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It's most likely Berlin Alexanderplatz.
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Barnes & Noble is having a buy two, get one free DVD sale. For the most part it's not worth it because their prices are so high, but it's not a bad deal for Criterions, especially if you have a B&N membership (or know someone who does). EDIT: e.g. Three of the $39.99 retail price Criterions for $71.98+tax total, or $64.78+tax if you have a membership. STEVIE B 4EVA fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Jun 1, 2007 |
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Those of you who don't like that they're releasing already released movies will probably not be glad to hear that the latest newsletter hints at another rerelease: Days of Heaven.
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# ? Jun 7, 2007 02:13 |
Peaceful Anarchy posted:Those of you who don't like that they're releasing already released movies will probably not be glad to hear that the latest newsletter hints at another rerelease: Days of Heaven. Well, Paramount's DVD was released way back in 1999, so it's not that big of a deal. edit: n/m I misread it thinking it was about Pi instead of The Fountain. Og Oggilby fucked around with this message at 06:04 on Jun 7, 2007 |
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# ? Jun 7, 2007 02:33 |
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Og Oggilby posted:Also, CriterionDVD's forum has a blurb from Darren Aronofsky about wanting a Criterion edition of Pi, but not in the cards yet. That doesn't make any sense to me, the current DVD is pretty feature packed and the movie really wouldn't benefit from a better transfer. I also think it's a terrible movie, but that's beside the point. Edit: did you mean for The Fountain?
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# ? Jun 7, 2007 02:45 |
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:That doesn't make any sense to me, the current DVD is pretty feature packed and the movie really wouldn't benefit from a better transfer. I also think it's a terrible movie, but that's beside the point. Looks like he meant The Fountain. http://www.criterionforum.com/index.php?showtopic=2529 Here's the blog in question: quote:so the dvd came out.
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# ? Jun 7, 2007 02:51 |
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According to the latest Criterion blog, G.W. Pabst's Threepenny Opera will be #405.
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# ? Jun 13, 2007 16:37 |
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I didn't see this mentioned here (maybe I missed it?) but just in case: Both deepdiscount.com and dvdplanet.com are currently doing 20% off sales. They both end on the 17th I believe. If you use DVDPlanet for Criterion/Eclipse stuff, then the pricing structure becomes: $29.99 titles: $15.58 $39.99 titles: $20.78 $49.99 titles: $25.98 $99.99 titles: $51.97 If you're interested in it, the new Eclipse set "Late Ozu" is going for $36.38 shipped. For DVDPlanet enter the reusable code: "20OFFSALE" at the checkout screen to get the discount; at DeepDiscount enter the code "dvdtalk", or "supersale", or "nytimes". I ordered way, way, way too much stuff.
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# ? Jun 13, 2007 18:59 |
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These loving sales always bring out the most indecisiveness in me. I have the old Third Man, is the new one worth getting on extras alone? I didn't buy the reissue of Brazil because everything except the packaging and transfer were the same as the old one. Or should I buy The Battle of Algiers? I loved the movie but 3 discs seems a bit excessive (unlike Brazil which had a separate cut of the film).
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# ? Jun 15, 2007 07:44 |
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I'd just like to mention that, holy poo poo, Short Cuts comes with a loving book.
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# ? Jun 15, 2007 07:57 |
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FitFortDanga posted:#402 - The Milky Way They've tacked on another feature: * Luis Bunuel: Atheist Thanks to God, a documentary featuring several of Bunuel's close friends and collaborators This will make a rental worthwhile, at least.
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# ? Jun 15, 2007 19:47 |
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New criterions coming, including the revalation of what 400 will be: 400: 401: 404: 405: 406: Peaceful Anarchy fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Jun 15, 2007 |
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:406: That was unexpected.
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# ? Jun 15, 2007 20:30 |
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Criminal Minded posted:
No kidding. Looking through IMDB I'm assuming it's this, but there's not really enough there to see why they chose it.
