The Criterion Collection

[Infernal King]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

Fair enough. Agree on all points, actually. Whining about how criterion has been failing because they haven't released the most mainstream of all possible titles, however, it's a tradition as old as time.

I personally never dismiss a slate of titles that I am not familiar with. I guess that means that those are complaining feels that they have seen every good movie that has ever been made. I don't get it either

This is a really dumb post.

[anthonyls]

I love the movie Limelight... but HATE that cover

PUKE!

God I hope Criterion changes it.

[Sinthetic]

Over the moon about Limelight. I just watched Downey Jnr as him and was craving more BDs of the legend that is Chaplin.

[JJJ225]

I guess I'm the only one who loves the Limelight cover?

Originally Posted by PipesDonatello

Agreed. I haven't been excited about an announcement since Time Bandits back in September. I guess I just don't like obscure foreign art films for the most part.

Then you generally shouldn't get too excited about Criterion's monthly line ups at all.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by lordmorpheus72

Loved her in Modern Times, I'll have to watch The Women now.

The Women is a terrific film in all respects. By all means watch it, and not just for Paulette Goddard.

[JJJ225]

I know we all want our favorite films to come out in great Criterion Blu Ray releases, but just remember, there was a time when you had never seen any films in the Criterion Collection. There's lots of great films to discover still!

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

Fair enough. Agree on all points, actually. Whining about how criterion has been failing because they haven't released the most mainstream of all possible titles, however, it's a tradition as old as time.

I personally never dismiss a slate of titles that I am not familiar with. I guess that means that those are complaining feels that they have seen every good movie that has ever been made. I don't get it either

I don't know if this was in part directed at me, or not. But if it was ...

I wasn't complaining. I was saying that none of these titles interest me. Well, the Fassbinder maybe. But beyond that, I would rather spend my money on the titles I don't yet own than on any of these.

But I am sort of on a few month long stretch of not being excited about any announcement. And that's saddening. It's not a big deal. I have a lot of stuff I need to watch, a lot of stuff I still need to buy. It's just that I look forward to things and hope for them, then I am disappointed when they aren't announced.

I don't see what's wrong with that.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by duggie walker

So many better films from the 70s than THE ROSE. Don't remember it being very good at all.

I haven't seen it since it first came out. I wasn't terribly excited about it at the time, mostly because I'm not a fan of Bette Midler. I do recall, though, that it was a better film than I was expecting. Vilmos Zsigmond's cinematography was particularly astonishing.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by PipesDonatello

Agreed. I haven't been excited about an announcement since Time Bandits back in September. I guess I just don't like obscure foreign art films for the most part.

(1) Three of the six from this month's announcements are mainstream Hollywood films.

(2) None of the foreign films are obscure, and only one can be argued to be an "art film".

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by jayembee

The Women is a terrific film in all respects. By all means watch it, and not just for Paulette Goddard.

I read a little more about it and it does looks quite good, really excited to watch it soon.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by JJJ225

I know we all want our favorite films to come out in great Criterion Blu Ray releases, but just remember, there was a time when you had never seen any films in the Criterion Collection. There's lots of great films to discover still!

The number of Criterion DVDs I blind-bought back in the day is staggering. Some of those are ones I would love to see updated, which is part of my disappointment.

[joie]

I think Criterion releases more cult classic than art house movies. Even Bergman doesn't qualify as art house any more.

[kuro_sawa]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

What fascinates me is when people say these announced films are 'shit' because they haven't seen them, don't want to see them, and/or want Lynch/etc (hence my comment, which was used as a jab. But I am a Fassbinder fan, funny to me someone who never have seen it, calls his film 'shit' because he expected something else, even though Criterion has a history of releasing Fassbinder and Chaplin, so what did one expect?).

As a gigantic fan of both RWF and Lynch, your posts make me want to hit the ignore button on you! It's insanely hypocritical as well as in extremely poor taste to post what you did for the reasons you say you did it. Who cares who is obscure, who is clamoring for what, who has risen in popularity and who hasn't? If someone post that something you like is shit, why not explain why it isn't? Perhaps if people did this opinions would be changed, things would be learned and good cinema will not be obscured. Putting down one artist to hold up another is wallowing in the same shit you're arguing against.

I think these titles are the most interesting of the year so far from CC, and hope that you guys check some of these flicks out if you're smelling something foul...

The only one there I've never seen is The Rose. Honestly, it still doesn't peak my interest but I'll add it to the list and catch it sometime soon before its release. Fingers crossed for McCabe & Mrs Miller that it still might be in the works

[kuro_sawa]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

The number of Criterion DVDs I blind-bought back in the day is staggering. Some of those are ones I would love to see updated, which is part of my disappointment.

I wouldn't care one bit if they had 6 months of just upgrades.

[Tin Drum]

The Rose will be mine. Midler is fantastic and I can't wait to watch this with amazing pq and aq.

And glad to add another Fassbinder to my collection as well.

[Edward J Grug III]

For me Limelight is the only 100% certain buy.

I will probably pick up Make Way for Tomorrow too.

Man, that is a depressing pile of movies this month!

[Tin Drum]

Originally Posted by Helikaon

Someone tell me about The Rose, I've never heard about it before!

Think Janis Joplin biography with an amazing performance from Bette Midler. Excellent concert filming, too.

[lordmorpheus72]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

But I am sort of on a few month long stretch of not being excited about any announcement. And that's saddening. It's not a big deal. I have a lot of stuff I need to watch, a lot of stuff I still need to buy. It's just that I look forward to things and hope for them, then I am disappointed when they aren't announced.

I don't see what's wrong with that.

Same here, there have been one or two hear and there, but not an entire month I got all excited about. The last few I got really excited about were Time Bandits, The Night Porter, and Watership Down.

We all have our good and bad months for releases. It saves me money here lately.

[lemonski]

Originally Posted by sjconstable

Their cover art has really gone downhill.

Even though I'm not interested in any of the titles, that was the first thing that jumped out at me - how uninspired and drab the cover art is. One looks vaguely familiar, as if it's a retread (Make Way for Tomorrow), three look completely generic (The Rose, SoS, TMo4S), and two (The Confession and Limelight) are downright creepy.

Especially Limelight, great Caesar's ghost that is awful. If I liked the film, I'd have to burn the artwork and keep the disc in the clear plastic case.

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Any guesses?

This is the only substantial work linked to that name:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054205/...nm_flmg_prd_13

Companion piece Crisis. They were released on DVD at the same time. Drew was a pretty significant figure in documentary film.