The Criterion Collection

[Simple Lines]

Originally Posted by Cinemach

Looking forward to In the Mood for Love and checking out some more of the director's output.

Since you enjoyed Chungking, you definitely need to pick Fallen Angels up. It followed Chungking, and was intended to be a third story in it.

Originally Posted by billzfan

They mis-marked the Third Man as 50% off at B & N, so I picked it up. I just started to watch it and it looks great. I know everyone says the Criterion looks better but this is by no means a bad transfer.

Is it a huge upgrade over the 2nd CC DVD release?

[billzfan]

Originally Posted by Simple Lines

Since you enjoyed Chungking, you definitely need to pick Fallen Angels up. It followed Chungking, and was intended to be a third story in it.



Is it a huge upgrade over the 2nd CC DVD release?

I never woned the DVD release but I'm assuming so. It has quite a bit of detail that I didn't see in previous releases.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

You know what to do rkish.

I know Spidey...I figure I have until next Monday to wrack my brain and examine my finances.

[jaredc]

My final haul for the sale (went overboard):

Shock Corridor
Cronos
Salo
Design for Living
The Naked Kiss
Carlos
The Battle of Algiers
Life during wartime
Breathless
Wings of Desire

[rkish]

Very interesting packaging on the Jean Gremillion Eclipse set. The first film comes with a thin booklet, but lays loose in the case with no clips to hold it. The other two films come in cases with clips, but no booklets and the usual "insert" as part of the inside cover art (that has a brief piece on the film). I wonder if this was done purposely or just an accident in packaging?

Oh well...can't wait to dig into it this weekend.

[DarkRyder]

Does anyone (aka, Spidey ) know what are the Fassbinder films Janus obtained the rights to?

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by DarkRyder

Does anyone (aka, Spidey ) know what are the Fassbinder films Janus obtained the rights to?

Yes:

Fear of Fear
Satan's Brew (my favorite of this bunch)
Effi Briest
Chinese Roulette
Fox and his Friends
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
The Merchant of Four Seasons
The American Soldier
Gods of the Plague
Love is Colder than Death
Beware of a Holy *****
Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven

to add to the other Wellspring titles (the BRD Trilogy and Fear Eats the Soul).

I am also holding out hope that they still have LILI MARLEEN, as out of all of these, it's the only film not available and his biggest production. Come on Criterion!

[AronofskyFan]

Originally Posted by TJS_Blu

If they do, they're keeping it secret. AFAIK, not even a whisper. If CinemaGuild wants to release them all, I wouldn't be too despondent over the lack of a wacky C.

If the review of their Turin Horse bluray(I ordered it today) is any indicator, I'd love to see them release them as well. Really I just want to see them released because chances are once I see them I'll be craving them on blu.

[dag]

Totally off topic (sorry), but the Toronto International Film Festival announced a number of titles that will be screened, including the new Terrence Malick (To the Wonder), film adaptations of Anna Karenina, Cloud Atlas, and Midnight's Children, some bigger Hollywood fare, and, something I'm particularly keen on, Asian cinema.

[DarkRyder]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

Yes:

Fear of Fear
Satan's Brew (my favorite of this bunch)
Effi Briest
Chinese Roulette
Fox and his Friends
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
The Merchant of Four Seasons
The American Soldier
Gods of the Plague
Love is Colder than Death
Beware of a Holy *****
Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven

to add to the other Wellspring titles (the BRD Trilogy and Fear Eats the Soul).

I am also holding out hope that they still have LILI MARLEEN, as out of all of these, it's the only film not available and his biggest production. Come on Criterion!

Yes! I just started watching Fassbinder and I'm thrilled to see Love is Colder than Death and Gods of the Plague are both getting an upgrade! I'm sure I'll be thrilled with the others, but as of now I'm only up to Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by DarkRyder

Yes! I just started watching Fassbinder and I'm thrilled to see Love is Colder than Death and Gods of the Plague are both getting an upgrade! I'm sure I'll be thrilled with the others, but as of now I'm only up to Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?.

