The Criterion Collection

[Doctor Jack]

Watched Phoenix today, a blind buy from the B&N sale. I have to say this is now one of my favorites of the collection. I was absolutely enthralled by it. It definitely had a Vertigo vibe to it, which I absolutely loved. Have to look into more of the director’s work. I hope more people check it out.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Watched Phoenix today, a blind buy from the B&N sale. I have to say this is now one of my favorites of the collection. I was absolutely enthralled by it. It definitely had a Vertigo vibe to it, which I absolutely loved. Have to look into more of the director’s work. I hope more people check it out.

I caught it at the Maine International Film Festival a few years ago...easily one of my favorites from the 2010s. One of the more underrated from the collection.

[Scholer]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Watched Phoenix today, a blind buy from the B&N sale. I have to say this is now one of my favorites of the collection. I was absolutely enthralled by it. It definitely had a Vertigo vibe to it, which I absolutely loved. Have to look into more of the director’s work. I hope more people check it out.

The film left me feeling cold and bewildered for reasons I have yet to pinpoint. The performances were immaculate, the cinematography was lucid, it was tightly plotted and edited efficiently, pacing and tone were pretty much perfect. But as a whole the film felt just off to me, I remember getting a similar feel at the end of Hidden Figures last year, which I have eventually come to attribute to the fact that the film felt too "safe" and "by the books" for my tastes. But obviously the latter two are hardly factors effecting Phoenix, as it is immensely well layered, brimming with atmosphere and has a poignant atypical ending. I am inclined to maybe blame the lack lustre (or may be even not very good) music, but I didn't get such a feeling during my viewing and a film should work regardless of it's music and I don't feel that a strong score would have helped the film very much. Maybe the film would work better if made in the early 40s with more period specific filmmaking choices, but who knows! Overall the film just didn't work for me.

I do appreciate Criterion releasing a Christian Petzold film though, as he is a clearly talented new voice who has yet to garner a lot of awards or mainstream attention. Barbara needs to see a release one of these days!

[fdm]

Originally Posted by Scholer

Barbara needs to see a release one of these days!

Barbara has a US release, bare bones sadly and apparently a lossy audio track. Had they migrated some extras I maybe would have double-dipped. Good film. (I have the German blu-ray, lots of extras (German language only), lossless audio.)

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Scottie

That would be killer cover art for the Criterion.

[Crow T. Robot]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

I don't think I've ever seen Kirk Douglas do comedy -- I mean, I've seen him be funny, but not in a comedy. Any specific recommendations on that front?

I would like to revisit this movie....But The Villian (1979) qualifies for me as a Kirk Douglas comedy. It was a live action Wile E. Coyote character Kirk was
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080097...nm_flmg_act_25



Ann-Margret was OK also


Steve

[jakdstew]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

Here:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=1349

I read in a statement from Criterion that the ones still in print from 2009-2010 should have been reprinted and fixed by now.

Edit: Didn't notice their statement was already included in the link. But, I just bought Bigger Than Life from B&N and didn't have any trouble with it playing.

[sawdustandtinsel]

Originally Posted by sawdustandtinsel

Looking at the following potential blind buys: Sundays and Cybele, The Black Stallion, Cria Cuervos..., and Blind Chance. Anybody care to dissuade or enthusiastically endorse any of these?

Apologies for bumping my own post but I'm about to head out to B&N and maybe somebody who has seen these missed the post.

[Dr. Zaius]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

That would be killer cover art for the Criterion.

Looks like it's going to be the cover art for the Blu-ray and DVD as well.

Theatrical poster for Janus Films and Blu-ray and DVD artwork for Criterion Collection’s re-release of Edgar G. Ulmer’s 1945 film noir classic, ‘Detour’.

https://www.jenniferdionisio.com/#/d...on-collection/

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

That would be killer cover art for the Criterion.

I think they overdid it with the yellow. The yellow lipstick right in the foreground is glaring and distracting. Seems very amateur that so many details are yellow there. The original posters handled the use of that color miles better than this

edit: I made a toned-down edit, which I personally think looks more aesthetically pleasing. The yellow lipstick, tie, and eyes of the original just seem so silly to me, and kills the contrast of the image as whole.

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[nitin]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Watched Phoenix today, a blind buy from the B&N sale. I have to say this is now one of my favorites of the collection. I was absolutely enthralled by it. It definitely had a Vertigo vibe to it, which I absolutely loved. Have to look into more of the director’s work. I hope more people check it out.

Check out Jerichow and Barbara from the same director, the former is available on DVD only via Cinema Guild (good quality DVD though), and the latter via an ok blu ray from Kino (lossy audio, no extras).

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by nitin

Check out Jerichow and Barbara from the same director, the former is available on DVD only via Cinema Guild (good quality DVD though), and the latter via an ok blu ray from Kino (lossy audio, no extras).

I will absolutely check out his other work. Look forward to it very much.

[willtopower]

Originally Posted by Scholer

The film left me feeling cold and bewildered for reasons I have yet to pinpoint. The performances were immaculate, the cinematography was lucid, it was tightly plotted and edited efficiently, pacing and tone were pretty much perfect. But as a whole the film felt just off to me.

I felt the same and now enough time has passed that I've really wanted to revisit it. I certainly left with the feeling that I missed something that maybe I wasn't able to receive appropriately on that theatre visit.

[rdandura]

Originally Posted by Trace17

I'm with you SpiderBaby, was planning on picking up Tues at BN. Criterion's site still lists 11/13 as the release but on backorder. No change yet from BN, just 11/13. If it was delayed (again) I think criterion would have changed the "Available xx.xx.xxxx" date on the coming soon page like they did the first time. I wonder if it's just stock issues.

I'm sure it will get released on the 13th, cause the criterion website has been keeping pushing the release date back by one day each day. The backorder is a glitch, I'm sure of it.

I hope it gets released in Tuesday, This was one of my top ones right now.

[Scottie]

A page has gone up for Bread and Alley, a Kiarostami short film, which leads me to believe that this box set will be announced sooner than later.

https://www.criterion.com/films/28642-bread-and-alley

[tisdivine]

Has anyone tried to pick up Chronicle of A Summer at B&N? I cant even find a listing on the site. Im sure its not the most popular CC title but to act like it doesnt even exist seems a bit much. Maybe I just dont know the secret code to search for lol

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by tisdivine

Has anyone tried to pick up Chronicle of A Summer at B&N? I cant even find a listing on the site. Im sure its not the most popular CC title but to act like it doesnt even exist seems a bit much. Maybe I just dont know the secret code to search for lol

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd...=0715515102919

B&N lists many foreign titles under their original language, making them hard to find

[thebratpackwrangler]

February Predictions

Polyester
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Come And See
Hedwig And The Angry Inch
West Side Story
WKW Boxset or Chungking Express reissue

[knuckles96]

Originally Posted by thebratpackwrangler

February Predictions

Polyester
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Come And See
Hedwig And The Angry Inch
West Side Story
WKW Boxset or Chungking Express reissue

I think The Kid Brother is coming out that month, or March..

[jshaide]

Seeing that ANNIE HALL deal on the main page is putting Criterion ideas in my head.

I would find it a little wasteful of a release, but it got my mind moving a bit.