The Criterion Collection

[JJJ225]

Bergman

[pro-bassoonist]

Each and everyone of these wish-lists is incomplete without L'eclisse and L'avventura.

Carry on now.

Pro-B

[JJJ225]

I love L'avventura, but everything else from Antonioni bores me honestly. Just one of those directors I can't get into for whatever reason.

[robertthunder]

Originally Posted by deadhatetheliving

David Cronenberg's Shivers? I'll take that and Videodrome.

Yes Cronenberg's Shivers. A friggen masterpiece!!

[Lepidopterous]

I just watched Seven Samurai for the first time today and on the big screen! What a great movie

[deadhatetheliving]

Originally Posted by robertthunder

Yes Cronenberg's Shivers. A friggen masterpiece!!

They Came From Within great flick.

[Eastcoaster]

Originally Posted by JJJ225

I love L'avventura, but everything else from Antonioni bores me honestly. Just one of those directors I can't get into for whatever reason.

YOu know, I'm EXACTLY the same way! I loved L'Avventura -- something about it sucked me in -- but everything else of his puts me to sleep.

Kirby

[Eastcoaster]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Each and everyone of these wish-lists is incomplete without L'eclisse and L'avventura.

Carry on now.

Pro-B

+1 on L'Avventura.

Criterion, are you lurking? Pretty please on L'Avventura on Blu?

[zedd_117]

Originally Posted by assydingo

On that topic, who is everyone's favorite Criterion director?

Kurosawa hands down. Ordering Dodes'ka-Den right now on reg DVD.

Hitchcock would be a close second.

[robertthunder]

Originally Posted by deadhatetheliving

They Came From Within great flick.

I'm Canadian so it was never calld "They Came From Within" up here, it is "Shivers".

[fdm]

Originally Posted by JJJ225

I had to go to five places before I found it, but I did. I'll sit down and read it tomorrow; it looks great.

I subscribe, love the mag. Usually I see it at Barnes and Noble or Borders.

[deadhatetheliving]

Originally Posted by robertthunder

I'm Canadian so it was never calld "They Came From Within" up here, it is "Shivers".

That was the US title. On the DVD it was called Shivers

[Jimbo976]

I don't want to derail this thread but I really want to buy many more of these Criterion Blu-rays but the Canadian prices (and the bad exchange rate) are kind of insane on them now ($36+ at amazon.ca) and I'm wondering if anyone in Canada has any ideas on a way to buy Criterion Blu-rays for somewhat reasonable prices (like how we used to be able to get them from amazon.com for well under $30 Cdn). If anyone has any advice maybe they could they PM me details. Thanks a lot.

[zedd_117]

Originally Posted by glenn-bob

The only Criterion I am interested in would be This is Spinal Tap. Any word on this being released on Blu?

Well it's not criterion but JoBlo.com reports This is Spinal Tap is coming out:
http://www.joblo.com/dvdclinic/relea...July&year=2009

[BAMJoe]

Does the Blu line start at 1, or are they keeping the DVD #s. Please say starting with 1. There are some from the DVD #s that will never be making their way to Blu which will leave holes.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by BAMJoe

Does the Blu line start at 1, or are they keeping the DVD #s. Please say starting with 1. There are some from the DVD #s that will never be making their way to Blu which will leave holes.

well.... I'm pretty sure the spine numbers correspond with the DVD's.... so there will likely be holes......

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by BAMJoe

Does the Blu line start at 1, or are they keeping the DVD #s. Please say starting with 1. There are some from the DVD #s that will never be making their way to Blu which will leave holes.

Yeah, if you go to Criterion's blu-ray page you'll see the blu-ray spine numbers right to the left of the cover art. The spine numbers will be all over the place since they're the same as the DVDs. I hope your OCD doesn't get the best of you.

CC

[ccfixx]

The pre-orders for "The Seventh Seal" and "Last Year At Marianbad" are now up over at Amazon for $27.99 each.

CC

[zedd_117]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Yeah, if you go to Criterion's blu-ray page you'll see the blu-ray spine numbers right to the left of the cover art. The spine numbers will be all over the place since they're the same as the DVDs. I hope your OCD doesn't get the best of you.

CC

They have pills for that now. Or we could just watch and see what happens.

Originally Posted by ccfixx

The pre-orders for "The Seventh Seal" and "Last Year At Marianbad" are now up over at Amazon for $27.99 each.

CC

Hmmm....To pre-order from Amazon, or to wait to see if Criterion.com's pre-order system comes back online anytime soon....

[JJJ225]

Criterion to release Benjamin Button?

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies....-may-5-reuters

In addition to its single-disc packaging, "Button" will be available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in two-disc Criterion Edition sets featuring more than three hours of special features. A documentary on the second disc follows the creative development of the literary adaptation and its many production challenges, including the elaborate, Oscar-winning visual effects.

Wow that is really interesting! I'd be curious to know about the workings of that deal.

But Benjamin Button is definitely deserving of some awesome special features, and I'm sure Criterion will deliver.