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B&N is splitting stuff a lot... I got Make Way For Tomorrow and My Dinner with Andre today, but The Red Shoes and Black Narcissus (both Blu) aren't until Monday.Captain Charisma posted:Might be required by the studio or something Probably is... but it's justified. Kirk Douglas produced and starred. If anyone deserves to have their name next to Kubrick's, it's him.
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After a year of holding out for a Blu-Ray announcement, I finally ordered Juliet of the Spirits. So expect Criterion to announce the Blu-Ray next month. I also got Blast of Silence. I wanted Elevator to the Gallows, but it's sold out on the website. Maybe I'll take a trip to the mall to pick it up. But there are so many other titles I almost-kinda-sorta want, I'm afraid if they were staring me in the face I'd just go nuts.
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Jul 27, 2010 19:36
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FitFortDanga posted:But there are so many other titles I almost-kinda-sorta want, I'm afraid if they were staring me in the face I'd just go nuts. You would, that's why there can't be a Criterion Store. It'd be like something out of Lovecraft. People would be carried out, clawing at their eyes, screaming: "I NEED THEM! ALL OF THEM!"
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Guys help... I want to take advantage of the 50% off sale one last time... but I'm tight on money, here's what I'm choosing from(all blu): -Bottle Rocket -By Brakhage -Gomorrah -M -Stagecoach -Wings of Desire I'm aware that the 50% off sale benefits me the most in terms of getting By Brakhage but apart from Gomorrah it's the blindest-buy I have on the list. I mean I'm aware of what it is but not at all of what's in store when I watch it. What would you guys recommend as the one I pick up?
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Jul 28, 2010 06:55
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Get Brakhage because Brakhage owns and if you don't like it there aren't as many in the secondary market as the others so you can have a good asking price for resale
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Jul 28, 2010 06:59
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I agree. If you love avant garde then there's no reason to pass up on the Brakhage Blu-Ray. It's an amazing collection. If not, then I'd suggest maybe getting M.
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The specs for Thin Red Line have been updated. Criterion posted:•New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Terrence Malick and cinematographer John Toll (with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) * Ben Chaplin interview is gone * Outtakes specified at 13 minutes * "Melanesian chants" added
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Jul 28, 2010 17:24
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LightsGameraAction posted:Guys help... I agree with the other two posters. By Brakhage is the nicest blu-ray set I own, easily.
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Jul 28, 2010 19:58
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Please make sure you get The Red Shoes and Black Narcissus, too. I can't recommend them enough, between the films themselves and the near-perfect remasters.
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Somebody give me a good sampling of Brakhage's work to check out on youtube or something that'll give me an idea of what I'm getting into, because I'm having a hard time convincing myself not to bite the bullet for the price (like $31 after every discount) as well.
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OK, here's a handful. Some of these I like, some I hate but they should give a decent representation of what the first anthology is like. Window Water Baby Moving Mothlight Night Music Glaze of Cathexis Water For Maya Crack Glass Eulogy The Dead
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:OK, here's a handful. Some of these I like, some I hate but they should give a decent representation of what the first anthology is like. What? No Dog Star Man? Shameful. 
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Jul 29, 2010 08:33
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Dog Star Man is over an hour long and thus hard to find on youtube. And to be honest, my favorite really long Brakhage film is 23rd Psalm Branch. I think Dog Star Man kind of pales in comparison.
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So here's what I ended up picking up with this sale: The Exterminating Angel Night and Fog Fanny and Alexander Le Samourai Have seen none of these.
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caiman posted:So here's what I ended up picking up with this sale: All excellent choices but I'm not sure how many viewings you'll get out of Night and Fog, what with all the death and all.
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Cacator posted:All excellent choices but I'm not sure how many viewings you'll get out of Night and Fog, what with all the death and all. I know, I've thought about buying it like 5 times during this sale. "It's so good, and so reasonably priced... but....  "
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Jul 30, 2010 01:21
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Night and Fog, after discounts, would cost me like $5. I should probably pick it up in that case. I'm way overdue for more Resnais, I loving love Last Year at Marienbad.
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Aaaahhhh. My sale haul cost more than I'd have liked. Erk. Blus: The Wages of Fear The Red Shoes DVDs: Fanny and Alexander The Element of Crime Bicycle Thieves Amarcord Brand Upon the Brain! My Dinner with Andre Then I also recently bought Trafic off of eBay and got it for less than half of retail. 
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azechiel posted:DVDs: This will probably come out on Blu within the next year.
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FitFortDanga posted:This will probably come out on Blu within the next year. Dammit to hell.
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But it's okay because Fanny And Alexander is really good anyways.
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Let's not undersell things here.
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Okay, it's one of the finest motion pictures ever made.
