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BaronLundi · Feb 15, 2012

Everything I want is not shipped to my country.

Ridley327 · Feb 16, 2012

They threw up hints for Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy and Bergman's Summer Interlude. The full announcement should be coming shortly.

Ridley327 · Feb 16, 2012

And here they are:

The requisite Blu upgrade:

And finally, the new Eclipse set:

Risette · Feb 16, 2012

Wow those covers are terrible

Zia · Feb 16, 2012

Some very exciting announcements, as it's good to see they reconsidered Certified Copy, minor Bergman is still Bergman and La Haine is one of my favorite guilty pleasures, but Christ, those covers are amateurish.

Ridley327 · Feb 16, 2012

I like the concept behind the Being John Malkovich art, but the execution is sorely lacking.

The Certified Copy art is straight-up awful.

Ridley327 · Feb 16, 2012

icarus-daedelus said:
Certified Copy looks like a bad amateur photoshop job that you'd see on some fan-made fake Criterion cover site.

This won't make any sense unless you've ever hung around criterionforum.org, but it's like they hired swimminghorses to do it.

Risette · Feb 16, 2012

These are just the same fonts on top of a still from the movies. Seriously wtf.

sixteen-bit · Feb 16, 2012

You know, I've always wanted to see La Haine. Looking forward to the Blu release.

Sleepy · Feb 16, 2012

Check out the liner notes for Malkovitch:

PLUS: A booklet featuring a conversation between Jonze and pop-culture critic Perkus Tooth

Hilarious.

EDIT: How are those Bergman films. I absolutely loved The Seventh Seal. Puzzled where to turn next.

Ridley327 · Feb 16, 2012

You could take literally any frame out of Fantastic Planet and it would make for great box art. It may be animated like a 80s TV anime, but it's still incredible to look at.

Cosmic Bus · Feb 16, 2012

icarus-daedelus said:
Certified Copy looks like a bad amateur photoshop job that you'd see on some fan-made fake Criterion cover site.

It's barely an excuse, but the cover is just mimicking the book at the beginning of the movie.

swoon · Feb 17, 2012

Ridley327 said:
And finally, the new Eclipse set:

hurrah!

FnordChan · Feb 17, 2012

swoon said:
hurrah!

I'm totally stoked that Putney Swope is now part of the Criterion Collection. I encourage folks to dig the not safe for work but decidedly awesome trailer.

FnordChan

swoon · Feb 17, 2012

FnordChan said:
I'm totally stoked that Putney Swope is now part of the Criterion Collection. I encourage folks to dig the not safe for work but decidedly awesome trailer.

FnordChan

i'm kinda bummed because at ATP last year, criterion showed a bunch of their upcoming releases included putney swope with a q/a with robert downey sr afterwards - and he implied that they were also going to be releasing some of his commercials and the q/a would also be an extra making me think it was getting a full blu-ray release.

they also showed a non - dvd version of the film

fun fact: robert downey sr dubbed the voice for swope because the actor never learned his lines.

TheKaeptain · Feb 17, 2012

I've never seen anything from RDS.

swoon · Feb 17, 2012

i've only seen a couple of things, and a lot of his work is 60s experimental film stuff, but swope is worth tracking down. it's really great.

Cosmic Bus · Feb 17, 2012

I always confuse Robert Downey Sr. with Morton Downey Jr.

ThisWreckage · Feb 17, 2012

They have been giving Bergman a ton of love.

swoon · Feb 17, 2012

Cosmic Bus said:
I always confuse Robert Downey Sr. with Morton Downey Jr.

weirdest reference ever, maybe.

codhand · Feb 17, 2012

pizzaroll said:
Wow those covers are terrible

I hate to say it, but yeah. Usually I like them. Still not as bad as some arthouse covers like most of the BFI releases.

FnordChan · Feb 17, 2012

swoon said:
i'm kinda bummed because at ATP last year, criterion showed a bunch of their upcoming releases included putney swope with a q/a with robert downey sr afterwards - and he implied that they were also going to be releasing some of his commercials and the q/a would also be an extra making me think it was getting a full blu-ray release.

Shit, now I'm just going to be disappointed that we aren't getting a deluxe Blu-ray edition of Putney Swope.

fun fact: robert downey sr dubbed the voice for swope because the actor never learned his lines.

Robert Downey Sr. rules.

FnordChan

codhand · Feb 17, 2012

icarus-daedelus said:
I want that region B-locked (I think?) Fantastic Planet blu-ray soooo bad.

Yeah, totes locked.

BenjaminBirdie · Feb 17, 2012

WOW!! That RDS Eclipse set is a welcome surprise. PTAriffic!!

Jo Shishido's Cheeks · Feb 17, 2012

Ridley327 said:
This won't make any sense unless you've ever hung around criterionforum.org, but it's like they hired swimminghorses to do it.

