The Criterion Collection

[Zen_Amako]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Note:

In The Realm of the Senses (new, clear case)
The Wages of Fear (new, clear case).

Reviews will be up before Sunday night.

Ciao,
Pro-B

Has anybody taken a look at In the Realm of the Senses? The original DVD was so horrible. I'm curious to see how the Criterion release looks.

[Belloche]

Originally Posted by Hendershot737

I should add that I did like what the movie was going for (the different themes and questions it raised)...but I felt that the follow through could have been better, like the relationship between bowie and the elevator girl just seemed there rather than a three dimensional relationship...as for armaggedon and the rock, good point! I didn't even think of those as criterion selections, haha! I would definitely expect TMWFTE to be a criterion more so than those [even though armageddon is a guilty pleasure of mine]...Are there other criterion movies out there that made any of you think, "really? this? a criterion?"

It doesn't matter how many people think that Salo is a brilliant social commentary, I still find it completely repulsive.

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by Zen_Amako

Has anybody taken a look at In the Realm of the Senses?

Hello,

The review is now up - I am sorry for the delay, I had to read the book Criterion provided with the disc first

Thank you.

Pro-B

[kndy]

Originally Posted by Zen_Amako

Has anybody taken a look at In the Realm of the Senses? The original DVD was so horrible. I'm curious to see how the Criterion release looks.

It's in my review queue as well, look forward to watching it.

[Seretur]

Great to read the review, Pro-B. Another winner all around, thankfully!

The way they presented deleted scenes seems particularly interesting -- surrounding deleted footage in color with the B&W rendition of the final cut. Just a quick question: are those in HD as well?

Really, the only thing that takes brownie points away from your thorough and on-the-money review is the lack of timing and audio/video resolution info in the Extras section. Who can blame you, though.

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

The review is now up
Pro-B

Another well thought out review, Pro-B. The colors on those screencaps look much better than I could've hoped for on this release.

CC

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Hello,

The review is now up - I am sorry for the delay, I had to read the book Criterion provided with the disc first

Thank you.

Pro-B

Great review.... Thanks... Looking forward to this one for sure!

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Hello,

The review is now up - I am sorry for the delay, I had to read the book Criterion provided with the disc first

Thank you.

Pro-B

the screen grab pics look amazing! can't wait to see this in action

[Blu_Beast]

GREAT REVIEW AS ALWAYS, Criterion must make it a little easier....

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by Seretur

Great to read the review, Pro-B. Another winner all around, thankfully!

The way they presented deleted scenes seems particularly interesting -- surrounding deleted footage in color with the B&W rendition of the final cut. Just a quick question: are those in HD as well?

Hello,

All of the extras as well as the US theatrical trailer are in 1080p (). The interviews are in 1080i. This being said, those of you who end up purchasing the disc, please take the time to read the book(let) Criterion have supplied. It is most informative.

Pro-B

[ccfixx]

Pro-B,
Your latest review has me even more pumped-up for your forthcoming review of "The Wages Of Fear." Hopefully, we'll see that before the end of the week.

CC

[SquidPuppet]

May I ask a huge favor. I'd very much like to see some pics of this clear case I have read about. Thanks very much.

[Mann9]

I have The last Emperor, it is great, love the extras but waiting for Ophuls . "Lola Montes"
Released last year in some theatres in the definitive updated version and Criterion did finally release the other Ophuls masterworks..['..Earring of Madame de', La Ronde, etc.]
I want I want I want

[McCrutchy]

Fantastic review Pro-B. I will have to rent this when it comes out. Don't know how I feel about the unsimulated sex though. Can anyone comment on it? I mean, does the unsimulated material serve a unique purpose, or is it just for shock value?

[PowellPressburger]

DVD Beaver Wages of Fear review

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDRev...s_of_fear_.htm

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

May I ask a huge favor. I'd very much like to see some pics of this clear case I have read about. Thanks very much.

If you go back through the posts a few pages (I promise it doesn't take much effort ), you'll find pictures of the clear cases.

Post #470

CC

[Seretur]

I suppose we wouldn't mind seeing about a dozen pics of the new clear cases (and how they look next to both the cardboard Criterions and the regular BD cases) over the next few weeks, from those lucky enough to have them in hand.

I'm very curious to see this Oshima at thirty years' remove, now that all the shock value of seeing people actually engaging in sexual intercourse ought to have lost its shock value. (Myself, I always preferred it to blowing people up -- something I also had to do in my time -- but strangely enough it's the latter that has become an accepted part of mainstream entertainment.)

I always had an inkling that Realm had things to say about the oblique junctures of our erotic selves, but it's been dog's years since I've seen it. And neither am I the giddy teenager I used to be, nor is this the worn-out copy I used to watch, so I'm pretty much stoked for the experience.

Judging by El Beev, Wages look great too. I never saw that film in a print that did it justice. THIS is why we have Blu-ray, ladies and gentlemen.

Originally Posted by Mann9

I have The last Emperor, it is great, love the extras but waiting for Ophuls . "Lola Montes"
Released last year in some theatres in the definitive updated version and Criterion did finally release the other Ophuls masterworks..['..Earrings of Madame de', La Ronde, etc.]
I want I want I want

Seriously -- OPHULS! Yes, Criterion, pretty please.

A week from now, we'll know.

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by Seretur

I'm very curious to see this Oshima at thirty years' remove, now that all the shock value of seeing people actually engaging in sexual intercourse ought to have lost its shock value. (Myself, I always preferred it to blowing people up -- something I also had to do in my time -- but strangely enough it's the latter that has become an accepted part of mainstream entertainment.)

It is very much a political film, just as Pasolini's Salo is. Tony Rayns provides a terrific deconstruction of the film in his commentary that I wholeheartedly agree with - seen out of context, a number of the explicit sex scenes are just that...explicit sex scenes. But, given the socio-political ordinance in Japan at the time when the film was made, and specifically the reversal of the traditional roles the two sexes were (still are) expected to assume, In the Realm of the Senses is far and away from being a porn film. Something a lot of critics, including here in America, loved to argue about during the years.

Pro-B

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

If you go back through the posts a few pages (I promise it doesn't take much effort ), you'll find pictures of the clear cases.

Post #470

CC

Big Thanks. From where I picked up on it...I didnt get the vibe that any had been...so again thanks.

[Belloche]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

DVD Beaver Wages of Fear review

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDRev...s_of_fear_.htm

Thanks. The Wages of Fear is my first must have Criterion Blu-ray. I hope we get Sorcerer on Blu-ray at some point as a companion piece.