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The Criterion Collection in 2017: All Fancy Movie GAF Releases Welcome!
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It'd be really hard for me to believe that a series of six films in which Kenji Misumi directed four of them would be anything but pretty damn good. That guy was choice as hell for chanbara films.
SneakySneaks
Member
Yeah, They have more action than Lady Snowblood and are far less rapey than Hanzo The Razor. I'd rank them (as a series), just below LS, and far above LS 2.
Yeah, the sexual elements are pretty gross. I always thought they should have had Hanzo rape everyone, male and female, to get info, and have them all enjoy it in the end, if they were gonna go that route.
Eureka is releasing Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis(!). No word if it is included in the Masters of Cinema series, but in any case I think it is their first anime release. Really hope they could get their hands on Satoshi Kon as well.
And they are also releasing Luis Bunuel's Death in the Garden.
No packshots or info for either release
And they are also releasing Luis Bunuel's Death in the Garden.
No packshots or info for either release
I'm so glad animation like that is finally starting to get recognized as something more than just cartoons in the western world.
The definitive edition would be the original cut before they butchered it :\
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Rillington Place is such a great flick.
cj_iwakura
Member
I appreciate their authentic covers.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
That's practically all Twilight Time titles. I'm sure Region B fans are thrilled to no longer pay a premium for these titles and are possibly getting more bang for their buck on top of it.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
I'll check out Body Double at least.
cj_iwakura
Member
Sometimes I feel kind of guilty for having a movie collection, then seeing the library-sized collection that people like Guillermo del Toro has puts my mind at ease.
Makes you just wish you were rich huh?
SneakySneaks
Member
Damn I really wish The Last Detail would get a release in the US other than the Twilight Time one. That and The Devils are my most wanted Criterion Films.
cj_iwakura
Member
Nah, quite the opposite. I'm proud of what I've accumulated through limited means.
mariachi507
Member
Beer Monkey
Member
If you don't have a room full of reels and a projection room with 35mm, don't feel guilty. Your collection is lame, as is mine.
CharminUltra
Member
Well, at least one of the films I was looking into for October is in stock, and it's one I can program for an easy double feature.
Looks like not everything is included. The Yakuza Papers box is not part of it, for example.
Hasn't that been officially out of print for months now? They sold through their assortment pretty damn quick.
CharminUltra
Member
No worries, used it myself for Blood and Black Lace too. Also the first Yakuza Papers Blu.
Fancy Clown
Member
Pretty tempted to get Blood and Black Lace as well...
Fancy Clown
Member
Was gonna cancel my Hulu subscription since I'm going on a trip for most of september and should probs save some money (lol but I bought that Blood and Black Lace bluray anway), but when I went to the cancelation page they credited me with a free month to keep me around. Nice. Little do they know I'm canceling for sure in November anyway once those criterions go away.
Mortimer Brewster
Member
Sony is starting a Blu Ray MOD service like Warner Archive next month. Body Double is one of the launch titles so I think that the high selling TT ones will pop up on there once the TT contracts run out. So expect things like The Last Detail, Fright Night, The Blob, JC's Vampires to pop up as the TT deals run out.
Do I want it? I've never seen it.
Fancy Clown
Member
I haven't seen it either but I'm a big fan of the Bava I've seen and I love me some gialli. So if you like either of those things, then yah you probably want it. It looks gorgeous.
I've never seen either :|
I keep thinking about picking up those Nikkatsu Diamond Guys sets too, but those movies probably aren't very good.
I think they moved to just selling the single films. Those are showing up for me at $15 a piece.
Highly recommended for anyone looking for gangster films. I bought the box set and I've already gone through it three times.
BaronLundi
Member
Blood and black lace is gorgeous. And I saw it on dvd...
It's a pretty darn good giallo, but assuming you like giallos in the first place. It's always consistently in the discussion when people talk about the best ones - or at least the most influential ones as this one is years ahead of its time before the giallo genre really took off.
Because it's so early (1964) it's a little rough around the edges. It's not as polished as some of the stuff that would come by the time Argento took over, nor do I find it among Bava's best (maybe just a notch lower) but it's an important and overall really good flick.
Eureka has a mini sale on their website:
(There is also a pretty decent 3 for 30£ at zavvi, with various BFI, Arrow and Eureka titles)
And finally Indicator with new covers:
And free shipping worldwide!
(There is also a pretty decent 3 for 30£ at zavvi, with various BFI, Arrow and Eureka titles)
And finally Indicator with new covers:
I'm curious if anyone here has ever sold an OOP Criterion? I've been dramatically decreasing the amount of stuff I own in general, and I finally hit my small, but still maybe more than I want, Criterions. I only have a few that I want to get rid of (some Jean-Pierre Melville films). I guess I'm interested in how you all curate your libraries and choose what to add to your collections. I went through my short period when I was just getting OOP Criterions for the value, and while I may really like Army of Shadows, it's also not a film I love and want to keep in my collection.
cj_iwakura
Member
In The Mood For Love was breathtaking. That cinematography... on a whole other level. Especially the slow motion shots. I had to rent it from a library because it's not on Hulu for some reason (is it OOP?), but I'm considering getting a copy because of how rich the whole film is.
I have Charade and Robocop, but I wouldn't part with them for the world.
Personally, if it's a film I'd watch again, I'd keep it... but there are some Criterions I don't really like but have for historical value(Last Temptation, Brazil), I'd consider it.
I also think there's a possibility I might like them more on future viewings, or I just respect their significance.
hugocésar;215266254 said:
I have Charade and Robocop, but I wouldn't part with them for the world.
Personally, if it's a film I'd watch again, I'd keep it... but there are some Criterions I don't really like but have for historical value(Last Temptation, Brazil), I'd consider it.
I also think there's a possibility I might like them more on future viewings, or I just respect their significance.
Fancy Clown
Member
In the Mood or Love is 👌👌👌👌
The only criterion I own that I wasn't too enamored with is Kwaidan, but even that was worth it because a) it was gorgeous b) the supplements and c) I feel like I might like it more on rewatched.
I've been pretty damn good/lucky with blind buys thus far.
The only criterion I own that I wasn't too enamored with is Kwaidan, but even that was worth it because a) it was gorgeous b) the supplements and c) I feel like I might like it more on rewatched.
I've been pretty damn good/lucky with blind buys thus far.
hugocésar;215266254 said:
I've never sold one, but I have bought quite a few OOP DVD/Blu Ray Criterions (and Twilight Time movies) because they're films I particularly like (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Le Cercle Rogue, Pierrot le Fou etc...). I have a limit on how much I'll spend, though, but it all falls into how I buy Criterions/Arrow/Shout etc... movies: I'll buy movies I love but blind-buy others only when they're on sale for at least half off.
Awesome. I definitely have films like The Battle of Algiers, that I've only seen once or twice, and while don't adore, I love having them cause of their importance and overall supplements quality. But yeah, I've been going through my collection one by one and seeing which ones I really want to keep, hard as it is to sell some.
cj_iwakura
Member
Finally watching Slacker via an interlibrary loan, and haha. A Ron Paul for President advertisement on a truck, and talk of inevitable global warning.
Cyclical history is a funny thing.
Cyclical history is a funny thing.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
THREE GROUPS OF FOUR BEES IN THE NEWSLETTER
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Puck Beaverton
Banned
Aren't we also getting Newton Boys and Waking Life as well?
I felt it move a little...
Just after both of the next two sales :\