The Criterion Collection

[RainPlex]

Has there been any words about the Eclipse Series getting the blu treatment?

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by RainPlex

Has there been any words about the Eclipse Series getting the blu treatment?

Yeah, the chances are 1,000,000 to 1.

I seriously doubt that any film that doesn't even make it into Criterion's mainline with extra features is going to be released on any high-definition format by Criterion in our life time. Maybe, some of those films will be released by other companies (i.e. foreign markets) on blu-ray but not by Criterion.

CC

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by RainPlex

Has there been any words about the Eclipse Series getting the blu treatment?

From wikipedia:

"Eclipse from the Criterion Collection is a brand for a line of DVD film series released by the Criterion Collection. It debuted on March 27, 2007.[1] The brand was created to produce budget-priced, high-quality DVD editions of hard-to-find films. The DVDs are released in boxed sets that typically contain between two to seven films across and focus on a specific film director. Future sets will also focus on themes. Typically, they are released monthly. In order to keep prices low, the films do not receive the same degree of remastering nor any of the special features that have became associated with Criterion Collection titles."

Now what do you think?

[kefrank]

Originally Posted by Old Geezer

Made one last dip into the B&N sale myself and came away with The Ingmar Bergman Trilogy. Only title left that I would even consider at this time is By Barkhage but it just doesn't really appeal to me. Looks like an overpriced bunch of short experimental films to me. I read the review but that didn't do much for me either.

By Brakhage is not for everyone, but it is the definitive collection of films from arguably the greatest experimental filmmaker America has ever had. If you're into that kind of thing, it's worth every penny, particularly at the price in this sale.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

And is this version the single disc one that is on Amazon correct? If so, I'll prob go ahead and get it too.

http://www.amazon.com/American-Frien...0682750&sr=8-1

Just finished the audio commentary and the deleted scenes. If the price on Amazon reflects this DVD, then you get a big bang for your buck.

Nicholas Ray had a small part, but played it with a lot of emotion.

The audio commentary was quite decent. My wife says that Wim's voice makes her drowsy (hey...he's a mellow guy ). It would have been nice to have heard more of Dennis Hopper, but it was very welcome. There seems to have been a very nice friendship and respect that they showed for each other. Wim lost a couple of "friends" that were great directors.

[Blu_Beast]

Originally Posted by Blu_Beast

Just Picked Up:

Sid and Nancy
The Blob
The 39 Steps
Rebecca
Spellbound

I actually did not get them from B&N. Not to be an ass, but I thought that was obvious. I was just stating that I actually found these. I actually found them right here in the Blu-ray.com forum, I made a trade for them

Seventh Seal blu-ray and Nightmare Before Xmas Blu-ray

WHAT A DEAL, HUH? Again IM PUMPED

[Crimson King]

Well, my Kind Hearts and Coronets got cancelled, at least I have the Anchor bay version for now.

Was gonna pick up the following CC DVD's before the sale goes bye-bye

The Honeymoon Killers
Tunes Of Glory
The Horse's Mouth
(are these worth getting?)

[Old Geezer]

Originally Posted by kefrank

By Brakhage is not for everyone, but it is the definitive collection of films from arguably the greatest experimental filmmaker America has ever had. If you're into that kind of thing, it's worth every penny, particularly at the price in this sale.

I pretty much agree with everything you've said here. The price was the only reason I was tempted to buy it. I knew if I passed it up on this sale I'd probably never buy it. But after watching several of his short films on YouTube, it was obvious to me that I didn't get much from his style. Don't get me wrong - the last thing I want to say is it's not good; just that it's not "my thing".

[rkish]

BTW...For you OCD fans...

The copy of Bottle Rocket that I bought at B & N with the plastic case...The "C" lines up with the others in the collection perfectly!

Nyah, nyah!!

[Arkadin]

one final dip into the sale--
(god help me)

"Terminal Station"
"Amarcord"
"Night and the City"
"I Know Where I'm Going"
"The River"

[Blu Titan]

I watched Stagecoach last night and I was surprised. I was under the impression that it was a "heavy" drama, but it is actually a fun film. The cinematography is great. I loved the shots of the wagon running through the valley. One more thing the actor playing Doc Boone was fantastic and Wayne (never liked him before) was very likable as Ringo.

[amazon13]

Originally Posted by VanDammage

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Where an how much?

