The Criterion Collection

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Good morning,

Our review is up!

Let the screencaptures speak for themselves!

Pro-B

GREAT REVIEW! someone (who is obviously smart, charming, and handsome) predicted 5's across the board...... and they were right

Once again, Pro-B's review has added fuel to my fire of anticipation!

Svet, Are you Swedish? and if so, who are the emerging Swedish film makers?

[Vendetta-akk]

Originally Posted by JJJ225

Blah blah blah Seventh Seal blah blah blah.

I. WANT. LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD. NOW.

I am excited about this release as well. I can remember the time and place I originally experienced this film. Very haunting and beautiful. This is a film that has always been easier for me to relate to great poetry (TS Eliot's Wasteland....fragments against the shore) than film because the narrative is so elusive, but it's cinematography is amongst the greatest is film history.

[pmpboarder]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

GREAT REVIEW! someone (who is obviously smart, charming, and handsome) predicted 5's across the board...... and they were right

Once again, Pro-B's review has added fuel to my fire of anticipation!

Svet, Are you Swedish? and if so, who are the emerging Swedish film makers?

I would hope Tomas Alfredson - who did Let the Right One In - is on that list.

(But I'm American.)

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by pmpboarder

I would hope Tomas Alfredson - who did Let the Right One In - is on that list.

(But I'm American.)

yes... I really enjoyed that film.... I'll need to see what else he's done (I'm ignorant to his works)

[rezpekt]

Releases like "The Seventh Seal" make me angry. I wish all releases could look so good!

[horseflesh]

Originally Posted by demoni

Man oh man!!! What a review! I'm a moviemaker myself, and Ingmar Bergman is like a God to me.

This movie is as it says in the review one of the best movies of all time!

Are you Michael Bay??

[demoni]

Originally Posted by horseflesh

Are you Michael Bay??

hehe, and why should I be Michael Bay? Is he a Bergman fan as well?

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

GREAT REVIEW! someone (who is obviously smart, charming, and handsome) predicted 5's across the board...... and they were right

Once again, Pro-B's review has added fuel to my fire of anticipation!

Svet, Are you Swedish? and if so, who are the emerging Swedish film makers?

Hello Beta Man,

No, I am not Swedish. But...

Speaking of emerging Swedish filmmakers - though there are a couple of very good young directors I could mention to you, I would actually urge you to explore classic Swedish cinema. It is probably a good idea to look into Mai Zetterling's Älskande par a.k.a Loving Couples (1964) and especially the controversial Nattlek a.k.a Night Games (1966) - the first available on a very strong R1 Project X/ New Yorker DVD (buy it now because once it is sold out, that would be it), the second available on a R2 English-friendly Sweidsh DVD.

Of course, one could not talk about classic Swedish cinema without mentioning the sublime En kärlekshistoria a.k.a A Swedish Love Story (1970) - available on a fantastic, English-friendly, R2 Swedish DVD.



And off to the shadows I go again

Pro-B

[demoni]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Of course, one could not talk about classic Swedish cinema without mentioning the sublime En kärlekshistoria a.k.a A Swedish Love Story (1970) - available on a fantastic, English-friendly, R2 Swedish DVD.



Pro-B

Awesome movie! I've always been a big fan of Swedish movies (even though I'm Norwegian... ).

[horseflesh]

Originally Posted by demoni

hehe, and why should I be Michael Bay? Is he a Bergman fan as well?

I didn't really think you were, just having a laugh
If Bay is a Bergman fan it doesn't really show in his body of work does it?

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by horseflesh

I didn't really think you were, just having a laugh
If Bay is a Bergman fan it doesn't really show in his body of work does it?

If Bay did The Seventh Seal remake..... the devil would spontaneously explode in a giant fire ball somewhere midway through the movie

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by demoni

Awesome movie! I've always been a big fan of Swedish movies (even though I'm Norwegian... ).

I guess you enjoyed the original Insomnia then...

[demoni]

Originally Posted by horseflesh

I didn't really think you were, just having a laugh
If Bay is a Bergman fan it doesn't really show in his body of work does it?

hehe, Michael Bay and Ingmar Bergman... Can you get further apart?

[demoni]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

If Bay did The Seventh Seal remake..... the devil would spontaneously explode in a giant fire ball somewhere midway through the movie

+1

Someone has to stop Bay before he ruins every classic there is.

[demoni]

Originally Posted by Grubert

I guess you enjoyed the original Insomnia then...

Ah, Stellan Skarsgård is so great in that role! I think Al Pacino is one of the best actors around, but his performance in the American re-make is weak at the best compared to Skarsgård's brilliant performance in the Norwegian original.

And (as far as I know) the only Norwegian movie released by Criterion.

[onyxx]

Seems like Howard's End won the Criterion vote on Amazon, got this mail today:

Last month, we offered customers the unique opportunity to vote for the next Blu-ray release from the Criterion Collection. We're excited to announce that "Howard's End [Blu-ray]" is the winning title and will be released from the Criterion Collection later this year. Why wait? You can pre-order "Howard's End- Criterion Collection [Blu-ray]" from Amazon.com today.

No date yet but my guess is that this is a August/September title. My vote was Kwaidan

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ref...SIN=B001P829O6

[Clamps]

Originally Posted by demoni

And (as far as I know) the only Norwegian movie released by Criterion.

Correct. I hope they release Flåklypa Grand Prix (Pinchville Grand Prix), since it is in my opinion the only other great norwegian movie.

[demoni]

Originally Posted by Clamps

Correct. I hope they release Flåklypa Grand Prix (Pinchville Grand Prix), since it is in my opinion the only other great norwegian movie.

Would be awesome to see that on Blu-ray.

A bit of a lost treassure in Norwegian cinema is Per Blom's film Is-Slottet (Ice Palace), based on Tarjei Vesaas' novel. This is about as dark as a movie can get. I get chills just by talking about it, and it trully is a masterpiece... and a perfect pick for a Criterion release.

I guess this would stir up quite some controversy in the US...

[Clamps]

I found out today that Fanny & Alexander is released on blu-ray in scandinavia (region b). Hope that Criterion will release it soon.

[Blodiak]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Of course, one could not talk about classic Swedish cinema without mentioning the sublime En kärlekshistoria a.k.a A Swedish Love Story (1970) - available on a fantastic, English-friendly, R2 Swedish DVD.



And off to the shadows I go again

Pro-B

I want to see this movie for like so many years but never had the chance to.. I downloaded some DVD-Rip of it but the subs on the second disc don't match and it's almost impossible to find any other subs... the only Import place I could buy from are selling it for over 50$ so....