if it's such a poo poo film, why is it in the Criterion Collection? Sure, the collection has the odd questionable entry (cough, Armageddon, cough), but this one has far lower ratings than most films in the CC.

What gives?

Cacator posted:

I'm very interested to see how For All Mankind turns out on bluray, I don't know what kind of film NASA shot in though.

And if anyone is part of "the auteurs", this month's festival of free criterion movies is focused on "killers" and has a very nice selection. I highly recommend The Vanishing if you haven't seen it, and Branded to Kill looks like it has a far superior transfer than the DVD, at least on a smaller screen.

Cacator posted:

There are no Barnes and Nobles in my country and the ones I want are not listed on sale on the website so I wish you all a painful death.

Macrame_God posted:

That's fine. I'm not dying to get it. It's just something that seems like it would be nice to own. Also, holy poo poo, I didn't know The Human Condition was nine and a half goddamn hours long!

FitFortDanga posted:

If the Special Features list is to be believed, these will be barebones discs? And I doubt that "new digital transfers" means upgrades from the existing versions. I can live without the deluxe packaging and the books (I've already read Richie's anyway). This is an easy pass, it seems designed for people who discovered Kurosawa last week. If it was Blu-Ray it'd be a different story.

Egbert Souse posted:

I have never heard of or seen this movie, but I am SO buying this shirt:
http://www.criterion.com/shop_products/69

FitFortDanga posted:

Criterion doesn't design the Wes Anderson covers, Anderson's brother does.