No.2183 [Last50 Posts]
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.2186
I'll see if my local video rental store has My Darling Clementine in tomorrow and maybe some czech new wave since they seem to have a lot.
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No.2257
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No.2258
Trying out hulu for the criterion selection.
The quality is good enough and they have a lot of non criterion releases on there that a lot of patricians might not have even known about.
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No.2259
Hulu usually has a number of titles that aren't yet available on physical media
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No.2503
death of a cyclist doesn't come up very frequently, but it really hit the spot with me
i haven't seen many spanish films from this era. does anyone have other suggestions?
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No.2528
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> obligatory
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No.2549
I liked The Inheritance from the Masaki Kobayashi eclipse set. Looking forward to watching the others.
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No.2663
Hell yeah, the mildly traumatizing cartoon Watership Down is getting released next year. I haven't seen that since I was a kid.
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No.2668
Ever since the Barnes & Nobel sale of these films I have been able to acquire quite a nice amount of new Blu-rays.
I recommend the films House, 3 Women, The Red Shoes, and La Grande Bellezza
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No.2692
>criterion
this is /film/ not /pleb/
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No.2696
>>2692kek
go back to reddit kid
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No.2697
Getting back to one of the films mentioned in OP, I thought Ford's My Darling Clementine was uneven. The technical aspects, especially the noirish lighting, were stunning throughout. But the meandering screenplay builds no tension until over an hour has passed; it's understandable why Zanuck wanted cuts for the theatrical release.
Victor Mature is out of place in a non-spaghetti Western. He's like Stallone in a Stetson.
Clementine is quite a qt but she barely has screen time. It's not her story yet they named it after her, in lieu of a more evocative, exciting title.
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No.2747
Comments on this set? Japanese horror is often interesting, but the individual titles didn't rate too highly when I read about them.
http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/928-eclipse-series-37-when-horror-came-to-shochiku Disclaimer: this post and the subject matter and contents thereof - text, media, or otherwise - do not necessarily reflect the views of the 8kun administration.
No.2802
Whoa, can any graphic designers explain this? Does this sort of box art fly off the shelves in today's boutique stores?
It looks like someone took a blurry phone pic of their television. I'd think selling a (mostly forgotten) Civil War movie would mean a hint on the cover about the Civil War?
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No.2803
>>2802>blurry + firecheck those Lost River posters too
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No.3107
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> Force majeure director Ruben Östlund stopped by the Criterion production office and took a few films from the DVD closet. Check out what he picked!
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No.3145
>>3107i don't know anything about this guy but i really enjoyed that story
how is Force Majeure by the way?
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No.3148
FYI: A Hollis Frampton Odyseey can be had for like, $6 on Amazon right now.
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No.3150
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No.3152
>>3150ha ha, that's too bad
criterion's choice of new films can be a little suspect
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No.3169
>>3148nice call, that's a great disc
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No.3189
Criterion is great, without them we wouldn't have insanely good transfers of many great films… But damn are typical Criterion collectors the worst kind of tryhards. Just like… midwestern nerds that want to feel cultured. 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 doubt there is a bigger difference between artist and consumer in any other medium really.
The other day I went on /r/criterion and I found a thread. Apparently they've started a "recommendation committee" that, once a month, vote on a film that will be pitched (or I should say spammed) to Criterion for their consideration in a letter/form. Think rare, obscure, OOP and poorly transferred stuff. Films that, for the first time in possibly decades, will look as it was intended, not some god-forsaken 4:3 aspect ratio fifth generation VHS rip recorded on TV in the 90s. Guess what film they picked?
Synechdoche, NY
But hey, they seem to be doing pretty well business-wise. 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.
But yeah, overall, I'm glad they exist. Their restoration and transfer work is good enough that I can overlook the lames that buy the films, and perhaps everything I've mentioned is part of a bigger problem in cinephilia (or just straight concentrated plebetry)
idk m8… pic related, mfw
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No.3193
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>>3189That's pretty funny. It sounds like that subreddit isn't as dead as it used to be.
Your post reminded me of this video exposing Teen Criterion Culture. Proceed with caution.
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No.3197
>>3189> A wildly ambitious film from the mind of Charlie Kaufman, whose first turn as a director highlights his ability to tell a multi-layered story about human emotion, interaction and overall fascination. If characters alone could merit Criterion releases, Philip Seymour Hoffman's Caden Cotard is a worthy combatant. While the films original blu release offered a good enough transfer and decent supplements, there is more that can be done with this film. It was named Roger Ebert's #1 film of the 00's and still, it is a criminally under-seen film that would benefit from a criterion release.Ouch. The thinking seems to be "I want an expensive version of my favorite film." I'm a little puzzled by the idea that a Criterion release gives a film wider exposure than a Sony Pictures bluray on Amazon for ten bucks.
At least their 4th place suggestion was somewhat rare
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No.3202
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No.3210
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>>3202Here's the sequel.
And in case you're wondering, the answer is yes. This guy is indeed wearing a fedora in his youtube profile picture.
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No.3216
>>3193>>3210This is how I will picture the users of this board from now on.
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No.3226
>>3216"In thecollector1138 We Trust"
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No.3250
What qualifies a movie for the Criterion Collection?
I wish more Tarkovsky films were in there.
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No.3251
>>3250Ultimately it's whatever they can secure rights to release.
I never investigated the reason for the lack of Tarkovsky, but somwhoe Criterion only released titles from the early half of his career. It's strange considering titles like Stalker were always a little hard to find on DVD, and it still isn't even on bluray.
