The Criterion Collection

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

I'll be good with any type of release, as long as it doesn't take over a year

You mean like Amour? Which still isn't out...

Didn't Criterion hint at releasing Frances Ha? That'd make it the first new release that Criterion puts out.

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by KRW1

Don't forget The Monkees 'Head' in the BBS Story boxset. One of the best boxsets I own, Last Picture Show, Head and Five Easy Pieces are worth the price alone (esp if you wait for sale time) and the others are icing on the cake.

Don't forget Easy Rider and The Prince of Marvin Gardens.

[Scottie]

Palme d'Or: "Blue is the Warmest Color" by Abdellatif Kechiche

Grand Prix: "Inside Llewyn Davis" by The Coen Brothers

Jury Prize: "Like Father, Like Son" by Kore-Eda Hirokazu

Vulcain Prize: "Grigris" by "Mahamat-Saleh Haroun"

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Best Director: Amat Escalante for "Heli"

Best Screenplay: Jia Zhangke for "A Touch of Sin"

Best Actress: Bérénice Bejo for "The Past"

Best Actor: Bruce Dern for "Nebraska"

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Palme d'Or: "Blue is the Warmest Color" by Abdellatif Kechiche

Grand Prix: "Inside Llewyn Davis" by The Coen Brothers

Jury Prize: "Like Father, Like Son" by Kore-Eda Hirokazu

Vulcain Prize: "Grigris" by "Mahamat-Saleh Haroun"

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Best Director: Amat Escalante for "Heli"

Best Screenplay: Jia Zhangke for "A Touch of Sin"

Best Actress: Bérénice Bejo for "The Past"

Best Actor: Bruce Dern for "Nebraska"

It would be awesome if CC would release a Jia Zhangke film.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by iScottie

You mean like Amour? Which still isn't out...

Didn't Criterion hint at releasing Frances Ha? That'd make it the first new release that Criterion puts out.

Criterion has released plenty of "new releases."

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Criterion has released plenty of "new releases."

As in a new, 2013 film. Not a 1950 film remastered on Blu-ray.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by iScottie

As in a new, 2013 film. Not a 1950 film remastered on Blu-ray.

So Certified Copy, Kid with a Bike & Forgiveness of Blood (to name a few) didn't count as new releases?

[DarkRyder]

Originally Posted by iScottie

As in a new, 2013 film. Not a 1950 film remastered on Blu-ray.

Are you serious? Take a look at this page and tell me none of these are new.

http://www.criterion.com/library/exp...7&pp=25&s=year

They are all from this current decade, just released this pat few months. If that's not new enough for you, I am not sure what is.

[Abdrewes]

One example:
Kid with a Bike:
released theatrically (limited, New York & Los Angeles) 3/16/2012
released on BluRay 2/12/2013

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

So Certified Copy, Kid with a Bike & Forgiveness of Blood (to name a few) didn't count as new releases?

Not in the way he meant. Those films released, what, a year after their theatrical release? They hinted at Frances Ha before its theatrical release, meaning they'll more than likely release it relatively soon (three or four months, give or take). Criterion has never done this.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

One example:
Kid with a Bike:
released theatrically (limited, New York & Los Angeles) 3/16/2012
released on BluRay 2/12/2013

Oh I didn't know that it was released in 2012 - thought it was 2010. Oops.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Not in the way he meant. Those films released, what, a year after their theatrical release? They hinted at Frances Ha before its theatrical release, meaning they'll more than likely release it relatively soon (three or four months, give or take). Criterion has never done this.

Keep in mind that the clue that most people thought referred to Frances Ha was actually for To Be or Not to Be. That doesn't mean it isn't a reference to both, but it might mean Frances Ha isn't coming in the near future.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by Indyjones

Anyone wanna give me the rundown on what a reasonable price to pay is on the following OOP titles - new or used? I didn't know Chungking and Playtime wen OOP. :/

Chungking Expresss
Playtime
Pierrot Le Fou
The Third Man

The Third Man is expensive...the other three can be found for around $50-$60 if you look around and are patient.

