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I, Butthole posted:Managed to convince my fiancee to watch Polyester with me. She almost threw up at number 2 on the Odorama card. It was great. The Odorama card is the best thing Criterion has ever included in one of their sets.
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Anna Karina has passed away. https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2019/12/15/icone-de-la-nouvelle-vague-l-actrice-anna-karina-est-morte_6022930_3382.html
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March releases: Salesman (Blu) The Cranes are Flying (Blu/DVD) Bamboozled Leave Her to Heaven The Prince of Tides Show Boat (1936)
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Nice. Bamboozled might not be for everyone but it desperately needed restoration.
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Egbert Souse posted:March releases: FINALLY
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Was Bamboozled an early digital video film? I may be confusing it with something else.
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I can finally buy a movie starting Empress Brosephine's grandfather.
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Maxwell Lord posted:Was Bamboozled an early digital video film? I may be confusing it with something else. Yes, and the DVD I watched looked it it was filmed using a security camera.
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Bamboozled was shot on an early as hell miniDV camera that is now primarily known as the holy grail camera for skateboard videographers and not much else. I think some early Dogme films were shot on it. That footage will never look great.
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Origami Dali posted:Bamboozled was shot on an early as hell miniDV camera that is now primarily known as the holy grail camera for skateboard videographers and not much else. I think some early Dogme films were shot on it. That footage will never look great. Portions of it were shot on Super 16mm, so that stuff will look better.
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Detective No. 27 posted:I can finally buy a movie starting Empress Brosephine's grandfather. Yeah this is crazy. I was waiting for it to one day come out  Will I ever see my grandfather in glorious 4k though?!?
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:history of blackface montage in bamboozled still hits like a truck It’s a hell of a sequence, enough of one that Spike did the same thing with the “we haven’t fixed a loving thing” montage in Black kKklansman, which hits just as hard. I feel like the last hopeful thing Spike has put in a movie is Monty’s alternate future in 25th Hour. Probably because it’s not reflecting reality.
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My dad refuses to watch anything other than bottom of the barrel film noir or Dakota Johnson movies. I’m not sure I’d want to see that playlist.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:My dad refuses to watch anything other than bottom of the barrel film noir or Dakota Johnson movies. I’m not sure I’d want to see that playlist.
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Criterion Channel needs a way of marking poo poo you've already watched goddamnit.
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Raxivace posted:My dad was like that until Germany Year Zero of all movies turned him onto occasionally watching foreign stuff. drat your dad is hardcore
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The Cameo posted:It’s a hell of a sequence, enough of one that Spike did the same thing with the “we haven’t fixed a loving thing” montage in Black kKklansman, which hits just as hard. I can never watch Blackkklansman again because that ending just hit like a truck. Honestly, you could have turned off oxygen in the movie theater, and I don't think it would have made a difference. Everyone was breathless and silent. It was an experience I'm glad I had, but it was hell to go through, and watching it at home, you won't get that communal feeling of "oh poo poo" that permeated the air.
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Got the Showa Godzilla set for Christmas, holy cow this thing is gorgeous. Super excited to dig in, I’ve only seen 2-3 of these before
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From looking online, seems like Godzilla Showa is a big Christmas item this year. By the way, I'm slowly making my way through the set. Rewatched OG Godzilla with David Kalat's commentary, then Godzilla Raids Again and the US King Kong vs. Godzilla. I'm wondering if these aren't quite for me other than the original, but online reviews seem to indicate those two being weaker entries compared to some of the later ones.
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The US King Kong vs Godzilla loses a lot of the characterization and the reediting of the scenes with the Americans makes the movie feel nonsensical. Watch the Japanese version. Mothra vs Godzilla is really good.
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Cemetry Gator posted:The US King Kong vs Godzilla loses a lot of the characterization and the reediting of the scenes with the Americans makes the movie feel nonsensical. That's what I thought. I wanted to wait for the Japanese version for when I can watch it at home since Criterion included the original Japanese 4-track stereo mix and from watching a few minutes, it's pretty drat impressive-sounding. The bits with the goofy scientist almost leaning on the dynamite plunger were funny, though. My goal is to get through most of the set in the next few days, plus watch the miniseries cut of Fanny & Alexander.