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No.3298
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No.3323
“Stalker” needs either new transfer from film to digital or new frame jitter stabilization work. Content-aware stabilizer they used on DVD release was horrible and even ripped the picture sometimes.
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No.3328
>>3323Are you talking about the RusCiCo DVD? I don't recall noticing a problem but it's been a while.
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No.3338
>>3328Encoded from VOB file from an Artificial Eye/Russico DVD.
On some horizontal pans edge of the frame with repeated content (bricks, dirty walls) becomes fucked up.
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No.3362
>>3338wow, that's really shaky. definitely needs to be fixed.
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No.3384
>>3362I thought the train was causing the shaking?
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No.3485
They should fuck off the shit they've been releasing lately.
Stop pandering to films that don't need saving/are cash-cows and actually bother fulfilling their "Mission statement"
Anyone know if or when they'll be releasing more stuff the Scorcese world cinema foundation?
A Brighter Summer Day has been on the books since at least 2012.
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No.3487
>>3485agreed. did you see this shit
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No.3488
I was wondering about Keisuke Kinoshita. Sometimes there's at least one good title in an Eclipse set.
Other than that I concur their new releases seem like the same old releases.
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No.3513
I think BFI MOC and Second Run are all putting out more interesting titles lately. I've got Turksib and Epic of Everest waiting to be watched.
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No.3514
>>3488Shochiku released
Twenty-four Eyes and
Carmen Comes Home on Blu-ray recently, should be available somewhere
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No.3515
>>3513BFI's supposed to be releasing a Dreyer Boxset in a few months
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No.3516
>>3514Do you happen to know about any of these?
http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1083-eclipse-series-41-kinoshita-and-world-war-iiThat's why I mentioned Kinoshita. I'm intrigued at the idea of films from Japan during WWII, but was wondering if they were worth watching.
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No.3519
>>3516Haven't seen any of those, managed to snag 720p copies of
Legend of a Duel to the Death,
The Young Rebels,
The Rose on His Arm,
The Garden of Women and
Spring Dreams though.
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No.3707
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No.3708
>>3298>Artificial Eye Of course I shouldn't have expected it to come to America.
Maybe I should just buy Euro one for all the other shit that criterion is too pleb to give a blu ray release. They can keep putting out their yearly tiny furniture and frances ha and a bunch of Godard and Truffat that nobody wants (of course they don't even have two of his best films but just released the soft skin for god knows what reason).
And why the fuck does Buneuel only have one blu ray release? Why the fuck doesn't Ordet have it's own blu ray release? Where the fuck is Angelopoulos? Where the fuck is Paradjanov? Why do you love Ray so much yet not have the Apu trilogy? Why the fuck are you releasing two forgettable Costa-Gavras films on the same fucking day?
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No.3716
>>3707Is this guy for real?
Everyone in these videos says "Cry-Teary–
Yawwn" which is not how I pronounce it.
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No.3722
>>3708>Where the fuck is Angelopoulos? New Yorker Video owns the North American rights or they did…
>ParadjanovKino-Lorber
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No.3729
>>3708>Paradjanovin the trash
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No.3748
bout to watch me some donkey on hulu plus free trial #24
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No.3794
2046 Criterion blu ray when
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No.3815
>>2697Not a huge fan of it either. Maybe Henry Fonda is too passive for my liking.
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No.3854
Hey Austrlian members of /film/ I want to start a DVD collection, but living in Australia there aren't many options to buy stuff, the big retailers wont sell more obscure or older movies so I don't know where to look. Is criterion the place for me or are there good DVD stores around this isolated land mass? I'd prefer to not be buying online from over seas because I don't want to make the mistake of buying a foreign DVD that isn't compatible with the player I have here
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No.3855
>>3854Locals probably have better insight but I know the Directors Suite label puts out some good stuff in Australia
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No.3860
Has anyone ever considered opening up a label to compete with Criterion in North America, grabbing semi-obscure titles that haven't been remastered and options ignored by the likes of Facets, New Yorker Video, older and neglected Criterion and Kino releases?
This is capitalism dammit, they shouldn't have a monopoly on the market.
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No.3875
They have a 50% off sale for the next 16 hours or so
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No.3876
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No.3878
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No.3920
i'll watch this when it comes out. mainly because old movie + weird name makes me curious.
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No.3928
What can you guys say for good CC films that don't get mentioned very much?
One that sticks out for me is The Browning Version. I didn't know what to expect but it was a nice surprise.
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No.3972
What movies do you wanna see on Criterion?
I'd fucking LOVE for Angel's Egg to be added. No Blu-Ray exists of it that includes an English translation, it's such a shame. To my knowledge, Criterion only has two animated films on their entire catalog, so I feel that this would make for a fantastic installment.
Arty, aesthetically beautiful, and strangely universal in its message; Whether you're a devout Christian or a militant atheist, you can find something to adore in the allegory the film presents and the symbolism laced all the way through. It can be viewed as a bashing, or a praising of Christ, both in equal abandon.
Would you guys like to see this as well? How would one go about requesting it?
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No.3985
>>3928I quite liked How to Get Ahead in Advertising. Hadn't heard of it before watching it, but it was a surreal comedy that hit the spot.
>>3972I'd like to see an Eclipse set of Rowland Brown's three films as a director. (Another he co-directed is on Warner Archive.) Brown is well known as an accomplished screenwriter but his own films from the pre-code era barely show up on TCM, much less home video.
