The Criterion Collection

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

I suppose her win will unleash another torrent of hate, in this forum and on the internet in general.

It sure did from me last night when she won over the other wonderful comedy actresses.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by starman15317

I saw Mulholland Dr. for the first time on Saturday. Excellent film! I would love for Criterion to put it out, but would they be able to since Studio Canal did the film?

Also, when are the April announcements suppose to be made?

Import the region free box set from Germany.

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by Opunity

Does anyone know if the rights to La Dolce Vita have been settled yet? It kills me that Criterion was never able to release this in any format.

Paramount went for a quick victory but the judge said no soap. Has the potential to be a very long drawn out process.

[Cinemach]

Originally Posted by starman15317

I saw Mulholland Dr. for the first time on Saturday. Excellent film! I would love for Criterion to put it out, but would they be able to since Studio Canal did the film?

Studio Canal owns international distribution rights; Universal owns those rights in the USA.

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

It sure did from me last night when she won over the other wonderful comedy actresses.

I love Julia Louis-Dreyfus, but VEEP was so unfunny we had to stop watching it.
Zooey Deschanel is cute and I'm sure The New Girl is amusing to teenage girls, but I was done after a few episodes.
I haven't watched 30 Rock for ages. I always thought it was very funny and loved Tina Fey. I guess I just had too much to watch. Perhaps she's just been doing it too long for an award.
I never got around to watching Parks and Recreation, but I do like Amy Poehler.
Still, Dunham's performance as Hannah is worthy of any award.
I suspect years from now, people will look back at this Girls and Dunham backlash with surprise.
Related question: does anyone really give any weight to the Golden Globes?

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by retablo

With all the Lynch talk, it's funny that Cache is based off the first act of Lost Highway. Well, that's where Haneke borrowed the idea from. Maybe someone already posted that.

What about that one scene did you never "figure out"? I mean, there's no clear answer, but the implications are pretty interesting.

And you really should see Amour. Best film of 2012 by a mile.

I had no idea about the Lost Highway connection, because I've never seen Lost Highway.

Caché never really lost me as far as narrative goes, but there are some curve balls, without giving too much away, that I enjoy each time. I thought that I had the entire film figured out during my first viewing, but decided that there was more to the story than one person whom I thought was sending the tapes. It's been a while since I've revisited the film, so I look forward to the Blu-ray arriving at my doorstep. (Amazon UK has dispatched my Blu-ray, along with the new CD from one of my favorite bands, New Order. Both should be here sometime next week, I figure.) The movie makes references to family tensions, paranoia over videotaping, French/Algerian history, and so on.

[JHas]

So I subsribed to Hulu Plus so that I could get a lot more Criterion films under my belt (and not have to blind buy as much) but I've found that most of the time after about 20 minutes of watching a film, the streaming gets all choppy and unwatchable. Anyone else experience this problem? Any solutions?

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

I love Julia Louis-Dreyfus, but VEEP was so unfunny we had to stop watching it.
Zooey Deschanel is cute and I'm sure The New Girl is amusing to teenage girls, but I was done after a few episodes.
I haven't watched 30 Rock for ages. I always thought it was very funny and loved Tina Fey. I guess I just had too much to watch. Perhaps she's just been doing it too long for an award.
I never got around to watching Parks and Recreation, but I do like Amy Poehler.
Still, Dunham's performance as Hannah is worthy of any award.
I suspect years from now, people will look back at this Girls and Dunham backlash with surprise.
Related question: does anyone really give any weight to the Golden Globes?

Interesting...Veep was one of my favorite series of last year. Thought it got better each episode. She would have easily been my choice for the award (although I'm a much bigger fan of 30 Rock---have been from the beginning )

On the related question: I don't even give any weight to the Oscars.

[SammyJankis]

The greatest thing to come out of the Globes:

[Scottie]

What are the chances of Criterion releasing Amores Perros? I read that it's part of a death trilogy (with 21 Grams and Babel being the other two) and I would really like to see this as well.

[exolstice]

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

I love Julia Louis-Dreyfus, but VEEP was so unfunny we had to stop watching it.
Zooey Deschanel is cute and I'm sure The New Girl is amusing to teenage girls, but I was done after a few episodes.
I haven't watched 30 Rock for ages. I always thought it was very funny and loved Tina Fey. I guess I just had too much to watch. Perhaps she's just been doing it too long for an award.
I never got around to watching Parks and Recreation, but I do like Amy Poehler.
Still, Dunham's performance as Hannah is worthy of any award.
I suspect years from now, people will look back at this Girls and Dunham backlash with surprise.
Related question: does anyone really give any weight to the Golden Globes?

Out of all the nominees, Girls was the least funny by quite a wide margin. It's a pretty big insult to the other nominees and comedy in general. Most HBO dramas have more laughs per episode.

[starman15317]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Import the region free box set from Germany.

I thought it was region locked.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

It's a bit cheaper from MoC if you're willing to take a R2 edition (account $18 shipped).

Thanks for the heads up Joe! I was hoping to spend a bit more of my Amazon giftcard...would use it on Amazon UK, if they allowed it. Maybe I'll consider the MoC Judex, if the price refuses to drop on the FA version.

Any discernable differences between the two versions?

[EddieLarkin]

Originally Posted by rkish

Any discernable differences between the two versions?

The fact they are two separate films could be one

The Flicker Alley release is the original Feuillade film. MoC released the Franju remake.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

I suspect years from now, people will look back at this Girls and Dunham backlash with surprise.

That's assuming years from now people will be looking back at Girls or Dunham at all. That's probably not where my money would go but I suppose anything's possible.

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

Interesting...Veep was one of my favorite series of last year. Thought it got better each episode. She would have easily been my choice for the award (although I'm a much bigger fan of 30 Rock---have been from the beginning )

Yeah, absolutely. Veep started strong and kept getting better and JLD was very, very good. I didn't really care for her all that much in the Seinfeld days and was a little surprised at how good she was in New Christine (which got real stupid real fast but still) but she completely won me over with Veep.

[RiFiFi1955]

So we get title announcements and The Man who Knew Too Much tomorrow. Excellent!

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

The greatest thing to come out of the Globes:

Usually the best things to come out of the Globes are the post interviews--
Notice that in the photos, unlike the Oscars, they're sitting at dinner-club tables?
That's because the Globes are STILL done as a banquet awards, like the Oscars used to be in the early 30's. And drinks are available.

Say what you want about the Oscars, at least there, nobody gets a drink until AFTER they go onstage.
Oh, the press "exclusives" we get from the actors and directors at the post show...And they let Mel Gibson in??

[Jughead]

Originally Posted by JHas

So I subsribed to Hulu Plus so that I could get a lot more Criterion films under my belt (and not have to blind buy as much) but I've found that most of the time after about 20 minutes of watching a film, the streaming gets all choppy and unwatchable. Anyone else experience this problem? Any solutions?

This isn't going to help you, but yes!... This happens to me as well and it is the worst. Usually restarting the, PS3 in my case, will usually fix the situation but I've had the same problem on an Xbox as well. Luckily, it doesn't happen every time.

[Snicket]

I expected the Dunham hate to be in full force today.

I see Girls is now an insult to comedy...

Criterion fans are never going to let her go.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Snicket

I expected the Dunham hate to be in full force today.

And were your expectations met?