The Criterion Collection

[octagon]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

I just want to watch Tarkovsky's 'The Sacrifice', damnit!

Impatience and Tarkovsky are not a good mix

[30hertzrumble]

Originally Posted by octagon

Impatience and Tarkovsky are not a good mix

Well played.

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

Do any of you guys ever order from Amazon 3rd party sellers, and have you ever had trouble with shipping from them?

I placed a couple of orders two weeks ago today (one from Amazon and one from a 3rd party seller on Amazon with a reputable rating). I received the Amazon order last Friday, but the laminate on the lens filter I bought was defective, so I returned it. Today, I received my replacement, but still no sign of the other package. The tracking has been stuck on pre-shipment since two days after I ordered it, and the seller insists it was sent. This is the second time I've had a delayed package from a 3rd-party vendor in the last few months. I just want to watch Tarkovsky's 'The Sacrifice', damnit!

Don't hesitate to contact Amazon Customer Service if you need them to get involved. They will bend over backwards to make it right.

[pro-bassoonist]

Ride the Pink Horse Blu-ray REVIEW



Aspiring writers should be required to study this film. Phenomenal writing, but this is hardly surprising considering the fact that the great Ben Hecht did the script with Charles Lederer.

Excellent release



Pro-B

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by octagon

Impatience and Tarkovsky are not a good mix

LOL you wouldn't be saying that if you were waiting on a film you've been looking forward to seeing!

'Solaris' did require a long attention span for me to get through, though

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Aspiring writers should be required to study this film. Phenomenal writing, but this is hardly surprising considering the fact that the great Ben Hecht did the script with Charles Lederer.

Not to mention that it's based on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes, a terrific crime novelist who's virtually unknown outside the field. She also wrote the source novel for the Bogart film In a Lonely Place, among others.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

About two-thirds of the stuff that I order from Amazon is from third-party dealers, and I've only had trouble a couple of times, and that was just minor stuff, like "Used - Like New" being more like "Used - Good" or something of the sort.

I mostly order brand new factory-sealed stuff from third-party Amazon dealers. MovieMars is great for anything and everything music/movie related, and Zoverstocks is good for ordering import music.

I've always shopped on Amazon according to cheapest price, and have never had a problem with 3rd party sellers' shipping until recently. I also noticed that both of my most recent 3rd party purchases were shipped via USPS 1st class, so it's probably the Postal Service, and not the sellers.

Originally Posted by jmclick

Don't hesitate to contact Amazon Customer Service if you need them to get involved. They will bend over backwards to make it right.

I can only imagine, considering how fast I received my replacement order! I'll give it until Friday, and then see if I need to contact them.

[WonderWeasel]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Not to mention that it's based on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes, a terrific crime novelist who's virtually unknown outside the field. She also wrote the source novel for the Bogart film In a Lonely Place, among others.

She's actually from my neck of the woods! There was a noir film festival at the Alamo Drafthouse in Kansas City last November, and they showed 'In a Lonely Place'. It was pretty awesome to watch in a theater. I still need to see 'Ride the Pink Horse', though.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Not to mention that it's based on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes, a terrific crime novelist who's virtually unknown outside the field. She also wrote the source novel for the Bogart film In a Lonely Place, among others.

I've always liked Robert Montgomery and wish for more of his films to be available such as They Were Expendable , Here Comes Mr. Jordan, and Night Must Fall. (I'm still wondering how this one got a Louie B. Mayer ok . Pretty grisly stuff for MGM)

On another topic-I'm not going to have as much to spend when the flash sale happens. Twilight Time messed with my plans and is releasing First Men in the Moon and a remastered Journey to the Center of the Earth. When it rains.........

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by octagon

Impatience and Tarkovsky are not a good mix

Ha! One exception is Ivan's Childhood, which was fast-paced and action-packed, dunno what happened after that.

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I've always liked Robert Montgomery and wish for more of his films to be available such as They Were Expendable , Here Comes Mr. Jordan, and Night Must Fall. (I'm still wondering how this one got a Louie B. Mayer ok . Pretty grisly stuff for MGM)

On another topic-I'm not going to have as much to spend when the flash sale happens. Twilight Time messed with my plans and is releasing First Men in the Moon and a remastered Journey to the Center of the Earth. When it rains.........

