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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 25, 2018 13:27:39 GMT
I am not as big of fan of the film as you are Tyler but I do like it and I really like what Criterion continues to do in service of movie lovers. In this day and age of movies meaning less and less - stream it on your phone! - they are more important than ever imo. I don't buy many films but if it's on Criterion I try to get my favorites not only because they do a great job they serve a great purpose. I would like to see how the shots in Philadelphia's Academy of Music look - I was in the building as a kid and it's a beautiful building and looked gorgeous there............and that's sort of a thing in the film - the beauty all around you, in the architecture, music, nature (those flowers!), those faces, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2018 13:57:18 GMT
pacinoyes - I actually prefer Terence Davies' The House of Mirth - it just feels so much more streamlined and cinematic - but The Age of Innocence is inarguably the more sumptuous, beautiful-looking film - so Viscontian in its constructs! For me, it's just one of those rare treats that I enjoy in front of a roaring fire and pulled curtains. It was especially wonderful last night because it was snowing in NC (in March!!!). Oh, and I keep meaning to tell you how much I loved Fiorile - magical - sumptuous but whimsical - truly. Thank you so much for suggesting it for me!
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 25, 2018 14:14:38 GMT
Glad you liked it! When I used to watch more movies, I would sometimes watch a triple feature of The Godfather/Fiorile/Jean De Florette-Manon of the Spring under the theme of "behind every great fortune, there is a crime" (which is the quote, by Balzac, that opens The Godfather novel and applies to all those films). Not only were they great movies, they really help keep the world in perspective, especially if you only have like 3 bucks in your pocket
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Post by Mattsby on Apr 16, 2018 21:33:50 GMT
www.criterion.com/library/expanded_view?f=1&s=release_dateA Matter of Life and Death (1946, Power & Pressburger) Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989, Soderbergh) Bill Durham (1988, Ron Shelton) Dragon Inn (1967, King Hu) and a Dietrich & von Sternberg collection: Morocco (1930) Dishonored (1931) Blonde Venus (1932) Shanghai Express (1932) The Scarlet Empress (1934) The Devil is a Woman (1935)
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Post by stephen on Apr 16, 2018 21:36:13 GMT
Those Dietrich/Von Sternberg films are definitely going on the must-buy list.
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Post by Christ_Ian_Bale on Apr 16, 2018 21:36:26 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Apr 16, 2018 21:45:34 GMT
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Apr 17, 2018 2:37:52 GMT
A Matter of Life & Death is an instant buy. It's a great film.
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Post by Zeb31 on May 12, 2018 0:36:55 GMT
Apparently they've been working on this for nearly a year and had everyone in the original team return to do extensive post-production work, including color grading and additional mixing. Oh it focuses primarily on the O'Briens, so more McCracken/Chastain/Pitt. (Variety)
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Post by stephen on May 12, 2018 0:37:22 GMT
Meh. Wake me up when he does a Thin Red Line assembly cut.
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on May 12, 2018 0:56:41 GMT
I mean, it makes sense. It seems heâs spent his career since then trying to clone it, so why not just go back and retool it?
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Post by tastytomatoes on May 12, 2018 1:02:16 GMT
My favorite part of The Tree of Life is the family dynamics between the O'Briens. 50 more minutes? I'm so excited.
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Post by speeders on May 12, 2018 16:45:23 GMT
As if that movie needed to be any longer.
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Post by moonman157 on May 12, 2018 16:53:51 GMT
Meh. Wake me up when he does a Thin Red Line assembly cut. Why fiddle around with a masterpiece?
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Post by stephen on May 12, 2018 17:02:59 GMT
Meh. Wake me up when he does a Thin Red Line assembly cut. Why fiddle around with a masterpiece? I consider The Thin Red Line a flawless film, but I am nevertheless curious about what was left out of the shooting script in the final edit. The Criterion scene with Mickey Rourke is one of the best deleted sequences I've ever seen, even if I completely agree with Malick dicing it. But I feel like if Malick's gonna go back and tinker with films he's done, might as well make a separate counter-film to The Thin Red Line, the way that guy did with deleted footage from To the Wonder.
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Post by moonman157 on May 12, 2018 17:10:36 GMT
Why fiddle around with a masterpiece? I consider The Thin Red Line a flawless film, but I am nevertheless curious about what was left out of the shooting script in the final edit. The Criterion scene with Mickey Rourke is one of the best deleted sequences I've ever seen, even if I completely agree with Malick dicing it. But I feel like if Malick's gonna go back and tinker with films he's done, might as well make a separate counter-film to The Thin Red Line, the way that guy did with deleted footage from To the Wonder. Sounds like I gotta check out those Criterion features on TRL. Beautiful disc but I haven't dug into the extras.
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Post by stephen on May 12, 2018 17:11:32 GMT
I consider The Thin Red Line a flawless film, but I am nevertheless curious about what was left out of the shooting script in the final edit. The Criterion scene with Mickey Rourke is one of the best deleted sequences I've ever seen, even if I completely agree with Malick dicing it. But I feel like if Malick's gonna go back and tinker with films he's done, might as well make a separate counter-film to The Thin Red Line, the way that guy did with deleted footage from To the Wonder. Sounds like I gotta check out those Criterion features on TRL. Beautiful disc but I haven't dug into the extras.
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Post by moonman157 on May 12, 2018 17:12:59 GMT
Sounds like I gotta check out those Criterion features on TRL. Beautiful disc but I haven't dug into the extras. Thanks brah, I'll check it out on my copy of it. Pretty hyped to own the Criterion edition of all of Malick's first 5 movies once Tree comes out.
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Post by idioticbunny on May 12, 2018 18:19:16 GMT
Hopefully they make it better.
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Post by Zeb31 on May 12, 2018 19:11:13 GMT
Why fiddle around with a masterpiece? Didn't you read the OP? That's exactly what Malick's doing already.
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Post by moonman157 on May 12, 2018 20:23:11 GMT
Why fiddle around with a masterpiece? Didn't you read the OP? That's exactly what Malick's doing already. WHOA I was obsessed with it for years but last time I checked it out I didn't feel the same way. Still great but I'm definitely curious to see what a longer cut will look like.
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Post by bob-coppola on May 12, 2018 22:09:02 GMT
I love The Tree of Life, but I don't think we need a longer version of it. Well, maybe if Chastain buys her deleted scenes from this, To The Wonder and the Xavier Dolan movie, she can edit 'em into her own version of Split.
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Post by Zeb31 on May 13, 2018 0:47:47 GMT
Didn't you read the OP? That's exactly what Malick's doing already. WHOA I was obsessed with it for years but last time I checked it out I didn't feel the same way. Still great but I'm definitely curious to see what a longer cut will look like. I've had the opposite experience, I've only appreciated it more and more as time has gone by. It was an 8.5 on a first watch, then went up to a 10 the second time, and solidified itself as an all-timer by the third and fourth viewings. I don't know how a 3-hour version will play, seeing as the cut we have now is perfectly edited, but I'll be more than happy to watch new footage.
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Post by countjohn on May 13, 2018 4:13:18 GMT
I guess it'll be good to see more footage, but the movie is so good as it is I find it hard to believe a longer cut will be better.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on May 13, 2018 7:00:22 GMT
I'd love to have a 10-minute condensed version. Maybe Criterion can release that too.
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