The Criterion Collection

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

I kind of liked it when I saw it two years ago...I wanted to grab it today, but alas, they didn't have it

(Most of my purchases are not blind buys)

I'm on the fence with Fat Girl.

I really liked how it was going for most of the film and then we had probably the most random, bizarre, and unsettling ending ever.

[100pr00f]

has any one had trouble with a criterion film?

My copy of Sansho The Bailife Blu-Ray disc has subtitle issues
The subtitles are out of place and are to far to the bottom of the screen
and are cut off at times

any known issues like this

[jw007]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

Is this a joke?

No, its not a joke.

I plan on collecting these stickers by asking people who wouldn't care otherwise, to ship me their stickers.

Ultimately this is for a new art project where I plan to include various directors' signatures on a piece of canvas.

[shortmartin]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

I own every release except for Fat Girl and Tiny Furniture now

congrats, dude, thats cool. I'm sure you'll have these last two soon enough.

by chance, what do you think of Gray's Anatomy? have you seen it yet?

[shortmartin]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I'm on the fence with Fat Girl.

I really liked how it was going for most of the film and then we had probably the most random, bizarre, and unsettling ending ever.

maybe Brown Bunny?

Fat Girl is awesome, and the ending helps solidify and deepen the film in several important ways.

[shortmartin]

Originally Posted by cferreiro

Please help me decide what would be the best film to fill in some gaps in my collection:

Following
Insignificance
Broadcast News
The Four Feathers
Things to come
People on Sunday
The Times of Harvey Milk
In The Realm of the Senses
Chronicle of a Summer

Any of these most essential?

I like this one the best, one of my favorite silent films. If you don't mind graphic nudity and sex, In the Realm is a really emotionally powerful and compelling and important film.

[shortmartin]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

How come no one ever recommends World on a Wire? Where are all the Fassbinder fans at? Where have they gone? You got like 5 pages on Brian De palma!

all of us are actually 'identity units' that have been programmed to converse about de palma rather than fassbinder.

better world-release: world on a wire or mad mad mad mad world ?

i vote world on a wire, big time . . . favorite sci fi ever after close encounters, nah, world on a wire is my genre fav, it rocks hard

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by brandon_260

I'm five away from Vertigo (I've been going chronologically), so I'll definitely save Dressed to Kill for when I come to it.

I'm starting my Hitchcock box set later this weekend. In keeping with my "start with the movie that I'm least enthused to watch" policy, though, I'm going to start with Family Plot.
I've seen almost all of the movies in the set before, so it won't hurt me to break from chronological.

Looking forward to it, at any rate!

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

How come no one ever recommends World on a Wire? Where are all the Fassbinder fans at? Where have they gone? You got like 5 pages on Brian De palma!

My Great Owl persona has been posting about Krzysztof Kieslowski movies for the past five pages or so. There's probably another version of me somewhere in Poland who is posting about Fassbinder films, though.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I'm on the fence with Fat Girl.

I really liked how it was going for most of the film and then we had probably the most random, bizarre, and unsettling ending ever.

Actually, the ending fits perfectly with the rest of the film. To be brief , essentially

[Show spoiler] the film is about how gender and sexuality are inherently violent, and we see this played out in the ending.

[starman15317]

I watched Truffaut's Day for Night tonight on TCM. It's a great film, probably the best movie I've seen about making movies next to 8 1/2 (which in a way is not really about making movies.) Day for Night would be great for the Criterion Collection, but alas, it's a WB film.

[SlickDamian]

Originally Posted by starman15317

I watched Truffaut's Day for Night tonight on TCM. It's a great film, probably the best movie I've seen about making movies next to 8 1/2 (which in a way is not really about making movies.) Day for Night would be great for the Criterion Collection, but alas, it's a WB film.

Although being a WB film would seem to work against it, we did get Badlands.

[jrsl76]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm starting my Hitchcock box set later this weekend. In keeping with my "start with the movie that I'm least enthused to watch" policy, though, I'm going to start with Family Plot.
I've seen almost all of the movies in the set before, so it won't hurt me to break from chronological.

Looking forward to it, at any rate!

I started watching my way through the Hitchcock set recently, but I was moving chronologically. I took a break right before The Trouble With Harry as it's not a favorite and I needed a break.

I went back to my Mel Brooks Collection to try and finish that before I dive back into Hitch.

