The Criterion Collection

[balthazar_bee]

Originally Posted by Hendershot737

The King of Marvin Gardens (thus finally completing my viewing of all of the BBS collection) was truly great. I thought both Bruce Dern and Jack Nicholson were great, especially Jack Nicholson's opening monologue.

So despite a fever, I thought these were all great flicks

I know everyone was (sarcasm) dying to know all of this [perhaps there are the few that simply needed recommendations to which I recommend everything above], but I am truly curious on peoples positions on Yojimbo/Sanjuro...and I would have loved more movies that dealt with Sanjuro and followed more of his escapades.

I'm very fond of Marvin Gardens; between you, me, and David Thomson, I guess there are at least three of us.

Yojimbo I enjoy. Sanjuro too, but I'm a little cooler on it.

[Nailbunny]

I was watching Chungking Express last week, and noticed that in a particular scene, there is a line running down the screen. Is this a defect in the film or the disc?

IIRC, specifically, its the scene

[Show spoiler]in the second story where the guy finds the girl in his apartment and she falls asleep on the couch, but before he falls asleep.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by balthazar_bee

I'm very fond of Marvin Gardens; between you, me, Bohemian Graham and David Thomson, I guess there are at least four of us.

Yojimbo I enjoy. Sanjuro too, but I'm a little cooler on it.

Fixed this for you.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by balthazar_bee

I'm very fond of Marvin Gardens; between you, me, and David Thomson, I guess there are at least five of us.
Yojimbo I enjoy. Sanjuro too, but I'm a little cooler on it.

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Fixed this for you.

Fixed this for you.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

I love them both, but I prefer Yojimbo. There was a non-Kurosawa film that featured Mifune called Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo, but I can't comment on it as I have never watched it.

Zatoichi meets Yojimbo was immensely boring for me.
Although I like Mifune a lot, my favorite Kurosawa movie actor is Tatsuya Nakadai. He played an immense range of characters in films from Yojimbo/Sanjuro to High & Low to Kagemusha and Ran. He was also terrific in the Hiroshi Teshigahara / Kobo Abe film The Face of Another.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Zatoichi meets Yojimbo was immensely boring for me.
Although I like Mifune a lot, my favorite Kurosawa movie actor is Tatsuya Nakadai. He played an immense range of characters in films from Yojimbo/Sanjuro to High & Low to Kagemusha and Ran. He was also terrific in the Hiroshi Teshigahara / Kobo Abe film The Face of Another.

And Harakiri.

Kwaidan is coming on TCM this week, which stars Nakadai as well.

I always liked Takashi Shimura as a Kurosawa actor as well as Nakadai and Mifune.

[zeroman987]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Zatoichi meets Yojimbo was immensely boring for me.
Although I like Mifune a lot, my favorite Kurosawa movie actor is Tatsuya Nakadai. He played an immense range of characters in films from Yojimbo/Sanjuro to High & Low to Kagemusha and Ran. He was also terrific in the Hiroshi Teshigahara / Kobo Abe film The Face of Another.

Nakadai is my favorite Japanese actor as well. He is deeply moving in the Human Condition, has a powerful presence in Harakiri and is hilarious in Kill!. He seems to have a great range and while I like Mifune a great deal, Nakadai just outclasses him on every level that is important to me.

[fdm]

Originally Posted by Melodious Thunk

There is also a UK BFI release of Les Vacances de M. Hulot, although it is region B locked. I love Tati, and Trafic is a decent film, but what I'm really desperate for is a blu-ray release of Mon Oncle.

Trafic I found rather tedious, hard to sit through; Hulot not nearly as much, but still... Playtime and Mon Oncle are my two favorites. Not sure how rewatchable any of them will be. Have yet to see Parade or Jour de Fête.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

I watched Daisies last night on Hulu. What a odd little film. I really enjoyed the visuals, sometimes I found myself not reading the subs to just look at the visuals. The two girls were extremely cute and fun to watch. There was no plot in this film (unless I missed it). It was just these two girls running around doing odd things. I enjoyed it for what it was and will check out the other films in the Czech set. Very strange film thou. And this is coming from someone who absolutely loved Pierrot Le Fou. At 1 hour 13 min its definitely something worth checking out.

If you love films with playful anarchy (Vigo's Zéro de conduite) throughout, this was the point of this film. It's just a surreal, borderline experimental, sarcastic, anarchic fun. That is why I love it. You can mark it up as feminism, I don't. Subversive? Yes.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Nailbunny

I was watching Chungking Express last week, and noticed that in a particular scene, there is a line running down the screen. Is this a defect in the film or the disc?

IIRC, specifically, its the scene

[Show spoiler]in the second story where the guy finds the girl in his apartment and she falls asleep on the couch, but before he falls asleep.

I would check for you but I have the UK import and I imagine you are talking about the Criterion?

[HD Canuck]

Picked up my first BR Criterion yesterday; The Last Emperor. I just wish it wasn't in an all cardboard case.

What's the word on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou hitting Criterion Blu? It is on Criterion DVD.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by HD Canuck

Picked up my first BR Criterion yesterday; The Last Emperor. I just wish it wasn't in an all cardboard case.

It's a great release, yes too bad for the cardboard package but they did a great job on the content

[jcs913]

To all the fans of Head.

RIP Davy Jones...

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by jcs913

To all the fans of Head.

RIP Davy Jones...

I just saw that as well!

[retablo]

Originally Posted by APx3OG

Sad to see Trafic will never get a Blu-ray release from Criterion. All the more reason to pick up the fantastic DVD before prices sky rocket. No new releases on any format in any country. I have a feeling Tati wont be getting the love he deserves on blu, aside from playtime of course.

He only directed 8 films (one is a short), so I'd say 1 out of 7 is some pretty good love so far. More than a lot of directors.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by jcs913

To all the fans of Head.

RIP Davy Jones...

Wow...66 years old and a heart attack. Did he have a heart condition? He looked the healthiest of the current members.

Very sorry to hear of his passing...

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by jcs913

To all the fans of Head.

RIP Davy Jones...

Never thought I'd be upset about a celebrity passing on, but this is sad.

[jayputter]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Never thought I'd be upset about a celebrity passing on, but this is sad.

Same here. He seemed like such a genuinely nice person. I'm truly bummed right now.

R.I.P.. Davy

[*DrStrangelove*]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

If you love films with playful anarchy (Vigo's Zéro de conduite) throughout, this was the point of this film. It's just a surreal, borderline experimental, sarcastic, anarchic fun. That is why I love it. You can mark it up as feminism, I don't. Subversive? Yes.

You explain the film quite perfectly. I'm very interested in getting the Vigo set now. Is it worth getting the bluray or are the differences, pq wise, minimal compared to the DVD?

[Cinemach]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

You explain the film quite perfectly. I'm very interested in getting the Vigo set now. Is it worth getting the bluray or are the differences, pq wise, minimal compared to the DVD?

Get it. One of the absolute best releases in the collection. And you might as well get the blu, as given a choice the blu will always look better + you get lossless sound. L'Atalante and especially Apropos de Nice looked much better than I thought they would, for what it's worth.