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[fdm]

Originally Posted by malakaheso

Until The End Of The World is pretty ordinary.

Wenders is a second tier European director whose entire reputation rests on like 2-3 films.

I have never understood the fuss about him, and I like Alice In The Cities and Paris Texas a lot, and can appreciate Wings Of Desire for what it is, although I didn't stand up for me over time.

If you look at Wenders' career as a whole, it isn't that remarkable. He has more misses than hits. Of course one can say the same for many other directors too, like Coppola, for example, but that's a different story.

I haven't seen as much Wenders as I'd like, but what I have seen fits your template. I'll be curious to see how the rest fit in once I get to them. (I'll reserve judgment on Wender's career until after I get caught up, as I apparently have a lot more respect for him in general.)

[Polaroid]

[Arch Stanton]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

He only made 3 films in the 90s, and all of them got more good reviews than bad. The Straight Story was almost universally praised, one of his best reviewed films ever.

Could be wrong on this (I struggle to care about critical reaction and don't read much into it) but Lost Highway got middling reception. Was seen as quite a cult thing.

[Namuhana]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

OK, this is only partially On-Topic. But since Wes Anderson has some movies in the Collection, and he gets some discussion in this thread, I thought I'd ask here.

I've never been a big fan. But I haven't really given his films a good chance, either. So I was thinking that I would maybe re-evalute how I feel about Wes' films. Where do you guys who are fans (or even not) feel would be a good place to start?

I would probably start at the beginning, even though Bottle Rocket isn't one of my favorites, and work your way to The Grand Budapest Hotel. I don't necessarily think there's a quintessential Wes Anderson film that you must start with, as all of his films are, in my opinion, pretty top-notch. If you didn't want to go chronologically through his films, though, I would suggest either The Royal Tenenbaums or Moonrise Kingdom.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

He only made 3 films in the 90s, and all of them got more good reviews than bad. The Straight Story was almost universally praised, one of his best reviewed films ever.

I remember Lost Highway getting a lot of bad reviews.

...it currently has a 60% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Namuhana

I would probably start at the beginning, even though Bottle Rocket isn't one of my favorites, and work your way to The Grand Budapest Hotel. I don't necessarily think there's a quintessential Wes Anderson film that you must start with, as all of his films are, in my opinion, pretty top-notch. If you didn't want to go chronologically through his films, though, I would suggest either The Royal Tenenbaums or Moonrise Kingdom.

Thanks!

I think my library is going to be getting a lot of my business in the near future.

[jw007]

Ladies and Gents,

November is often the #1 month for Criterion announcements as its right in the holiday shopping frenzy season and usually there are only a few titles announced in December. So some of the big titles come out really late in the year. I predict today's announcements are going to be simply...in a word: mindblowing.

Expect the unexpected!

And savor every moment!

Yours Sincerely,

J.W.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by jw007

Ladies and Gents,

November is often the #1 month for Criterion announcements as its right in the holiday shopping frenzy season and usually there are only a few titles announced in December. So some of the big titles come out really late in the year. I predict today's announcements are going to be simply...in a word: mindblowing.

Expect the unexpected!

And savor every moment!

Yours Sincerely,

J.W.

They better not delay it XD

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

They better not delay it XD

It was already delayed because of the 15th of the month coming out on the weekend.

They will be released today. I had a vision from the Criterion offices in NYC last night.

Enjoy!

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by jw007

It was already delayed because of the 15th of the month coming out on the weekend.

They will be released today. I had a vision from the Criterion offices in NYC last night.

Enjoy!

Not stopped them in the past :P

I hope we get a nice surprise for December - already know Apu Trilogy will be announced.

[CriterionBlues]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

OK, this is only partially On-Topic. But since Wes Anderson has some movies in the Collection, and he gets some discussion in this thread, I thought I'd ask here.

I've never been a big fan. But I haven't really given his films a good chance, either. So I was thinking that I would maybe re-evalute how I feel about Wes' films. Where do you guys who are fans (or even not) feel would be a good place to start?

My wife was a Anderson hater, hadn't liked a single film of his. But she loved The Grand Budapest Hotel and is intrigued to check out more of his work. So I would recommend it as a starting point.

[AaronJ]

A huge thank you to everyone who made suggestions on my Wes Anderson question. I really appreciate it.

I don't like feeling as though I've written someone off without giving him or her a fair chance.

