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FitFortDanga posted:Speculation at cf.org is that #482 has to be 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her. One of my least favorite Godards. Makes sense since the print was touring with Made in U.S.A.
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FitFortDanga posted:Hasn't it been long established that the animals in the hint are usually meaningless? Well, the Buñuel animals threw everyone for a loop. Also the image name specifically notes "Parisian bunnies."
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FitFortDanga posted:I hope that's not all for this month, though. Wasn't Wings of Desire supposed to be a given? I think pushing back The Human Condition messed everything up. It's the missing September release now.
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Friedpundit posted:Went to my local Borders today to pick up the new Seventh Seal. I made a beeline for the foreign DVDs and found... nothing. This terrified me as the Borders here had gotten rid of their foreign section for a brief period once before. As it turned out, they were just moving things around, so I go for the foreign DVDs and find... the old edition. For 40 dollars. So I checked the website (which I had already checked before I came and they had the new one pictured). It said it was there, only it was marked up $10 from the MSRP. I figured this was a mistake and I was right. I did some searching and found the new edition nicely tucked in the Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi section. Wow, with all that really important stuff going against it, I hope it's a good movie!
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Jun 16, 2009 18:26
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Have any of you seen the new Criterion ad campaign? I spotted this one on https://www.theawl.com:
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Jun 18, 2009 22:55
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Origami Dali posted:with this sale on top of a B&N member card you're getting close to 60% off. More specifically, you're getting 55% off. edited for clarity STEVIE B 4EVA fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Jul 8, 2009 |
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LaptopGun posted:I am now the proud owner of The Seventh Seal. Question: I got the newest one, but whats the differnece between it and the old one. Before I crack open the shrink wrap Bold is new; italics is both. The big difference is that Disc 2 is Bergman Island (although I think Bergman 101 was on the old disc). * New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) * Introduction by Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003 * Audio commentary by Bergman expert Peter Cowie, with a new afterword * Bergman Island (2006), an 83-minute documentary on Bergman by Marie Nyreröd, featuring in-depth and revealing interviews with the director * Archival audio interview with Max von Sydow * A 1989 tribute to Bergman by filmmaker Woody Allen * Theatrical trailer * Bergman 101, a selected video filmography tracing Bergman’s career, narrated by Cowie * Optional English-dubbed soundtrack * New and improved English subtitle translation * PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins
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Jul 22, 2009 03:22
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LaptopGun posted:I did notice that they only keep 1 copy of a movie out at any time (fake urgency factor). This is probably not "fake urgency" but because the store only ever stocks one or zero of each Criterion since they move so slowly. Sometimes they stock up specifically for sales, but even so I doubt every store would have stocked multiples of every Criterion, because even with the sale there are going to be a lot of distributor returns, which costs B&N money.
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Jul 22, 2009 04:13
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Hey FitFortDanga how can I find out when/where the new Criterions are announced next month? :twisted;
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Jul 22, 2009 06:24
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Rushmore was briefly on backorder everywhere (including from Criterion proper), which I guess was a mistake re: getting a new batch pressed or whatever. But it should be back in normal circulation now.
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Jul 30, 2009 16:08
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I actually like the Picasso-esque image fine but that font does not work on that cover at all.
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Someone at criterionforum suggested it's Kurosawa-related since his centenary is in 2010 (and the image is wackyhorse_K.jpg). But even that seems like just a guess.
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Oh poo poo it's some serious new release action! 492: A Christmas Tale BOX ART COMING SOON DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES: * New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Arnaud Desplechin * L’aimée, Desplechin’s 2007 documentary about the selling of his family home * New documentary featuring interviews with Desplechin and actors Mathieu Amalric and Catherine Deneuve * Original theatrical trailers * New and improved English subtitle translation * PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Lopate
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Aug 14, 2009 23:00
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493: Gomorrah (DVD and Blu-Ray) DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: * New high-definition transfer, supervised and approved by director Matteo Garrone (with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) * Five Stories, a 60-minute documentary on the making of Gomorrah * New video interviews with Garrone and actor Toni Servillo * Interviews with writer Roberto Saviano and actors Gianfelice Imparato and Salvatore Cantalupo * Deleted scenes * Theatrical trailer * PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Chuck Stephens
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Aug 14, 2009 23:03
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494: Downhill Racer Disc Features * New, restored high-definition digital transfer * New video interviews with screenwriter James Salter; film editor Richard Harris; production manager Walter Coblenz; and former downhill skier Joe Jay Jalbert, who served as technical adviser, a ski double, and a cameraman * Audio excerpts from a 1979 American Film Institute seminar with director Michael Ritchie * Theatrical trailer * PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Todd McCarthy
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Aug 14, 2009 23:05
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495: The Golden Age of Television SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET * The live kinescope broadcasts of Marty (1953), Patterns (1955), No Time for Sergeants (1955), A Wind from the South (1955), Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956), Bang the Drum Slowly (1956), The Comedian (1957), and Days of Wine and Roses (1958) * Commentaries by directors John Frankenheimer, Delbert Mann, Ralph Nelson, and Daniel Petrie * Interviews with key cast and crew, including Frankenheimer, Andy Griffith, Julie Harris, Kim Hunter, Richard Kiley, Piper Laurie, Nancy Marchand, Jack Palance, Cliff Robertson, Mickey Rooney, Carol Serling, Rod Steiger, and Mel Torme * PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his extensive liner notes on each program
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Aug 14, 2009 23:06
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I've seen A Christmas Tale but I definitely want to watch it again. Gomorrah was good but not great but I think both are good pulls for Criterion. Personally, since I'm not a big Criterion (or for that matter DVD) buyer, I always get more interested in the stuff that wasn't available. I was actually pretty surprised to discover last month that Downhill Racer was not on DVD. I guess this goes partway to explaining why? And the Golden Age of TV set looks like a great rental.
