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Question: Is the version of In the Realm of the Senses on the Blu-Ray the original uncut version or is it the "Producer's Cut" that has a roughly five minutes of footage missing? Also, stop looking at me like that.
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Aug 19, 2009 05:53
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I'd really like to see Criterion start to branch out into niche genres instead of offering up an exhaustive collection of canonical directors' oeuvres.
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Aug 19, 2009 06:06
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Mike_V posted:I'd really like to see Criterion start to branch out into niche genres instead of offering up an exhaustive collection of canonical directors' oeuvres. After reading NE's post in What Movie Did You Last Watch? I was just thinking that The Street Fighter would be a great title for Criterion. On the one hand, they are probably the only DVD company that could get away with charging as much as they would have to in order to pay for the restoration. On the other, they don't have to pay for the rights, (and can secure the rights of their particular transfer,) so it wouldn't be too expensive either. And just as to pre-empt people who might counter your post, I don't think the token sci-fi/action/horror movies count as "branching out", especially since most of those are early spine numbers (and some are out of print).
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Aug 19, 2009 06:10
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STEVIE B 4EVA posted:And just as to pre-empt people who might counter your post, I don't think the token sci-fi/action/horror movies count as "branching out", especially since most of those are early spine numbers (and some are out of print). I still think that Criterion has a pretty good mix of stuff, but you do have a point. I'd really like to see Criterion release more wild and interesting stuff like Robinson Crusoe on Mars and Equinox. Also, how many genuine action flicks are there still left in the Criterion? Outside of the Michael Bay stuff, I can't think of much really.
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Aug 19, 2009 06:39
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Macrame_God posted:I still think that Criterion has a pretty good mix of stuff, but you do have a point. I'd really like to see Criterion release more wild and interesting stuff like Robinson Crusoe on Mars and Equinox. Also, how many genuine action flicks are there still left in the Criterion? Outside of the Michael Bay stuff, I can't think of much really. They had Robocop and Hard Boiled and The Killer.
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Aug 19, 2009 06:54
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Cacator posted:They had Robocop and Hard Boiled and The Killer. Yeah...had.
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Aug 19, 2009 07:28
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Macrame_God posted:Question: Is the version of In the Realm of the Senses on the Blu-Ray the original uncut version or is it the "Producer's Cut" that has a roughly five minutes of footage missing? I'm pretty sure it is the original uncut version.
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Aug 19, 2009 15:30
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Criterion is screening a number of films at the "ATP" (All Tomorrow's Parties) event in New York. Among them are Hunger (Steve McQueen), House (Hausu), Mystery Train and Paris, Texas. All of these except Hunger have been rumored to enter the collection, but this would appear to be additional confirmation.
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Aug 20, 2009 15:38
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FitFortDanga posted:Criterion is screening a number of films at the "ATP" (All Tomorrow's Parties) event in New York. Among them are Hunger (Steve McQueen), House (Hausu), Mystery Train and Paris, Texas. All of these except Hunger have been rumored to enter the collection, but this would appear to be additional confirmation. Keeping in mind, of course, that last year they screened 1991: The Year Punk Broke and then did not release it.
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Aug 20, 2009 16:03
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FitFortDanga posted:Criterion is screening a number of films at the "ATP" (All Tomorrow's Parties) event in New York. Among them are Hunger (Steve McQueen), House (Hausu), Mystery Train and Paris, Texas. All of these except Hunger have been rumored to enter the collection, but this would appear to be additional confirmation.  The one film on the list I would most want to get a Criterion release is the one that doesn't have any rumors.
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Aug 20, 2009 17:45
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I'm just glad someone is bringing Hunger to America. I've been dying to see it.
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Aug 20, 2009 17:52
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STEVIE B 4EVA posted:Keeping in mind, of course, that last year they screened 1991: The Year Punk Broke and then did not release it. Just because they didn't release it doesn't mean that they won't. At ATP I watched their hi-def transfers of a few movies that aren't on the current Blu-Ray schedule.
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Aug 21, 2009 00:43
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chime_on posted:Just because they didn't release it doesn't mean that they won't. At ATP I watched their hi-def transfers of a few movies that aren't on the current Blu-Ray schedule. Admittedly 1991 may be a special case because of potentially prohibitively expensive music rights, but Dave Markey has basically indicated that, for the moment, it is not under consideration for a Criterion release. I would be very, very happy to be wrong though! e: typo STEVIE B 4EVA fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Aug 21, 2009 |
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Aug 21, 2009 04:47
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The Lucas posted:I'm just glad someone is bringing Hunger to America. I've been dying to see it. Hunger has been to America. It came to my mid-sized college town several months ago.
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Aug 21, 2009 05:33
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Mike_V posted:Hunger has been to America. It came to my mid-sized college town several months ago. On DVD. 
