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The next one you should buy is "Fanny & Alexander." Buy it today.
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Cacator posted:You have no idea. I'm up to 55. 96 and 5 Eclipse sets That's more than I thought I had.
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kaujot posted:The next one you should buy is "Fanny & Alexander." Buy it today. Speaking of which, the TV version...what awesome channel did THAT get shown on? Does Sweden just have better TV than we do?
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Dec 5, 2011 19:48
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kaujot posted:The next one you should buy is "Fanny & Alexander." Buy it today. Would you recommend that for someone who hasn't seen much Bergman? I've only seen The Seventh Seal (which I liked), but I'm unsure about dropping money on a five-DVD set on someone I'm not that familiar with.
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Dec 5, 2011 20:03
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barkingclam posted:Would you recommend that for someone who hasn't seen much Bergman? I've only seen The Seventh Seal (which I liked), but I'm unsure about dropping money on a five-DVD set on someone I'm not that familiar with. It was my first Bergman, and it's my favorite film. Absolutely the most accessible of his work.
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Dec 5, 2011 20:05
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Speaking of which, the TV version...what awesome channel did THAT get shown on? Does Sweden just have better TV than we do? They screen it every Christmas in Norway  Short answer: Well-funded public television channels.
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Dec 5, 2011 20:11
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barkingclam posted:Would you recommend that for someone who hasn't seen much Bergman? I've only seen The Seventh Seal (which I liked), but I'm unsure about dropping money on a five-DVD set on someone I'm not that familiar with. I had only seen The Seventh Seal, and I had merely liked it, and then I watched Fanny & Alexander and fell in love with everything I've seen from Bergman thereafter (and F&A is my favorite).
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kaujot posted:It was my first Bergman, and it's my favorite film. Absolutely the most accessible of his work.
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:Not that it isn't an accessible film, most of his films are, but certainly Smiles of a Summer Night, Brink of Life, Summer with Monika and quite a few others are more accessible than F&A if only for length. I would agree only if you're choosing a movie to watch and you have x amount of time to watch it. F&A so completely draws me in and feels nothing like a 3hr (or 5hr) movie.
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Cool, thanks for the advice. I'll keep my eyes open for a used copy.
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Persona is pretty much the coolest Bergman movie.
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"If no one will name drop The Virgin Spring, then you are the person who must." That is just the pinnacle of murder-revenge movies. Unsurpassed.
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Jack Does Jihad posted:Persona is pretty much the coolest Bergman movie. Persona is pretty much the coolest movie. It can't be accused of being accessible though.
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For those that are interested; I have a 35% discount code in the criterion store. Use it as you please, since I won't: GIFT11 (valid through 12/22). Applies to the following titles: Three Colors, America Lost and Found: The BBS Story, AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa, 3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg, The Phantom Carriage, Island of Lost Souls, Kuroneko, Diabolique, 12 Angry Men, Sweet Smell of Success, Design for Living, The Great Dictator, The Rules of the Game, Beauty and the Beast, Les cousins, Zazie dans le métro, Fanny and Alexander, The Night of the Hunter, Black Moon, The Naked Kiss, Kiss Me Deadly, Blow Out, The Killing, Cul-de-sac, Carlos, Fish Tank, Still Walking, White Material, Eclipse Series 30: Sabu!, The Four Feathers, The Mikado, Senso, The Complete Jean Vigo, The Music Room, Kes, People on Sunday
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Everyone who subscribes to their newsletter should have it. Just in case you didn't see their email or something.
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Bergman always feels like homework for me, which is totally a bias of mine, but it's kept me from really delving in. The Seventh Seal felt like homework until I actually sat down and watched it, and I loved it! So I bought it. And I haven't watched it since because somehow it still feels like homework. I have the same problem with Fanny & Alexander, but it's indeed wonderful.
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STEVIE B 4EVA posted:Bergman always feels like homework for me, which is totally a bias of mine, but it's kept me from really delving in. The Seventh Seal felt like homework until I actually sat down and watched it, and I loved it! So I bought it. And I haven't watched it since because somehow it still feels like homework. Bummer.  But then, I'm like that with just about all post-Weekend Godard. 
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Nobody's more homeworky than Antonioni, and as a result I've never watched any of his films unless it was actually for homework. It is pretty interesting homework though.
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Dec 6, 2011 20:04
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kaujot posted:Bummer. Do you enjoy it while you watch it though? If something feels like homework while you're watching it, then it is! And I'm not really interested in doing film homework unless it's for a really effective formalist reason (e.g. Jeanne Dielman, which I only got through because I saw it in a theater but which I loved, and which, afterwards, I couldn't think of a single thing I would have cut from the movie). My problem is more of a mental block—despite experiencing the Seventh Seal as a joy, and also much funnier than I'd expected, it still inhabits this space in my mind that feels like homework.
