The Criterion Collection

[ShadeRF]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Raise your hand if you ordered more than 1.

I just got an estimated delivery of April 20-May 5

[Feiereisel]

Originally Posted by ShadeRF

I just got an estimated delivery of April 20-May 5

A re-release to compliment Odd Man Out? Be still my heart.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by Roninblues

A Day in the Country on An Autumn Afternoon you can Ride The Pink Horse but The Confession of such can lead to Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant. Don’t forget the Sword of Doom AKA The Soft Skin, which brings many Cries and Whispers as you Make Way for Tomorrow. Don’t Look Now, but there is The Thin Blue Line between being in the Limelight and a Dinner with Andre which will end with you being The Odd Man Out for your Five Easy Pieces and thrown from The Bridge into The River by The Friends of Eddie Coyle where even The Fisher King couldn’t help you. But hey, it’s Every Man For Himself.

I'm not the bragging type but I must confess my Sword of Doom is over 8-1/2

[Show spoiler]on my shelf.

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by Feiereisel

Curiously, Criterion's Third Man blu-ray is listed as temporarily out of stock at Amazon, rather than currently unavailable. Glitch, or what?

I hope it's not a glitch but it probably is.I ordered one just in case. Unless a box of these were recently discovered in their warehouse, we'll probably be disappointed.

[bwdowiak]

"The Third Man is rightfully considered to be Carol Reed's masterpiece, but there are certain aspects of Odd Man Out that are better. William Alwyn's score, for instance, may well be one of the very best ever done for a noir film."
- Pro B

Completely a matter of subjectivity.. and I should say that I haven't seen OMO yet, but the zither score in The Third Man, IMO, elevates a great movie to an all-time classic. I know some have expressed their displeasure with it, but to me it is absolutely perfect. So unique, so memorable. There aren't too many scores I can recall and hum in my head but this one (Vertigo, The Conversation are two others,) stays with me.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by adamhopelies

The artwork on the Fisher King is by Angel Ortiz, who is a pretty famous contemporary American artist. Ortiz is well-known in his own right but is probably most famous for his partnership with Keith Haring, who produced some of the most iconic graffiti art of the 1980s.

I think it's apt to feature work by a street artist on the cover for this particular film, and I think the piece chosen represents the film well. The use of this kind of art also harks back to the films original marketing too.

This is great information. I certainly did not know this. Haring (if we want to play several degrees of separation) was also a contemporary of Jean-Michel Basquiat, who was another famous NYC graffiti artist from the 1980's. See the movie, Basquiat, if you haven't. Jeffrey Wright (better known from his role in the recent Bond films) plays Basquiat and David Bowie plays Andy Warhol.

[Scottie]

June pre-orders are live.

André Gregory & Wallace Shawn: 3 Films

http://www.amazon.com/André-Gregory...ords=criterion

The Bridge

http://www.amazon.com/Bridge-Blu-ray...ords=criterion

The Fisher King

http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-King-Bl...ords=criterion

Five Easy Pieces

http://www.amazon.com/Five-Easy-Piec...ords=criterion

A Master Builder

http://www.amazon.com/Master-Builder...ords=criterion

My Dinner with André

http://www.amazon.com/Dinner-André-...ords=criterion

Valerie and her Week of Wonders

http://www.amazon.com/Valerie-Her-We...ords=criterion

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

Completely a matter of subjectivity.. and I should say that I haven't seen OMO yet, but the zither score in The Third Man, IMO, elevates a great movie to an all-time classic.

Well said.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by iScottie

June pre-orders are live.

Who would pre-order a June release from amazon and not wait just less than a month for the B&N sale?

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

"but the zither score in The Third Man, IMO, elevates a great movie to an all-time classic. I know some have expressed their displeasure with it, but to me it is absolutely perfect. So unique, so memorable. There aren't too many scores I can recall and hum in my head but this one (Vertigo, The Conversation are two others,) stays with me.

i have seen the film once or twice, but i thought the zither score was totally unfitting and irrelevant to the film. (this of course has nothing to do with the score being good or bad or memorable on its own)
But I'm not sure yet, because I don't know the film well..

[Angel Eyes]

Originally Posted by iScottie

June pre-orders are live.

André Gregory & Wallace Shawn: 3 Films

http://www.amazon.com/André-Gregory...ords=criterion

The Bridge

http://www.amazon.com/Bridge-Blu-ray...ords=criterion

The Fisher King

http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-King-Bl...ords=criterion

Five Easy Pieces

http://www.amazon.com/Five-Easy-Piec...ords=criterion

A Master Builder

http://www.amazon.com/Master-Builder...ords=criterion

My Dinner with André

http://www.amazon.com/Dinner-André-...ords=criterion

Valerie and her Week of Wonders

http://www.amazon.com/Valerie-Her-We...ords=criterion

I scratch my head on why anyone pre orders Criterion at 40 bucks a pop. I mean if you wait you will catch it for 19.99-22.00 bucks not too long afterward, or members are always selling Criterions 15-20 shipped in the trade section.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

Who would pre-order a June release from amazon and not wait just less than a month for the B&N sale?

