The Criterion Collection

[RojD]

Also wishing everyone a great holiday (if you have one)!

[WonderWeasel]

We, as the collective human race, should just roll them all into one and call it Christivusmakwanzikuh.

Happy holidays, everyone!

[Lutz]

So, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, not really a Christmas movie.

[grim_tales]

Happy Christmas!
I recieved Three Colors Trilogy a few days back.
Thing is, it was given as one of my presents and on the back of the outer box it says "First Printing 2011" - can I return it to Amazon and ask for the 2nd printing with a fixed version of White?
It's still sealed and unopened

[StLouisRibs]

Open it - the disc itself might be from the second printing, which would be marked on it.

[grim_tales]

I didnt realise that
I will check later, thanks Do you mean the actual disc itself or the slip the disc is in?

[MLabrosc02]

Got Amarcord for Christmas! Stoked to check this out!!

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I watched the Turner Classic Movies Blu-ray of Remember the Night a couple of nights ago, and it's a wonderful Christmas film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

I didn't realize it was out on blu-ray. I saw it at the cinematheque a few days ago.

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

We, as the collective human race, should just roll them all into one and call it Christivusmakwanzikuh.

Happy holidays, everyone!

Now that's a mouthful, but I like it!!

[lordmorpheus72]

One more quick post... here's a pic of some of what the wife got me for Christmas! She is the best!



And non-Criterion, she got me this as well!!!!

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[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by lordmorpheus72

One more quick post... here's a pic of some of what the wife got me for Christmas! She is the best!

[Show spoiler]

And non-Criterion, she got me this as well!!!!

[Show spoiler]

Clearly.

[Vinyl]

Originally Posted by MLabrosc02

Got Amarcord for Christmas! Stoked to check this out!!

What? You haven't seen? It is so awesome!

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Vinyl

What? You haven't seen? It is so awesome!

I haven't seen it, either.

[deepbreathsanddeath]

What happened with the criterion poll of best this, that etc. of 2014? When does voting end and when are they announced?

[The Great Owl]

Last night, after I arrived home from visiting family, I watched my Criterion DVD of Blast of Silence, a 1961 film noir latecomer that takes place during Christmas.

This was my first time revisiting Blast of Silence since the DVD first came out in 2008, and I have a renewed appreciation for the film having finally seen it on a high definition television set. It's a bleak, yet somehow beautiful, black-and-white film that makes perfect use of shadows in the Manhattan setting.

This film conveys the true classic-era film noir bleakness through and through, but it also has a dynamic vibe that showcases its place in a world that was moving forward into the 1960s. There is a rather amazing bongo drum jazz bar sequence that makes me think of the dive in Bell, Book, and Candle (1958), and the second-person narration is still quite striking.

I really wish that Criterion would upgrade Blast of Silence to Blu-ray, because it would look wonderful if it were dusted off for high definition presentability.

[Mansinthe]

i watched "The Vanishing" yesterday and did enjoy the movie alot.
most of the movie is just "good" but everyone adds up to the ending and that will just leave you sitting there for a while with a open mouth

the difference between the Hulu stream and the Bluray is out of this world ! really worth it.

[grim_tales]

Originally Posted by StLouisRibs

Open it - the disc itself might be from the second printing, which would be marked on it.

Thank you! I checked closely and although the back of the slip says 2011 First Printing, on the disc itself White says Second Printing, so it should be fine

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

Since this is not me, I’d say it is ok to give a heads up on a seller on eBay. He/she is offering $5 off for every 3 items you buy. I’ve had my eye on a handful of Olive titles, but never really wanted to pay $15 a piece considering.. well, you know – limited features and no subs. Anyway, this seller already has the lowest prices I’ve seen for Olive titles. Take an extra $5 and you’re in business.

I’m buying: The Quiet Man, The Pawnbroker, and Force of Evil. I’m out the door for $32.69. Check it out. EBay registered name is buy-dvds-here. If you search for The Quiet Man and sort by cheapest, the first listing is his/hers.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Thank you so much for the "heads up". I already own copies of The Quiet Man and The Pawnbroker, but went to check out the seller's other titles. They were at such low prices that I emailed the seller to make sure that they weren't cut-outs. She/He assured me they weren't, and so I ordered the three-disc set of 1900, The Sands of Iwo Jima, and The Men for a total of just $31.97.

Much obliged!

[jw007]

Just needed to mention that I bought (on the final day of the B&N 40% off sale) 8 1/2 on blu-ray finally after half a decade of hesitation. Ho ho ho ho ho ho.

[Vinyl]

Originally Posted by jw007

Just needed to mention that I bought (on the final day of the B&N 40% off sale) 8 1/2 on blu-ray finally after half a decade of hesitation. Ho ho ho ho ho ho.

Me also. But I got it at the 50% off sale after first seeing it 8 years prior.