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[Banned User]

The real question is can the Criterion Forum go even a week without bashing Anderson and/or Nolan?

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Banned User

The real question is can the Criterion Forum go even a week without bashing Anderson and/or Nolan?

We need something to do between the official announcements and the B&N sales

Talking about the collection and our opinions of it might be even more dangerous after a while but I could be wrong?

Not that anyone care but I will be watching Le Salaire de la peur tonight

[deltasun]

Originally Posted by GuruAskew

It started with the Batman movies. I own "Batman & Robin" and "Batman: The Movie" too so that's not much of an endorsement. Then I actually wound up the rest of them via <$10 sales. Then the "you have every other one so you might as well get the one you don't have" compulsive behavior kicked in. Know thine enemy.

I actually kinda like "Memento" though, gimmicky and shallow as it is. And to bring this back on-topic I won't be able to resist the "Following" Criterion Blu whenever it comes out even though it's a worthless and amateurish piece of trash.

Makes no sense whatsoever. But then again, this did start with you owning Batman and Robin, so I shouldn't be surprised by that last statement.

Originally Posted by ImportFanatic

Its certainly a lot better than the Lionsgate/Studio Canal release of Kurosawa's Ran!

You had me at Studio Canal.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by deltasun

You had me at Studio Canal.

Yeah! I bought the Studio Canal release of Ran but I kept the Criterion DVD anyway

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Yeah! I bought the Studio Canal release of Ran but I kept the Criterion DVD anyway

I am sure this has been discussed before, but I can't remember. Is there any way to find out the terms of the agreements Studio Canal or Criterion have about a title? I imagine not--there isn't much reason to make it public--but I always wonder whether, for example, Studio Canal could lose Ran in the same way that Criterion did.

[Rodyon Raskolnikov]

I just ordered The Complete Jean Vigo from Planet Axel. I got free shipping with a coupon code they sent me so it boiled down to 31$ shipped. Considering I'll get the release earlier on top of that, this deal is, as Larry David would say, "prettay prettay prettay good".

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by blkhrt

I am sure this has been discussed before, but I can't remember. Is there any way to find out the terms of the agreements Studio Canal or Criterion have about a title? I imagine not--there isn't much reason to make it public--but I always wonder whether, for example, Studio Canal could lose Ran in the same way that Criterion did.

There was some talk back in the Studio Canal thread when it was first release but I doubt anyone really know for sure what went on. I keep hoping that Criterion could get the rights back and make a release on Blu-ray, the eternal optimist that I am

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by rock, stone

Am I the only person who is relieved when Criterion announces some movies that I am not interested in? It means my disposable income has become more flexible. November will be an inflexible month.

we agree on something.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by Rodyon Raskolnikov

I just ordered The Complete Jean Vigo from Planet Axel. I got free shipping with a coupon code they sent me so it boiled down to 31$ shipped. Considering I'll get the release earlier on top of that, this deal is, as Larry David would say, "prettay prettay prettay good".

I am going to the extreme here and say this is, for me, the best Criterion release ever.

[octagon]

I'm all in favor of high quality releases but if there are any plans to do anything with Ran I hope they're on the backest of the back burners (I think I might have made that phrase up - it's kinda poetic, no?).

There's a ton of stuff I'd rather have first. Hell, there are a half dozen other Kurusawas (that I know of) I'd rather have first.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

There was some talk back in the Studio Canal thread when it was first release but I doubt anyone really know for sure what went on. I keep hoping that Criterion could get the rights back and make a release on Blu-ray, the eternal optimist that I am

I am just as optomistic

Luckily my DVD copy will tide me over.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by octagon

I'm all in favor of high quality releases but if there are any plans to do anything with Ran I hope they're on the backest of the back burners (I think I might have made that phrase up - it's kinda poetic, no?).

There's a ton of stuff I'd rather have first. Hell, there are a half dozen other Kurusawas (that I know of) I'd rather have first.

While I would love a good release of Ran, I understand your point. I was just using it to ask the question.

Now, if they could release a blu-ray of Peeping Tom, that would be another issue all together.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by octagon

I'm all in favor of high quality releases but if there are any plans to do anything with Ran I hope they're on the backest of the back burners (I think I might have made that phrase up - it's kinda poetic, no?).

There's a ton of stuff I'd rather have first. Hell, there are a half dozen other Kurusawas (that I know of) I'd rather have first.

Agreed, I want some Ozu on Blu-ray Criterion, please...s'il vous plait!!!!!

[deltasun]

Originally Posted by octagon

I'm all in favor of high quality releases but if there are any plans to do anything with Ran I hope they're on the backest of the back burners (I think I might have made that phrase up - it's kinda poetic, no?).

There's a ton of stuff I'd rather have first. Hell, there are a half dozen other Kurusawas (that I know of) I'd rather have first.

Hmm...sounds similar to other folks' pleas on back burnering (another made up word) Wes Anderson movies.

Granted you only called for one film.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by deltasun

Hmm...sounds similar to other folks' pleas on back burnering (another made up word) Wes Anderson movies.

Granted you only called for one film.

Well for some they are just as tired of seeing Kurosawa releases as Anderson

[tfunk]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

Now people can't have different opinions on Nolan?

People can have all the different opinions they want. I'm just tired of Nolan and Wes Anderson being time bombs that go off once every 3 days, and then actual interesting un-rehashed opinions of Criterion Collection films and rumored films, reviews, and whatever else are either completely lost in the shuffle or just don't exist, and we get 4 pages of nonsensical hullabaloo about 'Why no one likes Inception' or 'Why Bottle Rocket was pretentious' or whatever else.

That might seem like it went against my whole 'opinions on Criterion Collection films and rumored films', but when it comes up as often as it does, it gets really GD annoying.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Well for some they are just as tired of seeing Kurosawa releases as Anderson

That's part of it but the fact that Ran already has a BD release is the bigger factor for me. I know the SC+ release has its problems but fixing bad BD releases is pretty far down my priority list.

Then again, I hope they announce/tease Spartacus soon so who the hell knows what's going through my head from one minute to the next.

[SammyJankis]

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Cul-d.../24195/#Review

Cul-de-Sac review.

[AgentOrange]

Originally Posted by octagon

That's part of it but the fact that Ran already has a BD release is the bigger factor for me. I know the SC+ release has its problems but fixing bad BD releases is pretty far down my priority list.

Then again, I hope they announce/tease Spartacus soon so who the hell knows what's going through my head from one minute to the next.

Fixing a *bad* BD release is fine by me. Considering I refuse to buy what is out there now, they might as well still be unreleased anyway.

[Hendershot737]

Only 1 Day after our most recent announcement, but here's my prediction for December: