The Criterion Collection

[BAMJoe]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Bit gutted as its payday and they only paid me for 10 days! despite doing over a month there and 40-50 hours a week lol!

Really wanted to catch up on some Criterions from previous announcements but will have to wait till next month now grrr!

I have such a big back log to catch up on >.<

Least I managed to get a couple copies of Last Year At Marienbad on Bluray now! and the Criterion Designs which is must have for Criterion fans!

Hope we get some big releases in Feb, I'm sorta hoping we get a month of upgrades, I started to explore the Criterion DVD's and there are so many incredible films I want but I want Blu! :P

I am very torn on Criterion Designs. I have been wanting it and was bummed when it looked like they were all sold out, but now that they are available again, I am not sure if I would rather have the book or 3 criterion discs. What do you think, is it worth it?

[pro-bassoonist]

Hello everyone

Here are the requested packaging photos for Criterion's upcoming titles.
More photos in the individual reviews.

Our review of My Winnipeg will be up tonight. Tomorrow we will have Satyricon covered, while on Sunday we will finally have the review for Les Blank. This will end the holiday backlog. Also coming up are three Region-B reviews.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.











Pro-B

[pro-bassoonist]

Pro-B

[shadedpain4]

Leaflet complaints in 3.. 2.. 1...

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

hello everyone

here are the requested packaging photos for criterion's upcoming titles.
More photos in the individual reviews.





pro-b

When it comes to leaflets (and I guess they're here to stay), I prefer the simpler fold-out style of Every Man for Himself to the roadmap style of Don't Look Now. I also prefer readable and informative text to artsy posters. Just saying, as they say,

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by iScottie

The 2015 TCM Film Festival will feature a new restoration of Spartacus. I wonder if Criterion will finally get around to re-releasing it.

Looks like they won't be showing it due to "unforeseen circumstances." Too bad.

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Hello everyone

Here are the requested packaging photos for Criterion's upcoming titles.
More photos in the individual reviews.

[Show spoiler]Our review of My Winnipeg will be up tonight. Tomorrow we will have Satyricon covered, while on Sunday we will finally have the review for Les Blank. This will end the holiday backlog. Also coming up are three Region-B reviews.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Pro-B

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

[Show spoiler]

Pro-B

Thanks so much for all the work and pictures Pro-B! These look so great, I'm so ready for Watership Down! And really want to see Don't Look Now and Every Man for Himself

[Scottie]

I am a fan of everything that I have seen from Fellini:

-La Dolce Vita
-8 1/2
-Amarcord
-Nights of Cabiria
-Juliet of the Spirits
-La Strada (lukewarm)

Is there a good chance that I will enjoy Satyricon?

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by lordmorpheus72

Thanks so much for all the work and pictures Pro-B! These look so great, I'm so ready for Watership Down! And really want to see Don't Look Now and Every Man for Himself

No problem, lordmorpheus72

These look really good, so I think you will like them a lot. There are some terrific supplemental features on the upcoming releases as well. The Godard release, in particular, is phenomenal.

Pro-B

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

No problem, lordmorpheus72

These look really good, so I think you will like them a lot. There are some terrific supplemental features on the upcoming releases as well. The Godard release, in particular, is phenomenal.

Pro-B

See... and I just got paid today. I need to hide my debit and credit cards.

But seriously, can't wait for these releases, a few great months coming up, and then of course the Flash sale!!

[cash_black]

super nice

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Leaflet complaints in 3.. 2.. 1...

There always have to have something to complain about.

[Polaroid]

LOVE the artwork for the (sigh) leaflet for Don't Look Now

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

LOVE the artwork for the (sigh) leaflet for Don't Look Now

It looks quite amazing in the picture... I'm sure the real thing is much more impressive.

[pedromvu]

Is that a booklet in the "A Day in the Country" release?

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I am a fan of everything that I have seen from Fellini:

-La Dolce Vita
-8 1/2
-Amarcord
-Nights of Cabiria
-Juliet of the Spirits
-La Strada (lukewarm)

Is there a good chance that I will enjoy Satyricon?

