The Criterion Collection

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by italy12

Just watched "If...." last night with Malcolm McDowell. What an interesting little movie. It was one thatI had seen in the CC section at B&N, and the premise always sounded interesting. That, and I am a fan of McDowell's work.

Anyone here ever see it? I barely see it mentioned (out of the 550+ CC films).

Seen it, own it, love it!

You probably don't see much talk about many of the Criterion DVDs simply because this is a blu-ray specific website.

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[rkish]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Seen it, own it, love it!

You probably don't see much talk about many of the Criterion DVDs simply because this is a blu-ray specific website.

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I'll take that as high praise!

Just added to NetFlix rental queue and will check out in about a week. Got another Ozu in mind for the coming weekend.

Tokyo-Ga coming for tomorrow.

[italy12]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Seen it, own it, love it!

You probably don't see much talk about many of the Criterion DVDs simply because this is a blu-ray specific website.

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Yea, I liked it too...didn't realize the release date on this film until after I saw it. While I was watching it, I was trying to figure out if it was before Clockwork or after...

But you have to agree that there is a fair amount of DVD talk here, as well as non-Criterion and Pink Floyd discussion that doesn't always fit the "Criterion Blu ray" nature of this thread.

[italy12]

Originally Posted by rkish

I'll take that as high praise!

Just added to NetFlix rental queue and will check out in about a week. Got another Ozu in mind for the coming weekend.

Tokyo-Ga coming for tomorrow.

Yes, it was highly enjoyable!!

[fkbrun]

I do wish they announce Children of Paradise soon. That would be a real treat.

[tfunk]

I'm still trying to knock out my B&N sale purchases, as I've hit a bit of a stalling point. Over the weekend, I was trying to decide whether I should watch Paris, Texas or Black Orpheus. 2 EXTREMELY different movies, I couldn't decide, and eventually I wasn't able to watch either. So, being that these are the 2 movies I plan to choose between the next time that I'm able to watch something, which would you fine folks here recommend as the better option of the 2?

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by italy12

Just watched "If...." last night with Malcolm McDowell. What an interesting little movie. It was one that I had seen in the CC section at B&N, and the premise always sounded interesting. That, and I am a fan of McDowell's work.

Anyone here ever see it? I barely see it mentioned (out of the 550+ CC films).

I saw it several years ago. A fascinating film with its use of B/W and Color. Although, I've heard from some the use of b/w merely had to do with budget restraints.

[italy12]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I saw it several years ago. A fascinating film with its use of B/W and Color. Although, I've heard from some the use of b/w merely had to do with budget restraints.

I was trying to figure out what was significant about the black and white scenes and for the life of me, I couldn't!

[larry47591]

in the biggest suprise of my day so far they are announcing titles today

[italy12]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Yes, but there are 550 plus Criterion DVD titles so you can't expect a constant mention of them all. I don't recall if Time Out's list of the best British films was linked here, but there are a number of Criterions on it,

[Show spoiler]including If...

: http://www.timeout.com/london/bestbritishfilms/

Oh, I know. I was just saying...

There are probably hundreds of titles that haven't even been mentioned once. And, since it is a "BD-themed thread", the chances of a lot of these DVD-only titles being mentioned is pretty slim. But I still like to give credit where credit is due with good films in the CC catalogue.

[eco10530]

Originally Posted by tfunk

I'm still trying to knock out my B&N sale purchases, as I've hit a bit of a stalling point. Over the weekend, I was trying to decide whether I should watch Paris, Texas or Black Orpheus. 2 EXTREMELY different movies, I couldn't decide, and eventually I wasn't able to watch either. So, being that these are the 2 movies I plan to choose between the next time that I'm able to watch something, which would you fine folks here recommend as the better option of the 2?

sometimes I just flip a coin to help me decide

[italy12]

Originally Posted by larry47591

in the biggest suprise of my day so far they are announcing titles today

Holy crap that is awesome! I wanted to go around yelling about it to my co workers, but they would have no idea what in holy hell I was speaking of.

I just saw it on their fb page...so, it is official!

[italy12]

Originally Posted by tfunk

I'm still trying to knock out my B&N sale purchases, as I've hit a bit of a stalling point. Over the weekend, I was trying to decide whether I should watch Paris, Texas or Black Orpheus. 2 EXTREMELY different movies, I couldn't decide, and eventually I wasn't able to watch either. So, being that these are the 2 movies I plan to choose between the next time that I'm able to watch something, which would you fine folks here recommend as the better option of the 2?

Paris, Texas would be the obvious chouice for some based on how much love it gets on these boards. Of course, it is a great film, so there's that...

Black Orpheus, on the other hand, was really good as well. I got a chance to finally see that last month or so after owning it for a while, and I enjoyed it. It's fun, tells a great story, is entertaining, and very easy to follow.

Can't go wrong with either!

[larry47591]

Originally Posted by italy12

Holy crap that is awesome! I wanted to go around yelling about it to my co workers, but they would have no idea what in holy hell I was speaking of.

I just saw it on their fb page...so, it is official!

Yeah i am pretty excited myself. I am not going to try and guess the titles but i will guess we get 5 blu-ray titles

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by larry47591

in the biggest suprise of my day so far they are announcing titles today

The makes me believe that there has to be some sort of 'love' themed release, like Salo..

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by jcs913

The makes me believe that there has to be some sort of 'love' themed release, like Salo..

That would make perfect sense to me, jcs. You and I, and ten others, would greatly appreciate it.

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[Arkadin]

I would love to see an If... release on bd one day.
great film!

[keldons]

Hoping for Carlos, I've watched 2/3 parts and it is pretty fantastic.

[italy12]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

That would make perfect sense to me, jcs. You and I, and ten others, would greatly appreciate it.

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I've wanted to see that one for quite some time...due to its contraversial nature. It'd be nice on Blu ray. I looked for the DVD on Blockbuster online and no dice.

Makes sense with the Valentine's Day theme...if they went with Picnic at Hanging Rock as well...

[italy12]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

I would love to see an If... release on bd one day.
great film!

Just watched that last night (not sure if that's why you bring it up...I mentioned it a page ago) and enjoyed it. The DVD looked nice, but I could see a BD release sitting nicely on my shelf.