The Criterion Collection

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Clare2904

I found it to be ok (7/10 with no need to ever revisit).

It's unfortunate that the 2013 Blu-ray and DVD leaves out the "Banned in Oklahoma" documentary that was on the 2004 DVD edition. One of the best extras I've come across on any Criterion title.

Me, I've loved the film since I first saw it on cable back in the 80s. Picked up the Kino DVD (one of Kino's earlist DVDs), and then the first Criterion edition. Still need to get the Blu-ray, so I can see the Restored Director's Cut.

[Polaroid]

I want Criterion to release Too Wong Foo or Priscilla XD such a sucker for them films but the costumes are pretty awesome for Priscilla ...

Least they got a hold of La Cage Aux Folles :P

[SilentDawn]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Under The Skin... wow...

I can't wait to check it out on Blu-ray, which happens to come out the day I get back from Vacay!

Now that's a homecoming present!

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by SilentDawn

I can't wait to check it out on Blu-ray, which happens to come out the day I get back from Vacay!

Now that's a homecoming present!

I thought it was incredible, from the eery soundtrack to the indelible imagery.

I was worried it would be slow, boring or try to hard but I think it worked, was interesting seeing real people in this though and tbh I forgot SJ was human! lol

[ParticleDan]

Originally Posted by octagon

Their April Fool's Three Reasons for Kindergarten Cop made me want to go out and get Kindergarten Cop.

They really do have a knack for those.

Only one reason is needed: "it's not a toomah"

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

I remember watching The Tin Drum on showcase when I was smaller and thinking what an odd movie it was. I kinda want to revisit it since I see criterion has released it on blu.

I gave up about halfway when I realized it was just going to be an allegorical metaphor for poor "little" Poland during the war.
Which was probably the point of the original book, but fantasy-allegory gets a bit annoying for me after it keeps nudging you to "get it" after a while. Like a friend who keeps hinting that he wants to borrow your car, but never gets around to actually saying it.

Originally Posted by octagon

Their April Fool's Three Reasons for Kindergarten Cop made me want to go out and get Kindergarten Cop.
They really do have a knack for those.

It's been said before, that's why you just can't do those "What Criterion would never release" jokes. They make anything look good.

[dtyner92]

Just finished watching, Youth of the Beast on Hulu. Wow, what a fantastically well made film. Everything from the color pallet to the beautifully jazzy score. Tamio Kawaji steals the show as a Bondesq type villain. Petting his cat, while he plots his evil schemes. The ending alone is worth the price of admission.

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Been listening to soundtrack for a while now - I'm in love with it, can't believe how old the guy who did it is, very talented, such a haunting and atmospheric soundtrack.

Mica Levi is a she!

On Glazer, I really with someone, anyone, be it Criterion, MoC or whoever would do something with Birth. As fantastic as UTSkin is, I still think Birth pips it. I put on a screening of the film last year in tribute to Harris Savides, the film's cinematographer, who sadly passed away in 2012, and it was glorious to revisit. I saw the film on release, and the print we screened last year was Glazer's own silver nitrate print of the film, which had only been thru a projector a handful of times. He even came along to introduce the film!

To keep this on topic, Savides was very much a friend of Criterion, and even got to go in to their legendary cupboard when signing off on The Game.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQFAPBbjsaI&feature=kp

[ejm69]

So I'm trying to complete my Louis Malle collection. I've been holding off on Murmur of the Heart and Lacombe, Lucien on Blu. Anybody have any insight as to why Au Revoir Les Enfants is the only Malle film to get the Blu treatment? If all hope is lost for his other films I was thinking of picking them up on DVD during the BN sale.

[aes3728]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Added. Thanks!

Here is the updated list, folks.

Confirmed
Brood, The (MovieFanFare)
Dolce Vita, La (MovieFanFare)
Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers (2014 New Years Newsletter)
Harold Lloyd Box Set (Parade.Condenast)
Jacques Tati Box Set (2014 New Years Newsletter)
Midnight Cowboy (Monthly Newsletter)
Monte Hellman Westerns Collection (Ride In The Whirlwind / The Shooting) (Monte Hellman's FaceBook / Monthly Newsletter)
Mulholland Drive (MovieFanFare)
Raisin In The Sun, A (2014 New Years Newsletter)
Red Sun (2014 New Years Newsletter)
Time Bandits (MovieFanFare)
Tootsie (2014 New Years Newsletter)
Vanishing, The (Monthly Newsletter)
Vérité, La (Peter Becker Interview)
Wild Child (2014 New Years Newsletter)
Speculated
Avventura, L' (New 35MM Janus Restoration)
Boy (2013 New Years Newsletter)
Don't Look Now (Instagram Photo)
Elevator To The Gallows (New Rialto Pictures Restoration)
Hiroshima, Mon Amour (New 4K Argos Films Restoration)
Tenant, The (2013 New Years Newsletter)

Don't know what this does to your classification but it seems Rialto has pbtained the rights of distribution to Hiroshima, Mon Amour.

http://www.indiewire.com/article/exc...mmanuelle-riva

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by aes3728

Don't know what this does to your classification but it seems Rialto has pbtained the rights of distribution to Hiroshima, Mon Amour.

http://www.indiewire.com/article/exc...mmanuelle-riva

I don't think that matters. They tend to release their home video releases thru Criterion. http://www.rialtopictures.com/dvd.html

[aes3728]

Originally Posted by adamhopelies

I don't think that matters. They tend to release their home video releases thru Criterion. http://www.rialtopictures.com/dvd.html

Right. I didnt know if he still wanted to leave it in the category of Speculated or bump it up to Expected as a company with heavy Criterion ties owns the rights.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Apart from My Dinner With Andre and Vanya on 42nd Street, you mean?

