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It was weird how they hadn't put out The Bicycle Thief but they've had Umberto D. for ages. Oh well, I look forward to another dive into neo-realism.
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Nov 17, 2006 03:41
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FitFortDanga posted:According to the Criterion blog: Goddamnit, I just bought Andrei Rublev and Shock Corridor less than 6 months ago. However, both of these films have pretty much no extras and alright transfers so I guess an update is warranted. Now get the rights from Kino for other Tarkovsky films 
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Nov 25, 2006 19:58
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FitFortDanga posted:Click Is anyone else wondering if Criterion maybe had in mind with their logo switch something that would look similar for both of their product lines?
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Dec 22, 2006 22:56
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I can't tell you how excited I am that Criterion is finally releasing Ivan's Childhood. It's the only Tarkovsky feature I've yet to see so I'm glad for this opportunity. Maybe they can pry the rights to The Sacrifice from Kino and give that film a proper transfer.
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Apr 18, 2007 14:25
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Maybe it's just because the forums' background is the same color, but that Breathless cover art looks really bad/weird.
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Brian Fellows posted:I've never seen this discussed before (I haven't really looked for discussion, either) but is this the common view comparing the two versions? I agree that it's not exactly a necessary thing to own, though each has its merit. But I thought Kurosawa's version was infinitely better than Renoir's version, which I really couldn't stand. Normally I love Renoir and Jean Gabin, but I think it actually suffered drastically from having Gabin as a main character instead of using an equal ensemble as in Kurosawa's version. This is kind of an aside, but I don't really understand the love for Jean Gabin. Granted, I've only seen Pepe Le Moko, but I was pretty underwhelmed with him (and the whole movie actually) and was wondering what other films fans of his would recommend.
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I got a gift cert. to the Criterion Store from my job recently and need something just over $60 total ($10 off newsletter rebate), is the Teshigahara boxset worth it or would I be better off investing in some individual films?
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May 21, 2008 00:58
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Jack Does Jihad posted:Is that Andrzej Wajda box any good? I was talking to a friend and he heard about it but none of the films in the set are on netflix. The War Trilogy? If so, I find it hard to believe Netflix has none of them. But that set is worth a purchase. A Generation isn't that great, but Kanal is good and Ashes and Diamonds is a masterpiece.
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Jul 27, 2008 21:18
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Tout Va Bien is the only Criterion that I've regretted blindbuying 
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Aug 16, 2008 21:09
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Crandle posted:The Dziga Vertov Group stuff is definitely a minority taste, but who can resist Godard channeling Frank Tashlin in a radical leftist film? Don't get me wrong, the film was beautiful. The first third of the film was generally enjoyable. However, it got painfully didactic and preachy as it went on. I think it's worth watching once, just not buying.
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Aug 18, 2008 00:33
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Has Criterion talked about expanding their Central and Eastern European offerings? It's kind of disappointing what they've got to offer right now.
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Sep 18, 2008 22:28
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FitFortDanga posted:ECLIPSE SERIES 14: ROSSELLINI'S HISTORY FILMS RENAISSANCE AND ENLIGHTENMENT I'm not sure if you have seen those Rossellinis (I haven't), but as someone with a serious interest in the southern European Renaissance, are they worth checking out?
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Oct 17, 2008 20:27
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FitFortDanga posted:More Mulvaney email: Aw man this is awesome news; love both Wings and Paris. Haven't seen Alice. Hope they do some cool extras for them.
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Oct 31, 2008 19:30
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FitFortDanga posted:
I think I've asked you this before, but why don't you like Ashes and Diamonds as much as Kanal?
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Dec 16, 2008 21:38
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Ahhhhhhhhhh I need a Blu-Ray player for Seventh Seal update now. For some reason I like the subdued cover for Last Year. I can see why some would find it boring though.
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KidDynamite posted:
That site got closed down and I think most of the images got moved to a different site but they haven't added any new ones for like a year.
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I'm happy they're putting out Makavajev on Eclipse because finding Eastern European films from the Communist-era is not very easy. Here's hoping they expand on this and release more of this type instead of lesser-known films from big directors.
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Jul 18, 2009 13:24
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I'd really like to see Criterion start to branch out into niche genres instead of offering up an exhaustive collection of canonical directors' oeuvres.
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Aug 19, 2009 06:06
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The Lucas posted:I'm just glad someone is bringing Hunger to America. I've been dying to see it. Hunger has been to America. It came to my mid-sized college town several months ago.
