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Big Mean Jerk posted:If I’ve never seen any of WKW’s films would the new transfers in that set be a detraction? The cuts are still largely the same as the original releases, right? Yeah, watch them all whatever way you can. The older blu of ITMFL is worth grabbing while it's still out there.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:If I’ve never seen any of WKW’s films would the new transfers in that set be a detraction? The cuts are still largely the same as the original releases, right? If you have a subscription to Criterion channel, all the original cuts are on there too.
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I just saw my first WKW movie, Chunking Express and loved it. Really a big bummer that the boxset is shite, although I did pick up the in the mood for love disc
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Gripweed posted:I mentioned earlier that my local Barnes and Noble had reduced their Criterion selection to a single book case. I was so angry at the fools at Barnes and Noble, that it didn't occur to me that that reduction in selection would have another ramification come sale time. We're in day 2 of the sale, and around 25% of the Criterions that were there three days ago are now gone. I was there just the other day for the Arrow sale, and I looked at the Criterions to think about what I would want when that sale started. But since they now only have room for one or two copies of each title, most of the movies I was planning to get were sold out by the time I arrived. If you were gonna buy a couple, what’s the issue of using shipping for free via B&N?
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Escobarbarian posted:????? the vast majority of the boxset is really really good Some other goons said every movie is compromised and worse in some way
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The films are still great, even if the updated look isn't
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worms butthole guy posted:Some other goons said every movie is compromised and worse in some way They’re fine. They’re just a little aesthetically different. None of them are “compromised”, but the original palette for In The Mood For Love is better. Not a deal breaker at all.
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Boywhiz88 posted:If you were gonna buy a couple, what’s the issue of using shipping for free via B&N? I like to browse and find something that looks interesting. Speaking of which, I went back today. There were a couple titles I didn't remember from last time so they had clearly restocked, but it hadn't been enough. There were significantly fewer units on the shelf than last time. They had actually rearranged and removed a shelf to try to hide how bare the Criterion section was. I hope they now realize the sheer idiocy of their mistake.
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I would buy the poo poo out of the WKW box set in UHD. I own all of 6 whole DVDS and 2046 is one of them.
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James Caan died. Go get Thief if you haven't!
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I miss the days when I would go into the sale and just buy 10 things randomly because the titles or description sounded interesting. I got 4ks of Citizen Kane, Red Shoes, Shaft and Mulholland Drive. Mulholland is the only one of those I haven't seen before. My closest B&N still has a decent sized space and selection of stuff. The half height media shelf but it runs a full 'aisle' worth.
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My BN completely nuked their criterion section as far as I can tell, which sucks incredibly bad
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I stopped at B&N on my way home and the media section has been reduced to a handful of vinyl.
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Looking on the bright side of things, I fully expected B&N to be completely out of business by now. I had/have three of them in my general area and they've all had that "barely being supported by corporate because they're gonna be closed soon" feel for years and years already. The fact that one of the three has survived and maintained a decent movie section up to now would've sounded very unlikely if you'd told me that 5 years ago.
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I feel very lucky that the media buyer for my Barnes and Nobel would fit right in with the blu-ray thread. Mine has a whole lot of Arrow, Severin, Synapse and even a few Vinegar Syndrome releases. I'd never expect to see Cannibal Man at Barnes, but mine had it (for MSRP, not in the sale).
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SneakySneaks posted:I feel very lucky that the media buyer for my Barnes and Nobel would fit right in with the blu-ray thread. Mine has a whole lot of Arrow, Severin, Synapse and even a few Vinegar Syndrome releases. I'd never expect to see Cannibal Man at Barnes, but mine had it (for MSRP, not in the sale). Same. Mine has an Arrow sale atm, too. It is however located in a mall who's future is uncertain, but who knows, maybe it'll make it another year.
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Not sale related (unless this makes you buy it and you should) but I've been trucking through the Zatoichi movies again and I'm continually amazed that they were making GBS threads these out at the rate they were and they're all great? I don't think there's a true miss in the entire set. I mean, obviously they're formulaic but if the formula is one you like they're pretty much top of the class.
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RichterIX posted:Not sale related (unless this makes you buy it and you should) but I've been trucking through the Zatoichi movies again and I'm continually amazed that they were making GBS threads these out at the rate they were and they're all great? I don't think there's a true miss in the entire set. I mean, obviously they're formulaic but if the formula is one you like they're pretty much top of the class. Agreed. A very fun series. 
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For those doing the B&N Sale, check the front counter to see if they’ve got stuff. They have all of the 4ks (Criterion and Arrow) behind the counter instead of with the regular selection for added security at my store. Also, my store was looking scant last week. Today they beefed up the selection and had a bunch of stuff that they didn’t have last sale.
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The thing about Barnes and Noble is they got bought by a private equity firm like… three years ago? It’s genuinely a miracle it’s still going after being given a $600m debt plus the pandemic. The criterion shelves getting a little underfurbished makes sense this far in but hopefully they’ll be able to turn it around
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Nerdietalk posted:The thing about Barnes and Noble is they got bought by a private equity firm like… three years ago? It’s genuinely a miracle it’s still going after being given a $600m debt plus the pandemic. Whatever consolidation they went through in the last 3 years might save them in the end, they're definitely going back to being a specialty operation.
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I ordered the Fellini set, the Ingmar Bergman set, and A Man Escaped Please no more sales
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Chris James 2 posted:https://twitter.com/dawnofthediscs/status/1546560077322231808?s=20&t=FzH80EPJHnkJ52rBXgmHKA I might be one of the few people that still prefer The Departed, but I really enjoyed the first one. Come on Janus give me that John Woo box set. I need Hard Boiled in 4K (also The Killer and A Better Tomorrow Trilogy).
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I watched the Citizen Kane uhd last night. Its owns. Orson Welles owns. I could watch him do anything.
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Chris James 2 posted:Also 4K NOTLD Oh goddamnit, I already have the Criterion blu-ray 
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The UK releases continue to be super underwhelming for the most part. Although I wonder if the Great Dictator transfer has been improved at all or if they’re literally using the same one from the decade-old US disc
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Shiroc posted:I watched the Citizen Kane uhd last night. Its owns. Orson Welles owns. I could watch him do anything. Yeah I want The Third Man repressed dammit!
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Criterion October releases announced: - Lost Highway 4K - Night of the Living Dead 4K - Cure - Eve's Bayou - La Llorona - Arsenic and Old Lace
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Very good month. And three of those movies are from 1997! I wonder if there’s ever been that many movies from the same year in a Criterion announcement before (ignoring boxsets)
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Edit: oops was thinking of The Curse of La Llorona.
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RichterIX posted:Not sale related (unless this makes you buy it and you should) but I've been trucking through the Zatoichi movies again and I'm continually amazed that they were making GBS threads these out at the rate they were and they're all great? I don't think there's a true miss in the entire set. I mean, obviously they're formulaic but if the formula is one you like they're pretty much top of the class.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Edit: oops was thinking of The Curse of La Llorona. I thought it was that first too and was so confused
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