The Criterion Collection

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

This is non-Criterion-related, and the wrong flash sale on top of that, but I figure that some many of you may be interested, since this involves from Criterion Collection directors...

FoxConnect.com is having a 50% off Flash Sale right now if you type FLASH into the coupon code. The website is cumbersome and moves at a snail's pace, but you can browse the Blu-ray movies and pick.

I just ordered...

Billy Wilder's The Apartment
Billy Wilder's The Seven Year Itch
John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath
Elia Kazan's Wild River

All for $31.96.

This is huge, because I had been intending to buy the two Wilder movies at my local Barnes & Noble, and it would have cost me as much for those two as it did for me to buy all four from this Fox sale.

It's a really nice sale. I got both Elia Kazan box sets for $44.99 shipped.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by thecalm_7

With fellow CC fans in and out of B&N now with the sale, are the Dual Formats in DVD (Tall/G1) or Blu-Ray (Short/G2) Cases?

Haven't been in the local B&N yet, so I can't answer this one.

~DVD of The Man who Fell to Earth came in a slip with a book, I just got a blu of it, no book/slip. Is my Blu Complete (Disc, digipack, booklet)

The DVD is an Amaray plastic case for the disc & booklet, along with a copy of the novel, both in a slipcase (i.e., the opening is on the side).

The Blu-Ray is comes in a digipack with a slipcover (i.e. openings on the top and bottom), and does not include the novel reprint.

~ My new copy of Videodrome has no book, the DVD did, I contacted CC via email 3 times over a year, and not a single reply, did it come with a booklet, how do I get it or get a response

I don't have a copy of the Blu, but Criterion's site description says "A booklet featuring essays by writers Carrie Rickey, Tim Lucas, and Gary Indiana". Since it does not specify "DVD only", I assume it should be in the Blu-ray as well.

~ Last Emperor Extended cut, why no Blu?

Don't know. I can make an assumption, though. When they released it, it was only their second month (January 2009) of Blu-ray releases, and they probably wanted to keep the price down. Their Blu-rays didn't go above $39.95 until September of that year, with The Complete Monterey Pop Festival. Given that the boxed set DVD edition was $59.95, they probably felt that including the extended version to the Blu-ray would've added too much to the price for the new format.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

It's a really nice sale. I got both Elia Kazan box sets for $44.99 shipped.

I thought about buying those Kazan box sets, but I've already got Panic in the Streets at home waiting for me to watch it this month, and I figured that I'll settle for the individual highlight films.

I am really looking forward to seeing Wild River, though. I've been hiking at some of the filming locations. It'll also be nice to have another Lee Remick film.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Tin Drum

Still processing the Mamet film. As usual, he provides that signature stilted dialogue but somehow it just works more times than not.

Quote from a comment on Usenet a couple of decades ago:

"In HEIST, it was that horrendous forced tough guy dialogue sounding like David Mamet's idea of what movie tough guys would sound like if David Mamet wrote their dialogue." -- Brian Camp

[smoss469]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I thought about buying those Kazan box sets, but I've already got Panic in the Streets at home waiting for me to watch it this month, and I figured that I'll settle for the individual highlight films.

Early Jack Palance! Good movie, Noir like, even though it's missing every element of the genre, hard to explain! (Hero isn't a cop/detective, no real love interest and no real crime driving it)

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by Judex

Same here.
It was on my wishlist but after watching it online I'm not going to bother with it now.

I have to say. I'm getting very tempted to ditch my BFI blu's of Tokyo Story & Late Spring for Criterion editions.

I'll be happy owning both versions of both films. BFI gets me the extra films, and Criterion the stellar extras (I love Tokyo-ga and am looking forward to all the Tokyo Story features)

[Gusto-Guus]

First time posting in this website. Been privately viewing for a good year and I'm very glad to find you folks. You all have a passion for movies. Excited to finally be participating.
A couple of questions: This is my collection of CC and I'am planning on picking up one from BN. Which should I add next?

Bicycle Thieves
The Uninvited
The Wages of Fear
Seven Samarai
Rashomon
On The Waterfront
The Killing
The Seventh Seal
Paths of Glory
A night to Remember
8 1/2
The Think Red Line
The Darjeeling Limited
Rushmore
Two-Lane Blacktop
M
The Battle of Algiers
Curious case of Benjamin Button

Also, what are the chances a film like Goodfellas or Napoleon Dynamite getting the CC treatment?

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

This is non-Criterion-related, and the wrong flash sale on top of that, but I figure that some many of you may be interested, since this involves from Criterion Collection directors...

FoxConnect.com is having a 50% off Flash Sale right now if you type FLASH into the coupon code. The website is cumbersome and moves at a snail's pace, but you can browse the Blu-ray movies and pick.

I just ordered...

Billy Wilder's The Apartment
Billy Wilder's The Seven Year Itch
John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath
Elia Kazan's Wild River

All for $31.96.

This is huge, because I had been intending to buy the two Wilder movies at my local Barnes & Noble, and it would have cost me as much for those two as it did for me to buy all four from this Fox sale.

Thanks for heads up!! Such a nice guy!! :-) Headed there now.

And on CC note, just got Salo for $16 at my local BN store. Took my 15% coupon my wife sent me, and my member discount. Love it!

[Ausjdm]

Anyone a fan of House of Games, Down by Law or Night on Earth?

Just was looking at possible blind buys to go along with Francis Ha on Tuesday. I'm a fan of Mamet and Jarmusch but never have seen those three. Anyone buy/like thoses?

