The Criterion Collection

[Gusto-Guus]

Anyone know of any Barnes and noble coupons?

[CriterionBlues]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

Anyone know of any Barnes and noble coupons?

My memory is that members get a bunch in June right before the Criterion sale. I plan to use one on the Shawn/Gregory set.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by jw007

Yes, how could I not think of that! Criterion collectors are far more sophisticated than the general moviegoing public, at least that's what we all want to believe. Forget the chianti, fava beans and shortbread cookies though. We're talkin' food right out of Babette's Feast. Yes, we're talkin' sumptuous and decadent. We're talkin' turtle soup, buckwheat cakes with caviar and sour cream, quail in puff pastry shell with foie gras and truffle sauce, rum sponge cake with figs and candied cherries and then of course the sherry wine, the champagne, the pinot noir and then of course, how could I forget, the Louis XIII de Rémy Martin cognac with coffee.

Holy baloney. Now that's what we Criterion collectors like to eat!

Only if we can get it on a lunch special twice a year, with a coupon.

[JJJ225]

Are we assuming the Rossellini War Trilogy is coming on Blu Ray?

[javi92]

Can we look forward to a standalone release of Easy Rider this month?

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by JJJ225

Are we assuming the Rossellini War Trilogy is coming on Blu Ray?

Yes

Originally Posted by javi92

Can we look forward to a standalone release of Easy Rider this month?

I wish and I would also warmy welcome a standalone of The Last Picture Show, Brief Encounter, and Koyaanisqatsi.

[CriterionBlues]

Originally Posted by JJJ225

Are we assuming the Rossellini War Trilogy is coming on Blu Ray?

I'm betting we get another small box in July, so probably this or Apu Trilogy.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by CriterionBlues

I'm betting we get another small box in July, so probably this or Apu Trilogy.

I doubt we'll get The Apu Trilogy that early. It won't be released until after the films have finished their arthouse run.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by oildude

Only if we can get it on a lunch special twice a year, with a coupon.

I'd vouch for Criterion food stamps if possible.

[Count Zaleska]

Greetings....as a new member, I am just intro'ing myself. And I'll list one BD future wish...."Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas" (and I will need to search for threads about why/if this title will ever be on BD, because it does not appear to be.)

Meanwhile, upcoming wish/purchase will be "Repulsion."

[willieconway]

Originally Posted by Count Zaleska

Greetings....as a new member, I am just intro'ing myself. And I'll list one BD future wish...."Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas" (and I will need to search for threads about why/if this title will ever be on BD, because it does not appear to be.)

Meanwhile, upcoming wish/purchase will be "Repulsion."

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Fear-...Blu-ray/19911/

And the Universal release: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Fear-...-Blu-ray/8355/

No shortage there.

[CriterionBlues]

Originally Posted by jayembee

I doubt we'll get The Apu Trilogy that early. It won't be released until after the films have finished their arthouse run.

I was expecting November until someone over at Criterion Forum found some leaked artwork for the box logo. Maybe summer is wishful thinking because I've been waiting for these for years.

Another possibility is The Koker Trilogy, which I believe was also rumored to come out this year.

[spectre08]

I watched the extra film, Stereo contained on the disk with Scanners.

It's a pretty out there film, and obviously the product of a very tiny budget and a very young filmmaker.

But, I thought it was really enjoyable, especially the later half.

I'm not very familiar with Cronenberg, I only really started seeking out his films after being blown away by Maps to the Stars. Has he more deeply explored ideas on bisexuality and "omnisexuality" that he teases in Stereo?

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by CriterionBlues

I was expecting November until someone over at Criterion Forum found some leaked artwork for the box logo. Maybe summer is wishful thinking because I've been waiting for these for years.

Another possibility is The Koker Trilogy, which I believe was also rumored to come out this year.

I wouldn't mind the Wajda: Three War Films set but I've never heard it mentioned as a upgrade candidate.

[Roninblues]

Originally Posted by willieconway

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Fear-...Blu-ray/19911/

And the Universal release: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Fear-...-Blu-ray/8355/

No shortage there.

I think the Count has been in the crypt too long hoping people forget that "he" is Dracula's Daughter,Countess Marya Zaleska.

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm not going to ask what some of you eat during The Silence of the Lambs.

Lamb chops, extra rare!

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by spectre08

I watched the extra film, Stereo contained on the disk with Scanners.

It's a pretty out there film, and obviously the product of a very tiny budget and a very young filmmaker.

But, I thought it was really enjoyable, especially the later half.

I'm not very familiar with Cronenberg, I only really started seeking out his films after being blown away by Maps to the Stars. Has he more deeply explored ideas on bisexuality and "omnisexuality" that he teases in Stereo?

A lot of his stuff contains extreme reconfigurations of sexual norms. For what you're talking about I think Crash and Videodrome would probably be the most "heady" explorations of that idea, while "Shivers" is the silliest, and Naked Lunch is somewhere in between. Crash is extremely sexually explicit and Videodrome/Shivers are very gory, be warned.

[spectre08]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

A lot of his stuff contains extreme reconfigurations of sexual norms. For what you're talking about I think Crash and Videodrome would probably be the most "heady" explorations of that idea, while "Shivers" is the silliest, and Naked Lunch is somewhere in between. Crash is extremely sexually explicit and Videodrome/Shivers are very gory, be warned.

I'll definitely have to look into them.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by javi92

Can we look forward to a standalone release of Easy Rider this month?

I would say The Last Picture Show would get released. Easy Rider is already available standalone from Sony.

[georgemc98]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm not going to ask what some of you eat during The Silence of the Lambs.

Liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti