The Criterion Collection

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by dancerslegs

^ Stereotypes all

I swear that I'm not trying to a smartass here. This is an honest question:

How well do you remember high school?

[senseabove]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Happy to see Certain Women on a healthy amount of lists.

It would've been on mine, but I'm waiting for more reports on the encode problems that a few folks have reported. It sounds like it may be player-specific, but I should be able to rent it from my local video store if reports point more firmly to that so I can see if I'd have problems with it.

[the sordid sentinel]

Barry Lyndon, Dr. Strangelove, and Othello for me. Will have to hold there. Funds are a bit tight.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I am, though I do love the movie, and if Criterion felt they could add something with their own release, I'd buy it day one. I was trying to figure out what it might have come from (haven't seen FWWM).

Coop (what other characters refer to him as, full name Dale Cooper) is the main character is Twin Peaks the show, he's barely in Fire Walk With Me, but it still seems the likely candidate considering that was the last release.

I dunno about a Criterion release of that movie, it's all about the visual/sonic fury in some scenes and they tend to cram tons of extras on the same disc as the movie (which is OK since basically nothing they release has more than 2 channels). I think a practically tech-demo-worthy 3 hour movie with Dolby Atmos would be outside of their wheelhouse Good movie though!

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Happy to see Certain Women on a healthy amount of lists.

The third segment is the best thing put to film this year. It's incredible. The other two are almost as good as well.

[bladelia]

Ordered these first go round

SHIPMENT #1
THE FISHER KING
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2495BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97
LOST IN AMERICA
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2786BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97
STRAW DOGS
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2778BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97
CRUMB
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC1922BD ) - Quantity: 1$19.97
THE LODGER: A STORY OF THE LONDON FOG
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2774BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97
BARRY LYNDON
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2820BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97
REBECCA
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2799BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97
45 YEARS
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2732BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97
BEING THERE
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2744BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97
BLOW-UP
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2730BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97

Then thought bugger it and went back and ordered these

VAMPYR
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2815BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97
MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2487BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2807BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97
NIGHT AND FOG
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2648BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97
SID & NANCY
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2788BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97
THE PIANO TEACHER
Criterion Blu-Ray (CC2805BD) - Quantity: 1$19.97

I now have a $50 GC to use, do i use it now or wait to for the next sale.

[Abdrewes]

Is anyone else having major sync issues (like half a minute's worth) with Filmstruck on Roku? The fact that you can't sort your watch list is one thing, but not being able to get the right audio for the scene you're watching? Come on now.

[ajburke]

I'm so glad the sale coincided with Barry Lyndon. I absolutely cannot wait to watch the new disc. It's been a few years since I've seen it overall.

I picked up Stalker and Ghost World as well.

[dancerslegs]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

I swear that I'm not trying to a smartass here. This is an honest question:

How well do you remember high school?

Didn't really go, per se. My fundie zealot parents home-schooled me starting in 8th grade.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Is anyone else having major sync issues (like half a minute's worth) with Filmstruck on Roku? The fact that you can't sort your watch list is one thing, but not being able to get the right audio for the scene you're watching? Come on now.

I just checked and watched the beginning of Fish Tank and didn't see any problems.

I'm using Safari 11.0 on macOS Sierra 10.12.6, just for information.

But it all seemed to be working fine -- except that you practically need subtitles to understand these people. Uh-oh, I think Foggy's gonna report me now. Heh.

[octagon]

Don't ask about prom...don't ask about prom...don't ask about prom...

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Coop (what other characters refer to him as, full name Dale Cooper) is the main character is Twin Peaks the show, he's barely in Fire Walk With Me, but it still seems the likely candidate considering that was the last release.

Just to throw some more logs on the fire, "Cooper" is also the bad guy ("We've got to hide in the cellar!) in 'Night of the Living Dead'.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by dancerslegs

Didn't really go, per se. My fundie zealot parents home-schooled me starting in 8th grade.

Ahh, gotcha.

Well, high school is very much like those characters depicted in the film. Everyone falls into their little cliques and groups and is either this sort of person or that sort of person, etc.

The Princesses don't hang out with the nerds. The jocks don't hang out with the druggies, etc. Now, obviously, these aren't absolute rules or anything. But it is how it generally works. I mean, sure, a good friend of mine in HS was the girl who ended up being Prom Queen.* And believe me: That was not my clique. But barring the odd, random exception like that, it's very much as it is depicted in many teen films. It works like the jungle.

