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The Criterion Collection in 2012/13: Why haven't they released *insert title here*?
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It's like slapping a picture of Bill Murray in Caddyshack on the Rushmore packaging. Maybe they'll do that to the Life Aquatic release? Hipster Blu-ray art!
ThatObviousUser
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What Michael Bay movies are in? Pearl Harbor?
Armageddon and The Rock.
Nappuccino
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isn't it the armageddon directors cut? I've heard it's leagues better than the original... though that doesn't mean a whole lot on its own...
SentientStone
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Is Criterion reverting back to digipacks for their Blu-ray releases? I have seen a couple of the more recent releases with digipacks and it is kind of making me hesitate in purchasing them because they ruin the conformity of my other Criterion Blu-ray releases on the shelf. /OCD
....wow Criterion. Was it really too hard to get a picture of the Godzilla that is in the film you are releasing?
Nappuccino
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I wish they went with the same design as the one in the disc menu.
That is pretty great. I wish they'd go back to these artful covers again.
Nappuccino
Member
It depends on the movie I think. I know Breathless is one. but Rushmore, for instance is not.
lol, its like 1 minute longer than the original cut
Nappuccino
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a good directors cut doesn't just shove other stuff in there to expand the length. I don't know what the changes are, but conceivably, with editing, they could add numerous things without actually impacting the runtime (by either tightening up the editing or removing certain scenes in favor of the other ones)
Yeah, this is none of those things
Nappuccino
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I'm just saying what I've read in reviews. And I said whatever improvement it makes, still doesn't make it impressive.
Good to hear, put it on the The List.
(ie, I'll probably buy it tomorrow or in the next few days or so since I've been buying things like crazy lately.)
Yeah, the Bergman one. I haven't seen any of his stuff yet so I'm looking for a title of his to start with.
I really enjoy The Magician. It's one of my favorite Bergman films. It's about on par with my other favorites of Wild Strawberries and Smiles of a Summer Night. Definitely worth picking up. I've seen Pale Flower, and I think it's something you should watch first before buying.
I see. The description for The Magician + the screenshots giving me an idea for its aesthetics seems like it'd be something I'd like, glad to hear it's good. Will also add it to the list.
I'll trust icarus on Pale Flower and go into it blind because our tastes align pretty well and her recommendations haven't done me wrong.
Except for The Thin Red Line, blerk. But that was the collective fault of icarus/firehawk/Lafiel/everyoneelsethattoldmeitwasgood :<
It's
my parents money.
Lafiel told me that Seventh Seal was a good place to start, but The Magician seems like something I'd like more (as stated above!) so I'll probably end up going with that.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Generally speaking, when someone is interested in exploring a director's work for the first time, I advise to start at the beginning (or thereabouts). That said, Seventh Seal was my first Bergman way back when and it didn't really strike my fancy (still isn't one of my favorites of his). Hour of the Wolf is where Bergman bowled me over even though it's not very representative of the rest of his films. From there on, it all clicked tighter and tighter into place the more of them I watched.
That's exactly how I feel about Seventh Seal. I like the movie, but it just wasn't that classic I was expecting. I do feel the more of his films I watch, the better they get.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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I think Wild Strawberries is maybe the best Bergman to start with, as it has the same thematic concerns as many of his other films but with a warmth that aids the transition from the emotional closeness of most other films.
I have The Seventh Seal but I haven't explored anything else of his.
I think with certain directors it's more important to watch chronologically than others, but seeing The Tree of Life first really framed The Thin Red Line in such an amazing way, and I think it will be the same effect when I watch Malick's 3 other films.
I think with certain directors it's more important to watch chronologically than others, but seeing The Tree of Life first really framed The Thin Red Line in such an amazing way, and I think it will be the same effect when I watch Malick's 3 other films.
NekoFever
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Dazed & Confused is as well out of recent ones.
canoli2006
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I just watched Polanski's Repulsion. Very dark and disturbing at times. Not much dialogue, good use of sound effects to increase the creepiness of some scenes, and camera work as well. I enjoyed it overall. Any thoughts, Criterion-GAF?
Nappuccino
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Good Burger is an American classic
sixteen-bit
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Neat. Looking forward to them.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Please have a Kurosawa movie announcement...
Also, is there a thread for Kino releases?
Also, is there a thread for Kino releases?
There is not a Kino thread.
speaking of which deepdiscount is doing their kino 50% off sale now:
http://www.deepdiscount.com/Kino-In...t=12-20-10&utm_campaign=24148&promoCode=24148
http://www.deepdiscount.com/Kino-In...t=12-20-10&utm_campaign=24148&promoCode=24148
I just watched Polanski's Repulsion. Very dark and disturbing at times. Not much dialogue, good use of sound effects to increase the creepiness of some scenes, and camera work as well. I enjoyed it overall. Any thoughts, Criterion-GAF?
LOVED it. I thought the meat as symbolic of Carole's mental decay was especially powerful. Deneuve was superb.
Just watched Rushmore Blu. Very good, but I felt some of the cinematography was a bit too dark in spots. And there was some weird stretching in some scenes. Incredible film, though. Anyone else have issues with the above?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
There's some stretching in spots along the edges due to the lenses in that movie, IIRC. Is that what you meant?
At the beginning when the camera pans to the Rushmore sign, and I noticed it in a few other places. It seemed like the aspect ratios were a bit off. If that makes any sense.
Maklershed
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When you guys talk about The Game are you talking about the Michael Douglas movie?
Yeah, directed by David Fincher.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
After seeing the Girls trailer I really want to see Tiny Furniture now.
Maklershed
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Ah cool. That is one of my favorite movies.
I rarely turn a movie off early, but I did with that.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Harold And Maude?!?!?!
*dies*
*dies*
Easystride
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Getting Late Spring for sure. About time Ozu got a blu-ray release by Criterion.
killertofu
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FUCK YEAH HAROLD AND MAUDE