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[teepo]

July:

 

[big ander]

That La Havre cover is preeeetty.

I think I'll want Down by Law.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Criterion needs to their hands on some Chinese/Hong Kong/Taiwanese movies.

 

[Eric WK]

Lovely month.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

I wish Baumbach would take a decade off, just so they'd release Kicking and Screaming on Blu to celebrate his return.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Bill Paxton's voiceovers were as fake as a three dollar bill, never mind when he's onscreen trying to like, act and stuff. What an awful piece of miscasting! Go ahead, listen to his read of "OH GOD, HE'S DEAD!", tell me that's not right out of a Saturday Night Live skit where everyone's trying not to crack up.

Bridget Fonda wasn't much better. Mind you, the tin-eared screenplay didn't do anyone any favors. "I know you ain't pulling down that much at the feed store." *cringe*

fake edit: If you weren't morally offended at Criterion publishing a Brian De Palma thriller, you'll probably have a good time with Shallow Grave. If not, I'll gladly refund the cost of reading this post.

Month-old post, but... I disagree.

Also, how the HELL is that particular line an example of tin-eared dialogue? I live in Illinois of all places, and I've heard people say things like that countless times.

 

[big ander]

I wish Baumbach would take a decade off, just so they'd release Kicking and Screaming on Blu to celebrate his return.

This, please.

 

[teepo]

Whit Stillman is easily one of the most underrated directors in the criterion catalog. The Last Days of Disco is a must have.

 

[omgkitty]

Le Havre is the only thing I'm looking forward to in July. I guess I won't have to load up on new releases in July when the Barnes and Noble sale is (hopefully) going on.

 

[swoon]

Whit Stillman is easily one of the most underrated directors in the criterion catalog. The Last Days of Disco is a must have.

yea, it's real annoying that they didn't get the rights to barcelona and put out his trilogy a la blue/white/red to build some following of his work, especially when theses films are much better overall than trois colours.

 

[Shiv47]

Rosemary's Baby basically confirmed in the new newsletter (drawing of large stalk of rosemary and small stalk with a heart between them).

 

[mechashiva]

The Woman Chaser with Patrick Warburton.

I really just want someone to release this and a criterion collection would be the best.

 

[ohhthegore]

Rosemary's Baby basically confirmed in the new newsletter (drawing of large stalk of rosemary and small stalk with a heart between them).

Good I want this

 

[Borgnine]

Rosemary's Baby basically confirmed

THIS IS NO DREAM, IT'S REALLY HAPPENING.

Cool I guess, I thought that movie was dumb as shit though.

 

[Sleepy]

Amazon has quite a few Criterion's on sale (Thanks to XShagrath for the list):


Fanny and Alexander $28.99
Secret Sunshine $18.49
400 Blows $19.99
Breathless $19.99
Thin Red Line $18.99
Diabolique $18.99
Black Narcissus $18.49
Sweet Smell of Success $19.49
The Red Shoes $19.49
Wings of Desire $19.49
Double Life of Veronique $19.49
3 Women $18.99
Topsy Turvy $17.49
Design For Living $20.42
Broadcast News $19.49
Senso $18.49
Still Walking $19.49
El Norte $18.49
Lola Montes $17.99
A Christmas Tale $17.99
The Times of Harvey Milk $18.49
Summer Hours $18.99
Fish Tank $20.49
My Life as a Dog $20.49
Smiles of a Summer Night $19.49
The Mikado $19.49
Au revoir les enfants $19.49
Kes $19.49
Yi Yi $19.49
Blow Out $20.49
Beauty and the Beast $20.49
Dazed and Confused $20.49
Lady Vanishes $20.99
12 Angry Men $20.99
Last Temptation of Christ $20.99
Belle de Jour $20.99
Bottle Rocket $20.99

I searched for others on my to-buy list, but no luck...YMMV.

Oh, and Rosemary's Baby? Yes, please!

 

[ohhthegore]

Hmmm I may get 3 women

 

[codhand]

Awesome, was gonna post this sale, according to Twitter the deals are fluctuating, perhaps expiring.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestseller...ter-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

Edit.

Deals over what did you get? Picked up KES, never seen it.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Being John Malkovich

Three Reasons

http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2270-three-reasons-being-john-malkovich

Two Weeks To Go

 

[ohhthegore]

I may do a blind buy of either 3 Women or Diabolique, does anyone have a recommendation of which one is a better buy?

 

[omgkitty]

I may do a blind buy of either 3 Women or Diabolique, does anyone have a recommendation of which one is a better buy?

I really love Diabolique. It was a blind buy for me and I really enjoyed it the first time through and it does creepy well.

 

[ohhthegore]

I really love Diabolique. It was a blind buy for me and I really enjoyed it the first time through and it does creepy well.

I do love creepy

 

[Eric WK]

They're both very good, but Diabolique is the better film and definitely the better blind buy.

 

[dvdjamm]

I guess I should read the whole post before asking something that might have been asked already...But I'll chance it. Any chance of this being updated and re-released on blu-ray?

 

[ohhthegore]

Just picked up Diabolique. Wish I didn't spend all my money at Best Buy on the upgrade and save sale or else I would have gotten more films

 

[codhand]

I guess I should read the whole post before asking something that might have been asked already...But I'll chance it. Any chance of this being updated and re-released on blu-ray?

Whoa cool, didn't know about this.

