The Criterion Collection

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Cinemach

I speak of the Wes Andersons, Following, The Game...stuff like that.

Though In The Mood For Love - a highly requested title - does fit into my higher-interest end of the spectrum.

Oh, I know. I'm just saying all Tenenbaums does is move Life Aquatic up a space. Releasing Brazil encourages people to ask for The Fountain.

Which truthfully is fine with me. People clamor for stuff I don't really want all the time and life goes on. I joke about it but I don't really care.

To the extent I had a point at all it was that the people clamoring for stuff I don't want won't be running out anytime soon.

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

I have been bouncing around the net to get some hear-say on tomorrow's announcement for a Blu-Ray upgrade. Here are the current odds"

Brazil 1-2
Le Samourai 1-1
Andrei Rublev 2-1
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 3-1
Tokyo Story 6-1
Picnic at Hanging Rock 9-1
Bicycle Thieves 9-1
Grey Gardens 10-1
Sparatacus 15-1
Rififi 15-1

What do you know, the favorite came in. Too bad I can't handicap the horses this well.

[EddieLarkin]

Interesting thought: we've now had 2 years worth of New Years clues that have included Y Tu Mama Tambien and it still hasn't been released!

[retablo]

Sweet, I'm in for all the titles except Following. Not a Nolan fan.

[Blu Titan]

Purple Noon

[Cinemach]

Originally Posted by octagon

Oh, I know. I'm just saying all Tenenbaums does is move Life Aquatic up a space. Releasing Brazil encourages people to ask for The Fountain.

Which truthfully is fine with me. People clamor for stuff I don't really want all the time and life goes on. I joke about it but I don't really care.

To the extent I had a point at all it was that the people clamoring for stuff I don't want won't be running out anytime soon.

This is correct, yes.

And yeah, these titles will sell so that's good for the label. I mean I'm not really hating here, just commenting on the fact that many of those such titles that I'm *not* interested in have been released.

Full disclosure: if Le Samourai (new scan), the Antonionis, Thief, and Jules and Jim had been among the 'most requested' batch that had been released this year, I'd have been giddy.

[Jr7936]

yay for at least one good thing coming from criterion in december. still am waiting on the apu trilogy and y tu mama tambien but at least we get the quasi trilogy

could care less about brazil since i have the criterion dvd set of it and never finished it and then i have never heard of the other films yet

[SpiderBaby]

Kino is releasing The Blue Angel. Sternberg on blu. Screw these releases.

[MTRodaba2468]

Originally Posted by insomniac013

Following (Aka "By Christopher Nolan Following A Film") is a good, not great film, which is understandable since it's the director's first. It seems Criterion just wanna bank on the "Nolan-brand" i think.

When the initial deal Criterion made with IFC was announced three years ago, Following was one of the titles that was announced. At the time, the 10 titles they had made the deal for were:

A Christmas Tale
Gomorrah
Che
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Following
Everlasting Moments
Summer Hours
Hunger
Still Walking
The Secret Of The Grain

The only one we're waiting on now is Y Tu Mama Tambien, which has been hinted at for two years in a row now, as EddieLarkin pointed out...

Originally Posted by EddieLarkin

Interesting thought: we've now had 2 years worth of New Years clues that have included Y Tu Mama Tambien and it still hasn't been released!

[Darkcritic]

Yeah, the Sternberg levels things up. Kudos for Kino.

[JTStarkiller]

Following is being released on my 30th birthday.

[Cinemach]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

Kino is releasing The Blue Angel. Sternberg on blu. Screw these releases.

I'd held off picking up the von Sternberg boxset before because it was DVD, but I've earmarked this for possible November sale pickup.

Which is to say, yes I agree The Blue Angel is the best announcement of the day.

[greekak229]

Here's hoping for Bicycle Thieves and Badlands on the next announcements.

[ShellOilJunior]

Seems like Criterion cleared a few off the shelf that had been pending for a while.

I'll pass on Brazil and Following. Nolan's films are empty calories.

I'm most interested in Purple Noon.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

Only one more film that I am hoping they hurry up and get out of the way. Don't care for it and just wanted it announced already.

Originally Posted by greekak229

Here's hoping for Bicycle Thieves and Badlands on the next announcements.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

I would've never pegged you for someone that doesn't like Malick. He's more European than many European filmmakers. Many of his films could also be silents and they wouldn't miss a beat.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I would've never pegged you for someone that doesn't like Malick. He's more European than many European filmmakers. Many of his films could also be silents and they wouldn't miss a beat.

I guess ya like what ya like.

[Snicket]

I was wanting Life Aquatic and Badlands...

Oh well, will probably pick up Brazil and Following at a B&N sale. Not a bad month.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

I guess ya like what ya like.

Very true and I respect that. Better to have taste and preferences in art than:

Me: What kind of music do you like?
Person: I dunno, pretty much everything. I can listen to anything on the radio really LOL.

Those kinds are usually good-natured but it always makes me chuckle

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Cinemach

Which is to say, yes I agree The Blue Angel is the best announcement of the day.

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I'm most interested in Purple Noon.

This.

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