What The Breakfast Club did brilliantly, among other things, was distill that experience and everything that went along with it down into this group of characters, and what they represented and what they were experiencing.


* -- And no, I'm not saying that to pretend that I was ever "cool." It's just that her boyfriend, who was starting point guard, had his locker next to mine. So we saw each other a lot, which meant his GF and I saw each other a lot. And for a Princess, and essentially Queen of the high school, she was actually really nice and interesting.

[Arawn]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I'm going to assume Criterion used the code COOP for their flash sale because they're hinting that they're going to be doing a release of Interstellar

But is it Good Coop or Bad Coop?

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by dancerslegs

^ Stereotypes all

To add to what Aaron said, I'd say that there is a sometimes-fuzzy line between stereotypes and archetypes, exactly where that line is may vary a bit from person to person depending on their experiences. I'm not a big "Breakfast Club" fan, this isn't a release I'm likely to buy any time soon, but from what I remember, at the beginning of the movie they are all stereotypes, but as they get to know each other, they expand a little bit, to the point where they see each other as humans and we the audience can see them as archetypes, reflecting people we knew or know. I mean, if you want to say it represents an expansion from one-dimensional to two-dimensional, I wouldn't disagree, but I think the third dimension is supplied by the audience, remembering the jock or the airhead that they went to high school with.

[iamnoone]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

To add to what Aaron said, I'd say that there is a sometimes-fuzzy line between stereotypes and archetypes, exactly where that line is may vary a bit from person to person depending on their experiences. I'm not a big "Breakfast Club" fan, this isn't a release I'm likely to buy any time soon, but from what I remember, at the beginning of the movie they are all stereotypes, but as they get to know each other, they expand a little bit, to the point where they see each other as humans and we the audience can see them as archetypes, reflecting people we knew or know. I mean, if you want to say it represents an expansion from one-dimensional to two-dimensional, I wouldn't disagree, but I think the third dimension is supplied by the audience, remembering the jock or the airhead that they went to high school with.

My high school experience was almost 100% like DAZED & CONFUSED and absolutely nothing like TBC, but I was in high school in the late 70's instead of the 80's. I can completely relate to the kids in D&C, and their interactions seem authentic to me, even though they could be labeled as the same exact type of stereotypes that are in TBC, even though I find TBC characters to be mostly artificial. But an era speaks to its own, I suppose.

Now Criterion has both eras, so pick your poison, because high school sucked in both!

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by iamnoone

My high school experience was almost 100% like DAZED & CONFUSED and absolutely nothing like TBC, but I was in high school in the late 70's instead of the 80's. I can completely relate to the kids in D&C, and their interactions seem authentic to me, even though they could be labeled as the same exact type of stereotypes that are in TBC, even though I find TBC characters to be mostly artificial. But an era speaks to its own, I suppose.

Now Criterion has both eras, so pick your poison, because high school sucked in both!

Ain't that the truth?!

[thatguamguy]

For my taste, the situation in "Dazed and Confused" is a lot less forced than the situation in "The Breakfast Club". To be fair, though, I think that "The Breakfast Club" does a great job of accurately depicting the way that high school bullshit *feels* important to people in high school, where the people in "Dazed" seem to be very aware that it's all bullshit -- it feels more like an adult looking back fondly, where TBC (for better and worse) feels like it was written by a high school kid.

[Martin_31]

I ordered Barry Lyndon, Yi Yi, and Paris, Texas; all blind buys. Excited to watch them especially Kubrick's film. I'm not sure if I should order Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. Any suggestions? I've heard of the director, but I've never seen any of her works. I'm thinking of ordering Ikiru and either The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant or World on a Wire, however, I am trying to--as my lit professors say, "a comprehensive survey"--expand my knowledge and taste in film. I've seen Seven Samurai and Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, which I loved, so it's a must to watch more of their films. Oh, I'm considering Dekalog, as well.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by Martin_31

Oh, I'm considering Dekalog, as well.

If you are region-free, the UK release of Dekalog is at 25 fps, which should be the correct frame rate for a project that was shot for PAL tv. The Criterion release is 24, but has some great exclusive bonus features.