Amores Perros can't have aged well.
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 23:27 (three years ago) link
As with all of the DVD-only titles I want, I've been on the fence about buying it for a little while but kinda honestly didn't expect to see a blu-ray release. Their upgrade priorities are a mystery (to me, at least).― Don't be such an idot. (Old Lunch), Tuesday, September 15, 2020 2:41 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Don't be such an idot. (Old Lunch), Tuesday, September 15, 2020 2:41 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Yeah only thing I can think of is the movie and Greaves are mentioned frequently in Charlie Kaufman's new novel Antkind, oh and Greaves is only 1 of.....4? Black American filmmakers in the CC?
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 05:02 (three years ago) link
But the DVD is fine and this has nothing new
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 05:03 (three years ago) link
xp: The best predictor of whether a title will get a Criterion blu-ray release is if one of the UK arthouse distributors (Arrow, Artificial Eye, BFI, Eureka...) has already released a transfer. In some cases Criterion tweaks color balance, but in many its identical, just with a different set of licenced extras.
― Disgraced, committing sudoku (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:52 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I figured someone was going to issue Crash in the US after Arrow announced their UK-only release. I'm thinking more of the older Criterion DVD releases that they presumably still have the rights to. There's a slew of those (Trouble in Paradise, Jigoku, a couple Cocteaus, etc.) that I'd like to get but keep kicking down the road in hopes of a blu-ray release...sometime?
― Don't be such an idot. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
There is quite a lot of stuff on Criterion that has never been issued in the UK - Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, for example.
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I've been waiting on a blu-ray reissue of Written on the Wind for over a decade now, but the DVD version from 2001 remains stubbornly in-print. I thought this had to be the oldest one they hadn't upgraded yet but the one they did in 1998 for David Lean's Summertime (spine #22) is still in print, which means it's been available in four different decades at this point.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
haha I had no idea Summertime was still in print, I thought I scored big when I found a copy at my parents' house early in quarantine.
Still haven't watched it, any thoughts?
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
I love it to pieces, and was thinking of showing it to our film club before pandemic and ill health busted that up. It's a great example of different acting styles conveying different meanings and emotional tones; Hepburn starts out all cornfed, corny and gosh-wow, but as the film goes on she and her character settle into a deeper, more naturalistic, more emotional groove. Weirdly, I think it would be a good double feature with Mulholland Dr.
― (show hidden tics) (WmC), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
Summertime might be my favourite Lean.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
Hmm
WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956) 🌹 pic.twitter.com/2vDaxtXfyf— Criterion Collection (@Criterion) September 26, 2020
― flappy bird, Saturday, 26 September 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
wow, great capture
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 26 September 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
FINALLY
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 27 September 2020 02:07 (three years ago) link
A ton of Joan Crawford available on Criterion.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 October 2020 19:57 (three years ago) link
Also Marlon Riggs and Jenni Olson!
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 October 2020 19:59 (three years ago) link
Even without all the '70s horror, maybe their gayest month ever.
I wonder if the flash sale is going to happen this fall
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 October 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
Usually happens this week
I have been wondering too. Doesn't it often correspond with the timing of a big release? If so, maybe October 27th (Parasite).
― daily growing, Monday, 12 October 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link
I wish Criterion would accept Paypal. I have a balance there I keep forgetting about, the very definition of fun money to buy blu-rays with.
― (show hidden tics) (WmC), Monday, 12 October 2020 19:49 (three years ago) link
January: Minding the Gap, The Ascent, Rolling Thunder Revue, Three Films by Buñuel set (Discreet Charm, Phantom of Liberty, That Obscure Object)
― OrificeMax (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
So very happy to see the Shepitko.
― Please don't mention The Event (Sanpaku), Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
Is this the first time an Eclipse title got promoted to the main collection?
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
Minding the Gap destroyed me.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
the skater doc? saw that the year it came out, really strong
― k3vin k., Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
sps:
Most of Eclipse Series 1: Early Bergman found its way into the Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema box set. Scanning the Eclipse titles, I'm not seeing others.
― Please don't mention The Event (Sanpaku), Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:43 (three years ago) link
I can totally see most of the Aki Kaurismäki (Eclipse Series 12 and 29) getting promoted (at least as a box set), as UK Artificial Eye already has this out.
― Please don't mention The Event (Sanpaku), Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:46 (three years ago) link
the Varda eclipse set
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:03 (three years ago) link
There's probably more of those upgrades coming down the pike, like Daisies and some of the other Czech films.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
minding the gap deserves it. can't wait to see what liu does next.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
That huge Criterion Varda box strikes me as one of the least commercial releases they've ever done. Hope they're selling enough Godzilla and Wes Anderson titles to keep doing this sort of thing.
― Please don't mention The Event (Sanpaku), Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:29 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I'm going to buy a copy in the next half-price sale even though all its content is available on the Channel.
― (show hidden tics) (WmC), Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
the Varda box is 50 bucks cheaper than the Bergman box, I realize he's been canonized for over half a century but the Varda box doesn't strike me as much different. Then again, she's enjoying a resurgence in popularity among younger people who probably can't afford to buy the box, unlike Bergman+Fellini sets. IDK
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 October 2020 19:27 (three years ago) link
24 hour flash sale has started.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
and the site is down
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
i usually have a hard time justifying buying from the flash sale bc used dvd copies on ebay and amazon usually still end up being cheaper than 50% off, but I may pull the trigger on the Dietrich & von Sternberg set this time
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link
Frustrated because Elephant Man and Beau Travail were already out of stock, but picked up the Varda box and Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
― (show hidden tics) (WmC), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 15:36 (three years ago) link
B&N sale is on.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 7 November 2020 02:51 (three years ago) link
Oh, I figured someone would've already made the announcement earlier.Planning to pull the trigger on Dietrich and Von Sternberg if the the dumbass B&N mobile site will ever actually complete my order.By the way for those interested, they're running a simultaneous 50% sale on Arrow titles. Get some giallo to go with your snoot flicks, why dontcha.
― OrificeMax (Old Lunch), Saturday, 7 November 2020 03:20 (three years ago) link
Very excited about The Parallax View getting a proper re-release, been out of print for too long. Glad there's more Ousmane Sembene coming, too--Mandabi is great.
― flappy bird, Friday, 13 November 2020 19:24 (three years ago) link
FEBRUARY: Smooth Talk; Chop Shop; Man Push Cart; Mandabi; and The Parallax View.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 November 2020 22:13 (three years ago) link
Awesome news on Mandabi!
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Friday, 13 November 2020 23:44 (three years ago) link
https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/4117-world-of-wong-kar-wai
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Thursday, 10 December 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
oh shit
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Thursday, 10 December 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
$20 a film!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
I’ll wait for the streams lol
― k3vin k., Thursday, 10 December 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
Killer March even beyond the WKW box:
Touki BoukiCeline and Julie Go BoatingSecrets and LiesDefending Your Life
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
hell yes to Touki Bouki! was quite annoyed that was only available on one of those Scorsese world cinema sets
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 17:59 (three years ago) link
Hope they break off Taipei Story at some point too.
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 18:00 (three years ago) link
OTM
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link