The Criterion Collection

[StLouisRibs]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

its amazing, however, when coming up with such a list, the number of people who are dead!

and the thought crossed my mind recently that many fans here were not even born when people like Truffaut, Hitchcock, Buñuel were around to take a breath.

Maybe it's just me, but for me it's thoroughly weird to think Bergman was alive seven years ago. Just something about his films makes me associate him with the older filmmakers of the 20s and 30s who've been long-gone and the idea that he lived well into the 21st century seems odd.

I don't feel the same way about Antonioni, oddly enough, given his work only started a decade or so later and he died the same day as Bergman.

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

Barnes & Noble are currently having a buy 2 get the third Criterion for free sale. It seems most of them have the price jacked up to 35.99 so the most you'll be paying for each Criterion will be 23.99 pre tax. There's some priced low like Blue Is The Warmest Color (22.49), so there could be deals with the right combinations.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s?PRO=...IKQ-_-10:1&r=1

Originally Posted by TJS_Blu

Blue is a cheap release; its msrp is $24.99, currently available from Amazon at $17.23. Bear in mind when you decided if its part of a 'right combination'.

This is the cheapest combination I found:

Gate of Hell-26.99
Blue Is The Warmest Color-22.49
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button-20.99(free)

Total=49.48/3=16.49 for each pre-tax

[StLouisRibs]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

This is the cheapest combination I found:

Gate of Hell-26.99
Blue Is The Warmest Color-22.49
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button-20.99(free)

Total=49.48/3=16.49 for each pre-tax

Yes, but that is not an especially good deal at all, given you can literally get the same exact combination from Amazon for $2 cheaper.

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

This is the cheapest combination I found:

Gate of Hell-26.99
Blue Is The Warmest Color-22.49
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button-20.99(free)

Total=49.48/3=16.49 for each pre-tax

Originally Posted by StLouisRibs

Yes, but that is not an especially good deal at all, given you can literally get the same exact combination from Amazon for $2 cheaper.

True, but free shipping for members + coupon may negate Amazon's 2 buck difference as well. Personally, I think I'll wait for Criterion's expected flash sale or Barnes & Noble 50% off sale in November.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by StLouisRibs

Maybe it's just me, but for me it's thoroughly weird to think Bergman was alive seven years ago. Just something about his films makes me associate him with the older filmmakers of the 20s and 30s who've been long-gone and the idea that he lived well into the 21st century seems odd.

I don't feel the same way about Antonioni, oddly enough, given his work only started a decade or so later and he died the same day as Bergman.

I hear ya on this point... I was watching some kind of special on TCM and there was a modern clip where Kurosawa was honored at some kind of awards show and I literally said aloud: "wow! Kurosawa!" as this aging man walked up to the podium.. typing this and recalling gave me chills

[The Great Owl]

I'm wondering about something...

If Criterion throws a Flash Sale again on October 1 or at some point in the next week or two, and I were to order Eraserhead from this sale, then do you think that Criterion will send my Blu-ray set with the corrected disc?

If I do place such an order, I might write a note in my order asking for the corrected version, if it is possible to do so.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm wondering about something...

If Criterion throws a Flash Sale again on October 1 or at some point in the next week or two, and I were to order Eraserhead from this sale, then do you think that Criterion will send my Blu-ray set with the corrected disc?

If I do place such an order, I might write a note in my order asking for the corrected version, if it is possible to do so.

It's currently on "Backordered" status until the corrected version is available. Since they only sell in-stock inventory during the flash sale would it even be available?

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm wondering about something...

If Criterion throws a Flash Sale again on October 1 or at some point in the next week or two, and I were to order Eraserhead from this sale, then do you think that Criterion will send my Blu-ray set with the corrected disc?

If I do place such an order, I might write a note in my order asking for the corrected version, if it is possible to do so.

Eraserhead is not currently available from Criterion.com, and I'm guessing it won't be until they can ship it with the new discs.

Edit: Thanks Hoytereden

[jw007]

What is up with David Lynch's flawed blu-ray releases lately?

Not just is Eraserhead a flawed disc but the new Twin Peaks box set had audio synch problems. Did Lynch intentionally want this to happen to mess with our minds?

Is it just me or are there more blu-ray releases these days that have technical problems? I think the quality control is going downhill because companies want to rush out and make money and they forget about being careful.

[minister_x]

Maybe he hates not just phones but anything non-theatrical!

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by jw007

What is up with David Lynch's flawed blu-ray releases lately?

The only David Lynch Blu-ray that I currently own is Dune. The 1980s kid in me still believes that this is the best Lynch movie by a long mile.

I've had a hankering to see Eraserhead lately, though, because I keep seeing it on horror movie best-of lists, and, although it does not strike me as an outright horror movie, I have a feeling that it'll be a strong October flick.

[UNCMT9]

The Innocents. I'm close to a blind buy. Yay or nay?

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by UNCMT9

The Innocents. I'm close to a blind buy. Yay or nay?

Yay. It will freak you out.

I was going to buy The Innocents today, but the Barnes & Noble down the street is out. I'm going to a different store location tomorrow morning, because I'm going to be in that area having some work done on my truck, so I'm hoping to buy it then.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this one stacks up to my old DVD.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by UNCMT9

The Innocents. I'm close to a blind buy. Yay or nay?

Definite yay.

[UNCMT9]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Yay. It will freak you out.

I was going to buy The Innocents today, but the Barnes & Noble down the street is out. I'm going to a different store location tomorrow morning, because I'm going to be in that area having some work done on my truck, so I'm hoping to buy it then.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this one stacks up to my old DVD.

Originally Posted by octagon

Definite yay.

Well...yay! Many thanks, folks.

[SkyAntoine]

TCM sent out an email today for 25% off (code: SORRY25). They still have their Criterions on sale so even those at $26 each wind up at $20.

I picked up the following:
- Riot In Cell Block 11 $14.24
- L'Eclisse $20.24
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul $20.24
- Macbeth $20.24
- Jacques Demy set $62.99
- The Innocents $20.24
- The Vanishing $20.24

[UNCMT9]

Originally Posted by SkyAntoine

TCM sent out an email today for 25% off (code: SORRY25). They still have their Criterions on sale so even those at $26 each wind up at $20.

I picked up the following:
- Riot In Cell Block 11 $14.24
- L'Eclisse $20.24
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul $20.24
- Macbeth $20.24
- Jacques Demy set $62.99
- The Innocents $20.24
- The Vanishing $20.24

When is The Vanishing out?

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by UNCMT9

When is The Vanishing out?

October 28th.

Also a big "yay" from me in regards to your purchasing of The Innocents.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

The only David Lynch Blu-ray that I currently own is Dune. The 1980s kid in me still believes that this is the best Lynch movie by a long mile.

I've had a hankering to see Eraserhead lately, though, because I keep seeing it on horror movie best-of lists, and, although it does not strike me as an outright horror movie, I have a feeling that it'll be a strong October flick.

Lynch's Dune is one of his weakest films, but its still better than 80% of today's science fiction. Obviously if Alejandro Jodorowsky had been able to make his vision of Dune, it would have been most likely spectacular.

My top 10 David Lynch films are:

1. Blue Velvet
2. Mulholland Drive
3. The Straight Story
4. The Elephant Man
5. Eraserhead
6. Inland Empire
7. Lost Highway
8. Wild at Heart
9. Dune
10. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

ps. I have a hankering to see The Elephant Man again (been like 15 years since I saw it)

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by jw007

My top 10 David Lynch films are:

1. Blue Velvet

This is still one of my favorite Saturday Night Live skits...

Frank Booth's "What's that Smell?"