The Criterion Collection

[Mansinthe]

has someone here maybe some news about the movie "the lodger" from hitchcock? received a really good bluray release in the UK. wonder if Criterion is gonna release that one as well

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by iScottie

For what it's worth, it made me cry.

It's a really hard-hitting film that practically forces you to reflect upon your life.

Sure does... and yeah, I can see that happening to me next time I watch, and as I get older.

[Mansinthe]

Originally Posted by Fellini912

His neo-realist masterpieces are La Strada and Nights of Cabiria starring his wife. 8 1/2 and La Dolce Vita fall in his later surrealistic films (a transition to his more late whimsical films). I also hope criterion will release some more films by Fellini.

Raro Video US has some upcoming Fellini releases

[Polaroid]

Can anyone suggest some films on Criterion that feature a very strong score, bit like The Great Beauty for example - like big classical pieces etc - almost the point where the music is almost a mother character of the film, might have most but interested to know which contain strong soundtracks like this .

(Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Vladimir, Preisner, etc etc etc)

Got stuff like The Leopard to watch still and not sure what it features, also got Solaris (Bach) and got all Bergman film in collection (more bergman needs to be on bluray btw!!!!!)...

Thanks

[Alex DeLarge]

Criterion's PLAYTIME is OoP but many felt they needn't worry because of the Tati restoration and all inclusive box set soon to be released. Well, I just read this bit on David Bordwell's website (concerning the new restoration):

The print of Play Time, though visually beautiful, is altered by some tampering by the restorers. It originally contained passages of music over a dark screen at beginning and end. I described these moments in my essay, “Play Time: Comedy on the Edge of Perception” (published in 1988 in Breaking the Glass Armor: Neoformalist Film Analysis). Of the beginning I wrote:

The film begins with pre-credits music involving percussion; at a seemingly arbitrary point in this music, the bright credits shot of clouds fades suddenly in from the darkness. Already we encounter the sound track as a separate level from the image track–as something to which we should pay cloe attention in its own right. (Unfortunately, most of this music seems to have been edited out of the re-release print.) (p. 253)

(The darkness and music actually last about 10 seconds before the cloud shot.)

And the ending, which in the original has several minutes of music played over a black screen:

Play Time structures even our transference, at the end, of aesthetic perception to everyday existence, by continuing its theme music for several minutes after the images stop–so long that we are forced to get up and move about to this music. The film’s sound track becomes an accompaniment for our own actions, inviting us to perceive our surroundings as we have perceived the film. (p. 261)

(The actual timing is about one minute, though it seems longer when you’re sitting in a darkened theater and are used to leaving immediately at film’s end.)

This new disc includes the dark footage at the end and the music, but the credits for the restoration and video are superimposed throughout–quite a different experience than music accompanying darkness. The music over darkness is shortened at the beginning to about 3 seconds, with the logo of Les Films de Mon Oncle’s logo and a dedication to Sophie Tatischeff, Tati’s daughter.

All these superimposed credits alters Tati’s intentions considerably. He clearly meant for that concluding music to make us almost actors in his film and to carry over its defamiliarization of the fictional world into the real world. Without it, this cannot be considered the definitive version of Play Time. It may seem a small matter, but the original decision was completely reflected Tati’s distinctive style.

Fortunately the Criterion collection’s version retains the music over black at the end, as well as a different set of supplements. Completists will need to have both.


Looks like those of us who have the Criterion BD should hold on to it!

[Danchez]

Originally Posted by GentleGiant

What do you guys think of Il Sorpasso? I watched this film last night and loved every second of it.

I loved it so much. I watched it for the first time a few days ago and have since found myself either thinking about the movie itself or the fact that I should be rewatching it as we speak.

On another note, I watched Repulsion the other night and yeesh. It was a great film, but I can't see myself rewatching it anytime soon. It left me feeling slightly unclean and disturbed, which I'm assuming is exactly the point. So effectively done, but no seconds for me.

[raw341]

Gonna get my first Criterions during the Criterion Sale!!!!

Plan on getting Godzilla, Seven Samurai and Following.

Need some recommendations for other good Criterions since i'm a noob when it comes to Criterions!

RECOMMEND AWAY!!!

[Danchez]

Originally Posted by raw341

Gonna get my first Criterions during the Criterion Sale!!!!

Plan on getting Godzilla, Seven Samurai and Following.

Need some recommendations for other good Criterions since i'm a noob when it comes to Criterions!

RECOMMEND AWAY!!!

Some of my favorites:

Il Sorpasso
The Devil's Backbone
Frances Ha
The Great Beauty
Breathless
Band of Outsiders
Weekend (2011)
The Life Aquatic

[Illy Scorsese]

Add me to the list of people that are not much of a fan of "Blow Up".

