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Macrame_God posted:. . .but there is no way I can, in good [conscience], recommend the film Salo to anyone. As Post-It notes around the Criterion offices during the restoration of the film aptly pointed out: "It's just chocolate pudding."
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postmodifier posted:As Post-It notes around the Criterion offices during the restoration of the film aptly pointed out: The crazy thing about Salo is that the violence, feces and various other effects in the film (the fake penises that the soldiers wear during the film's notorious final scene for example) are all rather fake looking. It kind of reminds me of the stuff Troma uses in their pictures. Still, it's effective because of how everything is filmed and presented. At least that's how I remember it. I'm not exactly eager to go back and check. And thanks for correcting my  . I'm normally better about those sorts of things.
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A Jonathan Demme picture is coming to Criterion. Any ideas?
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bmmello posted:A Jonathan Demme picture is coming to Criterion. It's Something Wild, they all but confirmed it a while ago.
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The Lucas posted:It's Something Wild, they all but confirmed it a while ago. I was hoping for Caged Heat 
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Antichrist is some mad, beautiful poo poo. (Chaos Reigns!)
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Smoove J posted:Antichrist is some mad, beautiful poo poo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax4NDN8dqo4
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JohnWilkesGoonth posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax4NDN8dqo4 Yeesh. I don't know if I could watch Antichrist with an audience like that (or maybe that's the only kind of audience you can watch a movie like that with.)
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Feb 10, 2011 06:56
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A mild Criterion sale over at Amazon.
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Criterion.com is liquidating the old, now-OOP print of Solaris for 65% off...quote:We will be announcing new Blu-ray and DVD editions of Solaris as part of our May lineup. We now know that the black-and-white scenes in the film were meant to be tinted blue, and we have updated the feature accordingly. The supplements from the original DVD will not change. http://www.criterion.com/films/553-...erm=Buy+the+DVD
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Criterion's selling their Solaris 65% off DVD in preparation for the DVD/Blu in May:Criterion posted:We will be announcing new Blu-ray and DVD editions of Solaris as part of our May lineup. We now know that the black-and-white scenes in the film were meant to be tinted blue, and we have updated the feature accordingly. The supplements from the original DVD will not change. edit: crap
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Feb 11, 2011 21:28
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Fantastic! Solaris was one of my most anticipated Blus from Criterion this year. Can't wait until May.
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FitFortDanga posted:A mild Criterion sale over at Amazon. Thanks -- just picked up Black Narcissus.
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May's titles have been announced! Diabolique - Henri-Georges Clouzot Solaris - Andrei Tarkovsky Smiles of a Summer Night - Ingmar Bergman Fat Girl - Catherine Breillat Something Wild - Jonathan Demme Pale Flower - Masahiro Shinoda The Great Dictator - Charlie Chaplin All on blu.
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Finally. Fat Girl on blu-ray. Thank god. With a bit more seriousness, I'm happy about Great Dictator, and I always liked that image they picked for the cover.
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Feb 14, 2011 19:00
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The new cover for Diabolique is great. Solaris ... not so much.
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Nroo posted:Solaris ... not so much. Seriously, what the hell is up with that cover?
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zenintrude posted:Seriously, what the hell is up with that cover? Link?
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morestuff posted:Link? http://www.criterion.com/films/553-solaris
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Nroo posted:The new cover for Diabolique is great. I know I'm in the minority here, but I didn't really mind the original cover to Solaris. I'm not so sure about the new one though. I'm glad they didn't change Fear and Loathing though. I really like that cover. Also, I'm really on the fence about the cover for The Great Dictator. All that red is really offensive to the eyes.
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Macrame_God posted:I know I'm in the minority here, but I didn't really mind the original cover to Solaris. It's a hundred times better than the new design.
