The Criterion Collection

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by joie

No, because naive people shouldn't assume I know a thing.

See, I don't assume people know stuff based on what their titles are. I assume people know stuff by actually reading their posts. The titles are just assigned by how many posts you have, and I'm not sure if deleting posts will change your title.

You might have to delete 84 posts to see if your title changes, because I'm sure than once you hit 100, you become an active member.

[scottpcusa]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

See, I don't assume people know stuff based on what their titles are. I assume people know stuff by actually reading their posts. The titles are just assigned by how many posts you have, and I'm not sure if deleting posts will change your title.

You might have to delete 84 posts to see if your title changes, because I'm sure than once you hit 100, you become an active member.

Weird...they're still disappearing.

As for title changes...I still want to know how to become a Blu-ray Ninja. I've been stuck in active member purgatory for a long time.

And as far as actual Criterions are concerned, I'm still wondering if I'm the only person who has watched Vanya on 42nd Street. I'm interested to hear what other peeps think about it.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by scottpcusa

Weird...they're still disappearing.

As for title changes...I still want to know how to become a Blu-ray Ninja. I've been stuck in active member purgatory for a long time.

And as far as actual Criterions are concerned, I'm still wondering if I'm the only person who has watched Vanya on 42nd Street. I'm interested to hear what other peeps think about it.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...nk#post5806870

This is how you get to be a ninja. Post over 5000 posts. Somehow I think Stalin is preventing us from this.

I haven't watched Vanya, and no one really mentions it besides you. I may have to check it out so you're not talking to yourself, because this forum seems to focus on a few select titles Criterion has put out. Even then, some are more discussed than others.

[scottpcusa]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...nk#post5806870

This is how you get to be a ninja. Post over 5000 posts. Somehow I think Stalin is preventing us from this.

I haven't watched Vanya, and no one really mentions it besides you. I may have to check it out so you're not talking to yourself, because this forum seems to focus on a few select titles Criterion has put out. Even then, some are more discussed than others.

*GULP* I have a long way to go. But now that I've seen the list...Ninja Sminja!!! I want to be a GRAND DUKE!!!

As for Vanya...I don't predict much convo surrounding it... But at least it hasn't been dealt the same fate of anger and hate as Tiny Furniture (which is still waiting in my Netflix queue for me to get through the last seasons of United States of Tara, Californication, and Eureka.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

We need to start talking about Criterion titles now, or we're going to be exterminated and sent to gulags!

Well I did post about my Roberto Rossellini Eclipse sets but it was lost among all the other stuff going on in here

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by jayputter

I'm 38, and I'll be 39 in August. I was so young just a couple of years ago. Sigh.

From your avatar, I would've guess you're a 54-year old Australian, no?

We're all slowly fading away like Marty McFly's family in his photo.

[IronWaffle]

Originally Posted by scottpcusa

And as far as actual Criterions are concerned, I'm still wondering if I'm the only person who has watched Vanya on 42nd Street. I'm interested to hear what other peeps think about it.

Originally Posted by scottpcusa

As for Vanya...I don't predict much convo surrounding it... But at least it hasn't been dealt the same fate of anger and hate as Tiny Furniture (which is still waiting in my Netflix queue for me to get through the last seasons of United States of Tara, Californication, and Eureka.

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

I haven't watched Vanya, and no one really mentions it besides you. I may have to check it out so you're not talking to yourself, because this forum seems to focus on a few select titles Criterion has put out. Even then, some are more discussed than others.

I have the old Sony DVD and have watched it several times, though not in the last year or two, so it is difficult to discuss it in depth. I do plan on buying the blu (and a few other double dips) at the potential B&N sale.

Those who haven't seen it, it really is worth seeking out. The performances are solid. As a staged play in an empty theater it almost reminds me of what I'd expect from a Bergman play -- the themes are similarly heavy and bitter but not without humor and measured hope. Rightly or wrongly, I associate this with Winter Light and Wild Strawberries (or even to a lesser degree Crimes and Misdemeanors).

While re-reading about the film after the new edition was announced I was surprised to see Chekhov's source material discussed as a comedy with much lost in translation and interpretation. I'm tempted to seek out some of the other productions (BBC has two) for comparison's sake, but have not done so yet.

