The Criterion Collection

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by speedracer5

The one thing I wanted during the last sale was the Dietrich and von Sternberg set and it was sold out. It looks like it is still sold out online. There is a set at one of my local Barnes and Noble stores, but of course it's at the location on the complete opposite end of town--at least an hour drive, in good traffic. ::SIGH::

I may also pick up Charles Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" as I realized that I didn't own it when this film aired last week on TCM.

I used to love going to the Lloyd Center B&N. I have no idea if it’s still there or not. I saw a YouTube video with a mall tour and it looked like some of the stores were still open but it was largely deserted.

[speedracer5]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I used to love going to the Lloyd Center B&N. I have no idea if it’s still there or not. I saw a YouTube video with a mall tour and it looked like some of the stores were still open but it was largely deserted.

I think it is, but that mall is depressing. There's nothing to do there. I'm looking at having to go to Clackamas Town Center to go to that Barnes and Noble. Ugh. I did learn though that now there's a Barnes and Noble by the airport which I didn't know about, and my home town of Salem just got one. I'm glad to see that there are more Barnes and Noble stores instead of less!

[busaikuknee]

Originally Posted by speedracer5

The one thing I wanted during the last sale was the Dietrich and von Sternberg set and it was sold out. It looks like it is still sold out online. There is a set at one of my local Barnes and Noble stores, but of course it's at the location on the complete opposite end of town--at least an hour drive, in good traffic. ::SIGH::

I may also pick up Charles Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" as I realized that I didn't own it when this film aired last week on TCM.

I drove 2 hours each way to grab the last copy of the Del Toro blu ray box set in my state. Get in the car.


wow...i really went all "back in my day...uphill both ways" didnt I?

[Mike0284]

Originally Posted by busaikuknee

I drove 2 hours each way to grab the last copy of the Del Toro blu ray box set in my state. Get in the car.


wow...i really went all "back in my day...uphill both ways" didnt I?

[Mike0284]

https://twitter.com/SecondSightFilm/...21982614741100

"We’ve had a few queries regarding the master we are using for MEAN STREETS. We co-funded the new 4K restoration with Criterion and therefore are both using the same master. The restoration was closely supervised by Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker, (1/3)"

"who used Scorsese's own personal print as reference for the colour grading. This may differ from previous releases which did not have his involvement and were not accurate to the correct look of the film. (2/3)"

"An additional print held at The Academy was also viewed and closely matched his reference print. Scorsese worked with colourist Yvan Lucas on this new version to finally have MEAN STREETS look the way he intended on Blu-ray. (3/3)"

[DukeTogo84]

If anyone was wondering who has Riki-Oh in the US now, it's Criterion. It's on their channel and opens up with both Janus and Criterion logos.

With the hundreds of Japanese and Chinese films Criterion has, I'm thinking they really should pull an Imprint and create an Asian film line at this point.

[NeilZ]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

If anyone was wondering who has Riki-Oh in the US now, it's Criterion. It's on their channel and opens up with both Janus and Criterion logos.

With the hundreds of Japanese and Chinese films Criterion has, I'm thinking they really should pull an Imprint and create an Asian film line at this point.

Same.

I mean it would be like printing money. Just make an Asian films sub label.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

If anyone was wondering who has Riki-Oh in the US now, it's Criterion. It's on their channel and opens up with both Janus and Criterion logos.

Director-approved 4K UHD of Riki-Oh NOW, please/

[MifuneFan]

B&N's Criterion Half-Off sale will begin on Monday, November 6th.

[Mike0284]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

B&N's Criterion Half-Off sale will begin on Monday, November 6th.

[Salgueiro]

I would love to see a Kinuyo Tanaka boxset. Please, Criterion!!!!

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Salgueiro

I would love to see a Kinuyo Tanaka boxset. Please, Criterion!!!!

They toured her films that she directed a year ago or so? I had assumed a boxset was incoming soon after that.

[Titan-of-Cult]

Originally Posted by Macatouille

Not saying they're wrong but if it starts Monday, that would be a change from recent history. Start dates from the last few years:

• 2022: 11/4 (Friday)
• 2021: 10/29 (Friday)
• 2020: 11/6 (Friday)
• 2019: 11/1 (Friday)

Well it hasn’t started yet 🤷*♂️

[Lannister1098]

Does anyone know if Like Someone in Love is a good movie? Thinking about picking it up, but there’s no Blu-ray option.

[JulesAndJim]

Originally Posted by Lannister1098

Does anyone know if Like Someone in Love is a good movie? Thinking about picking it up, but there’s no Blu-ray option.