Got it off DDDhouse.com and it was about $56 with shipping [/QUOTE]

Thanks

[MovingPictureObsess]

Finally got around to watching my criterion copy of the 400 Blows. I had seen the film like 10 years ago but am happy I got to see it again in true criterion fashion.

A true masterwork movie. There has been a lot of discussion and criticism about the open ending. But I don't think the film is open at all at the end because the film is not primarily about what will happen to Antoine but is instead what has happened to Antoine in his life and how society has molded him into the so called juvenile. Antoine really is a good kid who does some stupid things like all kids do but he is a victim of circumstance - a child wrapped up in his home life and school who is forced into a corner corner which results in a rejection of society he lives in and is driven to make choices which in his young mind are correct solution to his problems.

You really can relate with Antoines world. Great acting by the parents and boy. Really is a deeply tragic and powerful film.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

one final dip into the sale--
(god help me)

"Terminal Station"
"Amarcord"
"Night and the City"
"I Know Where I'm Going"
"The River"

Ace in the Hole and Antonio Gaudi for me, two more blind buys I've wanted to see for ages and ages.

[keldons]

Whats the consensus on Science is Fiction? The set seems pretty cool. Is it more conventional or more avant garde? Either is fine, I'm just curious as to what to expect.

Also, I just saw La Jetee and was blown away, would Sans Soleil be up my alley?

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by rkish

It's hard to tell from the disc alone...but I think so.

I think it's safe to say it is. I think it's the only release (The Wim Wenders collection) in the U.S.. Thanks though, I been wanting to know if the transfer is good.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by rkish

Wim lost a couple of "friends" that were great directors.

Yeah, if I had to name 4 of my fav American directors of all time off the top of my head, it would be Dennis Hopper, Nicholas Ray, John Cassavetes, and Buster Keaton. And funny, they all have actor credits, so I feel are more character driven filmmakers, which works out great.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by keldons

Whats the consensus on Science is Fiction? The set seems pretty cool. Is it more conventional or more avant garde? Either is fine, I'm just curious as to what to expect.

Also, I just saw La Jetee and was blown away, would Sans Soleil be up my alley?

Science is Fiction is like on my top 5 to go back and buy films. I don't know much about it either, but it interests me so much. I don't know why.

[retablo]

Finally catalogued my Criterions... I cheated on the blu-ray section and added all the pre-orders as well...

[Show spoiler]
BLU-RAY

400 Blows, The (1959)
8 1/2 (1963)
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Orpheus (1959)
Breathless (1960)
Charade (1963)
Che (2008)
Chunking Express (1974)
Close Up (1990)
Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The (2008)
Days of Heaven (1978)
El Norte (1983)
Everlasting Moments (2008)
For All Mankind (1989)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Gomorrah (2008)
House (1977)
In The Realm Of The Senses (1976)
Kagemusha (1980)
Last Emperor, The (1987)
Last Metro, The (1980)
Last Year At Marienbad (1961)
Leopard, The (1963)
Lola Montes (1955)
M (1931)
Magician, The (1958)
Man Who Fell To Earth, The (1976)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Mystery Train (1989)
Paris Texas (1984)
Paths Of Glory (1957)
Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
Playtime (1967)
Red Desert (1964)
Red Shoes (1948)
Repulsion (1965)
Revanche (2008)
Sanjuro (1962)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seventh Seal (1975)
Stagecoach (1939)
Summer Hours (2008)
Thin Red Line, The (1998)
Third Man, The (1949)
Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
Wages Of Fear, The (1953)
Walkabout (1971)
Wings Of Desire (1987)
Yojimbo (1961)


