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belcherman · 02-16-2018, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ravenus

Would the Mishima film interest one who has never read the author's work before?

I don't think you need to read the writer's work, but definitely read about him. Some things in the film Mishima would have made more sense to me had I known more about the man Mishima.

shadedpain4 · 02-16-2018, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BluCollector13

God, I would die if Criterion got the rights to "Voyage of Time". The wait for a Blu has been driving me nuts; also driving me nuts is waiting for the "Life's Journey" edit to see a North American release.

No need to wait for blu. It already has a Region A release.

Scottie · 02-16-2018, 03:29 PM

Just a reminder that Graduation is available to stream on Netflix.

AaronJ · 02-16-2018, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by iScottie

Just a reminder that Graduation is available to stream on Netflix.

Oh wow, thanks! I know what I'll be doing in about a half hour.

kwillard37 · 02-16-2018, 03:34 PM

Just picked up A Poem is a Naked Person for pretty cheap on eBay. Couldn’t find a review anywhere, but I’m a Leon Russell fan. Anyone seen it? Solid, or a stinker?

Scottie · 02-16-2018, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by kwillard37

Just picked up A Poem is a Naked Person for pretty cheap on eBay. Couldn’t find a review anywhere, but I’m a Leon Russell fan. Anyone seen it? Solid, or a stinker?

I'm not really a fan of Les Blank and I wasn't too familiar with Leon Russell before seeing it, but I found it to be interesting enough.

I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

qw0aszx · 02-16-2018, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by kwillard37

Just picked up A Poem is a Naked Person for pretty cheap on eBay. Couldn’t find a review anywhere, but I’m a Leon Russell fan. Anyone seen it? Solid, or a stinker?

I think this is one of Les Blank's best works. There's a review at dvdbeaver: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-r...on_blu-ray.htm

jshaide · 02-16-2018, 04:55 PM

I haven't ben this excited for a July sale in a long time.

Hopefully Barnes and Noble is still standing by then.

Scottie · 02-16-2018, 05:08 PM

Would you guys like me to expand the OP of this thread to include all of the Eclipse DVDs?

What about the non-Eclipse titles only available on DVD and split by in-print and OOP?

blankford · 02-16-2018, 05:16 PM

From getting the 50% off email, to my front step, in 3 days. Nice haul.
Haven't seen any of them.

MifuneFan · 02-16-2018, 05:30 PM

OMG Filmstruck, please don't tease me like this

tisdivine · 02-16-2018, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MifuneFan

OMG Filmstruck, please don't tease me like this

OMG! I wish I could like this 100000000000 times.

bsend · 02-16-2018, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by blankford

From getting the 50% off email, to my front step, in 3 days. Nice haul.
Haven't seen any of them.

Dr. Strangelove is one of my favorite movies of all time.

Scottie · 02-16-2018, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MifuneFan

OMG Filmstruck, please don't tease me like this

[Show spoiler]

I really wish StudioCanal would make the conscious decision to relicense their films to Criterion.

It's a shame that so many films are unavailable on the home video market due to one studio's failure to release them.

jshaide · 02-16-2018, 06:05 PM

Has anybody seen KING OF JAZZ? Any thoughts on it?

martinouchou · 02-16-2018, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by bsend

Dr. Strangelove is one of my favorite movies of all time.

Yeah discovered it last month with my first Criterion purchase, this is definitely one of the best movies out there ! Can't wait to forget about it and watch it again in a year !

Scholer · 02-16-2018, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ravenus

Would the Mishima film interest one who has never read the author's work before?

I've read Mishima's work, and I feel strangely that the type of people who'd appreciate him as a writer wouldn't find the film very interesting. Mishima was very oxymoronic in the sense that he wrote deeply but lived rather shallow. His public and private life were both very unimpressive apart from his shamelessly flamboyant attempts to make himself relevant to the times even though his ideas were anything but contemporary, basically a weird mix of ahead of his time and hopelessly outdated. The film captures this very well, but it elevates his life to almost mythic proportions, depicting mostly how he saw himself rather than what he actually was, which is really the only way his own life could catch up to the scope of his literature. In a way, the art exceeded the artist quite greatly.

Something irrelevant to this, but worth noting is how Murakami today is the opposite of this in the sense that he become a phenomenon based on how interesting he is as a guy in real life, but most of his literature actually doesn't live up to the hype. A polar opposite case of an artist exceeding his art.

hagios · 02-16-2018, 07:25 PM

[Show spoiler]

Received my order today & in great condition!

My Carlos copy had the faulty Disc 2

so I went ahead & emailed Jon mulvaney@criterion.com for a replacement, hoping for a soon replacement disc 2 copy!

Vilya · 02-16-2018, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MifuneFan

OMG Filmstruck, please don't tease me like this

I still have my Criterion DVD of this movie. I bought it ages ago and I think I forgot to watch it.

StarDestroyer52 · 02-16-2018, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MifuneFan

OMG Filmstruck, please don't tease me like this

I've never seen it, but it looks like a film I would blind buy in a heartbeat as a huge Fellini fan.

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02-16-2018, 03:29 PM	#173943
Scottie Moderator Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Rhode Island Trading Score:647	Just a reminder that Graduation is available to stream on Netflix.

02-16-2018, 03:34 PM	#173945
kwillard37 Active Member Member since:Mar 2013 4K collection:666 Blu-ray collection:1449	Just picked up A Poem is a Naked Person for pretty cheap on eBay. Couldn’t find a review anywhere, but I’m a Leon Russell fan. Anyone seen it? Solid, or a stinker?

02-16-2018, 04:55 PM	#173948
jshaide Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2014 Location:East Coast! 4K collection:217 Blu-ray collection:5920 DVD collection:669 Trading Score:14	I haven't ben this excited for a July sale in a long time. Hopefully Barnes and Noble is still standing by then.

02-16-2018, 05:08 PM	#173949
Scottie Moderator Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Rhode Island Trading Score:647	Would you guys like me to expand the OP of this thread to include all of the Eclipse DVDs? What about the non-Eclipse titles only available on DVD and split by in-print and OOP?

02-16-2018, 05:16 PM	#173950
blankford Member Member since:Jul 2012 Location:Maryland Home Theater Gallery:7 4K collection:187 Blu-ray collection:1233 DVD collection:291 Digital collection:425 Blu-ray reviews:1	From getting the 50% off email, to my front step, in 3 days. Nice haul. Haven't seen any of them.

02-16-2018, 05:30 PM	#173951
MifuneFan Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Mar 2012 Location:New York City 4K collection:27 Blu-ray collection:1143 Trading Score:69	OMG Filmstruck, please don't tease me like this

02-16-2018, 06:05 PM	#173955
jshaide Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2014 Location:East Coast! 4K collection:217 Blu-ray collection:5920 DVD collection:669 Trading Score:14	Has anybody seen KING OF JAZZ? Any thoughts on it?

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