The Criterion Collection

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Oblivion138

While it does go off on a few too many dead-end tangents in the middle of its second and final season (after Lynch and Frost were forced by the network to reveal the identity of Laura Palmer's killer), the series is MOSTLY fantastic. And the arc of episodes that actually reveal Laura's killer...well, I don't think network television has ever given us anything as genuinely horrific. And Lynch's return for the finale made it stand out as something that would have been worth continuing. Unfortunately, ratings dropped during the lull following the Laura Palmer case's resolution. It would've been nice to see what ultimately happened with Dale.

I need to rewatch these as only seen parts of it, rented off Lovefilm and they decided to send the discs from season 1 and 2 in different orders, so I couldn't really watch in sequence so gave up - might watch today actually haha.

I LOVE the film though, so emotional and powerful.

Not sure if its cause I've seen film so many times, but I LOVE the actress who plays Donna in the film, over the TV series - hard to adjust when watching TV show lol


Might be a spoiler question:

[Show spoiler]Can someone clear up who maddy is in TV show for me? (starting the series again now and bit confused as Sheryl Lee played Laura in film? so why is she a different character in TV series? Is there a reason or something?

[fdm]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Might be a spoiler question:

[Show spoiler]Can someone clear up who maddy is in TV show for me? (starting the series again now and bit confused as Sheryl Lee played Laura in film? so why is she a different character in TV series? Is there a reason or something?

[Show spoiler]Maddy and Laura are cousins

. I've been holding out for the blu-rays to rewatch first time since the show originally aired.

Lots more spoilers at this link.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by fdm

[Show spoiler]I forget the details, but Maddy and Laura are cousins

. I've been holding out for the blu-rays to rewatch since the show aired originally.

Lots more spoilers at this link.

Ah great thanks wish Criterion did a release of the complete series and film :P

[Clare2904]

Originally Posted by jw007

Just noticed this "thank you" feature. I guess I'm not caught up with all these latest forum features. Does everyone else like this too on this thread?

We believe it is the Forum's way of maybe stopping endless posts of "thanks" as I'm sure they clog up the servers.

Also it is a nice way to publicly say "Thanks"

[Ausjdm]

Originally Posted by jw007

it's 3 am and i finally finished watching all 30 episodes of twin peaks tonight (over a span of 2+ weeks)...wow, what a f#cked up ending ... so disturbing, this will never leave my mind prob. til i'm gone from this planetoid.... let's see if i have nightmares now... usually i don't but who knows... i can see how this tv show changed people's lives though.

and now on to criterion news... i'm planning to watch altman's nashville this weekend finally.

JW!...

[Show spoiler]so JW How's Annie?? How's Annie?? Lol!

[TJS_Blu]

To anyone wishing to add Nashville to their collection before the B&N sale, DeepDiscount has it for $19.99. (Then you'll have to find another five-oh-one to trigger free shipping ) Through May 5th, that is.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by kuro_sawa

I agree it is like that with most lists and even people in general. If it is under-appreciated it will be over-appreciated eventually by that certain crowd, etc. However, I think it is only fair to say that it is a must to see the entire filmography to make the fairest personal call, and while I think No Country For Old Men is an incredible film on several levels I stand by what I said. I doubt that if No Country was the only Coen film I'd seen that I'd be able to tell I was watching one of their films the next time around. It is such a great piece though, and anyone placing it as their number 1 has no qualms from me. Only that I'd urge them to see all of their stuff!

that's a pretty good point.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Dumbhuman

I wouldn't worry too much about that statement made earlier. Like what you like and if other people want to project some odd reasoning of their own onto your choices simply because they can't reconcile their own preferences with yours, well that's on them. Changing one's opinion because it's either too popular or not popular enough based on the whims of some sort of imagined public consensus sounds exhausting.

the kind of list making logic that you find so "odd" is not an entirely original thought of mine. there have been articles written about the Sight and Sound voting and lists in general that discuss the same point.

and as I said, it's fine. No one is trying to "change anyone's opinion." me saying that it is pretty darn near objective fact that Fargo is their best film is my way of expressing my opinion. I apologize if that "exhausted you".

Originally Posted by Dumbhuman

Except for new releases being fitted in, I find my initial opinions of films rarely change even over the decades, much less in the few months since I posted the list below

if this is true, you are a better human than most of us are.

Originally Posted by Dumbhuman

I can almost guarantee that if Criterion were to release the Blu-ray of The Man Who Wasn't There that you'd see a big shift in its popularity. I attribute this mostly to exposure, because I'm pretty consistently amazed at some of the titles that get announced and the amount of people who seem to never have seen them (yet buy them anyway based on that C stamp of approval).

Regardless, even if The Man Who Wasn't There became the new Che Guevara t-shirt, ironic mustache, or over-exposed intro clip to some terrible television series, none of that would change the fact that I consider it a fantastic film. It's not like a favorite summer vacation spot that gets ruined with over-development, traffic, pollution and crowding after being featured on the Travel Network. The film remains the same film no matter what other people think of it.

Not exactly sure what you are saying here, but anyway...

