The Criterion Collection

[jrmac2000]

Sweet just preordered all of the January releases through B&N's sale. Saved nearly 40 bucks over Amazon

[italy12]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Do that. It's an album full of movie theme songs, including Spider Baby, played by Fantômas. If you don't know, Fantômas is Mike Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk, Mr. Bungle), Buzz Osborne (Melvins), Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle), and Dave Lombardo (Slayer). It's a win-win combination.

Are you a fan of Patton? If so, ever check out his other side projects, Peeping Tom or Lovage?

I'm going to have to check out Fantômas as well...

I see there's a track listing for Charade, The Godfather, Rosemary's Baby, Night of the Hunter, and freaking Twin Peaks: FWWM!!

Thanks for throwing this out there!

[Beta Man]

I watched "Paths of Glory" for the third time since picking up the Blu-ray..... I really would like to watch the "Storming of the Hill" over and over.... but I'm the type who can't watch a snippet of a film.... I've gotta watch the whole thing!

[Der Spieler]

Originally Posted by TheCurse

For those thinking of ordering Criterion movies from BN.com with the "3 for 2" promotion, here is a little something to think about:

I'm in Canada and I ordered 3 Criterions Blu-Rays from BN.com four days ago. The order showed, correctly, 2 movies at full price and 1 for free ($0). For some reason, I decided to cancel my order less than 10 minutes after ordering (a change of mind about one Criterion I wanted to replace with another) and canceled each item individually. First mistake...

The next morning, I received two e-mails from b&n stating that I couldn't cancel two of the items since they already entered the shipping process (Already? 10 minutes after ordering? Wow!). Okay, no big deal. I can live with these 3 Criterions...

But the hammer fell this morning! 3 days after ordering, I received a notice that my third item was successfully canceled! The FREE one!!! How convenient!

E-mail support...: Bla, bla, bla... We're too busy for you, please call us.

Phone support...: 25 minutes on hold (international long distance call, by the way) without being able to speak to anyone.

And then, a tought occured to me: Let's suppose someone order from them (doesn't cancel like I did) and B&N.com decide, for some obscure reason, to cancel an item that is supposedly "shipping in 24hrs" (like they did, many times during the last 50% sale), would the "3 for 2" promotion still applied or would that person pay full price for their 2 criterions? The answer frightens me...

Horror story. I know quite a few people that had a similar experience with B&N. Their customer service seems pretty shoddy.

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by italy12

Are you a fan of Patton? If so, ever check out his other side projects, Peeping Tom or Lovage?

Yes, a fan... and I own most, if not all, of his output that he's released through his label, Ipecac. I haven't kept up with much music lately as I used to do, but I did recently pick up Mike Patton's Mondo Cane release. I hope you've check out Tomahawk, as well.

Tomahawk - God Hates A Coward

Originally Posted by italy12

I'm going to have to check out Fantômas as well...

I see there's a track listing for Charade, The Godfather, Rosemary's Baby, Night of the Hunter, and freaking Twin Peaks: FWWM!!

Thanks for throwing this out there!

The Director's Cut is the most straight-forward Fantômas album. Their other three albums each involve a different musical theme. You should, at least, enjoy this one particular album. Like you pointed out, it has songs from two films in The Criterion Collection.

Fantômas

CC

[P@t_Mtl]

Just saw the review for Robinson Cruseo On Mars, I haven't seen it in years so it will be very fun to see it once more on Blu-ray (I never got the DVD from 3 years ago for some reason I can't recall now)

I am also very happy about the new Fantomas movie (which is what everyone seem to be talking about) I completed the old silent serial during my Christmas vacation from Kino (been a while since I watched it). I do not recall much about the Fatomas of the 60's, I haven't seen or heard from them in a very long time (probably the 70's the last time I saw anything on that). Anyone as seen them?

[keldons]

Originally Posted by Der Spieler

Horror story. I know quite a few people that had a similar experience with B&N. Their customer service seems pretty shoddy.

Their customer service via email didn't even work after Christmas. They just always responded with an email saying they were too busy to look at your problem.

