...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 (eighteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:46 (eighteen 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 (eighteen years ago) link
― todd swiss (eliti), Monday, 5 April 2004 02:37 (eighteen 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 (eighteen years ago) link
Try that...
― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 5 April 2004 02:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― todd swiss (eliti), Monday, 5 April 2004 04:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 5 April 2004 14:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Monday, 5 April 2004 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Monday, 5 April 2004 21:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Monday, 5 April 2004 22:11 (eighteen 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 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 02:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― todd swiss (eliti), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 05:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew s (andrew s), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 16:50 (eighteen 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 (eighteen years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Friday, 16 April 2004 23:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Saturday, 17 April 2004 05:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Saturday, 17 April 2004 20:37 (eighteen 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 (eighteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Sunday, 18 April 2004 02:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Sunday, 18 April 2004 06:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 02:01 (eighteen 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 (eighteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 06:23 (eighteen 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 (eighteen 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 (eighteen 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 (eighteen 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 (eighteen years ago) link
― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 22:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Thursday, 22 April 2004 02:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 22 April 2004 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Thursday, 22 April 2004 21:01 (eighteen 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 (eighteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Thursday, 22 April 2004 21:37 (eighteen years ago) link
two words: HOLY SHIT.
― joseph (joseph), Friday, 23 April 2004 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 23 April 2004 23:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 04:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 10:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Friday, 6 August 2004 19:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Friday, 6 August 2004 21:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Friday, 6 August 2004 21:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 7 August 2004 14:27 (seventeen years ago) link
so rejoice, damn you.
― joseph (joseph), Friday, 27 August 2004 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― joseph (joseph), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 06:53 (seventeen years ago) link
Seems like a crazy good deal from some place on eBay selling the WKW blu box for about $110? I bought one, anyway.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 25 September 2021 05:31 (nine months ago) link
I watched the Learning Tree this week. hadn't realised it was topical. Not sure what the list I saw it on tied in with.Interesting film I guess though maybe a bit B.Will try to watch some other films by the same director.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 25 September 2021 14:11 (nine months ago) link
JANUARY: The Piano; Dick Johnson Is Dead; Time; The Celebration; and a 4k of A Hard Day's Night.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 October 2021 16:46 (eight months ago) link
The Piano is another 4K title, while The Celebration will be a Blu-exclusive, part of Criterion's new policy to not publish DVDs on new-to-them titles already available on DVD.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 October 2021 16:53 (eight months ago) link
Flash sale on their website is now live.
― Gimme some skin! Because I don't have any skin. (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 16:10 (eight months ago) link
FEBRUARY: Boat People; Love Affair (1939); Miller's Crossing; and an upgrade of Written On The Wind.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 15 November 2021 18:59 (seven months ago) link
How are they not doing 4K for at least the Coen bros one? (I'd gladly pay $10 more for 4K Sirk tho.)
― Milm & Foovies (Eric H.), Monday, 15 November 2021 19:30 (seven months ago) link
Both are only 2k restos.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 15 November 2021 20:34 (seven months ago) link
Also seeing discussion elsewhere that the WoTW resto dates back several years, and-despite having been already available for a few years overseas-it's just now getting taken off the shelf in the states.
Similarly, I'm also seeing that the MC disc is just going to be an expanded version of the studio Blu.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 22:42 (seven months ago) link
lol, I JUST got the old DVD of WOTW, pre-new-logo, in the current B&N sale.
― Everybody Loves Ramen (WmC), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 00:37 (seven months ago) link
I was very confused for a moment by all this discussion of War of the Worlds
― Lou Christie's Mosh Pit (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 03:08 (seven months ago) link
Is the "new" 4K restoration on Mulholland Dr. actually a new-new one or the same one they used for the 2015 blu-ray?
― Everybody Loves Ramen (WmC), Thursday, 18 November 2021 14:11 (seven months ago) link
I think it's the same one, but in actual 4K.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 20 November 2021 19:57 (seven months ago) link
But Wait! The Actual Criterion 4K Specs:
Mulholland Dr. is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The 35 mm original A/B/C/D camera negatives were scanned in 4K resolution on a Scanity film scanner.The 2021 restoration on the 4K UHD disc, undertaken by the Criterion Collection with the support of STUDIOCANAL, was based on the 2015 color transfer and was newly created in Dolby Vision HDR and supervised by Lynch. The 2021 near-field remaster of the original 5.1 soundtrack mix was supervised by Lynch and original rerecording mixer Ron Eng at Asymmetrical Studio in Hollywood.
