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Cloks posted:My order arrives tomorrow. Shock Corridor is ok. I think it should have been in the Sam Fuller Eclipse set, and The Steel Helmet gotten it's own release. Also if you haven't seen it you should check out The Naked Kiss Salo is a real treat
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Oct 20, 2016 13:09
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Rusty Staub posted:don't ever read anything before seeing a movie I totally disagree. Don't read other people's reviews or analysis of a film, sure, but films are made and released in a particular context (geographic, time, political, etc). Contexts that contemporary audiences would have understood. Without knowing a little bit about these contexts, certain films won't work as they are intended to.
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Oct 20, 2016 13:30
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I can't bring myself to order Salo. I have it on my wishlist, and debate buying it every sale, but I feel dirty when it's in my cart.
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Oct 20, 2016 15:32
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I don't buy a Criterion unless it seems like the kind of movie I will want to watch over and over again, and I can't imagine Salo would be one of those.
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Oct 20, 2016 15:44
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I usually only buy criterions that have a commentary from a critic/scholar and at least one other significant-looking supplementary video. At that point I will be watching the film three times (once with commentary) and whatever is the duration of the other material(s). For $20 on sale, that's good value per hour of entertainment.
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Oct 20, 2016 15:48
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Salo is really loving good and actually remarkably re-watchable. People forget that its reputation is forged by, like, mid-'70s standards of what's "extreme," and then after that the type of people who watch unofficial I Spit on Your Grave sequels and then complain about Power Rangers looking too 'gritty.' Honestly, if you're really so uncertain that you could stand Salo, just watch Porcile. There's really no excuse to sleep on Pasolini.
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Oct 20, 2016 15:50
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I've got the Trilogy of Life but haven't watched any of them yet.
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Oct 20, 2016 15:51
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Salo is one of those dvds you leave on your coffee table as a conversation starter.
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Oct 20, 2016 15:54
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blue squares posted:I've got the Trilogy of Life but haven't watched any of them yet. That's just sad. All three are magnificent, but Decameron is probably the most accessible. Canterbury Tales is the best, however.
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K. Waste posted:That's just sad. All three are magnificent, but Decameron is probably the most accessible. Canterbury Tales is the best, however. I watch a lot of movies! I just have a big backlog.
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Oct 20, 2016 15:54
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blue squares posted:I've got the Trilogy of Life but haven't watched any of them yet. I bought Kaurismaki's proletariat trilogy out of a bargin bin at Borders several years ago. It's still in the shrink wrap. 
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Oct 20, 2016 15:56
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Salo is for date nights.
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Oct 20, 2016 15:56
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Cloks posted:My order arrives tomorrow. You will regret this as I did. Also, my haul... Valley of the Dolls Beyond the Valley of the Dolls The Kennedy Films Burroughs I was going to get The New World but it was sold out and the sale doesn't apply to backorders. 
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Oct 20, 2016 23:36
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The Kennedy Films are really interesting, particularly Primary as a contrast to the current election season.
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Oct 20, 2016 23:41
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Cloks posted:Salo is for date nights. It really is, but only if you can actually take somebody to a theatrical showing of it. At the end of the day, Salo does have elements of romantic tragicomedy. That's what makes it so disturbing, all the notorious stuff is just superficial content.
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Oct 20, 2016 23:41
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My order is going to get here today. I love how fast that was. I'm excited or Lady Snowblood it's a blind buy but it looks like it's something that would extremely be my poo poo.
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Oct 20, 2016 23:42
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Raxivace posted:The Kennedy Films are really interesting, particularly Primary as a contrast to the current election season. Indeed, and I really liked Faces of November as well. It's a good set with lots of interesting tidbits of information.
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Oct 20, 2016 23:56
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Flash sale order arrived today. Watching Chimes at Midnight first...
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Oct 21, 2016 01:34
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Egbert Souse posted:Flash sale order arrived today. Watching Chimes at Midnight first... I got that one, too! I'll be watching it tomorrow morning probably.
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Oct 21, 2016 01:35
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Egbert Souse posted:Flash sale order arrived today. Watching Chimes at Midnight first... I saw Chimes at Midnight when the restored print was traveling and i couldn't understand the dialogue/story for most of the movie. Looking forward to watching it again but man is it poorly recorded.
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Oct 21, 2016 01:42
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I went to a screening of it a few years ago and it was a super beat-up 16mm print. There were maybe five intelligible lines. It was easier to understand Anne Ramsey in Meet the Hollowheads.