I have the blu-ray (which seems to be out of print) and like it a lot. I really enjoy the cinematography (and its use of reflective surfaces a la Certified Copy) and I think it establishes the characters and mood well. It's not exactly a fast-moving narrative and would probably leave a lot of people unsatisfied in terms of how it resolves itself, so try at your own risk. If you like Certified Copy, you will probably find things to like about this one.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Lannister1098

Does anyone know if Like Someone in Love is a good movie? Thinking about picking it up, but there’s no Blu-ray option.

I liked it a good deal. If you want more detailed impressions I quote myself:

Originally Posted by ravenus

A young girl in a slick Tokyo club (Rin Takanashi) is arguing over the phone with her suspicious boyfriend. Then she is met by the club manager (Denden), who after doling out some life advice asks her to go for a job. We realize she's a part-time prostitute, he's the pimp. She wants to pass on it, as she has exams and also a visiting grandmother that wants to meet her at the railway station before returning back. The manager is polite but firm: the client is someone he respects deeply, and she is the right type for him. While taking a long-distance cab to the client's place, she asks the driver to circle the railway station a couple of times where she observes a woman that may be her grandmother. She lets off some quiet sobs, then falls asleep in the cab while it ferries her to the client. Expecting a high-profile politician or tycoon, she is surprised to find that the client is a comfortable but definitely middle-class retired professor...who also happens to be her grandfather's age.

After having made several notable Iranian films, Abbas Kiarostami went full international to make films in French (Certified Copy) and Japanese (Like Someone in Love). I haven't seen the former, but what strikes me best about LSIL is how much it appears like a film made by a modern Ozu - The respect for spaces and silences, the formal conversation, inner thoughts expressed in glances and in tangential remarks. Of course, Kiarostami's previous landmark films are also noted for their circumlocutory approach.

The introduction scene of the girl is important to what happens next. The professor (Tadashi Okuno) has obviously planned a romantic evening with sparkling wine and fine food (perhaps this refined academic wants to soften the idea of a hired tryst), but after some ice-breaking conversation, the emotionally exhausted girl just flops into bed and falls asleep. Sighing resignedly, the old man tucks her in, as a grandparent would. The next day we see him driving her back. We don't know if at any point in the night (or early morning) they do the deed she was called for. LSIL, like other Kiarostami films, features a lot of riding around in cars (not Fast and Furious fashion, mind).

When she gets off at the university, she is met by the boyfriend who assumes the old man to be her grandfather, and the professor plays along. The young man expresses his views about women in general and the girl in particular, exposing deep insecurities. But he also warms up to the old man's advice about trust in love, which renews hope in his relationship with the girl, and even offers to fix a problem in the car at his garage. At a slightly later point the young man realizes the actual relation between his girlfriend and the professor.

LSIL is a chamber film, and compared to some of Kiarostami's older classics, even slight. It quietly exposes certain emotional situations. and leaves the consequences for the viewer to imagine; in that modest aim, it does well. The film is anchored mainly around the 3 lead performances (the girl, the professor, the boyfriend) and the actors come across wonderfully. In the little that I saw of the making, Kiarostami talks about how Tadashi Okuno had been previously only an extra, not even having any lines. As the girl's pimp, veteran actor Denden in a single scene makes a big impression.

While not essential viewing, LSIL is a nice example of the director trying out small experiments in new settings.

Is the Criterion blu-ray OOP? If you can play region B discs, there's an excellent UK blu:

[CRASHLANDING]

Originally Posted by JulesAndJim

I have the blu-ray (which seems to be out of print) and like it a lot. I really enjoy the cinematography (and its use of reflective surfaces a la Certified Copy) and I think it establishes the characters and mood well. It's not exactly a fast-moving narrative and would probably leave a lot of people unsatisfied in terms of how it resolves itself, so try at your own risk. If you like Certified Copy, you will probably find things to like about this one.

Agree with the comments above about the film.

Also note that this was from their phase of BD-DVD combo releases. Like others of those, it's most likely not OOP but merely out of stock before reappearing as a BD-only package. The DVD remains available, so I'm pretty confident the BD will also return eventually.

[Taylor3978]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

i plan to go to my local B&N and start yelling: "Freaks!, where are the Freaks!" I'm sure everyone will keep sipping their pumpkin spice lattes while fake-reading books and completely ignore me

Perhaps they'll start chanting, One of us! One of us!

[Gacivory]

Bo Widerberg's New Swedish Cinema, is in a plastic case, but it’s an extra thick one like the two disc DVD’s used to come in.

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Bo Widerberg's New Swedish Cinema, is in a plastic case, but it’s an extra thick one like the two disc DVD’s used to come in.

Probably the rarest Scanavo as I've only seen it elsewhere via Flicker Alley's now-OOP Masterworks of American Avant-Garde Cinema and Deaf Crocodile's The Time Bending Mysteries of Shahram Mokri.