The Criterion Collection

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by ryan4butler

Where can I buy a replacement case? I know the link and cost was posted here but can't find it...

http://stores.casetopia.com/-strse-B...Categories.bok

[jrsl76]

Originally Posted by EricJ

It also has a famous Edgy/Obscure Cult Director (Richard Brooks), is decade-iconic (not a famous 70's movie, but "historically" 70's and the book was a decade icon), has been missing from home video for years, and has never appeared on DVD.
Does anyone have a remotely possible reason left why this WON'T be Criterion?

The same reason it hasn't been released for years, the music rights. I hope Criterion releases it because I've always heard it's great. Still, I think the proof out there points more solidly to Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet.

[ZooTv]

Originally Posted by runnersdialzero

Problem is, I love Elephant Man, and really like Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart and Lost Highway. So I am a fan. Although I hate Mulholland Drive. . I guess I like Lynch up to a point.

Out of all of his works, the one I have most trouble with is Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. I revisit it from time to time and something always seems to be "missing" for me, that intangible quality which makes something a great film.

[jrsl76]

I know most of this has been discussed ad infinitum since New Year's Day, but for the sake of collecting it in one place, here is a list of what I think the most likely interpretations of the elements of the New Year's drawing represent.

This is from reading here, Criterionforum.org, Criterion Cast, Collider and a few other places. I hope this helps anyone who doesn't want to scour through pages of this thread:

Hanging from clock = Harold Lloyd's Safety Last
Clock at 3:10 = Delmer Daves' 3:10 To Yuma
Autumn Leaves and music notes = Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata (blu-ray upgrade)
Notes and leaves seem to swirl around building = Victor Sjostrom's The Wind (maybe?)
Clown = Pierre Etaix's Yo-Yo = Pierre Etaix (probable Eclipse set)
Tightrope = James Marsh's Man On Wire (definite maybe ?)
Girl Eating Candy = Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet, but the person looks a lot like Paul Williams, so maybe some reference to Brian DePalma's Phantom Of The Paradise which is a strongly rumored title
Generic candy = Could be Alex Cox's Repo Man, but we already know it's coming
Man screaming in suit and tie = David Cronenberg's Scanners
Gate with fire = Teinosuke Kinugasa's Gate Of Hell
Devil with back turned = Guillermo Del Toro's The Devil's Backbone
Conch in Devil's Hand = Peter Brook's Lord Of The Flies (blu-ray upgrade)
Naked Woman with food = Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast
Naked & food = David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch (blu-ray upgrade)
Person in front of snowy window = Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows (compare the curtains - blu-ray upgrade) & I think it could be a double clue b/c the person looks like Nagisa Oshima's Boy
Pink Pearl man = David Lynch's Eraserhead
child with man with samurai sword and birdcage = 4 clues - Charlie Chaplin's The Kid (First National shorts?), Man = Joel Coen's Barton Fink, Sword held with backwards hand = Kenji Misumi's Tale Of Zatoichi (maybe more Zatoichi's), Cage = Edouard Molinaro's La Cage Au Folles
All of them in a building = Roman Polanski's The Tenant (maybe a stretch? - definitely a possibility)
9 stories of building = Robert Altman's Short Cuts (which has 9 stories)

[The Great Owl]

My favorite David Lynch movie is Dune. I'm a 1980s kid to the bone, y'all.

Dune was one of the first flicks that I upgraded to Blu-ray. I am glad that the Blu-ray favors the theatrical version (Lynch's intended version), although I may be in the minority there.

I have not yet seen Eraserhead, but I've always been intrigued.

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by Whirlygig

I've postponed viewing Eraserhead all these years, but as a Lynch fan I can't wait to see it for the first time on Criterion.

If Barton Fink really makes the line-up as some have been saying, I am going to be sad that I just bought the UK edition. But very happy to see it get some deserved recognition by joining the collection. In fact, I submitted it to them as a wild & baseless request just last year (along with Hudsucker, now coming via WAC so w00t... and Day of the Locust -- any chance they could someday swing that one???)...

What's the quality of the UK Barton Fink? Acceptable?

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by retablo

Like it or not, it's what made Mel Brooks hire Lynch for The Elephant Man. I don't think it's very "watchable" myself, and I'm a huge Lynch fan, but I still like it for what it is.

For good or bad (mostly bad), it's also what made Dino DeLaurentiis hire Lynch for "Dune" as well:
This was back when Lynch still had dreamlike (literally) imagery in his films, and no one had the screaming-meemies yet.

Eraserhead is pretty much THE statement (with the first season of Twin Peaks coming in second) of what Lynch wanted to do with his films, by creating the REM-style "faux nightmare".
It's a good effort, but it's better in set pieces, and loses its "Yeah, I've had ones like that... " quality near the end as he tries to give it a central theme.

[Kevin Holly]

I also wouldn't mind a North American release of Wild At Heart, along with all the other Lynch films.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by ZooTv

Out of all of his works, the one I have most trouble with is Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. I revisit it from time to time and something always seems to be "missing" for me, that intangible quality which makes something a great film.

