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Mahasamatman posted:One movie I almost bought the other night then ended up putting back on the shelf was Mike Leigh's Naked. I watched that last year and it's a very good movie but it's so dark and cynical. I don't know that I could own something like that. When do you pull something like that off your bookcase and watch it? The easy solution is to also buy Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky and always watch the two films together.
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Toebone posted:I stopped by B&N without anything in mind and just ended up grabbing the Monterrey Pop set to give my dad for Christmas. I think I'm gonna stop by again and grab something for myself, what're your top blind-buys? Godzilla
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Lone Wolf and Cub was my favorite blind buy. I'm still working my way through the Zatoichi set as well which could be a contender.
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gey muckle mowser posted:Lone Wolf and Cub was my favorite blind buy. I'm still working my way through the Zatoichi set as well which could be a contender. Seconding either of these. LW&C is easily my favorite Criterion.
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Branded to Kill was a blind buy for me and I love it.
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Basebf555 posted:Stalker, Sword of Doom, and A Touch of Zen are probably my biggest blind-buy hits. I've rewatched all three since buying them and enjoyed them even more than the first time. Apu Trilogy might be the highest quality item Criterion has ever produced.
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A Touch of Zen was dope, thanks for the recommendation!
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Toebone posted:A Touch of Zen was dope, thanks for the recommendation! Hell yeah. King Hu is so good. Dragon Inn is less weird but just as great and essential. Legend of the Mountain (kino put out the blu this year) is another weird long one that is amazing, though it’s less of an action movie.
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I was near a B&N and picked up Shoah, Andrei Rublev, and The Princess Bride. They also had the compact edition of Taschen's The Stanley Kubrick Archives for only $14.
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Egbert Souse posted:I was near a B&N and picked up Shoah, Andrei Rublev, and The Princess Bride. That sounds like an incredibly depressing film festival.
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Couldn't help myself and went back for The Killing, Jubal, and Night and The City.
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I picked up Andrei Rublev and The complete Lady Snowblood today. I also signed up for a membership so I have a feeling I'll be back.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Couldn't help myself and went back for The Killing... Make sure you watch Killer's Kiss on the same disc. It's not the same quality as The Killing, but it's drat impressive visually and has this nice PRC sleaze to it.
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It's always amazed me that Criterion decided to include Killer's Kiss as a supplement. They could have very reasonably made it a stand alone release.
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Do you fella's think that A Brighter Summer Day is worth a blind buy?
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For the small Australian contingent in this thread, Amazon AU has the Bergman boxset pricematches to the US store, for one (they don't usually pricematch Criterion sales for the Australian storefront in my experience). Cancelled my Barnes and Noble order, because with similar shipping it worked out about $20 cheaper; if you use something like CashRewards and go through that there's another 8% off, so it's getting down to an even better bargain. E: I'm watching The Hidden Fortress and man, this is nowhere near as smooth a watch as other Kurosawa flicks. I could watch Seven Samurai endlessly, but this is just a little less...kinetic? It's good, but it's not immediately gripping me like all of his other films I've seen. E2: alright Mifune has charged around on horses and had an awesome spear duel and I'm back on board I, Butthole fucked around with this message at 10:01 on Nov 9, 2018 |
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Do you fella's think that A Brighter Summer Day is worth a blind buy? Yes
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Do you fella's think that A Brighter Summer Day is worth a blind buy? No
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Do you fella's think that A Brighter Summer Day is worth a blind buy? Yes.
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Do you fella's think that A Brighter Summer Day is worth a blind buy? No
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I’ll just watch the drat thing on filmstruck then.
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Do you fella's think that A Brighter Summer Day is worth a blind buy? If you're comfortable with a 4 hour film with no intermissions, then yes. By all means, watch this movie. It is hard to summarize, just because there's so much going on. There's a teenager joining a gang and dealing with that, there's the political situations going on at the time, there's all these things going on. Like, it's a commitment, but I'm glad I got it.
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Is there even enough time to watch all of A Brighter Summer Day before Filmstruck dies?
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Ordered the Ingmar Bergman set from Best Buy. Had them price match Amazon. Figured this might interest one or two folks
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Do you fella's think that A Brighter Summer Day is worth a blind buy? Depends, how do you feel about long films intermixing political history and personal relationship drama? It's akin to Doctor Zhivago or Farewell My Concubine, but much more understated than either of those. If that sounds appealing, by all means, go for it.
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Ill watch Yi Yi tonight. I just saw Paul Dano talk about it and Edward Yang just seems up my alley. e: what the gently caress Yi Yi is hella long too! Kart Barfunkel fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Nov 9, 2018 |
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The Terrorizers is on Amazon Prime and I think Taipei Story is on Filmstruck, both less than two hours.
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Antisamitism posted:The Terrorizers is on Amazon Prime and I think Taipei Story is on Filmstruck, both less than two hours. And they are both very good. Prime also has In Our Time and he directed a segment in that.
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Oh, we still have until the 29th. The way you guys were talking, I thought you literally meant this was the last day.
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Ill watch Yi Yi tonight. I just saw Paul Dano talk about it and Edward Yang just seems up my alley. Yang always went like right at two hours or he just went “thwippppp” and made movies that scrape three or four hours. No real in betweens, like he never aimed for two and a half hours in an edit ever.
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I was making a crack about how long it is earlier but I watched A Brighter Summer Day today. Guy who was asking if he should buy it should just buy it. That last 20 or so minutes is just utterly devastating.
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Yojimbo and Sanjuro perhaps remains the best double feature ever.
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I rewatched ABSD today with the excellent commentary track. Between that really informative commentary and just seeing the movie again I'm convinced ABSD really is just a flat out masterpiece. I, Butthole posted:Yojimbo and Sanjuro perhaps remains the best double feature ever. Raxivace fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Nov 11, 2018 |
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Will the sale still be going on when Magnificent Ambersons comes out or do I have to pre-order?
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Blast Fantasto posted:Will the sale still be going on when Magnificent Ambersons comes out or do I have to pre-order? Ambersons is out on 11/20, the sale goes til 12/3, so you’re good.
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November releases have been pushed back a week except for Bergman. Also, looks like a Berlin Alexanderplatz is getting an upgrade.
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February announcements: Death in Venice To Sleep with Anger La vérité Shame (1968) Berlin Alexanderplatz
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Spatulater bro! posted:
Never seen this, it looks interesting.
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Oh, drat, Berlin Alexanderplatz is coming on blu-ray? Guess that's as good an excuse as any to finally watch the whole thing.
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I've never seen it, but as a fan of Charles Burnett, I'm glad To Sleep With Anger will be available on disc in the US.
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