The Criterion Collection

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Maybe Pro-B was having a laugh?

Who knows, maybe Amazon.ca won't carry it. They're really slow updating their preorders. Also, as P@t pointed out, a lot of these "embargos" on where and when you can purchase stuff isn't always enforced.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Maybe Pro-B was having a laugh?

No, the warning is always there. I can't blame them. I mean per the law the titles they release should not be available for Quebec because the track is never in French, I mean to be fair the track is hardly ever in English anyway since they release so many foreign movies. As such they will not prevent anyone from ordering since in reality its mostly say 'SOLD IN QUEBEC" and if I purchase it on Amazon.ca or another place it's really not sold in Quebec and as such they don,t care. The law also does not say the goverment can come into you house and retrieve English movie from you. Each person is free to do as he please in his own house. Like I said mostly applied for theater releases. Most places will put the warning but they will ship it anyway. Even the sold in Quebec is pretty much overlook as stores will sell them anyway. The only time they might be remove is when they get the visit of a zealous goverment agent (my friend work at Toys R Us for many years) and he knew which agent was going to be a pain and the others would just look, smile and go away. Stores caught with "English track only" movies are simply ask to remove them and ship them back to other stores in the rest of Canada, they never receive any penalities. It's a weird law that the Partie Quebecois promise they would put in place if elected and they did and for which no one ever really pay much attention.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by rkish

My Dad was determined to make it to the Cabot Trail and it brought back the memory of one day trip we made. At the north tip of Cape Breton Island is an area called Meat Cove. My father had read about a very scenic road, named Meat Cove road, that was only suggested for good drivers ( AAA travel guide). Dad was a good driver and thought nothing of it originally. It turned out that at one point, the road turns dirt...goes to one very tight lane that is fairly high up and a sheer drop on each side into the Atlantic. But the piece de resistance, was that it became a dead end and my Dad had to back up for a considerable distance. He'd never admit it...but I'll bet he defecated a brick during that harrowing drive.

Oh my, Meat Cove is a bit of a joke around here. You know how you Americans joke about certain places in the South/Appalacians as being backwoods, incestuous, communities? Well, that's Meat Cove for you. It's probably not anywhere near as bad as what people make it out to be, but it is a very, very, small community (about 100 people), and it is rather isolated. In summer of 2010, the community was completely closed off as all the bridges and roads washed out during a storm. I haven't been there myself, I just have heard that the roads are pitiful there.

[exolstice]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

There is indeed a law in the Province Of Quebec that regards movie. The law say that for a movie to be show in theaters on or sold in store, both the English track and French track have to be available at the sametime. This goes back to the days when movies in North America would only be release in English and a French translation was not available since the release in Europe would not happen for months. The main problem in those days (50's to 70s) the larger French population was not as well educated, now a days most speak English but the law is there and actually most still prefer seeing a movie dub in French (which I never understood). In the case of Criterion, the only language track is eiher English or whatever language the movie was release in (with English sub). So normally they could not be sold here but they can. Amazon.ca always have a warning for Criiterion as not available in Quebec but they always ship and most stores will have Criterion in their racks. I suppose Criterion just does not want to bother with it and just go with we won't ship in French Canada. I am willing to bet they would ship it anyway if someone were to place and order. In general the French language law is only really applied for releases in theaters.

For the Criterions that have (n/a in Quebec) on Amazon.ca, I don't think it's a language issue, as some of those films are in French. I researched it a while back and it apparently it is some sort of licensing issue, but I can't find the link now.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by exolstice

For the Criterions that have (n/a in Quebec) on Amazon.ca, I don't think it's a language issue, as some of those films are in French. I researched it a while back and it apparently it is some sort of licensing issue, but I can't find the link now.

What I did notice is that the French titles like Les Salaires De La Peur or Zazie Dans Le Metro never seem to have the warning not available in Quebec, so that is why I always think it's releated with a French track. It's possible other right issues are involve as well. Movie rights are so weid to start with anyway

But in any case, anyone from Montreal or the rest of Quebec, if you ever see any warning that a Criterion is not available in Quebec do not worry and order it, you will receive it. I speak from experience on this one.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Oh my, Meat Cove is a bit of a joke around here. You know how you Americans joke about certain places in the South/Appalacians as being backwoods, incestuous, communities? Well, that's Meat Cove for you. It's probably not anywhere near as bad as what people make it out to be, but it is a very, very, small community (about 100 people), and it is rather isolated. In summer of 2010, the community was completely closed off as all the bridges and roads washed out during a storm. I haven't been there myself, I just have heard that the roads are pitiful there.

Wow...that is too funny. Like Ned Beatty in Deliverance...that'll teach ya for trusting AAA. I think you are the only person I'ved talked to, other than the remains of my immediate family, that I've told this story to, that would understand what I was talking about!