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Aug 21, 2009 16:29
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Got Playtime today... I'm watching the whole film tomorrow, but from a little skimming, this looks fantastic. Still not the big screen experience Tati intended, but it's like looking into a window.
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Aug 22, 2009 04:15
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Egbert Souse posted:Got Playtime today... I'm watching the whole film tomorrow, but from a little skimming, this looks fantastic. Still not the big screen experience Tati intended, but it's like looking into a window. I picked this up today as well. I'm watching it projected through a Sony 4k at a local theatre on Wednesday night, I'm super excited. I'm really curious to see how blu-ray holds up on a screen that big. I skimmed a bit as well and was equally impressed, although I do have to say that I wish they had made the transfer from 65mm elements instead of 35mm though.
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Aug 22, 2009 05:26
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My Play Time (and Kagemusha) arrived yesterday, gonna dig into it now.
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Aug 22, 2009 05:47
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zeroordie posted:I picked this up today as well. I'm watching it projected through a Sony 4k at a local theatre on Wednesday night, I'm super excited. I'm really curious to see how blu-ray holds up on a screen that big. At 1080p, it would barely make any difference. That's why WB opted the same for 2001 since a proper 35mm reduction will retain the detail that will show up in a 1080p. It was specially made for transfer anyways.
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Aug 22, 2009 13:08
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I was in the mood for watching something fun so I blind bought The Thief of Bagdad and I don’t regret it. I’m shocked that there isn’t more fanfare for this movie in this thread. When it was first announced earlier in this thread it came and went without so much as a peep from anyone. Personally, I love these classic big production movies. I love everything about them. I love how they’re shot. I love how they’re scored. I love the sets. I love the costumes. I love the primitive visual effects. I especially love the vivid Technicolor which makes everything look like they’ve been colored in with crayons. It’s a delightful adventure picture. Also, it has a commentary track with both Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese. How could anyone say no? On an unrelated topic, how come Criterion never issued a rerelease of Michael Bay’s Armageddon. We all know Armageddon pulls in mad bank for them so why not spruce it up with a release, especially now that Blu-Ray is the big thing?
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Aug 23, 2009 07:49
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Macrame_God posted:I was in the mood for watching something fun so I blind bought The Thief of Bagdad and I don’t regret it. I’m shocked that there isn’t more fanfare for this movie in this thread. When it was first announced earlier in this thread it came and went without so much as a peep from anyone. Personally, I love these classic big production movies. I love everything about them. I love how they’re shot. I love how they’re scored. I love the sets. I love the costumes. I love the primitive visual effects. I especially love the vivid Technicolor which makes everything look like they’ve been colored in with crayons. It’s a delightful adventure picture. Also, it has a commentary track with both Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese. How could anyone say no? It's a fun (and beautiful) film, but I think Conrad Veidt is rather weak in it. Macrame_God posted:On an unrelated topic, how come Criterion never issued a rerelease of Michael Bay’s Armageddon. We all know Armageddon pulls in mad bank for them so why not spruce it up with a release, especially now that Blu-Ray is the big thing? They probably don't have the Blu-Ray rights.
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Aug 23, 2009 08:02
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FitFortDanga posted:It's a fun (and beautiful) film, but I think Conrad Veidt is rather weak in it. I think he does a wonderful job, but it's Sabu who steals the show. FitFortDanga posted:They probably don't have the Blu-Ray rights. Point taken.
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Aug 23, 2009 08:15
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As far as Armageddon goes, they didn't even get the rights to do a re-issue with an anamorphic transfer. I doubt we'll see a BluRay. However they did get a lot of bounce with "normal" or mainstream movie watchers: for a while FX's "DVD on TV" presentations for the movie used a liberal helping of the Criterion's features and deleted scenes (IIRC, anyway). I'd actually like to see Criterion do a release of Bay's Transformers, but I know that's wishful thinking 
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Aug 23, 2009 18:53
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http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2009/08/exclusive-criterion-collection-unveils.html The Playlist got a ton of information from Jonathan Turell concerning upcoming releases. Here's the short list: - Stagecoach is coming in December and is sourced from the UCLA restoration - The French Lieutenant's Woman coming in 2010 (licensed from MGM) - Criterion is working on securing video rights for the Chaplin films - Akira Kurosawa 25-film box set coming in 2010 - Revanche is an early 2010 release - Von Sternberg silents "probably" in 2010 - No plans for Scorsese's short films - IFCFilms has a 12-film deal with Criterion (with Che, A Christmas Tale, and Gomorrah included) - Ang Lee's Ride with the Devil director's cut coming in May 2010 Now that Stagecoach is finally confirmed, I really hope they don't pull a Z and make it DVD-only. edit: Also, Downhill Racer is Paramount, not Warner. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Aug 26, 2009 |
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Aug 26, 2009 03:16
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quote:Antichrist will probably not be one of them Aww dammit.
