The Criterion Collection

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by jw007

It has elements of Kieslowski but Akin isn't nearly as "arthouse" as him or has the exquisite "A grade" production design and cinematography. The themes are familiar though and there is a lot of emotion in those 2 films I watched. Not sure this makes a whole lot of sense.

No, it makes total sense.

I understand exactly what you mean. I'm searching my library's availability as we speak.

[nondiatonic]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

[...] What is this monstrosity!?

A hilarious, offbeat, and very ridiculous "fishing" show hosted by John Lurie with celebrity guests that he has worked with or has some connection to. I think it is brilliant, but not a good blind buy. I watched it on Hulu (or Netflix?) which I think is the best approach for a first viewing.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by nondiatonic

A hilarious, offbeat, and very ridiculous "fishing" show hosted by John Lurie with celebrity guests that he has worked with or has some connection to. I think it is brilliant, but not a good blind buy. I watched it on Hulu (or Netflix?) which I think is the best approach for a first viewing.

Oh right haha, is it an actual TV show or is it a film made to be like a TV show?

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

Vampire film Criterion has to get their hands on: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Kino bought that movie from a festival so that'll always be their baby.

[14728]

I know this is off topic, but where can i get a good, blank DVD case?

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by 14728

I know this is off topic, but where can i get a good, blank DVD case?

eBay!

or buy from Criterion for $5 :P

[nondiatonic]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Oh right haha, is it an actual TV show or is it a film made to be like a TV show?

It's a show. Complete with an intro theme to each episode (written and performed by John Lurie) and ending credits.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by nondiatonic

It's a show. Complete with an intro theme to each episode (written and performed by John Lurie) and ending credits.

Oh cool - I know it was discussed about TV in the collection, didn't know this was one of em :P



The kingdom please C

[14728]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

eBay!

or buy from Criterion for $5 :P

thanks! I'm actually sending my own custom DVD to someone for Christmas.

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by 14728

I know this is off topic, but where can i get a good, blank DVD case?

http://www.casetopia.com/

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

I'd say off the top of my head, Sofia Coppola - In particular The Virgin Suicides and the brilliant Lost in Translation, they have the same sort of mood and atmosphere to them.

I like Sofia Coppola's films quite a lot but I never saw the connection between her and Jarmusch/Kaurismaki. I think her style is a lot more different than theirs and when I say a lot, I mean a lot.

Originally Posted by nondiatonic

Thirst is a very original take on the vampire genre. I remember really enjoying it, although admittedly I haven't seen it in many a moon. It is up there in quality with his Old Boy.

Also, how did people feel about Only Lovers Left Alive? I enjoyed it, but I felt it to be one of his weakest. In fact, second only to Ghost Dog in that regard.

Only Lovers Left Alive is brilliant and I think the same of Ghost Dog as well. I think The Limits of Control might be Jarmusch's worst film actually.

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Oh really? I'll have to check them out then I adored OLLA.

Thanks

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What is this monstrosity!?

Fishing with John was one of my first Criterions I ever purchased. I adore this release and any time I want to show off a "curiosity" to someone who wants to see what a failed TV show looked like, I show them this DVD. There were only 6 episodes I believe but each one was so funny (especially the one with Tom Waits... and I guess Dennis Hopper too... and hell, Willem Dafoe as well).

[GenPion]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

I'd say off the top of my head, Sofia Coppola - In particular The Virgin Suicides and the brilliant Lost in Translation, they have the same sort of mood and atmosphere to them.

This brings up an interesting idea to me... how about Criterion issue some of the as-of-yet unreleased Sofia Coppola films on Blu-ray? Her films would fit in with the collection perfectly.

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by GenPion

This brings up an interesting idea to me... how about Criterion issue some of the as-of-yet unreleased Sofia Coppola films on Blu-ray? Her films would fit in with the collection perfectly.

Especially if we could finally get Marie Antoinette and Virgin Suicides in BLU I'm all for it.

[Clare2904]

Is anyone else having trouble with the site loading?

These past few days I have either not been able to load the page or it has froze whilst browsing. At first I thought Polaroid had crashed the site with his nagging but it seems to be a frequent issue, at least for me.

[TheHumanTornado]

Hey,

Question for you all.

I had a defective copy of Stagecoach (peeling) as well as the Eraserhead swap. I emailed John and he asked me to send them together. I got Eraserhead back quickly but nothing on Stagecoach yet. Anyone have a similar experience? Would it be normal for them to send separately? Thanks!

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by jw007

I like Sofia Coppola's films quite a lot but I never saw the connection between her and Jarmusch/Kaurismaki. I think her style is a lot more different than theirs and when I say a lot, I mean a lot.

Its more Jarmusch than anything, and I'm not referring to any his other films when I made the comparison as I haven't seen them.

I just felt the tone and mood of Sofia's films, in particular LIT and TVS was similar to OLLA.

I know they are different genres and are world apart in terms of story and style. But I found the tone and atmosphere very similar - also the themes of isolation, loneliness, sadness and a longing featured heavily in these films. Also found the pacing very similar, more so with LIT.

Im probably making very little sense! but in my head it makes perfect sense! lol

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Just got back from seeing Men, Women and Children. I think I loved it, I preferred it to Boyhood, its not a perfect film but it really represented our generation really well and it's my favourite film from this director. I need to see again to truly judge how I felt but I really liked it and I wasn't expecting to like it this much.

[Mansinthe]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

The whole Vampire genre can be tricky, it can be either incredible,https://forum.blu-ray.com/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif or full of cliches and really bad lol. (although I was a sucker for Buffy when I was younger! oh the shame!)

i had a crush on the faith actress while i was 12/13

[jmclick]

Just in case you have any money left in the bank after the latest super-sale at Barnes & Noble, and/or have any regrets about titles you wished you had picked up, Deep Discount is running a 42% to 44% sale on most Criterion titles released through the end of October 2014.

I was sorely tempted to think about putting together an order for $100.00 or more that I could charge to my PayPal credit account and not have to pay for until next June, but I decided that would be irresponsible, selfish and wrong.

Wouldn't it ...?

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by jmclick

Just in case you have any money left in the bank after the latest super-sale at Barnes & Noble, and/or have any regrets about titles you wished you had picked up, Deep Discount is running a 42% to 44% sale on most Criterion titles released through the end of October 2014.

I was sorely tempted to think about putting together an order for $100.00 or more that I could charge to my PayPal credit account and not have to pay for until next June, but I decided that would be irresponsible, selfish and wrong.

Wouldn't it ...?

I'd do it XD and how the hell do you get this credit thing!?

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Its more Jarmusch than anything, and I'm not referring to any his other films when I made the comparison as I haven't seen them.

I just felt the tone and mood of Sofia's films, in particular LIT and TVS was similar to OLLA.

I know they are different genres and are world apart in terms of story and style. But I found the tone and atmosphere very similar - also the themes of isolation, loneliness, sadness and a longing featured heavily in these films. Also found the pacing very similar, more so with LIT.

Im probably making very little sense! but in my head it makes perfect sense! lol

Have you ever watched a film by Aki Kaurismaki? Now that director I can say is more similar to Jim Jarmusch. I don't see any Jarmusch in S. Coppola's work whatsoever. Lost in Translation isn't dry or deadpan at all. It's a very intimate, warm film about a female who is discombobulated and there are no Jarmusch films that have similar themes, including Only Lovers Left Alive, that can relate to Lost in Translation.