The Criterion Collection

[rkish]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

More lists (and I don't really have an opinion on Tarr's films Darkcritic, like his list though):

Bela Tarr
"Man With A Movie Camera" (1929, dir. Dziga Vertov)
"The Passion Of Joan Of Arc" (1928, dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer)
"Alexander Nevsky" (1938, dir. Sergei Eisenstein)
"M" (1931, dir. Fritz Lang)
"Au hasard Balthazar" (1966, dir. Robert Bresson)
"Vivre sa vie" (1962, dir. Jean-Luc Godard)
"Frenzy" (1972, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
"Tokyo Story" (1953, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)
"The Round-Up" (1965, dir. Miklós Jancsó)
"Berlin Alexanderplatz" (1980, dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

I would agree! A great diverse list of films and he even rounds it out with Berlin Alexanderplatz.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by octagon

Governor Dewey had a bad night too.

Thanks!

[Cinemach]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Without looking at his 2002 picks I think the only change is Tree of Life has made the cut and something removed.

Yup. Ebert actually had a post on his blog going through his reasoning for his picks a while back. He added The Tree of Life and dropped The Third Man, I believe.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by Banned User

You will crack I have no doubt in my mind on the matter. Maybe you might get through a few days. Hell you might even last a week, but before that week is out sweat will start to bead down your forehead and you will develop a twitch. Every time you visit this website and see the boxset you will have muscle spasms and be in great pain and agony! Eventually you will break down and buy the set to end your suffering!!!

Not that that has ever happened to me or anything. I'm just saying.

Alright Wise Guy! Which version of the set are you getting?

And now there seems to be another UK version that is showing up for a few £s cheaper and smaller packaging...though there might be less booty...and it's HMV over Amazon UK.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Alfre...Blu-ray/52175/

Ah...decisions...decisions...

[Hawkguy]

With all this talk about Tokyo Story, it looks to be the best-selling Criterion on Amazon right now.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Wish I could help but I got mine Insignia two years ago from Future Shop but I don't know which are now still being sold.

Let me find the thread about it you might have some details in there, will
send it to you

Actually I had it in my thread link https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=190357

Thanks Pat! I'll give it a look.

[ShellOilJunior]

The biggest announcement of the year for Criterion is coming up in 12 days. As you know, November is typically a Big month for Criterion.

What are you hoping for?

I think we can expect this:

At least 1 from Sony/Columbia:
-Most likely On the Waterfront (From Here to Eternity, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and In a Lonely Place are remote possibilities).

A blu-ray box set
-Most likely Pasolini's Trilogy of Life (Apu Trilogy is a remote possibility)

1-2 High Profile upgrades
-Contenders: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Wild Strawberries, Bicycle Thieves, Rashomon, Le Samourai, Jules and Jim, Hiroshima mon amour, Tokyo Story, Picnic at Hanging Rock

Lastly... 1 surprise or 1 from the long overdue group:
-I'm not even going to mention them because they've been said enough!

[rkish]

Originally Posted by DetroitSquirreL

The Insignia BD players that can be region free converted haven't been sold in the stores for quite awhile now. Every so often you can get them through the Best Buy web site. They are 'refurbished', but if you see my thread (as Pat linked to..thank you) you'll see that refurbished is such a blanketed word.

As of right now they have them in stock online for $60 and free shipping
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Insignia...0blu&cp=1&lp=1

this is the same model I have (4 of them actually) and I recommend

Thanks Detriot! I'll check it out...would be nice to have both DVD and BD region free options in the bedroom.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

With all this talk about Tokyo Story, it looks to be the best-selling Criterion on Amazon right now.

I wonder how the BFI version on blu is doing on the UK site?

[Yami]

I'm hoping that we finally get Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day but I get the feeling we're still in for a rather long wait

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

The biggest announcement of the year for Criterion is coming up in 12 days. As you know, November is typically a Big month for Criterion.

What are you hoping for?

I think we can expect this:

At least 1 from Sony/Columbia:
-Most likely On the Waterfront (From Here to Eternity, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and In a Lonely Place are remote possibilities).

