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The Criterion Collection in 2012/13: Why haven't they released *insert title here*?
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why are you so aggro? opinions gon opin.
What I like >>>>>>>>>> what you like
Is this like A Wild Sheep Chase situation where the main character is obsessed with this woman's ears?
Don't we all man...don't we all.
TheKaeptain
Banned
I bet the lot of you like Mr. Brainwash.
Fixed that for you.
This is highly subjective but a frequent favorite would be Claire's Knee.
Les nuits de la pleine lune, le Rayon Vert, la Collectionneuse, Conte d'automne, Ma nuit chez Maud... They're almost all great to be honest.
Swoon will probably be able to provide a more educated piece of advice (I haven't seen them all).
Edit: beaten / great minds... and that sort of things
i haven't seen them all either, though i should finish the main ones i haven't seen up this year.
conte d'hiver might be my favorite, though it's also the last one by him i've watched. my night at maud's or l'ami de mon amie might be the best places to start to get a feel for his style.
we should all be ps3/4 buddies, obviously.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Fairey is a cool and intelligent person. MBW is a fucking idiot. I've met both of them.
You would all be proud to see how much time I spend watching movies and Netflix on my PS3 instead of actually playing games.
I just think Fairey's artwork is shit and derivative. He farts out the same stuff over and over again and the masses eat that shit up. I'll take Olly Moss any day.
everyone would be proud of how far i've gotten in tales of xilla, right?
TheKaeptain
Banned
Fairey's done some cool pieces in LA but his popular stuff is kind of shit.
mbw art >>>> kaepernick's bicep smooch
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Looks like The Freshman is on its rollicking way.
TheKaeptain
Banned
MBW is a fraud.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Susperia finally in the works via Synapse.
It's great that so many of these deserving flicks are actually in the hands of distros who give a shit instead of just ending up on another flaccid Sony/Fox/WB catalog release slate.
It's great that so many of these deserving flicks are actually in the hands of distros who give a shit instead of just ending up on another flaccid Sony/Fox/WB catalog release slate.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Meanwhile, Arrow's putting out an absolutely-loaded Blu of The Long Goodbye for Region 2, in addition to a secret box-set and other reasons why Criterion looks lazy.
BaronLundi
Member
Cross posting from the BR thread:
Just a heads up.
Intolerance blu by Cohen Media (which seems to be pretty damn amazing) is on pre-order at $27.22 on deepdiscount (normal price is around $45...)
Other stuff (all blu-rays):
Vanishing Point : $9.23
Kidnapped (Bava - Kino): $12.34
Rolling Thunder: $12.70
The Stunt Man: $15.21
Jiro Dreams of Sushi: $11.87
Just a heads up.
Intolerance blu by Cohen Media (which seems to be pretty damn amazing) is on pre-order at $27.22 on deepdiscount (normal price is around $45...)
Other stuff (all blu-rays):
Vanishing Point : $9.23
Kidnapped (Bava - Kino): $12.34
Rolling Thunder: $12.70
The Stunt Man: $15.21
Jiro Dreams of Sushi: $11.87
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I've always wanted to see Intolerance...so why is it $45 for 1 disc, when their Thief of Bagdhad blu is $20?
BaronLundi
Member
It's 2 discs (although the main feature is only on one from what I understand).
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
The restoration was also done in-house, which was likely not cheap... Still, it's a small blunder that their initial press release had the MSRP at $35 for the Blu.
Oh, so I have time. Thank God. Going to look at the selection this week either way.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
For a Blu set half-off, it's an incredible bargain. I started with Faces and can't wait to return to the director (thinking Minnie and Moskowitz is next). Whether it's a better deal than the Zatoichi box, I don't know.
Even at that price I can't afford the Zatoichi set right now. I'm just trying to figure out what I need and don't. I don't have a lot of extra money this month, so I'm only getting what I know I want, and I'm on the fence on the Cassavetes set. Right now I know for sure I want Eyes Without a Face, La Notte, Frances Ha, City Lights and Tokyo Story.
TheKaeptain
Banned
http://www.dvdplanet.com/Search/Guided/kino?ed=4293664457
crazy Kino Lorber sale, i picked up the Buster Keaton set for just over $100
crazy Kino Lorber sale, i picked up the Buster Keaton set for just over $100
need to see more of his stuff, really liked woman under the influence
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Faces is one of the finest films I've ever seen, and Killing of a Chinese Bookie is really sad and beautiful. If you liked Woman, you should see all of em.
BaronLundi
Member
Edit : you can disregard my post entirely, didn't see the whole boxset was sold there too !
Make sure you're not better off buying the whole boxset here
It's more expensive but if I'm not mistaken you'd get sherlock / three ages + the shorts (!!!!) + Go West / Battling Butler + the "lost" shorts. And save space...
cool, here's what it says
http://www.dvdplanet.com/buy/bluray/ultimate-buster-keaton-collection-15-discs_2504526
BaronLundi
Member
Yup, that's the one.. Should be great.
It was a pretty sweet deal when I ordered it on deepdiscount so I'd say $35 cheaper is an amazing deal. I never ordered from dvd planet though. And since I'm outside the US the shipping/custom stuff is always a concern. I'll ask around to see if they're reliable for international orders.
Oh by the way, not much on the B&N criterion sale so far. But the Zaitochi boxset is in ($112).
