The Criterion Collection

[vader4]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

After seeing Elysium, I suddenly have a newfound appreciation for Things to Come. As far as speculative science fiction, it is much, much more thought provoking. I hope to dust off my copy soon...

Ah, so you weren't a fan either?

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by vader4

Ah, so you weren't a fan either?

Things to Come isn't so much sci-fi value, as historical look at HG Wells' role in the pre-war Socialist sentiments of the time--Just as The Man Who Could World Miracles is more allegorical soapbox polemic than whimsical fantasy.
You don't so much watch either, as think, "Oh, so he really was that free-thinking Malcolm McDowell character from Time After Time!"

[nagysaudio]

When can we expect Stalker (1979) from Criterion?

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by nagysaudio

When can we expect Stalker (1979) from Criterion?

Hopefully we'll find out come Thursday.

... Announcement week!

[Hypnosifl]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Things to Come isn't so much sci-fi value, as historical look at HG Wells' role in the pre-war Socialist sentiments of the time

Why are the two mutually exclusive? The "message" of Things to Come may be simplistic, but no more so than Metropolis (and the characters are equally wooden in each). Both feature impressive visuals, and ideas that hadn't really appeared in sci-fi movies before (had anyone done a ruined post-apocalyptic world before Things to Come, or an ultra clean and shiny, "rationally" organized future utopia?)

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by vader4

Ah, so you weren't a fan either?

Definitely not. Sci-fi films as of late (Oblivion, Elysium) have been very, very disappointing. Throughout I was thinking, "Lockout can't be this bad, I need to give that a rent one of these days."

[RandyK]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Hopefully we'll find out come Thursday.

... Announcement week!

Cronenberg boxset hopefully!

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by RandyK

Cronenberg boxset hopefully!

The Decalogue and Tarkovsky hopefully. The Passion of Joan of Arc would be wonderful, too. The rumored Wenders box set as well. Ahh..

I hope they do better than last year's announcements. I don't think they'll ever top November of 2011 - at least not for me.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Sci-fi films as of late (Oblivion, Elysium) have been very, very disappointing.

We'll have to agree to disagree about Oblivion, but I understand your point in general. I'm not going to bother with Elysium, since I found District 9 to be entirely too heavy-handed for my tastes. I'm finding a lot of sci-fi films to be heavy-handed in the same way lately.
Oblivion is predictable, but it does at least bring some good old fun to the table again.

[RandyK]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

The Decalogue and Tarkovsky hopefully. The Passion of Joan of Arc would be wonderful, too. The rumored Wenders box set as well. Ahh..

I hope they do better than last year's announcements. I don't think they'll ever top November of 2011 - at least not for me.

I wouldn't be opposed to that either.

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by RandyK

Cronenberg boxset hopefully!

I hoping for the Bergman Trilogy Box set (Through A Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Silence).

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

The Decalogue and Tarkovsky hopefully. The Passion of Joan of Arc would be wonderful, too. The rumored Wenders box set as well. Ahh..

I hope they do better than last year's announcements. I don't think they'll ever top November of 2011 - at least not for me.

I want a Blu-ray upgrade of Le Samouraï.
I want a Blu-ray upgrade of The Vanishing.

Snap to it, Criterion.

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I want a Blu-ray upgrade of Le Samouraï.
I want a Blu-ray upgrade of The Vanishing.

Snap to it, Criterion.

Le Samouraï!! Yes, forgot about that one, and it's a likely candidate, too.

Wouldn't complain if The Vanishing was announced, but I don't think it's big enough of a title for November.

[Scottie]

I would like another Chaplin title for November.

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Holy schnikes. Looks like they went a little heavy on the forest scrubbing.

I was admittedly unaware of The Earrings of Madame de... until the recent Blu-ray announcement, after which I've been reading repeated raves to the effect of, "You're not a real fan of cinema unless you love this movie and unless you have this movie in your collection...blah blah blah."

I am intrigued by all of the acclaim of the movie, I always enjoy my belated discoveries of monumental filmmakers (Powell/Pressburger, etc.), and the movie looks to be right up my alley, but I don't think that the world will crumble to the ground if I wait a little longer to dive into The Earrings of Madame de... Given all of the controversy, a better transfer may be on the horizon.

The French release is next month, but it won't have English subtitles I believe.

[SilentDawn]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I want a Blu-ray upgrade of Le Samouraï.
I want a Blu-ray upgrade of The Vanishing.

Snap to it, Criterion.

+ 100000

I adore both of those films! Especially Samourai.

[vader4]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Definitely not. Sci-fi films as of late (Oblivion, Elysium) have been very, very disappointing. Throughout I was thinking, "Lockout can't be this bad, I need to give that a rent one of these days."

Yeah, both Elysium and Oblivion were disappointing. The last great sci-fi movie I saw was Cloud Atlas.

[Mansinthe]

resident evil boxset please !!!!

just a litte joke.



it will probably be something nobody hoped for (again)

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

We'll have to agree to disagree about Oblivion, but I understand your point in general. I'm not going to bother with Elysium, since I found District 9 to be entirely too heavy-handed for my tastes. I'm finding a lot of sci-fi films to be heavy-handed in the same way lately.
Oblivion is predictable, but it does at least bring some good old fun to the table again.

District 9 heavy handed? Wait till you see (or read about) Elysium.

(At the very least Elysium was more fun than the lugubrious Oblivion)

[jetthead]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I would like another Chaplin title for November.

City Lights please!

It's my favorite Chaplin film and the Circus Park Region B release seems to be unavailable now (I've had it on order from Amazon.uk for over a month now ).