The Criterion Collection

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Gerby

I've only ever done the marathon once but in a time of 3 hours 41 mins. It's too far for me & too much training. I like 10k & half marathon, I can do a half in 1 hour 34 mins.

That's pretty awesome, and I hear ya about the training. My fastest half is 1:49 and change, so I'm impressed with your half time.

One of these days, I need to try a flat race course, because all of the ones around here are pretty hilly.

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Does it make me a bad person if I've never been a fan of Wenders?

Does it make me a bad person that I've never seen any of Wender's movies?

[Purplenoon]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Does it make me a bad person that I've never seen any of Wender's movies?

No and no.

[Purplenoon]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Does it make me a bad person if I've never been a fan of Wenders?

No

[BerryTheMusicMan]

Started watching Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection this weekend , very impressed so far .

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by lamotta

Haven't seen "Running on Empty" yet,

Check it out! One of Lumet's best... great performances and tbh I cry every time.

[Zen_Amako]

Would anyone recommend Sundays and Cybele? I recently watched Rapture (1965), and I was very impressed by the performance of the young Patricia Gozzi.

I can highly recommend Rapture to any film buff. Such a haunting and beautiful film with a lush score. Gozzi is amazing in it, and it also features a young Dean Stockwell. The Blu-ray was released several years ago by Twilight Time; however, it's still relatively easy to find, and a copy can be found for a reasonable price.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Zen_Amako

Would anyone recommend Sundays and Cybele? I recently watched Rapture (1965), and I was very impressed by the performance of the young Patricia Gozzi.

I can highly recommend Rapture to any film buff. Such a haunting and beautiful film with a lush score. Gozzi is amazing in it, and it also features a young Dean Stockwell. The Blu-ray was released several years ago by Twilight Time; however, it's still relatively easy to find, and a copy can be found for a reasonable price.

I'm always surprised to find that Rapture is still up for sale, given how many of us have raved about it in recent years. It's such an incredible film.

Sundays and Cybele is an incredible film that does not get a lot of love here in the thread. It's an under-recognized treasure in the same way that Rapture is.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Does it make me a bad person if I've never been a fan of Wenders?

I think it makes you a bad person if you don't, at the very least, like Alice In the Cities.

...and probably a Communist.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by Zen_Amako

Would anyone recommend Sundays and Cybele? I recently watched Rapture (1965), and I was very impressed by the performance of the young Patricia Gozzi.

I can highly recommend Rapture to any film buff. Such a haunting and beautiful film with a lush score. Gozzi is amazing in it, and it also features a young Dean Stockwell. The Blu-ray was released several years ago by Twilight Time; however, it's still relatively easy to find, and a copy can be found for a reasonable price.

I can highly recommend the Mimi Rogers version of Rapture.

...I cannot recommend it any more highly.

[Zen_Amako]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Sundays and Cybele is an incredible film that does not get a lot of love here in the thread. It's an under-recognized treasure in the same way that Rapture is.

Thanks. I might see if I can find a copy before the B&N sale is over.

Another film that seems under-recognized to me is Marketa Lazarová. I had to watch that twice in one day in order to grasp the plot (and it's a long film), but it was so worth it.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I can highly recommend the Mimi Rogers version of Rapture.

...I cannot recommend it any more highly.

I second this.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Does it make me a bad person if I've never been a fan of Wenders?

Nah man, I don't consider my self a fan either. Couldn't stand Wings of Desire. I do like and want Until the End of the World, but that's just the sci-fi fan (and maybe the Sam Neill fan) in me crying out.

[ShellOilJunior]

RIP Leon Russell (1942-2016)

[SlickDamian]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Does it make me a bad person that I've never seen any of Wender's movies?

Check out Paris, Texas.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Nah man, I don't consider my self a fan either. Couldn't stand Wings of Desire. I do like and want Until the End of the World, but that's just the sci-fi fan (and maybe the Sam Neill fan) in me crying out.

OK, good, Because I was worried.


BTW, was just cleaning and found a book entitled "Ingmar Bergman" with a screenshot from Persona on the front. I've owned this book for like ... I don't know, decades. I've never read it. It just got lost in the "pile." Looks like I have something to do after golf in the morning.

[Huseyin]

I just got the Lone Wolf box set! Oh my God how beautiful is this!!! I put an unboxing of it on my channel if anyone wants to see a closer look at it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFtlErob85M

[Hard Times Chaney]

Is Jon Mulvaney still responding to questions/requests about packaging replacements? I've emailed him twice about the possibility of replacing my original combo Zatoichi set but haven't gotten an answer yet.

[jordan-r]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I can highly recommend the Mimi Rogers version of Rapture.

...I cannot recommend it any more highly.

Gosh, speaking of things that belong on Criterion (or just on Blu-ray, period)...I'm not sure what kind of critical stock that movie holds these days, but it certainly made a splash in the '90s and Rogers's performance is great. Perfectly bizarre blend of Skinemax-esque smut (at least as I remember it -- I suspect revisiting it, it might not seem so explicit) with an uncompromisingly dark sensibility.

[Polaroid]

Omg too much Ron Weasley lol