The Criterion Collection

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by Lutz

If you are interested in watching Tiny Furniture maybe watch GIRLS first?

GIRLS is brilliant and watching Tiny Furniture afterward adds a lot of context.

Curious as to what you believe is brilliant about it?

[Hendershot737]

Originally Posted by jcs913

Curious as to what you believe is brilliant about it?

I watched the first episode and was pretty much annoyed the whole time. I grew tired of the woe-is-me, self-entitled characters. Not sure if Tiny Furniture is similar, but if it is, I may have to overlook it.

[rock, stone]

Originally Posted by Hendershot737

I watched the first episode and was pretty much annoyed the whole time. I grew tired of the woe-is-me, self-entitled characters. Not sure if Tiny Furniture is similar, but if it is, I may have to overlook it.

Girls is a lot more polished that TF, but it is more of the same.

I actually found TF to be mostly harmless bog standard mumblecore entitlement melodrama, but after seeing a season of the show I have grown to despise Lena Dunham's stuff.

She is the Ryan Seacrest of the entitled hipster douchebag set, harvesting very low hanging fruit and inexplicably getting multimillion dollar paychecks out of it.

[Yami]

The Wexner Center will be live streaming their conversation with Criterion at 7pm EST at wexarts.org/live

[format916]

whens the next sale...november???

[DarkRyder]

Thought it was interesting Criterion mentioned William Friedkin's The Exorcist. I don't believe they will be releasing that film, but they tend to mention films and directors they have in their collection, so maybe that means Friedkin will be added to the collection? Perhaps Killer Joe?

[retablo]

Originally Posted by DarkRyder

Thought it was interesting Criterion mentioned William Friedkin's The Exorcist. I don't believe they will be releasing that film, but they tend to mention films and directors they have in their collection, so maybe that means Friedkin will be added to the collection? Perhaps Killer Joe?

My money is on Sorcerer.

[DarkRyder]

Originally Posted by retablo

My money is on Sorcerer.

You're most likely right. Especially since they've mentioned how Wages of Fear was a template for Sorcerer.

[Yami]

Has Friedkin settled the rights for Sorcerer, though? Last I heard, he was taking it to court.

[dan21]

A decent month, I am extremely happy about Ivan's Childhood and will probably also purchase The Man Who Knew Too Much, although I plan to watch it first as I don't think I've seen it.

Two-lane blacktop I have never seen so I plan to watch that first to see if it's worth buying, the other two, no interest.

What happened to Le Samourai and Badlands?

[joie]

With films like les diaboliques and Wages of Fear, should we even consider them to be important if they aren't released in France? If the French don't care for them, why should we? How are they "World Cinema?"

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by retablo

My money is on Sorcerer.

I say Sorcerer also.

[retablo]

Originally Posted by joie

With films like les diaboliques and Wages of Fear, should we even consider them to be important if they aren't released in France? If the French don't care for them, why should we? How are they "World Cinema?"

Yes, we should, because they are great films.
They are "world cinema" because they are from another country.

Foreign countries released blu-rays like Lawrence of Arabia, Cleopatra, and the remastered Terminator before the US. Should we not care for those either?

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by retablo

Yes, we should, because they are great films.
They are "world cinema" because they are from another country.

Foreign countries released blu-rays like Lawrence of Arabia, Cleopatra, and the remastered Terminator before the US. Should we not care for those either?

Exactly. Also, just because a film isn't released in a country doesn't mean it isn't appreciated there...

[the sordid sentinel]

Originally Posted by retablo

My money is on Sorcerer.

Sorcerer would be an instant buy for me. Great movie. I don't think anyone has ever done white knuckle tension as well as Friedkin.

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by Cinemach

Fish Tank is a modern, gritty, lower-class sister to An Education. That doesn't denigrate the film at all, but they do practically tell the same story even if Fish Tank is a little more direct. I liked it quite enough.

That's how I always describe it . To me, An Education was way too light and...well, "fluffy"...

[Show spoiler]I was annoyed at how the protagonist barely suffers any consequence and honestly would have liked it better had she not been accepted at the end.

Originally Posted by rock, stone

Girls is a lot more polished that TF, but it is more of the same.

I actually found TF to be mostly harmless bog standard mumblecore entitlement melodrama, but after seeing a season of the show I have grown to despise Lena Dunham's stuff.

She is the Ryan Seacrest of the entitled hipster douchebag set, harvesting very low hanging fruit and inexplicably getting multimillion dollar paychecks out of it.

Pretty much how I feel.

[Akijama]

Originally Posted by Yami

Has Friedkin settled the rights for Sorcerer, though? Last I heard, he was taking it to court.

"'Sorcerer' is now in the Ninth District Court of Appeals in California. The judge who's caught the case has ordered a settlement conference to be completed by November 26. And if there's no settlement, then he has set a trial date for March of 2013. So we're trying to settle it. And to me, settlement only involves getting the film out on DVD and Blu-ray and loaning it to all the film societies and universities that want to run it. I'm not looking for money from this."

http://voices.yahoo.com/william-frie...-11647432.html

It seems it's going to be a long wait for this one :/

[retablo]

Originally Posted by Akijama

http://voices.yahoo.com/william-frie...-11647432.html

It seems it's going to be a long wait for this one :/

Not if there's a settlement completed by November 26.

[Scottie]

Hey guys, how is Bad Timing and Broadcast News?

[Akijama]

Originally Posted by retablo

Not if there's a settlement completed by November 26.

True.But I'm cautiously skeptical about it.Let's hope all this madness will end till March