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No.3999
Wow, June titles are shit, another dud month. The only film that wasn't already a known quantity or in the collection already is The Bridge, which looks boring. They need to quit fucking around put out the Apu trilogy ASAP
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No.4012
Fucking Decalogue when?
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No.4014
>>3999I'm glad to see Valerie at least. Is there already a good American blu Ray release for it?
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No.4015
>>3972>>3972Pastoral to die in the country
Valley of the bees
The Earth Trembles
Hypothesis of a stolen painting
More yang
Blu Ray releases of already released films (Andrei Rublev, exterminating Angel, Some Bresson)
Ordet, Ashes and Diamonds, and The Ascent having their own blu ray releases.
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No.4017
>>4015Ha ha, I thought this was the list of new releases and thought "That's really not so bad."
Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting would be a nice addition. It's a little dense to watch because you're often reading a paragraph of philosophy via subtitles. Some very nice black and white photography though. The old DVD might have been interlaced … I can't quite remember but it seems like it had some minor issues.
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No.4022
>>4017it looks like the blacks are too light as well
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No.4045
>>3928Green for Danger doesn't get mentioned often. A very solid and well-performed murder mystery, sometimes comic but ending in disaster for the professionals involved. Has one clever flashback that only makes sense at the end, once the real killer's intimidated his underling into confessing for him.
>>3972•Twice Upon a Time for animation (really needs a Blu, lot of potential for supplements)
•Lonely Requiem
•Mr. Moto box
•Iphigenia
•'30s Madchen in Uniform (Young Törless is getting lonely)
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No.4047
Jesus, Criterion's suggestions email account is quick to respond. I suggested something and they came back in less than an hour, and they were polite as hell, too.
Even if the movie I suggested never gets in, I'm gonna remember that. Made me happy.
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No.4049
>>3485> world cinema foundationI heard Craig Keller of Masters of Cinema talk about the WCF and related bureaucratic hurdles they encounter when trying to get film distribution from these smaller countries. Some film restorations are only licensed for showing at a cinema, some countries only have one or two people working in the particular film archive, some rights holders go missing for a while (as an Egyptian did after the Arab Spring)…
It sounds like WCF releases are often more challenging than putting out the average French or Italian film.
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No.4184
>>3920That was a bit of a hidden gem until this release. I wonder how it will be received.
From what I've seen, Robert Montgomery had some cool ideas as actor/director.
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No.4283
Should I buy YiYi, Solaris,Lola Montes,Richard III or the complete Jean Vigo?
I don't feel right buying more than two movies when no sale
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No.4286
>>4283i haven't seen all of those, but the two i'd prefer to own are solaris and vigo
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No.4305
>>4283Vigo set's worth getting for supplements/better PQ if you don't want to watch the movies via Hulu+. I really like Solaris and think its BD is great, still waiting on A Brighter Summer Day or The Terrorizers to start on Yang. A shame La Signora Di Tutti isn't on Hulu+, because the MOC BD just went OOP and Criterion hasn't gotten a version out yet.
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No.4362
>>4305Terrorizers had a Blu-ray release in Taiwan with English subtitles (OOP now).
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No.4406
Oh wow another shit month outside Hiroshima mon amour.
Who the fuck asked for The Black Stallion, and who gives a fuck about Jan Troell?
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No.4414
>>4406I know, and Black Stallion already got released last year
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No.4420
Has anyone seen this? It's a new release from Second Run.
http://www.secondrundvd.com/release_pictures.php> Dušan Hanák's renowned film was voted by critics as the best Slovak film of all time. Inspired by the photographs of Slovak artist Martin Martinček (1913–2004) whose pictures distilled entire lifetimes into luminous and intransient images, Hanák created his own distinctive impressions of the artist's work in reflecting a myriad of human stories. Disclaimer: this post and the subject matter and contents thereof - text, media, or otherwise - do not necessarily reflect the views of the 8kun administration.
No.4422
>>4420It's been getting some buzz lately on karagara.
Second Run has a great selection of forgotten masterpieces but I can't justify buying dvds in this day and age.
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No.4428
>>4420Yeah I just watched that the other day actually. It's really great, it really nails the gritty Eastern Europe rural aesthetic, and there are some beautiful shots. It is also unique as a semi-"ethnographic film" because it actually lets the people tell their own story, it all feels very natural. I would highly recommend it.
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No.4434
>>4422I love their catalog but I won't buy from them again until they start releasing blurays. It's surprising they still haven't gotten into HD.
I found out there's a previous DVD release (which looks fine) so it's not really new. But I'd never heard of this film before.
>>4428That's encouraging. I look forward to seeing this. Too bad all the rips look shitty…500 pixel width!?
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No.4567
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No.4569
>>4567
Scorsese has very good taste. It's nice that he included a lot of information on each of his choices.
I don't know how Tokyo Drifter could be anyone's #1 pick (Nicolas Winding Refn). It's an illogical mess with a few cool scenes.
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No.4570
>>4569
illogical mess?
sounds like most good movies
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No.4571
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Nikkatsu Noir > Tokyo Drifter
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No.4572
>>4569
>Tokyo Drifter
>Seijun Suzuki (鈴木 清順 Suzuki Seijun?), born Seitaro Suzuki (鈴木 清太郎 Suzuki Seitarō) on 24 May 1923, is a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility.
I think he succeeded.
I haven't see any of his films, which one do you guys recommend?