Hmmm ... I can't predict how you'll react to it, but I can tell you that I've seen the majority of Fellini's films, and Satyricon is my least favorite of them all. Visually, it's a beautiful film, but after a while, the images weren't enough to sustain my interest.

Critical opinion has always been sharply divided on Satyricon; even at the time of its release, it was hailed as both a masterpiece and a travesty. For that reason, I would be hesitant to recommend it as a blind buy ...

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by jmclick

Hmmm ... I can't predict how you'll react to it, but I can tell you that I've seen the majority of Fellini's films, and Satyricon is my least favorite of them all. Visually, it's a beautiful film, but after a while, the images weren't enough to sustain my interest.

Critical opinion has always been sharply divided on Satyricon; even at the time of its release, it was hailed as both a masterpiece and a travesty. For that reason, I would be hesitant to recommend it as a blind buy ...

Thanks for your opinion. I noticed that it is available on YouTube so I may just watch it before committing myself to a blind buy.

I am definitely going to purchase An Autumn Afternoon and Don't Look Now, though, in March.

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Thanks for your opinion. I noticed that it is available on YouTube so I may just watch it before committing myself to a blind buy.

I am definitely going to purchase An Autumn Afternoon and Don't Look Now, though, in March.

So should I consider purchasing Don't Look Now as a blind buy? I think Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie are wonderful, I'm a big mystery buff and respect the reputation of Daphne du Maurier ... and yet, except for Insignificance, I'm largely unfamiliar with Nicholas Roeg. Plus, somehow, I've linked Don't Look Now and Straw Dogs in my mind, and I didn't care for Straw Dogs at all because I found it misogynistic and illogical ...

[Blu Titan]

Really happy with The Sword of Doom...great Samurai movie. Now we need Samurai Rebellion, Kill!, and 47 Samurai : cool:.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by jmclick

So should I consider purchasing Don't Look Now as a blind buy? I think Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie are wonderful, I'm a big mystery buff and respect the reputation of Daphne du Maurier ... and yet, except for Insignificance, I'm largely unfamiliar with Nicholas Roeg. Plus, somehow, I've linked Don't Look Now and Straw Dogs in my mind, and I didn't care for Straw Dogs at all because I found it misogynistic and illogical ...

I'd say that Don't Look Now is quite a ways removed from Straw Dogs. As Jules from Pulp Fiction might say, it's not in the same ball park, and it's not even the same sport. There are some horrific elements in Don't Look Now, but we care about the people, and that's the real difference.

I do own Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs on Blu-ray, but I get where you're coming from. I consider it to be the most disturbing film in my entire collection for many reasons. There are no real protagonists in the story. From Dustin Hoffman's passive-aggressiveness to Susan George's taunting demeanor to the behavior of the townspeople, there's not a lot to which most of us can relate. Although I often feel uncomfortable about the film, however, I somehow keep returning to it on occasion. The movie always leaves a scar, and, for that reason, it's interesting to watch for its sheer effectiveness, and to wonder how I would behave if I were in Hoffman's situation.

Don't Look Now is definitely more rooted in mystery and in gothic horror of a fascinating sort.

As far as other Nicolas Roeg films go...

Walkabout is amazing, amazing, amazing. It's one of the most eerie, but gorgeous titles in the Collection, and the Australian wilderness has rarely looked more otherworldly.

I saw Bad Timing a few years ago, and did not quite warm up to it, but I've been meaning to give it another chance, because I think that it deserves one.

I've watched my newly-acquired Criterion Blu-ray of The Man Who Fell to Earth twice since it arrived last week. It's such an intuitive and tragic film, and I've forgotten how much I loved the DVD.

Speaking of The Man Who Fell to Earth, I'm still on a big David Bowie kick, and have been revisiting his CDs on my shelf. When I was in Athens, Georgia for a training class this week, I went record shopping, as I always do when I visit that town. I ended up buying the soundtrack CD to Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture, because that's one of the few gaps in my collection. I really wish that Criterion would pick up that movie as a title, because it's quite a good live performance film, and because D.A. Pennebaker is already in the Collection with his Monterey Pop film.