The Criterion Collection

[Arch Stanton]

If you're region free and can't wait you can pick up La strada next month via Studio Canal.

[im hedwig, etcetera]

Are the "Essential Art House" DVDs just regular Criterions without the special features?

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by mja345

Maybe Olive can give a Signature Edition to "A New Leaf". It's a wonderful film. I'd love to see Elaine May sit down and discuss it.

Yeah, that would be great. I mainly meant that the probability of her preferred cut seeing the light of day is very slim.

And on the subject of Elaine May, Criterion has had the rights to Mikey & Nicky for a long time... what the hell are they waiting for?

[llj]

Originally Posted by im hedwig, etcetera

Are the "Essential Art House" DVDs just regular Criterions without the special features?

Pretty much.

[theater dreamer]

Career Opportunities is a very guilty pleasure. Jennifer Connelly was so freaking hot back then.

Originally Posted by 20th Century Boy

To be honest, Weird Science needs a new transfer the most. Currently it's distractingly bad with it's edge enhancement. And Pretty in Pink doesn't even have an HD release.

Man, I'd love a Hughes collection (including Career Opportunities and Some Kind of Wonderful).

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

Career Opportunities is a very guilty pleasure. Jennifer Connelly was so freaking hot back then.

An absolute Goddess back then.

[JoeBuck]

Originally Posted by MassiveMovieBuff

An absolute Goddess back then.

She's still super hot now!

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Originally Posted by JoeBuck

She's still super hot now!

Yeah but she was more voluptuous back then.

[jcs913]

Some nice titles this month. Sid is a nice surprise and The Breaking Point is a must own. Frankly, the more noir the better..

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by MassiveMovieBuff

Yeah but she was more voluptuous back then.

Yeah, that was pre-reduction surgery. But even beyond that, she was definitely more curvy. No doubt.

[Knaldskalle]

Originally Posted by im hedwig, etcetera

Are the "Essential Art House" DVDs just regular Criterions without the special features?

The ones I've seen were not restored in any way, lots of speckles and dirt. Depending on your wallet and your desire for the title, the Criterion edition may be the better choice.

[jlk5844]

Ok, I've heard a lot of praise for The Breaking Point, so I'll definitely do some digging and keep my eyes peeled on TCM for it. I am a fan of film noir.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

Career Opportunities is a very guilty pleasure. Jennifer Connelly was so freaking hot back then.

Do you want to see the greatest thing that has ever been posted on the internet?

I'm not joking.

What I'm about to share is the pinnacle of the world wide web phenomenon, and it is everything that mankind has been working toward with this technology for so many decades.

(drumroll, please)

Someone made a YouTube video consisting of scenes of Jennifer Connelly in Career Opportunities to the tune of "Space Age Love Song" by A Flock of Seagulls.

This really, really is the greatest thing in the world.
The person who created this video needs to win a Nobel Peace Prize or something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt9FG9YjBMM

[Ray Jackson]

[Show spoiler]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVeL4

[jlk5844]

Originally Posted by im hedwig, etcetera

If you guys had to pick two of these, in terms of the best film and also least likely to get a blu-ray release, which would it be?

Ashes and Diamonds
Kapo
La Strada (getting this one for sure, but chances it'll be announced for blu?)
Loves of a Blonde
Pygmalion
Knife in the Water (pretty sure the ending was ruined for me )

I loved Knife in the Water, been eager for Criterion to release it for awhile now. Might be tied with Repulsion for my favorite Polanski out of the ones I've seen. I will be a happy man the day they announce it for Blu. Still wanna check out La Strada and Loves of a Blonde.

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

Career Opportunities is a very guilty pleasure. Jennifer Connelly was so freaking hot back then.

I have known about this movie. I must see this movie. For one (or is that two?) very big reasons.

[im hedwig, etcetera]

Originally Posted by Knaldskalle

The ones I've seen were not restored in any way, lots of speckles and dirt. Depending on your wallet and your desire for the title, the Criterion edition may be the better choice.

Really? That's weird... so they literally used a worse print of the movie?

[javy]

Originally Posted by MassiveMovieBuff

Yeah but she was more voluptuous back then.

Whenever i think beautiful voluptuos women i think of Scarlett Johansson

[mja345]

Mimi Rogers, if we're talking mainstream actresses who are well-endowed, made Scar-Jo and Connelly look flat.

I apologize to any female posters. Yes, we're pigs.

[javy]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Do you want to see the greatest thing that has ever been posted on the internet?

I'm not joking.

What I'm about to share is the pinnacle of the world wide web phenomenon, and it is everything that mankind has been working toward with this technology for so many decades.

(drumroll, please)

Someone made a YouTube video consisting of scenes of Jennifer Connelly in Career Opportunities to the tune of "Space Age Love Song" by A Flock of Seagulls.

This really, really is the greatest thing in the world.
The person who created this video needs to win a Nobel Peace Prize or something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt9FG9YjBMM

Flock of Seagulls and Jennifer Conelly is bad ass.

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Originally Posted by javy

Whenever i think beautiful voluptuos women i think of Scarlett Johansson

Yes absolutely!