The Criterion Collection

[Egbert Souse]

I love the films of Powell & Pressburger and Wes Anderson, but I really didn't care for The Tales of Hoffmann, nor Rushmore. I know Rushmore is considered one of Anderson's best, but I didn't really care for it. The Royal Tenenbaums is one of the best films ever made, though.

[Mansinthe]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Janus is set to release the year's best film



https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=12502

Pro-B

trailer looks like Terrence malick and lars von trier made a movie together ^^

[Tin Drum]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Janus is set to release the year's best film

[Show spoiler]

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=12502

Pro-B

I'll see anything I can with the amazing Toni Servillo.

[unkie fester]

Just picked up godzilla, i love the packaging, the pop out head of godzilla is just awasome

[ParticleDan]

Originally Posted by unkie fester

Just picked up godzilla, i love the packaging, the pop out head of godzilla is just awasome

Whoa. Spoiler alert.

[hustlermane]

Kevin, Lancaster is probably my favourite actor ever, and his body of work in the 50s/60s is pretty untouchable. The Leopard, The Train, Birdman of Alcatraz and The Swimmer are all classics that he carries with brilliant performances.

I kind of second the Brazil sentiment here. There's definitely some cool parts to it, but I thought it had some pacing issues over the second half for sure, and the Monty Python derived brand of humour isn't completely my thing.

Excited for The Great Beauty!

[smoss469]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

I love the films of Powell & Pressburger and Wes Anderson, but I really didn't care for The Tales of Hoffmann, nor Rushmore. I know Rushmore is considered one of Anderson's best, but I didn't really care for it. The Royal Tenenbaums is one of the best films ever made, though.

I watched The Royal Tenenbaums almost a decade ago and hated it, but I went in expecting a pure comedy. Last month I found a used DVD copy (I know, blasphemy) for $2 so I gave it another shot and absolutely loved it. Great writing, great sets, real, flawed characters and nice "out of place" additions (like the gypsy cabs) made for a very enjoyable experience. Plus Gene Hackman was great as usual and the house just completed the whole package. I'll upgrade to a BD version eventually. Does the BD version come with the same physical material? IE the house layout map?

[The Keeper]

The blu-ray of Royal Tenenbaums contains the same physical material. Disc content-wise, the Easter eggs and Ben Stiller's intro to the supplements were not carried over from the dvd.

[brandon_260]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Janus is set to release the year's best film



https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=12502

Pro-B

I'm a little apprehensive about this. One of my favorite critics, Calum Marsh, gave the film a half star rating on letterbox'd, but I haven't seen a full write up on the film from him. I'm curious to note his issues with the film. I'll definitely be giving it a watch regardless.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Janus is set to release the year's best film



https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=12502

Pro-B

At first glance I thought that was Bill Murray.

[SimBelm]

Originally Posted by brandon_260

I'm a little apprehensive about this. One of my favorite critics, Calum Marsh, gave the film a half star rating on letterbox'd, but I haven't seen a full write up on the film from him. I'm curious to note his issues with the film. I'll definitely be giving it a watch regardless.

Hope you enjoy it. I ended up giving it 4 stars, I probably wouldn't put it up there with the very best of the year, but it's still in my top 20/25. The friend I saw it with though would definitely agree with Pro-B's statement, they were ecstatic leaving the cinema.

[jw007]

I'm about to watch The Last Days of Disco now that I borrowed from the library.

Will post my thoughts on Saturday.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by jw007

I'm about to watch The Last Days of Disco now that I borrowed from the library.

Will post my thoughts on Saturday.

I watched this the other night, before it expired on Netflix. My initial impression during the early part of the film was "Dear God, I didn't think it was possible to have so many vapid characters in one movie". But once it became clear that he's making mock of the club culture (but with some amount of genuine affection, as the best parodies always have), the film becomes enjoyable as hell.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by jayembee

I watched this the other night, before it expired on Netflix. My initial impression during the early part of the film was "Dear God, I didn't think it was possible to have so many vapid characters in one movie". But once it became clear that he's making mock of the club culture (but with some amount of genuine affection, as the best parodies always have), the film becomes enjoyable as hell.

