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Mferkinwalter posted:Anyone get the Pandora's Box DVD yet? Any thoughts? I'm asking for it for the holidays, and I really want to hear what it's like. What do you want to know? I just got it and watched it last night. I thought the movie was great, it had some surprisingly complex characters and interesting story. I've only seen a handful of silent films but to me this one is by far the best. As far as DVD is concerned the video looks nice, although it certainly shows its age with scratches it doesn't detract from the film. The 4 audio tracks seem to be pretty different in tone. I watched it with the orchestra track and it sounds very nice. I only listened to a couple of minutes of the others so all I can say is they seem more different than I expected. The cabaret one doesn't feel right, but that may just be because I had just watched with a different score. The piano one seems more appropriate but still different. The second orchestra track I couldn't get a feel for in a couple of minutes. The packaging looks nice, it's a slipaces with a digipack an elegant 90 page booklet. I haven't looked at any of the extras so I can't comment on those.
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Mike_V posted: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? I'm pretty sure they've confirmed that this was, in fact, part of their reasoning. Edit: Here's a quote from the blog on Nov 21 quote:The new logo: Peaceful Anarchy fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Dec 23, 2006 |
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Dec 23, 2006 00:13
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MP*DeafRei posted:edit2: oh well, nothing I actually want until the new releases hit the streets. Too bad I can preorder those at discount. You can preorder them at a discount at http://www.dvdplanet.com
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Mar 2, 2007 22:17
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Triphos posted:Pretty decent deal going on at DVD Planet right now: F for Fake, The Honeymoon Killers, General Idi Amin Dada, and a hat for 64.95. Those are the regular prices for those movies at dvdplanet. So essentially the deal is buy these 3 and get a hat. I guess it's worth it if you want the hat.
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Apr 27, 2007 20:06
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It seems Breathless is coming later this year from the hint in Criterion's newsletter.
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May 15, 2007 19:53
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Icon-Cat posted:Being a cheapass in the extreme, I never mind waiting for the free Super Saver Shipping, and since a lot of those discs clock over $25 all by themselves... (shrug) If you were really a cheapass you'd know DVDplanet has ALL criterions at 35% of, all the time. There's nothing special about this amazon deal, other than that it's at amazon.
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May 15, 2007 22:11
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Triphos posted:Yeah, but I don't recall them deliberately withholding what those titles would be. It's probably because I wasn't paying that much attention at the time, though.
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May 16, 2007 05:46
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Those of you who don't like that they're releasing already released movies will probably not be glad to hear that the latest newsletter hints at another rerelease: Days of Heaven.
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Jun 7, 2007 02:13
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Og Oggilby posted:Also, CriterionDVD's forum has a blurb from Darren Aronofsky about wanting a Criterion edition of Pi, but not in the cards yet. That doesn't make any sense to me, the current DVD is pretty feature packed and the movie really wouldn't benefit from a better transfer. I also think it's a terrible movie, but that's beside the point. Edit: did you mean for The Fountain?
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Jun 7, 2007 02:45
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New criterions coming, including the revalation of what 400 will be: 400:   401:   404:   405:   406:  
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Jun 15, 2007 20:09
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Criminal Minded posted:
No kidding. Looking through IMDB I'm assuming it's this, but there's not really enough there to see why they chose it.
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Jun 15, 2007 21:00
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Mike_V posted:Maybe it's just because the forums' background is the same color, but that Breathless cover art looks really bad/weird. It's the orientation of the text, and the black line down the middle doesn't help. It's the sort of idea that seems original in your head but looks awful when you actually do it. It might not be so bad on an actual DVD that you can rotate, though.
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Jul 17, 2007 04:14
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I actually didn't find The Lady Vanishes to be anything more than an OK Hitchcock, but I'm really eager to see the other three.
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Aug 16, 2007 04:46
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lastclearchance posted:Similarly, am I the only one who has the Rohmer box? 8 1/2 A Woman is a Woman Au hasard Balthazar Bad Timing Band of Outsiders Charade Chasing Amy Coup de Torchon Cries and Whispers Dead Ringers Do the Right Thing Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Forbidden Games Grand Illusion Great Expectations Heaven Can Wait Ikiru Il Posto Ingmar Bergman's Fanny & Alexander(5 disc) Jules and Jim Kagemusha Kind Hearts and Coronets La bete humaine Le Corbeau Le Samourai Lord of the Flies M Man Bites Dog Masculin feminin Naked Lunch Night and Fog Notorious Oliver Twist Pandora's Box Pepe le Moko Ran Rashomon Rushmore Seven Samurai Shoot the Piano Player Slacker Straw Dogs Sullivan's Travels The Bad Sleep Well The Browning Version The Complete Mr. Arkadin a.k.a. Confidential Report The Double Life of Veronique The Hidden Fortress The Killers The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum The Lower Depths The Most Dangerous Game The Passion of Joan of Arc The Red Shoes The Rock The Royal Tenenbaums The Rules of the Game The Ruling Class The Seventh Seal The Silence of the Lambs The Third Man The Wages of Fear Tokyo Story Traffic Tunes of Glory Unfaithfully Yours Viridiana W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films Wild Strawberries Box Sets: Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales Fassbinder's BRD Trilogy The Adventures of Antoine Doinel John Cassavetes: Five Films Andrzej Wajda: Three War Films A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman I Am Curious Yojimbo / Sanjuro: Two Films by Akira Kurosawa Eclipse: Early Bergman Late Ozu
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Sep 21, 2007 23:28
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IndieRockLance posted:That is shockingly cheap. Are these all shorts or something? I'd expect a box set like that to go for upwards of 80 bucks. Also, Criterion has The Idiot listed as 166 minutes, which is the standard theatrical version.
