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Gripweed posted:At some point a couple years ago did somebody at the Criterion office say, "hey, has anybody else noticed that we don't do movies with black people in them?" and now they're trying to make up for lost time? There was a New York Times article in early 2020 and they have since made an effort to be more diverse. Of course, the idiots on some boards go on about Criterion being "woke" and that's why they had to lay off employees. As if titles like Shaft, Malcolm X, Buck and the Preacher (especially after NOPE), Menace II Society, or the Van Peebles box wouldn't sell.
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Egbert Souse posted:Of course, the idiots on some boards go on about Criterion being "woke" and that's why they had to lay off employees. As if titles like Shaft, Malcolm X, Buck and the Preacher (especially after NOPE), Menace II Society, or the Van Peebles box wouldn't sell. they just didn't sell enough Pre-Code t-shirts
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eagerly awaiting the first criterion collection nft
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It's almost that time again, so I put together a short list of titles I'd recommend holding off on for now... Likely UHD upgrades (either already out in UK/elsewhere or anniversaries): Amarcord (50th anniversary) The 400 Blows (and the rest of the Antoine Doniel films) Walkabout Salo The Wages of Fear 8 1/2 (60th anniversary) Naked Lunch Videodrome (40th anniversary) Le samourai Naked Army of Shadows The Double Life of Veronique Breathless The Last Emperor The Ice Storm With three Gilliam upgrades this year, I'd expect UHD upgrades of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Brazil to be soon (both already have 4K masters). There's also new 4K restorations of Videodrome and Naked Lunch from Arrow. And here's my picks for my favorite releases of the last two years... A Hard Day's Night (UHD) - Gorgeous 4K restoration, one of the best B&W films on the format. Love Affair - Long-suffering public domain film finally gets a beautiful restoration. Le cercle rouge (UHD) - New 4K restoration is a big improvement over the long-OOP Blu. The Last Waltz (UHD) - Underrated Scorsese picture, looks and sounds amazing. The Girl Can't Help It - One of the great 50s comedies, first Tashlin in the collection! The Tales of Hoffmann - I watched this on shrooms and had a religious experience. Blow Out (UHD) - The Blu already looks great, but this takes it over a few levels. Daisies - Completely insane movie and wonderful. Mildred Pierce (UHD) - One of the great 40s Warner films with an incredible performance by Joan Crawford Hollywood Shuffle - Robert Townsend's satirical comedy is a lot of fun, clearly an influence on UHF.
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Mar 21, 2023 15:14
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Egbert Souse posted:Hollywood Shuffle - Robert Townsend's satirical comedy is a lot of fun, clearly an influence on UHF. really glad this got a criterion edition.
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Egbert Souse posted:
Can Confirm, that Hards Day's Night release kicks substantial amounts of rear end.
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Grabbed Three Colors 4K, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 4K, and Inland Empire. Also, forgot to mention that The Princess Bride 4K will likely be a July release. Criterion briefly featured it on the coming soon page along with the June titles before it was taken down.
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I wonder if they'll do that neat little storybook packaging for the Princess Bride 4k release. The blu looks great though, I don't necessarily feel the need to upgrade but if the blu already looks that good then I guess there's a chance the UHD could end up being one of those knockout gamechanger type essential upgrades. I'll wait to read some reviews.
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I got four. Inland Empire Bringing Up Baby A Brighter Summer Day Dasies Edit: As an aside, I found True Stories is posted on YouTube in full (the official YouTube Movies channel, it’s above board, folks). I’ve been a Talking Heads fan for years and I slept on this. It’s great. The mellow surrealism is entrancing, it’s got a clever sense of humor and the integrated music is really enjoyable. A great movie to just throw on. Kart Barfunkel fucked around with this message at 18:55 on Mar 21, 2023 |
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True Stories is an unbelievably great movie. So is Daisies!
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I grabbed The Last Waltz 4k, Crumb blu-ray, and Stalker blu-ray.
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Franchescanado posted:I grabbed The Last Waltz 4k, Crumb blu-ray, and Stalker blu-ray. poo poo, I forgot about Crumb!  Oh well, I did get Stalker, as well as Lady Snowblood, House and Come and See.
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Egbert Souse posted:
Chytilova's catalog is chock full of great films, it's kind of embarrassing that Criterion took so long here.
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Didn’t realize all of those codes they send don’t expire. Went back through my emails and had $60 to use. Not bad!
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Citizen Kane 4K, Hollywood Shuffle, and Defending Your Life. Not the worst selection.