[kazama]

Just finished watching La Jetée not long ago, and all I can say is WOW, it was magical! One of the most beautiful films I have ever seen, Chris Marker is a genius.

Now I can't wait to watch Sans Soleil.

[italy12]

Originally Posted by SHMACKDOJO

I just did this in two seconds, so excuse the crudity. If they just zoomed in and ditched the boring beige backdrop, Malkovich might look way better:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/62188041@N04/6888780725/

I've never been one to gripe about cover art...it is what it is. But, I love your intrerpretation of the BJM cover!

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by rkish

Wow...that is too funny. Like Ned Beatty in Deliverance...that'll teach ya for trusting AAA. I think you are the only person I'ved talked to, other than the remains of my immediate family, that I've told this story to, that would understand what I was talking about!

I've been to Cape Breton several times, but I've never lived there. I've driven past the signs for Meat Cove, and have only heard the snarky comments about it. I grew up in Central NS, about an hour outside of HRM. My family is split up all over the province.

There are a few other "interesting" places in NS, such as down in the Annapolis Valley with the Golers. Nasty lot there.

[The Bronx Bull]

All of the Chaplin lovers might find this interesting!

http://now.msn.com/now/0217-chaplin-fbi-files.aspx

Declassified documents show FBI, MI5 spied on Chaplin

21 mins ago

According to declassified documents quoted in The Guardian, the FBI had a 2,000-page file on Charlie Chaplin and reached out across the pond for help spying on him. In 1952, J. Edgar Hoover contacted the UK's MI5 security agency because he was concerned that Chaplin was a Communist sympathizer; meanwhile, the Brits wondered if the actor was actually - quelle horreur! - French.

The MI5 eventually concluded that Chaplin was "not a security risk" but, oddly enough, couldn't find proof of his birth in England or France. Regardless, Chaplin was banned from re-entering the U.S in 1953. Wait, we booted Charlie, but we're OK with Snooki staying here?

[P@t_Mtl]

I think everyone knew about the FBI files for a very long time. J. Edgard Hoover detested Chaplin with great passion

[BohemianGraham]

Also, the FBI kept files on everyone, and kept updating them long after they died:

Years after his death, it was revealed that the FBI had a file of nearly 500 pages on Ochs. Much of the information in those files relates to his association with counterculture figures, protest organizers, musicians, and other people described by the FBI as "subversive". The FBI was often sloppy in collecting information on Ochs: his name was frequently misspelled "Oakes" in their files, and they continued to consider him "potentially dangerous" after his death.

Phil Ochs died in 1976, from self-inflicted causes due to his bipolar disorder, alcoholism. He was a bit of a radical, if anyone knows anything of him.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Also, the FBI kept files on everyone, and kept updating them long after they died:



Phil Ochs died in 1976, from self-inflicted causes due to his bipolar disorder, alcoholism. He was a bit of a radical, if anyone knows anything of him.

Especially us oldsters..he was also a mainstay of my college radio days, along with Boston, Frank Zappa, Charlie Mingus, and Pete Seeger, who is a fellow Beacon resident.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by rkish

Hey Spidey...you buy that region free player yet?

nope. Will try real soon though.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by rkish

Especially us oldsters..he was also a mainstay of my college radio days, along with Boston, Frank Zappa, Charlie Mingus, and Pete Seeger, who is a fellow Beacon resident.

He's not a mainstay anymore? I have Phil Ochs ringtones for my iJesusPhone, which, like Phil is a contradiction. Phil was totally counterculture, yet he really craved fame and recognition. Have you watched There But For Fortune, the most recent doc that came out back in July? http://www.amazon.com/Phil-Ochs-Ther...9504084&sr=8-1 It's well worth a viewing, and owning. Anyone who shuns DVD because they think it's an inferior format is missing out on a great doc if they refuse to view it for those reasons.

I always preferred Pete to Woody, and Phil to Bob. Bob's a poseur, and his songs are overrated.

[SpiderBaby]

Did anyone see Criterion's tweet:

"On May 22nd, a major work by Abbas Kiarostami comes to Blu-ray and DVD"

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

Did anyone see Criterion's tweet:

"On May 22nd, a major work by Abbas Kiarostami comes to Blu-ray and DVD"

Well not everyone at Criterion agrees with each other. Maybe Peter didn't tweet that, but someone else did.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Well not everyone at Criterion agrees with each other. Maybe Peter didn't tweet that, but someone else did.

either way I think it's Criterion poking at the fans with the whole TF vs CC "Major vs Minor" thing the fans was having.

[AreaUnderTheCurve]

My copy of Traffic that I bought during the V-Day sale arrived. Man, they really skimped on the insert, didn't they?

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

either way I think it's Criterion poking at the fans with the whole TF vs CC "Major vs Minor" thing the fans was and still arehaving.

FTFY. It's the beginning of the end for Criterion apparently, because teh ebul hipsters are taking over.

Good for Criterion though. People give them too much crap for stupid reasons.