The Criterion Collection

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by rkish

My Jungian wife LOVED it...I found it interesting, very difficult to watch some of the material (bordered on sad and painful...both psychically and mentally).

I'm beginning to think your wife and I should meet, rkish.

CC

[Woodstove]

I thought you guys might get a laugh out of this. I was wearing my Janus Films t-shirt the other day--with a cardigan--and I noticed that the cashier at the grocery store was giving me odd looks. I think this is why:

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[kndy]

Originally Posted by Woodstove

I thought you guys might get a laugh out of this. I was wearing my Janus Films t-shirt the other day--with a cardigan--and I noticed that the cashier at the grocery store was giving me odd looks. I think this is why:

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Wow! You really went all out to show your love for Anus Film!

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by rkish

My Jungian wife LOVED it...I found it interesting, very difficult to watch some of the material (bordered on sad and painful...both psychically and mentally).

BTW...for those with NetFlix, can stream it.

Forgive my ignorance but that is Jungian? Sounds like a species from the Star Wars universe.

[kndy]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Forgive my ignorance but that is Jungian? Sounds like a species from the Star Wars universe.

Carl Jung believer. Like a Fourierism for those who follow Charles Fourier....

Like all of us who buy too much Criterion and many Blu-rays, although we may not be Marxist, his followers would say we are a society about "Commodity Fetishism". Hehe...

[Woodstove]

Originally Posted by kndy

Wow! You really went all out to show your love for Anus Film!

I must've looked like a fan of some high-brow smut distributor.

By the way, kndy, great to see Everything is Cinema on your bookshelf. I just finished it the other day--great read!

[SpiderBaby]

Anus Films, distributor of porn.

[SpiderBaby]

So the guys over at CriterionForum had thought up a little game:

"So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?"

Does anyone here want to make up a custom Modern Times cover and want to share with us?

I'll start off:

[SpiderBaby]

How come this guy doesn't post here? He pretty much owns us all in dvd collections (He has the entire Criterion Collection):

https://www.blu-ray.com/community/ga...er=gigimonagas

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

How come this guy doesn't post here? He pretty much owns us all in dvd collections (He has the entire Criterion Collection):

https://www.blu-ray.com/community/ga...er=gigimonagas

That collection ranks right up there with Kndy's. The guy also has an incredible home theater setup.

[nateynate87]

so just got my black orpheus blu ray in the mail today...........and part of the front and spine are blacked out! the part where it says "criterion collection and the year it was made" are just blacked out boxes

judging by the picture on this website it is not supposed to look like this...

i know its a real copy i mean i ordered it directly from amazon and of course it has that great criterion smell..............

is this just some kind of printing area on my cover/spine?

anyone elses copy like this?

[fdm]

Originally Posted by nateynate87

so just got my black orpheus blu ray in the mail today...........and part of the front and spine are blacked out! the part where it says "criterion collection and the year it was made" are just blacked out boxes

judging by the picture on this website it is not supposed to look like this...

i know its a real copy i mean i ordered it directly from amazon and of course it has that great criterion smell..............

is this just some kind of printing area on my cover/spine?

anyone elses copy like this?

Guess they forgot the grey ink. (Mine's like that too.)

[TwelveMind]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

How come this guy doesn't post here? He pretty much owns us all in dvd collections (He has the entire Criterion Collection):

https://www.blu-ray.com/community/ga...er=gigimonagas

I'm jealous. The guy makes my film collection kiddy grade.

[nateynate87]

Originally Posted by fdm

Guess they forgot the grey ink. (Mine's like that too.)

ah well at least im not alone, at first i thought it was a "style" choice you know the movie is called BLACK orpheus so they black out that information lol but looking at it closer and yea thats definitely not the case haha

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

So the guys over at CriterionForum had thought up a little game:

"So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?"

...Hey, so what if Criterion's looks like one of those creepy abstract Polish movie posters?

The winner of the forum thread, by common consent, btw:

...Now, that's what we're talking about--Wouldn't that have made a little more sense??

(Seriously, even if the DVD release already used http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1448908800/tt0027977 , that still would've legally allowed Criterion to use http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3949041664/tt0027977 , which was the "true" remembered shot anyway.)

[RainPlex]

I've decided to finally make a move on putting a dent in the CC OOPs. I already have all the OOP blu's and a few of the DVDs (Many of which can still be bought from Amazon direct.) I just picked up Grand Illusion, The Killer, Hard Boiled, and Dead Ringers from third party sellers. I've always have had good TPS experiences but I still cross my fingers when I hit that "Place Order" button.

[johndoyle123]

so what titles would you all like to see releases on blu-ray next year ......

either back catalog or new releases ( rumored or your wants ) ??

i would love :


- rules of the game
- rashamon
- fanny and alexander
- wild strawberries
- the killing
- badlands
- naked lunch
- bicycle thieves
- sweet smell of success
- 12 angry men
- judgment at Nuremberg
- some like it hot


actually any wilder would be nice dont think he or monroe have made blu-ray yet

[Weirded Wonder]

Originally Posted by RainPlex

I've decided to finally make a move on putting a dent in the CC OOPs. I already have all the OOP blu's and a few of the DVDs (Many of which can still be bought from Amazon direct.) I just picked up Grand Illusion, The Killer, Hard Boiled, and Dead Ringers from third party sellers. I've always have had good TPS experiences but I still cross my fingers when I hit that "Place Order" button.

I agree. I have purchased a lot of TPS from Movie Marrs and they come through every single time. The most recent purchase was Eternal Sunshine... and it arrived within 5 business days in perfect unopened shape.

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

Have you been to the forums of IMDB? The same people who rates movies there. I'm not hating on the site's movie info, because it is a tool for me as well. It's the "top 250" list and the people who think highly of it. People can bash me about me bashing lists, but those people are snobs in there own way thinking a movie is better than another one. Isn't that more of a snob than what I am doing? Just because those people don't know more obscure films doesn't get them off as being a snob. They coud be a snob thinking Inception is a "work of art" and Kick-ass sucks. That's a snob. But I can say both suck, and be called a snob?



More talent than Michael Bay. And his movie knowledge is very good.

For the last time, IMDB is a website to show you how popular a film is based on ratings. The reason why The Shawshank Redemption is no. 1 is because it attracted every viewer no matter their more favorable genre.


Rob Zombie over Michael Bay?? H3ll no. Michael Bay makes popcorn films that are beyond entertaining, while the script might be bad or acting he still makes box office hits because of his collaboration with the military and will to blow everything up in his films. He is probably the best entertaining director ever.

[quirkmanly]

Originally Posted by lDlisturb3d

For the last time, IMDB is a website to show you how popular a film is based on ratings. The reason why The Shawshank Redemption is no. 1 is because it attracted every viewer no matter their more favorable genre.


Rob Zombie over Michael Bay?? H3ll no. Michael Bay makes popcorn films that are beyond entertaining, while the script might be bad or acting he still makes box office hits because of his collaboration with the military and will to blow everything up in his films. He is probably the best entertaining director ever.

Why drag the thread back off topic?