Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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Hmmm... am I feeling brave...?
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The Criterion Collection in 2017: All Fancy Movie GAF Releases Welcome!
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Hmmm... am I feeling brave...?
This is the description of the boxset from Arrow:
It comes down to your tolerance of Godard being Godard basically.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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Thanks for that
The Godard / Gorin stuff I've seen was... not for me.
Being older now though has me wondering if I'd take to it differently.
Might go for it!
Yeah I'm sort of in the same boat. But I'm more inclined to just rewatch my Dziga Vertov set and find a French person to yell their political opinions at me at the same time. Feels like a better way to spend time...Thanks for that
The Godard / Gorin stuff I've seen was... not for me.
Being older now though has me wondering if I'd take to it differently.
Might go for it!
Ohh hell yes. Thanks.
Also saw that the New Battles without Honor & Humanity box set has come down to $66 on Amazon US (it was like $99.99). Pre-ordering both for sure.
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_/¯Do you want to, and have the financial means spend 35 on it?
I'm not sure if the exact release you're looking at is listed on caps-a-holic, but there is a bunch of them there (and the Arrow ones with the black cases are from a 4K remaster).
Unf.
Well, I have absolutely no idea what this is beyond what I read on the product description, but I've preordered it.
Fancy Clown
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Seijun Suzuki is a god damn madman. I haven't seen any of those, but Tokyo Drifter and Branded to kill are awesome bits of weirdness.
Is the New Battles without Honor & Humanity set worth getting if I haven't seen anything else, or would it be lost on me?
I think it'd be worth it. They aren't tied to the narrative of the first series, even though they share some of the same actors (and the same star with Bunta Sugawara). Even within the trilogy they aren't really connected. If you're in the mood for gritty crime films you can't go wrong with either set.
From what I've read the films in this trilogy are not weird. Like, at all. It almost sounds like he made them as straight as possible because the studio kept giving him shit for being too weird. If anyone knows more please feel free to correct me.
Never seen any of them but I love Suzukil and the descriptions sound interesting so I preordered without hesitation.
I am a bit curious as to where you've read that they're not weird, they're (supposedly*) still quite weird if less manic.
*haven't seen them so going off reviews, which repeatedly uses terms such as surrealist and absurdist.
And it was Nikkatsu who kicked him out for being weird, these films were not produced there.
Take a gander at the trailers, they definitely have a weird streak in them:
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Infernostew
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Weren't we supposed to get new film announcements from Criterion today?
I couldn't tell you the last time titles were announced on the 15th. I don't know if they've decided on a different day, but they don't even apologize or tweet about it any longer. They just say it's up when it's up. I would assume we'll find out tomorrow.
Eureka is launching a new sub-label and as their no1 shill fan in this thread I feel it is my duty to pass the news on to you
Shirley: Visions of Reality looks insane, as in the aesthetics of it are absolutely incredible. I'm not entirely sold on how it captures the art of Edward Hopper (aka. the guy who did that diner painting you've definitely seen seen) but it looks cool nevertheless.
I hope this does well for them, love the initiative, somehow Kills on Wheels had totally gone past me but looking at the trailer I'm so into this (am also into one of the actors, for reasons).
Shirley: Visions of Reality looks insane, as in the aesthetics of it are absolutely incredible. I'm not entirely sold on how it captures the art of Edward Hopper (aka. the guy who did that diner painting you've definitely seen seen) but it looks cool nevertheless.
I hope this does well for them, love the initiative, somehow Kills on Wheels had totally gone past me but looking at the trailer I'm so into this (am also into one of the actors, for reasons).
BenjaminBirdie
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They got Rebecca back. Wow.
Yeah, I can't seem to find the article I read now. Starting to think I'm going nuts. I'll link it when I find it, though even if I do, I'm beginning to think it might be an outlier having done a little more research.
mariachi507
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Fuck yeah, Rebecca! Give me Notorious next.
Also, I was hoping that the Blood Simple Criterion release was going to lead to the release of more Coen titles, but Barton Fink is getting a new release courtesy of Kino. Hopefully they do good by it.
Also, I was hoping that the Blood Simple Criterion release was going to lead to the release of more Coen titles, but Barton Fink is getting a new release courtesy of Kino. Hopefully they do good by it.
