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blooregard_q_kazoo · 05-13-2014, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

I rarely recommend blind buys, but if you can play Region-B discs make sure you add Claire Denis' latest film to your collections. Don't read reviews. I would also suggest that you do not watch any trailers, though we have one on the site. Just buy it and see it. It has to be on Blu-ray because the soundtrack is just as impressive. (Pure atmosphere...The Thindersticks).

David Lynch would have loved to direct Bastards. The year's best film

Our review will be up shortly.

Tindersticks - Low Life - YouTube

Pro-B

I can definitely recommend this as well. Claire Denis is always interesting and doesn't disappoint here, either. I went into this (luckily at the theater) without knowing anything and imho that's the best way to experience this.

Scottie · 05-13-2014, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by alien2010

Is today the day of the announcements? Or is it later in the week?

May 15th, buddy.

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Originally Posted by KilloWertz

My bad. I forgot about Monsieur Verdoux since I never picked it up. It's the only one of his that I'm not sure I'd want to watch more than once.

Please check out Monsieur Verdoux. It's riddled with dark humor and drama.

I didn't think I was going to be a big fan of it when I first saw it, but I almost immediately found it shooting to the top of my Chaplin list.

KilloWertz · 05-13-2014, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by iScottie

Please check out Monsieur Verdoux. It's riddled with dark humor and drama.

I didn't think I was going to be a big fan of it when I first saw it, but I almost immediately found it shooting to the top of my Chaplin list.

I will definitely still watch it at some point since Hulu has it. It was just something I didn't feel confident in buying last year when I got all of the other Chaplin Criterions.

ShellOilJunior · 05-13-2014, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by iScottie

I watched it sometime last year via On Demand and I thought it was a pretty decent movie. It definitely has some really disturbing and sick moments throughout it.

It was my first Denis film, but I still have White Material to watch via Criterion.

White Material is terrific. Hot, dry, dusty, gloom and doom - I love it.

Isabelle Huppert's performance is great.

adamhopelies · 05-13-2014, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

White Material is terrific. Hot, dry, dusty, gloom and doom - I love it.

Isabelle Huppert's performance is great.

White Material is my favourite Denis film after 35 Shots Of Rum. Bastards is my second favourite film of this year too.

Scottie · 05-13-2014, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by blu-bry

You are definitely not a "halfwit". I would consider you a "full wit".

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Originally Posted by adamhopelies

Damn you, dashing my hopes of a Hard Eight disc being announced on Thursday!

And I never meant to imply that I agreed with the "halfwit" comment btw.

Oh, I know. No worries.

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Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

White Material is terrific. Hot, dry, dusty, gloom and doom - I love it.

Isabelle Huppert's performance is great.

Thanks for the information.

I've heard some mixed reviews on it so I'm definitely looking forward to seeing it now.

TBickle · 05-13-2014, 04:32 PM

B&N Criterion sale starts July 1st-28th

GxyExpress999 · 05-13-2014, 04:39 PM

Barnes & Noble B2G1 - (May 13 - June 02, 2014)

$29.01 titles that I found:

Overlord
Il Sorpasso
Master of the House
Breaking the Waves
Ace in the Hole
Riot in Cell Block 11

SammyJankis · 05-13-2014, 04:47 PM

The Leopard or Barry Lyndon. Which one to watch?

Hm..

bwdowiak · 05-13-2014, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SammyJankis

The Leopard or Barry Lyndon. Which one to watch?

Hm..

have you seen them both before?

SammyJankis · 05-13-2014, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by bwdowiak

have you seen them both before?

Ah, yes, I should have clarified that. I have. I haven't seen them in years, though, and I'm in the mood for a period piece.

bwdowiak · 05-13-2014, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Ah, yes, I should have clarified that. I have. I haven't seen them in years, though, and I'm in the mood for a period piece.

said this before here, but Barry Lyndon is my favorite Kubrick film! a tight narrative and, IMO, the best display of all his technical mastery and style - the zoom outs, the marriage of classical music to the images, every shot framed perfectly.

I need to see it again myself as it has been a few years.

ShellOilJunior · 05-13-2014, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by iScottie

Oh, I know. No worries.

Thanks for the information.

I've heard some mixed reviews on it so I'm definitely looking forward to seeing it now.

Sometimes I think mixed reviews are better than 90%+ positive reviews. Sometimes this means a film has substance to it. Malick's films usually get mixed reviews.

bwdowiak · 05-13-2014, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SammyJankis

The Leopard or Barry Lyndon. Which one to watch?

Hm..

this music just casts a spell on me

TJS_Blu · 05-13-2014, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bwdowiak

TJS or anyone else - do you have a link to a post that talks about this?

here

Like Captveg says, a clear pattern.

LPMA · 05-13-2014, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by GxyExpress999

Barnes & Noble B2G1 - (May 13 - June 02, 2014)

$29.01 titles that I found:

Overlord
Il Sorpasso
Master of the House
Breaking the Waves
Ace in the Hole
Riot in Cell Block 11

Oh, B2G1 started already? It's usually right before the Criterion sale.

GxyExpress999 · 05-13-2014, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by LPMA

Oh, B2G1 started already? It's usually right before the Criterion sale.

Yup, I guess there will be no "overlap" this time.

bwdowiak · 05-13-2014, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by TJS_Blu

here

Like Captveg says, a clear pattern.

thanks.. I remember this post now. there's no "clear pattern" at all. Rashomon was released before Hidden Fortress; Throne of Blood before Red Beard and Hidden Fortress; and Kagemusha before nearly all of them.

no evidence here suggests that Red Beard has the best chance of being upgraded next.

TBickle · 05-13-2014, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by LPMA

Oh, B2G1 started already? It's usually right before the Criterion sale.

Yeah the half off sale starts July 1st until the 28th

bwdowiak · 05-13-2014, 05:55 PM

Here is the order in which the Kurosawa films have been released on blu-ray:

#267 - Kagemusha August 2009
#52 - Yojimbo March 2010
#53 - Sanjuro March 2010
#2 - Seven Samurai October 2010
#24 - High & Low July 2011
#138 - Rashomon November 2012
#190 - Throne of Blood January 2014
#116 - The Hidden Fortress March 2014

According to this pattern, anything can be next.

05-13-2014, 04:39 PM	#100628
GxyExpress999 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 Location:US of A Home Theater Gallery:7	Buy Any 2, Get the 3rd Free Barnes & Noble B2G1 - (May 13 - June 02, 2014) $29.01 titles that I found: Overlord Il Sorpasso Master of the House Breaking the Waves Ace in the Hole Riot in Cell Block 11

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TBickle Junior Member Member since:May 2009 Location:Orlando, FL 4K collection:214 Blu-ray collection:1945 DVD collection:1045	B&N Criterion sale starts July 1st-28th

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SammyJankis Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Austin Blu-ray collection:664	The Leopard or Barry Lyndon. Which one to watch? Hm..

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bwdowiak Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2013 Location:Chicago 4K collection:28 Blu-ray collection:502 DVD collection:28 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:5	Here is the order in which the Kurosawa films have been released on blu-ray: #267 - *Kagemusha* August 2009 #52 - *Yojimbo* March 2010 #53 - *Sanjuro* March 2010 #2 - *Seven Samurai* October 2010 #24 - *High & Low* July 2011 #138 - *Rashomon* November 2012 #190 - *Throne of Blood* January 2014 #116 - *The Hidden Fortress* March 2014 According to this pattern, anything can be next.

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