See, and people think you're not open-minded...

1997



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seriously though, love that movie :rock:

Decided to blind-buy Pale Flower. Hope me likes.

I had no trouble (in fact I rather enjoyed) blind-buying Kes, White Material, most America Lost and Found and The Leopard a couple weeks ago but a $28 blind buy seems like madness, I tell you, madness.

God I could save a lot of money if I ever figure me out.

Everyone seems to forget Primary Colors. He was perfectly cast for that role. Easily his most overlooked performance. In recent years he's been garbage though.

Good call on Primary Colors. Emma Thompson was really good too.

Either way you spent more money on blind-buying than I did.

Oh, I know it makes no sense. That was kind of my point;)

Haha, yeah, I know. :D I usually feel good about blind-buying Criterions though. I'm rarely ever disappointed.

I've been pretty lucky too. I've bought a couple I'm not entirely crazy about but with the possible exception of Howard's End I'm glad I have them to go back to. And even Howard's End was a good film, I'm just not sure I'll ever watch it again.

Yeah, I see what you mean. While I love my Criterions, there's a few that I've only seen once or twice, where I'm not sure if I'll have the desire to watch them again, like Red Desert or Close-up. Either way, I like having them around. I do have multiple Criterions that I watch constantly like 400 Blows and Paths and SSOS.

The only blind buy I regret was Army of Shadows, just couldn't get into this movie, yet I love Melville's other work.

I actually liked Army of Shadows a little more than Le Cercle Rouge, but they're both pretty rad.

I much preferred Le Cercle Rouge to be honest, but Le Samourai is head and shoulders above both in my opinion.

I think I might have to agree with you on that one. Hoping for a Blu-ray release of that somewhere down the road soon.

I just watched Shoot the Piano Player. When are we gonna get this on blu?!

This is one of my all time favorite movies, especially love the ending.

I just finished Kes and it definitely goes into the 'excellent blind buy' pile.

One minor quibble - I know separate English and English SDH subs seem redundant with an English language film but this was definitely one of those cases where English was a foreign language. I would have very much appreciated straight English subs without the SDH content.

What a great freaking film though. I kept waiting for it to get manipulative or melodramatic but it never went too far. Not being beaten over the head or talked down to was a nice change of pace.

Anyone know when Criterion is going to release the Blu Ray edition of the Last Days of Disco, considering it was a recently DVD release?

Love that film.

I thought Kes was a fantastic film as well. Without the subs I wouldn't have caught about 40% of the dialogue so you raise a valid point.