The Criterion Collection

[Zen_Amako]

Originally Posted by greekak229

I was born in 1991, so you're like, the fourth youngest or something.

Wow, there are some young members here. 1991 was the year Terminator 2 came out. I still remember buying that on laserdisc later that year. My movie collection was already in full swing.

[plattopus]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

Has anyone seen Illusionist (L'Illusionniste)?
I guess it was given a limited release in the states on Christmas.
I hadn't heard about it until just now when I was going through the list of films of 2010 on wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illusionist_(2010_film)

It played at MIFF last year but I missed it. I've been looking for a way to see it for about a month but haven't come up with any way of seeing it yet. In desperation I pre-ordered the French Blu-ray but it's not out for another couple of months, so hopefully I can catch it before then.

[HumanMedia]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Don't use Fire Walk With Me as a taster - watch a few episodes of the series instead.

I'm a big Lynch fan and love 'Twin Peaks' but I find 'Fire Walk with Me' a truly bad Lynch work along with 'Inland Empire'

'Fire' is meant to be watched after the series anyway, so make sure you watch the series from the pilot first otherwise it will ruin the plot points of season 1, and may ruin the entire experience.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Just rewatched the entire series this past summer, for the first time since it originally aired. I used to videotape it every week. My VCR failed one weekend when I was out of town and missing that episode just about ruined my life!

IMHO Twin Peaks has held up well. Things go off the rails a bit in season two, but as frustrating as it was watching that unfold week to week, when viewed as a whole it plays out pretty well and it's still stunning to think that this was on prime-time, major network American TV in the late 80s/early 90s (and initially quite a big hit!). The final episode is a stomach-churning, mind-bending work of art. Some great cameos, too, including a pre-X-Files David Duchovny. It was a fantastic show and 20 years later LOST is the only show to remotely approach it.

Don't use Fire Walk With Me as a taster - watch a few episodes of the series instead.

A remastered Criterion BD set would be amazing. The current DVD set is serviceable but the PQ is pretty poor. If they can do Berlin Alexanderplatz (which I'm actually in the middle of watching this week), maybe Twin Peaks isn't impossible.

The final episode is one of the most upsetting things that I have watched. I love Twin Peaks and I have to say, although the second season goes astray from the first, every time I rewatch it, I like it even better.

If anyone is going to check out the pilot, make sure you get the right version. They released a longer, TV-movie style version in England (if I remember correctly), which gives away a lot of details that you don't want to know about if you plan on watching the whole series.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

I was born in 78' so I don't have a good excuse

I was born in '78 too. Glad I'm not the only one...I was beginning to feel like an old man around here.

[VideoPhonic]

Originally Posted by tfunk

You have me beat by 1 year. YES, not the youngest one.

uh-oh......... '93

[painted_klown]

Originally Posted by capnnarcolepsy

David Lynch, along with his way of creating dream-like realities, has this incredible understanding of dread. Even as an adult that is well-versed in horror films and, sadly, rarely gets scared anymore, there is some genuinely frightening imagery and feeling within.

David Lynch is the master at creating a feeling of dread. I used to LOVE Fire walk with me, and I watched it many times in my youth (fun film to quote) but one day I was watching it and something in my brain just 'clicked' and I found it to seriously be the most terrifying movie I have ever seen!

Watching Twin Peaks feels like you are caught in the worst nightmare you have ever had and cannot wake up. It nearly gives me an anxiety attack to think about being forced to watch it now!!! Scares the crap out of me!!!

There is a scene in Mulholland drive is creepy/scary too. I totally cannot watch it either. It starts out in a diner with two guys talking at a table. Then goes outside and around the corner to a dumpster and a homeless person comes out from behind the dumpster...I know that doesn't sound scary, and even knowing what it going on, it still scares me!

Creepy, creepy movies...oddly enough I didn't find Eraserhead to have that same surreal nightmare quality.

[jacobsever]

[jacobsever]

Someone posted packaging pictures for The Social Network in the slipcover thread, and people have been talking bout how they styled this release after Criterion.

