The Criterion Collection

[jw007]

I finally unwrapped my blu-ray of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and was thoroughly entertained by this zany, crazy film. I never really knew much about the director Russ Meyer, and though his fixation on large mammories was his passion in cinema, I personally am more impressed by his portrayal of strong, aggressive female characters (I'd love to see a Criterion release of his earlier film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!). Sure, trash cinema has its place, but Meyer's movies were the pinnacle of this genre. I had a newfound illumination of screenwriter/critic Roger Ebert as well, and his screenplay was quite titillating (pun intended). I would like to see a blu-ray release of Meyer's lusty film Vixen! too, as that was a big box office seller back then. And back on BtVotD, I do believe this could and should have been the cult classic that The Rocky Horror Picture Show attained 5 years later. It has enough memorable one liners ("You will drink the black sp#rm of my vengeance!") that would have easily been spoken (with a tongue in cheek) at 70s house parties (but maybe quotes from this film were spoken... just not reported or saturated into pop CULTure at the time). Oh, and that soundtrack by Strawberry Alarm Clock (and performed by the Carrie Nations), my god I frickin' love that song "Look On Up at the Bottom" (its what Janis Joplin would have written had she lived on past 1970):

YouTube

Anyway, with all the boobage I was exposed to by watching that movie, I had to take a very cold shower and start watching Michael Mann movies next.

I began with the ever brilliant Thief... last night I watched The Keep, one WEIRD film (on my new DVD that was just shipped to my house 2 days ago)...and tonight I will watch Manhunter! After that, its the rest of the Mann trilogy.

After all those women, I needed me some Mann... yep, Mann movies are made for men!

[BluCollector13]

Originally Posted by SlimerJoel

So I know it's been asked a million times but just to be sure, there is gonna be a B&N sale on the 10th? I just want to make sure so I don't waste a trip out.

When I was getting my membership renewed today, the woman who was assisting me said it was happening starting Friday and that they just found out about it.

[UnbelievableMontages]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

There's this over from the Criterion subreddit.

woohoo nice!

[Hintermann]

I think Criterion's cover art for Hitchcock's Rebecca is one of their best. The semi-silhouette is perfect considering the way in which the character is dealt with in the story. Almost all other releases show Olivier and/or Fontaine on the cover, which IMO defeats the purpose of the movie to some extent.

Considering the highly rated video and audio quality, this Criterion package should one of their best.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by SlimerJoel

So I know it's been asked a million times but just to be sure, there is gonna be a B&N sale on the 10th? I just want to make sure so I don't waste a trip out.

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/bn-...-july-10-2020/

Don't want to wait till Saturday. I wish today is Saturday

[CinemaBlu]

Originally Posted by DavidFerguson

Don't want to wait till Saturday. I wish today is Saturday

The sale starts tomorrow, not Saturday.

[CQD84]

I just called my local store here in Wisconsin. They confirmed that the sale is tomorrow and they put every title I want on hold for me to pick up in the morning.

[traths]

Not sure if I want to just get Persona and The Seventh Seal individually or just get the Bergman boxed set. Persona and The Seventh Seal are the only titles in the set that I've heard of.

[CinemaBlu]

Originally Posted by traths

Not sure if I want to just get Persona and The Seventh Seal individually or just get the Bergman boxed set. Persona and The Seventh Seal are the only titles in the set that I've heard of.

If you like The Seventh Seal and Persona, then you're gonna like many of his other films. I say go with the Bergman set.

[Worship.my.wreck]

I want that Bergeman set. But it would be a complete blind buy, since I've only seen the seventh seal (which I liked). But idk if I'll be able to get it this time around, cause I have quite a few titles I want to pick up. But I know if I see it in store I'll probably impulse buy it lol.

[Worship.my.wreck]

Originally Posted by CQD84

I just called my local store here in Wisconsin. They confirmed that the sale is tomorrow and they put every title I want on hold for me to pick up in the morning.

You can call and place titles on hold?

[Michael24]

What a coincidence. The last few posts talking about Bergman movies, and I see that tonight TCM is showing a few of them: The Seventh Seal, The Virgin Spring and Hour of the Wolf. I'd only heard of the first two and was gonna try to watch them. There's another non-Bergman movie with Max von Sydow in the lineup, too, called The Emigrants.

