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The Criterion Collection in 2017: All Fancy Movie GAF Releases Welcome!
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
Yes.
Top Kurosawa:
Rashomon
Ikiru
Seven Samurai
Throne of Blood
The Hidden Fortress
The Bad Sleep Well
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
High and Low
There's a lot of top Kurosawa. My favorite is probably High and Low.
In before someone tells me something isn't top Kurosawa or that I missed something
Consistency / output wise, he's probably second only to Kubrick and tied with Bergman IMO.
Though I do prefer Bergman personally
Easystride
Member
I don't want to over-sell it because everyone has different experiences/tastes in movies, but it is my all-time favorite movie. It had a massive positive impact on my life (I won't go into the details). Definitely gonna be getting the blu-ray.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Adding to the Ikiru chorus!
(Though the second half is too long. *runs*)
(Though the second half is too long. *runs*)
Fancy Clown
Member
How's In Cold Blood? I just finished the book
I just dropped $220 on The Jacques Rivette Collection and Battles Without Honor and Humanity. I guess I can be glad they charge at purchase because November is already going to be stacked with the B&N Criterion sale and all those games coming out.
Also, the Imamura set is down to £28.71 on Amazon, so if you were interested in picking it up, you should go ahead and preorder now. Comes out to about $45 for 8 films. Great deal.
Also, the Imamura set is down to £28.71 on Amazon, so if you were interested in picking it up, you should go ahead and preorder now. Comes out to about $45 for 8 films. Great deal.
Wow, nice! I assume you just went ahead and ordered the UK version of Battles from Arrow?
I guess I should do that. Not crazy about instantly eating the $100 cost, but that now is better than the $150 in November from Amazon US.
Yeah it was like $101 compared to $135 on Amazon. I'm sure it will come down a little more on Amazon before then, but usually Amazon price never hits as low as the pre-sale deal Arrow does.
I see. Yeah, guess I'll just order it now.
For some reason I keep feeling a little paranoid that it won't be compatible with my player, but I keep reading everything that their releases work in both regions (and tbh I should just get a region free player).
Bought this one several months ago. I got it for closer to $50. It feels very cheap, has no extras, but it works.
I know I'm a bit late here, but I'd add Ran to these as well. Other than that, I've got no complaints (although I still need to watch The Bad Sleep Well).
Zatoichi set is $98 on Amazon right now. For reference, that's more than 50% off.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray + DVD) on sale on Amazon for $97.99.
Edit: OMGKITTY POSTED IT FIRST, OK.
Edit: OMGKITTY POSTED IT FIRST, OK.
SOOOOOOOOOOOORRY I DIDN'T SEE IT.
Fancy Clown
Member
want so bad but I don't have the scratch to afford it at the moment 
cj_iwakura
Member
Could that newsletter be for The Birdcage? That's all I got.
Interesting little tidbit: there's a big Monkees complete series box set coming in January, and it will include what appears to be a new Blu of Head. There's been speculation for some time that the BBS box set would be going OOP as a result of the license expiring on Head, so we'll see what this leads to. There certainly is a bit more fuel to that particular fire, though.
Few questions. When will December Criterion releases be announced? When will the Yakuza Papers US price be revealed?
A little info too. Amazon has a ton of Criterions on sale for 22.49 including many to be released.
Day For Night
Mulholland Drive
Ikiru
Amongst many others.
A little info too. Amazon has a ton of Criterions on sale for 22.49 including many to be released.
Day For Night
Mulholland Drive
Ikiru
Amongst many others.
Yakuza Papers is up on Amazon US for $134 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013XBC9Y2/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Criterion announces new releases on the 15th of every month.
Steep, but that's obvious as it's 13 discs.
Oh, cool. Thanks. Wonder what they'll close 2015 off with. Have you guys ever referred back to their new years tease to see how much has come to fruition?
Why did I have to see this? Why couldn't I have remained blissfully ignorant?
it's 13 discs, but you'll only need like 6 of them. it's a waste if they aren't complete with both series and you are literally paying for the dvds, which you may already have.
bumbillbee
Member
So there's an Arrow Sale going on right now and I guess enough people complained about not getting double reward points for preorders on big items like the Rivette set before the sale. They just gave me a bunch more reward points so uh that's pretty awesome.
Ughhhh this Rivette set needs to get here already. So far only picked up Massacre Gun from the Arrow Sale but I'll probably cave and pick up a couple more blus.
Ughhhh this Rivette set needs to get here already. So far only picked up Massacre Gun from the Arrow Sale but I'll probably cave and pick up a couple more blus.
I just checked mine and I now have 2800 points for buying Rivette and Yakuza Papers sets. Fuuuuuck maybe I should buy something in this sale.
Checking this list, and of course none of the Borowczyk's besides The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne are on sale.
One of the founders of Janus Films, William Becker, has passed away. Cool how many filmmakers and various other artists he was connected to over time, and I didn't know his son was the president of Criterion.
Infernostew
Member
I'd had expected criterion's first anime release to be a Satoshi Kon film. Too bad I heard Jellyfish Eyes is garbage. Awful December releases besides Speedy.
Isn't that film live-action? There's still hope yet!
Net_Wrecker
Member
Satoshi Kon collection pls
I still can't believe that Jellyfish Eyes isn't just a gag cover someone made.
You know, that might be my working thesis for how it came to be; someone sent a person in the Criterion office a photoshopped cover, the employee printed it out and hanged it on the wall with some other gag covers they have pinned to a wall. When the time came to prepare the titles for December they put them underneath said wall and didn't notice when there was one more title in the pile and one less title on the wall.
This would be awesome. Have there been any releases of his work other than the (good) Sony release of Paprika and the (decent) Anime Ltd release of Perfect Blue?
You know, that might be my working thesis for how it came to be; someone sent a person in the Criterion office a photoshopped cover, the employee printed it out and hanged it on the wall with some other gag covers they have pinned to a wall. When the time came to prepare the titles for December they put them underneath said wall and didn't notice when there was one more title in the pile and one less title on the wall.
This would be awesome. Have there been any releases of his work other than the (good) Sony release of Paprika and the (decent) Anime Ltd release of Perfect Blue?
A recent podcast interview with Criterion CEO Jonathan Turrell talks about a few upcoming and potential titles that haven't been announced yet, including The In-Laws, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, probably Shampoo, and possibly a Criterion version of The Princess Bride.
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.'
Always thought A Face In The Crowd would make a good CC addition, evil Andy Griffith is a thing to behold.
The In-Laws! haven't seen that for a decade but I recall it being stupid funny, and I'm still prone to shouting "serpentine, serpentine!"