The Criterion Collection

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by Jaymole

Miranda is still alive, you are thinking of Natasha Richardson.

D'OH!

Corrected. Thanks.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

D'OH!

Corrected. Thanks.

You removed "the late" but kept it as Miranda... you should have kept "the late" and changed Miranda to Natasha.

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

You removed "the late" but kept it as Miranda... you should have kept "the late" and changed Miranda to Natasha.

Fixed again!

[StarDestroyer52]

Picked up a few titles from the Criterion 30% off sale+the $10 code:



That leaves me about 30 points short of the $50 certificate.

[nitin]

The Baron Of Arizona is Sam Fuller’s 2nd film and, for most of its runtime, it’s a super entertaining story with a lively but not over the top performance from Vincent Price as a (based on a true story but exaggerated) conman who goes to great lengths to falsify Spanish grants of land to the whole of Arizona.

Apparently this was shot in a ridiculous 15 days on a very low budget, but it never really shows. James Wong Howe conjures up some terrific cinematography with a couple of very memorable shots.

Unfortunately, it falls just short of an overall recommendation from me as it undoes a lot of its good work in a very un-Fuller like ending that drips with sentimentality and seems like an abrupt shift in tone.

I saw it off Criterion’s DVD from their Eclipse set and it looks pretty good with decent contrast and detail.

[bsend]

Could use a laugh like Kindergarten Cop from Criterion on April Fools day



https://iwatchstuff.com/2012/04/crit...kindergart.php

Release write up:
Historically, the policier and the family comedy were two distinct categories. Then, in 1990, Kindergarten Cop gave us all a lesson in genre revisionism. With muscular sensitivity, Hollywood's last action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger embodies detective John Kimble, who is compelled to go undercover as a teacher of five-year-olds in order to catch a ponytailed drug dealer. Though it's distinguished by pulse-pounding suspense, a Crayola-bright palette by cinematographer Michael Chapman (Taxi Driver), and trenchant observations about education in the Bush I era, the film's emotional center is Schwarzenegger's gruff yet good-tempered interaction with a class full of precocious scamps, including a tumor-forewarning death-obsessive and a genitalia expert. By leavening a children's film with enough violence to please even the most cold-hearted bastard, director Ivan Reitman shows that he refuses to color inside the lines.

[regeyer]

Originally Posted by nitin

The Baron Of Arizona is Sam Fuller’s 2nd film and, for most of its runtime, it’s a super entertaining story with a lively but not over the top performance from Vincent Price as a (based on a true story but exaggerated) conman who goes to great lengths to falsify Spanish grants of land to the whole of Arizona.

Apparently this was shot in a ridiculous 15 days on a very low budget, but it never really shows. James Wong Howe conjures up some terrific cinematography with a couple of very memorable shots.

Unfortunately, it falls just short of an overall recommendation from me as it undoes a lot of its good work in a very un-Fuller like ending that drips with sentimentality and seems like an abrupt shift in tone.

I saw it off Criterion’s DVD from their Eclipse set and it looks pretty good with decent contrast and detail.

I have not watched it in a while, but I thought it was pretty good. It's actually based, in part, on actual events.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

I've wanted to watch Paul Schrader's Patty Hearst ever since I was young. I've always been fascinated by the case, but I didn't really know much about it - other than the broad strokes - until I watched this movie. Both the situation and the film were very different from what I was expecting.

The movie starts with a bang - with a house break-in, gunfire, and Hearst's capture. From there, Schrader smartly uses very weird, tightly, off-kilter camera angles to capture the claustrophobia and tension of being kidnapped. Eventually, of course, Hearst comes around to her kidnappers' way of thinking (I really don't think that's a spoiler).

The late Natasha Richardson carries the movie with an incredible performance as Hearst, but Bill Forsythe and Ving Rhames are strong standouts as well.

DaBargainHunta's Decree: Ultimately, there are no easy answers about Hearst's thought process or motivations. How could there be?

I decided to watch it myself last night. Good film. It was interesting seeing Ving Rhames in it, a little leaner and with more hair but still with that distinctive cadence of his. I'm curious to see what Vinegar Syndrome do with their blu-ray release of this.