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# ? Jun 15, 2007 21:00 |
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Does anybody know if Criterion is planning on releasing anymore Mikio Naruse movies? I love "When a Woman Ascends the Stairs", and would love to see some more releases. I'm aware of the UK boxset release, but it really is a little too expensive, especially if Criterion has them waiting in the wings.
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# ? Jun 15, 2007 21:04 |
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Nothing too thrilling for me. I was really underwhelmed by Strangers in Paradise, but it's been about 7 years so maybe I'd benefit from a revisit. Robinson Crusoe on Mars might be fun. I didn't think Pandora's Box was especially noteworthy, might not even bother renting Threepenny Opera.Peaceful Anarchy posted:No kidding. Looking through IMDB I'm assuming it's this, but there's not really enough there to see why they chose it. The Martha Graham set includes the following: A Dancer's World Appalachian Spring http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478971/ Night Journey http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422824/ Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed zandert33 posted:Does anybody know if Criterion is planning on releasing anymore Mikio Naruse movies? I love "When a Woman Ascends the Stairs", and would love to see some more releases. I'm aware of the UK boxset release, but it really is a little too expensive, especially if Criterion has them waiting in the wings. I'm sure they will eventually.
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# ? Jun 15, 2007 21:22 |
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Hm. Don't really care about any of those releases enough to buy them, but I'll definitely give the Jarmusch films a rental. I'll probably look at the dance DVDs just for the hell of it.
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# ? Jun 16, 2007 03:05 |
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Wow, wow. Being a Jarmusch fan, I was already looking forward to Night on Earth. Seeing Stranger than Paradise being released too is just way awesome. Oh and Permanent Vacation (1980, 75 minutes), Jarmusch's first full-length feature, presented in a new, restored high-definition digital transfer supervised by the director At last! bmmello fucked around with this message at 03:16 on Jun 16, 2007 |
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FitFortDanga posted:Nothing too thrilling for me. I was really underwhelmed by Strangers in Paradise, but it's been about 7 years so maybe I'd benefit from a revisit. Robinson Crusoe on Mars might be fun. I didn't think Pandora's Box was especially noteworthy, might not even bother renting Threepenny Opera. Threepenny Opera is actually the one I'm most interested in, nothing else really caught my eye, though I haven't seen any Jarmusch so maybe if I had I'd be more jazzed up for him. I'll definitely give Robinson Crusoe on Mars a look as well. This is a pretty underwhelming month compared to most of the year, I was really hoping for Under the Volcano.
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# ? Jun 16, 2007 05:40 |
They have full specs and covers up (except for the Martha Graham DVD) #400 - Stranger Than Paradise
The new transfer was made 2K from the original camera negative, too. #401 - Night on Earth
#402 - Robinson Crusoe on Mars
#405 - The Threepenny Opera
It's properly 1.20:1, too.
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# ? Jun 16, 2007 05:40 |
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Whoo@the Jarmusch transfers. On a less-happy note, If... comes out Tuesday and I'm more or less out of money until at least mid-July
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# ? Jun 16, 2007 05:57 |
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I'm making GBS threads myself over Threepenny Opera. I don't think the cover art could be any better, either. I love you, Criterion. I'm getting If... in from Netflix next week. I saw it on VHS a few months ago, but I can't wait to hear the commentary. I can only hope that it turns out to be as interesting as I imagine.
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# ? Jun 16, 2007 06:08 |
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I'm so very happy at Night on Earth finally becomming available in the US. The film is fantastic, and Jarmusch's Q'n'As are pretty fantastic. I wish he would do commentaries, but I know that will never happen With Permanent Vacation, now the Jarmusch collection can be complete (tossing out Year of the Horse, because that's just lame)
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# ? Jun 16, 2007 09:12 |
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Black Trombone posted:I'm making GBS threads myself over Threepenny Opera. I don't think the cover art could be any better, either. I love you, Criterion. Agreed about Threepenny Opera. I've been wanting to see it for a while now. Great cover too, especially after seeing some of their other recent (non-Kurosawa-related) ones. If... is another one that I've been interested in. I had actually never heard of it until someone pointed out that a Super Famicom game I like totally rips off the "if..." red font for its subtitle due to its premise. I didn't even know the movie existed until about a year ago. Every description I read of the movie makes me want to see it.