[SlickDamian]

Originally Posted by nametag

I posted this on another forum, but I've never quite seen the love for Devil's Backbone, personally, though I do like it. It has an interesting premise, sure, but I didn't find it particularly scary, and the narrative and pacing just seemed 'off' somehow. The relationships between the characters (particularly between Jacinto and Carmen) never seemed that realistic or developed to me, and I found it hard to emotionally engage with any of them. I feel like Pan's Labyrinth explored similar themes far more effectively.

Separately, I saw Wild Strawberries for the first time last night, wow, really loved it. It felt surprisingly accessible for its age, really well-written, and I like how it didn't end with a completely A Christmas Carol-like transformative happy ending, but something a bit more subtle and bittersweet. Having seen Fanny and Alexander, Cries and Whispers, Persona, and now this one thing that I think Bergman does really well is dream sequences and/or surrealism. It never seems thrown in to seem weird for the sake of it, but always has a point and isn't overplayed.

I need to re-watch the Seventh Seal, the only other one of his I've seen, as I was 18 and didn't really get it when I first watched it. But any others at the top of peoples lists that would be recommended? Autumn Sonata, Hour of the Wolf and Scenes from a Marriage sound interesting, but what of the others Criterion have released?

Summer Interlude is beautiful and thought provoking. Just a very heartfelt, intriguing film. Godard once said that it was the most beautiful film that he had ever seen.

[starman15317]

Originally Posted by SlickDamian

Although being a WB film would seem to work against it, we did get Badlands.

Good point. Hopefully Criterion gets to release a least a few more WB titles. I feel like Badlands will eventually go OOP because of WB. I hope I'm wrong though. And I'm glad that I already own it.

[ParticleDan]

Originally Posted by blkhrt

Actually, the ending fits perfectly with the rest of the film. To be brief , essentially

[Show spoiler] the film is about how gender and sexuality are inherently violent, and we see this played out in the ending.

Also, don't forget that it was a bit of wish fulfillment in that

[Show spoiler]Anais said on many occasions that she wanted her 'first time' to be with someone she didn't love. This is also probably why she was so emphatic that she wasn't raped

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by 100pr00f

My copy of Sansho The Bailife Blu-Ray disc has subtitle issues
The subtitles are out of place and are to far to the bottom of the screen
and are cut off at times
any known issues like this

[Show spoiler]

Sorry if you've already checked this but are you sure it's not due to overscan on your display? Never had such a thing happen on ANY blu-ray disc I own.
This link to a screenshot at DVDBeaver shows that the subs are placed quite conveniently in the frame, definitely not too low.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by starman15317

I watched Truffaut's Day for Night tonight on TCM. It's a great film, probably the best movie I've seen about making movies next to 8 1/2 (which in a way is not really about making movies.) Day for Night would be great for the Criterion Collection, but alas, it's a WB film.

I really loved this film too. It's been a while since I've seen it, but I can't really argue for a better film about the filmmaking process. Day for Night is so complete.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by shortmartin

congrats, dude, thats cool. I'm sure you'll have these last two soon enough.

by chance, what do you think of Gray's Anatomy? have you seen it yet?

I thought it was a very entertaining movie. I know many people don't find the story he tells about treating his Macular Pucker all that interesting, but I was hooked throughout. It was an oddly life affirming watch. I don't know how much Spalding made up, but I was quite mesmerized that This man could retain so many quotidian details. And Everything Is Going to be Fine is a much stronger film, but it is also radically different in form. Overall the two make a very nice pair.

Unrelated, but I wanted to give a shout out to Fruitvale Station. It owes alot to the realism of the Dardennes and Ramin Bahrani, and is a very worthy effort. Probably the best 2013 release I have seen thus far. It's very emotionally engaging, yet brutally honest and without an ounce of fat...well except for the dog scene and one poor movie reference (WallE was released in 2008 not 2007). It's one of the indies to see this summer.

[Visco.]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

I thought it was a very entertaining movie. I know many people don't find the story he tells about treating his Macular Pucker all that interesting, but I was hooked throughout. It was an oddly life affirming watch. I don't know how much Spalding made up, but I was quite mesmerized that This man could retain so many quotidian details. And Everything Is Going to be Fine is a much stronger film, but it is also radically different in form. Overall the two make a very nice pair.

Unrelated, but I wanted to give a shout out to Fruitvale Station. It owes alot to the realism of the Dardennes and Ramin Bahrani, and is a very worthy effort. Probably the best 2013 release I have seen thus far. It's very emotionally engaging, yet brutally honest and without an ounce of fat...well except for the dog scene and one poor movie reference (WallE was released in 2008 not 2007). It's one of the indies to see this summer.

I really want to see Fruitvale Station. MBJ looks great in it.