The Criterion Collection

[ShellOilJunior]

SECRET OF THE GRAIN with a plate of fish and couscous

[TylerDurden]

Che with Cuban revolution flag.

[tama]

Easy Rider with some LSD

[ShellOilJunior]

Some folks on CF really catch feelings when they don't agree with the reviewer's take on Rushmore.

[Banned User]

Originally Posted by BluPat

The review of 'The Phantom Carriage' on Blu-ray.com says the transfer is in 1080i Is this true? I want to get one regardless but, I was just curious. Isn't this completely against the norm for Criterion?

This is usually the case In order to maintain the proper speed of silent films with a original framerate below 24 fps on a technology that displays a image in multiples of 60hz. That's the basic answer. A search on the net should get you a wealth of info. Should also lead you to the conclusion that if you love Blu-ray make sure your TV has the ability to refresh in multiples of 24hz(48hz, 72 etc). Much more fluid picture then the standard method of 3:2 pulldown inserting duplicate frames to match a refresh rate designed for 30fps. Sometimes your TV will have this option and it just needs to be enabled.

Sorry for going off topic.

Originally Posted by ycbbh

For All Mankind with a map to the sound-stage

Good one

[BohemianGraham]

Charade with some stamps
Gimme Shelter with a weighted pool cue
High and Low with a pair of ladies shoes
Head with a black box

[ShellOilJunior]

The butler with a fire poker in the study.

[Darkcritic]

Just got my single B&N sale haul today, I would have wished for some more but to be honest I don't really mind .

- The Battle of Algiers
- The Complete Jean Vigo
- Che
- Hunger
- Leon Morin, Priest

Also, Diabolique with a "fine" bottle of wine .

[SpiderBaby]

rkish, looks like Wender's The American Friend is coming to Criterion next year in a set of his films.

[The Dark Uniter]

Godzilla with the oxygen destroyer.

[Monty70]

OK, I will play...

Cul-de-Sac with a dozen eggs

[sskclickgeneral]

I picked up:
Salo
The Phantom Carriage
The Night of the Hunter
Island of Lost Souls
and Cul-de-Sac.

They were all blind buys (and yes i'm aware of all their content, especially Salo). Which one do you guys think I should watch first?

[Brad1963]

CHUNGKING EXPRESS with Canned Pineapple

[BluPat]

There were a bunch of Criterions at our local Best Buy. I don't know why but there were more than the usual 3 or 4. There were like 6 different new Criterion Blu's and 3 or 4 copies of each.

And thanks for the responses to my 'The Phantom Carriage' question.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by sskclickgeneral

I picked up:
Salo
The Phantom Carriage
The Night of the Hunter
Island of Lost Souls
and Cul-de-Sac.

They were all blind buys (and yes i'm aware of all their content, especially Salo). Which one do you guys think I should watch first?

Island of Lost Souls, bloody entertaining. Probably the first Criterion with Bela Lugosi?
I love the Criterion package for Night of The Hunter, but demurred from a purchase because the film itself is kinda meh for me. Mitchum has presence to be sure but he plays the character so broad it jars, like he had a flashing neon signal that said "murderous psychopath here". Just my 2 bits.
The Phantom Carriage is a great looking film and one can definitely see the sort of influence it would have had on Bergman, but not one I can re-watch so no buy (I want to keep my BD collection small but very rewatchable ).
Have yet to see Cul de Sac, sounds promising.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

rkish, looks like Wender's The American Friend is coming to Criterion next year in a set of his films.

Wow! That's great news Spidey! Where did you hear about this and besides "The American Friend", which of his other films are purported to be in this set?

[DionJP]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

rkish, looks like Wender's The American Friend is coming to Criterion next year in a set of his films.

You can't just say that and show no proof. and btw, what is the source of your avatar? thats a very strange image.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by DionJP

You can't just say that and show no proof.

This is funny to me for some reason. Anyways, look on CriterionForum.org

and btw, what is the source of your avatar? thats a very strange image.

Fassbinder's The Third Generation.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by rkish

Wow! That's great news Spidey! Where did you hear about this and besides "The American Friend", which of his other films are purported to be in this set?

CriterionForum had a user(s) (more than one actually did) post a link to an interview which Wenders said it will come next year with a set of his films. Likely to be The Road Trilogy and prob The American Friend as a stand-alone release. Or they can put the Road Trilogy together with The American Friend and put out some "Films of Wenders" set. We shall see.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by DionJP

You can't just say that and show no proof.

Though you might not agree with his own perspectives and views of films/directors, Spidey's information about future releases is usually pretty accurate.