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I am also very happy about the new Fantomas movie (which is what everyone seem to be talking about)

I'm pretty sure that italy12 and I are talking about the musical band Fantômas, P@t... not any film version.

CC

[painted_klown]

it's an easy mistake though. The star of the film Fantomas is Jean Marais who also starred in The Beauty and the Beast (1946) and The Orphic Trilogy. Both of which are Criterion releases.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

I'm getting it.... can't wait!



There is a thread in the feedback forum for you.....

https://forum.blu-ray.com/feedback-f...e-my-name.html

Thanks.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

Thanks.

You should make it something that still abbreviates to "CG" though..... But I'll continue to use "CG" either way

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

You should make it something that still abbreviates to "CG" though..... But I'll continue to use "CG" either way

I'm glad you said that. I wanted to say you all can still post saying "CG" so it can still be short and I think people would know who that is for. If trouble, I can put one of those corny "still call me CG" sigs or something.

[kndy]

Originally Posted by Ite

Anyone getting Robinson Crusoe On Mars? Looks pretty interesting lol.

Do your research and see if this film is definitely for you. For me, it's like "Castaway" in Mars...substitute Wilson the volleyball with Mona the monkey and added in naked aliens who dress like Egyptians. Hehe...

Some classic sci-fi fans love it, some find it quite kitschy (remember, this came out years before "Star Trek").

It's enjoyable and it's probably the only film where you will see Adam West (pre-Batman) probably appear in a Criterion-related release.

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I am also very happy about the new Fantomas movie (which is what everyone seem to be talking about) I completed the old silent serial during my Christmas vacation from Kino (been a while since I watched it). I do not recall much about the Fatomas of the 60's, I haven't seen or heard from them in a very long time (probably the 70's the last time I saw anything on that). Anyone as seen them?

I haven't seen "Fantomas" '60s but I do know that in a forum, there are people who have gotten confused over Fantomas vs. Judex (both had silent films and a '60s version). But in this case, I think they were discussing a rock band. Nevertheless, "Fantomas" silent is avail. from Kino and "Judex" silent is released by Flicker Alley and the '60s version is released by Masters of Cinema.

[greekak229]

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDRev...ckcorridor.htm

Review for Shock Corridor is up now as well.

I love that Main Menu.

[Yami]

Where's the cheapest place to get Criterion titles in the UK? Barnes and Nobles are $90 for The 400 Blows + Seven Samurai + The Wages of Fear. Is that good? I see that it's 3 for 2

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by Yami

Where's the cheapest place to get Criterion titles in the UK? Barnes and Nobles are $90 for The 400 Blows + Seven Samurai + The Wages of Fear. Is that good? I see that it's 3 for 2

In general I think just ordering from Amazon U.S. would be your best bet for price.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

Thanks.

I hope you know, you have to stay with this name now, because user name changes are like sex change operations--they can only be performed once, or things start to get unrecognizable...

[rkish]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

SpiderBaby

Welcome Home, Son!

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

I'm pretty sure that italy12 and I are talking about the musical band Fantômas, P@t... not any film version.

CC

Originally Posted by kndy

I haven't seen "Fantomas" '60s but I do know that in a forum, there are people who have gotten confused over Fantomas vs. Judex (both had silent films and a '60s version). But in this case, I think they were discussing a rock band. Nevertheless, "Fantomas" silent is avail. from Kino and "Judex" silent is released by Flicker Alley and the '60s version is released by Masters of Cinema.

I see the Fantomas band, never heard of them

I saw there was an announcement for a new Fantomas movie so I tought that was what everyone was talking about. I actually have the Fantomas silent from Kino, it's a great set if anyone is interested, the image quality is amazing when you stop and think it's a DVD and these movies are 100 years old by now.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

I'm

[Show spoiler]glad you said that. I wanted to say you all can still post saying "CG" so it can still be short and I think people would know who that is for. If trouble, I can put one of those

corny "still call me CG"

[Show spoiler]sigs or something.

No problem CG......