The Criterion Collection

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by piebot56

How about the version on Filmstruck? Is that worth a watch?

Originally Posted by iScottie

No idea. I don't have Roku and I don't watch movies on a device other than a television unless I have to.

I did notice earlier that the film is available for rental for $2.99 on YouTube. Quality looks good from the preview.

For anyone who has a library that includes Kanopy Streaming Media, they recently added the Criterion Collection to their library, and Le Samourai is included. Several big city libraries offer the service, as do many universities.

[20th Century Boy]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Okay, that's not entirely true. I'll still keep buying new Blu-rays.

Pshaw. I knew you were bluffing. And even if you thought you were serious, once Corman unloads his catalog and it starts getting HD releases, you'd be back in the saddle, if for no other reason than to see Angie Dickensen in 1080p.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by 20th Century Boy

Pshaw. I knew you were bluffing.

You should have been here for his 'all killer, no filler' phase. He was going to really clamp down and limit himself to the absolute necessities.

That was something like 2300 discs ago

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by octagon

You should have been here for his 'all killer, no filler' phase. He was going to really clamp down and limit himself to the absolute necessities.

That was something like 2300 discs ago

Wasn't it supposed to be one Blu-ray a month?

[javy]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I have two Blu-rays of Out of the Past, because I found one at a used store a year or so ago, and bought it as a "backup copy."

That is some sick obsessive shit. I understand.

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Out of the Past is the second coolest movie ever made behind Le Samouraï.
(I think that Out of the Past is the better movie by a slim...really slim...margin, but Le Samouraï is slightly cooler.)

Damn, La Samourai must really be bad ass...

[senseabove]

Originally Posted by spanky87

A 35mm print of Le Samourai is screening in Toronto this weekend.

http://www.tiff.net/films/le-samourai/

I'm there, man.

If it's the same Rialto 35mm print I saw recently, don't get your hopes up. It was in pretty rough shape. I haven't seen any digital presentations, so I have nothing to compare it to, but a few other local cinephiles expressed disappointment.

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Out of the Past is the second coolest movie ever made behind Le Samouraï.
(I think that Out of the Past is the better movie by a slim...really slim...margin, but Le Samouraï is slightly cooler.)

Having just seen Out of the Past for the first time, I cannot WAIT for the next Warner Archive sale.

[20th Century Boy]

Originally Posted by Talal86

The Killer/Hard Boiled

Are there worthwhile elements of these to work from?

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by octagon

You should have been here for his 'all killer, no filler' phase. He was going to really clamp down and limit himself to the absolute necessities.

My collection is still "all killer, no filler."

In all seriousness, my gut instincts for making blind buys has been right on target 99% of the time.

The only filler Blu-rays in my collection are the ones like Superman Returns that are included in box sets with better films.

EDIT: There may be some filler movies in my still-unwatched stack, so I don't want to speak too soon.

Originally Posted by iScottie

Wasn't it supposed to be one Blu-ray a month?

Yes. When I first bought a Blu-ray player, I promised myself that I would only buy one Blu-ray a month.

I've stuck to that plan without fail. Right now, I'm on February, 2044.

[20th Century Boy]

With The Philadelphia Story and Le Samourai both being announced I'm seriously miffed by the lack of Ron Paul 'It's Happening!' gifs, but I suppose that can be reserved for the next title off the "whine" list.

[20th Century Boy]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Yes. When I first bought a Blu-ray player, I promised myself that I would buy at least one Blu-ray a month.

Fixed.

EDIT: But seriously plans like that seem null and void in the climate of all these boutique labels popping up releasing lower tier classics and new finds combined with the impending death of physical media and great sales.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by 20th Century Boy

EDIT: But seriously plans like that seem null and void in the climate of all these boutique labels popping up releasing lower tier classics and new finds combined with the impending death of physical media and great sales.

I'm a big fan of the philosophy, "The time that you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."

I'll elaborate on that to say, "The money that you enjoy wasting is not wasted money."

I don't have cable television, and I don't pick up any television channels by choice. My Blu-ray player is the only reason that I own a television.

In the rare instance that I actually do want to watch something live (Boston Marathon, Presidential debates, etc.), I can always find somewhere to stream it on the computer.

...actually, I think that I blew off the final Presidential debate to watch Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama. I'm a better and more multilayered enriched person for making that decision.

[Scottie]

When you open your copy of Persona that you've watched several times in an attempt to verify the absence of Inner Print and the disc tray casually breaks.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by iScottie

When you open your copy of Persona that you've watched several times in an attempt to verify the absence of Inner Print and the disc tray casually breaks.

Those Dual Format Criterion cases from a couple of years ago...

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Those Dual Format Criterion cases from a couple of years ago...

I never had an issue with the release of films in DigiPack cases until recently. They're too flimsy and as this recent personal example demonstrates, do not last.

I've owned Persona since release and I've never had any issues. Tonight I opened it and I saw the "Press" piece of the disc tray completed broken off and sliding around the DigiPack.

I am OCD and store everything with care and then this happens.

Time to spend the rest of the evening looking at all of my cases.

[Scottie]

Desert Hearts pre-order is now LIVE on Amazon.




Jabberwocky pre-order is now LIVE on Amazon.




The Philadelphia Story pre-order is now LIVE on Amazon.




Le Samouraï pre-order is now LIVE on Amazon.

[javy]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I never had an issue with the release of films in DigiPack cases until recently. They're too flimsy and as this recent personal example demonstrates, do not last.

I've owned Persona since release and I've never had any issues. Tonight I opened it and I saw the "Press" piece of the disc tray completed broken off and sliding around the DigiPack.

I am OCD and store everything with care and then this happens.

Time to spend the rest of the evening looking at all of my cases.

I just watched my copy of Persona again the other night. Everything was copacetic. But jeez, do I understand the "looking at all of my cases" mentality.

[zakzak]

Originally Posted by iScottie

You know what I think would be a cool Criterion release? A compilation of music videos directed by famous directors.

For example: David Fincher directed George Michael's "Freedom '90" and Madonna's "Vogue", Gus Van Sant directed Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge", Brian De Palma directed Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark", Martin Scorsese directed Michael Jackson's "Bad", Spike Jonze directed Beastie Boys' "Sabotage", etc.

Brilliant idea!!!

[jbieste]

Originally Posted by octagon

You should have been here for his 'all killer, no filler' phase. He was going to really clamp down and limit himself to the absolute necessities.

That was something like 2300 discs ago

The Owl is a very wise man because he lives by the old proberb:

If you truly want to change your life,
You must first be willing to change your mind.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by spanky87

A 35mm print of Le Samourai is screening in Toronto this weekend.

http://www.tiff.net/films/le-samourai/

I'm there, man.

Tempting.

[Castor18]

Will any of Mae West’s films ever be considered for a Criterion release? General consensus: witty and entertaining despite being highly controversial. She only acted on 2 color films after 2x decades retirement from B&W movies.