[Bn43]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

Ok, I’m not sure where you’re looking, but both Murnau’s Faust and von Sternberg’s The Blue Angel are available on blu-ray domestically.

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Where did you get four MoC movies imported for less than $50? I’ve never seen them that cheap. Not from Amazon UK, EBay, or even directly from their site. I got Paper Moon directly from them, the lowest I’ve ever seen a single disc on their site, with free shipping. Ended up costing me $17-18.

These were new? Or used?

Amazon UK. They were new. Could be because of what Reddington said about VAT and all that.

I think I saw there was a US Blue Angel release, but opted for the Masters of Cinema version for the better reviews. Can't remember for sure.

Originally Posted by CRASHLANDING

Diary of a Lost Girl is also available from Kino:


There are definitely some great offerings from MOC, but there are US options for most of the titles you listed.

The Masters of Cinema version scored better, though. I can't remember if I saw there was a US version. If I did, I forgot and assumed it was not available domestically.

Originally Posted by dwk

The US is a much larger market than the UK, so licensing fees are much higher. Another thing, MoC, like a lot of other UK labels, do not pay for the creation of new masters, relying on the licensor or US labels to create them.(More UK labels have started to create HD masters, but Eureka/MoC still, to the best of my knowledge, has never footed the bill for one.)

But what happens after we pay off the restoration costs? It just stays at that high MSRP.

[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by Bn43

... But what happens after we pay off the restoration costs? It just stays at that high MSRP.

The money goes to fund the next one?

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by Bn43

But what happens after we pay off the restoration costs? It just stays at that high MSRP.

Without laboring this issue, how many people actually buy a Criterion at the SRP? I never have, and I own 160 titles - most purchased during a 50% event, and the rest for not higher than mid-$20's on Amazon, Deep Discount, etc. I'm sure many here do the same. Even direct, the "everyday" price is usually discounted by Criterion.

[professorwho]

Just a heads up, Today would've been Toshiro Mifune's 100th Birthday. In celebration, in the US, TCM has been doing a marathon of the films he did with Kurosawa. Currently Sanjuro is on. The Criterion restorations are used (it was weird but cool to see the Criterion circle animation on a TV channel), but the subtitle font for Sanjuro is not that great.

Still, a great way to see these films for free if you get TCM.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by professorwho

Just a heads up, Today would've been Toshiro Mifune's 100th Birthday. In celebration, in the US, TCM has been doing a marathon of the films he did with Kurosawa. Currently Sanjuro is on. The Criterion restorations are used (it was weird but cool to see the Criterion circle animation on a TV channel), but the subtitle font for Sanjuro is not that great.

Still, a great way to see these films for free if you get TCM.

The Criterion Channel is also doing a celebration of his birthday with a large slate of films.

[regeyer]

Originally Posted by professorwho

Just a heads up, Today would've been Toshiro Mifune's 100th Birthday. In celebration, in the US, TCM has been doing a marathon of the films he did with Kurosawa. Currently Sanjuro is on. The Criterion restorations are used (it was weird but cool to see the Criterion circle animation on a TV channel), but the subtitle font for Sanjuro is not that great.

Still, a great way to see these films for free if you get TCM.

Thanks. I'll pop in one of his movies tonight. Maybe Seven Samurai, if I have the time.

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by regeyer

Thanks. I'll pop in one of his movies tonight. Maybe Seven Samurai, if I have the time.

Think I'm going to go with High and Low; great film and I've only seen it once.

[ilenewoodsfan99]

Recording High and Low right now. I'll try to see that one Friday.

[StarDestroyer52]

Think I'm going to watch Seven Samurai tonight.

[Arawn]

They did the same thing with Kurosawa himself, that was when I first got into Kurosawa.

[Boris_Karloff]

$10 off @ criterion.com: 3UR4GD - single use code

[Bn43]

Originally Posted by Reddington

Without laboring this issue, how many people actually buy a Criterion at the SRP? I never have, and I own 160 titles - most purchased during a 50% event, and the rest for not higher than mid-$20's on Amazon, Deep Discount, etc. I'm sure many here do the same. Even direct, the "everyday" price is usually discounted by Criterion.

I never do either. Lower MSRP means lower discounted prices.