The Criterion Collection

[filmmusic]

I haven't seen Le Samourai and I see that many people here ask for it.
This is a great cover for the upcoming Japanese Bluray:

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I understand the existing blurays are not good.

[skylog]

Originally Posted by Vinyl

I recommend checking out "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway", "Selling England By the Pound", and "Trick of the Tail" where Phil Collins first steps up to the mic.

Originally Posted by RickDee

Yes I too love and have all of the early stuff with Peter

amen. i just wish Peter would have put out more music of late. any chance you two are heading to any of his shows with Sting coming up?

[spargs]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

I haven't seen Le Samourai and I see that many people here ask for it.
This is a great cover for the upcoming Japanese Bluray:

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I understand the existing blurays are not good.

Any idea what the specs are for this release???

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by spargs

Any idea what the specs are for this release???

Supposedly it's from a 2011 master. Have a feeling it will look similar to the "fixed" French release, but who knows.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Chris Cunninghams work, defo! includes stuff for Apex Twin, Bjork, Portishead etc etc

Also, Sia has some fantastic music videos too!

I also love Xavier Dolan's videos. - Maybe they could release a collection done by big directors, like PT Anderson, Xavier Dolan, Lynch, Glazer etc etc

Indochine Boy is one of my favourites! It makes me happy that he's getting some very mainstream recognition through Adele's Hello video - but I know that most people will look at it and think "omg this song is great, omg Adele is great, omg this music video is pretty good" rather than "omg hot French Canadian directors though wasn't Mommy such an amazing film".

At least we've been seeing some artist related anthologies - like with The Beatles 1 and The Doors Revolution. It's a shame that so many amazing videos have to put up with YouTube compression. 4K could represent a change in that area, but you can tell where some darker sequences don't look as good as they could do.

[Disturbed Blu 1]

The Criterion I ordered during the flash sale arrived a few days ago. I can't wait to watch them.

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[Arawn]

Hoop Dreams bored me to tears when I watched it on VHS way back when. I wonder if I would have a different experience if I watched it now.

[Show spoiler]It's one of those movies that feels at least twice as long as it actually is. It makes its basic point and then just... keeps making the same point, but with different people.

[DavidGallow]

Why use spoiler tags for your opinion?

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by deepseababy

What did you think of Melancholia? I've read that it's one of the most realistic portrayals of depression in a film. I loved it, but I've never actually been diagnosed with depression so I can't exactly comment.

id say it was a pretty good representation - Kirsten Dunst was amazing to watch and really portrayed the illness as it is. Saying that I think Antichrist represented it better, its more extreme but for me depression isn't just depression, its anxiety and fears.

Lars Von Trier is great at showing emotions to the extreme and as extreme as they are - people feel those on a daily basis.

[Spire]

Originally Posted by JoeBuck

You must not have bought any of their recent titles, cause I've seen zero crying about any of them as of yet.

I haven't, actually. But if they've improved, great.

[easydreamer]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Supposedly it's from a 2011 master. Have a feeling it will look similar to the "fixed" French release, but who knows.

Yes, Imagica said it is based on the 2011 restoration. I wonder how it looks, too. Hope it looks better than the French releases, but I think it should be similar to the fixed French release, too.

[ShellOilJunior]

Announcement day tomorrow and the release of The Manchurian Candidate.

I revisited Seconds over the weekend to get in the mood.

[Vinyl]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

id say it was a pretty good representation - Kirsten Dunst was amazing to watch and really portrayed the illness as it is. Saying that I think Antichrist represented it better, its more extreme but for me depression isn't just depression, its anxiety and fears.

Lars Von Trier is great at showing emotions to the extreme and as extreme as they are - people feel those on a daily basis.

Totally agree, emotions aren't one sided. There is more than one reason for them and usually emotions come in pairs or more.

I like how they were portrayed in inside out where at the end

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. Von Trier is Great at it but sometimes it is hard to sit through.

[Count Zaleska]

I received my Criterion Flash Sale items last week (one item was backordered, so there was a slight delay).

Watched "Erasherhead" and "Naked Lunch" over the weekend...outstanding quality. Oh, and "On The Waterfront."

Have yet to see all the "Monterey Pop" footage, but the "Jimi Plays Monterey" disc has the best images I've seen of that monumental performance.

[filmmusic]

Announcements tomorrow.

Looking forward again to:

from the rumoured/confirmed ones:
New World
Until the End of the World
Fantastic Planet

upgrades:
Magnificent Obsession
Summertime
Written in the Wind

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Vinyl

Totally agree, emotions aren't one sided. There is more than one reason for them and usually emotions come in pairs or more.

I like how they were portrayed in inside out where at the end

[Show spoiler]she has mixed emotions

. Von Trier is Great at it but sometimes it is hard to sit through.

Haha yeah, defo!

I guess some people struggle to understand what they haven't experienced themselves - which results in criticism. Antichrist or any Lars Von Trier film can come across as over the stop, silly, depressing etc but when you experience Depression, Anxiety, Grief etc your mind goes to dark places.

Bess, Selma, She, Grace, Karen, Justine etc all experience these extremes emotion and dark times - you can't blame them for their actions or how the reacted the the different scenarios. Everyone deals with these emotions differently and they are extreme cases but it happens all the time.

I find it fascinating and that is one reason I love Lars Von Trier's films and his amazing women in his films, and it is honest because Lars has experienced depression and anxiety etc, it doesn't feel false or forced.

People fear what they don't know and don't understand, its only human, and I get his film are hard to watch at times and do require an understanding and patience- but for me its worth every moment.

I am rambling and probably making no sense lol.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

Announcements tomorrow.

Looking forward again to:

from the rumoured/confirmed ones:
New World
Until the End of the World
Fantastic Planet

upgrades:
Magnificent Obsession
Summertime
Written in the Wind

Hopefully Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as well !

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Hopefully Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as well !

I wonder if all Kubrick will be rereleased restored at some point.
I'd like to buy The Shining mostly, and Barry Lyndon.

[Arawn]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

you can't blame them for their actions

I can. In fact I think it seems intrinsic to the plot of Antichrist that She is blamed for her actions.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Arawn

I can. In fact I think it seems intrinsic to the plot of Antichrist that She is blamed for her actions.

She blames herself, but it was equally both He and She's fault :P but no, I know what you mean :P