DVD

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
3 Women (1977)
39 Steps (1935)
49th Parallel (1941)
A Generation (1955)
À Nos Amours (1983)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Alphaville (1965)
Amarcord (1974)
Army Of Shadows (1969)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
Bad Timing (1980)
Band of Outsiders (1964)
Battle of Algiers (1966)
Beales Of Grey Gardens, The (2006)
Beastie Boys Video Anthology
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Bed and Board (1970)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Blast of Silence (1961)
Blob (1958)
Brazil (1985)
BRD Trilogy: Lola (1981)
BRD Trilogy: Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
BRD Trilogy: Veronika Voss (1982)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Burden Of Dreams (1982)
Canterbury Tale, A (1944)
Carl Th. Dreyer: Day of Wrath (1943)
Carl Th. Dreyer: Gertrud (1964)
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier (1995)
Carl Th. Dreyer: Ordet (1955)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Classe Tous Risques (1960)
Cleo From 5 to 7 (1962)
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
Cría Cuervos… (1976)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Death of a Cyclist (1955)
Diabolique (1954)
Dillinger Is Dead (1967)
Double Life of Veronique (1991)
Double Suicide (1969)
Downhill Racer (1969)
Eclipse Series 1: Early Bergman
Eclipse Series 18: Dusan Makavejev Free Radical
Eclipse Series 4: Raymond Bernard
Eclipse Series 6: Carlos Saura's Flamenco Trilogy
Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals
Eclipse Series 9: The Delirious Fictions Of William Klein
Elevator to the Gallows (1957)
Empire Of Passion (1978)
Europa (1991)
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
F for Fake (1975)
Face of Another (1966)
Fallen Idol (1948)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Fire Within, The (1963)
Fireman's Ball (1967)
Forbidden Games (1952)
Friends Of Eddie Coyle (1973)
Fugitive Kind, The (1960)
Furies, The (1950)
George Washington (2000)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Green For Danger (1946)
Grey Gardens (1976)
Harder They Come (1973)
Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
Häxan (1922)
Hidden Fortress (1958)
High and Low (1963)
Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
Hit, The (1984)
House Of Games (1987)
Human Condition, The (1959-61)
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
If… (1968)
Ikiru (1952)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Insomnia (1997)
Jigoku (1960)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Kanal (1957)
Killers (1946/1964)
Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949)
Knife in the Water (1962)
Kwaidan (1965)
L'Avventura (1970)
L'Eclisse (1962)
La Bête Humaine (1938)
La Commare Secca (1962)
La Pointe Courte (1956)
La Strada (1954)
Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
Lady Vanishes (1938)
Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Last Wave (1977)
Late Spring (1949)
Le Bonheur (1965)
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Le Deuxieme Souffle (1966)
Le Doulos (1962)
Le Million (1931)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
Le Samourai (1967)
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)
Les Enfants Terribles (1950)
Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp, The (1943)
Love on the Run (1979)
Lovers, The (1958)
Loves of a Blonde (1965)
Lower Depths, The (1936/1957)
Made In U.S.A. (1966)
Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
Masculin Feminin (1966)
Missing (1982)
Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Murmur of the Heart (1972)
My Dinner With Andre (1981)
Naked City (1948)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Night Train To Munich (1940)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Notorious (1946)
Overlord (1975)
Pandora's Box (1929)
Passion of Joan of Arc, The (1928)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Pitfall (1962)
Port of Shadows (1938)
Ran (1985)
Rebecca (1940)
Red Beard (1965)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
Rules Of The Game (1939)
Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Scenes From a Marriage (1973)
Schizopolis (1996)
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Short Cuts (1993)
Silence (1963)
Six Moral Tales: Claire's Knee (1970)
Six Moral Tales: La Collectionneuse (1967)
Six Moral Tales: Love in the Afternoon (1972)
Six Moral Tales: My Night at Maud's (1969)
Six Moral Tales: Suzanne's career (1963)
Six Moral Tales: The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Solaris (1972)
Spartacus (1960)
Spellbound (1945)
Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Spy Who Came In From The Cold, The (1965)
Stolen Kisses (1968)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Sullivan's Travels (1942)
Tales Of Hoffman (1951)
Taste of Cherry (1997)
Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Thief of Bagdad (1940)
This Sporting Life (1963)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
Traffic (2000)
Trafic (1971)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Ugetsu (1953)
Umberto D. (1952)
Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
Under the Volcano (1984)
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Vagabond (1985)
Vampyr (1932)
Vanishing, The (1988)
Videodrome (1983)
Virgin Spring (1960)
Viridiana (1961)
War Trilogy: Germany Year Zero (1948)
War Trilogy: Paisan (1946)
War Trilogy: Rome Open City (1945)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Winter Light (1962)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Yi Yi (2000)
Z (1969)

[Jwilly019]

Just finished streaming Playtime via Netflix and really enjoyed it. It took me a good 30-45 minutes before I warmed up to it, but by the time the apartment scene came around I was really into it. The restaurant scene was fantastic as well.

I wasn't planning on getting this one during the B&N sale (already picked up 6 and going back for a final 2 tomorrow), but I may just get it as well.

Justin