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the Region A, Wings BD is the shit

Hmmm I've never heard of Wake in Fright, great looking cover though!

Yeah just got my copy of the US BR of Wings today. Dammit.

Fuller, Nashville and Wake in Fright are great news. I wonder if Fellini's Roma will feature the "lost" scenes.

I don't think many of you people will be interested but MoC is doing a Black friday deal of sorts:

Finally: It's Black Friday at our Eureka webstore. Every day this week we shall be reducing two MoC blu-rays, starting today at 11.30am UK time with SILENT RUNNING, REPO MAN & THE LOST WEEKEND for just £6.99!!!

That includes shipping.

Still need to see Blue, but the dang NC-17 makes it almost impossible to find in a theater.

How explicit is the content? Maybe I shouldn't even see it in theaters.

Originally Posted by Dragoon En Regalia

Far less explicit than blood and gore.

I'm not into sexual content, so I'm wondering how far it goes.

Midnight Cowboy's probably my favorite movie, a CC bluray would be fantastic.

UPS just dropped off my Zatoichi boxed set off. Holy shit, so fucking amazing!

Is there anything in terms of licensing or cost preventing an Ikiru blu ray. I keep hoping it gets announced and every month I'm disappointed.

is fat girl any good?

Originally Posted by BearChair

Is there anything in terms of licensing or cost preventing an Ikiru blu ray. I keep hoping it gets announced and every month I'm disappointed.

Priorities: stuff like It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is apparently more important. But the real reason is probably that elements for Ikiru haven't held up well over time, no matter how thorough Criterion is.

Originally Posted by mlarine

is fat girl any good?

It's not a bad movie, but the content is certainly challenging. I don't know how much you already know about the movie, so I don't want to spoil it, but the ending comes out of nowhere. And is pretty shocking. It's an intriguing movie, but I can't really imagine owning it and watching it more than once.

I would rent it first, before buying, but that is my general rule anyway

Originally Posted by BearChair

It's not a bad movie, but the content is certainly challenging. I don't know how much you already know about the movie, so I don't want to spoil it, but the ending comes out of nowhere. And is pretty shocking. It's an intriguing movie, but I can't really imagine owning it and watching it more than once.

I would rent it first, before buying, but that is my general rule anyway

thank you

When is Criterion releasing Béla Tarr's stuff the Facet's releases are trash

Can't decide what I want to do. I just got paid and I was planning on buying:

Cassavetes set
Frances Ha
Tokyo Story
City Lights

I was looking though, and for the same price I can get the Zatoichi set. Any thoughts? I'm sure I'll eventually end up getting everything at some point, but can't decide on right now. I haven't seen any of the Zatoichi films, and of the ones I listed, I've only seen Frances Ha.

Why would you buy something as enormous as the Zatoichi box without having seen any of them? Pony up a few bucks for Hulu Plus and watch a few from the series over the next couple of weeks; if you like them, then get the set next time it's on sale -- which is practically four times a year now, let's be real.

The Cassavetes box is one of the most essential things anyone has ever released, though. Buy that.

Any impressions on the Zatoichi set? Or is it too soon for anyone to have gotten theirs? I mean, I can't imagine it being a garbage set, this is Criterion we are talking about. But there always is a slim chance that something got screwed up or butchered somewhere along the line.

Mine is shipping to an APO, so it will take longer than anyone else's to get to them, but the warehouse it shipped from is in Jersey it looks like (tracking shows it departed from the city that hands everything over to the mil guys), so it shouldn't take that long to get here. I am so eager to watch them though... the only Zatoichi movies I have watched in recent memory was the first one and the Takeshi movie (which I didn't like). I think it has been probably three years since I watched the final Katsu film. So I might see if I can get an extra day off work and blow through a bunch of them.

Originally Posted by omgkitty

Can't decide what I want to do. I just got paid and I was planning on buying:

Cassavetes set
Frances Ha
Tokyo Story
City Lights

I was looking though, and for the same price I can get the Zatoichi set. Any thoughts? I'm sure I'll eventually end up getting everything at some point, but can't decide on right now. I haven't seen any of the Zatoichi films, and of the ones I listed, I've only seen Frances Ha.

You should think about getting a month of Hulu Plus, I think it has all the Cassavetes set and Tokyo Story, and maybe City Lights but not sure. Anyway, $8 to see most of that list.

Originally Posted by Pizarro

When is Criterion releasing Béla Tarr's stuff the Facet's releases are trash

Any good label could and should get ahold of Satantango and the rest.

Originally Posted by mattiewheels

You should think about getting a month of Hulu Plus, I think it has all the Cassavetes set and Tokyo Story, and maybe City Lights but not sure. Anyway, $8 to see most of that list.

Everything but Shadows.

It's funny: the Cassavetes set was my first big Criterion purchase...on DVD. Putting it on Blu is great, but I wish I had better foresight (if at all possible).

Ended up getting the Cassavetes set. In case anyone was wondering, the 30% off Black Friday coupon from Barnes and Noble that doesn't work on the website for Criterion films, will work on them in store. Got the box set for $48, which is close to $20 off what it would be even with the sale. This means it will also work on the Zatoichi set.

I used to have Hulu Plus but finally cancelled it a month ago because I realized I'd had it for like 2 years now and only ever watched maybe 4 or 5 films on it.

Yeah, I love how they try to stop us from using the coupons. Gonna go get either Naked Lunch or Life is Sweet on Sunday for $14 with this.