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STEVIE B 4EVA posted:Do you enjoy it while you watch it though? If something feels like homework while you're watching it, then it is! And I'm not really interested in doing film homework unless it's for a really effective formalist reason (e.g. Jeanne Dielman, which I only got through because I saw it in a theater but which I loved, and which, afterwards, I couldn't think of a single thing I would have cut from the movie). My problem is more of a mental block—despite experiencing the Seventh Seal as a joy, and also much funnier than I'd expected, it still inhabits this space in my mind that feels like homework. Well, let's just say I've never watched any of his post-Weekend work more than once. I'm always willing to try one I haven't seen, though.
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I haven't seen as many of Bergman's movies as some of you, but I really find Hour of the Wolf to be one of his most "cool". It's got the surrealist elements comparable to Persona (which I also love), but it's also got a great creepiness that I have yet to see in another Bergman. But like I said, there are many more to see.
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kaujot posted:I won't disclose my number. I'm must be somewhere near 150. I think I have a problem.  Seriously, I really should consider doing an inventory on my Criterions. I have an obscene number of them.
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Macrame_God posted:I'm must be somewhere near 150. I think I have a problem. I keep buying and selling mine, but I swear I've owned over half the collection at one point or another.
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Macrame_God posted:I'm must be somewhere near 150. I think I have a problem.
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Part of me wants to buy the Fanny and Alexander box set and the other part of me doesn't want to add it to my credit card bill for this month. gently caress....
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I've got around 45.
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So, it looks like Criterion's releasing "The Last Temptation of Christ" on BD in March.
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For those of you wanting an excuse to inventory those Criterions, the site has just launched My Criterion profiles, where you can make lists, wishlists, add comments to each entry, etc. It seems a bit of a superficial grab at interactivity, but hey, I was bored and set one up. It turns out I have 65 Criterions. I'm pretty sure that's too many.
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Origami Dali posted:For those of you wanting an excuse to inventory those Criterions, the site has just launched My Criterion profiles, where you can make lists, wishlists, add comments to each entry, etc. It seems a bit of a superficial grab at interactivity, but hey, I was bored and set one up. It turns out I have 65 Criterions. I'm pretty sure that's too many. N.B. you can only add out-of-print titles that have NOT been reissued. So, for example, if you have The Killer, you can add it, but not the barebones Cleo from 5 to 7.
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SLAVOMACEDONIAN posted:AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa Man I wouldn't have the time to watch all of Kurosawa's movies. I think I'm content with Seven Samurai.
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Ashley J. Williams posted:Man I wouldn't have the time to watch all of Kurosawa's movies. I think I'm content with Seven Samurai. No dude. At least check out Yojimbo. Then High and Low. Then you can try Kagemusha or Ran or Rashomon or
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Ashley J. Williams posted:Man I wouldn't have the time to watch all of Kurosawa's movies. I think I'm content with Seven Samurai. You should watch at least one film from each of the genres he worked in.
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kaujot posted:You should watch at least one film from each of the genres he worked in. Even then, there's a huge difference between Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Rashomon and Ran despite all being samurai movies or taking place in the same time period. Don't limit yourself to one movie by Kurosawa or I'll loving cut you ese. Origami Dali posted:For those of you wanting an excuse to inventory those Criterions, the site has just launched My Criterion profiles, where you can make lists, wishlists, add comments to each entry, etc. It seems a bit of a superficial grab at interactivity, but hey, I was bored and set one up. It turns out I have 65 Criterions. I'm pretty sure that's too many. Aw poo poo they have a "wishlist" feature
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kaujot posted:You should watch at least one film from each of the genres he worked in. Well I also have Sanjuro Part of the reason is I think that box set is wicked expensive edit: although that code makes the idea of buying it far more enticing bah I'll just wait until my next paycheck then I'll make up my mind Lord Lambeth fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Dec 10, 2011 |
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VoodooXT posted:So, it looks like Criterion's releasing "The Last Temptation of Christ" on BD in March. Nice. I love Jesus movies, and this is the best one.
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Dec 10, 2011 07:02
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As long as it's better than The Passion of The Christ
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Ashley J. Williams posted:As long as it's better than The Passion of The Christ Anything's better than The Passion of the Christ.
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dancehall posted:Nice. I love Jesus movies, and this is the best one. The Gospel According to St. Matthew is the best one 
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Nicholas Ray's King of Kings is one of the best.
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