[shortmartin]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Not in the way he meant. Those films released, what, a year after their theatrical release? They hinted at Frances Ha before its theatrical release, meaning they'll more than likely release it relatively soon (three or four months, give or take). Criterion has never done this.

whenever they release Frances won't be soon enough - saw it yesterday and it is fantastic imo. very new wave. reminds me a lot of Band of Outsiders.

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by iScottie

You mean like Amour? Which still isn't out...

Like that, or even the way some films don't get theatrical releases until a year later. Like Mud.

[joie]

An old car may be new to me, but it's still an old car.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Not in the way he meant. Those films released, what, a year after their theatrical release? They hinted at Frances Ha before its theatrical release, meaning they'll more than likely release it relatively soon (three or four months, give or take). Criterion has never done this.

The window would be shorter, but it doesn't disqualify those as new releases.

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

The window would be shorter, but it doesn't disqualify those as new releases.

For Frances Ha? If the clue is indeed true, it does. Getting the rights to it before its theatrical release is pretty big for them, and it's the kind of film that would get a DVD/Blu release far sooner than later. I'd qualify that as a new release. Don't see what would make it different from other new releases.

And the window would be much, much shorter than the titles you listed. Those are titles that were pondered months after their release (especially after the whole "Minor Kiarostami" controversy). This is a completely different situation; we know going into the theater that Criterion already has their hands on this thing.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm short on time right now, because I will be leaving the apartment soon, but I'll write a few words...



The Criterion Collection has a reputation for releasing understated masterpieces that benefit from minimalism and subtlety. Luchino Visconti's The Leopard, by contrast, is an epic in every sense of the word, and it marches across the screen with a grandiose opulence that demands undivided attention. Like Gone with the Wind or The Godfather, The Leopard is a lengthy film that can intimidate a prospective viewer simply by way of its perceived immensity in scope. Before I finally cleared my schedule and sat down to enjoy this 1963 Italian production that clocks in at over three hours, I felt the same anticipatory head rush that one might feel when starting the first page of an expansive Tolstoy novel.

The Leopard takes place in nineteenth century Italy, and outlines a series of pivotal events in life of the Don Fabrizio, Prince of Salina, a nobleman played with an undeniable larger-than-life presence by American actor Burt Lancaster, as he realizes that his aristocratic way of life is endangered in the face of political revolutions and social shifts in the wake of Giuseppe Garibaldi landing on the coast of Sicily in 1860 and the ensuing unification of Italy. The Prince views the shifting allegiances of his nephew, Tancredi (Alain Delon), as "ignoble", but also understands Tancredi's wisdom concerning the need to evolve with the tide in order to preserve status and prestige. When Tancredi's romance with the gorgeous Angelica (Claudia Cardinale) figures into the equation to maintain wealth and ambition, The Leopard mesmerizes with its multiple undercurrents of jealousy, resentment, and best-laid plans that splash together during an elaborate ballroom scene that takes up most of the final hour of the film. Burt Lancaster's Prince Fabrizio hovers about the celebrations with a unique dignity to show that an aging lion is still a lion.

Some eager online research into the nineteenth century unification of Italy may benefit the viewer, but Visconti's The Leopard is ultimately an intimate meditation on the loss of a way of life, and one man's acceptance of his own inevitable mortality. One does not need to have a scholarly understanding of the Italian politics at hand to identify with the Prince of Salina as he stares tearfully into a mirror while the cacophony of the ballroom festivities is heard from a few feet away.

The Leopard is a joy to behold in all its cinematic scope, and I found myself pausing the film at certain points or replaying certain scenes simply to marvel at the beauty. A scene with the Prince and Don Ciccio, where the two debate about an election on a hilltop during a rabbit hunt while mountains and valleys spread out endlessly on the horizon, is one of the most wondrous sights that I have ever enjoyed during a high definition movie presentation. The Leopard is everything that I had hoped it would be, and this epic masterpiece is given a lovely treatment on this Criterion Blu-ray.

A beautiful film with Cardinale and Delon making a beautiful couple. The Banquet sequence alone would make this a must-see but there is much more to enjoy. Nice review, Owl!

[MitchA17]

Graduated from High School today! I know what I'm watching tonight to celebrate:

[Show spoiler]