Regarding the film itself, if you like "black box" theater -- plays light on stage design -- and tend to like Criterion's catalog choices (especially the talky ones like, say, My Dinner with Andre, or the others I mentioned above) this is a safe purchase.

In the meantime, say what you will about Ebert, I still enjoy reading his Great Movies entries and some of his artier reviews. This link takes you to his original review of Vanya.

We need to start talking about Criterion titles now, or we're going to be exterminated and sent to gulags!

... but it's so much easier (and less likely to stir tempers) to lazily write a list of directors or state my age... guilty on both charges

[dag]

I'll be turning 44 later this month.

Most recent Criterion I've seen was The Four Feathers, which was better than I had anticipated.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by dag

I'll be turning 44 later this month.

Most recent Criterion I've seen was The Four Feathers, which was better than I had anticipated.

I love The Four Feathers, which really doesn't get enough love in this thread. TCM gives it a ton of love, because I swear it was on at least 6 times since Criterion released their edition. My dad is probably one of the few people in the world who prefers the 1977 version with Beau Bridges though.

I want more Korda films on BD via Criterion actually. They've got a bunch they can upgrade and/or add.

The thread is still shrinking.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by Old Geezer

Late to the party (what do you expect from an old geezer? ) but I turned 66 this year. As Moms Mabley would say "I'm older than dirt." Surely everybody remembers Moms Mabley?

Sigh...I DO! I remember seeing her on the old Tonight Show and occasionally on The Ed Sullivan Show. My Dad used to talk about her as well. She was kind of like the female Redd Foxx.

Not many of us remember The Ed Sullivan Show...

[rkish]

Originally Posted by Movie Nut

Trust me...I know. I couldn't believe it when I got there last year.



Maybe...1961 for me.

Close enough!

I tell people that I'm an Eisenhower baby and most of the younger people say, "WHO????"

[ShellOilJunior]

Time for Part 2 of this thread?

[rkish]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Well physicaly I am well into my 40's but mentaly that is another story

Were you born before or after John George Diefenbaker?

[Monty70]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Has he been vaporized?

Joe D. is still listed on my friends page as an "active member".

I hope all is well with him.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by Hendershot737

I guess I'll jump in...though I swear we just did this 29...probably a devoted Criterion fan for only a little over a year. I wish I could have started sooner

That's nothing...a few of us remember posting pictures of ourselves as our avatars for a short period of time. If memory serves me right, CCFixx and myself were two of the few people to comply. That's when I fell in love with him!

Maybe that's why he's been ignoring my PMs?

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by rkish

Were you born before or after John George Diefenbaker?

We're not allowed to talk politics here, but I do not like Diefenbaker's legacy of killing the Avro Arrow, nor the "fruit machines" he bought for the RCMP to hunt out homosexuals.

For the record, I came along during the first part of Brian "I'll take the money in brown paper bags" Mulroney.

Originally Posted by rkish

Close enough!

I tell people that I'm an Eisenhower baby and most of the younger people say, "WHO????"

What? Are you serious? How can people not know who Ike is? I'm Canadian, and know about Ike as both president and his WWII military career!

[rkish]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Exterminated would have been more appropriate, as he was a Dalek afterall. But I guess so. I admit I was a bit of a jerk to him at points, but he was equally as jerkish. He did have a lot of interesting stuff to say, even if I didn't always agree with him.

Nope...he's no relation to me!

I hope things are OK and he didn't get banned...love him or hate him, he was a great source of information and had a decent attitude for the posters on this thread...never take yourself or others too seriously...

[rkish]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Who knows, and I didn't intend to make it sound like he died. I'm just feeling a bit guilty, because I have been a bit of a jerk to him lately, in retaliation.

But then, most people on this forum have a tendancy to be jerks to each other on a regular basis.

Enjoy the Koolaid!

[Monty70]

Images up for the March 20th releases over at Criterion forum.

http://www.criterionforum.org/DVD-pa...collection/974

http://www.criterionforum.org/DVD-pa...collection/978

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by rkish

Nope...he's no relation to me!

I hope things are OK and he didn't get banned...love him or hate him, he was a great source of information and had a decent attitude for the posters on this thread...never take yourself or others too seriously...

The bolded is a good piece of advice that cannot be stressed enough. I'm guilty of forgetting it too, but this forum is notorious for making things too personal.