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Aug 26, 2009 03:34
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Egbert Souse posted:- Akira Kurosawa 25-film box set coming in 2010 Considering that Criterion has previously released (by my count) 21 Kurosawas, this means 4 will be new. If they don't release the new titles separately, or offer the entire box in Blu-Ray, I'm going to be loving annoyed as hell. The rest of the list is either not really news or doesn't excite me. I liked Revanche but I wouldn't buy it.
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Aug 26, 2009 05:17
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Does this mean that Ran will be coming back into print? If they come out with a new edition I'm going to feel like a real idiot for picking up the old version a few weeks ago during that sale.
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Aug 26, 2009 05:35
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BrandoButter posted:Does this mean that Ran will be coming back into print? If they come out with a new edition I'm going to feel like a real idiot for picking up the old version a few weeks ago during that sale. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say no Ran. Which leaves five open slots. That would probably be either: Sugata Sanshiro Sugata Sanshiro II The Most Beautiful The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail Those Who Make Tomorrow or... Dreams The Quiet Duel Rhapsody in August Madadayo Dersu Uzula I know most people would prefer the latter, but I'd like it to be those first five. They're the only ones I've never seen, and they'd make a nice Eclipse set. I'm not terribly fond of any of those other five (and I already own them all except Dersu).
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Aug 26, 2009 05:43
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Egbert Souse posted:Now that Stagecoach is finally confirmed, I really hope they don't pull a Z and make it DVD-only. It's Stagecoach. They'd be fools to do that.
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Aug 26, 2009 05:58
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Macrame_God posted:It's Stagecoach. They'd be fools to do that. A better way to look at it would be to say that if they don't put out a Blu-Ray, that's a really strong indicator of how well classic film is doing on Blu-Ray.
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Aug 26, 2009 06:00
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Beaver on The Human Condition I can't wait to curl up with this and a jumbo-sized bottle of Prozac
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Aug 26, 2009 15:47
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Egbert Souse posted:- Akira Kurosawa 25-film box set coming in 2010 I would be excited for this if they were all Blu-ray, which I don't see happening. Also, wouldn't a 25-film box set from Criterion cost like $800?
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Aug 26, 2009 18:10
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Well, Japan is getting a lot of BluRays soon. All of Criterion's main line releases utilized HD transfers (with Seven Samurai being 2K). Plus, Rashomon now has a 4K restoration available. ITV is releasing BluRays of The 39 Steps, Henry V, and Hamlet in October, so there's more possible remasters Criterion can release. I recall The 39 Steps not looking "great" at least in comparison to The Lady Vanishes.
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Aug 26, 2009 19:01
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Egbert Souse posted:ITV is releasing BluRays of The 39 Steps, Henry V, and Hamlet in October, so there's more possible remasters Criterion can release. I recall The 39 Steps not looking "great" at least in comparison to The Lady Vanishes. I doubt they'd do that so soon after putting The 39 Steps out as an Essential Arthouse title (Sep 9 or something).
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Aug 26, 2009 19:05
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STEVIE B 4EVA posted:I doubt they'd do that so soon after putting The 39 Steps out as an Essential Arthouse title (Sep 9 or something). For BluRay. Although, it seems that all their BluRays so far are identical to the DVD editions.
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Aug 26, 2009 19:11
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I knew there was a reason I never bought any Kurosawa's. This 25 film set could be a really great deal for someone like me.
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Aug 26, 2009 19:15
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McNutty posted:I knew there was a reason I never bought any Kurosawa's. This 25 film set could be a really great deal for someone like me. It's a slap in the face to the Kurosawa fans who have actually purchased the DVDs as they came out if they end up including something that is only in the set. I don't mind that I paid more... I can live with that, but if they include extra movies that they wont' release separate (I doubt it) or something else (like a book) I'd be pissed.
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Aug 27, 2009 03:35
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zandert33 posted:It's a slap in the face to the Kurosawa fans who have actually purchased the DVDs as they came out if they end up including something that is only in the set. I don't mind that I paid more... I can live with that, but if they include extra movies that they wont' release separate (I doubt it) or something else (like a book) I'd be pissed. They might do what they did with the Cassavetes set, releasing some of the individual films at a future date.
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Aug 27, 2009 04:11
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BrandoButter posted:They might do what they did with the Cassavetes set, releasing some of the individual films at a future date. That's still a slap in the face. This set is going to cost a pretty penny, nobody but the craziest Kurosawa freak is going to rebuy the movies they already own (especially if they own most of them) just to get a couple of unreleased movies. Criterion better do right by us, and release any extra films the same time they release the box.
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A few Criterions I ordered came in the mail today. I can't believe I hadn't noticed yet, but neither of the Micahel Bay Criteirons (Armageddon and The Rock) feature the director's name on the cover. I wonder why. Also, I was pretty amused at the disclaimer on the cover for The Blob as well: The filmmakers disclaim any and all responsibility from heart attacks, fainting, or other damage to the nerves as a result of watching THE BLOB. 
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