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No.4573
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>>4572
I don't know his best, but I'd recommend seeing what the fuss is all about…
Since >>4569 already revealed that the movie doesn't make sense, you might even enjoy it if you're not expecting a coherent plot.
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No.4574
new costa-gavras blurays…who has seen these?
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No.4575
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No.4580
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No.4675
New releases announced for August:
> Presenting Truffaut’s movie about moviemaking Day for Night, De Palma’s Dressed to Kill, Reisz’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman, and the Dardennes’ Two Days, One Night, plus Dassin’s Night and the City on Blu-ray for the first time and our latest Eclipse series, Agnès Varda in California.
I might try to watch some of these: http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1124-eclipse-series-43-agnes-varda-in-california
Eclipse Series 43: Agnès Varda in California
> The legendary French filmmaker Agnès Varda, whose remarkable career began in the 1950s and has continued into the twenty-first century, produced some of her most provocative works while living on the West Coast of the United States. After temporarily relocating from France to California in the late sixties with her husband, Jacques Demy, so that he could make his first Hollywood film, Varda became entranced by the politics, youth culture, and sunshine of the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas, and created documentary explorations and fictional narratives—sometimes within the same film. She returned a decade later, and made more fascinating portraits of outsiderness. Her five revealing, entertaining California films, encompassing shorts and features, are collected in this set, which demonstrates that Varda was as deft an artist in unfamiliar terrain as she was on her own turf.
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No.4677
>>4675
Day for night is his third best film behind Jules.
They rest seem whatever. It always seems that there's only one film per month that interests me.
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No.4678
>>4675
The Jacques Demy film mentioned there is probably Model Shop.
I think it's worth watching even though I didn't really like it, ha ha. It's 90 minutes of 2001's Gary Lockwood bumming around Los Angeles – not like a beach hippie but like a French New Wave shiftless protagonist.
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No.4785
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No.4936
Does this mean we get Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish cinema in December?
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No.4959
>>4936
I never have too high expectations for criterion.
Glad to see more Kieślowski and Breaker Point is great film.
They really don't need more James Ivory or Wes Anderson. I hate their trend of finding some whatever director still alive and constantly giving them spotlight.
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No.4960
>>4959
it's political at that point
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No.4962
I like that they included The Valerie Project as an extra audio track on this one.
>>3986
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No.5026
>>4572
Seijun's Youth of the Beast (1963) is a much better film than Tokyo Drifter. And it actually stays mostly coherent.
My only problem with Criterion is they focus too much on that artsy fartsy borefest cinema. And they've all but ignored classic HK cinema, probably because it's not pretentious enough. Oh, and 2 of my favourite films are of course amongst the few that are OOP.
Other companies like Arrow are also starting to beat them at their own game, using better compression techniques.
http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/multi_comparison.php?disc1=5422&disc2=3605&hd_multiID=1497#auswahl
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No.5028
>>5026
I like Arrow too. It's impressive how easily they raised 120k to start releasing material in the US.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/arrow-video-usa#/story
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No.5035
>>5026
> 2 of my favourite films are of course amongst the few that are OOP.
Could you name them? One of mine is Le trou.
And which HK films do you like? That's one area I have only seen a small number. Hard Boiled was disappointing to me (and the Criterion DVD was pretty crappy from what I remember).
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No.5036
>>5026
>artsy fartsy borefest cinema
Example?
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No.5037
>>5035
Le Circle Rouge & Chungking Express. At least with Le Circle Rouge there's the StudioCanal release though. I'm not paying $100+ for the Criterion versions.
Hard Boiled & The Killer are the most well-known films Internationally I guess. It's a shame that the best release they've had is a DVD upscale that's been DNR'd to hell, but that's the same sad story for most of HK cinema. Golden Harvest (one of the big film studios in the 70s-90s) sold all their rights to Fortune Star that just release all their Blu-Rays as half-assed upscales. And it seems like every studio other than Shaw Bros. all left their film stock to rot in a leaky cupboard. I mean, I could name some amazing films that have never even been given a half-decent DVD release.
HK cinema would definitely need its own thread, but I can give you a few recommendations. It essentially boils down to two types of films: Martial Arts & Heroic Bloodshed (Triads vs. cops, violent action drama). I don't know if Kung Fu films interest you but i'll make some recommendations for the second genre:
Long Arm of the Law (1984)
City on Fire (1987)
The Big Heat (1988)
Full Contact (1992)
Ebola Syndrome (1996 - doesn't belong in this genre but it's classic HK)
Once Upon a Time in Triad Society (1996)
The Longest Nite (1998)
Beast Cops (1998)
The Mission (1999)
Election (2005)
Drug War (2013)
Now I know you'll never find a Jackie Chan film on Criterion, but his HK work is a great example of that brilliant fight choreography that you won't find in Hollywood. We're talking 100s of reshoots and extending filming time to make sure everything looks perfect. There are some real classics in the HK back-catalogue though that are screaming out for a restoration.
>>5036
The second largest contribution in Criterion's catalogue is from France.
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No.5038
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No.5041
I don't know about the bluray, but the best Hard Boiled DVD was from HK Video. It had French subs but I saw a custom English disc on a torrent site.
I think the Criterion DVD was one of their worst releases quality-wise. Poor image and sub translation.
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare5/hardboiled.htm
>>5037
Cool, thanks for the recs man. I haven't fully explored this area either.
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No.5090
Kino Lorber released this on blu ray recently. Probably will be my next purchase along with the recent translation of the book.
>>5037
I would say Mad Detective is better than Drug War and Johnnie To's best film.
