The Criterion Collection

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by exolstice

Including shipping, during the B&N 50% Off Sale it comes out to less than $25 CDN per blu-ray or even cheaper if you can get a working coupon.

That's pretty good right there. I'll wait until July then, thanks.

[Sherlock_Jr]

Wacky Tuna.

[tama]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

I wonder if I should sell my copy in anticipation of the eventual re-release. I don't like the film that much to need to own it from now until then.

..but I hope you're able to receive it!

My understanding is Tati's films were going to be remastered for release but I'm not sure when. I do hope we get a remastered version of Playtime of the original 70mm film that was released in Europe. I believe the film can look much better than currently what was released. Criterions transfer is based on a 35mm print. I also believe that's how it was released in the States theatrically?

[Yami]

Originally Posted by Sherlock_Jr

Wacky Tuna.

The much anticipated Rossellini/Bergman box set?

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Sherlock_Jr

Wacky Tuna.

Roberto Rossellini's Stromboli?

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by Sherlock_Jr

Wacky Tuna.

L'Avventura?

The fish= island sequences
Crossroads= confusion, being lost

Also, part of it was set in Sicily.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Sherlock_Jr

Wacky Tuna.

And all going to Italian locations.
I defer to those who've actually SEEN foreign films, and which ones might be fishier than others.

[ultlife2013]

Tim Burton's Big Fish? I'm so bad at this game.

[Scottie]

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

L'Avventura?

The fish= island sequences
Crossroads= confusion, being lost

Also, part of it was set in Sicily.

One can only hope. The Antonioni trilogy and Ozu's Tokyo Story top my Criterion Blu-ray wish list.

[RandyK]

Originally Posted by iScottie

[Show spoiler]

Beautiful pic.

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

L'Avventura?

The fish= island sequences
Crossroads= confusion, being lost

Also, part of it was set in Sicily.

That might be a stretch but that boxset finally coming out would make me happy

[jrmac2000]

Originally Posted by Sherlock_Jr

Wacky Tuna.

I'm betting this is a clue for the whole trilogy! Finally!

[jacobb1313]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Roberto Rossellini's Stromboli?

I thought stromboli was made with salami?

The first thing I thought was the "Speak Italian" scene in A Fish Called Wanda... but that isn't right either.

[The Great Owl]

Roger Corman's Piranha with Italian subtitles?

Okay, maybe not.

[Yami]

Stromboli is just off the north coast of Sicily and features tuna fishing, Journey to Italy is Naples and Europa 51 is set in Rome.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

That might be a stretch but that boxset finally coming out would make me happy

I'm sure I could read Antonioni into any clue. But yes the Tuna bit was a stretch.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Would it be blasphemous to say The New World is every bit as great as the rest of his work?

The New World is one of my favorite Malick films, right alongside The Thin Red Line. Oddly enough, I prefer Malick's "middle" films more than his earliest films or his most recent films.

Though many of you would disagree with this, here is my list of Malick films that I rank the highest (or in other words, I enjoy watching most often):

1. The Thin Red Line
2. The New World (this is a close second)
3. Days of Heaven
4. Badlands
5. The Tree of Life
6. To the Wonder

I absolutely think that The New World is Malick at his best. His juxtapositions between nature and savagery are absorbing and moving. The music in particular is breathtaking with very little of James Horner's original score and more of Wagner and Mozart in certain sequences. I was fortunate enough to see this film in a movie theater when it was released and I believe there were only about 6 people in the entire theater that night.

[L.A. Guy]

"Safety Last!" review is up at DVD Beaver!

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film4/blu-r...st_blu-ray.htm

[Kolm14]

So does anyone know for certain that the 2 for 1 sale starts on Saturday at Barnes and Noble?