The Criterion Collection

[bluskies]

Originally Posted by agoofykindasuperman

Yes! Very happy to hear if that is indeed true.
Where did you find this picture? It wasn't in their latest e-mail which I just received today...

It was in the email I just got, both the pig and the building.

[agoofykindasuperman]

Originally Posted by bluskies

It was in the email I just got, both the pig and the building.

d'oh! I stand corrected. Indeed it was haha... Stupid HTML screw up of the e-mail hid the final pic

[dsman71]

Its the only thread where you can see a blue pig with glasses for a full page
too funny oink oink

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by Hendershot737

What's the artists' twitter handle?

@CriterionCast: “@KentWms: Been hunkered down this whole week doing drawings for the new Criterion Lord of the Flies DVD.”

[Romulus]

I'm eagerly awaiting Andrei Rublev and Woman in the Dunes on Blu-ray to come...

[The Great Owl]

The easiest Criterion newsletter hint I've seen to date.
(I'm usually slow on the take with these hints, but I guessed this one right away.)

...and I'm pleased at the news, although we already knew it.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

The easiest Criterion newsletter hint I've seen to date.
(I'm usually slow on the take with these hints, but I guessed this one right away.)

...and I'm pleased at the news, although we already knew it.

This and the Rosemary's Baby one are the two I have had the easiest time with. Often I have no idea, even when they are obvious.

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by jacobb1313

One of the best sets Criterion has produced IMO is the Josef von Sternberg set. It's DVD, but if friends of mine are looking to try Silent films, this and Buster Keaton's The General are what I give them to start.

+1
Buster Keaton's The General is one of my all-time favourites and that Josef von Sternberg set is outstanding.

[Akijama]

Originally Posted by blkhrt

Looks like Lord of the Flies is in fact coming soon(ish)

You're all wrong. It's clearly a reference to Babe.

[Scottie]

It's actually Charlotte's Web.

[Hendershot737]

Originally Posted by Snicket

@CriterionCast: “@KentWms: Been hunkered down this whole week doing drawings for the new Criterion Lord of the Flies DVD.”

Much appreciated!

[Fellini912]

Safety Last would be an awesome release. It is on par with City Lights (I had more laughs watching Safety Last). I believe the DVD is OOP. Another silent movie masterpiece.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Akijama

You're all wrong. It's clearly a reference to Babe.

Waitaminute...Babe is blue...they freaking got Fargo!!!

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Akijama

You're all wrong. It's clearly a reference to Babe.

It could be Straw Dogs. The broken glasses. Think so?

[The Great Owl]

So, I had a non-Criterion night last night and watched an old favorite, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, on Blu-ray for the first time.

This had never occurred to me before, despite seeing Ferris Bueller's Day Off a great many times, but I wonder if John Hughes was influenced by Godard's Band of Outsiders when he directed the film. The two stories are quite different overall, but Ferris Bueller's Day Off shares quite a few visual similarities with the Godard film. I'm probably over-thinking this, just as I tend to over-think everything else, but I sensed a few things in common between the films.

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

It could be Straw Dogs. The broken glasses. Think so?

No, I reckon it's Lord of the Flies. It's a significant moment when the character named Piggy has his glasses smashed (and I'm not about to spoil it).

Originally Posted by Fellini912

Safety Last would be an awesome release. It is on par with City Lights (I had more laughs watching Safety Last). I believe the DVD is OOP. Another silent movie masterpiece.

Yay for Safety Last! Harold Lloyd, yeah!

(It may be lowbrow of me, but I personally enjoy Keaton and Lloyd more than Chaplin. But comedy's so subjective, isn't it?)

[Fellini912]

Yay for Safety Last! Harold Lloyd, yeah!

(It may be lowbrow of me, but I personally enjoy Keaton and Lloyd more than Chaplin. But comedy's so subjective, isn't it?)

. I totally agree. I am glad that someone else shares the same comedic subjectivity.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

It could be Straw Dogs. The broken glasses. Think so?

Unfortunately, Straw Dogs is a title they no longer own the rights to. I have the non-Criterion blu, but haven't watched it yet, mostly because I watched the DVD right before I bought it.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

No, I reckon it's Lord of the Flies. It's a significant moment when the character named Piggy has his glasses smashed (and I'm not about to spoil it).

I was kidding. I knew right off the bat that it was Lord of the Flies because of Piggy and the glasses.

It did actually make me think of the old Criterion cover for Straw Dogs, though. I no longer own that DVD, because someone offered me $75 for it years ago. That was a lot of money, but seller's remorse still creeps up on me from time to time.

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by Fellini912

. I totally agree. I am glad that someone else shares the same comedic subjectivity.

Hmm, I thought there was a smiley for clinking mugs, or maybe I dreamt it?

Ah well, slàinte mhòr !