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January Criterion Channel looking amazing... 70s Sci-Fi including... A Clockwork Orange Logan's Run Mad Max Dark Star Demon Seed Rollerball The Omega Man Soylent Green ZPG The Terminal Man THX 1138 A Boy and His Dog plus others Luis Bunuel spotlight: L'age d'or Death in the Garden The Milky Way Tristiana The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie That Obscure Object of Desire (plus the stuff they've had up for a while like The Exterminating Angel, Simon the Desert, Diary of a Chambermaid, etc) Burt Lancaster spotlight: I Walk Alone Separate Tables Local Hero The Rainmaker The Train Elmer Gantry Atlantic City Birdman of Alcatraz From Here to Eternity Sweet Smell of Success (and a bunch of others) Danny Kaye spotlight: The Court Jester Wonder Man The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Hans Christian Andersen The Kid from Brooklyn A Song is Born Paul Schrader spotlight: Taxi Driver Hardcore Auto Focus Susan Siedelman spotlight: Desparately Seeking Susan Cookie She-Devil Jane Campion spotlight: In the Cut The Piano Portrait of a Lady Two Friends And a few other odds and ends: https://letterboxd.com/chrissweet1967/list/all-the-films-coming-to-the-criterion-channel/
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Egbert Souse posted:From looking online, seems like Godzilla Showa is a big Christmas item this year. In addition to what everyone else has said, Godzilla Raids Again was made in a hurry to capitalize on the success of the original. They hadn't quite nailed down the formula yet.
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Origami Dali posted:I'm guessing it's futile to hope for the version of THX without the cgi monkeys. Yeah not in a million years. And with how apparently iron clad that part of the Disney contract was for Star Wars, I wouldn’t be surprised if Lucas has it written in his will that the original versions of his movies cannot be released after his death.
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Origami Dali posted:I'm guessing it's futile to hope for the version of THX without the cgi monkeys. Probably a better chance than Star Wars since Warner Bros. owns the film entirely, but I don't know how much demand there would be and to be honest, I think the director's cut is a better film overall. The big title I'm excited about is The Court Jester since Paramount has had a 4K restoration on the shelf for a few years, but hasn't had a physical release yet.
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For Canadian goons, Criterion's Canadian distributor Unobstructed View has a sale with 200 titles for $20 CDN each: https://www.unobstructedview.com/product-category/200for20/?fbclid=IwAR0mGaGrNRELFv0UWKXK2Zo7ZfyqwsO6xRWrInTKNEOLIfZ7aPpO-UecLSc Shipping is free on orders of $100 or more. While the majority of these are obviously single-film/single-disc releases, the following box sets/collections are included: The Marseille Trilogy Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy The Complete Monterey Pop (remastered) and these slightly more expensive 2-disc releases, as well: The Tree of Life Heaven's Gate The Night of the Hunter Eight Hours Don't Make a Day Scenes from a Marriage True Stories (Blu + CD)
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I got Fire Walk With Me for Christmas and I am happy.
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Colonel Whitey posted:I got Fire Walk With Me for Christmas and I am happy. The best Lynch film.
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Come and See goes right into the same category as Cries and Whispers. Important films that should be seen by all and preserved for future generations.......and I have zero desire to own them whatsoever.
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Basebf555 posted:Come and See goes right into the same category as Cries and Whispers. Important films that should be seen by all and preserved for future generations.......and I have zero desire to own them whatsoever. Conversely, I rarely buy physical media but Come and See would definitely be on my short list.
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Over the past two nights, I watched War and Peace. It truly is a fantastic film. There are a few parts that drag (part 2 gets a little ponderous at times and part 4 drags towards the end), but given that it's 7 hours long, I think that's only a little fair. It's definitely a film worth seeing, if for nothing but the spectacle.
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 Box sets for Fellini, Wong Kar-Wai, Agnes Varda, and Bruce Lee (Bruised Lee) Also, if you have The Criterion Channel, the 4K restoration of The Court Jester is making its worldwide premiere.
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Egbert Souse posted:
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I wonder what the Bruce Lee box would include? Shout just did decent releases for The Big Boss and The Chinese Connection not that long ago.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I wonder what the Bruce Lee box would include? Shout just did decent releases for The Big Boss and The Chinese Connection not that long ago. Green hornet hopefully
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