"The Conversation" is superior in every way.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by raw341

Gonna get my first Criterions during the Criterion Sale!!!!

Plan on getting Godzilla, Seven Samurai and Following.

Need some recommendations for other good Criterions since i'm a noob when it comes to Criterions!

RECOMMEND AWAY!!!

Best thing you can do is just spend a few hours browsing the collection and get stuff you know you like then branch out and get film by directors you like but not seen etc

Then be brave and try stuff you've never seen before or is completely new to you :P

[Clare2904]

Originally Posted by raw341

Gonna get my first Criterions during the Criterion Sale!!!!

Plan on getting Godzilla, Seven Samurai and Following.

Need some recommendations for other good Criterions since i'm a noob when it comes to Criterions!

RECOMMEND AWAY!!!

http://www.criterion.com/library/exp...lse&p=1&pp=all

Go through the list of titles, take your time to read the synopsis and watch any trailer. Exploring and finding titles yourself is, for me, part of the Criterion experience when you first start collecting.

Enjoy

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by grim_tales

Blow-Up was good, but I found it rather too clever and pleased with itself at times, especially since it cant provide an answer to many mysteries in the film.

Blow-Up seemed more concerned with its character being a shallow product of his turbulent-60's times, and the mystery was just more of a plot convenience.

Even though it was a deliberate cribbing, DePalma's Blow-Out seems to be the movie most people going into Antonioni's movie want to see. (And there's also a bit of 1981-era post-70's conservativism/paranoia, but the balance is better.)

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by raw341

Gonna get my first Criterions during the Criterion Sale!!!!

Plan on getting Godzilla, Seven Samurai and Following.

Need some recommendations for other good Criterions since i'm a noob when it comes to Criterions!

RECOMMEND AWAY!!!

I was gonna say, buy your favourite films (Criterion or non Criterion) and not do Criterion blind buys just for Criterion's sake, and just because there is a sale..

[Helikaon]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

I was gonna say, buy your favourite films (Criterion or non Criterion) and not do Criterion blind buys just for Criterion's sake, and just because there is a sale..

This!

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

I was gonna say, buy your favourite films (Criterion or non Criterion) and not do Criterion blind buys just for Criterion's sake, and just because there is a sale..

I'd personally ignore this advice (sorry) - A LOT of my Criteriosn are blind buys and some of those have turned into my favourite films and had I not blind bought I'd probably have skipped or missed them.

[aes3728]

Originally Posted by raw341

Gonna get my first Criterions during the Criterion Sale!!!!

Plan on getting Godzilla, Seven Samurai and Following.

Need some recommendations for other good Criterions since i'm a noob when it comes to Criterions!

RECOMMEND AWAY!!!

Going with an arbitrary list of "must-haves" based on my opinion. Surface level skimming the works of brilliant directors:

Beauty and the Beast
M
Brazil
Rushmore
Rashomon
Wild Strawberries
Rules of the Game
Jules and Jim
Breathless
Night of the Hunter
Sweet Smell of Success
The Killing
Gold Rush
On the Waterfront
To Be or Not to Be

Happy collecting!

[jlk5844]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

I'd personally ignore this advice (sorry) - A LOT of my Criteriosn are blind buys and some of those have turned into my favourite films and had I not blind bought I'd probably have skipped or missed them.

Agreed. It's how I discover new favorites that I never knew about.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

I'd personally ignore this advice (sorry) - A LOT of my Criteriosn are blind buys and some of those have turned into my favourite films and had I not blind bought I'd probably have skipped or missed them.

you're suggesting that the ONLY way so as not to miss a perhaps favourite film, is to blind buy it?
You can't rent it or whatever first, see if it's something you like, and then buy it?

[jlk5844]

Originally Posted by raw341

Gonna get my first Criterions during the Criterion Sale!!!!

Plan on getting Godzilla, Seven Samurai and Following.

Need some recommendations for other good Criterions since i'm a noob when it comes to Criterions!

RECOMMEND AWAY!!!

Are you looking for must haves from the collection and are very open or are you looking for specific genres/types of films? I don't want to list stuff you won't have any interest in.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

I'd personally ignore this advice (sorry) - A LOT of my Criteriosn are blind buys and some of those have turned into my favourite films and had I not blind bought I'd probably have skipped or missed them.

(And when we say "Blind buys", we mean "Utterly blind to the word 'rental'":
"But I HAVE to buy them, I discover so many new films this way!"...Uh, really? I discover them too, y'know, and get them back to the library on time.)