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No.5124
I have maybe 10 of these. They're really neat to have in the collection, but I'm going to try to look for ones with better special features because I haven't found many that I'm satisfied with. I'm looking for more commentaries, too. I hope they release more of Todd Solondz in the future. I wanna hear him do a commentary on one of his films.
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No.5125
>>4283
All I know is that YiYi is worth a watch but definitely not worth buying a special edition for, especially if you haven't seen it yet.
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No.5136
>>5090
Hard to be a God was such a tough watch. Not in that it's dull and really long but I just felt fucking dirty after watching it. I needed a shower man. It really sucked me into that world.
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No.5137
Criterion 50% off sale and Barnes and Noble
I'm not sure how long it lasts
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/50-off-the-criterion-collection/_/N-2dy8
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No.5139
>>5137
Should I use this as a chance to buy the human condition trilogy or wait and hope for a blu ray release?
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No.5141
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No.5143
>>5139
I'd wait until November when they usually have another 50% sale.
Human Condition is HD on Hulu so they probably already have the upgraded transfer.
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No.5211
Kwaidan, Mulhooland Dr. and The Brood in their release queue
All pretty familiar but I'm grateful for a quality upgrade (especially for Kwaidan). I haven't seen Mulholland Dr. since it came out.
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No.5218
>>5211
There's already a bluray of The Brood. I have a 1080p rip anyway. Maybe it was a Euro release.
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No.5221
>>5218
bluray of Mullholland Drive too, I've got a 1080p copy on my external HD. interested to see any special features though
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No.5223
>>5211
Kawaidans still great but I wish they would have brought over Samurai Rebellion instead.
a special day seems good too.
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No.5348
All the talk about lion hunting reminded me of The Naked Prey. It's a survival/hunting story filmed in the countryside of Zimbabwe (Rhodesia at the time).
I'd give it a solid B+.
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No.5351
>>5137
The 50% off sale is back on for the weekend
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No.5354
Why is literally more than half of all Melville on criterion out of print?
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No.5362
>>5354
The licensing must have expired? Sometimes they have issues with Studio Canal…an ongoing discussion about that here:
http://www.criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10391
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No.5367
this is getting a criterion release before a brighter summer day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMcPUgOhdKE
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No.5368
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>>5367
Well I can't vouch for that at all, but Murakami is an interesting contemporary artist
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No.5393
>>5367
that's it, i refuse to give those cunts any more of my shekels until they release something worth while
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No.5440
Dardenne brothers: yea or nay?
I never bothered to check out their work.
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No.5454
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No.5564
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No.5572
>>5564
He knows his feelumms.
But has he made anything good himself? I only made it halfway through Pervert's Guide to Cinema.
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No.5664
HEY GUYS
WELCOME TO CRITERION
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No.5665
Nothing but the best from these guys!
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No.5674
>>5665
Probably their most pathetic month yet in a year full of pathetic months
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No.5675
I used to care more about their releases, but they are slipping into mediocrity
That said the Hulu+ selection is still pretty good
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No.5727
Does Criterion even sell movies in Canada? I looked around most of the stores that still carry movies and have never seen a single Criterion film in my life, so I mostly just buy DVDs from used bookstores and torrent chinese cartoons because they have the most seeders, not to mention that there's no way I could join a private tracker with my pathetic upload speed.
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No.5732
>>5727
I thought they sold in Canada. Do you have a Barnes and Noble nearby?
Or do you ever see DVDs of stuff like The Seventh Seal, Solaris, or 8½? I think those were the first Criterions I watched. They were at the local library.
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No.5811
>>5727
HMV and Best Buy, but they're generally over-priced compared to the States, I get mine south of border during B&N sales
>>5732
our libraries generally do carry DVDs, better quality than old torrents of obscurer stuff
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No.5812
>>5090
Kino-Lorber is releasing Faust on Blu in November if anyone noticed.
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No.5845
>>5811
>>5812
sneaky bastard, you post interesting comments but don't want anyone to notice...
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No.5888
>>5732
>>5811
I didn't even know Barnes and Noble was in Canada since I never saw any, so there probably aren't any in the area. The nearest HMVs and Best Buys are over an hour away, haven't seen any Criterion films in them either.
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No.6006
Watched the clip that Criterion put up for A Special Day and it looks pretty great. Definitely seems like one of those rare surprise releases.
https://www.criterion.com/films/28659-a-special-day
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No.6284
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No.6287
>>6284
Nice, I've been hoping to locate a good copy of Je t'aime, je t'aime
Film Movement has a large DVD catalog but I've seen very few of these
Mostly films from the last decade or so
http://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/index.asp?FINDBY=Title
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No.6534
Holy fuck when did this happen
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No.6583
>>6534
oh man, I've been waiting so many years for this. Almost redeems the last year of mostly bland shit Criterion has been putting out. Stoked
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No.6597
>>3193
I was once browsing the Criterion releases at a Barnes and Noble with my sister when we were approached by two guys who looked more or less like the ones in this video. They asked us, "Are you guys 'Criterion collectors'?" and I immediately said no.
I didn't know that there existed an entire subculture of teens who spend their allowances on Criterion releases until this thread, but I now think they were trying to recruit me and my sister.