The 2021 restoration on the 4K UHD disc, undertaken by the Criterion Collection with the support of STUDIOCANAL, was based on the 2015 color transfer and was newly created in Dolby Vision HDR and supervised by Lynch. The 2021 near-field remaster of the original 5.1 soundtrack mix was supervised by Lynch and original rerecording mixer Ron Eng at Asymmetrical Studio in Hollywood.
So the 4K is indeed a new, different transfer that is exclusive to that disc (so, if you buy the combo, you are actually getting two different scans (the compressed 2015 one on the Blu, the uncompressed 2021 one on the 4K).
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 20 November 2021 20:20 (seven months ago) link
Cool! Now I just need a 4K UHD OMG BBQ LOL TV.
― Everybody Loves Ramen (WmC), Saturday, 20 November 2021 22:07 (seven months ago) link
I just got a Criterion Collection gift certificate I have no intention of using--does anyone here want it?
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Thursday, 9 December 2021 01:57 (six months ago) link
Oh, me too. Good idea. $10 for being a channel subscriber. I would use it if I lived in the states but I'm in Canada and the cross-border shipping and exchange rate make it worthless to me. I can email the code to the first cinephile to stake their claim.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Thursday, 9 December 2021 06:28 (six months ago) link
While I'm here, in case anyone doesn't know, the first run of Kane blu-rays were defective
We have become aware of a problem on Blu-ray disc 1 of all of our editions of Citizen Kane that affects the contrast in the feature film, starting around the 30-minute mark and lasting until the end of the film. The 4K UHD disc is not affected. We are in the process of getting corrected discs manufactured and will be making replacements available to all of our customers. See Current post below for details.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Thursday, 9 December 2021 06:30 (six months ago) link
MARCH: Love Jones; The Last Waltz*; The Flight of The Phoenix; Adoption; and an upgrade of Le cercle rouge*.
*4K available.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 18:20 (six months ago) link
Never seen Love Jones, is it good?
― rob, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 19:58 (six months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/qYRItgl.png
― Everybody Loves Ramen (WmC), Saturday, 8 January 2022 02:38 (five months ago) link
APRIL: The Girl Can't Help It; Miracle in Milan; Eyimofe (This Is My Desire); 'Round Midnight; and redos on Walker* and For All Mankind**
*BR reissue**4K reissue
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 17:38 (five months ago) link
Man, Walker is an upgrade from deeeeeep left field.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 17:50 (five months ago) link
Looking at the extras, I see The Girl... comes with the You Must Remember This ep on Mansfield. First time an actual podcast has been included w/a Criterion? I know NPR pieces have been extras before.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 17:56 (five months ago) link
ooh that's interesting. I've been hoping Longworth could coordinate with the Channel in some way--how nice would it be if you could watch a bunch of the movies discussed in the current season? I almost watched 5-Card Stud just because Martin was in it until I looked it up and it seems generally disliked (and was barely mentioned in the podcast)
― rob, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 19:44 (five months ago) link
I love YMRT but it doesn't really get me in the mood to watch the actual films most of the time, "oh yeah the male lead in this comedy was an abusive piece of shit and the female lead killed herself".
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 10:31 (five months ago) link
That's ungenerous in terms of the podcast's remit imo, but, sure, I didn't mean every single season—I don't want a Dead Blondes collection—just ones where it would be fun to have access to some of the films under discussion: Sammy & Dino, Polly Platt, Bela & Boris, Jean & Jane, Joan Crawford, the blacklist, probably some older ones I don't remember well at this point; I think those would all have been good candidates
― rob, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 16:07 (five months ago) link
Hard Day's Night 4k disc has missing shots/transfer issues and a recall/replace program is being launched.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 21 January 2022 23:09 (five months ago) link
^^New 4K AHDN discs will be ready in March.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 18:32 (five months ago) link
Reports are coming in that the CC Miller's Crossing is a new, slightly trimmed down Director's Cut.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 February 2022 21:13 (four months ago) link
Trimmed down? What would you trim?