I know. The whole Twilight Time thing threw me for a curve also. My plan is to place a Twilight Time order for over $100 and pay using PayPal credit so that I'll have six months interest-free financing. Who knew that my blu-ray habit eventually would prepare me for a career in creative accounting?

[bstv69]

So one of my girlfriends favorite Criterions that I have is 'Charade' are there any other criterions that are similar that I could pick up this flash-sale. Thanks

[JohnnyF]

Originally Posted by bstv69

So one of my girlfriends favorite Criterions that I have is 'Charade' are there any other criterions that are similar that I could pick up this flash-sale. Thanks

Many consider Charade to be quite Hitchcockian, so I'd suggest The 39 Steps. I hadn't seen it before blind buying it and considered it pretty great.

[jw007]

I just finished watching The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford for the first time. Wow, this was one fantastic film impeccably shot by Roger Deakins and scored by Nick Cave/Warren Ellis. The acting was tremendous and the story is as true to historical facts as any movie I've seen on Jesse James and Bob Ford. This film would be a great fit in the Criterion Collection especially seeing that the existing 2008 blu-ray had a subpar video/audio transfer.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by jw007

I just finished watching The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford for the first time. Wow, this was one fantastic film impeccably shot by Roger Deakins and scored by Nick Cave/Warren Ellis. The acting was tremendous and the story is as true to historical facts as any movie I've seen on Jesse James and Bob Ford. This film would be a great fit in the Criterion Collection especially seeing that the existing 2008 blu-ray had a subpar video/audio transfer.

I totally agree. Great film.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I totally agree. Great film.

I need to see this, always hear great things about it...

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by kuro_sawa

If you can watch Seven, I've no idea what's keeping you from smoething like Don't Look Now.

I'd second this.

For me Don't Look Now plays like a subversion of the Hitchcock movie, with its "exotic" locale and reliance upon suspense. If you can handle something like The Man Who Knew Too Much then I think you'll have a blast with this (it's the good kind of scary, it's not unnecessarily gruesome or overt).

Originally Posted by jw007

I agree. I can see Safe as having more replay value than the Roeg film. I felt cheated after seeing Don't Look Now for the first time last Autumn in the theater, because the ending was so predictable and contrived. Up until that final 10-15 seconds it was good though. No need for spoilers because I didn't give anything away here.

I'm surprised to hear you say this about the ending of the film, not least because the manner in which the ending is executed (via that fantastic montage) ought to distract from any perceived contrivances within the plot, especially on a first viewing. That being said, this is a film that for me only clicked after 3 or 4 viewings.

I've actually got my own theory about the ending -

[Show spoiler]I think he kills himself. The dwarf isn't real and the story about the serial killer that's in the background is a "red" herring.

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by dwk

Le silence de la mer is going to have an actual booklet

This release has slowly crept up in to "must-buy" territory for me in the last few weeks. The film itself is a masterpiece, but I own the excellent UK disc already so figured I'd skip it. As time has gone on though, and more and more extras have been added it's proving a difficult one to ignore!

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by adamhopelies

This release has slowly crept up in to "must-buy" territory for me in the last few weeks. The film itself is a masterpiece, but I own the excellent UK disc already so figured I'd skip it. As time has gone on though, and more and more extras have been added it's proving a difficult one to ignore!

Do you have the MoC copy? I am not sure which version to get yet lol

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by adamhopelies

This release has slowly crept up in to "must-buy" territory for me in the last few weeks. The film itself is a masterpiece, but I own the excellent UK disc already so figured I'd skip it. As time has gone on though, and more and more extras have been added it's proving a difficult one to ignore!

I'm having the same thoughts. I was hoping that I could dodge the upcoming Criterion release of Le Silence De La Mer, since I own the outstanding MoC Blu-ray, but the new extras and the promise of an improved transfer/improved translation are difficult to ignore.