The Criterion Collection

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Originally Posted by Arch Stanton

[Show spoiler]Still not sure what incentive there is to own FWWM other than if you care about spine numbers and all that jazz. It'll be exactly the same as the box set release, and if you like the film enough you probably already own that? Barry Lyndon and Vampyr are interesting tho!

I watched

[Show spoiler]FWWM last week with my wife, and I feel like parts of the transfer seemed soft. Of course this could be the source material, I honestly do not know. If not, I feel like the transfer could use some improvemet in some of the earlier scenes. By the end though, especially the night scenes, the transfer seemed pretty top-notch.

[Lacenaire]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

So by the looks of things no

[Show spoiler]Night of the Living Dead

? Seemed like a given.

Janus Films will probably try to get some touring mileage out of it before it actually hits disc.

[malakaheso]

Vampyr is the least of Dreyer's films after Master of The House imo, but it's still pretty damn good.

[Vilya]

I really enjoyed Vampyr and I will upgrade this to blu-ray without hesitation.

I am a fan of Barry Lyndon, too, and I will probably get the Criterion blu even though the existing blu-ray is decent.

I am unfamiliar with The Lure and Personal Shopper although they sound vaguely familiar... I have a mind like a steel trap: a rusted one.

[BluProofie]

[Show spoiler]Personal Shopper for me and that's it. Already have FWWM and Barry Lyndon. I wish they would focus on stuff that don't have blu-ray releases.

No NOTLD is a massive dissapointment.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Personal Shopper for me and that's it. Already have FWWM and Barry Lyndon. I wish they would focus on stuff that don't have blu-ray releases.

No NOTLD is a massive dissapointment.

They do.

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

[Show spoiler]Personal Shopper for me and that's it. Already have FWWM and Barry Lyndon. I wish they would focus on stuff that don't have blu-ray releases.

No NOTLD is a massive dissapointment.

People are going to be pissed you are spoiling the titles.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by Sommerswerd

Lovely review for one of the favorite films in the collection. Interestingly, the time-lapse shots in Koyaanisqatsi were inspired by a short film called Organism made just a couple years earlier in 1975. In fact, the director of Organism, Hilary Harris, was even credited in Koyaanisqatsi with "Additional Cinematography". There are shots that look very similar in the two films. Too bad Organism wasn't included as an extra on the Koyaanisqatsi Criterion release.
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Hilary Harris - Organism (1975)[spoiler]

I did read about that. I'll check out Organism, now if I can or when I get home.

[Al_The_Strange]

Wow. I did not expect...any of that really. I should have seen

[Show spoiler]the Twin Peaks movie

coming, but I kinda forgot about it. But

[Show spoiler]Barry Lyndon

is the biggest stand-out. Holy crap, assuming it'll be decked out with good extras and a good transfer, it's going to be spectacular.

[Show spoiler]Vampyr will also be a must-have for me. I remember it being very atmospheric and mellow (in a good way)

.

I'll gladly pick up all three of those.

[Show spoiler]Yep, even Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, despite owning the classic series already. The show kinda lost me, but I dug the movie.

EDIT:
Uhhh...are we supposed to spoiler-tag the titles now or not anymore? I'm confused.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by Arch Stanton

[Show spoiler]Still not sure what incentive there is to own FWWM other than if you care about spine numbers and all that jazz. It'll be exactly the same as the box set release, and if you like the film enough you probably already own that? Barry Lyndon and Vampyr are interesting tho!

How do we know Criterion hasn't created new supplements?

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

People are going to be pissed you are spoiling the titles.

You forgot the other two posters above that one. I think folks who don't want to know should just avoid this thread until Criterion makes their official announcement.

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

They Live by Night: a great presentation of a mediocre effort. The predictable story is not helped by the silly lines and dumb lead characters. Would would anyone really care about the characters? I guess they figured that casting a couple of good looking actors will suffice?

Sure, we know how it will end before it starts, but the trip from a to b challenged my willingness to finish the film. Replay value = ZERO. My recommendation: save your money for something better .

Yeah honestly I've only watched 30 minutes of it since I bought it on its release date and still haven't had the motivation to finish it. Just hasn't grabbed me at all

[captainron_howdy]

Originally Posted by MassiveMovieBuff

Yeah honestly I've only watched 30 minutes of it since I bought it on its release date and still haven't had the motivation to finish it. Just hasn't grabbed me at all

I'm glad I upgraded "A Man Escaped" instead of grabbing this, it was in my hand.

Tried to get all the Bresson on blu. Think there's only 3 ATM.

[theater dreamer]

I've always enjoyed Martin's work. He was brilliant in Ed Wood. Well deserved Oscar.

I'd watch it tonight in his honor, but I'm still waiting for Amazon to ship it.



This is becoming a reoccurring thing with them. They put movies on sale, and then don't have stock for weeks. I'm still waiting on Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows; that was ordered on June 6th. And I just cancelled my order for Contagion after two months.

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Sigh

Martin Landau died.

[BluProofie]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

They do.

Then how do they not realize that

[Show spoiler]FWWM

is completely unnecessary and there are other

[Show spoiler]Lynch

films that don't have blus at all?

I love Criterion, but this choice confuses me.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Then how do they not realize that

[Show spoiler]FWWM

is completely unnecessary and there are other

[Show spoiler]Lynch

films that don't have blus at all?

I love Criterion, but this choice confuses me.

First, none of us knows what their release of FWWM will offer compared to the box set version. Second, we don't know the agreements which led to its release. Perhaps the studio wanted FWWM to stand out there on its own, separated from the set, and did some bargaining with Criterion for certain titles. It's such a logical flaw to bring up a different Lynch film when we have no idea whether they have the ability to license it, or whether they alread have, or whether they're waiting for a new scan, etc..This release isn't taking the place of a different Lynch film, that's completely flawed logic.

But let's say this is a rare time where the Criterion release is completely unnecessary, that still hardly means they're not focusing on putting out stuff completely new to BD. They put out on average 6 releases a month, plenty of stuff to choose from in any given year. Why people complain so much about titles they have no intention of buying is beyond me, just ignore it, and buy something you're actually interested in.

[Post Prod]

It makes sense in that it can do compound marketing with the new series. Not all that exciting, but I understand why they're doing it now.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Then how do they not realize that

[Show spoiler]FWWM

is completely unnecessary and there are other

[Show spoiler]Lynch

films that don't have blus at all?

I love Criterion, but this choice confuses me.

1. I'm not sure one has anything to do with the other (and if it does, I don't know that it's in a negative way).

2. I think all of

[Show spoiler]Lynch's

feature length films have blu releases. I could be wrong as I'm no expert on this director, but what is still not released on blu?

[nitin]

Originally Posted by malakaheso

Vampyr is the least of Dreyer's films after Master of The House imo, but it's still pretty damn good.

Well when you have Ordet and Day of Wrath under your belt (I havent yet seen Gertrud), the bar is pretty high!

[WrathOfHan]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

1. I'm not sure one has anything to do with the other (and if it does, I don't know that it's in a negative way).

2. I think all of

[Show spoiler]Lynch's

feature length films have blu releases. I could be wrong as I'm no expert on this director, but what is still not released on blu?

[Show spoiler]Lynch films not on Blu-Ray in the US:

Elephant Man
Wild at Heart
Lost Highway
The Straight Story
Inland Empire