The Criterion Collection

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by nitin

It’s taken some 15 years but my top 3 films of all time has finally been disturbed and Chinatown drops from number 2 to number 3.

Replacing it at number 2 is Satyajit Ray’s monumentally staggering The Music Room (Jalsaghar). Similar in theme to Visconti’s great The Leopard but, for me anyway, the execution is even more emotionally resonant because the scope is less epic and more personal.

A perfect 10.

Wow, perfect timing with this review, Nitin. I just blind bought it the other day used for $16 shipped and was hoping I made the right decision. Your review just clinches it as I know you and I have very similar tastes in film. Can't wait to watch it now. Thanks, my friend.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

. I really hope Criterion will get to release this film in the near future. Roma being released gives me hope that it could happen.

If you really want to see it happen, I would say it wouldn't hurt to contact them to let them know there is demand and it might be worth it for Criterion to pay Netflix whatever is needed to get this out there.

suggestions@criterion.com

I sent them an e-mail a few days ago, and the more the merrier.

[joy-division]

Originally Posted by jw007

Wow, funny you mentioned Depeche Mode. Last night I went to see the world premiere (and only showing) of the new Anton Corbijn movie Spirits in the Forest at this giant IMAX screen here in my city. It was about 6 Depeche Mode fans who all ended up at the final concert of the tour in Berlin last year. Pretty good visuals, though the storytelling at times wasn't so intriguing (for a few of the fans). Not an easy film to make no doubt. The show was sold out and I ended up meeting some serious Depeche Mode fans while waiting in line.

I saw it too as I was in town the next day for a Tim Minchin gig. Loved the guy who recreated the Enjoy the Silence video & those two siblings who did DM songs as kids

I too came across some serious DM fans but in a different way & kind: I posted about the film on the FB group Basildon Memories - where the band are from & where I went to school. I said what a prick Gahan has turned into, like bono levels. And asked what memories you had of the boys



It did not go down well. Talk about defensive & protecting your fellow townsfolk

[joy-division]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

See, I love digipaks.

Really?
Like Sex, Lies & videotapes that is a nightmare to get the casing back on & keep the casing intact without any damage?

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by FragnitoM

I was bored so tried counting how many criterion films I’ve seen theatrically (on their initial release only) and it was 37. Which is also how old I am. So I’m buying lottery tickets today.

Cold War
Roma
Personal shopper
Two days, one night
Clouds of sils Maria
Phoenix
Boyhood
Before midnight
Inside llewyn Davis
Moonrise kingdom
Fantastic mr Fox
Curious case of Benjamin button
Darjeeling limited
Pans labyrinth
The squid and the whale
Before sunset
Life aquatic with steve zissou
Punch drunk love
Pan’s Labyrinth
Bowling for Columbine
Y tu mama Tambien
Mulholland dr
The Royal tenenbaums
Ghost World
Traffic
Topsy-turvy
The virgin suicides
All about my mother
Being John malkovich
Election
Armageddon
Rushmore
The Thin Red Line
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Ice Storm
The Game
The Rock

Being younger than most here, the only film I saw at theaters among that list was at a drive-in one at that was Armageddon as part of a double feature. I believe the opening feature was Mulan. All I remember is I wanted to see that second film being an Aerosmith fan growing up and well they were one of the bands we listed a lot to in our household. For the large part being a resident of the essence of small town America we don't see too many films in the theaters around here that end up in the Criterion Collection. We get the big films and then your lucky if you get an arthouse film. Then there's the fact, I'm not a huge fan of the theater and prefer the comfort of old home.

[joy-division]

Do you think L.A. Confidential should get a criterion release?
It was one of the first 3 (free with the players) DVDs I got along with Austin Powers IMOM & Young Frankenstein
Got robbed at the oscars by titanic

[nitin]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

I just saw The Irishman and I loved it. Impeccable performances from all three leads and a masterful direction by Scorsese. Schoonmaker's editing is astonishing as the pacing and rhythm of the film is just right. Three and a half hours that doesn't feel like it. And a story that will leave you thinking long after you finish the film. I really hope Criterion will get to release this film in the near future. Roma being released gives me hope that it could happen.

