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Surprised there's no Criterion thread yet.
I'm interested to see some of the Fassbinder blurays coming out. I've also got John Ford's
My Darling Clementine ready to watch whenever I have time. And I'm happy to see my favorite Todd Haynes movie getting an HD upgrade in the near future.
http://www.criterion.com/library/expanded_view?f=1&s=release_datehttp://www.criterion.com/library/expanded_view?f=2&s=release_dateThe last Criterion I saw was the Ray Milland supernatural mystery
The Uninvited. As I expected, it was good but not great. It rates about the same as
Ministry of Fear, another decent Milland Criterion.
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No.11457
>>11456
Awesome. Time to see that again.
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No.11459
>>11456
It's not Criterion is it?
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No.11460
>>11459
No, so far it's only on Second Sight, a UK label that is new to me.
The Colour of Pomegranates Limited Edition Box Set
Full spec and release date confirmed for long awaited COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES BOX
The Colour of Pomegranates Limited Edition Box Set will be released on 29th January 2018. Limited to 3,000 units, we are excited to confirm the full spec and contents of the 112-page book.
Disc 1
Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation restoration of the Armenian version ('The Parajanov Cut')
The Russian version ('The Yutkevich Cut') prepared using The Film Foundation's restored material
Optional annotated commentary on the 'Armenian Cut' by James Steffen, author of 'The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov' and advisor on the new restoration
Optional audio commentary on the 'Yutkevich Cut' by Levon Abrahamyan
Disc 2
New 2K restoration of Sergei Parajanov's short film 'Kiev Frescoes' with optional annotated commentary by Daniel Bird
'Poetry, Pomegranates and Parajanov: A new appreciation' by Daniel Bird
'Pomegranates Rediscovered': Cecilia Cenciarelli of Bologna Cineteca on the multi-national effort to save 'The Colour of Pomegranates'
http://www.secondsightfilms.co.uk/news/2017/nov/the-colour-of-pomegranates-limited-edition-box-set/
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=22421
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No.11662
>>11460
Well it's been out for a few days. Here's a short clip from the beginning of "The Yutkevich Cut" with the commentary from Levon Abrahamyan. His accent makes him a little hard to understand sometimes.
It's nice to have two commentaries (one text, one audio). But a lot of the film is demystified when you learn about the background, so don't spoil the experience by enabling commentary the first time.
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No.11663
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No.11764
>>11460
>tfw I'm responsible for originally adding Parajanov to Blu-ray.com's directory
Didn't think they'd ever end up releasing anything.
>>11459
yep
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Color-of-Pomegranates-Blu-ray/196197/
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No.11766
>>11764
Very nice. If you are spending a lot of time on that site, you must know what else is coming out soon .... anything good?
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No.11857
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Breakfast Club got its Criterion 2 months ago and after 30 years they managed to salvage some cut scenes.
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No.11910
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A new one with Ethan Hawke
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No.12068
>>3250
Anything culturally or aesthetically significant. Hi 3 years ago
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No.12069
>>9877
Wow this is ironic now.
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No.12071
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No.12072
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No.12074
>>12072
oh I didn't read the tweet, lol. I thought zwigoff might have been caught doing something creepy too.
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No.12246
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No.12670
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<The great French director Claire Denis (BEAU TRAVAIL, LET THE SUNSHINE IN) paid a visit to our closet this spring and talked about a handful of favorites
Long ago on 4/tv/ there were only a handful of people who talked about good films. I remember one tripfag who was fun to chat with. He was a big Claire Denis fan but I hadn't seen anything from her yet. I would talk about how much I liked Frantisek Vlacil and he said he fell asleep in a theatre during Marketa Lazarova. /good times
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No.12675
I don't know what I was expecting but I'm kind of disappointed by the special features on the AR rerelease.
>>12670
I remember him, Blue. There were like two other trips and a handful of us anons. Makes me sad that it didn't last.
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No.12678
>>12675
Hey cool. I'm glad I'm not the only person still around from the old days. I remember that guy's trip as BlueHipps. I invited him to karagarga but his account was disabled before too long.
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No.12707
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No.13324
Flash Sale: All discs 50% off for another 17 hours
https://www.criterion.com/sale
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No.13326
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No.13511
>>3189
>It's so easy to be a cinephile now as long as you blindly buy everything Criterion puts out and give the most basic analysis that tends to go completely against what the filmmaker is about or going for
I don't feel like anyone has the right to say it's hard to be a cinephile as long as he uses any privat tracker or has access to the internet.
>Basically the idea seems to be, watch these films, and you will know cinema. But there is *so* much more out there, and not all of the Criterion shit has to be good.
That's the consumer's fault not them. They never marketed their products this way.
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No.13519
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No.13542
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No.13548
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Méliès: Fairy Tales in Color (1899-1909)
This is a trailer for an upcoming release of restored, handcolored HD Méliès shorts
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No.13596
>>13519
>yet another film streaming service to soak up some poor sap's shekels
I can't wait for this fad to end.
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No.13729
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let's not forget about laserdisc from the Criterion Collection it's first format put on laserdisc.
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No.13730
>>13729
Wow great find. So Criterion began as part of a software company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Company
>Some of these people are watching the entire film in slow motion
That would take days
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No.13806
>>13729
That's a great point by Michael Powell about shooting on location vs in studio. Stick to one or the other, because mixing the two won't quite work.
