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Finally finished The Apu Trilogy with watching Apur Sansar tonight. Absolutely brilliant films. There's really nothing to compare them to. Also watched Kurosawa's Dreams last night. A bit of a departure from the earlier films of his I'm more accustomed to (I've been meaning to see Kagemusha and Ran), but quite lovely overall.
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Kagemusha and Dreams have such drastically different endings. The final battle, well, slaughter actually, in Kagemusha feels just as apocalyptic as the nuclear winter in Dreams. Yet Dreams ends on an optimistic high. That was a very pretty funeral scene.
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Apr 30, 2017 05:52
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Detective No. 27 posted:Kagemusha and Dreams have such drastically different endings. The final battle, well, slaughter actually, in Kagemusha feels just as apocalyptic as the nuclear winter in Dreams. Yet Dreams ends on an optimistic high. That was a very pretty funeral scene. I'd also expect Kagemusha to be more of a standard narrative since Dreams is made up of eight segments. I can't recommend the Blu-Ray for Dreams enough. It's easily one of the best transfers Criterion has put out so far. Looks like a brand new film. Also, the 2.0 surround track is unusually active. Pretty much the entire film has a richly textured ambience in the surrounds. I'm hoping to start on Dekalog this week.
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Apr 30, 2017 17:30
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Can't wait for the summer sale for stalker and dreams. What are some other high quality releases that'll be out for the summer sale that you would recommend as a general 'must have'? I haven't gotten anything since the November sale. Not sure what's coming up too. Maybe tampopo? I'm trying to pick out 5 releases to grab during July.
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May 1, 2017 00:34
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Ineffiable posted:Can't wait for the summer sale for stalker and dreams. My picks for best ones to get since the last B&N sale... Blow-Up Being There Mildred Pierce The Lodger Ugetsu Ghost World Othello (if it's not held back further than July) I'll likely be blind-buying Stalker, They Live By Night, and Straw Dogs.
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May 1, 2017 01:26
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Is Criterion planning some kind of Roger Corman set? Death Race, The Intruder, and one other movie are up on Filmstruck.
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May 1, 2017 04:13
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Better get me some Faster Pussycat.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Is Criterion planning some kind of Roger Corman set? Death Race, The Intruder, and one other movie are up on Filmstruck. Are they under the criterion section or the other?
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May 1, 2017 05:05
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bobkatt013 posted:Are they under the criterion section or the other? Just double checked. Death Race 2000, The Intruder, Masque of the Red Death, and Rock 'n Roll High School are all on the Criterion channel.
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May 1, 2017 05:10
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Just double checked. Death Race 2000, The Intruder, Masque of the Red Death, and Rock 'n Roll High School are all on the Criterion channel. Holy poo poo. Wonder how long it will be before the shat is part of the collection?
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May 1, 2017 05:16
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Just double checked. Death Race 2000, The Intruder, Masque of the Red Death, and Rock 'n Roll High School are all on the Criterion channel. Did you try playing any of them? If a Criterion or Janus thing runs in front of them, that's a good sign that a physical release is coming.
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Call Me Charlie posted:Did you try playing any of them? If a Criterion or Janus thing runs in front of them, that's a good sign that a physical release is coming. I just checked they all have criterion covers, but when you play them some say the criterion channel bobkatt013 fucked around with this message at 05:32 on May 1, 2017 |
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May 1, 2017 05:29
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Yeah, Death Race, Intruder, and R&RHS all have Criterion intros.
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May 1, 2017 05:37
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RARHS has been rumored for a while.
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May 1, 2017 07:26
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Well, there goes my paycheck
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May 1, 2017 12:40
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Egbert Souse posted:My picks for best ones to get since the last B&N sale... Much thanks. Will be doing some research on these titles.
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May 1, 2017 16:32
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The Intruder has never had a decent release. Corman is underrated since he made a lot of great films in the 60s.
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May 1, 2017 17:37
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Egbert Souse posted:The Intruder has never had a decent release. Corman is underrated since he made a lot of great films in the 60s. He is the unsung hero of American cinema. It would be a lot different if not for him.