Well, I watched it and I found myself very distracted by the 90s hairstyles. Although somewhere in the supplements it was said that it was actually a 1980 hairstyle but it just didn't look like a period piece set in 1980 (more like mid to late 1990s to me). Other than this shallow distraction, I found this to be a fairly enjoyable film, but its a bit heavy on the loquacious and verbose (for dialogue). I'm not sure anything about the dialogue is realistic and it feels like I'm watching characters taking their lines straight out of an audiobook at times. I like that the story is mocking the disco club culture though. I thought the very last scene was superb with the "love train" sequence. The movie is definitely a satire and it is a personal film I'm sure from Mr. Whit Stillman. His films for sure have a unique theme and style going for them. He is an auteur.

[Mansinthe]

Originally Posted by unkie fester

Just picked up godzilla, i love the packaging, the pop out head of godzilla is just awasome

one of my favorite criterion movies

[Hintermann]

I am considering adding 2 old classics to my Criterion Blu-ray collection. I own neither as DVD.

Sweet Smell of Success

On The Waterfront

The latter is expensive and I plan to keep an eye for a good price on e-Bay or elsewhere.

But any opinions on the transfers and extras?

[JoeBuck]

Originally Posted by Hintermann

I am considering adding 2 old classics to my Criterion Blu-ray collection. I own neither as DVD.

Sweet Smell of Success

On The Waterfront

The latter is expensive and I plan to keep an eye for a good price on e-Bay or elsewhere.

But any opinions on the transfers and extras?

Those are both essential releases, honestly.
You can't go wrong with either of them!

[Meek12345]

I hope everyone is having a great day. Just want to share my thoughts on some Criterion titles that I recently watched:

Summer with Monika
This is my least favorite Bergman so far. I thoroughly enjoyed The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries. I wasn't expecting Summer with Monika to be like those films. I didn't like Monika's character and found myself feeling more sympathy for Harry.

Sisters
Margot Kidder's "French" accent almost took me out of the film for a while, but I hung in there. I enjoyed seeing one of De Palma's early works and Margot Kidder before Superman. The influence of Hitchcock on De Palma was evident. I look forward to watching Blow Out and Body Double soon.

Andrei Rublev
This is a very interesting movie. I can only compare it to the other Tarkovsky film I have seen, which is Solaris. I enjoyed this more than Solaris for some reason. Everything just resonated more with me while I watched Andrei Rublev.

Knife in the Water
I have enjoyed every Roman Polanski film I have seen. I have only seen Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, and Knife in the Water though. It's been a while since I watched Repulsion, so I need to watch that one again.

Contempt
This is the first movie by Jean Luc-Godard that I have liked. I have seen Breathless, Vivre Sa Vie, and Band of Outsiders. Contempt is his first movie that almost worked for me on all levels. The acting, direction, music...are great.

Carnival of Souls
This movie creeped me out. It is amazing how scary and chilling this movie is with a limited amount of gore. I don't normally like scary movies, but I can understand why this one is a classic.

Le Notti Bianche
This is a good movie although it is slightly depressing. Great performances by the two lead actors. Also, the kissing scene at the end is included in the film reel shown at the end of Cinema Paradiso.

Le Havre
This is the first film that I have seen by Aki Kaurismaki. It is a quirky film that becomes increasingly bizzare towards the end. It's a good type of bizzare. Also, I noticed that Kaurismaki or maybe the cinematographer carried over the colors of the port into the buildings. The walls in the hospital are an aquamarine color, which is unusual.

The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Upcoming Title?)
Interesting animation style. I enjoyed the dialogue more than the plot itself. Rushmore is still my favorite Wes Anderson film.

I'm sleep deprived right now, so please excuse any bad grammar/spelling.

[Hintermann]

I own the now usually overpriced Criterion DVD of Alphaville. I want to upgrade it to the Criterion Blu-ray but does anyone know when it is coming out?

[nadsat]

Originally Posted by Hintermann

I own the now usually overpriced Criterion DVD of Alphaville. I want to upgrade it to the Criterion Blu-ray but does anyone know when it is coming out?

Criterion doesn't have the rights to Alphaville any longer (it was licensed from Studio Canal). So an blu-ray release will probably come but not from Criterion.