A blu-ray box set
-Most likely Pasolini's Trilogy of Life (Apu Trilogy is a remote possibility)

1-2 High Profile upgrades
-Contenders: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Wild Strawberries, Bicycle Thieves, Rashomon, Le Samourai, Jules and Jim, Hiroshima mon amour, Tokyo Story, Picnic at Hanging Rock

Lastly... 1 surprise or 1 from the long overdue group:
-I'm not even going to mention them because they've been said enough!

I have a feeling that the only for sure out of your list is On The Waterfront

[Yami]

Trilogy of Life is a pretty good bet unless there was a major problem that caused the day.

[Yami]

Criterion regularly upgrade their titles, if you haven't noticed

[bdmartin134]

I'm praying for On the Waterfront release, but I'm also thinking Y Tu Mama Tambien should be due anytime now, so I'm thinking Nov. announcement.

On another note. I'm looking into this Hulu Plus, anyone have it? It seems like it would be a pretty good deal for $7.99/month with variety of great titles including shows. I have netflix currently with 1 blu at a time plus watch instantly, but it's just so hard to make time to watch everything. Can't decide, guess I can just try the free trial...

[Fallglimmer]

Gaumont is doing Band of Outsiders in October, could we see a Criterion upgrade soonish?

[Halation]

1 from Sony/Columbia:
-In a Lonely Place

A blu-ray box set
-Apu Trilogy

1-2 High Profile upgrades
-Tokyo Story, The Passion of Joan of Arc

Lastly... 1 surprise or 1 from the long overdue group:
-A Brighter Summer Day


In a perfect world...

[*DrStrangelove*]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

The biggest announcement of the year for Criterion is coming up in 12 days. As you know, November is typically a Big month for Criterion.

What are you hoping for?

I think we can expect this:

At least 1 from Sony/Columbia:
-Most likely On the Waterfront (From Here to Eternity, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and In a Lonely Place are remote possibilities).

A blu-ray box set
-Most likely Pasolini's Trilogy of Life (Apu Trilogy is a remote possibility)

1-2 High Profile upgrades
-Contenders: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Wild Strawberries, Bicycle Thieves, Rashomon, Le Samourai, Jules and Jim, Hiroshima mon amour, Tokyo Story, Picnic at Hanging Rock

Lastly... 1 surprise or 1 from the long overdue group:
-I'm not even going to mention them because they've been said enough!

I'm hoping the box set is The BRD Trilogy. I doubt it thou. Hope they release a Kurosawa. Personally, I liked Throne of Blood more than Rashomon so I'd prefer that. Maybe Le Samarai (which I have held off on watching). Maybe they'll finally release Y Tu Mama Tambien. I know neither have been hinted but two of my most wanted upgrades is Band of Outsiders and The Cranes are Flying. Either would make me happy.

[*DrStrangelove*]

Originally Posted by bdmartin134

I'm praying for On the Waterfront release, but I'm also thinking Y Tu Mama Tambien should be due anytime now, so I'm thinking Nov. announcement.

On another note. I'm looking into this Hulu Plus, anyone have it? It seems like it would be a pretty good deal for $7.99/month with variety of great titles including shows. I have netflix currently with 1 blu at a time plus watch instantly, but it's just so hard to make time to watch everything. Can't decide, guess I can just try the free trial...

Hulu Plus is great. It's really worth the 8 dollars for all the Criterions they have alone. The only problem is trying to decide what to watch. Its worth it imo. I mean you can watch 100's of criterion films including eclipse sets at the click of a button. I only use it to watch Criterions and Community but other then that the shows and movies are lacking, but that's all I need anyway.

[Freeza]

Originally Posted by octagon

It's one thing to do a spoof or knock-off of revenge flicks or low-budget martial arts movies. It's another thing entirely to capture the spirit and the fun of those films in an interesting shell of your own making.

I must not have seen that one.

[fdm]

Originally Posted by aardvark77

(cough) Ishtar (cough)

I tried to watch Ishtar via Sony movie channel, now that was one truly awful movie, did a lot of fast forwarding to see if anything interesting would happen, but even in fast forward mode it was awful and awfully long.

Have a vague recollection of seeing Heaven's Gate, perhaps as a laserdisc rental a couple years after it came out, and don't recall having much of a problem with it. Looking forward to the blu.

(Also don't recall Siskel's take on it, but do recall I usually preferred his perspective on films to Ebert's. Have enjoyed reading Ebert's books during the past few years though, would be interesting to go back and see if I'd still feel the same way today.)