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No.6784
14 hours left on this sale:
All in-stock Blu-rays and DVDs are 50% off SRP with promo code FEB50!
https://www.criterion.com/sale
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No.6820
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No.7154
Criterion and TCM are collaborating on a new streaming service @ http://filmstruck.com/
http://www.indiewire.com/article/criterion-turner-classic-movies-streaming-service-tcm-filmstruck-20160426
> This morning, the global media company Turner announced the company's first direct-to-consumer ad-free streaming service Filmstruck. Managed by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in collaboration with the Criterion Collection, Filmstruck will feature an indelible mix of contemporary and classic filled with arthouse, foreign and cult films. It will be the exclusive streaming home for Criterion Collection titles, which will move its library from its current home Hulu. There will be a premium Criterion channel curated and programmed by the brain trust at the Criterion Collection that will feature bonus supplements like audio commentaries previous unavailable on streaming services. Filmstruck's library will also host titles from such celebrated indie studios like Janus Films, Flicker Alley, Icarus, Kino, Milestone, and Zeitgeist, along with some movies from major Hollywood studios including Warner Bros.
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No.7166
>>3193
oh cmon, these guys look like they're having a nice time
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No.7201
>>2183
Anybody know why Tiny Furniture is part of the Criterion collection?I mean it's not old or an important work of art
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No.7204
>>7201
It could be more of a business decision. Michael Bay's The Rock and Armageddon were also in their catalog (and they get a lot of shit for it). I guess Lena Dunham had enough positive buzz a few years ago to warrant a deal.
Their releases of new films aren't always on the same level as the old classics. Even some of their old films aren't very good. I think some distribution licenses are cheaper to purchase in bulk, so they might buy a few weaker films in order to release a good one.
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No.7205
>>3854
I found an R4 copy of 2046 on Fishpond once. Probably lots of stuff on there.
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No.7382
This looks cool
http://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3392532/kino-lorber-gives-gold-june-14/
> Kino Lorber has announced the Blu-ray and DVD release of GOLD, a rare 1930s German science fiction film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Brigitte Helm (Metropolis), mastered in HD from archival elements preserved by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung. This futuristic thriller, filled with high-tech sets, depicts the struggle between scientific progress and corporate greed (re-visiting some of the themes that Fritz Lang had explored in Metropolis).
> GOLD will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 14, 2016, with a SRP of $29.95 for the Blu-ray and $19.95 for the DVD. The film is of historical interest as an example of the cinema produced during the 1930s in National Socialist Germany. It utilizes some of the key talents of the German film industry of the silent era, including production designer Otto Hunte (who had designed Fritz Lang’s futuristic fantasies Metropolis and Woman in the Moon), and cinematographer Günther Rittau (who had photographed Lang’s Die Nibelungen and Metropolis and Sternberg’s The Blue Angel). GOLD is not only a handsomely-produced drama of corporate espionage, it also reveals the ways in which English and American culture was subtly condemned in films made under the Third Reich.
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No.7514
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No.7515
>>7514
That's great
Since the series was made for euro TV, there's the minor technical issue of the original framerate. Criterion is forced to slow it all down by 4%. I see they're already talking about that on Criterion Forum.
http://www.criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=548861#p548861
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No.7570
Anything of note here that's not on the Laserdisc or either MGM BD? I'm intrigued by the idea of a potentially better restoration, but I know how soft and grainy some of these pictures from the '60s-'80s can look, especially from a smaller production like this one.
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No.7571
>>7570
DVD Beaver sounds happy with this version. Most of the time their disc comparison is pretty reliable.
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_70/the_graduate_blu-ray.htm
> This is a "new 4K digital restoration" and it towers over the other lackluster 1080P visuals. It's unreal how colors gain vibrancy and richness (greens and blues) - it is, generally, darker and that is presumably more accurate and grain textures return! The only other thing I'll mention is that there is a difference in the ratio with the Criterion looking a shade horizontally stretched (slightly fatter faces) and/or the others looking vertically stretched (thinner faces). The Criterion also has much more information in the frame than the StudioCanal and, generally, shifts a shade right against the MGM. It looks absolutely unbelievable in-motion - the film looks brand new - and I have never seen it so beautiful.
> Criterion give the option of a linear PCM in the original mono at 1152 kbps (24-bit) OR a robust surround bump via a DTS-HD Master 5.1 at a healthy 3407 kbps (24-bit). The latter is very impressive notably in the iconic Simon & Garfunkel songs (written by Dave Grusin) like The Sounds of Silence, Scarborough Fair/Canticle, Mrs. Robinson etc. If you can believe it - it sounds (crisp guitar, pristine vocals) as good as the video! It's so appropriate to give the original option but I suspect many will gravitate to the 5.1 although the separation/effects in the film are modest. It's all in the depth of the music. The Blu-ray disc has optional English (SDH) subtitles and is region 'A'-locked.
> As predicted, Criterion stack the disc with wonderful supplements including two audio commentaries - one from 2007 featuring Nichols in conversation with filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and another from 1987 featuring film scholar Howard Suber. Neither are new but they have plenty of value when reheard with this incredible 4K video. Criterion add a new 40-minute interview with actor Dustin Hoffman as well as a new, 25-minute, conversation between producer Lawrence Turman and screenwriter Buck Henry and an interesting piece with film writer and historian Bobbie O’Steen about editor Sam O’Steen’s work on The Graduate. It runs juts over 26-minutes. Students of “The Graduate,” a 26-minute documentary from 2007 on the film’s influence. “The Graduate” at 25, a 1992 featurette on the making of the film - seen on previous DVDs and runs 25+ minutes. I enjoyed the interview with Nichols by Barbara Walters, from a 1966 episode of NBC’s Today show lasting a 1/4 of an hour and an excerpt from a 1970 appearance by singer-songwriter Paul Simon on The Dick Cavett Show (only 5-minutes). There are three screen test clips (about 13-minutes worth in total including one with Hoffmann and Ross), a trailer and the package has a liner notes booklet with an essay by journalist and critic Frank Rich.