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May 1, 2017 22:03
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Ineffiable posted:Can't wait for the summer sale for stalker and dreams. his girl friday, they live by night, the lodger, l'argent, world cinema project box
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bobkatt013 posted:He is the unsung hero of American cinema. It would be a lot different if not for him. Can I hear more about this?
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May 4, 2017 07:28
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Can I hear more about this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Corman#.22The_Corman_Film_School.22 There's also a great documentary called Corman's World if you want to learn some more about him.
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May 4, 2017 07:57
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Can I hear more about this? To put it succinctly, Corman gave young unproven filmmakers a launching pad for their careers by hiring them for his low budget (usually)genre films. There hasn't really been an equivalent production company before or since that I can think of, someone can correct me on that if I'm wrong.
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May 4, 2017 19:12
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Sorry if this has been discussed recently but have they teased a Until the End of the World release recently? When I google it all I can find is Wenders saying it will be released at some point from 2-3 years ago.
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Basebf555 posted:To put it succinctly, Corman gave young unproven filmmakers a launching pad for their careers by hiring them for his low budget (usually)genre films. There hasn't really been an equivalent production company before or since that I can think of, someone can correct me on that if I'm wrong. Full Moon and Troma for sure, but they're both shells of what they used to be nowadays.
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May 4, 2017 19:49
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Looks like Filmstruck will be on Roku in the near future. I just got an e-mail about beta testing their app. Watch your mailbox if you ever gave them your info, they're offering 2 free months to test the app.
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May 11, 2017 20:36
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gently caress the Roku, give me my PS4 app. Why are they not catering to my extremely specific needs? Seriously though on January 1st I didn't think I could live without access to Criterion streaming, now 5 months have gone by and they've forced me to learn that yes I can live without it. Shoulda had that app ready to go on day one man.
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May 11, 2017 20:47
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I might have subbed to filmstruck but they don't have an app on my TV and Hulu does so now I just watch fewer good movies. 
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May 11, 2017 21:00
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Vesi posted:Holy poo poo that's beautiful, hopefully they do Solaris one day too bam https://twitter.com/janusfilms/status/862762068759502848
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I wonder if they'll reissue the Blu. The only one they've done that for is Playtime for the Tati box set.
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August Criterions: La Poison The Breaking Point Meantime Sid & Nancy (Blu/DVD upgrade) Hopscotch (Blu/DVD upgrade) Also, Othello was moved to Sept. 26 Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 21:54 on May 16, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 21:50
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Man, I'm not familiar with any of those except Sid and Nancy (which I love and will likely buy).
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Spatulater bro! posted:Man, I'm not familiar with any of those except Sid and Nancy (which I love and will likely buy). La Poison - directed by Sacha Guitry, starring Michel Simon The Breaking Point - directed by Michael Curtiz, starring John Garfield Meantime - directed by Mike Leigh Hopscotch - directed by Ronald Neame, starring Walter Matthau Hopscotch is kind of a random upgrade, but it's probably to cash in on the intelligence stuff in the news
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Looking forward to Meantime, vaguely hoping we'll get his audio drama Too Much of a Good Thing as an extra, which was on the Naked laserdisc but would go nicely here.
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Doesn't look like any new extras on Sid and Nancy. Glad to see it back in print though!
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Is the B&N sale gonna be in June or July?
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Detective No. 27 posted:Is the B&N sale gonna be in June or July? It's usually July and November.
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According to multiple people on /r/criterion it starts July 11th.
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I went to a screening of the new Stalker restoration yesterday and itt's absolutely gorgeous. It's been over a decade since I originally saw it on dvd so I can't say how much of an upgrade it is, but I'm very excited to pick up the new blu ray now.
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FancyMike posted:I went to a screening of the new Stalker restoration yesterday and itt's absolutely gorgeous. It's been over a decade since I originally saw it on dvd so I can't say how much of an upgrade it is, but I'm very excited to pick up the new blu ray now. I didn't even know it was showing in philly and it already passed. Probably not coming anywhere in Jersey either.
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New releases should be announced tomorrow. Here's the titles the CriterionForum.org guys are throwing around the most in their "guessing" thread: Sixteen Candles The Lure Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Desert Hearts Dragon Inn Godard's King Lear Anyone else already saving up for the B&N sale?
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