I'm having flashbacks of westerns that are mostly filmed outside but abruptly cut to a very bad studio shot.
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No.13842
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>>13729
>Some of these people are watching the entire film in slow motion
They probably weren't, be here's what it could be like
Very Slow Movie Player
VSMP is an object that contains a Raspberry Pi computer, custom software, and a reflective ePaper display (similar to a Kindle), all housed inside a 3D printed case. Every 2.5 minutes a frame from the film stored on the computer’s memory card is extracted, converted to black and white using a dithering algorithm, and then communicated to the reflective ePaper display. This adds up to playing the film at a rate of 24 frames per hour, which is in contrast to the traditional speed of 24 frames per second.
https://medium.com/@bryan/very-slow-movie-player-499f76c48b62
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No.13878
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No.13925
Any thoughts on the color timing of the different cuts of The New World?
Supposedly the Extended Cut is the only one rescanned and color correction supervised by the filmmakers, but IMO it's got that Blu-Ray teal™ that looks unnatural.
They seemed to be trying to correct the admittedly overly red tone and possible oversaturation of the first two versions, but IMO the earlier cuts still look better, colorwise.
Which version do you prefer?
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No.13926
>>13925
Keep in mind that all of these images look slightly washed out compared to how they look in MPC with color management on.
MPC never saves images with the color management data...
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No.13927
>>13925
>>13926
Also am I insane or does the theatrical cut look a hair less red than the first cut?
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No.13930
>>13925
>You have a version which, finally, is managed by Malick and not incompetent producers.
Is hard to prefer an "imposed" version of your own art works, even if it looks worse to the eye, tbh.
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No.13931
>>13926
>MPC never saves images with the color management data.
It's also hard to get MPC to capture subtitles or even anamorphic stretching. But I curious what do you achieve by using Color Management? I never thought to enable it.
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No.13933
>>13931
Try turning it on and see for yourself. I'm pretty sure it's the way movies are supposed to be watched.
I think having it off is like watching an ungraded RAW image.
I didn't know what it did for years either, mind you.
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No.14733
I'm excited about the new bluray release from Arrow Films for Khrustalyov, My Car! It's s wild ride -- best if you don't read about the plot. Just strap in and hold on.
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No.14787
>>14733
someone noticed that the bluray looks too bright at times compared to the dvd
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No.15380
The first exciting Criterion release in a while. Looking forward to finally watching it.
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No.15396
>>3189
>collectors
How can one justify having something with штрихкод or numbered at the place he resides? Genuinly interested. Even more so how can one be proud of it and throw this world's imaginary currency at the creators of those soy injections.
>midwestern nerds that want to feel cultured
captured notion nicely
>I doubt there is a bigger difference between artist and consumer in any other medium really
Be glad for it. Be so much glad for it. Be so very fuckin' much glad for it.
>>5564
>žert is good book
I can't get enough of his humour.
>making of, commentaries
It always reminds me of 1) interviews with players after match 2) sports commentary. I switch for suicidal thoughts on the first watch, but they sure get deleted after ripping.
>>4286
>solaris
>blu-ray
blue as fuck
What "home video company" do you like the most? I have to say that I like Second Run the most and Kino Lorber sometimes do good releases as well. I don't know much about the scene though, but would like to know more, just to look through some catalogs to know what to download. but
>I'm glad Criterion exists
agree
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No.15398
>>15396
>What "home video company" do you like the most?
I really like Second Run too. Their excellent catalog has many of the best films from the Visegrád, and most of them are exclusive to their company. One problem is they are based in London and thereby subject to the accursed BBFC. They've released DVDs with minor cuts in the past.
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No.15404
>>15380
Goddamn finally, thanks for the heads up, now time to allocate a good 8 hours to watch on a sitting. It is the full thing, right?
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No.15415
>>15398
>BBFC
Didn't know, thanks.
I really wish that someday everybody will have as clean catalog as them. But some of the selections are weird, like https://www.secondrundvd.com/release_cinderella.html I wouldn't mind if it was for Pištěk's costumes and it being fairy tale, but why feminism? Popelka is german and not czech too when I'm at that.
>>15380
Yep.
>>15404
>422 minutes criterion
>431 minute wikipedia
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No.15436
>>15396
>be glad for it
This should be enough explanation
Actor James Mason, who worked with Ophüls on two films, wrote a short poem about the director's love for tracking shots and elaborate camera movements:
A shot that does not call for tracks
Is agony for poor old Max,
Who, separated from his dolly,
Is wrapped in deepest melancholy.
Once, when they took away his crane,
I thought he'd never smile again.
Every time I see and read something like this, I have desire to kill all the people who lack any decency whatsoever. I already have to see people clothed, as if it wasn't enough.
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No.15480
>>2528
>This is the best date movie on Earth!
>My favorite part is when the guy *beeeeeep*
Kek
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No.15481
>>2802
I like this cover art. I've seen worse art from Criterion (Cluny Brown comes to mind).
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No.15482
>>5564
>*sniff*
>>5572
It is up on YouTube. Not a difficult watch.
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No.15483
>>5665
Speedy is one of Lloyd's best. It definitely deserves to be there.
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No.15487
>>3193
These guys seem nice. Screw Jane Fonda.
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