Regardless, even if Fargo became the new Che Guevara t-shirt, ironic mustache, or over-exposed intro clip to some terrible television series, or even got a TV series made based on the premise of the original film (how is that for over-exposure?) none of that would change the fact that I consider it a fantastic film. It's not like a favorite summer vacation spot that gets ruined with over-development, traffic, pollution and crowding after being featured on the Travel Network. The film remains the same film no matter what other people think of it.

[Polaroid]

Just learnt you can get ANY replacement case/artwork/booklets for $5 >>> TO UK (including shipping) <<<

Omg... debating whether to order replacement artwork for my top.. say 10 and then cut out cover and frame XD

thats like £3 a print, will look ACE.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Just learnt you can get ANY replacement case/artwork/booklets for $5 >>> TO UK (including shipping) <<<

Omg... debating whether to order replacement artwork for my top.. say 10 and then cut out cover and frame XD

thats like £3 a print, will look ACE.

from where? I emailed Mulvaney once about a replacement box and did not get a reply.

[MKej]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Just learnt you can get ANY replacement case/artwork/booklets for $5 >>> TO UK (including shipping) <<<

Omg... debating whether to order replacement artwork for my top.. say 10 and then cut out cover and frame XD

thats like £3 a print, will look ACE.

Where?

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

from where? I emailed Mulvaney once about a replacement box and did not get a reply.

Im emailing:

orders@criterion.com and the person who I am sorting with is Claire (very helpful).

Originally needed TMWFTE plastic case/artwork and wanted to see fi they had any in stock but they are all out but found a cheap copy of A NIGHT TO REMEMBER cause it was missing booklet, so ordered but I want full set so got book

[Deep]

Originally Posted by TJS_Blu

To anyone wishing to add Nashville to their collection before the B&N sale, DeepDiscount has it for $19.99. (Then you'll have to find another five-oh-one to trigger free shipping ) Through May 5th, that is.

The only concern is that this title comes in a digipack and DeepDiscount doesn't use boxes for shipping unless you order 5-6 titles at a time. Also returning BluRays to DeepDiscount and getting a replacement can be a hassle (you have to pay for return shipping).

I already have Nashville but a lot of the titles in my want list (the ones released since the last BN sale) are in digipacks too. I will order them from BN either during their 50% sale or the buy 2 get 1 sale that immediately precedes it. If the digipack arrives damaged I always have the option of returning it to the store and getting a replacement.

-D

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by Deep

DeepDiscount doesn't use boxes for shipping unless you order 5-6 titles at a time.

I just received a box with 4 titles from DeepDiscount.

[brandon_260]

Originally Posted by Coen

Watched Dancer In The Dark last night and was completely blown away. Just an amazing film. I can't stop thinking about it - unreal performance by Bjork. The only other LVT film I've seen was Dogville, which I liked a lot. I know that Criterion has Antichrist and Breaking The Waves on BD, which leads me to my question. Which other LVT films would you recommend for someone who has a bit of a weak stomach and cannot handle things like blood, needles, bodily functions, etc?

Melancholia is fairly tame by LVT standards. It's also fantastic.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by brandon_260

Melancholia is fairly tame by LVT standards. It's also fantastic.

Melancholia is brilliant, a lot hated first half cause they got bored, but I thought first half was incredible, really helped you learn about Justine and stuff, and was so beautiful.

Second part was also excellent, but yeahs as rather tame... But maybe that helped it, was worried Kirsten dunst couldn't handle being in a Lars film but spit was her best performance I've seen and was such a transformation (she was also amazing in interview with a vampire).

But yeah, the visuals, the music, the acting was perfect.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Coen

Watched Dancer In The Dark last night and was completely blown away. Just an amazing film. I can't stop thinking about it - unreal performance by Bjork. The only other LVT film I've seen was Dogville, which I liked a lot. I know that Criterion has Antichrist and Breaking The Waves on BD, which leads me to my question. Which other LVT films would you recommend for someone who has a bit of a weak stomach and cannot handle things like blood, needles, bodily functions, etc?

The five obstructions was quite an interesting film/documentry, quite funny at times, but some fascinating stuff

[Adrock]

Originally Posted by Coen

Watched Dancer In The Dark last night and was completely blown away. Just an amazing film. I can't stop thinking about it - unreal performance by Bjork. The only other LVT film I've seen was Dogville, which I liked a lot. I know that Criterion has Antichrist and Breaking The Waves on BD, which leads me to my question. Which other LVT films would you recommend for someone who has a bit of a weak stomach and cannot handle things like blood, needles, bodily functions, etc?

Originally Posted by brandon_260

Melancholia is fairly tame by LVT standards. It's also fantastic.

Agree on the recommendation. I also thought Melancholia was fantastic.

[Visco.]

Melancholia is beautiful. That opening shot.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Coen

How sci-fi is Melancholia? It's one of my least favorite genres.

Not much - the only scifi part of it is the Melancholia hitting earth and the way it does it, its quite real tbh - its very different to most end of the world films, it feels so raw and real and not tacky/over the top - and best of all its an end of the world film not set in a major city lol

Its a brilliantly made film and so beautiful in terms of cinematography - only flaw for me was how tame it was - I wanted it to be like Antichrist - by showing the most extreme part of anxiety/depression, but Kirsten Dunst pulls it off so brilliantly it works without the extreme Lars