I already miss the Hulu+ channel's 100 Days of Summer, since Criterion put up so many new titles during that period.

heads up for the next hour:

murnau, borzage at fox set is 99 at amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EZE5E2/...d_p=1673798022

films are :

Lazybones, Street Angel, 7th Heaven, Sunrise, Lucky Star, They Had To See Paris, City Girl, Liliom, After Tomorrow, Young America, Song O' My Heart, Bad Girl

hah, I was literally about to post that deal. It's an pretty fantastic set; I used to have that and the Ford at Fox one but got rid of both to help pay for my move to Seattle. :\

Originally Posted by Cosmic Bus

hah, I was literally about to post that deal. It's an pretty fantastic set; I used to have that and the Ford at Fox one but got rid of both to help pay for my move to Seattle. :\

yea, i really want the ford at fox set - i regret not buying it at costco for cheap a few months back.

i'm picking this up - though the comments about the packaging being huge and awful have me worried.

Originally Posted by swoon

heads up for the next hour:

murnau, borzage at fox set is 99 at amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EZE5E2/...d_p=1673798022

films are :

Lazybones, Street Angel, 7th Heaven, Sunrise, Lucky Star, They Had To See Paris, City Girl, Liliom, After Tomorrow, Young America, Song O' My Heart, Bad Girl

Everyone jump on this, absolutely incredible set outside of the packaging which can be a bit wonky despite it's very beautiful design. Is also worth noting that Masters of Cinema put out wonderful region free editions of City Girl and Sunrise on blu-ray.
City Girl
Sunrise

Does the sale end today? If so I might go grab the Cassavetes blu-ray set with the coupon mentioned above.

There is actually a 40% coupon or B&N that will work with the criterion 50% off in store.

Just did it. Crazy deal.

Originally Posted by overcast

There is actually a 40% coupon or B&N that will work with the criterion 50% off in store.

Just did it. Crazy deal.

Is there a link for the 40% coupon?

http://cart2.barnesandnoble.com/shop...bpQ-_-10:1&r=1

Right here. Sorry for sloppiness. I'm on my phone. If they ask, give them the code in the top right corner, BFRIDAY40 didn't work.

TCM is having a big box set sale:

http://shop.tcm.com/?v=tcm_sale-3&ec...oxSetSale_PMRS

marx brothers, thin man collection, bubsy berkely, val lewton collections for 20.99

they also have wonderful actor collections (the volume 1 of bette davis is a must own) and pre-code wonders as forbidden hollywood and the classic noir movie collections for around the same price for 5-9 dvds.

Originally Posted by swoon

TCM is having a big box set sale:

http://shop.tcm.com/?v=tcm_sale-3&ec...oxSetSale_PMRS

marx brothers, thin man collection, bubsy berkely, val lewton collections for 20.99

they also have wonderful actor collections (the volume 1 of bette davis is a must own) and pre-code wonders as forbidden hollywood and the classic noir movie collections for around the same price for 5-9 dvds.

ooh nice tip. I'm thinking amazon did this just after TCM, but: every one of these I've checked is even cheaper on amazon. Val lewton for $18.50, bette davis v1 for $21.99, forbidden hwd v1 for $16. think I'm getting the last of those I think; i've seen and liked baby face and the other two look fun. was hard to pick between that and Bette Davis.

Sale is almost over. Picked up Badlands, Rosemary's Baby, The Blob, and Kiss Me Deadly.

Days of Heaven 35mm print showing here the next few nights. Gonna try to make it, but things don't look promising. :\

Picked up The Royal Tenenbaums (B&N didn't have The Killing or Rushmore on them) with the sale and the 30% off coupon yesterday. Too bad money is really tight right now, I probably would have picked up Kiss Me Deadly as well.

Zatoichi review
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Zatoic.../81690/#Review

After never having owned any Criterion Collection movies I got these:

Breathless
Solaris
High and Low

Thanks to that sale. So great. Still haven't had time to watch them though.

Zatoichi set is beautiful, both packaging and the transfers, at least of what I've watched so far. To get it during the B&N sale makes it an absolute steal.

Originally Posted by overcast

Breathless
Solaris
High and Low

I went a little crazy during the sale as well. Also picked up a few from Amazon when they had them on Lightning Deals.

3 Films by Roberto Rossellini
12 Angry Men
Breathless
Fanny & Alexander
Four Feathers
Island of Lost Souls
John Cassavettes Set
Kiss Me Deadly
The Last Emperor
Rules of the Game
Shallow Grave
Three Outlaw Samurai
Weekend (Haigh)
Zatoichi

I think I need help.

Originally Posted by XShagrath

I went a little crazy during the sale as well. Also picked up a few from Amazon when they had them on Lightning Deals.

3 Films by Roberto Rossellini
12 Angry Men
Breathless
Fanny & Alexander
Four Feathers
Island of Lost Souls
John Cassavettes Set
Kiss Me Deadly
The Last Emperor
Rules of the Game
Shallow Grave
Three Outlaw Samurai
Weekend (Haigh)
Zatoichi

I think I need help.

This is about what I did when I started getting into Criterions. Pretty sure I bought 10 to 12 during a sale once, but given the inclusion of the Cassavetes set and Zatoichi, you crazy.

Originally Posted by omgkitty

This is about what I did when I started getting into Criterions. Pretty sure I bought 10 to 12 during a sale once, but given the inclusion of the Cassavetes set and Zatoichi, you crazy.

Used that Mastercard 30% off coupon on both of those. So Zatoichi was $85 or so after tax, and Cassavettes was under $45.

I think I'm gonna try my best to do some catching up next year (both in watching and purchasing).

Something in this world keeps telling me to buy The Four Feathers Blu, but I can't be bothered. It's a great movie, but it'll be one of the later editions I buy simply because the supplements are slim.

Also: please put something other than London Films up for early UK Hulu streams, Criterion!

What do you guys think the chances are that Criterion will begin reprinting Chungking Express? One of my favorite romance movies.