― dan selzer, Thursday, 10 February 2022 21:35 (four months ago) link
20% less high hat given, and the audience is left wondering about what exactly is the rumpus
― When the Pain That You Feel is the Bite of an Eel, That's a Moray (Old Lunch), Thursday, 10 February 2022 23:55 (four months ago) link
apparently it's approx. 2 minutes shorter, but I only specific thing I know that got cut was Mike Starr saying "Jesus, Tom" after getting hit in the face with the chair, which is one of the biggest laugh lines in the movie for me.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 11 February 2022 00:27 (four months ago) link
the audience is left wondering about what exactly is the rumpus
Nice...perfect film; wouldn't cut anything.
― clemenza, Monday, 14 February 2022 21:34 (four months ago) link
MAY: Double Indemnity*; Chan Is Missing; Mississippi Masala; The Funeral; and Mr. Klein.
*4K available
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 18:29 (four months ago) link
only specific thing I know that got cut was Mike Starr saying "Jesus, Tom" after getting hit in the face with the chair, which is one of the biggest laugh lines in the movie for me.
After extensive thought and much prayer & somber reflection I have concluded that this scene is actually a little funnier without the line (much to my surprise.) With the line, Starr gets the laugh. Without the line, Byrne standing there alone holding the chair becomes funnier imho, with more emphasis on the perfect note of Keatonesque confusion in his performance as he looks down at the chair then back at the door. Still a deeply weird cut to decide to make, but I sign off on it.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 15:33 (four months ago) link
Does anyone want my gift-card code for the forthcoming Criterion Store sale?
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Friday, 4 March 2022 17:07 (four months ago) link
24 hour flash sale has begun.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 17:05 (three months ago) link
OK, I have never done a haul haul in all these years of sales, but I came into an unexpected windfall recently and have a few coupons stored up, so I allowed myself to spend a few Bens this time around to fill in a bunch of gaps and titles I’ve hovered and passed over for years now:The Emigrants/The New LandChrist Stopped at EboliThe FuriesLove AffairL’humanitéLife During WartimeMarketa LazarováThe AscentThe Honeymoon KillersThe CrematorThrow DownPunch-Drunk LoveOne-Eyed JacksThe CelebrationRevancheThe Lady EveThe Night Porter
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 21:00 (three months ago) link
Looks like Fox borked the transfer provided for The Girl Can't Help It: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film10/blu-ray_review_157/the_girl_cant_help_it_blu-ray.htm
Too Much Darkness for a Tashlin Film
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 17 March 2022 02:20 (three months ago) link
JUNE: Pink Flamingos; The Worst Person In The World; Shaft*; Rouge; Farewell Amor; and a remaster of Tales of Hoffman.
*4K Available
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 17 March 2022 17:05 (three months ago) link
Shaft also includes the sequel, Shaft's Big Score!.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 17 March 2022 17:08 (three months ago) link
DRIVE MY CAR is officially joining the Criterion Collection in July. pic.twitter.com/hhVCcq5ahs— Isaac Feldberg (@isaacfeldberg) March 22, 2022
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Tuesday, 22 March 2022 18:49 (three months ago) link
JULY: Devil In A Blue Dress*; Drive My Car; Raging Bull*; Okja*; a Blu upgrade of Summertime; and a 4K upgrade of The Virgin Suicides.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 20:02 (two months ago) link
AUGUST: Faya dayi; Buck and The Preacher; Hotel du Nord; Frownland; and Daddy Longlegs (Safdie Bros.)
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 16 May 2022 19:00 (one month ago) link
SEPTEMBER: Sound of Metal*; Take Out; Exotica; Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 4; a Blu upgrade/reissue of Le Corbeau; and Blow-Out on 4K.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:35 (two weeks ago) link
Exotica also includes Egoyan's earlier feature Calendar, and three shorts from different parts of his career.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:42 (two weeks ago) link
Missed the screening of Chess of the Wind a few months back, it sounds fascinating.
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 18:32 (two weeks ago) link
Barnes & Noble sale reportedly begins tomorrow. Walker, High Sierra and (eventually) Drive My Car are at the top of my shopping list.
― Eggs Benedick (Eric H.), Thursday, 30 June 2022 13:26 (four days ago) link
Oh and the Tales of Hoffman remaster.
― Eggs Benedick (Eric H.), Thursday, 30 June 2022 13:27 (four days ago) link