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Oct 17, 2007 01:28
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FitFortDanga posted:The MSRP on the Kurosawa box is $69.95. Criterion's pre-order price is $55.96. I don't know if the DVDPlanet discount would apply to the MSRP or the pre-order price. Search for "the idiot" at the criterion wevsite and it brings up a short summary of the film. DVDPlanet's regular 35% discount applies to MSRP. The extra 20% applies to that discounted price when the sale is on.
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Oct 17, 2007 01:51
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IndieRockLance posted:I spotted Straw Dogs and Dazed & Confused (both $30) at a local used DVD place along with Smiles of a Summer Night ($12). Are they worth picking up? Specifically Straw Dogs and Smiles of a Summer Night since I've seen neither (although I've heard a lot about Straw Dogs). I really like Straw Dogs, but it's a film I'd hesitate to recommend as a blind buy. Have you seen any other Peckinpah films? $30 for Dazed an condused sounds like too much since you can easily buy it online new for $25.
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Mar 4, 2008 04:42
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Jack Does Jihad posted:Has anyone here actually used DVD Planet? I noticed almost all their 2-disc sets were 5 bucks cheaper than Deep Discounts. I've heard DVD Planet has lovely customer service so I was kinda hesitant to order from them. I have and haven't had a problem. They ship from the same warehouse as Deepdiscount and I think are owned by the same parent company.
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Mar 17, 2008 23:17
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I'm so happy to see High and Low getting a new release, I've been putting off buying it in hopes of this day. The current Vampyr DVD is terrible so a new realease is welcome but since this one says it comes from a 1998 restoration I wonder if the other DVD was from that as well.
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Apr 17, 2008 21:00
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Yes the sales are twice a year, in May and November. Buy.com has a bunch on sale until the 22nd, so if you've got one of those Google Checkout coupons that can beat DVDPlanet's sale prices. vertov posted:The Image disc used a non-HD restoration made by David Shepard while the Criterion and MoC DVDs will use a HD restoration by Martin Koerber. I'm not sure if the film elements will be drastically different, but the quality of the image should be a lot better and it won't have the annoying boxes around the subtitles.
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Apr 18, 2008 01:31
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zandert33 posted:Does that now mean that all of Kurosawa's movies have Anamorphic DVD releases, correct? All the Kurosawa Criterions, yes. I don't think Madadayo, Dersu Uzala and Dodesukaden do, at least not in R1.
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Apr 18, 2008 18:32
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quote:Our Blu-ray release of Walkabout will be an all-new edition, featuring new supplements as well as a new transfer; we will also release an updated anamorphic DVD of Nicolas Roeg’s outback masterpiece at the same time. Also, I guess that e-mail is confirmation that El Norte, Chungking Express and Bottle Rocket are coming to Criterion. I don't think those have been announced before.
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May 7, 2008 23:56
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I Am Awful posted:October is going to be awesome. You do realize these aren't all coming in October, right? It says they'll begin rolling them out in October. That may very well be 6 months worth of releases.
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May 8, 2008 01:19
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Jack Does Jihad posted:I imagine they'll start releasing some of the older ones, if I had to guess. I bet Spartacus will be up soon, along with some of their other "flagship" (if you wanna call it that) titles. I bet they won't re-release the newer ones like Mishima for awhile, but I'm just guessing. Let people wait long enough to buy the standard def before releasing the blu-ray. You would think so, but the Last Emperor is on that list, and The Third Man got it's rerelease a year ago. I do agree that they'll probably focus on big titles, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Brazil, Seven Samurai and maybe Playtime, which got recent remasters.
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Maybe it's because this is the first time I've seen the movie the clue refers to beforehand, but that clue is really obvious. I'm glad that boxset is finally coming.Mike_V posted: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? I blind bought the Teshigahara boxset and loved all three movies, but they're definitely unique films that might not be for everyone. They're a little slow and contemplative with a lot of subtext and I can't really think of anything to compare them to, other than each other.
