VistraNorrez
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I really enjoyed Nightbreed and that was blind buy for me, but I love Hellraiser.
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The Criterion Collection in 2017: All Fancy Movie GAF Releases Welcome!
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Both good. You could always pick up They Live and Escape From New York to round out your Carpenter collection.
They Live is great.
Buckaroo Bonzai is the only other one I own, but I still want to get Sleepaway Camp, Body Snatchers, Return of the Living Dead, The Burning and The Thing when it comes out. Love all those movies.
Fancy Clown
Member
They Live is actually one of Carpenter's lesser of his good films imo. I still dig it, but I'd prioritize getting like Escape from NY or Assault on Precinct 13 over it. I really wish Shout would get their hands on In the Mouth of Madness.
Fuuuuuuuuck, yes.
You say something so wrong then something so right I don't know how to feel...
Puck Beaverton
Banned
Blow your money on the Herzog Collection.
Or get that early De Palma goodness with Phantom of the Paradise. The Scream Factory release is dope.
Or get that early De Palma goodness with Phantom of the Paradise. The Scream Factory release is dope.
afternoon delight
Member
Point and laugh but I actually really dislike the coloring Shout chose for Day of the Dead versus the bluer tint Anchor Bay was always pushing.
I'd recommend importing the UK boxset from the BFI if you're interested in Herzog.
Or at minimum picking up Nosferatu from BFI, Shout went overboard with the digital fuckery and it looks awful in comparison. There is one more that Shout messed up bad, but can't remember which one. Overall the BFI is better in most (if not all) of the films.
Fancy Clown
Member
Yeah it bums me out that Shout's Nosferatu apparently sucks, I totally would have gotten that. Went with Day of the Dead instead (sorry afternoon delight)
afternoon delight
Member
Don't apologize to me Fancy Clown. You apologize to the noticeably reddish tint added to flesh tones which you may or may not enjoy.
New Arrow announcements for November
UK only:
US only:
As per usual, the Arrow Academy titles are on Monday. But I'm so happy with To Live and Die in L.A, can't wait for how their restoration looks (and if Shout is also using it).
UK only:
Finally we get To Live and Die in L.A.!
US only:
UK&US:
As per usual, the Arrow Academy titles are on Monday. But I'm so happy with To Live and Die in L.A, can't wait for how their restoration looks (and if Shout is also using it).
Just saw To Live and Die in LA a few months back. Loved it. As usual, totally overlooked Friedkin flick. Nobody really talks about him much outside of Exorcist and French Connection but he made some damn gems.
Speaking of, how is the Sorcerer blu ray? It's OOP I guess and goes for a high-ish price on ebay so not sure I want to pull the trigger.
Speaking of, how is the Sorcerer blu ray? It's OOP I guess and goes for a high-ish price on ebay so not sure I want to pull the trigger.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
One man's trash is another man's treasure
I'm pretty thrilled Arrow and Shout give the fancypants treatment to so many of these '70s and '80s horror flicks, since it's clear no one else would do it.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
I'm glad I haven't bought it yet. No idea Nosferatu was that fucked up.
Fancy Clown
Member
Wow that is quite a difference. The red push goes a little too far, but overall the colors look more natural to me in the Shout version. Natural might not have been the intent though if all the other versions have a cool color grade.
brianjones
Member
have mercy.. Need to pre order this at Barnes and nobles
I'm so glad that Arrow kept the notorious "video nasty" box art for The Driller Killer.
I also love that the cover for Arrow's disc of Howling II highlights the horrible werewolf masks and the exploding dwarf eyeballs. It is an awful movie, but it is wall-to-wall insane every step of the way.
I also love that the cover for Arrow's disc of Howling II highlights the horrible werewolf masks and the exploding dwarf eyeballs. It is an awful movie, but it is wall-to-wall insane every step of the way.
I've talked before about how gorgeous the covers for TWF's Kitano films are:
Unfortunately they haven't been able to secure the rights to Violent Cop or Boiling Point. But a US company have, and they just unveiled their covers also featuring original illustrations:
Could like everyone just buy a copy from Third Window Films so they get enough money to acquire the rights for the films so we can try and undo those abominations.
I mean just look at them. They are wonderful.
Unfortunately they haven't been able to secure the rights to Violent Cop or Boiling Point. But a US company have, and they just unveiled their covers also featuring original illustrations:
Could like everyone just buy a copy from Third Window Films so they get enough money to acquire the rights for the films so we can try and undo those abominations.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
That art style reminds me of something and I can't quite place what...
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
It seems like Akira Kurosawa's Dreams will be one of today's announcements, going by the credits they're adding to the main website.
EDIT: And for the Lone Wolf and Cub box set, but that was pretty much guaranteed to be their big November box set with all of the recent cover art teases.
EDIT 2: And One-Eyed Jacks, which was recently restored by Universal.
EDIT 3: And The Squid and the Whale and Punch-Drunk Love. Brace yourselves for the incoming one-man bukkake from Birdie.
EDIT: And for the Lone Wolf and Cub box set, but that was pretty much guaranteed to be their big November box set with all of the recent cover art teases.
EDIT 2: And One-Eyed Jacks, which was recently restored by Universal.
EDIT 3: And The Squid and the Whale and Punch-Drunk Love. Brace yourselves for the incoming one-man bukkake from Birdie.
Looks like the same style (after googling).
I like his work from what I've seen, very pulpy, but it doesn't make for nice box art. I think it's more the coloring than anything. It looks like he did Criterion's Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo's cover and the black and white one I see is a million times better than the colored one.
afternoon delight
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PUNCH DRUNK LOVE YOU SAY?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Great, now I'm going to be behind even more on getting these. I barely got caught up with the recent B/N sale and every one of these I want.
Fancy Clown
Member
Yoooooooooooooooooo
ViewtifulJC
Banned
aw shit b
Fancy Clown
Member
What about Stalker tho
Fancy Clown
Member
That would be dastardly
It wouldn't be unprecedented, as most of the Zatoichi films were up on Hulu long before the box set.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
gah what is going on i wanna see these thingsssss
Puck Beaverton
Banned
Hold me fam.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
hey criterion hedz, what are "phantom pages" and how do people find them?
brianjones
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hired hand is amazing
warren oates is the best
warren oates is the best
This thread goes into it in great detail, but generally speaking, phantom pages are uploaded prior to an imminent announcement so that people will be able to search those credits when the site is updated later on with the new releases. Thanks to the internet, people have been able to cross-reference cast and crew lists with great haste to figure out what film is going to be announced ahead of time.
Sometimes, some stuff gets uploaded well in advance, and recently, people have been noticing a lot of movement towards properties that are controlled by Mosfilm, so it stands to logic and other happenings like Kino having a bunch of their Mosfilm-licensed titles go OOP that we're going to be in for a big influx of Russian films over the next couple of years, beyond already known titles like Dersu Uzala and Stalker.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Thanks so much!
ajfoucault
Member
Agreed