The Criterion Collection

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Don't forget 2.20:1

Not in the list of films he had mentioned.
There's quite a few more common aspect ratios.
As you mention, there's 2.20:1, which was the most typical aspect ratio for 4-perf 65mm.
VistaVision was commonly presented in a ratio of 1.77:1 and IMAX, which uses 65mm, is commonly 1.43:1. Both VistaVision and IMAX run their film stock, 35mm and 65mm, through the camera horizontally instead of vertically, as is the case with most systems.
It's worth looking up various cinematographic systems. You'd be amazed how many different types have been used over the last 100+ years.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Fellini912

I hope criterion will release another Tarkovsky film soon.

Amen to that. Stalker would be great, but the others would be essential as well.

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by Fellini912

They are not blu rays, I have them on my Netflix queue DVDs. I hope criterion will release another Tarkovsky film soon.

+1

... As long as it isn't Nostalghia. I'd flip if they released Stalker.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Amen to that. Stalker would be great, but the others would be essential as well.

People would go crazy over Stalker

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

People would go crazy over Stalker

I liked my Kino DVD of Stalker, but that transfer could use a pleasant update.

[Abdrewes]

Yeah, I really want to get the Kino Great Directors DVD Box:
Dersu Uzala
The Mirror
Les Bonnes Femmes
Il Grido
Circle of Deceit

That would be upgrade of the year.

[Fellini912]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Amen to that. Stalker would be great, but the others would be essential as well.

I watched this film last weekend. My final expression was WOW. It is a great film, and impossible to explain to do it justice. It is all about the experience. Stalker and Ivan's Childhood are the reasons why I like to view foreign films, one finds priceless film gems and new experiences. After 15 years of watching films from around the world, I still encounter new experiences.

Stalker is more rewarding than Solaris (I still need to rewatch this film), in my opinion. The build up is the biggest difference between the two, so the ending in Stalker has more "value" than the ending in Solaris.

I am glad I gave Tarkovsky's films a second chance (after reading his comment about Bresson and Bergman).

[The Great Owl]

I just contributed my two cents to the 12 Angry Men discussion. So glad that Criterion added this quintessential film to the queue.

[Abdrewes]

Watching Monterrey Pop. The Remixed 5.1 track sounds incredible.

[ShellOilJunior]

I hope this means there's hope for a Hiroshima mon amour Blu:

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11028

[AverageAtBest]

Next week I begin saving for the Barnes and Noble July sale. I was wondering does it start mid-july or is it early or late july? Also is it just in store or is it also including online purchases?

This will be my first BnN sale since I started collecting spines so totally new to that sale.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by AverageAtBest

Next week I begin saving for the Barnes and Noble July sale. I was wondering does it start mid-july or is it early or late july? Also is it just in store or is it also including online purchases?

This will be my first BnN sale since I started collecting spines so totally new to that sale.

2nd week of July.

[Cinemach]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I hope this means there's hope for a Hiroshima mon amour Blu:

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11028

I would think so, especially given Plein Soleil's restoration was just released. Not to mention many of those other restorations have appeared on a blu-ray somewhere.

Is that an absolute confirmation? Well no, but it's close enough for me, and with that the DVD edition disappears from my Upcoming Sale Wishlist.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I am also an enthusiastic fan of Downfall. That movie was chilling in its depiction of the figurative walls closing in. To bring this to a low denominator, though, I did develop quite a crush on Alexandra Maria Lara when I saw the film.

To bring it to an even lower denominator, it's now remembered on YouTube as "the movie where Hitler gets all mad 'n stuff and shouts a lot of dirty Tourette's words, huhuh, I felt like that when the XBox came out"--But the scenes of just why the Reich crumbled from the top as the Russian front advanced do a better analysis from Germany's view than we could ever manage from our nice comfortable winner's position.

(Ie., only those who've seen the movie can understand why the very first Hitler YouTube video was about Toshiba and HDDVD when they lost Warner, and the second was about Hillary Clinton after Super Tuesday...)

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Cinemach

Is that an absolute confirmation? Well no, but it's close enough for me, and with that the DVD edition disappears from my Upcoming Sale Wishlist.

The DVD is about to disappear from my library.

[AverageAtBest]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

2nd week of July.

Thank you, now I am debating if the sale will run long enough to get The Devil's Backbone for 50 percent off.

[AverageAtBest]

Originally Posted by Roninblues

Both, Store 10% member discount vs Free Shiping on-line.

Good to know, does the bnn website charge tax too?

[jcs913]

The new newsletter clue:



Looks like its: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034881/ according to the Criterionforum sleuths... But who knows...

[Cinemach]

Criterion posted a still from the film on their Facebook a while back. Plus it's on Hulu+. It's Classic Hollywood so there's a pique of interest for me, though I don't know much about this picture.

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by Cinemach

Criterion posted a still from the film on their Facebook a while back. Plus it's on Hulu+. It's Classic Hollywood so there's a pique of interest for me, though I don't know much about this picture.

I am not familiar with it also, but it does have Veronica Lake in it, so it has potential...