The Criterion Collection

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Have you seen Salaam Bombay? It's pretty darn good.

Pedro and Scottie – your endorsement and a very positive review from The Tooze pushed me over the top. I picked this up along with Hitchcock’s Suspicion at Deep Discount. They’ve still got their 15% summer sale going on.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by Sifox211

The review here mentions

[Show spoiler]"Sampling sliced skin, necrophilia"

Well, how does one define "watchability?"

I keep forgetting about the blood, gore, and sex because I didn't think it was all that distasteful. Similarly, I don't really think much of the violence in Drive or OGF. With Refn films, I'm more worried about whether I'll actually be able to follow the plot or if it'll just be a confusing mess. On that level, The Neon Demon is far more coherent than OGF.

I used to be prudish about violence and such when I was in my early 20s, but I found it often got in the way of appreciating films I watched (especially zombie films). Nowadays, graphicness barely factors into what I watch and whether it drives me away or not--the only thing that matters to me is how the experience is, how compelling the content is, and how well-made the film is.

But if

[Show spoiler]a whole minute of girl-on-girl necrophilia and a few scenes of blood (and implied cannibalism)

bothers you, I can't blame you. It's just not what I meant when I said TND is more watchable than OGF.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Hmmm, they sent a newsletter earlier than usual this time. Any guesses?

[Show spoiler]Just kidding!

Tree of Life.

[blu-bry]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

If you catch this woman making googly eyes at you, run.....

I finished watching Black Narcissus yesterday morning, and if this is indicative of the quality of other Powell & Pressburger films, then I'm all in. I have The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp already, so it looks like I'll be stretching my Barnes & Noble budget a little more to pick up Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes both come next week. That should satiate my Archers need for a while, and then I'll explore from there.


That first step is a doozy...

I liked them all but "Black Narcissus" is my favorite of the lot. Besides being beautiful to look at, I thought the story was very compelling.

[WonderWeasel]

Trailer for Malick's 'Voyage of Time'. Sorry if this has been posted already:

https://youtu.be/YVyWObJY9FQ

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

Trailer for Malick's 'Voyage of Time'. Sorry if this has been posted already:

https://youtu.be/YVyWObJY9FQ

Wow! Looks like a new direction for Malick. Cant wait!

[joie]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Hmmm, they sent a newsletter earlier than usual this time. Any guesses?

[Show spoiler]Just kidding!

His Girl Friday. They must have been reading when I wrote about it being much better than Only Angels Have Wings. It's not just a screwball comedy; someone has said that it's the first "modern" movie.

[jw007]

That Voyage of Time film looks incredible. We saw bits and pieces of this in The Tree of Life in the creation montage sequence but this is full blown epic.

An IMAX film like this ranks in a level of "must see" in my opinion. Every now and then my local science center (that has an "Omnimax" theater - aka "dome" design) brings in lovable little nature films in IMAX presentation.

But this.... this is a must see at my little local science center along the headwaters of the Ohio River. Oh yes. MUST. SEE.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Hmmm, they sent a newsletter earlier than usual this time. Any guesses?

[Show spoiler]Just kidding!

Upon further thought, I'm pretty sure that this is a clue for

[Show spoiler]Calendar Girls

.

[Ausjdm]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

Trailer for Malick's 'Voyage of Time'. Sorry if this has been posted already:

https://youtu.be/YVyWObJY9FQ

I Must See ASAP!

[Arch Stanton]

Has to be His Girl Friday, right? Even looks like Cary Grant.

Unless it's a double bluff.

[MifuneFan]

Read the spoiler guys...

[Arch Stanton]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Read the spoiler guys...

Oh. What's the point of shit like this?

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by Arch Stanton

Oh. What's the point of shit like this?

Some people try and be funny. It's really irritating when they fail so miserably at it.

[warrian]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Some people try and be funny. It's really irritating when they fail so miserably at it.

Still, it's be really dull around here if no one ever tried.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Some people try and be funny. It's really irritating when they fail so miserably at it.

that's "failing miserably?" you wouldn't be so burned up if he didn't sufficiently trick you and others here. not to mention, it is a pretty darn good drawing to boot.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

that's "failing miserably?" you wouldn't be so burned up if he didn't sufficiently trick you and others here. not to mention, it is a pretty darn good drawing to boot.

Yeah, the drawing looks a lot like an Al Hirschfeld caricature. It would be really funny, though, if that was this month's clue.

[MifuneFan]

We should start having Newsletter predictions

I'll do one: A skillet with a maze inside...aka

[Show spoiler]"Pan's Labyrinth"

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

We should start having Newsletter predictions

I'll do one: A skillet with a maze inside...aka

[Show spoiler]"Pan's Labyrinth"

Good one.

Here's mine:

An illustration of Buddha being pulled out of the ocean by a rescue ship.

for Boudu Saved from Drowning

[GuruAskew]