The Criterion Collection

[dumb_dutchman]

Originally Posted by Vinyl

The Bad Sleep Well is amazing, but I am not holding my breath because it isn't a Kurosawa Samurai movie. It's a Japanese political thriller. The only non samurai Kurosawa movie they released is Ikiru, and that was just the other month.

Don't forget High and Low too.

I would love to see an upgrade to The Bad Sleep Well.

[MifuneFan]

I want The Lower Depths (Plus every other Kurosawa film they have, but TLD is very underrated so I'm highlighting it)

Don't forget that they're releasing Dreams too, later this year, or next.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by zakzak

I just received my copy of Thin Red Line and I am awestruck at how good this 4K transfer is. The lack of grain makes the film look as if it as shot with digital camera. They actually used Kodak film! The elegant menu, the expert commentary and that nice, thick booklet all add up to a very nice package from Criterion. And I compare this to a lot of recent titles from major studios and I'm shocked at how badly the studios handle the transfer.

The Thin Red Line is probably in my top five for overall favorite Criterion releases. It simply is just about the best packaged and highest quality video/audio transfer in the library. This is one of the few Criterion releases I revisit once every few years.

[ThatOneGuy]

Originally Posted by kwillard37

Has anyone's Flash sale purchases shipped, or arrived yet? Mine seemingly hasn't shipped yet

It says it should be here by tomorrow for me but I live in Florida which isn't that far from New York (Which I believe is where Criterion ships their product).

[ThatOneGuy]

Originally Posted by Ausjdm

Man run don't walk and watch it now man!!!

I know, I even have Ex Machina on Blu-Ray.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I want The Lower Depths (Plus every other Kurosawa film they have, but TLD is very underrated so I'm highlighting it)

Don't forget that they're releasing Dreams too, later this year, or next.

Super excited for Dreams. Also hoping they surprise us one of these months with a Madadayo blu!

Am I correct that they have, in one form or another, released 26 of Kurosawa's 30 films (with Dreams set to be #27)?

[Polaroid]

Body fluids - yum!

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THE NEW WORLD CONFIRMED?! Aaammmggg

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by jw007

The Thin Red Line is probably in my top five for overall favorite Criterion releases. It simply is just about the best packaged and highest quality video/audio transfer in the library. This is one of the few Criterion releases I revisit once every few years.

I'm ashamed to say that it's still in my unwatched pile. I should fix that. Soon.

[Cinematt]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Body fluids - yum!

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THE NEW WORLD CONFIRMED?! Aaammmggg

Dr. Strangelove - Precious Bodily Fluids - YouTube

YES

[Polaroid]

I'm on a bus and trying not to squeal!!!!

[Scottie]

[starman15317]

Whoo Dr. Strangelove!!!!!

[Scottie]

Restoring The New World

With the Academy Awards coming up on Sunday, we’re celebrating the breathtaking work of cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, who is nominated this year for his work on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant. If he wins, Lubezki will be one of the only cinematographers to ever take home the Oscar three years in a row, following his wins for Gravity and Birdman. In honor of that, we’re giving you a rare glimpse through Lubezki’s talented eyes, an opportunity to see what the raw original negative of Terrence Malick’s 2005 film The New World, one of the cinematographer’s most beautifully lensed films, looks like before and after color correction. Lubezki and Malick have been working with Criterion for more than a year to create a new 4K restoration of Malick’s preferred 172-minute cut of the film, and these brief, never-before-seen examples show the incredible difference between the look of Lubezki’s meticulously exposed camera negative and that of the finished film.

https://www.criterion.com/current/po...-the-new-world

[Cinematt]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

I'm on a bus and trying not to squeal!!!!

I am thankfully at home, as I uttered a loud expletive. Straight to the top of my must buy list.

[SammyJankis]

That has to be their most obvious clue.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Cinematt

I am thankfully at home, as I uttered a loud expletive. Straight to the top of my must buy list.

I'm scared to stand up incase my seat is moist.

TMI but idc

[starman15317]

Somehow, The Thin Red Line and The New World are the two Malick films that I haven't seen. Well, there's also Knight of Cups, but I'm not holding my breath on that being any good.

[Namuhana]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

That has to be their most obvious clue.

I'd say their clue for Limelight, literally a green lightbulb, was their most obvious.

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by Namuhana

I'd say their clue for Limelight, literally a green lightbulb, was their most obvious.

That one also came to mind, but directly quoting the film seems more obvious. Not that I'm complaining. Time to sell off my unopened copy.

[BurningAstronaut]

So stoked for Strangelove and New World!