The Criterion Collection

[rkish]

Originally Posted by DarkRyder

I just got done watching I Was Born, But... and Late Spring, and my god! Born was hilarious, but Late Spring was fantastic and heartbreaking! Can't wait to see more Ozu!

I expect to see Tokyo Story sometime next year. If you're not region challenged...then Masters of Cinema JUST released Floating Weeds and BFI has released a LARGE number of Ozus on both blu-ray and DVD. They have a set of his early Gangster films coming out next March.

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Found a movie I was interested in (Still Walking) but for some stupid reason its not supplied through Amazon Plus the B&N sale is already over *SIGHS*

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by backslashio

Found a movie I was interested in (Still Walking) but for some stupid reason its not supplied through Amazon Plus the B&N sale is already over *SIGHS*

Assuming you're in the States, click here and then click on the buy now button. B&N's 40% off sale will be starting soon.

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Originally Posted by TJS_Blu

Assuming you're in the States, click here and then click on the buy now button. B&N's 40% off sale will be starting soon.

I live in Australia, as indicated below my avatar I recently purchased 2 Criterion titles from B&N whilst they were 50% off, probably should've ordered more since p&h is kinda expensive :/

[Simple Lines]

Originally Posted by retablo

It's been covered in the past. The artist used a reference shot from Cameron's Titanic for his painting of the cover. It's a minor thing. but pretty blatant.

Thanks for that.

Everyone here doesn't study what Criterion does.

It's still a good cover.

[Page14]

Originally Posted by RedIsNotBlue

Not necessarily bashing it. I didn't say it was a terrible film...just not as good as Fincher's other work. There are scenes in the film that just go past the line of plausibility for me. I can only suspend my disbelief so much. I would still call it a good film but personally think it could have been a lot better if it were reworked in areas.

This. I've seen parts of The Game on TV, but the plot seemed far-fetched to me. Because of this, I was never interested enough to keep watching.

[DasRetroKid]

Started watching "The X From Outer Space" last night. I've got to say right off the bat the video quality is great and the mono track (granted I am pumping it out through all 5 of my speakers at once) sounds nice and clean (Jap audio track).

Quick question for anyone who may know. It seems that when they filmed this movie, the American actors voices were dubbed in Japanese. For example when Lisa (the hot blonde scientist) speaks, you can clearly see her lips do not match the Japanese language. Same for some of the other American or non Japanese actors. Is this correct or am I imagining things?

The movie its self is quite fun if you are into the whole monster movie thing. The miniature sets were very well done.

[Page14]

Originally Posted by backslashio

Found a movie I was interested in (Still Walking) but for some stupid reason its not supplied through Amazon Plus the B&N sale is already over *SIGHS*

You might try Best Buy:

http://www.bestbuy.com:80/site/Still...rion&lp=2&cp=1

[TheHumanTornado]

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

If you like In the Mood for Love and Chungking Express you should look into getting other Wong Kar-Wai films, such as Happy Together and Fallen Angels.
There's also nothing similar between these films and the films of Seijun Suzuki.
Suzuki was a Japanese director working in the 60s, whereas Wong Kar-Wai is a director from Hong Kong making films from the late 80s to now.
As someone else has said, Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter are kind of nuts. I'm a big fan of both (see my avatar), but these films really aren't for everyone. Some love their crazy, 60s pop sensibility and others hate their sloppy and confusing (or nonsense) narratives. Suzuki was actually fired from Nikkatsu Studios because of Branded to Kill.
I'd recommend trying before buying.

Wasn't necessarily comparing the two. Just saying I was on a sort of "Asian film kick". To be honest I'm even more interested in the two after the insight you provided so it is much appreciated.

[deepbreathsanddeath]

Originally Posted by octagon

Here you go...just mix, match and repeat. And repeat and repeat and repeat.

• We need more Wes Anderson.
• Good lord, not more Wes Anderson.
• More Kurosawa, please.
• Oh for the love of...more Kurosawa???
• Woohoo, Rashomon. But we still need more Kurosawa.
• Wooooooot, Rosemary's Godzilla Blob!!!
• TinyFurnitureblablahblah
• Announcement predictions
• WTF is talking the announcements so long
• This is best/worst month in years.
• These are the best/worst covers evrah
• Badlands!!!!
• TinyFurnitureblablahblah
• South America is part of the world, you know...a rather big part, actually
• B&N sale!!!
• B&N haul
• B&N haul
• B&N haul
• B&N haul
• When's the next B&N sale
• Is there going to be another B&N sale
• When's the next B&N sale
• WTF is up with Wild Strawberries and Y Tu Mama Tambien???
• TinyFurnitureblablahblah
• The Nez is the r0x0rz!!!
• Seriously, look at a map...it's there, I swear...just south of North America...you can't miss it
• Is this a good blind buy?
• Blind buys are stupid
• What a bunch of pretentious douchebags
• Pretentious? Moi?
• More Kurosawa!
• No, really, will there be another B&N sale?