Rich people who prefer convenience and are not price sensitive?

[Angel Eyes]

I wonder of "Fishing with John" will get an upgrade soon.

[StLouisRibs]

Army of Shadows and Leon Morin Priest also available as Out of Stock MSRP on Amazon; the fact these appeared the same night as the June releases does make me think something is up.

[Feiereisel]

Originally Posted by StLouisRibs

Army of Shadows and Leon Morin Priest also available as Out of Stock MSRP on Amazon; the fact these appeared the same night as the June releases does make me think something is up.

Wow. That, coupled with The Man Who Fell to Earth rumor isn't hard enough evidence for me to be anything other than (extremely) cautiously optimistic...but...there's a distant whiff of good news, here.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by Angel Eyes

I scratch my head on why anyone pre orders Criterion at 40 bucks a pop. I mean if you wait you will catch it for 19.99-22.00 bucks not too long afterward, or members are always selling Criterions 15-20 shipped in the trade section.

Amazon has a pre-order price guarantee where you are guaranteed the lowest price between the time you order and the release date. I frequently pre-order movies as soon as they go up on Amazon and wait for the price to drop. I then check back a few days before release date and, if the price hasn't dropped enough for my satisfaction, I cancel the order and wait for a sale. For titles I really want I'm willing to pay a few dollars more than flash sale prices. For instance, I currently have Sullivan's Travels locked in for $22.99.

Believe me, I'm not rich.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

i have seen the film once or twice, but i thought the zither score was totally unfitting and irrelevant to the film. (this of course has nothing to do with the score being good or bad or memorable on its own)
But I'm not sure yet, because I don't know the film well..

The zither score has such a wistful, melancholic vibe. Consider this line from Holly (Joseph Cotton):

[Show spoiler]“I'm just a hack writer who drinks too much and falls in love with girls.” Recall Holly getting drunk early in the film after he learns of Harry’s supposed death. Holly’s longing for a woman who’d rather be with a racketeer is at the heart of the film. Anna longs for her idea of Harry (“Harry never did anything. Only a small thing once, out of kindness.”) This runs parallel to the first line of the film and a predominant theme of the entire movie (“I never knew the old Vienna – before the war.”) The war had changed everything and everyone. Some (Anna) did not want to accept that. The score is a soundtrack to drinking away sorrows and trying to forget.

[Feiereisel]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

The zither score has such a wistful, melancholic vibe. Consider this line from Holly (Joseph Cotton):

[Show spoiler]“I'm just a hack writer who drinks too much and falls in love with girls.” Recall Holly getting drunk early in the film after he learns of Harry’s supposed death. Holly’s longing for a woman who’d rather be with a racketeer is at the heart of the film. Anna longs for her idea of Harry (“Harry never did anything. Only a small thing once, out of kindness.”) This runs parallel to the first line of the film and a predominant theme of the entire movie (“I never knew the old Vienna – before the war.”) The war had changed everything and everyone. Some (Anna) did not want to accept that. The score is a soundtrack to drinking away sorrows and trying to forget.

Great point. Its "inappropriateness" also reflects

[Show spoiler]Holly's unwillingness to believe that Harry hasn't done what he's been accused of doing, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. It's Harry's charm--a lie. The jaunty score is akin to someone covering their ears and humming loudly to ignore information they don't want to hear or accept.

Also, I don't think I'd ever heard a solo zither before seeing the movie, so it kind of worked as an alienating, abstracting element on my first viewing of the film. It made/makes it a really unique experience.

[IanSchultz23]

Originally Posted by Spanish Scott

Just finished watching it myself on Hulu, for the same reasons, haha.

Wonderful music. It grabbed me from the opening scenes and remained strong until the end. The sexual content weirded me out a little though at times; from what I understand, the actress was 14 when they filmed it.

Definitely going to buy the Blu Ray though. On the whole I enjoyed it quite a bit. The film is dreamy in just the right ways; reminded me a bit of Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast at times.

The films that it reminds be most of are Tideland, The Reflecting Skin, Svankmajer's Alice, Morgiana, Black Moon and The Hourglass Sanatorium. I rewatched it last night with my girlfriend and I remember telling her it was really sexually explicit but I found it much tamer than I remembered.

[IanSchultz23]

Originally Posted by belcherman

Amazon has a pre-order price guarantee where you are guaranteed the lowest price between the time you order and the release date. I frequently pre-order movies as soon as they go up on Amazon and wait for the price to drop. I then check back a few days before release date and, if the price hasn't dropped enough for my satisfaction, I cancel the order and wait for a sale. For titles I really want I'm willing to pay a few dollars more than flash sale prices. For instance, I currently have Sullivan's Travels locked in for $22.99.

Believe me, I'm not rich.

I've probably gonna do the same for The Fisher King and Valerie and her Week of Wonders if it goes that low.