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Oct 21, 2016 02:02
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don't ever mention meet the hollowheads
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Oct 21, 2016 02:03
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Chimes at Midnight was incredible. I tried watching it years ago, but the video was so poor quality that I couldn't get through five minutes. This restoration looks fantastic and sound at least as good as Italian dubbed productions of the time. Watching the trailers on Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. I really want to see Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill now...
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Oct 21, 2016 03:39
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That ending bit with Hal's rejection of Falstaff always kills me.Coheed and Camembert posted:Indeed, and I really liked Faces of November as well. It's a good set with lots of interesting tidbits of information. Also I'm really glad that Criterion didn't squeeze the Zapruder film in there as a fifth film. That would have been a bit trashy, I think.
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Oct 21, 2016 04:05
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I'm still going through the Kennedy/Drew set, but Primary was amazing. Perhaps because I'm following the current election a lot, but it's neat to see two individuals competing in a gentlemanly manner. I just realized with Chimes, I've finally seen all of Welles' (completed) feature films.
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Oct 21, 2016 04:59
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Rusty Staub posted:don't ever mention meet the hollowheads What's meet the hollowheads
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Oct 21, 2016 15:48
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I've been working my way through my Criterions and finally watched Yojimbo again after more than a decade probably. I forgot just how good that film is. The cinematography is so amazing to watch. Now to work my way through the special features. How does everyone watch special features? Do you watch them all right after the movie or come back sometime later.
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Oct 22, 2016 18:30
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checkplease posted:
I watch the features and then the commentary, spread over a few days after I watch the movie.
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Oct 22, 2016 19:07
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Yojimbo and Sanjuro are a lot of fun. If it's a film I haven't seen or haven't seen in a while, might watch some extras after the movie. I watched Beyond the Valley of the Dolls for the first time last night, then watched the John Waters interview and the 1990 Q&A. Probably will watch the movie again with Roger Ebert's commentary soon.
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Oct 22, 2016 19:17
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Were there other Criterion films with commentary by Ebert? I really liked Life Itself (the book and the documentary), as well as his various books of reviews.
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Oct 22, 2016 20:35
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Not Criterion, but Ebert's commentary on Citizen Kane is essential if you're interested in special effects
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Oct 22, 2016 20:42
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Coheed and Camembert posted:Were there other Criterion films with commentary by Ebert? I really liked Life Itself (the book and the documentary), as well as his various books of reviews. Crumb and Floating Weeds both feature Ebert commentaries.
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Oct 22, 2016 20:43
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Coheed and Camembert posted:Were there other Criterion films with commentary by Ebert? I really liked Life Itself (the book and the documentary), as well as his various books of reviews. Not criterion but Dark City
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Oct 22, 2016 20:44
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He also did a commentary for Casablanca, which is on all DVD and Blu-Ray editions except for the very first DVD. It's a pity he didn't record more before losing his voice because they're excellent tracks. It's worth noting that his commentary for Beyond was recorded in 2003 for an intended Criterion DVD... and they were wanting to release it on laserdisc in the early 90s. Fox ended up releasing the DVD themselves in 2006. Criterion had to license Valley of the Dolls as well to get Beyond for Blu-Ray. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Oct 22, 2016 |
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Oct 22, 2016 21:05
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blue squares posted:Not Criterion, but Ebert's commentary on Citizen Kane is essential if you're interested in special effects What this guy said. Also check out his commentary for Reiner's North. You could tell he's really passionate about the film, like Citizen Kane.
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So I just watched A Face in the Crowd last night and seeing as they released on the waterfront which was also by Kazan what are the odds that face in the crowd gets a blu Ray Because holy poo poo that movie was amazing. Andy Griffith is a ducking maniac in that movie.
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The_Rob posted:So I just watched A Face in the Crowd last night and seeing as they released on the waterfront which was also by Kazan what are the odds that face in the crowd gets a blu Ray Because holy poo poo that movie was amazing. Andy Griffith is a ducking maniac in that movie. It's likely. It's one of many Warner DVDs that went out of print right at the same time as Day for Night, Cat People, The Asphalt Jungle, and Dreams. It would be an easier title, too, because it was restored by UCLA in the mid-2000s. Klute, Blow-Up, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and The Magnificent Ambersons were also among the titles that went OOP with those films. The folks at Criterion Forum also believe that The Cameraman, Scaramouche, Seven Days in May, Freaks, Show Boat, and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang were licensed because there's "phantom" pages for the cast and crew on their site. Also, Christopher Nolan personally requested Von Stroheim's Greed.
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On my Boyhood bluray there is no Supplements option on the main menu. WTF?
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blue squares posted:On my Boyhood bluray there is no Supplements option on the main menu. WTF? I thought it was two discs? One for movie, one for supplements?
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