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Post by JangoB on Apr 16, 2019 11:53:42 GMT
- "Do the Right Thing" by Spike Lee - "1984" by Michael Radford - "Klute" by Alan J. Pakula - "The Baker's Wife" by Marcel Pagnol - "Europa Europa" by Agnieszka Holland - The BRD Trilogy by Rainer Werner Fassbinder: "The Marriage of Maria Braun", "Veronika Voss" & "Lola" www.criterion.com/shop/browse?popular=coming-soon
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 16, 2019 12:16:25 GMT
Hard to fault any of these picks - even ones I wouldn't call "great" - are either pretty close to it (Do The Right Thing) or if not close to it - they are still good important films (Klute, 1984). These picks in fact all could be linked into the cultural climate they individually represent and an overarching theme of shared cultural touchpoints across them all too.
Hopefully Europa Europa gets more Holland on the Criterion radar - she's a pivotal director, a pivotal female director especially and she's got some great films no one really talks about much (The Angry Harvest being a personal fave).
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Apr 16, 2019 16:57:16 GMT
love those first three. The Radford adaptation of 1984 always gets a bad rap but I really like it.
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Post by pupdurcs on Apr 16, 2019 17:19:05 GMT
Read Bamboozeled is coming out on Criterion this year as well.
Kino Lorber have the rights to several of Spike's films (they've done editions for Crooklyn, Summer Of Sam, Mo'Better Blues and Clockers among others). Between Criterion and Kino Lorber, I suspect the majority of Lee's narrative feature fiction output will get the specal edition treatment.
Wonder who will win the bidding rights for Malcolm X, 25th Hour, He Got Game, Blackkklansman, Inside Man which are some of his biggies.
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Post by Mattsby on Apr 17, 2019 1:47:49 GMT
Ohhh probably will pick up 1984.... "New 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Roger Deakins" "New interviews with director Michael Radford and cinematographer Roger Deakins"
New interview with Holland for Europa Europa too - but that (very, very good) movie didn't need the Criterion treatment as bad as (my fav) Olivier Olivier which has never been released on DVD in the states - just VHS (which I have!) - or as pacinoyes noted Angry Harvest, another that's rare and worth seeing.
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 19, 2019 10:41:13 GMT
Haven't seen anything for them since August I think but Betty Blue is a sort of big deal ........Probably one of the more controversial titles I would suspect especially nowadays ...........I know people who love it and those who seethingly hate it too.......plus All About Eve, Now, Voyager and Cold War...... www.criterion.com/shop/browse?popular=coming-soon
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Aug 19, 2019 16:45:43 GMT
A good-looking group indeed. Still need to see Betty Blue (I've come close at least once) and Now, Voyager but Cold War and All About Eve are wonderful additions And those Eve extras...wow. TWO commentaries and multiple documentaries
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Post by stephen on Aug 19, 2019 16:58:43 GMT
COLD WAR.
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Post by Mattsby on Aug 19, 2019 18:05:59 GMT
The Daytrippers One of their best adds in a while, bc it's an essential NY 90s indie pic, often felt like it was completely forgotten, and isn't easily available to find online, .... if you wanna buy a new DVD on Amazon it's $90 ffs! and it deserves a look anyway for that premium cast. The cover art is great and so are the extras - a new commentary by Greg Mottola and Soderbergh (producer, he put up like 60k of his own money and guided pre-production and post) and brand new interviews with the cast incl the wonderful Parker Posey.
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Post by Film Socialism on Aug 19, 2019 22:10:14 GMT
i think Cold War might be the worst movie in the collection now
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Post by avnermoriarti on Aug 19, 2019 22:28:59 GMT
All great films, might look to The Daytrippers first, which saw years ago from a very bad copy, I think it was a tv recorded version, lol
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Post by Mattsby on Aug 19, 2019 23:04:28 GMT
All great films, might look to The Daytrippers first, which saw years ago from a very bad copy, I think it was a tv recorded version, lol It actually played on IMDB, the whole movie good qual, many years ago... which is how I saw it, but then it disappeared! Anne Meara flapping and yelling down the street is unforgettable and Marcia Gay Harden's bit, which is in the trailer, I think?
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Post by avnermoriarti on Aug 20, 2019 23:59:58 GMT
All great films, might look to The Daytrippers first, which saw years ago from a very bad copy, I think it was a tv recorded version, lol It actually played on IMDB, the whole movie good qual, many years ago... which is how I saw it, but then it disappeared! Anne Meara flapping and yelling down the street is unforgettable and Marcia Gay Harden's bit, which is in the trailer, I think? Huh. Wasn’t aware about Imdb streaming, no doubt we learn something new every day, lol. Yeah, I think Meara has the best moment in the film, the entire cast is so good, but I was more into Hope Davis and her dry humor
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Post by JangoB on Nov 16, 2019 0:38:19 GMT
www.criterion.com/shop/browse?popular=coming-soonRoma (2018) Teorema (1969) Antonio Gaudí (1984) Paris is Burning (1990) Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman: Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955), Invention for Destruction (1958), The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 16, 2019 1:06:38 GMT
Paris Is Burning is a terrific addition. Roma does nothing for me but I get why it's here. Haven't seen the others but Gaudi and Teorema are already in the ole watchlist.
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 16, 2019 1:08:28 GMT
Netflix actually making deals for physical releases?
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 16, 2019 1:08:32 GMT
Is Roma the first dvd available film title? That's kind of a huge deal.......
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Post by MsMovieStar on Nov 16, 2019 1:16:18 GMT
oh honey, Teorema (1969) is a must have... Thank God!
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 16, 2019 1:26:04 GMT
Is Roma the first dvd available film title? That's kind of a huge deal....... They did do some documentaries. I saw Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World on DVD. But I'm pretty confident that this is their first fiction release.
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Post by Viced on Nov 16, 2019 1:33:50 GMT
Can't wait to see what kind of package they put together for The Irishman in a year or so.
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Post by TerryMontana on Nov 16, 2019 15:37:16 GMT
Is Roma the first dvd available film title? That's kind of a huge deal....... It is. Except from some documentaries and TV series, it's the first feature film to get a physical media release. And yes, it's a huge deal. Netflix breaks its rule and opens the door to the physical media.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2019 0:31:22 GMT
The charm bomb explodes. His impression of Jeanne Moreau... I can't. His choices: City Lights Cries and Whispers Day for Night The French Lieutenant's Woman ( ) The Graduate Olivier's Hamlet Jules and Jim Nashville Some Like It Hot The Tin Drum
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Dec 7, 2019 2:16:28 GMT
"Ingmar Bergman suffering away... myeah, I love that" there has never been and will never be a better closet video than this one. He just emanates warmth and enthusiasm and charm.
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Post by TerryMontana on Dec 7, 2019 14:55:07 GMT
Good picks!!!
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Post by JangoB on Dec 17, 2019 17:59:18 GMT
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