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by Worship.my.wreck

You can call and place titles on hold?

I don't believe there is a fixed policy, but my three local B&N stores have done it before. I find a friendly and polite phone call always does the trick.

[CinemaBlu]

Originally Posted by Worship.my.wreck

I want that Bergeman set. But it would be a complete blind buy, since I've only seen the seventh seal (which I liked). But idk if I'll be able to get it this time around, cause I have quite a few titles I want to pick up. But I know if I see it in store I'll probably impulse buy it lol.

I've pointed this out once before, but anyone interested in this set should make buying it a priority. I believe all the films are licensed from the same place but if they decide to revoke the license of just one film or bonus feature, then the whole set will go OOP. Criterion could also decide to discontinue the set on their own and offer the films only as stand alone releases. This set was a special Bergman centennial release and that was almost two years ago, so who knows what they have planned. They had a similar Kurosawa DVD set that went OOP.

[Worship.my.wreck]

Originally Posted by CinemaBlu

I've pointed this out once before, but anyone interested in this set should make buying it a priority. I believe all the films are licensed from the same place but if they decide to revoke the license of just one film or bonus feature, then the whole set will go OOP. Criterion could also decide to discontinue the set on their own and offer the films only as stand alone releases. This set was a special Bergman centennial release and that was almost two years ago, so who knows what they have planned. They had a similar Kurosawa DVD set that went OOP.

I have considered this as well. Let's see what kind of impulses I get when the sale starts

[SmittysGelato]

Originally Posted by CinemaBlu

I've pointed this out once before, but anyone interested in this set should make buying it a priority. I believe all the films are licensed from the same place but if they decide to revoke the license of just one film or bonus feature, then the whole set will go OOP. Criterion could also decide to discontinue the set on their own and offer the films only as stand alone releases. This set was a special Bergman centennial release and that was almost two years ago, so who knows what they have planned. They had a similar Kurosawa DVD set that went OOP.

I'm seriously considering your advice on this one. Like the poster you responded to, I've only seen some of Bergman's work and having been putting off watching more of his films for a long time. Perhaps it is time for that to end.

[CQD84]

Originally Posted by Worship.my.wreck

You can call and place titles on hold?

Not sure if you can at every B&N, but at least the ones here in WI let me call and place items on a three day hold. I've been able to do this for the last few years at the start of every Criterion sale.

[dbhl3000]

Originally Posted by jw007

I finally unwrapped my blu-ray of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and was thoroughly entertained by this zany, crazy film. I never really knew much about the director Russ Meyer, and though his fixation on large mammories was his passion in cinema, I personally am more impressed by his portrayal of strong, aggressive female characters (I'd love to see a Criterion release of his earlier film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!). Sure, trash cinema has its place, but Meyer's movies were the pinnacle of this genre. I had a newfound illumination of screenwriter/critic Roger Ebert as well, and his screenplay was quite titillating (pun intended). I would like to see a blu-ray release of Meyer's lusty film Vixen! too, as that was a big box office seller back then. And back on BtVotD, I do believe this could and should have been the cult classic that The Rocky Horror Picture Show attained 5 years later. It has enough memorable one liners ("You will drink the black sp#rm of my vengeance!") that would have easily been spoken (with a tongue in cheek) at 70s house parties (but maybe quotes from this film were spoken... just not reported or saturated into pop CULTure at the time). Oh, and that soundtrack by Strawberry Alarm Clock (and performed by the Carrie Nations), my god I frickin' love that song "Look On Up at the Bottom" (its what Janis Joplin would have written had she lived on past 1970): YouTube

Anyway, with all the boobage I was exposed to by watching that movie, I had to take a very cold shower and start watching Michael Mann movies next.

I began with the ever brilliant Thief... last night I watched The Keep, one WEIRD film (on my new DVD that was just shipped to my house 2 days ago)...and tonight I will watch Manhunter! After that, its the rest of the Mann trilogy.

After all those women, I needed me some Mann... yep, Mann movies are made for men!

Thanks to you I am expanding my vocabulary. I have added "boobage" to my vocabulary.

[Adam2]

Again, not much of a sale. People have "lists" like they're 5 bucks each. $20 is not much of a bargain for one Blu Ray. You can get an "Apocalypse Now" 4k 6 disc set for that.