My Dinner With Andre isn't out on Blu-ray.

Alamo Bay (TT), Au Revoir Les Enfants, Black Moon, Vanya On 42nd Street, La Vie De Boheme (actor), and Zazie Dans Le Metro.

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Apart from My Dinner With Andre and Vanya on 42nd Street, you mean?

I presume he means that ENFANTS is the lone film out of that earlier box-set to get a Blu-ray upgrade.

(ANDRE hasn't had a Blu yet either btw).

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by adamhopelies

Mica Levi is a she!

On Glazer, I really with someone, anyone, be it Criterion, MoC or whoever would do something with Birth. As fantastic as UTSkin is, I still think Birth pips it. I put on a screening of the film last year in tribute to Harris Savides, the film's cinematographer, who sadly passed away in 2012, and it was glorious to revisit. I saw the film on release, and the print we screened last year was Glazer's own silver nitrate print of the film, which had only been thru a projector a handful of times. He even came along to introduce the film!

To keep this on topic, Savides was very much a friend of Criterion, and even got to go in to their legendary cupboard when signing off on The Game.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQFAPBbjsaI&feature=kp

I watched a video interview!? I thought it was a boy! Oops! Just checked... I thought she was a 16 year old boy :/ wow I'm terrible lol

I loved Birth but if they released I'd want that vibrating sound GONE!!! I always check my phone cause of that film!

[Scottie]

I just watched Quadrophenia and I'm sorry, but I absolutely hated it.

I will admit that it had some nice shots. A couple that stand out are the shot of Jimmy with the sunset in the background at the very beginning of the film and the out-of-focus shot of The Mods on their way to Brighton about midway through the film. Unfortunately, I found every other part of the film to be painful to sit through.

I've never been the biggest Who fan, but that wasn't even a part of my dislike for the film. It had some of the most irritating characters to date and a really, really, really uninteresting story centered around the gang wars in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s - something that I could never stand.

Welp, can't win them all.

[*DrStrangelove*]

So I finally got to watching my copy of Marketa Lazarova. And I really didn't know what was going on for most of it. I couldn't even finish it to be honest. It really bums me out cause I was really expecting to love this film. I know it's gotten alot of praise and I was wondering if I'm missing something here. I was kinda just waiting to see if it would eventually pick up but nothing. Idk, alot of what I've read has said that it demands repeat viewings so I might give it another try sometime.

[starman15317]

All of the talk of In the Mood For Love makes me want to see it

[brandon_260]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

So I finally got to watching my copy of Marketa Lazarova. And I really didn't know what was going on for most of it. I couldn't even finish it to be honest. It really bums me out cause I was really expecting to love this film. I know it's gotten alot of praise and I was wondering if I'm missing something here. I was kinda just waiting to see if it would eventually pick up but nothing. Idk, alot of what I've read has said that it demands repeat viewings so I might give it another try sometime.

It's a very demanding film that takes a lot out of you. It's easily one of the most exhausting viewings I've had. I won't say that I knew what was going on the entire time, but I started to piece it together past the hour mark. I find that disorienting nature part of the appeal. The entire film is gorgeous, but the finale is especially breathtaking.

I'm also a huge Tarkovsky fan and I feel this film is maybe the closest thing I've ever seen to his work.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by jw007

I watched it years ago when I first bought it on BD.... i remember it was sort of disjointed because I was watching a 2 part tv movie. Not a typical film by any means. The story/movie was very eccentric if that is the right term to use. For fans of sci fi though I recommend it. I just couldn't put my head around it. Might need to revisit it again sometime.

Does anyone else understand what World on a Wire is all about?

World on a Wire is brilliant and beautiful to look at. What German director Rainer Fassbinder accomplished with modest budgets is amazing. An original work that has influenced other science fiction films, particularly The Matrix, it is one of the most outstanding films Criterion has ever released and one that the company is very proud of being able to present in a colorful new digital restoration. In my opinion, it was their release of the year when it came out in early 2012.

The story is difficult to describe without giving away the twists that make the film so intriguing and full of surprises (and spoil it for those who have not seen it). I think of the premise as something akin to a set of Russian nesting dolls, as the main character, a cybernetics engineer named Fred Stiller, investigates a series of mysteries involving his computer simulation project that recreates a realistic and functioning virtual world, and in the process slowly uncovers an apparent conspiracy so frightening and powerful it threatens his definition of the real world we see around us every day. Fassbinder uses the Stiller character to explore themes of paranoia and mental stability in a future society, while raising questions about technology and its effects on humanity. Much like Blade Runner, it has strong noir elements. Because World on a Wire has influenced more recent better known films, it may not appear to a viewer as fresh as it did to audiences in 1973, but it is still a first rate film and classic of science fiction.

I read an article a couple of years ago that World on a Wire should appeal to fans of Kubrick, Philip K. Dick, and Kurt Vonnegut, and I agree with that assessment. The film got a lot of discussion in this thread in 2012, but many here now were not part of this thread when that happened, and many of the members who were active in this thread then are not regulars here anymore. It deserves to be brought back to the forefront and should be on the short list of any Criterion or sci-fi fan who does not own it. I highly recommend it for the next B&N sale.