The Criterion Collection

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by jw007

I watched The Spy Who Came in from the Cold last night on DVD that I borrowed from the library, and it pretty much blew me away up until the last 50 seconds (what a terrible and abrupt ending!). I still think its a very cool film and I loved the directing by Martin Ritt...still, I just hated that ending. Anyone else agree with me too?

I'm glad that you enjoyed this!

I am a big fan of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, although it is the polar opposite of the James Bond movies that I have always loved so much. This film adaptation follows the John Le Carre novel amazingly well, and effectively captures the bleakness of dedicating one's life to being a mere instrument of policy.

If you get a chance, check out the Blu-ray, because the picture quality improvement over the already-awesome Criterion DVD is unbelievable.

If you like Claire Bloom, then I highly recommend the Robert Wise film, The Haunting.

[smoss469]

These lightning deals are great... but INSANE. The most recent one, Three Outlaw Samurai was over 80% sold out in about 62 seconds.

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by smoss469

These lightning deals are great... but INSANE. The most recent one, Three Outlaw Samurai was over 80% sold out in about 62 seconds.

I got lucky and got it, but was sitting here waiting for it to refresh. Before it even refreshed fully it was like 17% claimed. And the gone in under 2 minutes... nuts.

[Majin Blu]

Originally Posted by lordmorpheus72

I got lucky and got it, but was sitting here waiting for it to refresh. Before it even refreshed fully it was like 17% claimed. And the gone in under 2 minutes... nuts.

Been waiting on this one, but I missed it. On the waitlist, but it says it's a poor chance of gettin' the deal. Eh, it's all right.

[smoss469]

Originally Posted by lordmorpheus72

I got lucky and got it, but was sitting here waiting for it to refresh. Before it even refreshed fully it was like 17% claimed. And the gone in under 2 minutes... nuts.

Yeah I snagged it too. I'm trying to stop buying these damn things. I think that'll be the last one before Christmas for me.. unless I can't resist Gold Rush later this week.

[Majin Blu]

Originally Posted by smoss469

Yeah I snagged it too. I'm trying to stop buying these damn things. I think that'll be the last one before Christmas for me.. unless I can't resist Gold Rush later this week.

Gold Rush will be on sale later on?

[smoss469]

Originally Posted by reelgeek

Gold Rush will be on sale later on?

http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node...d_i=2921749011

Yep.

12/6 @ 7:20pm EST for $17.99

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by smoss469

Yeah I snagged it too. I'm trying to stop buying these damn things. I think that'll be the last one before Christmas for me.. unless I can't resist Gold Rush later this week.

Yeah, I keep telling myself the same thing, then I click "add to cart." Like last night, added Citizen Kane (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition) to the cart for $23. Couldn't pass it up...

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by lordmorpheus72

Like last night, added Citizen Kane (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition) to the cart for $23. Couldn't pass it up...

I bought and watched the Citizen Kane digibook yesterday.

Good Lord, this movie looks unbelievable on Blu-ray. I used to see Citizen Kane a good bit years ago by way of VHS rentals and television showings, so it was a blessing to see it in high definition. I posted a few words about it last night in this thread, and cannot add much, but...oh, how sweet it is.

I'm about to watch the Olive Films Blu-ray of Ruthless tonight, and I've heard it has some parallels to Citizen Kane in a way.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Although you might want to partner it with "The Story of Film" on disk or Instant Netflix--
and his overbearingly snotty attitudes toward mainstream-studio narrative (you could literally drinking-game the number of times he says "While Hollywood was busy making Terminators and Hobbits...")

Originally Posted by RojD

I think you nailed it, EricJ, with "snotty attitudes toward mainstream-studio narrative." Great idea for a drinking game.

Yes, but it has to be that specific quote--
By about Ep. 14, he says it so many repeated times, it's like he's deliberately trying to throw you off.

Originally Posted by Dumbhuman

He shows a lot of stuff from films like Psycho, Citizen Kane, Taxi Driver, multiple Hitchcocks and such that should be expected to have been seen by most people already. Scanning down this list of all the clips, I remember a great moment of Audition being spoiled. He spoils the biggest surprise in Funny Games. I think the endings get shown of Pickpocket, Do the Right Thing, and Dogville (the footage of which is strange though). I'm sure there are a lot more, but if you just watch every film on that list, you should be completely safe.

Yeah, now that memory serves, I would definitely include Audition and Do the Right Thing on the list of pre-viewing SPOILERS. Can't remember what was clipped from Eyes Without a Face or The Third Man, but just to be sure. (Possibly "Empire Strikes Back" on the list too, but you never know.)
Film-school iconic spoilers, yes (that are pretty much the only scenes we remember the movies for), but Kane-level if you haven't gotten the total experience of the movie yet.

[Clare2904]

A quick question regarding Amazon lightening deals, are they only available via the .com site?

I am in Canada and Amazon can be horrendous for shipping costs.

[hoytereden]

Sadly, I spent what little cash I had on the B&N sale and now I can only $.05 & $.10 the rest of the holidays. Wanted to get Star Trek: The Original Series Three-Season Pack but that'll have to wait. I did manage to get 6 Criterion titles and the Universal Classic Monsters set so I can't complain too loud. My daughter is coming home for Christmas and that usually loosens my wife's death grip on the money so maybe there's hope............

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I bought and watched the Citizen Kane digibook yesterday.

Good Lord, this movie looks unbelievable on Blu-ray. I used to see Citizen Kane a good bit years ago by way of VHS rentals and television showings, so it was a blessing to see it in high definition. I posted a few words about it last night in this thread, and cannot add much, but...oh, how sweet it is.

I'm about to watch the Olive Films Blu-ray of Ruthless tonight, and I've heard it has some parallels to Citizen Kane in a way.

I'm finally upgrading from my DVD copy... very excited to see this on blu-ray for the first time!!

[Jobla]

Am just spot-checking NASHVILLE now. So far, it looks great. There's also a new hour-long documentary about the making of the film.

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by Dumbhuman

Scanning down this list of all the clips, I remember a great moment of Audition being spoiled. He spoils the biggest surprise in Funny Games. I think the endings get shown of Pickpocket, Do the Right Thing, and Dogville (the footage of which is strange though). I'm sure there are a lot more, but if you just watch every film on that list, you should be completely safe.

+1 that made me chuckle a little.

[Majin Blu]

Originally Posted by smoss469

http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node...d_i=2921749011

Yep.

12/6 @ 7:20pm EST for $17.99

Thanks!!! If I have it, I might get it.
And I was able to get a copy of Three Outlaw Samurai. Been wanting to see it for a long time!

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by retablo

From what I've heard around town, they were a package deal.

Ugh. Where's my Tootsie.

[Scottie]

Just finished watching Nashville.

Initially, I was confused about what the rave was about it, but as the film progressed, especially the last hour and change or so, I was totally blown away.

Excellent, excellent film. Loved the ending song so much!

PQ is nothing short of fantastic. Do not hesitate to buy it!

[StLouisRibs]

If anyone hasn't mentioned it, Thief and Mad, Mad World are pretty dang cheap on Amazon pre-order ATM (24.99 and 29.99 respectively)

[Ausjdm]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Ugh. Where's my Tootsie.

I really wanna see Nashville come on next sale!!!

Indy: your signature on the bottom. Man of steel worst film of the yr. I can live with that I was highly dissapointed in it & the second half was really bad IMO. But the place beyond the pines also? I didn't think it was that bad, i give it points for it trying to aim high and trying to be like a deer hunter epic...