[malakaheso]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

He only made 3 films in the 90s, and all of them got more good reviews than bad. The Straight Story was almost universally praised, one of his best reviewed films ever.

Lost Highway and Fire Walk With Me were shit canned, esp F.W.W.M. Things may have changed now, but critics did not like Lynch in the 90s

The Straight Story is an anomaly in his filmography.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

A huge thank you to everyone who made suggestions on my Wes Anderson question. I really appreciate it.

I don't like feeling as though I've written someone off without giving him or her a fair chance.

I just love that you don't have to take them seriously and you can sit back and just enjoy them - they don't require concentration or over thinking, yet they have so much detail and you are not spoon fed everything. Perfect balance I would say!

They are really fun

I also love how The Grand Budapest is so similar to Nymphomaniac yet they can't be anymore different lol.

Originally Posted by malakaheso

Lost Highway and Fire Walk With Me were shit canned, esp F.W.W.M. Things may have changed now, but critics did not like Lynch in the 90s

The Straight Story is an anomaly in his filmography.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE FWWM.

[alien2010]

Originally Posted by jw007

Ladies and Gents,

November is often the #1 month for Criterion announcements as its right in the holiday shopping frenzy season and usually there are only a few titles announced in December. So some of the big titles come out really late in the year. I predict today's announcements are going to be simply...in a word: mindblowing.

Expect the unexpected!

And savor every moment!

Yours Sincerely,

J.W.

I hope you're visions are reliable. If not, then there's always Britain's Got Talent

[themp3000]

Originally Posted by jw007

Ladies and Gents,

November is often the #1 month for Criterion announcements as its right in the holiday shopping frenzy season and usually there are only a few titles announced in December. So some of the big titles come out really late in the year. I predict today's announcements are going to be simply...in a word: mindblowing.

Expect the unexpected!

And savor every moment!

Yours Sincerely,

J.W.

They can make an effort but I highly, highly doubt it. Another label has already single handily surpassed them on the mindblowing front for the year (ahem, Rivette, Yoshida and Battles box sets) and they still have another month to announce for the year too. They can always settle for second or third fiddle though. I can't complain. Still looking forward to the announcements. But my expectations are low and my budget allotment is even lower.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by themp3000

They can make an effort but I highly, highly doubt it. Another label has already single handily surpassed them on the mindblowing front for the year (ahem, Rivette, Yoshida and Battles box sets) and they still have another month to announce for the year too. They can always settle for second or third fiddle though. I can't complain. Still looking forward to the announcements. But my expectations are low and my budget allotment is even lower.

Despite that everyones moaning because they have given us too much and its made for a costly few months lol

Can never win eh! MoC has some pretty awesome releases coming up too

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by Moj

My wishlist is pretty similar to others:
Red Beard
Sisters
Ballard of Narayama
Le Samourai
Apu Trilogy
Cure
Juliet Of The Spirits
Apu Trilogy
After Hours

If this happens.

[alien2010]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

I just love that you don't have to take them seriously and you can sit back and just enjoy them - they don't require concentration or over thinking, yet they have so much detail and you are not spoon fed everything. Perfect balance I would say!

They are really fun

I also love how The Grand Budapest is so similar to Nymphomaniac yet they can't be anymore different lol.



I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE FWWM.

I'm probably in the minority here because I hated FWWM. That film was not so much of a case of the wonderfully ridiculous, but the hillariously bad. Lost Highway has its haters, but I personally love that film, and it was very much a return to form for Lynch.

As for The Straight Story when I saw this film for the first time back in 1999, I thought that it was a bit of a dissapointment... that is until the final scene. When that final scene came up, not only was I crying floods of tears, but I couldn't help but applaud Lynch. Here was the poster boy of American surrealism ending a film that was simplistic and so bloody realistic (not to mention heartbreaking)

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by alien2010

I'm probably in the minority here because I hated FWWM. That film was not so much of a case of the wonderfully ridiculous, but the hillariously bad. Lost Highway has its haters, but I personally love that film, and it was very much a return to form for Lynch.

As for The Straight Story when I saw this film for the first time back in 1999, I thought that it was a bit of a dissapointment... that is until the final scene. When that final scene came up, not only was I crying floods of tears, but I couldn't help but applaud Lynch. Here was the poster boy of American surrealism ending a film that was simplistic and so bloody realistic (not to mention heartbreaking)

I saw it before I had seen the TV series so not sure if that affects day judgment, I just found the film really sad and I really connected with Laura's character. Also loved the music.