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Ausjdm

Anyone a fan of House of Games, Down by Law or Night on Earth?

Just was looking at possible blind buys to go along with Francis Ha on Tuesday. I'm a fan of Mamet and Jarmusch but never have seen those three. Anyone buy/like thoses?

Huge fan of all 3 films. I'm a major Jarmusch fan and also admire Mamet as well.

I recommend all three, especially Down by Law, one of the funniest films in the Criterion Collection, HANDS DOWN.

[rcislb23fan]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

First time posting in this website. Been privately viewing for a good year and I'm very glad to find you folks. You all have a passion for movies. Excited to finally be participating.
A couple of questions: This is my collection of CC and I'am planning on picking up one from BN. Which should I add next?

Bicycle Thieves
The Uninvited
The Wages of Fear
Seven Samarai
Rashomon
On The Waterfront
The Killing
The Seventh Seal
Paths of Glory
A night to Remember
8 1/2
The Think Red Line
The Darjeeling Limited
Rushmore
Two-Lane Blacktop
M
The Battle of Algiers
Curious case of Benjamin Button

Also, what are the chances a film like Goodfellas or Napoleon Dynamite getting the CC treatment?

You should add The Double Life of Veronique next. It is amazing. On of my favorite films of all time, and it's worth it just for Irene Jacob. As for your other question, there is pretty much zero chance of those ever being criterion releases.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

It's a really nice sale. I got both Elia Kazan box sets for $44.99 shipped.

Same here. I tried to order some other things (The Magificent Seven Collection and The Alfred Hitchcock Collection), but it wouldn't apply the FLASH coupon. Of course, it doesn't tell you which items don't apply, so you have to subtract and add to see what applies.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by Ausjdm

Anyone a fan of House of Games, Down by Law or Night on Earth?

Just was looking at possible blind buys to go along with Francis Ha on Tuesday. I'm a fan of Mamet and Jarmusch but never have seen those three. Anyone buy/like thoses?

Down by Law is a fantastic movie, and it features one of the most impressive black and white transfers in the collection.

[rcislb23fan]

I'm about to make my second trip to the 50% off sale and I want help narrowing down my list to 5. Here is what I'm thinking about getting.

Ingmar Bergman/Rossellini set

Shoah

Videodrome

Weekend (2011)

The Ice Storm

La Notte

Amarcord

The Last Emperor

The 400 Blows

Kes

3 Women

Antichrist

The Devils Backbone

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

First time posting in this website. Been privately viewing for a good year and I'm very glad to find you folks. You all have a passion for movies. Excited to finally be participating.
A couple of questions: This is my collection of CC and I'am planning on picking up one from BN. Which should I add next?

Bicycle Thieves
The Uninvited
The Wages of Fear
Seven Samarai
Rashomon
On The Waterfront
The Killing
The Seventh Seal
Paths of Glory
A night to Remember
8 1/2
The Think Red Line
The Darjeeling Limited
Rushmore
Two-Lane Blacktop
M
The Battle of Algiers
Curious case of Benjamin Button

Also, what are the chances a film like Goodfellas or Napoleon Dynamite getting the CC treatment?

hmm.. based on this list, yr avatar, and the two films you are asking about, I say, Terrence Malick's Badlands

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

First time posting in this website. Been privately viewing for a good year and I'm very glad to find you folks. You all have a passion for movies. Excited to finally be participating.
A couple of questions: This is my collection of CC and I'am planning on picking up one from BN. Which should I add next?

Bicycle Thieves
The Uninvited
The Wages of Fear
Seven Samarai
Rashomon
On The Waterfront
The Killing
The Seventh Seal
Paths of Glory
A night to Remember
8 1/2
The Think Red Line
The Darjeeling Limited
Rushmore
Two-Lane Blacktop
M
The Battle of Algiers
Curious case of Benjamin Button

>>>
Rushmore

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

First time posting in this website. Been privately viewing for a good year and I'm very glad to find you folks. You all have a passion for movies. Excited to finally be participating.
A couple of questions: This is my collection of CC and I'am planning on picking up one from BN. Which should I add next?

Bicycle Thieves
The Uninvited
The Wages of Fear
Seven Samarai
Rashomon
On The Waterfront
The Killing
The Seventh Seal
Paths of Glory
A night to Remember
8 1/2
The Think Red Line
The Darjeeling Limited
Rushmore
Two-Lane Blacktop
M
The Battle of Algiers
Curious case of Benjamin Button

Also, what are the chances a film like Goodfellas or Napoleon Dynamite getting the CC treatment?

Seeing that you have a Fincher title in there, go for The Game. Great modern action/suspense movie.

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by rcislb23fan

I'm about to make my second trip to the 50% off sale and I want help narrowing down my list to 5. Here is what I'm thinking about getting.

Ingmar Bergman/Rossellini set
Shoah
Videodrome
Weekend (2011)
The Ice Storm
La Notte
Amarcord
The Last Emperor
The 400 Blows
Kes
3 Women
Antichrist
The Devils Backbone

Of those, I'd say get these three at least:

The Ice Storm
The Last Emperor
Ingmar Bergman/Rossellini set

[rcislb23fan]

Originally Posted by lordmorpheus72

Of those, I'd say get these three at least:

The Ice Storm
The Last Emperor
Ingmar Bergman/Rossellini set

Thanks those were actually the top three I was thinking about.

[jhiggy23]

I'll be getting one more today out of:

To be or not to be
Fanny and Alexander
Eyes without a face
The uninvited

Thoughts gentleman? Thanks in advance.