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Aug 21, 2009 05:33
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FitFortDanga posted:Criterion's been pretty decent about responding to people on their Facebook page. No hard confirmations, but some vague "we'll get to it eventually" or "we'll think about it" type statements. And a few firm denials (like, um, Dick Tracy... what the hell are people thinking?). Yellow Earth wouldn't be a big loss, in my opinion. Although some of the other 5th Generation Chinese films are worthwhile.
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Sep 25, 2009 22:50
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AccountSupervisor posted:Has there ever been an official explanation as to why Armageddon and The Rock were made into Criterions? "Summer blockbuster genre." But really it's to finance the ones that don't sell a lot but are worthwhile to put out. So happy that Paris, TX is coming out on Criterion. Harry Dean Stanton is a force in that movie.
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Oct 15, 2009 23:29
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A Jacques Tati film, the perfect gift for any young relative.
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Oct 27, 2009 19:52
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Man I sure can't think of anything I'd like more than a release of a Beatles movie.
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Nov 9, 2009 04:34
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vertov posted:There's something odd about that film becoming part of the "institutionalized" realm of film appreciation that Criterion and MoC (and the accompanying internet discourse) have been cultivating. I think as much as we want to hoist up Criterion as paragons of cinematic taste (whatever that means), at the end of the day, they are still a commercial entity and it appears that the mythologizing the film has received is going to lead to a lot of sales.
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Nov 20, 2009 04:43
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Have they said anything about actually releasing 3rd World Cinema and not just platitudes? I'd really like to see some African offerings.
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Nov 20, 2009 21:35
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Egbert Souse posted:I think it's self reflexive, as Criterion has become the Janus Films (and sort of 1970s New Line Cinema) of home video. Theatrical re-release and revival runs aren't common anymore, so home presentation is the next best thing. While taking film classes, a big percentage of screenings were via Criterion discs. They're not influencing outside of presentation quality, but rather acting as a quality distributor of important films. You talk about institutionalized film classes and using these DVDs, but aren't we seeing an expansion of film education and film culture into the home with the extra material included on the DVDs (especially things like Criterion?). I think that is one benefit of Criterion (regardless of what you think about their influence on the canon) and there's a pretty good essay by Alison Trope in "Inventing Film Studies" about the role DVDs and home entertainment have played in re-situating film culture back into non-academic society, where it was before the shuffling of film studies into the cloistered realm of academia by the increasing focus on huge and comprehensive books in the early 1980s. And I don't mean to imply that the content included on these DVDs is sufficient to replace institutionalized study, just that it is a democratizing agent.
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LaptopGun posted:Wasn't someone annoyed that this thread had turned into a glorified coupons thread? That's what this thread still is basically, were it not for vertov starting an interesting thread of discussion and a handful of people addressing it. Mike_V fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Nov 21, 2009 |
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Friedpundit posted:As a 19-year-old student of film, let me thrown in my two cents. I'm obviously not completely learned in film yet. Even though I average about one movie a day, I've only seen half an Ozu, one Truffaut, I haven't even touched Godard, etc. But thanks to the rise in DVDs I can take comfort in the fact that it's something I'll be able to get into eventually without too much trouble. Maybe this makes me a little lackadaisical in my studies. Breathless is instant on Netflix, and I still haven't watched it because it's something 'I'll get to eventually.' Well, availability is all fine and good, but television screenings only provide the text. Nothing else. This is where DVDs and home entertainment are really re-democratizing film culture. No longer are you required to spend thousands of dollars to enroll in academic courses. Certainly the criticism provided on the DVDs is surface-level at best, but it is a jumping off point that is moving film study back from the exclusive halls of academia. As a bit of an aside, and this is based on my anecdotal experience at my alma mater, but undergraduate film education at state universities is embarrassingly insufficient and continue to revolve around auteurism and national cinemas. If I have any advice for people looking to pursue an MA or PhD it is to buy anthologies like "Film Theory and Criticism" edited by Braudy and Cohen or the "Movies and Methods" volumes by Bill Nichols. PS: vertov, I don't have platinum so I can't send IMs, but do you know of any popular culture conferences that would allow paper submissions?
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Nov 22, 2009 00:21
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STEVIE B 4EVA posted:Hey everyone! I bought a movie released on DVD by Criterion! Yeah, me too, I even double-dipped on it Criterion!!!
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Dec 25, 2009 08:06
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Just picked up The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954) on Blu-Ray. Had to double-dip  , but I feel like it was worth it (drat you Criterion ).Edit: Forgot to say that it goes quite well with the katana sitting above my mantle 
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Looking forward to picking up F For Fake (Welles, 1975) during the drat you Criterion Edit: Oh for fucks sake I'll also have to go in on the AK 100 - 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa. My poor wallet 
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