Thelma Schonmaker should win every editing award this year for her work on this, especially after the catastrophic win of Bohemian Rhapsody last year at the oscars.

[nitin]

Originally Posted by Reddington

In advance of the upcoming release of All About Eve and Now, Voyager I've been reading up on Bette Davis. I've always enjoyed her performances, but never really focused on her career and films. However, the more I read, the more fascinated I am with her. I'll certainly be picking these two titles up Day 1 (and on sale at B&N, too!), and checking out her entire filmography.

I also found this clip on an interview she did at the NFT in London in 1972, which is fantastic!

https://youtu.be/S0WZAFuqw28

Thanks for sharing this, I had not seen it before and she is my favourite actress!

[nitin]

Originally Posted by FragnitoM

I was bored so tried counting how many criterion films I’ve seen theatrically (on their initial release only) and it was 37. Which is also how old I am. So I’m buying lottery tickets today.

Cold War
Roma
Personal shopper
Two days, one night
Clouds of sils Maria
Phoenix
Boyhood
Before midnight
Inside llewyn Davis
Moonrise kingdom
Fantastic mr Fox
Curious case of Benjamin button
Darjeeling limited
Pans labyrinth
The squid and the whale
Before sunset
Life aquatic with steve zissou
Punch drunk love
Pan’s Labyrinth
Bowling for Columbine
Y tu mama Tambien
Mulholland dr
The Royal tenenbaums
Ghost World
Traffic
Topsy-turvy
The virgin suicides
All about my mother
Being John malkovich
Election
Armageddon
Rushmore
The Thin Red Line
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Ice Storm
The Game
The Rock

I hope you had a wonderful birthday

I’m a year older than you are and but have only seen 4 of those at the cinema. And also Tree of Life.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by The Sovereign

That's a great clip, and man, what a force of nature. There were some tough, amazing actresses from that era - Stanwyck, Hepburn, Lombard, Dietrich, Loy, Harlow, Crawford - so many others. But Bette always seemed like the toughest of them all.

I don’t know. They’re all tough broads, but in a bar fight, I’m putting my money on Crawford.

[amarster]

I finally got Harold and Maude delivered by B&N and forgot how funny and nutty Ruth Gordon's Maude is...hilarious.

[billydillydilly]

Not sure if this has been posted yet but in this new interview with Scorsese he mentions that his 1974 doc "Italianamerican" is being released by Criterion. Hopefully it will also include his "American Boy: A Profile Of Steven Prince." These are two of his best films and it's about time they got a wider release!

The whole interview is worth watching. Scroll to 23:07 for his comments on "Italianamerican."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opqC...ature=youtu.be

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Then there's the fact, I'm not a huge fan of the theater and prefer the comfort of old home.

I've always enjoyed seeing films on the big screen. I don't what to use the term "life-changing" but seeing archival 35mm of prints (they were my first 35mm showings in years) of "Blue Velvet" and "Medium Cool" just enhanced my enjoyment and love for both films.

Originally Posted by joy-division

Do you think L.A. Confidential should get a criterion release?
It was one of the first 3 (free with the players) DVDs I got along with Austin Powers IMOM & Young Frankenstein
Got robbed at the oscars by titanic

Only if the PQ is remastered.

Originally Posted by nitin

Thelma Schonmaker should win every editing award this year for her work on this, especially after the catastrophic win of Bohemian Rhapsody last year at the oscars.

I just got out of seeing "The Irishman" and her editing was great as always. "Bohemian Rhapsody" winning is just dreadful.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

I've always enjoyed seeing films on the big screen. I don't what to use the term "life-changing" but seeing archival 35mm of prints (they were my first 35mm showings in years) of "Blue Velvet" and "Medium Cool" just enhanced my enjoyment and love for both films.

Probably should mention that I agree that there's something special about seeing films on a big screen, but even so it's that I'm not a huge fan of the theater for personal reasons.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by joy-division

I saw it too as I was in town the next day for a Tim Minchin gig. Loved the guy who recreated the Enjoy the Silence video & those two siblings who did DM songs as kids

I too came across some serious DM fans but in a different way & kind: I posted about the film on the FB group Basildon Memories - where the band are from & where I went to school. I said what a prick Gahan has turned into, like bono levels. And asked what memories you had of the boys



It did not go down well. Talk about defensive & protecting your fellow townsfolk

Oh, interesting. I liked the DM fan from Romania who went to those mountains to dress up like Dave in the Enjoy the Silence music video. People all laughed out loud in the theater during that sequence.

