Criterion Additions

Try all you might, you can't take this away from me.

a bunch of criterions are mispriced on amazon.ca right now. tati box for $10, etc.
good luck.

Criterionforum have put together some very persuasive evidence for Takashi Murakami's Jellyfish Eyes as a late 2015 release- in the New Year's drawing, the Fisher King figure is fishing a very Murakami-looking eye out of the water; Janus are hosting a screening and Q&A; and Criterion have posted photos of Murakami in their office. I've heard that the film is far from an unqualified success, but I like novelty and weirdness for its own sake, still have time for Murakami's aesthetic, and was thinking I'd never get a chance to see this on anything but an illegal fansub, so I'm kind of stoked.

...oh, and this image on a Vudu preorder page for the movie certainly doesn't hurt:

http://images2.vudu.com/poster2/681854-m

OCTOBER: Mulholland Drive; The Brood; A Special Day; Kwaidan reissue w/longer cut; and My Own Private Idaho on Blu.

Fantastic month!

Well, that Italian movie looks kinda dumb.

Which parts of Kwaidan were cut down?

People on Criterionforum hate the Brood cover and I do not know wtf is wrong with them, that is gorgeous and perfect

how could Kwaidan get longer? it was cut heavily in the US on first release, but that has long been fixed.

"that Italian movie"

hopeless.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/release_boxshots/4431-500ff01d481f0f96529106a006afa90f/90_BD_box_348x490_original.jpg

They cut the whole of "Woman in the Snow" for the US release? That's my favourite.

It sounds like "Hoichi the Earless" is longer in the three-hour cut. Not sure if that's the only one which is longer.

Re: the covers, I agree with the forum that Mulholland's cover is extremely lazy, but I think the Brood one is striking and disturbing.

Don't Look Back confirmed in latest newsletter.

wow, v strange. somebody fucked up.

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3646-dressed-to-kill-alternate-disc

Yeah, I got a review copy and ... it was distractingly obvious. This isn't just CinemaScope wonkiness in play.

NOVEMBER: Code Unknown; The Apu Trilogy; In Cold Blood; Don't Look Back; Ikiru on Blue; and Eclipse Series 44: Julien Duvivier in the Thirties.

Gilda confirmed in latest newsletter.

DECEMBER: Speedy; Jellyfish Eyes; Burroughs: The Movie; and a blu upgrade of Downhill Racer.

That's the most motley monthly slate I've possibly ever seen from them.

Oh, and the corrected DTK BR is gor-gee-ous.

http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/dressed-to-kill-bd

(Would've liked to write a completely new review, but the disc shipped so late I just had to get something up.)

Lots of "worst. month. ever." proclamations here: https://www.facebook.com/CriterionCollection/posts/10156117566985565

Is Jellyfish Eyes really the Pokemon meets Sharknado mess it looks like?

Paris Belongs To Us confirmed in latest newsletter.

50% off flash Blu-Ray sale, promo code SUZY.

Oh, 50% off everything, I guess. Until noon tomorrow.

Minus pre-orders, Mulholland fans.

"briefly offline for technical maintenance"

OK now, twas brief...

JANUARY: The Complete Lady Snowblood; Bitter Rice; The American Friend; Gilda; and Inside Llewyn Davis.

So stoked from Llewyn Davis.

in spite of the Christgau commentary

I got Tootsie, All That Heaven Will Allow, and Jeanne Dielman during the sale two weeks ago.

in spite of the Christgau commentary

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:34 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

*checks to see if this is a joke*

Nope. Ugh.

Have never seen The American Friend. Will have to bug my library to get that one.

It's a joke. I'd listen to it.

you would

"The American Friend" is a great Wenders. Excited for that.

lol I'd have a good time listening to Christgau. Well, "good".

Only Angels Have Wings confirmed in latest newsletter.

One of the only Hawks films I think I'm excited about being in the collection.

50% off sale at Barnes & Noble (stores and online).

Hahaaaaa, sweet. I went to the B&N store in Tupelo on Sunday thinking about buying the Mulholland Dr. blu, saw the $40 price tag and said "nah, they're due a half off sale any day now."

Couldn't be happening at a worse time. I still might spring for Code Unknown.

The Graduate coming

Is this a good time for me to admit that I've never seen The Graduate?

How I envy you. (The part about not having seen it, not that you get to see it for the first time, et al.)

never seen it either

the first half is still a treat, don't listen to Grouchypants

(Actually, it's pretty good for a movie as smug as it is.)

I did, however, just watch (and loved) Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid, which I'm gathering from some things I've read might be kind of the less famous and possibly better variant of The Graduate anyway.