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caiman posted:So here's what I ended up picking up with this sale: Le Samourai is going to ruin a lot of gangster/crime movies for you. "This would've been better if it were more like Le Samourai" you will think, mentally inserting Jef Costello into other movies, desperately hoping for some sort of semi-sequel or crossover. But it'll never come. Night and Fog will suck your soul out through your eyes, a unique enough sensation that you might enjoy it every couple years like I do.  
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FitFortDanga posted:This will probably come out on Blu within the next year. Well poo poo on a shitstick.
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Criminal Minded posted:Night and Fog, after discounts, would cost me like $5. I should probably pick it up in that case. I'm way overdue for more Resnais, I loving love Last Year at Marienbad. Have you seen Hiroshima Mon Amour? I don't see it talked about a lot, and I'm surprised no one's already mentioned it. I think it's his best film of the...two I've seen, haha. I personally preferred it over Marienbad, but Marienbad is still amazing, of course. And it's been a long time since I've seen Sansho The Bailiff, but I've rewatched Ugetsu quite a bit lately and it's really growing on me, and I'm starting to appreciate it more. I don't remember a whole lot about Sansho - is it worth getting during the sale? It'd basically be a blind buy.
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Jack Does Jihad posted:Have you seen Hiroshima Mon Amour? I don't see it talked about a lot, and I'm surprised no one's already mentioned it. I think it's his best film of the...two I've seen, haha. I personally preferred it over Marienbad, but Marienbad is still amazing, of course. I just watched Hiroshima and I've seen the Marienbad and Night and Fog, and I agree that Hiroshima is my favorite thing of his I've seen, easily.
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Jack Does Jihad posted:And it's been a long time since I've seen Sansho The Bailiff, but I've rewatched Ugetsu quite a bit lately and it's really growing on me, and I'm starting to appreciate it more. I don't remember a whole lot about Sansho - is it worth getting during the sale? Yes.
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Space Fish posted:Night and Fog will suck your soul out through your eyes, a unique enough sensation that you might enjoy it every couple years like I do. I saw Night and Fog for the first time back in college during an Introduction to Cinema course. Even today, with all the things we know about what happened during the Holocaust, it's still an incredibly powerful film. I still don't see myself going out of my way to watch it again any time soon.
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If you buy the Yojimbo/Sanjuro blu double feature, it's five dollars cheaper than separate on BN.
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Goddamnit, I knew I shouldn't have stopped by B&N again before the end of the sale. Just picked up: Days of Heaven (Blu) Black Narcissus (Blu) The 400 Blows Shoot the Piano Player (DVD) Band of Outsiders (DVD) azechiel fucked around with this message at 06:45 on Aug 3, 2010 |
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Yeah, I decided to take one last crack at the sale via the website last night. Just about thirty minutes till midnight EST, too. Picked up: Black Narcissus BRD The Red Shoes BRD Summer Hours BRD I think the only blind in there is Black Narcissus, but I liked the style of Powell and Pressburger in the Red Shoes. So I'm sure I'll enjoy it.
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Yeah, I gave in with a trio of Blu upgrades (8 1/2, M, and Stagecoach) plus the Yojimbo/Sanjuro set around 11:45. It's a bit frustrating since there's a ton of other titles I'd like, but too many of them are obvious or slated for Blu editions like Mr. Hulot's Holiday and Wild Strawberries. I feel a bit guilty for having seen only two Bergmans and not even one Ozu, but I guess that's what Netflix is for. On that note, what's a good starting point for Ozu? Tokyo Story? Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Aug 3, 2010 |
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I've only seen Tokyo Story and Late Spring (both available on Netflix streaming) but I liked both a lot. From what my Ozu-crazy friend tells me you can pretty much dive in anywhere. I was tempted to pick up the Late Ozu set but held off. I may rent some of the films in that set soon.
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Egbert Souse posted:I feel a bit guilty for having seen only two Bergmans What? Seriously? You, of all people, have only seen two Bergman films?
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Magic Hate Ball posted:What? Seriously? You, of all people, have only seen two Bergman films? Why does this surprise you? I don't think he watches many foreign films period. As for Ozu, yeah pretty much anywhere's a good place to start.
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Don't start with Good Morning, though. Or the silent Eclipse series. I recommend Early Summer.
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I went back one more time and grabbed some more. My entire haul over the duration of the sale: The Red Shoes [bd] Yojimbo & Sanjuro [bd] 8 1/2 [bd] Man Bites Dog [dvd] Ugetsu [dvd] The Last Emperor [bd] Howard's Emd [bd] Paris, Texas [bd] Eclipse 13: Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women Eclipse 19: Chantal Akerman In the Seventies Eclipse 21: Oshima's Outlaw Sixties
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Egbert Souse posted:On that note, what's a good starting point for Ozu? Tokyo Story?
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