The Criterion Collection

[Viriconium]

The Koker trilogy. Finally.

[Abdrewes]

Good year to be Sirk fan.

[The Great Owl]

Magnificent Obsession is a great announcement.

This cheers me up from my hospital room.

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Magnificent Obsession is a great announcement.

This cheers me up from my hospital room.

Sorry to hear that you are in the hospital, Owl.

I am also cheered by this news. It was Rock Hudson's breakout role!

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

Sorry to hear that you are in the hospital, Owl.

I’m hoping to go home tomorrow, at least. I checked in on Sunday evening with severe lower abdominal pain. It turned out to be an intestinal obstruction as a result of an apparent infection, so I am on antibiotics now, and I seem to be on the mend.

I’m missing a Chromatics concert tonight, and that peeves me, but health is more important.

After my ruptured appendix last year that necessitated a six-day hospital stay, I’m really paranoid about ab pain these days. I’m just glad that I was not given the Ikiru diagnosis.

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

Sorry to hear that you are in the hospital, Owl.

Yes. All the best to you.

[Rui]

I have 'the Inland Sea' on laserdisc. Really surprised it's getting a Criterion blu-ray release. Doesn't deserve it IMO...

(but maybe I'm being too harsh since I haven't watched it in decades).

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by malakaheso

But that distinction isn't always easy to make, especially in the case of Waters. His films railed against traditional ideas of 'quality', kind of like a punk musician who could barely play his guitar but made a fine racket anyway. In that sense, it's perfectly acceptable to say that his films are 'bad' and lack 'quality' because overall, well.........they do.

I doubt many people would seriously argue for the artistic worth of Waters' films, especially his 70's ones. They are enjoyed more as 'paracinema' and often defended largely for political reasons, especially in academia.

Having said that, I do broadly agree with you that many people would benefit from broadening their outlook.

These are all very good points. Thanks for that.

As to the announcements: Wow. This may be the first month in a long time, if ever, when I'll be getting everything. I still need to research The Inland Sea (which, like others, when I saw "Inland" I was thinking something very, very different ) and An Angel at My Table, but I love Campion's other work, so I will probably be getting that for sure. I'm 100% sure about the Ozu, the Sirk, and the Kiarostomi set. I have 4 of his films, none of which are in this set, all of which were super-impressive. It was his work which initially turned me onto Iranian cinema, and I'm very happy that happened.

[silverlakephil]

The French release of Magnificent Obsession looks good. I’ll probably double dip for the extras. I’m sure Criterion will probably release Written on The Wind as well eventually. Oh Great Owl, hope you make a full recovery. I too had abdominal issues in my past and being in the hospital is no fun.

[Namuhana]

I'm definitely in for Magnificent Obsession (love Sirk and Jane and Rock) and will definitely check out The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice on the Criterion Channel before I make a decision on that. I'll have to do some research on the others.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Magnificent Obsession is a great announcement.

This cheers me up from my hospital room.

Sorry to hear that, Owl. Hopefully you have a quick recovery.

[Spooked]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I’m hoping to go home tomorrow, at least. I checked in on Sunday evening with severe lower abdominal pain. It turned out to be an intestinal obstruction as a result of an apparent infection, so I am on antibiotics now, and I seem to be on the mend.

I’m missing a Chromatics concert tonight, and that peeves me, but health is more important.

After my ruptured appendix last year that necessitated a six-day hospital stay, I’m really paranoid about ab pain these days. I’m just glad that I was not given the Ikiru diagnosis.

I'll keep you in my thoughts, man. I know from experience just how miserable those kinds of problems can be. Make sure they give you some decent dietary advice. Hard to come by in a lot of hospitals...

[jw007]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Magnificent Obsession is a great announcement.

This cheers me up from my hospital room.

Hope you feel better Owl!

As for this month's announcements, nothing really blows me away, but its great Magnificent Obsession is getting a blu-ray upgrade. After the July announcements, I honestly wasn't expecting a big month like last month.

[nitin]

Of course clearly the only movies anyone can possibly ever truly enjoy are post 1970s Hollywood movies, not this foreign arthouse crap...

[Bronson13]

They better have spine 1000 be something crazy.

Eyes Wide Shut would do the trick.

[mja345]

Kino released a couple Jonas Mekas films a few years back.

[ShellOilJunior]

An excellent month. Kiarostami and Ozu in the same month is a dream.

Now if only Wes Anderson could appear at Barnes and Noble during a 50% off sale signing copies of The Grand Budapest Hotel on Criterion blu-ray with Godzilla crashing the party all would be as happy as I am with August's slate.

[Dragon Ranger]

Originally Posted by dwk

I don't know if you saw my post in the Godzilla Films on Blu-ray thread, but Criterion's AD was reaching out to various artists, whose styles would lean more towards Godzilla films than any other titles in their catalog (and when one recently asked on twitter if they should buy a giant $700 Godzilla, he responded with a yes and a joke about it being a work expense.) So, depending on Toho approvals, it should be coming this year. November most likely.

I hadn't seen your post on that thread so thanks for posting here too. I better start saving for November.

[Arawn]

Is there a version of Thief out there that looks the way it's supposed to?

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Bronson13

They better have spine 1000 be something crazy.

Eyes Wide Shut would do the trick.

Directors uncut/approved edition lol