Originally Posted by sutter

[Show spoiler]

I'm going to have to say I agree. The actual discs themselves. Disc One : The Film. Disc Two : The Suppliments...both printed along the outside of the disc.

I wonder if Criterion was approached on potentially releasing this.

[greekak229]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

Someone posted packaging pictures for The Social Network in the slipcover thread, and people have been talking bout how they styled this release after Criterion.



I'm going to have to say I agree. The actual discs themselves. Disc One : The Film. Disc Two : The Suppliments...both printed along the outside of the disc.

I wonder if Criterion was approached on potentially releasing this.

Oh, how I love David Fincher. Although not a Criterion, still a Day One buy from me. Can't wait for Fincher to receive his very first Oscar in the upcoming months too.

[VideoPhonic]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

Someone posted packaging pictures for The Social Network in the slipcover thread, and people have been talking bout how they styled this release after Criterion.



I'm going to have to say I agree. The actual discs themselves. Disc One : The Film. Disc Two : The Suppliments...both printed along the outside of the disc.

I wonder if Criterion was approached on potentially releasing this.

Yeah very Criterion-esque, no booklet though, that would be the icing on the cake. Too bad, this is a much more deserving picture of a criterion (even if it was in name only) than Ben Button....... but lets not go there

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

The self-contained pilot/TV movie was released on VHS in the U.S.

That's where I first saw it. And, before it was ever released on DVD I had a bootleg copy that included the longer version. I always hated having to stop it early to avoid the details, even though I had seen the full series several times.

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

FWWM is just wholly unnecessary. It's a very cynical, sad film. I actually like Inland Empire, though, as a filmed nightmare.

I actually really like Fire Walk with Me. In my mind it is an important part of the Twin Peaks story. Plus, David Bowie is great.

[capnnarcolepsy]

in regards to the casting in "fwwm", i read that Lara Flynn Boyle (Donna) and Sherrilyn Fenn (Audrey) refused to come back and do the movie. Kyle Machlachlan (Agent Cooper) apparently didn't want to either, afraid of being typecast, but was convinced to come do a small part in it.

[greekak229]

I just watched Cronos tonight. I already saw it before, but this viewing really solidified it as a truly excellent film in the Criterion collection. The PQ was great, and I also love all the extras on it. I just really love Del Toro's movies, but I think we can all agree that nothing from him will top Pan's Labyrinth.

[s00perd00per]

Originally Posted by greekak229

I just watched Cronos tonight. I already saw it before, but this viewing really solidified it as a truly excellent film in the Criterion collection. The PQ was great, and I also love all the extras on it. I just really love Del Toro's movies, but I think we can all agree that nothing from him will top Pan's Labyrinth.

Why? Did he decide to stop making movies?

[connelly13]

Watched For All Mankind and The Red Shoes tonight. I loved For All Mankind. I didn't really know what to expect, but something really resonated. Fantastic.

I knew The Red Shoes would be great, so not really a discovery. I like blind buying these Criterions.

[greekak229]

Originally Posted by s00perd00per

Why? Did he decide to stop making movies?

No, but Pan's Labyrinth is too good for him to make something that will beat it.

[greekak229]

Originally Posted by connelly13

Watched For All Mankind and The Red Shoes tonight. I loved For All Mankind. I didn't really know what to expect, but something really resonated. Fantastic.

I knew The Red Shoes would be great, so not really a discovery. I like blind buying these Criterions.

I hear ya. I'll be doing that with Charade tomorrow.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

Someone posted packaging pictures for The Social Network in the slipcover thread, and people have been talking bout how they styled this release after Criterion.



I'm going to have to say I agree. The actual discs themselves. Disc One : The Film. Disc Two : The Suppliments...both printed along the outside of the disc.

I wonder if Criterion was approached on potentially releasing this.

Yeah, the packaging doesn't look Criterion (they don't have a monopoly on digipacks), but the disc artwork is telling...

[s00perd00per]

Originally Posted by greekak229

No, but Pan's Labyrinth is too good for him to make something that will beat it.

Never say never. That's no different than the people who go year in and year out proclaiming the current critically acclaimed blockbuster as the "greatest" movie ever.