The Criterion Collection

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by UNCMT9

On a side note, how many have seen Revanche? Heard it was very good..

It's pretty good.

[Joe Dalek]

Originally Posted by rkish

In my case...Import CDs.

Thanks Rich.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by UNCMT9

On a side note, how many have seen Revanche? Heard it was very good..

You heard right.

[communichaoz]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I'll start a conversation piece.

If there was one deceased director who you wish had made one more film, who would it be?

After some thought about it I would say

Luis Buñuel

Just because his approach and film subject I find so lacking in todays cinema.

[BohemianGraham]

Oliver Gourmet, aka Roger in La promesse and the waffle boss in Rosetta looks a lot like Brett Butt from Corner Gas.

I'm enjoying La promesse a bit more than Rosetta at the moment. It's not as depressing but still rather bleak.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Darkcritic

Adding another two directors to the on-going discussion: Mario Peixoto ...

If he had another film in him it had almost sixty years to get out

[Trace17]

Watched Chungking Express yesterday and really enjoyed it. Anyone have some recommendations for similar films (style, setting, time period, etc.) I read Fallen Angels is another great one, so I'll be adding that to my list. Will also likely consider In the Mood for Love too. But I'm open to any other ideas too, even if I don't have time to watch them right now

[HyperRealist]

^ Happy Together is on BD from Kino.

[Darkcritic]

Originally Posted by communichaoz

After some thought about it I would say

Luis Buñuel

Just because his approach and film subject I find so lacking in todays cinema.

I was going to mention him (He is my favorite director) but decided not to at the last moment. He made a fair amount of film on his career .

Originally Posted by octagon

If he had another film in him it had almost sixty years to get out

I guess so , but it would have been nice to have more.

I wish Dusan Makavejev would continue to direct.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I'll start a conversation piece.

If there was one deceased director who you wish had made one more film, who would it be?

I'm going to answer this, but not exactly how you asked:

Glauber Rocha: Not "one more" film exactly (how can you top Age of the Earth anyways), but would have liked to have seen his original vision for the film, a Jack Nicholson starring, North America, Brazil, Europe and Africa location, bigger budget version.

Dennis Hopper: Now this is strange how I will answer this. Not a film he made before his death, but a chance to have creative control over 1 more studio film after 1971, had Universal released The Last Movie wider and not pulled it due to them wanting it edited. Dennis never made a Hollywood picture again until the late 80's with Colors, and ever since was just safe, straight forward films. Would have love to seen his career go a different path, and who knows, maybe Hollywood filmmaking would be a drastic change today if The Last Movie was a $ success and Universal kept giving these guys 100% creative control over films. Then again, we prob wouldn't have Out of the Blue and his turn in Mad Dog Morgan. But Hollywood could have been filled with more Two-Lane Blacktops, Hired Hands, and The Last Movies.

I can throw in Fassbinder, knowing he had 3 films he wanted to make before he sadly passed away.

[communichaoz]

Originally Posted by Darkcritic

I was going to mention him (He is my favorite director) but decided not to at the last moment. He made a fair amount of film on his career .

Very true. But just imagine that he just made another movie.....

[BohemianGraham]

Ruh-roh!: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...tribution.html

From the article:

Janus, which handles the so-called Criterion Collection, initially was granted rights to 26 Merchant Ivory films in 1999, according to a lawsuit filed today in federal court in Manhattan.

Did Joie write this article?

[Trace17]

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

^ Happy Together is on BD from Kino.

Seemed to have missed that one, thanks. Funny how you can buy that with Fallen Angels separately for about $35 or together for $45...

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by Trace17

Watched Chungking Express yesterday and really enjoyed it. Anyone have some recommendations for similar films (style, setting, time period, etc.) I read Fallen Angels is another great one, so I'll be adding that to my list. Will also likely consider In the Mood for Love too. But I'm open to any other ideas too, even if I don't have time to watch them right now

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

^ Happy Together is on BD from Kino.

Happy Together and In The Mood For Love are absolute must-buys for people interested in Wong Kar-Wai.
Kino's Happy Together blu-ray is very good and easily the best I've seen the film look.
Kino's Fallen Angels blu-ray is also meant to be very good, but I haven't upgraded that yet; my DVD is still pretty good.
If you like Chungking Express, you should definitely be looking at Fallen Angels, because they were all filmed at the same time. Wong Kar-Wai took a break from Ashes Of Time (which I love) and filmed a series of short-ish films. There was enough for a whole film in Fallen Angels, but Chungking Express is really a 30 minute film and a 60 minute film that are loosely connected.
I recently bought and watched for the first time Days Of Being Wild, which was also lovely, but the Asian blu-ray has dreadful subtitles. I would double-dip if Artificial Eye or Kino picked up that title.
I've been waiting for this In The Mood For Love upgrade. It's one of my favourite films.

[paul000]

Bought/watched Black Moon a few weeks ago. Tonight I decided to check out the supplements on the disc and sat down ready for at least a half hour to an hour of interesting material per usual, only to realize there's just a 12 min interview w Malle and a bunch of photos from filming. Anyone care to enlighten me on why this was a "full price" release? I feel kind of ripped off because I paid nearly $40 for it & I can't help thinking that if anyone but CC released it I wouldn't of had to. The transfer looked much brighter than I remember seeing it years ago (which actually isn't much of an improvement in my opinion) but other than the HD upgrade there is nothing else to this release. Did the work put into the HD transfer simply cost more due to the low interest in this film? or what? To be clear, I'm not talking about the merits or quality of the film, just the CC blu ray release in terms of extras and full price when usually there's a discounted price for films that contain little or no supplements.

[Simple Lines]

Originally Posted by paul000

Bought/watched Black Moon a few weeks ago. Tonight I decided to check out the supplements on the disc and sat down ready for at least a half hour to an hour of interesting material per usual, only to realize there's just a 12 min interview w Malle and a bunch of photos from filming. Anyone care to enlighten me on why this was a "full price" release? I feel kind of ripped off because I paid nearly $40 for it & I can't help thinking that if anyone but CC released it I wouldn't of had to.

Amazon has kept it around $20-25 for awhile at this point.

[ShellOilJunior]

Does anyone else read the user 'Notes' for each film on criterion.com? Seems like a nice feature (With exception of the people who add a note merely to say they haven't yet seen the film. Those people are douches).

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Ruh-roh!: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...tribution.html

From the article:



Did Joie write this article?

Interesting... no wonder we never had any BLU upgrades for any other film. I would assume all the other titles will just go to OOP status? I guess Merchant Ivory will find someone else to distribute their titles, shame because I think they sold better thru Janus and Criterion.

so called Criterion is hilar!

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

Interesting... no wonder we never had any BLU upgrades for any other film. I would assume all the other titles will just go to OOP status? I guess Merchant Ivory will find someone else to distribute their titles, shame because I think they sold better thru Janus and Criterion.

so called Criterion is hilar!

Makes me wonder how much longer Howards End will be available (I already own it, and I recommend it). It's a shame as some of those films probably won't sell as well elsewhere, like you said.

[Simon_LDT]

Originally Posted by communichaoz

The seven samurais is really a masterpiece movie. Samurai or not this movie hasn't aged a bit. The opposite, why don't they make more of these calibre of films.
I would also recommend Ugetsu Monogatari if criterion releases it on BD, It does exist in region B via Eureka.
You might also consider the Samurai trilogy.

Thanks, appreciate it.