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# ? Jun 17, 2007 07:52 |
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Why is Armageddon in the Criterion collectioin?
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# ? Jun 18, 2007 15:45 |
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Mu Zeta posted:Why is Armageddon in the Criterion collectioin? 1) It generates revenue to help fund lower-profile releases. 2) It's an excellent representative of the mega-budget summer blockbuster, a perfectly valid segment of the world of cinema.
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# ? Jun 18, 2007 16:09 |
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Rumor has it that Criterion is working on Two-Lane Blacktop. Hopefully they're port over the extras from the Anchor Bay release.
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# ? Jun 20, 2007 16:34 |
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Og Oggilby posted:#401 - Night on Earth THANK YOU CRITERION OH THANK YOU THANK YOU I must have watched "RC on M" a million times as a kid. Haven't seen it for like 20 years, I can't wait. Top of the Netflix queue ASAP. I've been searching everywhere for a R1 DVD of Night on Earth, that one's getting bought for sure along with the Criterion House of Games. What great news about these films, this made my whole day.
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# ? Jun 21, 2007 00:37 |
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Peter Cowie confirms that The Magician is coming in 2008. Good news for us Bergman fans, it's one of the few "major" films of his that hasn't been released in R1 yet. It's a great movie, not one of my very favorites, but it's really interesting to consider in context. It comes between Seventh Seal/Wild Strawberries and the "faith trilogy", and you can see all the different elements from those works blending together.
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# ? Jun 21, 2007 18:43 |
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Are they planning to release the two sequels to If one day? After having seen If I'm curious about O Lucky Man.
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# ? Jun 22, 2007 08:51 |
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Hell yes, I am so picking up the Robinson Crusoe. That movie is pretty drat great for 70s scifi, and seldom recognized for it.
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# ? Jun 22, 2007 10:44 |
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:Hell yes, I am so picking up the Robinson Crusoe. It's from 1964. Here's the Martha Graham cover:
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# ? Jun 22, 2007 14:46 |
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Well that would certainly explain why it's not recognized as 70s cinema. I coulda sworn that thing was from '71. I must've gotten it confused with something else. All the more reason to pick up the Criterion and get the story straight. :P
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# ? Jun 22, 2007 15:24 |
Dabodach posted:Are they planning to release the two sequels to If one day? After having seen If I'm curious about O Lucky Man. O Lucky Man is owned by Warner Bros and they don't have a partnership with Criterion. However, they're supposed to release their DVD by the end of the year, complete with a Malcolm McDowell commentary. Britannia Hospital is owned by StudioCanal and the current DVD is from Anchor Bay.
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# ? Jun 22, 2007 17:57 |
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Holy poo poo, you guys. Stranger than Paradise is my favorite Jarmusch film. This is awesome.
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Og Oggilby posted:Apparently this is a reference to Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop. "The Driver and The Mechanic are two car freaks driving a 1955 Chevy throughout the southwestern U.S. looking for other cars to race. They are totally dedicated to The Car and converse with each other only when necessary. At a gas station, The Driver and The Mechanic, along with a girl who has ingratiated herself into their world, meet G.T.O., a middle-aged man who fabricates stories about his exploits. It is decided to have a race to Washington, D.C., where the winner will get the loser's car. Along the way, the race and the highway metaphorically depict the lives of these contestants as they struggle to their destination." Looks a bit offbeat, interesting anyway.
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Criminal Minded posted:Apparently this is a reference to Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop.
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# ? Jul 13, 2007 07:16 |
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YES! Two-Lane Blacktop has been having a revival of sorts. We had our hands on a print a couple of weeks ago that was so new that it still had the heads and tails on it. The film is fantastic and I'm glad to see Criterion paying some attention to it.
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NeuroticErotica posted:YES! Just from looking at the movie's IMDb page and poster, I figured you'd be jazzed for this - depending on how much you liked the movie, that is, I certainly assumed you'd seen it.
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