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May 21, 2008 02:11
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FitFortDanga posted:Here comes the Ophuls... That cover art is beautiful, but I have to admit I'm a little disappointed by the fact that it doesn't look like this will be a box set, and there's no Letter from an Unknown Woman, Liebelei or Lola Montes, I didn't expect all three but at least one of them. While all three are enjoyable I don't see myself buying them individually, especially at the $40 price point, and I was looking forward to them too.
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Jun 18, 2008 00:34
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Criminal Minded posted:I was hoping for a box set as well, but really, who pays list price for Criterions, ever? True, but even on sale $20 is a lot for a single DVD. It's the reason I haven't bought Sawdust and Tinsel and Drunken Angel, among others. Even though DVDs in general seem to be going down in price Criterion seems to be moving towards releasing a larger percentage of films at the higher price point. I'm much more willing to impulse buy at $10 or even $15.
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Jun 18, 2008 02:42
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That's the best deal post I've seen on Criterions. It's going to be really hard to restrain myself from buying a bunch of the titles I've been hesitant to buy.
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That's a great month, I've only seen two Costa-Gravas films and they're both fantastic( I hope there are more to come), more Melville is always good and I'd like to see more Mizoguchi.Cacator posted:Is Costa-Gravas one name or two? It's his last name.
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Jul 16, 2008 02:55
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FitFortDanga posted:Sweet (I wish I knew why I'm not getting the newsletters though). It's been known to be in the works for ages, but it's about drat time we got official (or semi-official, I guess) confirmation. I just hope they release it on Blu-Ray. I get them, but hotmail likes to mark them as dangerous content, so it could be that you have a spam filter blocking them. Also, yay for The Exterminating Angel, it's my favorite Buñuel.
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I don't think The Taking of Power by Louis XIV will make any difference to that opinion. It's a pretty conventional period piece. There's some interesting subtext but on the whole it's a pretty boring film. I don't get why Criterion would bother releasing it before the 3 WWII films that made him famous.
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FitFortDanga posted:The Exterminating Angel - loving finally. One of my absolute favorites. But why, why, WHY can't Criterion scrape together more supplements for Bunuel? Really, NO ONE was available to do a commentary on this? This was my first thought too, at least it's coming out and with a feature length documentary that's hopefully interesting, but surely they could find something that's specifically about the film. Also, I'm glad to see Simon of The Desert coming in at a lower price point, hopefully that will entice people who wouldn't normally give it a chance.
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FitFortDanga posted:Someone at cf.org was at a function where Kim Hendrickson spoke, who confirmed some stuff. Most of this is already known, but here it is: Except for the Godard films, which I don't really care much about, this is great news, even if, as you said, most if it was known. I'm glad Marienbad is coming on Blu-Ray, and I hope those von Sternbergs are in an eclipse set, maybe with The Last Command.
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Feb 10, 2009 23:09
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FitFortDanga posted:More Bresson would be awesome, especially Four Nights of a Dreamer which is the only one I haven't seen yet. Do you have any reason to believe it will be Four Nights of a Dreamer? I agree that'd be awesome but there's 6 others that don't have Criterion releases and Four Nights of a Dreamer seems to be one of those titles with 'rights issues.'
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I'm excited for the Imamura boxset, though I had really hoped for more meaty supplements. The other two are pretty meh. I've seen The Private Life of Henry VIII and Laughton hams it up enough to make it decently enjoyable but I didn't think it was anything special. I suspect the others are similar, if you consider the subjects and the fact that they're all around 90 minutes that probably says it all.
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Cacator posted:Source? I thought Wes Anderson was the only director who got to do that. http://www.criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9490&start=0 As one of those who thought it was pretty good I don't see what everyone is so worked up about. The 39.99 price point does seem a bit surprising though.
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FitFortDanga posted:Made in USA - Haven't seen this yet, but pretty sure I won't like it, based on my past experience with Godard. While I kind of agree with you, this description at Criterion: quote:Like a Looney Tunes rendition of The Big Sleep gone New Wave, this chaotic crime thriller and acidly funny critique of consumerism features Anna Karina as the most brightly dressed private investigator in film history, searching for a former lover who might have been assassinated.
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Jack Does Jihad posted:and JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES That eclipse set looks pretty cool too.
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Movies filmed in Monument Valley I'm going to guess Electra Glide In Blue since it's apparently out of print, the Christmas part just hints at a December release.
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I'm really happy Z is being released, but annoyed that it's at the higher price point and missing the Costa Gravas commentary, though the interviews may make up for that.Sheldrake posted:A lot of birthday money, a lot of a lack of financial obligations. And I wanted to get every drat Criterion off my wishlist, and that took care of everything except Miss Julie, which was excluded for some reason. If you want Miss Julie it's $19.69 at deepdiscount and you can add the 25% off code to that. I still haven't bought anything on the Barnes and Noble sale but I don't know how long I can resist.
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