> I am just blown away by this package - 4K is really living up it is capabilities. This is a must-own - absolutely our highest recommendation!
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No.7584
They fucked up the New World?
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No.7641
The Warner Archive released some fun ones this summer
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No.8205
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No.8415
It's nice to finally have a bluray set for The Human Condition
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No.8416
>>8415
good release. i can watch it now
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No.9000
May releases for Criterion
also Jeanne Dielman which I thought was already on bluray
Scorsese's WCP vol 3 includes
- Limite / Mário Peixoto 1931
- Revenge / Ermek Shinarbaev 1989
- Insiang / Lino Brocka 1976
- Mysterious Object at Noon / Apichatpong Weerasethakul 2000
- Law of the Border / Lütfi Ö. Akad 1966
- Taipei Story / Edward Yang 1985
Othello had post-production/release issues like most of Welles' films. I think the best version used to be the Criterion Laserdiscs, but they were taken off the market because of a conflict with Orson's daughter. She didn't want competition with her own restoration of the film, one which attempted to improve perceived sound deficiencies by rescoring music and redubbing actors. Anyway hopefully this is all cleared up and we have a nice version to watch.
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No.9001
>>9000
>vol 3
I meant vol 2 obviously
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No.9103
Flash sale for another 14 hours
> All in-stock Blu-rays and DVDs are 50% off SRP with promo code LOVE!
https://www.criterion.com/sale
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No.9104
>>9000
Ghost World is especially questionable, but they have been doing this for a while, actually since their inception. I guess they have to make money somehow.
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No.9105
>>9104
>Ghost World
I saw it once but I don't remember very much. I liked Crumb from Terry Zwigoff. Louie Bluie is meh.
The common thread of those three films is old blues and jazz musicians heard on 78 rpm records. It seems like an interesting subculture of weirdo collectors. But I can't quite understand their passion because most of that music is too scratchy and raw to do anything for me.
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No.9118
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Young black male caught on camera looting Criterion headquarters
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No.9119
>>9105
Have you seen Art School Confidential? I'm really just not a fan of Zwigoff in general.
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No.9123
>>9119
No I have seen his first 4 and that's all
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No.9128
>>9000
This WCP might go down as my favorite box set. Limite is a masterpiece and among the greatest silents. Tapei Story, Mysterious object at Noon, Insiang I've heard great things about. Not sure about the other films.
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No.9440
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No.9444
>>9440
Poor art tbh. I really hope they get Nostalghia and Sacrifice from кино soon. I need a boxset really badly.
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No.9453
>>9444
> Poor art tbh
It's terrible. Dull and not very representative of Stalker. Maybe it's the worst boxart of all?
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No.9454
>>9453
Tbh first pic is absolute shite.
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No.9456
>>9453
I'd say it's tied with that Artificial Eye one. It's sad how all the AE ones follow the same art and therefore are all god awful. They're a cluttered mess. Why can't they keep it simple like the original art in your fourth pic?
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No.9524
https://www.tarkovskycollection.com/andrei-tarkovsky-sculpting-time-the-deluxe-collection
Andrei Tarkovsky: Sculpting Time The Deluxe Collection
£99.99 excl. shipping
SKU : ART204BD
REGION CODE: B
Format : Blu-ray
Release date : 15/05/2017
Shipping Costs:
UK (£6.97)
IRL (£9.50)
For the first time ever on Blu-ray in the UK, all seven of Tarkovsky's masterpieces presented together in one set. Individually numbered and limited to 1,000 units.
Disc 1 Ivan's Childhood 1962
Russian and German with English subtitles
Running time: 94 mins
Black and white
1.33:1
LPCM 2.0
Disc 2 Andrei Rublev 1966
Russian, Italian and Tatar with English subtitles
Running time: 178 mins
Black and white
2.35:1
LPCM 2.0
Disc 3 Solaris 1972
Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 166 mins
Black and white/ colour
2.35:1
LPCM 2.0
Disc 4 Mirror 1973
Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 105 mins
Black and white/ colour
1.37:1
LPCM 2.0
Disc 5 Stalker 1979
Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 162 mins
Black and white/colour
1.33:1
LPCM Dual mono
Disc 6 Nostalgia 1983
Russian and Italian with English subtitles
Running time: 125 mins
Black and white/ colour
1.66:1
LPCM 2.0
Disc 7 The Sacrifice 1986
English, Swedish and French with English subtitles
Running time: 148 mins
Audio commentary
Colour
1.66:1
LPCM mono
Disc 8 Special Fetures
Andrei Tarkovsky Metaphysical Dream Zone introductions and Selected
scene commentary with Film Psychoanalyst Mary Wild.
