The Criterion Collection

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

Thanks to this dude:

http://kellerhouse.com/

Well he did the poster campaign for the film, but to be honest the overall design is simple and clean for the Blu/ DVD release however in my eyes it doesn't look that Criterion to me.

Keller's work is all really good, I love the piece he did for THE AMERICAN, I really love that film.

The menu design isn't in a Criterion format, background footage is simple without giving away details of the film. (Pet Peeve is that the menu will pay key film sequences total spoiler alert)

I doubt this film was ever going to be a Criterion release from the start, SONY started licensing films to Criterion again but a film like this I think any studio would hold onto it and take the money for themselves fully.

I ended up opening my case with a razor blade on the spine that lets the inner case pull out, downside is if I ever want to unwrap it there goes the outer slip haha.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

Why would Sony want to share the money they will make off of it is the reason. They prob can't wait to put Oscar stickers all over it.

Now I'll have to buy one to keep the slipcover "minty" and one to have all of the stickers......

[Disturbed Blu 1]

I finally watched my copy of Hunger last night. I thought it was a really good film. It was powerful, disturbing, and beautiful. I was literally at the edge of me seat with my jaw dropped when

[Show spoiler]the swat team came in a started beating the prisoners.

and

[Show spoiler]when the prison worker dies in the nursing home next to is mom and she just sits there staring dead ahead.

The minor problem I had with it was that I could barely understand the characters at times. I had to rewind a few times and put on subtitles. A truly great film.

I can't wait to watch my other Criterion blu-rays. And I hope to get more soon.

[tfunk]

http://www.joblo.com/digital/index.php?id=8004

Figured I would share this.

[herzog4life]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

You won't be stupid for not knowing. Outside of kndy, Pro-B, and CC (who was going to get the film before my love for this was posted), I don't know anybody else who seen it or less heard about it. It's a Tinto Brass film called The Howl, which is prob one of my fav films right now. It's a surreal, funny, wacky, b-movie like, Godard's Weekend if Bunuel co-directed, fun film.

A quick fun fact, Tinto Brass was asked to direct A Clockwork Orange, but didn't do it. Instead he made this film, which as much as I love A Clockwork Orange, this is better.

Tina Aumont, the woman in my pic, is worth to watch this alone.

Hey SpiderGodard,
Have you seen the Brass film Salon Kitty...I've been interested in seeing it, and noticed there was a blu release of it.

I hope they make the announcement on Friday for new Criterions!

[ShellOilJunior]

We're announcing new titles on [url]http://www.Criterion.com[/url] this Friday, what are you hoping for? 5 minutes ago via HootSuite

[JediFonger]

no1 usually does, hahahahah >P i could google/wiki everything. but hearing it from people in this thread helps imho >P

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Please, no one answer Jedi.

CC

BTW, Barnes&Nobles (on&offline) are having a Buy2Get1 Free sale. grabbed 6 titles:

-Videodrome
-Cronos
-Robinson Crusoe On Mars
-Army of Shadows
-Naked Kiss
-Broadcast News

for ~$20-ish shipped each title.

the January pre-order titles are also part of this sale, the Feb. pre-orders are NOT.

[myka22]

Originally Posted by tfunk

How many here have watched Close Up? I watched it last night for the first time, and I ended up really enjoying it. I was just wondering what the popular opinion was of this movie, because I don't see it talked about a lot.

I thought it was great, its sort of at the bottom of my list of Criterion's I feel I should own, I always end up with something else when there is a sale. To me its not that enjoyable of a film to watch, but its very thought provoking, the whole thing was quite compelling to me. I consider it a strange and small masterpiece.

[jmcy2k]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

We're announcing new titles on [url]http://www.Criterion.com[/url] this Friday, what are you hoping for? 5 minutes ago via HootSuite

Carlos

[Yami]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

We're announcing new titles on [url]http://www.Criterion.com[/url] this Friday, what are you hoping for? 5 minutes ago via HootSuite

More Bergman (Trilogy + Fanny and Alexander)
Solaris
Brazil

[JediFonger]

more kurosawa >)

[the sordid sentinel]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

We're announcing new titles on [url]http://www.Criterion.com[/url] this Friday, what are you hoping for? 5 minutes ago via HootSuite

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by herzog4life

Hey SpiderGodard,
Have you seen the Brass film Salon Kitty...I've been interested in seeing it, and noticed there was a blu release of it.

I hope they make the announcement on Friday for new Criterions!

No, even though I have known about it for awhile (when I started in film, I was an exploitation fan first, so later in that fan base, Blue Underground was Criterion in that field. I'm prob still a bigger B-movie/exploitation fan than anything, but that is a different story.) I haven't seen any of his "erotic" films, besides Caligula (which kind of not fully his). His 60's films are pretty good so far. I should of got his 3 60's films set instead of buying Howl by itself. But I'm renting his others. I'll most likely get to it soon, with the blu-ray out.

[ShellOilJunior]

These would be grand:

THE KILLING
SOLARIS
HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR
BATTLE OF ALGIERS

[StefR]

I hope they do a BD release of Fishing with John simply so it can get a new cover. It currently has the worst cover ever. Not just for a Criterion, but out of any cover EVER.

[greekak229]

Battle of Algiers, most definitely.

[SpiderBaby]

That cover is awesome IMO.

[easyblu]

Originally Posted by JediFonger

more kurosawa >)

I'd be happy with that since I love Kurosawa, but I'd like to see some other Japanese directors get some blu-ray releases considering Kurosawa already has 4 films on blu. How about some Masaki Kobayashi, Kenji Mizoguchi, or Yasujirô Ozu blu-ray love?

[Eny-]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

These would be grand:

THE KILLING
SOLARIS
HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR
BATTLE OF ALGIERS

YES, PLEASE!

[JediFonger]

Still Walking
Hirokazu Kore-eda

comin out 2/8

Originally Posted by easyblu

I'd be happy with that since I love Kurosawa, but I'd like to see some other Japanese directors get some blu-ray releases considering Kurosawa already has 4 films on blu. How about some Masaki Kobayashi, Kenji Mizoguchi, or Yasujirô Ozu blu-ray love?