The Kiss Me Deadly cover is a riff on pulp detective magazines.

I don't think they totally nailed it but it's not as far off as you're making it sound.

you'll be missing out dude. Give People on Sunday a try.

Everything I read about People on Sunday makes me more excited to see it. I am definitely looking forward to this one.

The Makioka Sisters looks like Chip Kidd phoning it in. I assume Kiss Me Deadly is supposed to look like a cheap pulp/detective novel or something, though I don't particularly like it either.

It looks like some of the DVD->Blu upgrades are held back for a lighter month when something is needed to fill the schedule. I'm sure it takes less time and money to release an upgrade, and you never know when the release of another title will slip due to an unforeseen problem.

I would have liked Beauty and the Beast, but we should get it eventually.

Ask criterion about the lower pricing on Makioka Sisters. Looks like they are testing the response here is the respones

The Criterion Collection: Glad you like it. We do too. Let's hope it works!

The Kiss Me Deadly cover art isn't too bad, it just doesn't really seem like a Criterion release.

And yeah, the Makioka Sisters cover art is pretty weak. Like someone attempting to emulate Criterion/Eclipse releases.

The alternate ending of Kiss Me Deadly is hilarious. I hope there will be a way to watch the entire film with that ending (seamless branching?).

This movie totally ripped off Pulp Fiction, though. ;)

It sounds like they're dipping another toe in the 'cut out the middleman' waters.

Be still my heart...

it is a good cover. i'm pretty excited about that Eclipse set as well.

This one is in a tricky middle ground for me.

I don't really want to buy it blind but I also have a feeling I'm going to be reluctant to watch a lower quality stream.

Of course, if they do a three reasons trailer...

:rotfl:

i've actually seen 12 Angry Men :D

it's the prequel to Angry Bird! :cool: :whip::rock::D

and octagon, when i am around, you never have to worry about looking dumb! :)



as for the frequent questions. i often am serious. i've read the wiki and still don't get the significance of all these directors that i have legitimate questions about. i get the big names like Kurosawa, Bergman, Wilder, Fellini, Lang, Huston, Fincher, Polanski, Anderson, etc.etc.etc.

but som1 like Samuel Fuller? who the heck is that? these are genuine questions.

like the recently announced June titles:

-Nicolas Roeg’s Insignificance. before i came to blu-ray.com i had no idea who Roeg nor did i care. now i have a couple of his movies on Criterion BD and know more than i did before. so i've been learning somn.

Kon Ichikawa’s The Makioka Sisters (outside of Kurosaw, i dunno any other Japanese directors)

-Louis Malle?
-Matarazaao?? who are these people?

I suggest watching their films (rather than just collecting them :p ) and discover who they are. I'm not going to say "Oh... you should definitely like Fuller" etc... you should watch enough of each director to decide who's styles you like, and who's you don't.

Works for me. :D

He's not talking about liking various directors though. He's talking about why they're in the Criterion fold in the first place.

Fuller's an interesting example, too. I just watched Shock Corridor this past weekend and I liked it just fine but was kind of scratching my head over why they went with it in the first place. The booklet made it a little clearer and I imagine the supplements will make it clearer still but I have a feeling I'll still have some questions.

Which is hardly a bad thing.

I'm just saying.

I try to watch as many Criterion films as I can, whether I purchase or rent them. I sometimes find myself feeling that something must be wrong with me when I watch one that so many other people rave about, and I dislike it. Recently I caught 400 Blows, and while it was good, I don't think I could watch it again. I guess I am not educated enough on the significance of the French new wave.

I guess I am not "Criterion Cool".

There are so many films in the catalog that I won't touch due to not being interested. The ones I want are ridiculously expensive (Thin Red Line, Che), so that's another downside. I'm still waiting for The Royal Tenenbaums and the Life Aquatic.

I'm really excited about Kiss Me Deadly and Insignificance! Although I've only ever seen parts of Insignificance I'll probably be purchasing it.

Also nice to finally see some Ichikawa on CC blu. I hope we see The Burmese Harp in the near future for those that are region B challenged. ;)

I get what they're trying to do. It just looks like it was designed in 5 minutes