Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Sounds like get-hype to me. I've heard rumors about Badlands, Tess, and even Peter Weir films. It's gonna be good, whatever it is.
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The Criterion Collection in 2012/13: Why haven't they released *insert title here*?
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normally what I'd expect from that, but ehrlich often champions the less obvious criterion releases already, so maybe the announcement has, say, eraserhead AND something unexpected.
TheKaeptain
Banned
I'm on Team Enjoys Films. I like good stuff. You guys being super picky are dicks.
Where?
I dig it.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
That Badlands cover is a masterpiece. Holy shit.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
I like it. It's going for that pulp-fiction atmosphere, though I'd love to hear arguments for a better cover.
I'm certainly impressed by the line-up if it's for real.
I'm certainly impressed by the line-up if it's for real.
Well, among other things, it's a Warner Bros. title, and we know just how much they love to license anything out, so that is a pretty big deal.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Yeah: Warner Bros. just love keeping the good stuff to themselves. I can't blame them, but they should provide more care for their classic releases, something that Criterion usually does well.
It's not really a matter of WB keeping all the good stuff for themselves, really; it's that they keep all the stuff, period, which makes it frustrating since they're sitting on so many titles that they have no intentions of doing anything with.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Well, it was charitable of Criterion to throw this artist the Badlands cover to work on...
Oh my god, that's totally what I was thinking!
FreshCakes
Banned
Need to cop some movies.
You can order it from Amazon UK for like $12 with shipping. It's region free.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Lol.
It's got a better chance than most, since Paramount has no intentions of doing anything more with it and Fincher is as buddy-buddy with Criterion as a filmmaker can get, but I can't imagine how they would add anything to it; the director's cut is one of the most stacked discs out there.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
lol
One film I'll never see on this label is Mickey One, since Sony has the home video rights to that and also likes to hold onto its grabs.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Poster Criterion covers are the worst and laziest Criterion covers.
Those Preston Sturges discs a HYURGCK BARF
I didn't see anyone complaining about the Rosemary's Baby cover at all.
Liquidsnake
Banned
There should be a Terrance Malick Criterion collection. Featuring all his movies.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
That Blimp cover looks amazing. But there aren't any commentaries in this new batchhmm. I wonder if Criterion fully believes in video essays more so than commentaries these days. I also don't know if they're sacrificing supplements for ulterior reasons, or simply focusing on different kinds of supplements.
i mean good films exist with or without criterion. olive films has been picking up criterion's slack all year.
anyway i dunno what was suppose to be big - maybe if they didn't already announce badlands like 4 months ago.
also i think everyone argued with me that they still produced worthwhile extras...and here we are..
Anton Sugar
Member
Delighted to see Ivan's Childhood BR coming next month.
Is there any chance of Tarkovsky's Stalker eventually coming to CC and/or blu-ray? That one is begging for BR treatment.
Is there any chance of Tarkovsky's Stalker eventually coming to CC and/or blu-ray? That one is begging for BR treatment.
See I'm one of those people that doesn't care that much about extras. I almost never watch them unless it's a film I really love, and usually it's a making of that I enjoy the most. I care more about the film quality than how many supplements a disc has. I do think some of the discs should be sold at the $20 price if they have fewer supplements though.
From my intensive cursory internet research I did a little while ago, the consensus seems to be "no chance in hell."
BeautifulMemory
Member
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Well, you can get Mickey One through Sony's on-demand pressing... I mean, good movies are still good movies regardless of who releases them, right? Just look at Olive Films and Twilight Time releases throughout this year: they've been kicking Criterion's ass quite soundly.
Warner is now distributing the Paramount catalog, so that oop Zodiac BR isn't likely to be unavailable for much longer. And yeah, there's no chance Criterion could do anything more substantial with that set. It's about as comprehensive as it gets.
How come?
I don't know, I said it was cursory. I don't know who has the rights, it looks like Kino sells the DVD but that doesn't necessarily mean they can do a Blu-ray. There's people that are way more in to these legal things than I am though. I just remember looking it up and then having to lie in a fetal position for a bit because I was so discouraged.
Warner has the Paramount stuff that Criterion didn't already license? Welp.