The Criterion Collection

[SlickDamian]

Since some are talking about Christmas, for some reason, my two cents is that Die Hard and A Christmas Story are the two best movies to watch during the holiday season.
And I used to love the TBS 15 Days of 007, that was Christmas tradition for me and my stepped back in the day.

[captveg]

Prediction: They announce titles that cost me $$

[Banned User]

Originally Posted by soarinsteven

After I finished watching Good Will Hunting tonight I went online and heard about Lauren Bacall. What a week. Realllly wanna watch To Have and Have Not now.

Its dumb that at this late date we still don't have To Have and Have Not on Bluray. Not to mention The Big Sleep or Key Largo

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Unbelievable. First Robin Williams and now Lauren Bacall.

They say it happens in threes, so who's next? Unless you count James Garner.

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Still alive:

Eva Marie Saint - 90
Olivia de Havilland - 98
Honor Blackman - 88
Carol Channing - 93
Doris Day - 90
Maureen O'Hara - 93
Kim Novak - 81
Emmanuelle Riva - 87

Originally Posted by hoytereden

As well as Louise Rainer and Lupita Tovar both 104

Originally Posted by Jakamarak

And Kirk Douglas - 97.

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

Tippi Hedren - 84
Jeanne Moreau - 86
my grandma - 85 (go grandma!)

on the topic.. I've always wanted to share this w/ people, but until now it would have been too random. for those of you who have iPhones with the Siri function, did you know that you can ask Siri, for example, "is Humphrey Bogart dead?" and it (umm.. she?) will give you his death age and date of death.

you can also ask something like, "which film won Best Picture in 1940?' and she'll tell you what it was. pretty cool

OK, I'll play this morbid game:

Zsa Zsa Gabor-97

[filmmusic]

On the subject of announcements:
In the last couple ones I didn't find anything that interested me, except The Big Chill.

Hope for a surprise with one of these, but I seriously doubt it:

-Farewell to my Concubine
-Raise the Red Lantern
-The Age of Innocence
-Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
-Indochine
-Camile Claudel
-Tree of Life (yes, I know it has been released and it has excellent quality)
-The Lover

and/or upgrades of:
-Magnificent Obsession
-Written on the Wind
-Summertime

[Brent L.]

Is it known how many copies of The Third Man were printed before it went OOP?

[zoodermin]

It took a while but finally my B&N purchase has arrived!!

[LetsGetATaco]

Hollis Frampton blu for $13? What is everyone's opinion on this? Should I give it a shot? Says brand new and sealed.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...&condition=any

[keldons]

Originally Posted by LetsGetATaco

Hollis Frampton blu for $13? What is everyone's opinion on this? Should I give it a shot? Says brand new and sealed.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...&condition=any

feedback looks fine, I gave the Clover Media listing a shot.

[aes3728]

Brace yourselves for Tootsie coming either November or December:

"Join Criterion Collection Producers Kim Hendrickson and Curtis Tsui as they provide a behind-the-scenes look at Criterion’s operation, focusing on recent and upcoming releases such as Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita (1960), Alfonso Cuarón’s Y tu mamá también (2001), Sydney Pollack’s Tootsie (1982), and John Ford’s My Darling Clementine (1946), among others."
http://blog.criterioncast.com/post/9...-talk-has-been

Got my money on November

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by aes3728

Brace yourselves for Tootsie coming either November or December:

"Join Criterion Collection Producers Kim Hendrickson and Curtis Tsui as they provide a behind-the-scenes look at Criterion’s operation, focusing on recent and upcoming releases such as Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita (1960), Alfonso Cuarón’s Y tu mamá también (2001), Sydney Pollack’s Tootsie (1982), and John Ford’s My Darling Clementine (1946), among others."
http://blog.criterioncast.com/post/9...-talk-has-been

Got my money on November

Awesome. I am probably going with December, but who knows.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Awesome. I am probably going with December, but who knows.

I think I am going with December also along with Midnight Cowboy.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by keldons

feedback looks fine, I gave the Clover Media listing a shot.

I ordered In the Realm of the Senses from them and the experience was good.

[Art_Vandelay]

Yesterday I saw the Fantastic Mr. Fox, which was fantastic, and today I saw The Great Beauty, which was beautiful. Pretty in-depth analysis, huh?

Anyway I really loved both movies. They were both blind buys from the B&N sale and I'm really happy with both those purchases. Fox was the last Wes Anderson movie that I hadn't seen and it's now one of my favorites. And The Great Beauty (my first Italian film) had me from the first scene and was great the rest of the way through.

[SlickDamian]

I was just watching Cowboys and Aliens (great, great underrated movie) and had an idea for a new film genre (I think it's new): Western noir. That would be a cinephile's dream come true. Come on Scorsese or Tarantino, make it happen!

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Brent L.

Is it known how many copies of The Third Man were printed before it went OOP?

No. Criterion has never (to my knowledge) released press-run data on any title.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by SlickDamian

I was just watching Cowboys and Aliens (great, great underrated movie) and had an idea for a new film genre (I think it's new): Western noir. That would be a cinephile's dream come true. Come on Scorsese or Tarantino, make it happen!

The Great Owl has referred to some films as Western Noir. I think mostly in the Olive Films thread.

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by SlickDamian

I was just watching Cowboys and Aliens (great, great underrated movie) and had an idea for a new film genre (I think it's new): Western noir. That would be a cinephile's dream come true. Come on Scorsese or Tarantino, make it happen!

Check out Pursued.

Here's 7 more, though I don't think any of these have made it to blu ray yet.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by jayembee

The Great Owl has referred to some films as Western Noir. I think mostly in the Olive Films thread.

Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

Check out Pursued.

Here's 7 more, though I don't think any of these have made it to blu ray yet.

I watched the Olive Films Blu-ray of Ramrod the other night. It qualifies as a "Western noir" of sorts. Veronica Lake and Joel McCrea both seem worlds removed from their lighter roles in Sullivan's Travels.

Pursued is still in my unwatched Blu-ray stack, but I'll get to it soon.