That's the only Lynch film I maybe, kinda sorta, in a way, consider.... bad. I'd love to see it on Blu Ray, but Twin Peaks: FWWM and parts of Dune are the only Lynch I don't love. I'm enthralled by every sight and sound of every ither film (even Inland Empire & 4/5ths of Lost Highway)

[ZooTv]

Originally Posted by Kevin Holly

I also wouldn't mind a North American release of Wild At Heart

+1

Criminally underrated film.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'd like to see a Blu-ray release of The Naked Prey. I bought that Criterion DVD years back when I first started trail ultrarunning, and when I was researching persistence hunters in Africa to understand their techniques, so this movie has a fun personal significance to me. I mean, the "clay man" scene is still one of the most creepy and unsettling movie sequences that I have ever watched, and it's still intensely difficult to see, but the overall movie is spot-on amazing.

I also have been wishing for an upgrade of The Naked Prey. I first saw it on late night television in the early 1980s. I was channel surfing and it had just started. Fantastic movie.

[Rotanimod]

Did Criterion post that picture somewhere as a hint or something?

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by Rotanimod

Did Criterion post that picture somewhere as a hint or something?

It's hard to follow ... I suspect a large part of this conversation is happening simultaneously on another site.

[Daigoro]

some of these possible CC picks you guys are listing are killing me. some of my major blu wants have been listed over the last few pages. if even 2-3 come true this years its going to be a very good year for things i want on blu.

having them come out on Criterion would be the icing on the cake.

[White Dang]

I'm a huge Lynch fan, but didn't like Wild at Heart as much as his others. I really wish Lost Highway would get some attention.

On a side note I just reached 50% of the Criterion Collection watched.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Rotanimod

Did Criterion post that picture somewhere as a hint or something?

Not The Naked Prey. I just brought that one up in conversation a few days ago before the clues were posted.

I'm hard-pressed to see how the samurai birdcage clue cannot be Le Samorai, since Jef Costello keeps a bird cage in his apartment. Hopefully, this is the case.

[Hypnosifl]

Originally Posted by jrsl76

The same reason it hasn't been released for years, the music rights. I hope Criterion releases it because I've always heard it's great. Still, I think the proof out there points more solidly to Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet.

That was my guess from a couple days ago, but what do you mean "the proof out there"? I think it's more likely to be Life Is Sweet than Mr. Goodbar both because of the round glasses on the drawing (the character in Life Is Sweet had round glasses like that, but doing a google image search for Looking For Mr. Goodbar, all the screenshots show Diane Keaton without glasses) and because there was a memorable scene of the character in Life Is going on a chocolate binge (she was bulemic), while I think the "Mr. Goodbar" in the title just referred to a candy-themed nightclub where Keaton's character went to pick up men, she didn't have any candy obsession herself.

Also, yesterday PowellPressburger posted this possible clue:

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

Roger Ebert tweeted his classic review again for Mike Leigh's Bleak Moments and has me wondering if Criterion would possibly release a collection of those earlier Mike Leigh films. Looks like Water Bearer Films released them on DVD around 2004ish.

[Whirlygig]

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

What's the quality of the UK Barton Fink? Acceptable?

I didn't watch it through yet, I only popped it in to confirm it was region free. At first I was a bit underwhelmed, so then I did a few quick scene comparisons against the DVD. I would say "acceptable" is a good description. The resolution was obviously improved, bringing out more detail, and the colors seemed improved, but there weren't any revolutionary restorative qualities to it (if there is even any room for that with this film).

Originally Posted by ZooTv

Out of all of his works, the one I have most trouble with is Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. I revisit it from time to time and something always seems to be "missing" for me, that intangible quality which makes something a great film.

I watched it after watching the TV series. That probably has something to do with my impression of it...compared to the series it basically stinks.

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by Whirlygig

I didn't watch it through yet, I only popped it in to confirm it was region free. At first I was a bit underwhelmed, so then I did a few quick scene comparisons against the DVD. I would say "acceptable" is a good description. The resolution was obviously improved, bringing out more detail, and the colors seemed improved, but there weren't any revolutionary restorative qualities to it (if there is even any room for that with this film).

According to this article, Twentieth Century Fox no longer have prints of Barton Fink or Miller's Crossing, which seems extraordinary given they're only just over 20 years old.
I presume they still have the OCN in archive, but no one sees the profit in the creating new masters.

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by Hypnosifl

That was my guess from a couple days ago, but what do you mean "the proof out there"? I think it's more likely to be Life Is Sweet than Mr. Goodbar both because of the round glasses on the drawing (the character in Life Is Sweet had round glasses like that, but doing a google image search for Looking For Mr. Goodbar, all the screenshots show Diane Keaton without glasses) and because there was a memorable scene of the character in Life Is going on a chocolate binge (she was bulemic), while I think the "Mr. Goodbar" in the title just referred to a candy-themed nightclub where Keaton's character went to pick up men, she didn't have any candy obsession herself.

Also, yesterday PowellPressburger posted this possible clue:

The Ebert posting of the review wasn't a clue at all... unless they do release a nice box set. I was hoping for Looking for Mr Goodbar.. however I think I would lean towards Life is Sweet since it is more fitting or direct. I just wish LFMG would get a decent release.