...including Godard's "A Woman is a Woman"!!!!!
now if only they'll do "Weekend"....
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:00 (sixteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:40 (sixteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I would love to see a collection of Jem Cohen's films released by Criterion, but I'm certainly not holding my breath.
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Monday, 5 April 2004 00:49 (sixteen years ago) link
― todd swiss (eliti), Monday, 5 April 2004 02:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Once again, I refer you all to the wonderfully great Criterion messageboard of http://pub125.ezboard.com/bcriterioncollectionforum/
― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 5 April 2004 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Try that...
― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 5 April 2004 02:49 (sixteen years ago) link
― todd swiss (eliti), Monday, 5 April 2004 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 5 April 2004 14:12 (sixteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Monday, 5 April 2004 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Monday, 5 April 2004 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Monday, 5 April 2004 22:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I just ordered my copy - $18. on DVD-R. Natch. - along with a copy of <em> F is for Fake </em> from www.pimpadelicwonderland.com
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 02:49 (sixteen years ago) link
― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link
― todd swiss (eliti), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 05:24 (sixteen years ago) link
― andrew s (andrew s), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 16:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Weekend is owned by New Yorker films but no plans for a DVD have been made. It may come on Region 2 at some point.
― Rashomon, Friday, 16 April 2004 23:00 (sixteen years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Friday, 16 April 2004 23:34 (sixteen years ago) link
― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Saturday, 17 April 2004 05:01 (sixteen years ago) link
― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Saturday, 17 April 2004 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
And because they can - they've got the name and the identity to hook in film geeks, where else are you going to turn, New Yorker?
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Sunday, 18 April 2004 01:42 (sixteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Sunday, 18 April 2004 02:22 (sixteen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Sunday, 18 April 2004 06:31 (sixteen years ago) link
― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I haven't seen it, but supposedly it was aimed at the special effects mavens out there. Also I recall reading an interview with one of the Criterion folks who said that the revenues from the Armageddon allowed them to fund a lot of other less-popular titles.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 03:51 (sixteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 06:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's just the start of the relevant section:
Specifically, with "Armageddon": You'd be silly to overlook blockbusters as a genre and leave them out of a film library. They drive so much. They drive tastes and shooting styles and visual references that appear all over the world in commercials and on TV as well as on movie screens. They're part of a huge cultural cross-pollination. And special effects are one of the most important aspects of a certain kind of contemporary filmmaking.
― andrew s (andrew s), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Is The Rock Criterion still in print? I'd much rather have that than Armageddon.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Those were the days when you actually got your $140 million dollars worth out of your production budget.
― andrew s (andrew s), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 19:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I miss the days when a budget topping $80mln was big news and a reason to go see the film. Now that barely buys you a romantic comedy.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link
― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:17 (sixteen years ago) link
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Thursday, 22 April 2004 02:37 (sixteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:06 (sixteen years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 22 April 2004 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Thursday, 22 April 2004 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
it depends on how you look at it. it my mind, there's no need for it to necessarily become somethi@5{te the suggestion that short films/music videos/avant-garde & experimental work are just a "warm-up" for a feature length narrative. it's kind of absurd to but a limitation of film that it has to be 90-180 minutes long with actors, dialogue & a plot. at least 50% of my favorite cinematic works don't fit into the categorization, and whenever i hear about people complaining about a lack of innovation in film, it's usually because all they watch are feature length narratives.
but as for the idea of the innovation in these works not "catching on" in the mainstream, you simply have to look around you to see their influence: magazines, billboards, popular films and music, even architecture. it's everywhere, and most of the good, innovative feature filmmakers will be the first to admit that they've been influenced by someone like michel gondry, spike jonze, jem cohen, etc.
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Thursday, 22 April 2004 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Thursday, 22 April 2004 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link
two words: HOLY SHIT.
― joseph (joseph), Friday, 23 April 2004 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 23 April 2004 23:57 (sixteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 04:48 (sixteen years ago) link
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 10:20 (sixteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Friday, 6 August 2004 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Friday, 6 August 2004 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Friday, 6 August 2004 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 7 August 2004 14:27 (sixteen years ago) link
so rejoice, damn you.
― joseph (joseph), Friday, 27 August 2004 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
― joseph (joseph), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 06:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Summertime might be my favourite Lean.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:42 (four months 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 (four months ago) link
wow, great capture
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 26 September 2020 19:33 (four months ago) link
FINALLY
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 27 September 2020 02:07 (three months ago) link
A ton of Joan Crawford available on Criterion.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 October 2020 19:57 (three months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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 months ago) link
So very happy to see the Shepitko.
― Please don't mention The Event (Sanpaku), Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:27 (three months 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 months ago) link
Minding the Gap destroyed me.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:40 (three months ago) link
the skater doc? saw that the year it came out, really strong
― k3vin k., Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:41 (three months 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 months 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 months ago) link
the Varda eclipse set
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:03 (three months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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 months ago) link
and the site is down
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 16:17 (three months 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 months 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 months ago) link
B&N sale is on.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 7 November 2020 02:51 (two months 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 (two months 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 (two months 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 (two months 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 (two months 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 (one month ago) link
oh shit
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Thursday, 10 December 2020 17:40 (one month ago) link
$20 a film!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:46 (one month ago) link
I’ll wait for the streams lol
― k3vin k., Thursday, 10 December 2020 20:04 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
OTM
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 18:02 (one month ago) link
Man, FINALLY someone has put out Celine and Julie!
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 18:25 (one month ago) link
I know, right? Seems like the restoration toured forever ago.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 18:37 (one month ago) link
Now if somebody could deliver a truckload of money to Boris Eustache so he'll turn loose of his father's films.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 18:39 (one month ago) link
Oh is that what the issue is?
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 19:07 (one month ago) link
Basically. IIRC, The Eustache catalogue was restored and toured theatrically in the mid-'00s. However, the masters weren't scanned in Blu-Ray quality, which had only become the standard after the work was done. So Boris has long wanted a ton of money-ostensibly to do 2/4K scans-quoting figures many have balked at for too excessive given the actual price of doing the work and whatever profits that could be made on the films themselves given their niche appeal.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 19:34 (one month ago) link
I also seem to recall Boris isn't interested in parting out the set to prospective licensors.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 21:09 (one month ago) link
Huh. I was told Eustache pere didn't want his work to be made available, must be an urban legend.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 11:08 (one month ago) link
April: Memories of Murder, Irma Vep, History is Made at Night, The Furies, Masculin Féminin
― Looks like I'm gonna be the filling in a missile sandwich! (Old Lunch), Friday, 15 January 2021 19:07 (one week ago) link
Fingers crossed...
INLAND EMPIRE was going to be the centerpiece of our Standard Definition program at @BigEarsFestival 2020 until Lynch’s team told us they’d pulled the film temporarily. I’d hoped this was the explanation. @Astrostic https://t.co/xywh8EQDMW— Darren Hughes (@longpauses) January 22, 2021
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Friday, 22 January 2021 23:30 (four days ago) link