Yeah, that really cheapens the overall presentation.
What Michael Bay movies are in? Pearl Harbor?
Armageddon and The Rock.
Is Criterion reverting back to digipacks for their Blu-ray releases? I have seen a couple of the more recent releases with digipacks and it is kind of making me hesitate in purchasing them because they ruin the conformity of my other Criterion Blu-ray releases on the shelf. /OCD
....wow Criterion. Was it really too hard to get a picture of the Godzilla that is in the film you are releasing?
What Michael Bay movies are in? Pearl Harbor?
I wish they went with the same design as the one in the disc menu.
Is Criterion reverting back to digipacks for their Blu-ray releases? I have seen a couple of the more recent releases with digipacks and it is kind of making me hesitate in purchasing them because they ruin the conformity of my other Criterion Blu-ray releases on the shelf. /OCD
lol, its like 1 minute longer than the original cutisn't it the armageddon directors cut? I've heard it's leagues better than the original... though that doesn't mean a whole lot on its own...
lol, its like 1 minute longer than the original cut
Yeah, this is none of those thingsa good directors cut doesn't just shove other stuff in there to expand the length. I don't know what the changes are, but conceivably, with editing, they could add numerous things without actually impacting the runtime (by either tightening up the editing or removing certain scenes in favor of the other ones)
Yeah, this is none of those things
Good to hear, put it on the The List.Pale Flower is great. Pretty sure you'd like it.
Is The Magician the Bergman movie? That I've never seen.
Can anyone here give me some opinions on:
The Magician
Pale Flower
? They both caught my eye although I can't find much about them. So yeah.
Also bought Branded to Kill and Kuroneko the other day.
I see. The description for The Magician + the screenshots giving me an idea for its aesthetics seems like it'd be something I'd like, glad to hear it's good. Will also add it to the list.I really enjoy The Magician. It's one of my favorite Bergman films. It's about on par with my other favorites of Wild Strawberries and Smiles of a Summer Night. Definitely worth picking up. I've seen Pale Flower, and I think it's something you should watch first before buying.
It'sOh, awesome.I love spending your money for you. ;p
I'll have to look over the list of Bergman titles in the catalogue and get back to you on that; having a brain fart atm.
Lafiel told me that Seventh Seal was a good place to start, but The Magician seems like something I'd like more (as stated above!) so I'll probably end up going with that.
Generally speaking, when someone is interested in exploring a director's work for the first time, I advise to start at the beginning (or thereabouts). That said, Seventh Seal was my first Bergman way back when and it didn't really strike my fancy (still isn't one of my favorites of his). Hour of the Wolf is where Bergman bowled me over even though it's not very representative of the rest of his films. From there on, it all clicked tighter and tighter into place the more of them I watched.
It depends on the movie I think. I know Breathless is one. but Rushmore, for instance is not.
New announcements for April coming in today. I'll post all of them in the OT when they get announced.
Please have a Kurosawa movie announcement...
Also, is there a thread for Kino releases?
I just watched Polanski's Repulsion. Very dark and disturbing at times. Not much dialogue, good use of sound effects to increase the creepiness of some scenes, and camera work as well. I enjoyed it overall. Any thoughts, Criterion-GAF?
LOVED it. I thought the meat as symbolic of Carole's mental decay was especially powerful. Deneuve was superb.
Just watched Rushmore Blu. Very good, but I felt some of the cinematography was a bit too dark in spots. And there was some weird stretching in some scenes. Incredible film, though. Anyone else have issues with the above?
There's some stretching in spots along the edges due to the lenses in that movie, IIRC. Is that what you meant?
When you guys talk about The Game are you talking about the Michael Douglas movie?
Yeah, directed by David Fincher.
After seeing the Girls trailer I really want to see Tiny Furniture now.