The Criterion Collection

[ShellOilJunior]

Not to mention Fedora is on the way from Olive soon.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'd like to see this Phase IV released by Criterion.

You are not the only one!

[omahajon]

I'm waiting for Andy Warhol's Frankenstein to be re-released on 3D Blu-ray from Criterion, assuming they still own the rights.

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

We received a Criterion hint for Ace in the Hole during a newsletter...

I'd forgotten about the Dec clue.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Not to mention Fedora is on the way from Olive soon.

Oh, that's right. This is going to be a fun year.

[Brad1107]

Originally Posted by omahajon

I'm waiting for Andy Warhol's Frankenstein to be re-released on 3D Blu-ray from Criterion, assuming they still own the rights.

Not a 3D release but Shock is putting out both Blood for Dracula and Flesh for Frankenstein on blu-ray through their cinema cult label in Australia. These will be out Feb 5th (along with DVD only versions of Flesh, Trash and Heat). Shock has said these will include a number of special features including commentaries.

Good prices too!

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

I thought those pining for The Long Goodbye would like to know that the UK Arrow disc plays fine on my Panasonic with the 'pop-up/top menu' remote trick.

Originally Posted by octagon

Oh, yeah, that makes sense. I'm region free so I'll somebody who actually uses that workaround explain it.

I'm curious to know what is meant by this - 'pop-up/top menu' remote trick

My ITV copy of Black Narcissus is region free, but the featurette WAS NOT supposed to work on my non-region free player and it did. ?!?

I don't know if this 'trick' has anything to do with it and I am not expecting miracles, but am kinda wondering if any other region B content will play on my set up.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by octagon

Depending on who you ask it's either a really cool, gritty 70s take on Raymond Chandler or a complete mess.

I'm very strongly in the first camp.

Two words: Sterling Hayden.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by hustlermane

It's strange with Preminger -
....
So, here's my completely unsolicited rankings of the films I've seen of his:

1. Bonjour Tristesse
2. Advise & Consent
3. Where the Sidewalk Ends
4. Laura
5. Daisy Kenyon
6. Anatomy of a Murder
7. Angel Face
8. Bunny Lake is Missing
9. River of No Return
10. The Man With the Golden Arm
11. Whirlpool
12. Skidoo

I just used the 50% off sale at Fox Connect to grab eight of their Fox Film Noir DVDs for $39 ($5 apiece). Otto Preminger's Daisy Kenyon and Whirlpool are in the stack, along with Samuel Fuller's House of Bamboo.

My full haul...

[Show spoiler]House of Bamboo
The Dark Corner
I Wake Up Screaming
House of Strangers
Street With No Name
Whirlpool
Daisy Kenyon
Black Widow

Some of these will probably be announced for Blu-ray upgrades soon, with my luck, but I'm inclined to think that Fox is not in a huge hurry to get these out on Blu-ray.

I received Otto Preminger's Where the Sidewalk Ends in the mail a couple weeks ago, and it's sitting in my stack of film noirs waiting to be watched.

[bwdowiak]

kinda been slow around here.. I hope people don't mind if I pose this question: Rank your top 5 Elia Kazan films. 2 maybe 3 would be obvious.

without explicitly asking about it, I'm curious what the buzz is for one film in particular.

that Fox Connect deal is enticing and they have a ton of Kazan films.

I've only seen the obvious ones and would rank them:
On The Waterfront
East of Eden
A Streetcar Named Desire

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by octagon

Depending on who you ask it's either a really cool, gritty 70s take on Raymond Chandler or a complete mess.

I'm very strongly in the first camp.

I'm somewhere in between. I felt it bore little resemblence to Chandler, but I still liked it. Didn't love it, though.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Meek12345

Do you all think the flash sale will occur on Valentine's day or on Criterion's 30th anniversary date? By the way, which day in February will be the 30th anniversary? Whenever I try to google it, I only get 1984. I go to the Criterion website almost every day, but it would be nice to get a good idea of when the 24 hour sale will occur. I hope that I will be able to pick up the Zatoichi set. Thanks in advance for your help!

I think the point of the flash sale is that people don't really know the specific day in advance.

As for the 30th Anniversary, I don't think anyone (other than the folks at Criterion) knows the exact date, or even which month it is. I seem to recall (but can't find any statements anywhere to support it) that their first two (LD) releases, Citizen Kane and King Kong came out at the end of 1984. They were certainly the only titles released that year. Exactly when the company was founded in 1984 is unknown.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

Rank your top 5 Elia Kazan films.

My Top Five Elia Kazan Films are...

On the Waterfront
Panic in the Streets
Wild River
East of Eden
A Streetcar Named Desire

Panic in the Streets is a great film noir about police and public health officials on the chase in New Orleans for gangsters infected with the bubonic plague. I saw it for the first time a couple months back, and was hugely impressed.