Just picked up Diabolique. Wish I didn't spend all my money at Best Buy on the upgrade and save sale or else I would have gotten more films

Just wait, Barnes and Noble usually have two 50% off all Criterion sales a year.

 

[Gila]

Damn, I don't have 8 1/2 & Seven Samurai yet - was hoping to find it on the list

 

[omgkitty]

Damn, I don't have 8 1/2 & Seven Samurai yet - was hoping to find it on the list

I think you'll come to find that the titles on sale are usually the ones you have already or the ones you don't want. They had some titles from recent that were on sale but the two I need, World on a Wire and Anatomy of a Murder were not on sale.

 

[Sleepy]

Damn, I don't have 8 1/2

Man, this movie was SO good. Just buy it.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

Not Criterion, but another good example of why the next thread has to cover a broader release spectrum:

August 7th from Olive Films, who are really killing it these days with catalog releases.

Also, the BFI Cassavetes discs are all region-free(!) so far, which is wonderful news for interested parties. I swear, it may actually be time for me to get back into the HD game soon...

 

[big ander]

Not Criterion, but another good example of why the next thread has to cover a broader release spectrum:

August 7th from Olive Films, who are really killing it these days with catalog releases.

Oh hell yes. I've wanted to see this for a long time.

 

[Maklershed]

That instantly makes me think of Fallout New Vegas

 

[swoon]

Not Criterion, but another good example of why the next thread has to cover a broader release spectrum:

August 7th from Olive Films, who are really killing it these days with catalog releases.

Also, the BFI Cassavetes discs are all region-free(!) so far, which is wonderful news for interested parties. I swear, it may actually be time for me to get back into the HD game soon...

olive is doing god's work really.

 

[TJ Bennett]

Where did Olive Films come from? They have some amazing titles lined up for 2012.

 

[cj_iwakura]

I guess I should read the whole post before asking something that might have been asked already...But I'll chance it. Any chance of this being updated and re-released on blu-ray?

Best $20 I ever spent. It's a must have.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

Where did Olive Films come from? They have some amazing titles lined up for 2012.

They've been around for a while on limited-run theatrical distributions, and a few years ago started capitalizing on the fact that the big studios now prefer to license out the bulk of their older film libraries rather than put the effort and money into doing it themselves.

I could see these guys being a pretty significant label several years down the road.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

They're a couple of weeks old now, but I don't think anyone posted the latest MoC announcements:

 

[Sleepy]

OMG. MoC is overseas, correct?

Also, picked up Last Year at Marienbad as a blind buy because I like Robbe-Grillet. I fell asleep three times during it. I know there is a good movie there, maybe I was just tired. Also, a source at B&N sames June for the sale.

 

[omgkitty]

OMG. MoC is overseas, correct?

Also, picked up Last Year at Marienbad as a blind buy because I like Robbe-Grillet. I fell asleep three times during it. I know there is a good movie there, maybe I was just tired. Also, a source at B&N says June for the sale.

That would be awesome even though I'm pretty sure the sale would end right before The 39 Steps and The Samurai Trilogy were released. I'm assuming they'd like to get ahead of a box set release as they don't want to lose too much money if possible.

 

[Jo Shishido's Cheeks]

Well holy shit, Rumble Fish!
I truly think it's one of the most beautifully directed films in cinema, I'm definitely in for that.
RoGoPaG also offers some of the only nouvelle vague-Godard that I am yet to see too, couldn't be happier MoC!

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

AW YISSSS

 

[omgkitty]

What's everyone hoping for today? I really want some sort of big announcement. I feel like it's been a while since we've had a big upgrade from someone like Kurosawa or Fellini. Hell, give me some new Melville or Wong Kar-wai. Last August was amazing and I bought every release (The Killing, Secret Sunshine, Jean Vigo, Cul-de-sac, If...., The Battle of Algiers and Orpheus). I wan't something awesome like that again.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

What's everyone hoping for today? I really want some sort of big announcement. I feel like it's been a while since we've had a big upgrade from someone like Kurosawa or Fellini. Hell, give me some new Melville or Wong Kar-wai. Last August was amazing and I bought every release (The Killing, Secret Sunshine, Jean Vigo, Cul-de-sac, If...., The Battle of Algiers and Orpheus). I wan't something awesome like that again.

They've already broken the biggest movie news of all times
http://criterioncollection.tumblr.c...ng-soon-to-our-youtube-channel-a-four-episode

The director of Boogie Nights and its biggest star.

 

[omgkitty]

They've already broken the biggest movie news of all times
http://criterioncollection.tumblr.c...ng-soon-to-our-youtube-channel-a-four-episode

The director of Boogie Nights and its biggest star.

I knew about that, I was talking about the releases haha

 

[distantmantra]

Did the rights to In the Mood for Love revert back to Universal?

 

[omgkitty]

Did the rights to In the Mood for Love revert back to Universal?

It's not OOP on Criterion's site, so I would assume not.

 

[omgkitty]

Not exactly what I was hoping for, but I'll definitely take The Royal Tenenbaums and Quadrophenia. Also, all the covers are great and anyone who disagrees is crazy.

 

[Expendable.]

Nice, only seen The Royal Tenenbaums from that batch. Will get the upgrade. Also want to check out those Dardenne films.

 

[TheKaeptain]

The Dardenne bros movies.

 

[Borgnine]

Oh Royal Tenenbaums is nice, will buy. Since he only makes one movie that's the version to get.

 

[omgkitty]

I love those Dardenne covers. Neil Kellerhouse is easily one of the best artists out there right now.