Puck Beaverton
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oh my I want all of those
Network is doing their annual "I genuinely don't understand how they make any money on this" sale.
Titles include:
Black Narcissus for 4.21£
Richard III (the Laurence Olivier one) for 4.21£
Odd Man Out for 4.95£
Victim for 4.21£
The Ipcress File for 4.21£
A bunch of Hitchcock titles (Man Who Knew Too Much, Sabotage, The Lady Vanishes) 4.21£ a piece
This is an amazing opportunity to pick up some essential titles for next to nothing.
Titles include:
Black Narcissus for 4.21£
Richard III (the Laurence Olivier one) for 4.21£
Odd Man Out for 4.95£
Victim for 4.21£
The Ipcress File for 4.21£
A bunch of Hitchcock titles (Man Who Knew Too Much, Sabotage, The Lady Vanishes) 4.21£ a piece
This is an amazing opportunity to pick up some essential titles for next to nothing.
Well, that's my sure pick from December announced today. Let's make it 3 for 3, Criterion!
Edit: Regarding the above Network sale, there are indeed some great prices. American buyers should be aware that shipping can jump to ridiculous levels in a hurry, depending on the weight of your order.
Has anyone else noticed the large amount of delays with UK blu-ray titles in the last couple of months. From Arrow alone, The Marx Brothers, The Taisho Trilogy, New Battles Without Honor and Humanity and Eight Hours Don't Make a Day have been pushed back. The Fabulous Baron Munchausen and La Strada have also been pushed back in recent memory. Just a weird thing I wondered if anyone else had taken note of, or knows why this keeps happening.
Oh shit. Taisho and New Battles got pushed back? Amazon still lists both as coming out in July.
In the UK it's changed. Taisho was pushed back two weeks and New Battles was pushed to the end of August.
Fancy Clown
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Probs gonna limit myself to two or three. Think I might go with Stalker and Straw Dogs and then mayyyybe pick up a Kurosawa or something if the mood strikes me.
Baron von Loathsome
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hugocésar;242027283 said:
/r/Criterion has been saying that it's starting on the 11th.
If it weren't for vacations this year I would jump on the sale. The list is ever growing of must-haves for me. If I do, it will be two to three at most, not the splurges I've done in the past. Tampopo and Being There are the two recents I really want most, either One Eyed Jacks, In a Lonely Place or Sansho the Baliff being ones I've been wanting for a bit now. We'll see, I did let my B/N membership expire too so would need to renew first.
cj_iwakura
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Breakfast Club seems to be the most believed guess on other forums, seeing that a Club Sandwich with egg inside is also called Breakfast Club.
cj_iwakura
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Wow, never imagined that. Has a Hughes film ever gone Criterion?
No, but Sixteen Candles is definitely on the way already, so they're wanting to get into the Hughes business.
I wonder if they're trying to put a box together of his more acclaimed films. I certainly can't see them going after Weird Science, especially with the knowledge of how much Hughes didn't like that one, but I could definitely see Criterion wanting their hands on Ferris Bueller's Day Off and especially Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
cj_iwakura
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Pretty In Pink would work too.
afternoon delight
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Breakfast Club is so great, would love to see their restoration.
He didn't direct that one, but most people don't even realize it since it's basically a John Hughes film from top to bottom. It wouldn't surprise me if they would want to make an exception for that one.
Yesss I've been waiting so long for more news on that
I would also be entirely OK with them releasing Martin.
afternoon delight
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I want to hug you through the internet right now, really hope this comes to fruition!
Fancy Clown
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That's awesome. I hope they get Dawn of the Dead too...
Its about time. I am dying to see the 4K Master
I hope so, too, especially if they found a way to talk down the price and stipulations that the rights holder has been stubborn about. Ain't no one out there that wants a 3D version of that film.
If there were any doubts at this point: Film Forum's upcoming repertory schedule highlights screenings for Night of the Living Dead in October (when else?) and lists Janus Films as its distributor.
This will probably mean that it's not a 2017 title, which I'm not too upset about since Criterion can get that free and sweet, sweet 50th anniversary hype for the home release.
This will probably mean that it's not a 2017 title, which I'm not too upset about since Criterion can get that free and sweet, sweet 50th anniversary hype for the home release.
You never know, it could be an October release. That seems like a great title for the collection.