When you say Gahan turned into a prick and now compare him to Bono, I might have to disagree here. I used to think Bono was a pompous ass, but the older I get, the less I feel that way. Maybe I'm biased because I've had this U2 fan site of mine online for almost 23 years now (https://www.u2station.com/), and I've talked/met so many U2 fans over the years, and then I myself was interviewed on video for a U2 fan documentary by a super fan from Hawaii (his movie is at: http://www.dreamoutloudfilm.com), that I realized I was more immature as a youth to think that Bono is a jerk. He's really a very generous guy apparently from talking to so many U2 fans. Now, David Gahan from Depeche Mode I'm not so sure about it. I love his voice but man, the live performance of him is too overdramatic. He's dancing around shaking his ass and sticking his tongue out and being all "Mick Jagger"ish strutting on stage. I mean, I know he's a very theatrical performer, but sometimes I just want to hear the songs the way they originally were sung. I'd for sure be interested in talking to you more about Depeche Mode though.

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by ilenewoodsfan99

I'm recording a bunch of her movies on TCM, and also getting her Criterion movies when they come out in a few days. Just love her.

About 1/4 of the 70+ films on my DVR, most from TCM, are selections with Bette or Barbara Stanwyck. For my money, those two ladies were the most versatile actresses of the classic film era.

I’m finishing Watch on the Rhine right now. Real good movie, but I keep hoping a Nazi, or a feral dog, would come and steal away her boy Bodo. The actor Eric Roberts gives one of the most irritating child performances I’ve ever had to sit through. They’re trying so hard to make the little shit appear precocious; instead, listening to him talk is like hearing fingernails being dragged down a chalkboard.

[Ray Jackson]

As much as I like The Sword of Doom, I find the ending to be very unsatisfying.

[nitin]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

As much as I like The Sword of Doom, I find the ending to be very unsatisfying.

I know what you mean but I do think it works pretty well thematically if not narratively.

[Bn43]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

As much as I like The Sword of Doom, I find the ending to be very unsatisfying.

That's because it was supposed to be a series. Shame.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by joy-division

Really?
Like Sex, Lies & videotapes that is a nightmare to get the casing back on & keep the casing intact without any damage?

HA! I don't own that one -- actually, why I don't own it is a good question, but has nothing to do with this thread. I guess investigation is needed.

But yes, really, I do like them.

Originally Posted by Dailyan

I've always enjoyed seeing films on the big screen. I don't what to use the term "life-changing" but seeing archival 35mm of prints (they were my first 35mm showings in years) of "Blue Velvet" and "Medium Cool" just enhanced my enjoyment and love for both films.

I wrote this in another thread the other day, but I'm not re-typing all of this. Copy/Paste:

I very rarely make it to the theater. These days, once you add in Uber, tickets, stuff to eat, a couple beers ... it's cheaper to buy the Blu-ray or 4K, anyways.

But it's not cost that really influences me anyways. It's ease. It's the fact that I can sit there on my couch, not even bother getting dressed, I can answer my phone, I can go to the bathroom and miss nothing -- ALL of that, and more. Not to mention the fact that I don't have to worry about some stranger bothering me, using the iPhone, talking to a friend, eating loudly, whatever.

The only times I bother with the whole "Go to the theater," experience is if it's something I really, really feel I need to see in the great theater I usually go to, on a big screen, Dolby, IMAX, whatever. If it's something like Avengers: Endgame or Blade Runner 2049 or Frozen II -- something like that, then I will make the effort to go see it. Though I almost always see 2 (or 3) films if I'm going to make the effort. In fact, I was supposed to see both Charlie's Angels and Frozen II yesterday, had tickets already, but woke up SO sick that there was no way it was going to happen. But there is no way I am going to miss Frozen II on the big screen with a great sound system. But it has to be something like that to get me off the couch.