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Here's what really puzzles me about A Christmas Tale and Gomorrah--both of these are IFC titles, and I had thought IFC and Weinstein had a deal of some sort. I could be confused--what I know for sure is that both companies had a "90-day exclusive" deal with Blockbuster. So in the first place no Criterion release is going to have a 90-day exclusive with Blockbuster. (Is there currently a rental-only version of either of these movies, as I believe there is with Che?) And secondly, if this is a joint IFC-Weinstein deal, how exactly did Criterion manage this with the Weinsteins if their deal over the Ran Blu-Ray fell through?
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Mike_V posted: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. After reading NE's post in What Movie Did You Last Watch? I was just thinking that The Street Fighter would be a great title for Criterion. On the one hand, they are probably the only DVD company that could get away with charging as much as they would have to in order to pay for the restoration. On the other, they don't have to pay for the rights, (and can secure the rights of their particular transfer,) so it wouldn't be too expensive either. And just as to pre-empt people who might counter your post, I don't think the token sci-fi/action/horror movies count as "branching out", especially since most of those are early spine numbers (and some are out of print).
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Aug 19, 2009 06:10
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FitFortDanga posted:Criterion is screening a number of films at the "ATP" (All Tomorrow's Parties) event in New York. Among them are Hunger (Steve McQueen), House (Hausu), Mystery Train and Paris, Texas. All of these except Hunger have been rumored to enter the collection, but this would appear to be additional confirmation. Keeping in mind, of course, that last year they screened 1991: The Year Punk Broke and then did not release it.
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chime_on posted:Just because they didn't release it doesn't mean that they won't. At ATP I watched their hi-def transfers of a few movies that aren't on the current Blu-Ray schedule. Admittedly 1991 may be a special case because of potentially prohibitively expensive music rights, but Dave Markey has basically indicated that, for the moment, it is not under consideration for a Criterion release. I would be very, very happy to be wrong though! e: typo STEVIE B 4EVA fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Aug 21, 2009 |
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Macrame_God posted:It's Stagecoach. They'd be fools to do that. A better way to look at it would be to say that if they don't put out a Blu-Ray, that's a really strong indicator of how well classic film is doing on Blu-Ray.
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Egbert Souse posted:ITV is releasing BluRays of The 39 Steps, Henry V, and Hamlet in October, so there's more possible remasters Criterion can release. I recall The 39 Steps not looking "great" at least in comparison to The Lady Vanishes. I doubt they'd do that so soon after putting The 39 Steps out as an Essential Arthouse title (Sep 9 or something).
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Aug 26, 2009 19:05
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juan the owl posted:Um, why not just sell your old copies of the movies and use the money to buy the boxset? WHAT A SLAP IN THE FACE!!
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Aug 28, 2009 16:44
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The Lucas posted:I like this one better than the Advent Calendar one that was floating around for a bit.
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FFD where are you getting all this info (aside from the Newsletter clue)? e: Whit Stillman's Top Ten is also pretty funny/useless. "I like all of them!" STEVIE B 4EVA fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Sep 4, 2009 |
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Sep 4, 2009 20:11
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FitFortDanga posted:Not sure if we'll be getting new announcements today. It's already 7:30 on the east coast. They have done them later than this before, though. Probably not today since they just got back from ATP this weekend.
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FitFortDanga posted:Monsoon Wedding just got pushed back to November 20th. Leaving Z and the Makavejev set as the only October titles. Where was this announced? criterion.com still has it as Oct 20.
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Which Audrey Hepburn movies would you want exactly? I'm not particularly fond of her as an actress.
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from the Facebook page:Eric Dienstfrey posted:I hate to be negative, but I just want to make sure you NEVER release a film by Joe Swanberg... ever. Sorry to be negative, but I'm worried it might happen. 
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Egbert Souse posted:Beauty and the Beast, The Naked Prey, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, and For All Mankind among my younger cousins. "and for my favorite youngest niece, Beauty and the Beast!" "YAYYYYY--this doesn't look like Belle...." "Just wait till you watch it!"
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Macrame_God posted:Yeah. Disney owns the rights for most of the Studio Ghibli stuff and the folks at Criterion would have better luck pulling the Moon out of the sky with thier hands than getting the rights away from them. Well, once someone suggests a Beatles-related title with a straight face, we're already dealing with infinitesimal odds, so we might as well suggest whatever.
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Nov 9, 2009 03:00
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Look at all these Criterion Blu-Rays I found in the Disney® Vault!
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Nov 9, 2009 03:09
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I can't believe we all missed the most obvious selection: The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Cut
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Nov 9, 2009 04:31
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Criterions tend to hold their value, which is worth keeping in mind for anyone on the fence about blind-buying. (I could have sworn someone already wrote this, and I was going to quote it, but then I couldn't find it.)
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He keeps using multiple copies of the same coupon so he probably wore out his goodwill with that employee.
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doctor thodt posted:edit: crap ^^ owned
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cryme posted:I'm real interested in what you guy have spent money on recently Yeah can we have a separate Bought & Thought thread? Or I guess since nobody is watching these yet (or else Rate the Last Movie You Watched would work) can we not post about what we bought? I mean, we all know that the sale is going on, and we can all do basic math. WHAT A DEAL! Yeah. We know. I'm happy to see people ask for and get recommendations but this is turning into a Coupons thread. Hey! Why not start a separate thread there or something?
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