[DasRetroKid]

Originally Posted by TheHumanTornado

Wasn't necessarily comparing the two. Just saying I was on a sort of "Asian film kick". To be honest I'm even more interested in the two after the insight you provided so it is much appreciated.

Fallen Angels is by far my favorite of the Wong Kar Wai films. Highly Recommended if you like his other movies.

[JHas]

So I've noticed that I change my viewpoint on every Wes Anderson film I see based on multiple viewings. If I like it the first time I hate it the second time and vice versa.

Loved to Hated: Rushmore, Life Aquatic, Darjeeling Limited
Hated to Loved: Bottle Rocket, Royal Tenenbaums

I haven't seen Moonrise yet, and I am afraid to rewatch Mr. Fox as I really liked it on first viewing. I wonder if this phenomena has anything to do with the mood of the viewer theory discussed a few pages back...

[Mr. Thomsen]

Originally Posted by georgec

I haven't heard of Medium Cool before.

Me neither. But the synopsis makes it sound like something I definitely want.

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by cferreiro

"If you are great, El Topo is a great picture. If you are limited, El Topo is limited." - Alejandro Jodorowsky

I love this quote
I've never seen El Topo, so I guess I'm limited and not so great

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Originally Posted by Page14

You might try Best Buy:

http://www.bestbuy.com:80/site/Still...rion&lp=2&cp=1

Dude, living in Australia here, as mentioned previously & below my avatar

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by octagon

Here you go...just mix, match and repeat. And repeat and repeat and repeat.

[Show spoiler]

• We need more Wes Anderson.
• Good lord, not more Wes Anderson.
• More Kurosawa, please.
• Oh for the love of...more Kurosawa???
• Woohoo, Rashomon. But we still need more Kurosawa.
• Wooooooot, Rosemary's Godzilla Blob!!!
• TinyFurnitureblablahblah
• Announcement predictions
• WTF is talking the announcements so long
• This is best/worst month in years.
• These are the best/worst covers evrah
• Badlands!!!!
• TinyFurnitureblablahblah
• South America is part of the world, you know...a rather big part, actually
• B&N sale!!!
• B&N haul
• B&N haul
• B&N haul
• B&N haul
• When's the next B&N sale
• Is there going to be another B&N sale
• When's the next B&N sale
• WTF is up with Wild Strawberries and Y Tu Mama Tambien???
• TinyFurnitureblablahblah
• The Nez is the r0x0rz!!!
• Seriously, look at a map...it's there, I swear...just south of North America...you can't miss it
• Is this a good blind buy?
• Blind buys are stupid
• What a bunch of pretentious douchebags
• Pretentious? Moi?
• More Kurosawa!
• No, really, will there be another B&N sale?

That's pretty accurate!
You've missed a couple of vital topics though:

• Christopher Nolan
• The Monkees
• Michael Bay
• Will the original Star Wars trilogy be released by Criterion?
• "According to me, the films Criterion should be releasing are..."
• And you didn't mention "TinyFurnitureblablahblah" enough times.

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by DarkRyder

I just got done watching I Was Born, But... and Late Spring, and my god! Born was hilarious, but Late Spring was fantastic and heartbreaking! Can't wait to see more Ozu!

Both wonderful films.
I Was Born, But... has some of my favourite child acting ever.

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by TheHumanTornado

Wasn't necessarily comparing the two. Just saying I was on a sort of "Asian film kick". To be honest I'm even more interested in the two after the insight you provided so it is much appreciated.

In that case, have a look at some of the Asian Eclipse sets, such as the Nikkatsu Noir collection, The Warped World Of Koreyoshi Kurahara collection, or the Criterion DVD box set of Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara.

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by backslashio

I live in Australia, as indicated below my avatar

True fact: Other users have bogus locations.

If you're buying from US Amazon, the directions still apply. Only reason they don't is if you're buying from amazon.uk, etc.

edit. strike the last sentence. If you're buying from UK amazon, etc. the blu-ray.com buy now links work. Still Walking has a buy link that takes you to the Amazon page.

[jrsl76]

Originally Posted by Mr. Thomsen

Me neither. But the synopsis makes it sound like something I definitely want.

Medium Cool is a good film. My 1 viewing didn't make it a favorite, but it's a very important film and a document of a time in US history. Robert Forster, Haskell Wexler