Boomerang! is available on the Kazan set at FoxConnect, but I am curious to see if it will be released individually, just as Panic in the Streets and Wild River were, because an upcoming MoC release was just announced.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

kinda been slow around here.. I hope people don't mind if I pose this question: Rank your top 5 Elia Kazan films. 2 maybe 3 would be obvious.

Gentleman's Agreement
Panic in the Streets
East of Eden
On the Waterfront
The Sea of Grass

without explicitly asking about it, I'm curious what the buzz is for one film in particular.

that Fox Connect deal is enticing and they have a ton of Kazan films.

I managed to get both Kazan at Fox sets for $45.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

My Top Five Elia Kazan Films are...

On the Waterfront
Panic in the Streets
Wild River
East of Eden
A Streetcar Named Desire

Originally Posted by jayembee

Gentleman's Agreement
Panic in the Streets
East of Eden
On the Waterfront
The Sea of Grass

thanks, Owl. thanks, Jay.

Gentleman's Agreement is either about to end it's streaming run on Netflix or just did expire. I had it in my queue, but didn't get around to seeing it.

Anyhow, Wild River was the film that was calling me and for the $7.99 out the door price coupled with The Ghost and Mrs. Muir at the same price, I figured you can't beat that. I'll keep my eye out for Panic in the Streets. I guess that one isn't that high on my list of 'must owns' being that there are other noirs that I feel I need to own and see first.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

kinda been slow around here.. I hope people don't mind if I pose this question: Rank your top 5 Elia Kazan films. 2 maybe 3 would be obvious.

without explicitly asking about it, I'm curious what the buzz is for one film in particular.

that Fox Connect deal is enticing and they have a ton of Kazan films.

I've only seen the obvious ones and would rank them:
On The Waterfront
East of Eden
A Streetcar Named Desire

A Face in the Crowd (by a fairly wide margin too)
A Streetcar Named Desire
On the Waterfront
Gentleman's Agreement
[this space available]

[Yami]

Speaking of Kazan, can anyone here recommend any mail forwarding services to get the Fox sets shipped to the UK? The current deal is tempting, but FoxConnect sadly don't provide international shipping which is a pain!

[jrsl76]

Originally Posted by omahajon

I'm waiting for Andy Warhol's Frankenstein to be re-released on 3D Blu-ray from Criterion, assuming they still own the rights.

They haven't had the rights for years. I do hope they get the rights back however. I love these 2 movies though Blood For Dracula is the one I really love.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by EricJ

I'm in the "mess" camp, but that depends whether you look at it as an Altman 70's-LA film that just happens to have a character with the same name as somebody Bogart played once.

Originally Posted by jayembee

I'm somewhere in between. I felt it bore little resemblence to Chandler, but I still liked it. Didn't love it, though.

Fair enough. It's definitely less straight adaptation (though to be fair, the novel is pretty meandering) than an 'inspired by' sort of thing. That said, I think they hit the Marlowe notes mostly right.

Originally Posted by mysteryjuice

Well I liked it but "gritty" isn't the first word I'd use to describe it.

It wasn't the first word I used either

Originally Posted by belcherman

Two words: Sterling Hayden.

You gotta love that guy. He's one of those guys you stop for if you see him while channel flipping. Big part, small part...doesn't matter.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

I'm curious to know what is meant by this - 'pop-up/top menu' remote trick

Region Hack for Panasonic BD Players?

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by HoNuts

I have a Panasonic DMP-BDT110 and it can play Region-B discs by doing a few different tricks. It won't play any PAL or 1080/50i content without modified firmware however. Here's the 3 methods that I've discovered so far:

Method 1 -

- Insert a disc and wait for the "Wrong Region" screen to appear
- Press the "Pop-Up Menu" button
- Disc should boot to the discs main menu or start playing the movie

Method 2 -

- Insert a disc and wait for the "Wrong Region" screen to appear
- Press Stop
- Press the "Pop-Up Menu" button (You may have to press this a few times)
- Disc should boot to the discs main menu or start playing the movie

Method 3 -

- Insert a disc and wait for the "Wrong Region" screen to appear
- Press Stop
- Press 1 and the number "1" should start blinking in the upper right corner. Press the "OK" button while 1 is blinking. You may have to try this a few times, as it usually doesn't work the first time. Try pressing OK on the first or second blink and it should work.
- Disc should boot to the discs main menu or start playing the movie

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

My ITV copy of Black Narcissus is region free, but the featurette WAS NOT supposed to work on my non-region free player and it did. ?!?

The potential stumbling block with that featurette wasn't region-coding, it was the format of the material itself. Most US players and tvs choke on 50mhz material. For most in the US 1080i/60 is fine, 1080i/50 is not.

But your player/tv combo can apparently handle 1080i/50 material just fine.

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

I don't know if this 'trick' has anything to do with it and I am not expecting miracles, but am kinda wondering if any other region B content will play on my set up.

I don't use this workaround so don't hold me to any of this but my understanding is it works on a disc-by-disc basis.