'Ivan's Childhood
Interview with Evgeniy Zharikov
Interview with Vadim Usov
Interview with Vyaaheslav Ovchinnikov
Andrei Rublev
Interview with Marina Tarkovsky
Interview with Yuriy Nazarov
Making of 'Andrei Rublev'
Solaris
Interview with Natalia Bondurchuk
Donatas Banionis Featurette
Mirror
Interview with screenwriter A.Misharin
Interview with composer Eduard Artemev
Interview with Oleg Yankovskiy
Music box featurette
Stalker
Interview with Cinematographer Aleksandr Knyazhinsky
Interview with set designer Rashit Safiullin
Nostalgia
Interview with Marina Tarkovsky
Interview with screenwriter, Tonino Guerra
Sacrifice
Video Essay - Poetic Harmony
Release date : 15/05/2017
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No.9527
>>9524
does it ship internationally?
not a fan of home video, I prefer reels, but this looks pretty good
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No.9530
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>>9527
> does it ship internationally?
sadly no. only UK and Ireland. It will probably show up on ebay
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No.9532
>>9527
>I prefer reels
Huh?
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No.9533
>>9530
at thrice the price...
>>9532
film reels, 35mm, 70mm etc
watching a film on actual film
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No.9547
>>9533
what have you seen in 70mm? almost everything here is DCP. pay to watch a bluray on a larger screen
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No.9552
>>9547
2001 and Apocalypse now, granted I'm not watching prints regularly anymore, but when I lived in NY I got my fair share.
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No.9554
>>9527
>>9530
Not only that, I believe it's only playable on UK players.
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No.9555
>>9554
Yep, Region B so everyone else needs a region-free player
Has anyone here bought from Masters of Cinema? They're Region B too, but I thought they shipped internationally
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No.9560
Why are these distributors still stuck on regionalized players and physical media
Just release the full remux on your site, globally. You can still have protection, such as individual security for it.
Insane, it's 2017 already for christ sake.
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No.9565
>>9560
I wonder how much longer we'll have to deal with these stupid copyright laws. I wouldn't download nearly as much stuff if it was convenient to watch what I want legally
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No.9800
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http://www.arrowvideo.com/product/the-jacques-rivette-collection/814
The Jacques Rivette Collection
Limited Edition Blu-ray & DVD collection (3,000 copies)
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of all films from brand new 2K restorations of the films with Out 1 supervised by cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn
Original mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-rays)
Optional newly-translated English subtitles for all films
The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette’s Out 1 Revisited – a brand-new feature length documentary by Robert Fischer and Wilfried Reichart containing interviews with actors Bulle Ogier, Michael Lonsdale and Hermine Karagheuz, cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn, assistant director Jean-François Stévenin and producer Stéphane Tchalgadjieff, as well as rare archival interviews with actors Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Michel Delahaye, and director Jacques Rivette
Scenes from a Parallel Life: Jacques Rivette Remembers – archive interview with the director, in which he discusses Duelle (une quarantaine), Noroît (une vengeance) and Merry-Go-Round, featuring additional statements from Bulle Ogier and Hermine Karagheuz
Brand-new interview with critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, who reported from the sets of both Duelle (une quarantaine) and Noroît (une vengeance)
Exclusive perfect-bound book containing new writing on the films by Mary M. Wiles, Brad Stevens, Ginette Vincendeau and Nick Pinkerton
SRP: $99.95
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No.9817
>>9524
>>9527
>>9530
Don't buy this shit. The Artificial Eye restorations were trash. Everyone who went to see them in the theaters knew this.
Criterion is confirmed to release The Mirror and Andrei Rublev and I'm guessing the rest as well in time.
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No.9822
>>9817
thanks for the warning
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No.9877
>>9119
>I'm really just not a fan of Zwigoff in general.
guard your daughters
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No.9962
>>9817
I see someone saying that Artificial Eye Solaris has better sound mastering than Criterion
Image quality on Criterion looks better though. AE is a bit bright so colors are not as rich
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No.10147
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No.10361
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No.10647
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No.10854
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No.10855
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No.10928
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No.10941
Arbelos Films - a new distribution label
http://arbelosfilms.com
https://twitter.com/ArbelosFilms
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?studioid=2126
Press: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-arbelos-launches-new-art-house-distributor-last-movie-1036141
<Arbelos, a new boutique distributor focusing on the release of both new and restored classic art house titles, officially launched at this year's Toronto Film Festival. The company's first release will be a 4K restoration of Dennis Hopper's 1971 cult classic The Last Movie, which will get a new theatrical bow, and its first ever Blu-ray and digital streaming release, via Arbelos in 2018.
I thought The Last Movie stunk but maybe you guys feel differently
<Arbelos looks to blending both new independent features with 4K restorations of classic and cult films, cutting across all genres and eras, the group said. Arbelos plans to release 6-8 titles per year, around half new titles, and will be scouting films while in Toronto.
<The team behind Arbelos — co-founders David Marriott, Dennis Bartok, Craig Rogers and Ei Toshinari — previously collaborated together on Cinelicious Pics, the distribution arm of L.A. digital restoration studio Cinelicious and the new company's initial slate will include Cinelicious Pics film library of 14 feature films, including the recent 4K restoration of Toshio Matsumoto’s transgender classic Funeral Parade of Roses, Tim Sutton’s Dark Night and the 4K restoration of Eiichi Yamamoto’s underground anime Belladonna of Sadness.
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No.10962
>>10941
Cool, I know these guys from the Belladonna of Sadness bluray. It seems like they are just changing the name of their company. Did "Cinelicious" sound too silly?
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No.11402
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Criterion is releasing King of Jazz next year. This glamorous rendition of Rhapsody in Blue is enough to get my attention. But perhaps the color in the restoration is not quite right -- the piano and gowns are not blue but teal! Compare with this older clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iw2ikz1W68
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No.11416
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No.11424
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No.11456
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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
Vimeo embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>13730
>>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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