The Criterion Collection

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Wonder what heavy-hitter they could possibly have for November. I was certain they'd save Stalker for then.

Well, they have the rights to Mirror and Andrei Rublev, so...

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by malakaheso

Did anyone guess L'argent?

It was on Hulu's Criterion channel for awhile. If that counts as a tease or not.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by malakaheso

Did anyone guess L'argent?

I had a feeling it was coming because Janus was touring the restored print last Fall.

[Pinot Grigio]

Originally Posted by JoeBuck

Man, what a garbage dump that movie was! Was annoyed that I sat through the entire thing when it was shown here.

Surely you don't mean Stalker?

[Al_The_Strange]

Stalker will be mine! Just in time for my Birthday too.

Lost in America looks like fun, I might blind-buy it.

Originally Posted by Pinot Grigio

Surely you don't mean Stalker?

He is serious. And his user name is not Shirley.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Tatsuya Nakadai is being featured on Crtierion's Filmstruck channel.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErC5qw3eMNo

He still looks great

Tatsuya Nakadai and Toshiro Mifune are two actors who I rank at the top of the mountain, standing there along with a few other of my favorites. Everyone else looks up at them and wishes they could be there too.

So glad that Tatsuya is still with us. And Toshiro too, in spirit.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by Poya

Question: could 400 Blows and Germany Year Zero work as a double feature?

Yes.

Although personally I think a better combination would be 3 Women, Naked, The 400 Blows, and A Night to Remember.

[Scottie]

July 2017 pre-orders are live.

[Knaldskalle]

Originally Posted by Pinot Grigio

Surely you don't mean Stalker?

Since "Le Diable, Probablement" was bolded in the quote... Probably not.

[mja345]

Damn, this is one of the best months in a long time. "Lost in America", "The War Trilogy", and "Stalker" are no-brainer pick-ups and "L'Argent" sounds really intriguing.

[malakaheso]

I would have preferred A.H.B, but L'argent is fine. Bresson didn't really mellow out with age. The Devil Probably and L'argent are probably his bleakest films and you can definitely see their influence on directors like Haneke.

[ArnoldLayne56]

Originally Posted by tisdivine

That is such a cool idea Owl! We need to be facebook friends lol *none of my friends ever react to movie posts*. The few that do discuss films are usually comic book/superhero films.

When I watch a movie, I post the Blu-ray.com link (which shows up with the cover art), a pithy comment, and follow up in the comments with another interesting tidbit or several screencaps I have taken while I watch the movie.
99.9% of the time 0 Likes. ;-( I continue for my own benefit oh well

[SuperFlyHighGuy]

Never seen Stalker but definitely interested.

The others I'll probably rent. Rome Open City is very good though, kind of excited to see it in HD.

[Trace17]

I think the past three BN sales I've nearly bought War Trilogy but always held off (I know last summer I held it in my hand but decided against it lol). Really glad now I never pulled that trigger. I love when a good boxset releases during a half off sale

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by SuperFlyHighGuy

Never seen Stalker but definitely interested.

Stalker's an interesting film with SF elements. Rather leisurely paced but if you've seen any of Tarkovski's films (other than Ivan's Childhood, which is both dramatic and pacy) you know what to expect.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

My hunch was right haha

Been waiting for this one. Though I probably will wait for one of the Criterion sales. So many great movies coming out in May, June, and July.

[ThisKid]

I just realised that we are currently as Spine #888 for Stalker.

Only 12 more until 900.

Should we take guesses onto what it'll be?

[xxnomad]

Originally Posted by ThisKid

I just realised that we are currently as Spine #888 for Stalker.

Only 12 more until 900.

Should we take guesses onto what it'll be?

maybe grand budapest hotel?

[Pequod]

Originally Posted by xxnomad

maybe grand budapest hotel?

Yes please. Just saw it recently and it was incredible.

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by xxnomad

maybe grand budapest hotel?

I'm probably in the minority, but I'm never excited when Criterion puts out a movie like this with a perfectly fine existing Blu-ray release.

Yes:

- It's a fantastic film.

- I look forward to seeing the artwork get "the Criterion treatment" (although Moonrise Kingdom's Criterion cover was massively disappointing to me).

- The Criterion extras should be good.

But still, it's hard to muster enthusiasm when I picked up the previous Blu-ray for $6, the case uses the lush poster art, and that disc looks great and already contains okay extras.

Come to think of it, I haven't bothered with any of Wes Anderson's movies on Criterion because all of the ones I own already have great previous Blu-ray releases that I've picked up for as cheap as $5-$6 (except for The Darjeeling Limited, which I do have the Criterion of).

I'm sure everyone will disagree, and that's fine.