UPGRADE is the question I have. Hopefully upgraded. 16-17 Fassbinders that they will have. Either they do huge blu-ray sets like "Early Fassbinder" and a BRD re-issue to lower the release amount, or they shove most in Eclipse sets and only release ones that they want on blu-ray (which will be obvious, more known titles sadly. Hopefully they atleast see Effi Briest as one.). Eclipse releases would be useless, unless you never picked up the Wellsprings. If they release every one on blu-ray in single releases, that could take forever.

Hopefully it's BRD re-issue and Lili Marleen (hopefully) next. Then maybe a Eclipse release of "Early Fassbinder". Do some cheaper priced blu-rays (feature-less) to some of the films (like Satan's Brew, Fear of Fear. Sucks, being the 2 I want the most. Atleast they will be upgraded.), and then you can release the "Fox and his Friends" type releases loaded with extras. Just a guess.

[pro-bassoonist]

Le Havre Blu-ray REVIEW






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[DarkRyder]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

UPGRADE is the question I have. Hopefully upgraded. 16-17 Fassbinders that they will have. Either they do huge blu-ray sets like "Early Fassbinder" and a BRD re-issue to lower the release amount, or they shove most in Eclipse sets and only release ones that they want on blu-ray (which will be obvious, more known titles sadly. Hopefully they atleast see Effi Briest as one.). Eclipse releases would be useless, unless you never picked up the Wellsprings. If they release every one on blu-ray in single releases, that could take forever.

Hopefully it's BRD re-issue and Lili Marleen (hopefully) next. Then maybe a Eclipse release of "Early Fassbinder". Do some cheaper priced blu-rays (feature-less) to some of the films (like Satan's Brew, Fear of Fear. Sucks, being the 2 I want the most. Atleast they will be upgraded.), and then you can release the "Fox and his Friends" type releases loaded with extras. Just a guess.

I wish they'd do a boxset like Kurosawa's, that'd be amazing!

[DarkRyder]

Also, how can you tell which of Fassbinder's films came before which? I found two different sites that have different listings:

http://jclarkmedia.com/fassbinder/fa...dits.html#film

http://www.fassbinderfoundation.de/node.php/en/filme


The former seems to be the more popular choice amongst my searches, but the latter seems more trustworthy seems it's an actual foundation dedicated to the man. Hope to hear some input!

[Sinthetic]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Le Havre Blu-ray REVIEW






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Absolutely awesome.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by rkish

Very interesting packaging on the Jean Gremillion Eclipse set. The first film comes with a thin booklet, but lays loose in the case with no clips to hold it. The other two films come in cases with clips, but no booklets and the usual "insert" as part of the inside cover art (that has a brief piece on the film). I wonder if this was done purposely or just an accident in packaging?

Oh well...can't wait to dig into it this weekend.

Very different than the usual Eclipse pack

[rkish]

Originally Posted by Sinthetic

Absolutely awesome.

It must be nice to have disposable cash.

[BohemianGraham]

Do I dare stay up late to see if I can get Le Havre on sale next week, or do I wait and buy it when I have a bit more cash on hand in October at B&N, and "get raped on the price" if one is to believe the sales thread junkies. I'm going to ME and NH for a shopping trip, and was planning on sinking a lot of cash into B&N anyways by buying the new Nook eInk reader with backlight. My Sony's the 2009 model I bought on clearance two years ago and it's getting a little down in the mouth.

Also, anyone care to explain why Amazon would recommend me The Rescuers/The Rescuers Down Under BD pack because I own Letter Never Sent? I mean, I enjoy the films and I have them on Pre-order on a different site, but I cannot get the connection at all unless it's superficially because they all have to do with "rescues."

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Also, anyone care to explain why Amazon would recommend me The Rescuers/The Rescuers Down Under BD pack because I own Letter Never Sent? I mean, I enjoy the films and I have them on Pre-order on a different site, but I cannot get the connection at all unless it's superficially because they all have to do with "rescues."

No clue. Amazon thought I might be interested in the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece collection on blu-ray because I pre-ordered.................the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece collection on blu-ray

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

No clue. Amazon thought I might be interested in the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece collection on blu-ray because I pre-ordered.................the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece collection on blu-ray

Amazon's recommendations are pretty bad as of late. I'm still highly amused that they think a Soviet film has anything in common with a couple of Disney cartoons.