It was a pretty sweet deal when I ordered it on deepdiscount so I'd say $35 cheaper is an amazing deal. I never ordered from dvd planet though. And since I'm outside the US the shipping/custom stuff is always a concern. I'll ask around to see if they're reliable for international orders.
Oh by the way, not much on the B&N criterion sale so far. But the Zaitochi boxset is in ($112).
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
The Zatoichi set's my goal right now, but there's some other stuff I'm consideringjust need to figure out how much I'm paying for Christmas items.
Anyone ever have any issues with Criterion's site just not loading pages correctly? Every once in a while when I try to get to the site on my work computer, I just get plain HTML text on every page. It's a real pain in the ass.
So what is everyone getting in the sale? I still haven't decided on that Cassavetes set.
So what is everyone getting in the sale? I still haven't decided on that Cassavetes set.
Kilgore Trout
Member
Is it just me or is hardly anything on sale? Sans soleil, Sweet Smell of Success, Videodrome and the eclipse sets are all full price. Hopefully they'll fix that.
I'm think of getting Tokyo Story, Sans soleil, Silent Naruse at the moment.
I'm think of getting Tokyo Story, Sans soleil, Silent Naruse at the moment.
The first day or so is always a shit show with the B&N website. Half of the links don't work, titles that are available for preorder are priced on sale. It's always this way. I usually just end up going to the store. Ends up being less of a hassle than dealing with their terrible website.
BaronLundi
Member
Current state of my wishlist :
- The Phantom Carriage
- Lonesome
- Orpheus
- Revanche
- I married a witch
- Les yeux sans visage
- Marketa Lazarova
- Safety Last
- Seconds
- Medium cool
- Repulsion
- Down by law
- The tin drum
- The music room
- If...
- Frances Ha
- Nashville
- Yi Yi
- Dazed and Confused
- Ivans Childhood
I'll choose 3 amongst the bolded
- The Phantom Carriage
- Lonesome
- Orpheus
- Revanche
- I married a witch
- Les yeux sans visage
- Marketa Lazarova
- Safety Last
- Seconds
- Medium cool
- Repulsion
- Down by law
- The tin drum
- The music room
- If...
- Frances Ha
- Nashville
- Yi Yi
- Dazed and Confused
- Ivans Childhood
I'll choose 3 amongst the bolded
Revanche is so fucking good.
BaronLundi
Member
That's what I'm told (by a lot of people!). And I think there's hardly a chance it'll come out in Europe.
I'll get the Cassavetes boxset over here though. It seems on par or better than the Criterion.
I'd get the French BR of Les yeux sans visage too (same master) but Gaumont omitted a scene which has just been confirmed to be present in the Criterion :/ That'll wait though, I know the film.
I'll get the Cassavetes boxset over here though. It seems on par or better than the Criterion.
I'd get the French BR of Les yeux sans visage too (same master) but Gaumont omitted a scene which has just been confirmed to be present in the Criterion :/ That'll wait though, I know the film.
How is it not out in Europe? Spielmann is from Austria :\
BaronLundi
Member
Ophuls, Tourneur, Godard, Etaix, Cocteau, Melville and dozens of others. All French, all better distributed in the US than over here.
Get this : Army of Shadows (a very very French film) has been released by StudioCanal (a French company) in the UK. No plans to release it in France.
BR market is a ridiculously small niche over here. Most people still don't know that they can play DVDs on BR players and publishers are wary to get anything out because they're not sure they will sell the ~1000 copies necessary to get even. That's just sad.
Get this : Army of Shadows (a very very French film) has been released by StudioCanal (a French company) in the UK. No plans to release it in France.
BR market is a ridiculously small niche over here. Most people still don't know that they can play DVDs on BR players and publishers are wary to get anything out because they're not sure they will sell the ~1000 copies necessary to get even. That's just sad.
Had this problem a few weeks ago. Went over to a friends house to watch a movie, and everyone was like "Uhhh can we watch this DVD on the blu-ray player?" Then they all got mad at me because I couldn't believe how stupid they were, but to be honest they also don't think there's a difference between blu-rays and DVDs, so clearly they're all idiots.
TheKaeptain
Banned
I need to find a place in LA that has blus in the store.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Going to settle on Zatoichi and This Sporting Life for sureI'm mostly concerned about films I can't watch on Hulu+ already.
Zatoichi and Cassavetes, annnd, we're done here.
Baron, Lonesome is great, if you're into silents, has a really carefree spirit. The documentary on the director is great too, makes him seem like a Wes Anderson character, but in real life.
updated collection, Zatoichi will make an even 50
http://www.criterion.com/my_criterion/53101-santasangria/collection?add_films=true
Baron, Lonesome is great, if you're into silents, has a really carefree spirit. The documentary on the director is great too, makes him seem like a Wes Anderson character, but in real life.
updated collection, Zatoichi will make an even 50
http://www.criterion.com/my_criterion/53101-santasangria/collection?add_films=true
TheKaeptain
Banned
Right now I am going with:
Band of Outsiders
Frances Ha
Zatoichi
John Cassavetes Five Films
Tokyo Story
Pierre Etaix collection
Not sure what else I need to pick up. It feels good having money to buy these movies.
Band of Outsiders
Frances Ha
Zatoichi
John Cassavetes Five Films
Tokyo Story
Pierre Etaix collection
Not sure what else I need to pick up. It feels good having money to buy these movies.