The Criterion Collection

[joie]

I'm guessing that Laura Mulvey's commentary on "Journey to Italy" is the same one that's on BFI's DVD and, presumably, will be on it's Blu-ray. It's an interesting commentary, but the movie can stand on its own.

If you want an interesting intro to Italian film, Martin Scorsese did a 2-disc DVD, "My Voyage to Italy." He talks about important Italian films and shows clips of them. It's very informative. The three Rossellini films are part of the show.

I'll leave my order for BFI's disc active. I can't stand sets. If they would do individual releases, I might buy a movie from the David Lean and Philip Glass sets. I might buy, "Europa 51," too.

[brandon_260]

What's the definitive or preferred cut on those two Rossellini films that have both English and Italian versions?

Also, just got shipping notice on Safety Last! and Things To Come. Hopefully they show up early enough tomorrow that I can squeeze one in before work. No sign of Marketa yet

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by brandon_260

What's the definitive or preferred cut on those two Rossellini films that have both English and Italian versions?

Also, just got shipping notice on Safety Last! and Things To Come. Hopefully they show up early enough tomorrow that I can squeeze one in before work. No sign of Marketa yet

I had shipping notices for both Safety Last and Things To Come early this morning. Just checked my e-mail and Marketa finally shipped now. All should be in tomorrow, though.

[brandon_260]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I had shipping notices for both Safety Last and Things To Come early this morning. Just checked my e-mail and Marketa finally shipped now. All should be in tomorrow, though.

I very rarely get my shipping notice on Criterion releases before the release date from Amazon, so I`m expecting Marketa will just ship tomorrow. Not sweating it though, I wouldn't have time to watch a near three hour film until Thursday at the earliest anyway.

[Judex]

Originally Posted by JoeBuck

Life Of Oharu?

I can't not wait for this release. As soon as the B&N sale starts I'm getting this.

[The Great Owl]

Alright! I just watched Drive, He Said from the American Lost and Found box set to get into the groove again.

The Blu-ray looks noticeably better than it did on my old DVD set, although this particular flick is not exactly eye candy material. The movie gets better with each viewing, though, and it's a rather informative look at the college campus scene during the late days of the Vietnam protests. It will never be my favorite movie in the America Lost and Found set, but it does merit repeat viewings.

And onward to A Safe Place. Sort of like eating my vegetables before I get to watch The Last Picture Show.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Lutz

Which is ironic because gay pride polemics are designed to preach to the straight audience that is watching.

On behalf of heterosexual people everywhere, how can I put this?:
IT AIN'T WORKING.
More flies with honey, and all that.

(The '79 original film, however, stays in the realm of stage farce and emphasizes family, so its humor is a little more universal, and more in keeping with just the French-farce appeal of the concept.
The sequel, however, was pretty thin, going for "on the run caper", and I can think of plenty of bad sequels that went in that direction.)

[rock, stone]

Originally Posted by EricJ

On behalf of heterosexual people everywhere, how can I put this?:
IT AIN'T WORKING.
More flies with honey, and all that.

(The '79 original film, however, stays in the realm of stage farce and emphasizes family, so its humor is a little more universal, and more in keeping with just the French-farce appeal of the concept.
The sequel, however, was pretty thin, going for "on the run caper", and I can think of plenty of bad sequels that went in that direction.)

Hmmm, how can I put this?

Your repeated critiques would carry more weight if you didn't keep wording your complaints so exclusively as "too gay". If you want to shroud your politics with some more coded turns of phrase, you might get some more bites.

On the other hand, if we were to say that "gay" was a color, it certainly isn't the only color on display on any of the releases in the catalog. It is just the only one you are committed to commenting on.

Thanks.

[FrankBlue]

I'll be getting The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Personally, I liked the "spy and political" drama and suspense, where it took place after World War II in East Germany. As for Slacker ... I'm not absolutely sure. Granted, it's bloated with supplements and extras - I'll give high marks for it. The only major question mark I have is the film quality when it comes to the story.

On a separate note, Slacker and Tiny Furniture are fairly identical in relating with the story about their post-collegiate life. In other words, they started to explore the "real world" after they graduated from college. Slacker was filmed by a 16mm at a cost of $3,000.00, while Tiny Furniture used Canon EOS 7D camera for filming. Lastly, I know the film critics gave a thumbs down on the latter, so you think the former faces the same negative treatment?

[JoeBuck]

Originally Posted by FrankBlue

Of the eight movie titles announced today by Criterion Collection, I'm looking to purchase one or two. I'll be getting The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Personally, I liked the "spy and political" drama and suspense, where it took place after World War II in East Germany. As for Slacker ... I'm not absolutely sure. Granted, it's bloated with supplements and extras - I'll give high marks for it. The only major question mark I have is the film quality when it comes to the story.

On a separate note, Slacker and Tiny Furniture are fairly identical in relating with the story about their post-collegiate life. In other words, they started to explore the "real world" after they graduated from college. Slacker was filmed by a 16mm at a cost of $3,000.00, while Tiny Furniture used Canon EOS 7D camera for filming. Lastly, I know the film critics gave a thumbs down on the latter, so you think the former faces the same negative treatment?

Slacker's been on Criterion for ages, so no it wont. A lot of people just really dont like Lena Dunham or the mumblecore type films and thats where a lot of the flack it gets comes from.

[Whirlygig]

Slacker = w00t!

[RiFiFi1955]

Originally Posted by brandon_260

What's the definitive or preferred cut on those two Rossellini films that have both English and Italian versions?

Miss Bergman is speaking English so I prefer to hear her voice!

[Lutz]

Originally Posted by EricJ

On behalf of heterosexual people everywhere, how can I put this?:
IT AIN'T WORKING.
More flies with honey, and all that.

(The '79 original film, however, stays in the realm of stage farce and emphasizes family, so its humor is a little more universal, and more in keeping with just the French-farce appeal of the concept.
The sequel, however, was pretty thin, going for "on the run caper", and I can think of plenty of bad sequels that went in that direction.)

But mainstream films like MILK are certainly gay themed films made for heterosexual audiences.

[starman15317]

Yes, can't wait to buy Slacker!! I had been thinking of buying the DVD recently too.

[Scottie]

Just put it together that Richard Linklater ("Before" trilogy) directed Slacker. Hopefully they'll release his trilogy.

[The Great Owl]

3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman (Stromboli, Europa '51, and Journey to Italy) will be a blind buy for me.

After conducting extensive research and running the numbers several times over, though, I have ascertained that the probability that I will enjoy watching Ingrid Bergman in three early 1950s films is roughly 100%.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by EricJ

On behalf of heterosexual people everywhere,...

Thank you, no.

[starman15317]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Just put it together that Richard Linklater ("Before" trilogy) directed Slacker. Hopefully they'll release his trilogy.

I hope they do too. Slacker and the Before films are similar in ways (they both have the same style of following people walking and talking).

The announcement of Slacker on Blu-Ray made my night!

[Visco.]

Really happy about Slacker. Anything Linklater is great.

[Abdrewes]

Watching Gate of Hell