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Info Rereleases: #35 - Diabolique (May 17)  New digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) Selected-scene commentary by French-film scholar Kelley Conway New video interview with Serge Bromberg, codirector of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno New video interview with horror film expert Kim Newman New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty #164 - Solaris (May 24)  High-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) Audio essay by Andrei Tarkovsky scholars Vida Johnson and Graham Petrie, coauthors of The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue Nine deleted and alternate scenes Video interviews with actress Natalya Bondarchuk, cinematographer Vadim Yusov, art director Mikhail Romadin, and composer Eduard Artemyev Excerpt from a documentary about Stanislaw Lem, the author of the film’s source novel PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Phillip Lopate and an appreciation by director Akira Kurosawa #237 - Smiles Of A Summer Night (May 3)  Digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) Video introduction to the film by director Ingmar Bergman Video conversation between Bergman scholar Peter Cowie and writer Jörn Donner, executive producer of Fanny and Alexander Original theatrical trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by theater and film critic John Simon and a 1961 review by film critic Pauline Kael #259 - Fat Girl (May 3)  High-definition digital restoration (with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Fat Girl Two interviews with director Catherine Breillat, one conducted the night after the film’s world premiere at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival, the other a look back at the film’s production and alternate ending French and U.S. theatrical trailers Plus: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau, a 2001 interview with Breillat, and a piece by Breillat on the title New: #563 - Something Wild (May 10)  New, restored digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Tak Fujimoto and approved by director Jonathan Demme, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition New video interviews with Demme and writer E. Max Frye Original theatrical trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic David Thompson #564 - Pale Flower (May 17)  New high-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) New video interview with director Masahiro Shinoda Selected-scene audio commentary by film scholar Peter Grilli, coproducer of Music for the Movies: Toru Takemitsu Original theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A new essay by film critic Chuck Stephens #565 - The Great Dictator (May 24)  New high-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) New audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin historians Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran The Tramp and the Dictator (2001), a documentary narrated by filmmaker Kenneth Branagh and featuring interviews with author Ray Bradbury, director Sidney Lumet, historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., screenwriter Budd Schulberg, and a host of others Two new visual essays, by Chaplin archivist Cecilia Cenciarelli and Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance On-set, color production footage shot by Chaplin’s half-brother, Sydney Deleted scene from Chaplin’s 1919 film Sunnyside Theatrical trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Wood and a 1940 article by Chaplin on the film Man, that cover looks like something out of a Fake Criterion thread.
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I don't think the new Solaris cover is bad, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't expecting something better. I kind of like that the ocean is on there, though.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Man, that cover looks like something out of a Fake Criterion thread. Haha, this caught me by surprise. They apparently just licensed Olly Moss' poster from his "Eight Films In Black and Red" series, which have been floating around a while. Edit: Maybe it's because I haven't seen the film, but I actually like the new Solaris cover better than the old one. It always struck me as very bland. I don't really care for the new Diabolique, though. morestuff fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Feb 14, 2011 |
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I like the Solaris cover. It's generally in keeping with the aesthetic of the film, and reminds me of his Polaroids. Except for the glassy reflection. The abstract visuals (and all the others, really) in Solaris are so beautiful because they're so organic. The reflection puts a hamper on the warmth of the rest of the cover. With the faded portrait of a woman, though, the real question becomes: what are they going to do now when they release Mirror? (pleeeaaase)
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Aorist posted:the real question becomes: what are they going to do now when they release Mirror? (pleeeaaase) Pretty sure Kino's got those rights, but their bluray covers have looked pretty decent so far, and they're definitely far better looking than most of their DVDs.
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Pretty good month. I'm definitely in for Solaris, Diabolique and maybe The Great Dictator; latter likely after Modern Times, though.
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Kull the Conqueror posted:Pretty sure Kino's got those rights, but their bluray covers have looked pretty decent so far, and they're definitely far better looking than most of their DVDs. That's good to hear. I just remember the color on their DVD being really haphazard, here's hoping they can manage a better restoration for the Bluray.
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Fat Girl was once described to me by a relative as a movie so horrifying that she wished to scrub her brain of the whole experience. However, my library AND Netflix copies were too scratched to play, and it fell off my radar. Now? Hooray! Time to subject myself to traumatic cinema in HD!
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Info
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Diabolique is the best cover ever. I'm picking that up along with The Great Dictator, but Solaris interests me. I'm thinking of making custom covers for the Chaplin films, though. There's some great poster artwork out there. I know they probably don't want to repeat Image's use of poster art or MK2's use of production photos, but check out these... This would have been PERFECT for Modern Times:  and this would work for The Great Dictator:  Although, I love the concept for Criterion's cover, even if it needs more work. Someone created that on Deviant Art a while ago and they only changed the font.
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Oh, man. I thought i saw Diabolique on that Bravo 100 scariest movies list they play every year. It scared the hell out of me and I hope that's the same one.
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Boy I sure hope they start using Ollie Moss more. I can't wait for the inevitable Criterion release of Convoy.
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The new cover is way better than that Great Dictator poster. Somehow Chaplin never had much good art for his movies. I like but don't love their Modern Times cover. I'm infatuated with their Great Dictator one and think it's really cool that they decided to use a sorta random internet piece for it.
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I was actually expecting all of the Chaplin releases to have the stock Keystone-era photo with different clip art for each film. That's really what irritated me about Modern Times, since it shows they're not that savvy on pre-1930s film. It's more awkward considering it's the same photo on Flicker Alley's Keystone box set...
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I don't know it is about him, but there's like a silent majority of lovely Chaplin posters and covers.
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The Olly Moss cover is cute enough for the internet and I'm sure it's been printed as a hipster shirt at some point but man, it sure makes for a lovely Criterion cover.
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When asked whether Olly Moss had been inspired by this image: Olly Moss posted:Yeah, that comparison has been made and I agree it is similar, but I hadn't seen that ad when I made this poster. What drives me nuts is that it's not really reversible. Right-side up, it looks like Chaplin puking into his own hat, and if you turn it upside-down, you get...um...  ...Chaplin with a goiter?
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