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Action Serious posted:Didn’t realize all of those codes they send don’t expire. Went back through my emails and had $60 to use. Not bad! Well this made me comb through my emails and find two more codes I never used. Whelp. Grabbed Citizen Kane 4k and Pasolini's Trilogy of Life box set, since those two tend to be expensive or out of stock during B&N sales. edit: Which just gave me 500 points, meaning I just got emailed a $50 credit. Oh boy. Um. Zatoichi Box set or the Three Colors 4k set... Decisions, decisions. Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Mar 22, 2023 |
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The Three Colours restorations look goddamn beautiful
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Escobarbarian posted:The Three Colours restorations look goddamn beautiful And I love Julie Delpy so much. (Haven't seen this yet, always meant to blind-buy the set.) edit: Alright, my total, and I'm totally done, not buying any more this sale: Citizen Kane 4k Trilogy of Life box set Three Colors 4k UHD set The Last Waltz 4k Crumb blu-ray Stalker blu-ray Holy poo poo. This cost me a little under $100, all free shipping. Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 14:02 on Mar 22, 2023 |
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failed to buy Crash before it sold out  next sale is around October, right?
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:failed to buy Crash before it sold out What's stopping you from getting the Arrow 4k? That's what I have, and it's great. edit: Barnes & Nobles should be doing a 50% sale during the summer. If you're specifically waiting for Criterion, yeah, I think it's usually in October or November.
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Franchescanado posted:What's stopping you from getting the Arrow 4k? That's what I have, and it's great. don't have a 4K player and not particularly interested in getting one. plus there were a couple other Criterions I was gonna get along with it (Cure and The Parallax View).
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:don't have a 4K player and not particularly interested in getting one. plus there were a couple other Criterions I was gonna get along with it (Cure and The Parallax View). Fair enough. It's one of my most rewatched 4ks, so I'm a big proponent of Arrow's release. I need to watch Parallax View sometime. I just watched Three Days of the Condor, which I loved, and they get lumped together a lot. And Klute rules, I dig Pakula.
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Franchescanado posted:Fair enough. It's one of my most rewatched 4ks, so I'm a big proponent of Arrow's release. Three Days of the Condor is really good and I love Klute but I'd say The Parallax View is both Pakula's best and the best of the '70s Paranoia Thriller Wave. It's a seriously incredible movie. Criterion's cover for it is kinda rear end but what are you gonna do.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Three Days of the Condor is really good and I love Klute but I'd say The Parallax View is both Pakula's best and the best of the '70s Paranoia Thriller Wave. It's a seriously incredible movie. I like 90% of Criterion covers, but I do wish for the other 10% that they had reversible covers with original posters like Arrow, KL and Shout. Or maybe even just an insert with the original poster. I dunno, they lose some great art sometimes. I'll bump up Parallax on my watch list. I have a lot of blind spots in 70's cinema that I'm trying to dig into.
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We watched The Parallax View last year and it was great. I managed to distract myself so I didn't buy anything last night, but this last 90 minutes has me really fighting the urge.
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Picked up Inland Empire, Multiple Maniacs, and The Red Shoes 4K. Three blind buys that I’m pretty excited to check out.
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Went with Inland Empire and Hollywood Shuffle myself. Both will be first time viewings.
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I got to see the new restoration of INLAND EMPIRE in theaters and it was amazing. You're both in a for a treat.
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Franchescanado posted:I like 90% of Criterion covers, but I do wish for the other 10% that they had reversible covers with original posters like Arrow, KL and Shout. Or maybe even just an insert with the original poster. Big same.
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So most of the Lynch filmography is coming to the channel next month. My question is what’s up with Wild at Heart? It’s not gonna be on there and in general it’s pretty difficult to find. Is there some weird rights thing behind it?
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checkplease posted:Went with Inland Empire and Hollywood Shuffle myself. Both will be first time viewings. A suggestion for the Inland Empire viewing: all the lights turned off and headphones, if possible.
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I grabbed Last Hurrah For Chivalry, Inland Empire, and Brighter Summer Day from the sale.
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Rooney McNibnug posted:A suggestion for the Inland Empire viewing: all the lights turned off and headphones, if possible. I should get some wireless headphones for my tv. Sound bar is nice but often have to turn it down at night.
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Rooney McNibnug posted:A suggestion for the Inland Empire viewing: all the lights turned off and headphones, if possible. And enough Benadryl to summon The Hat Man.
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Kart Barfunkel posted:So most of the Lynch filmography is coming to the channel next month. My question is what’s up with Wild at Heart? It’s not gonna be on there and in general it’s pretty difficult to find. Is there some weird rights thing behind it? I'm guessing it's omitted because other than Dune, the rest of the films are Lynch-approved transfers. It's an MGM property, but both the Twilight Time (OOP) and Shout! Factory (in print) editions use the 2004 HD transfer created for the DVD at the time.
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Oh good to know. I was eying that shout factory version of wild at heart, but maybe I’ll wait. Though who knows if a better restoration will happen.
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