At least swimminghorses had an ounce of style

These font choices are so fucking awful, it's like this months designers have intentionally tried to one-up The Great Dictator in horrible design

BenjaminBirdie · Feb 17, 2012

Jo Shishido's Cheeks said:
it's like this months designers have intentionally tried to one-up The Great Dictator in horrible design

Yeah, that Olly Moss is a total hack.

Jo Shishido's Cheeks · Feb 17, 2012

Since one bad piece of work makes one a hack?
To clarify, The Great Dictator can't possibly be bad simply because he has produced other, far greater work?
Is this actually what you're trying to say?

Ridley327 · Feb 17, 2012

Jo Shishido's Cheeks said:
Since one bad piece of work makes one a hack?
To clarify, The Great Dictator can't possibly be bad simply because he has produced other, far greater work?
Is this actually what you're trying to say?

It's Birdie.

Alucrid · Feb 18, 2012

I just watched La Jetee and Sans Soleil. I need to go sit down and think for a while now.

AlternativeUlster · Feb 18, 2012

Probably just that Robert Downey Sr. Eclipse set at some point for me with the others being rentals.

Maklershed · Feb 18, 2012

Alucrid said:
I just watched La Jetee and Sans Soleil. I need to go sit down and think for a while now.

I loved La Jetee. I still liked 12 Monkeys more but if I had watched La Jetee when it came out (or before 12 Monkeys) it would've blown my mind.

Alucrid · Feb 21, 2012

Has anyone's order shipped yet?

BenjaminBirdie · Feb 21, 2012

Alucrid said:
Has anyone's order shipped yet?

Mine shipped last week.

swoon · Feb 21, 2012

i got my missed delivery noticed yesterday.

Tralfamadore64 · Feb 21, 2012

Alucrid said:
I just watched La Jetee and Sans Soleil. I need to go sit down and think for a while now.

I definitely feel that I'm not smart enough to get these films. I need to give them another watch sometime.

Borgnine · Feb 21, 2012

Alucrid said:
Has anyone's order shipped yet?

Ordered Tuesday, shipped Wednesday, arrived Friday, watched Saturday. KY to CA.

Ridley327 · Feb 21, 2012

I got mine in on Saturday.

Nappuccino · Feb 21, 2012

Welp... guess I'm getting being John Malkovitch and La Haine.

I've wanted La Haine on bluray ever since I picked up the dvd.

see5harp · Feb 21, 2012

I want an upgrade of La Haine and don't find the art for Being John Malkovich that bad really. Still no word on my order from last week.

Tralfamadore64 · Feb 21, 2012

Am I the only one that really digs the Being John Malkovich art? It's a bit ugly, but artfully so.

BenjaminBirdie · Feb 21, 2012

Tralfamadore64 said:
Am I the only one that really digs the Being John Malkovich art? It's a bit ugly, but artfully so.

I don't hate it conceptually, but think the typography doesn't gel that well with the film. The original release used a ton of gorgeous, thin, serif typefaces to wonderful effect, IIRC.

ohhthegore · Feb 22, 2012

yesterday I finally got the movies from the V-Day sale but Anti-Christ came with a big ol crack in the case )-:<

Cosmic Bus · Feb 22, 2012

ohhthegore said:
yesterday I finally got the movies from the V-Day sale but Anti-Christ came with a big ol crack in the case )-:<

Send Jon Mulvaney an e-mail: mulvaney@criterion.com

They're always happy to replace damaged cases, missing inserts, and problem discs.

onlyindreams · Feb 22, 2012

So who picked up Fassbinder's WORLD ON A WIRE yesterday? Can't wait to see it for the first time this weekend.

Alucrid · Feb 22, 2012

onlyindreams said:
So who picked up Fassbinder's WORLD ON A WIRE yesterday? Can't wait to see it for the first time this weekend.

The ups guy left it sticking out of my mail slot....

dropped them an email about my order though since it seemed everyone else had theirs shipped

omgkitty · Feb 22, 2012

onlyindreams said:
So who picked up Fassbinder's WORLD ON A WIRE yesterday? Can't wait to see it for the first time this weekend.

I would have but the Vita has eaten into my extra money for now.

ohhthegore · Feb 22, 2012

Cosmic Bus said:
Send Jon Mulvaney an e-mail: mulvaney@criterion.com

They're always happy to replace damaged cases, missing inserts, and problem discs.

Good to hear, Ill email them later today

AlternativeUlster · Feb 22, 2012

The teaser pic in today's newsletter looks to be Hoop Dreams.

BenjaminBirdie · Feb 22, 2012

AlternativeUlster said:
The teaser pic in today's newsletter looks to be Hoop Dreams.

Or, if you dare to dream the dreams of dreamers (like moi) PLEASE BE HE GOT GAME.

BenjaminBirdie · Feb 22, 2012

Aw, man.

It's probably the Spalding Grey box set.

God damn it.

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