Criterion Additions

I would love to see a collection of Jem Cohen's films released by Criterion, but I'm certainly not holding my breath.

Once again, I refer you all to the wonderfully great Criterion messageboard of http://pub125.ezboard.com/bcriterioncollectionforum/

Try that...

I just ordered my copy - $18. on DVD-R. Natch. - along with a copy of <em> F is for Fake </em> from
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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.

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?

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.

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.

Is The Rock Criterion still in print? I'd much rather have that than Armageddon.

Those were the days when you actually got your $140 million dollars worth out of your production budget.

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.

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.

two words: HOLY SHIT.

so rejoice, damn you.

xposted from another Criterion thread -- Target.com is doing a Buy 2, Get 1 Free sale on video games, movies and books through Saturday. Comes out a good bit cheaper than the B&N half price sale if you work it right. (Their price for single Criterion blu-rays is $23)

https://www.indiewire.com/2020/01/netflix-criterion-the-irishman-marriage-story-1202205790/

Criterion will be issuing discs of Marriage Story, The Irishman, Atlantics, and American Factory.

First Scorsese in CC?

(never mind; shoulda read link. forgot those other two were in there.)

ugh I'm having a full on "why tf is criterion putting out the prince of tides/armaggedon/breakfast club/princess bride" but with American Factory

I get it. It'll sell... maybe
the narrative Netflix movies make sense to me

xxp no, I have Age of Innocence (a UK region Criterion disc, no less!)

Jason Polan died yesterday, he designed a number of covers for CC and drew the NYE & email doodles.

Parasite and Memories of Murder, though no release date announced.
https://www.thewrap.com/parasite-and-memories-of-murder-from-bong-joon-ho-to-join-criterion-collection/

Perhaps there's a chance of Okja as well, given Criterion's licencing of 5 other Netflix studios titles.

nice been wanting to pick up Memories of Murder forever but it's been prohibitively expensive since it's OOP RARE

MAY: Husbands; Wildlife; Dance, Girl, Dance; The Great Escape; Scorsese Shorts (ItalianAmerican; American Boy; The Big Shave; It's Not Just You, Murray!; and What's A Nice Girl Like You...); and a Blu upgrade of Rohmer's Six Morals Tales box.

We've all seen movies become Criterion display cases. But we've never seen a Criterion display case become a movie. WILDLIFE... coming soon

The Great Escape! Is this a new addition to the Criterion Collection??

Yes. I wonder if they will include the Rick Dalton screen test.

XP The CC did it as a laserdisc back in the day (that's where that 1991 commentary comes from).

Ugh, I was hoping this would happen a few weeks from now tbh:

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— Criterion Collection (@Criterion) February 25, 2020

I wish they took paypal.

Fuck

Guess I'm getting the Mailer Eclipse

In stock and underrated Eclipse sets--go!

I find it hilarious that people respond to this news with despair (and I am one of them).

The despair is compounded by the fact that I'm compelled to spend the amount it takes to get me to the next $50 gift certificate and then buy three more.

I can't see those Mailer films being ... heavily rewatchable

Is the Larisa Shepitko underrated? I keep waiting for The Ascent to get a blu...

Ordered my copy of All About My Mother.

xxp me neither, I'm going to watch them and donate the set to Beyond Video

xp I was disappointed by the Larisa Shepitko films

Karel Zeman set looks lush but feels kinda shitty that they rode into town after smaller label Second Run did much of the work of popularizing Zeman to contemporary audiences with region 0 blus.

June's releases traverse the vast spectrum of the human condition, from the all-consuming romance between two women to the slapstick pleasures of silent cinema’s great stone face; from the pain and joy of one woman’s self-discovery to the horrors of war. https://t.co/QVmav0z5bK pic.twitter.com/Rk8BkbKmPz

— Criterion Collection (@Criterion) March 18, 2020

and all in-stock discs 30% off thru April 30

How I know I have highly and accurately curated which avenues of Film Twitter I follow ... way more people are amped about An Unmarried Woman than Come and See.

The Cameraman comes with its follow-up, Spite Marriage, as a bonus.

JULY: Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits (The Big Boss; Fist of Fury; The Way of The Dragon; Enter The Dragon (two cuts); Game of Death; Game of Death II; and Game of Death Redux (new cut of the surviving Lee footage from said film)), a Blu-only box.

This looks like maybe the only release for this month. Covid-19 has presumably slowed down work on everything else.

Although I now see some speculation elsewhere from folks who've seen press releases & such that further announcements about July titles will be forthcoming.

Isn't the 15th the usual day for new releases announcements?

On or around the 15th. It's speculated that the Lee announcement is separate from the usual announcements (ala the Olympic or Bergman sets).

MORE JULY: Marriage Story; The War of The Worlds (1953); and upgrades of Taste of Cherry & The Lady Eve.

taste of cherry!!!

Finally!

The end-June B&N sale (and Come and See, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Roma, Cold War and Taste of Cherry) can't come soon enough for me.

This August, we're celebrating the boundless creative vision of Agnès Varda with a comprehensive collection of her genre-blurring, culture-shaping films, bringing together all thirty-nine of her features, shorts, and documentaries for the first time! 🧡💜💗https://t.co/qYMbWfwmus pic.twitter.com/7nMiXmPdqs

— Criterion Collection (@Criterion) May 11, 2020

Awesome news! (Cinévardaphoto appears to be missing tho?)

MORE AUGUST: Toni; The Comfort of Strangers; Town Bloody Hall; and a Blu upgrade of The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum.

If The Comfort of Strangers is the early 90s Canadian film, I've been wanting to see that one for a while.

...except that film is The Company of Strangers. This is the Paul Schrader movie (oddly enough, both are from 1990).

Vegemite Is My Grrl wrote: Cinévardaphoto appears to be missing tho?

It's there, just listed as the three individual films that comprise it.

like the Bergman set, it's "programmed" out of chronological order which is sort of annoying

I think it's neat tbh

tbf I haven't tried watching any of the films "as programmed" in the Bergman set, it's just a pain to find a certain movie in the thing all out of order, but I should try it, I haven't dug back into it for a few months. a theater here was supposed to show A Lesson in Love sometime in April, I'll watch whatever batch that's in soon.

30% off until May 31 on discs from the CC store

I only saw Schrader's The Comfort of Strangers once, probably around the the time it came out, I mostly remember being really impressed by the visuals of the lantern-lit scenes

I could be completely misremembering it, would like to see it again