Criterion Collection on DVD. Recommendations please.

sounds like a scam (because I can't afford it).

i cant really either but im @ my parents and they have some elaborate plasma rig w/ blu ray and ive got consumer goods envy of the worst sort

@ s1ocki okay i was really mostly curious about criterion specifically i mean their prints are obv gonna be among the best where possible and my friend al1se came over w/ a couple of criterion blu rays that looked incredible and im like fukk ~~~ last thing i need is 2 replace a few dozen of these u_u

ya like i said the only crit blu i have is 400 blows. i find their initial roll-out to be super weird. bottle rocket? i mean i love that movie but... not my first choice for blu. can't wait for the inevitable restored red shoes tho.

yo lamp go rent planet earth on bluray if you want your eyes to bleed with joy

Fortunately, I'm not some image freak who knows what "artifacts" and "edge enhancement" are.

my parents have planet earth thats what started all of this + my friend and i watched in the realm of the senses and lol bottle rocket

also two of my top 10 all times - wages of fear and the third man - are already blu ray which is also makin me desire. basically thinkin if i can get a decent price on a used ps3 then

Fortunately, I'm not some image freak who knows what "artifacts" and "edge enhancement" are.

― Dr Morbius, Friday, June 19, 2009 3:55 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

neither am i! u can def go overboard on this stuff. but if you love the moving image i dont see why you shouldnt love it looking as best as it can!

i actually do know what artifacts are

The nuances of a film looking good vs great in different incarnations -- I just don't see them, usually.

(just like i don't care about the "bad production" on Husker Du records)

horses for courses!

bad production or whatever on a record isn't really a good analogy - a better one would be listening to it on tape vs cd or vinyl

maybe morbz just needs new glasses?

took a look it seems like for all mankind is coming out on br this summer hmmmm

ya want

mp3 compression and 4x3 aspect ratio are both bullshit. You want the full meal deal right?

Righteous online sale from Barnes & Noble

why do they do this to me

:(

Damn it. My daughter's tonsils picked a great time to blow up.

ordered Simon of the Desert, The Exterminating Angel, Days of Heaven & Breathless

oh man. this might get ugly.

just refused to look at the Blu-Ray options

Criterion's making their blu-rays region 1 only - pretty huge letdown now that most big companies seem to have decided to go the region-free route. I understand that probably Criterion just doesn't own the liscening for their stuff outside the US but still...sadface.

anyone seen Wise Blood?

it's weird that some of the blurays are on sale some aren't?

even tho they're all supposed to be?

The new dvd or just the movie?

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All the first page Blu Rays are 50% off, some on the second page aren't Criterions or are pre-orders.

loool i just bought 11 movies :-/

thanks, ilx!

Dan, yes, I've seen Wise Blood. Cracked movie, one of Huston's very best. Profound sense of place. The Criterion looks fantastic but the extras were de trop and not that illuminating.

i just got the new repulsion disc. half want to dive in, half don't feel up to teh psychodrama tonight.

Seconding Wise Blood. It's an incredible film, Dourif's performance especially. And how can you resist a movie with Brad Dourif and Harry Dean Stanton?

Just spent money I shouldn't have on Withnail & I, the Monsters & Madmen box set, Haxan, Patriotism and Masculin Feminin.

That Cassavetes box is tempting. I don't know why. Most of those films aren't things I really feel like I want to sit through more than once. But it's a BOX! Eh.

I ordered Wise Blood. Also got the 5 disk Fanny and Alexander I've always wanted, Gimme Shelter and Days of Heaven.

Also 50% off in store. I got Simon of the Desert and Exterminating Angel. Finding it tough to resist the urge to fill in a couple more gaps tomorrow.

Tentative list of:

Passion of the Joan of Arc
La Jette/Sans Soleil
Breathless
Masculin Feminin
Down By Law

Pretty unexciting I guess, but they're all films I've seen and enjoyed and they withstand multiple viewings.

REALLY considering these too:

Andrei Rublev
Ivan's Childhood (never seen this one)
Pickpocket
The Rules of the Game
Rififi
Brakhage Anthology
Big 5 Disc Fanny & Alexander Set

I bought Days of Heaven, Band of Outsiders, Stranger Than Paradise, and Alphaville all full price not too long ago =/

I went with Sansho the Bailiff and Masculin Feminin.

I never buy movies, but this seemed like a good time to break with habit. Thanks for the heads up!

Take advantage of this sale, people, my wrists are falling off after putting 50% off stickers on every Criterion DVD in our store last night.

1/2 off overpriced B&N is like :/

Big 5 Disc Fanny & Alexander Set

Ever since I got the standard F&A Criterion edition I have hankered after this. Andrei Rublev also A++.

I've never seen the standard theatrical F&A. Honestly, after seeing The Full Deal, I can't imagine seeing it cut down. It seems sacrilegious. Buy it if you can afford it.

And Andrei Rublev is seriously Best Move Ever material. Massive runtimes really make me less eager to buy these sort of things though. I'm weighing it.

I'm slightly on the fence because it's difficult to know what will get re-released on blu-ray; would be typical to spring for the 5-disc set and then six months later it's out on BR.

I know what you mean about massive runtimes. I got (non Criterion) "The Best of Youth" recently and finding 6 hours to watch it is proving tricky.

I have an early Rififi on Criterion where the audio is out of sync. I wrote them years ago about that and they said I should send it back to them to swap it but I never got around to doing it.

I'm slightly on the fence because it's difficult to know what will get re-released on blu-ray; would be typical to spring for the 5-disc set and then six months later it's out on BR.

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this

All the first page Blu Rays are 50% off, some on the second page aren't Criterions or are pre-orders.

― My vagina has a dress code. (milo z), Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:12 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this isnt quite true, seventh seal isn't a pre-order and it's not 50% off. and i want.

those essential art house boxes are kinda tempting me.

I watched "Sword of the Beast" last week and it's a pretty sweet kimonos and katanas flick.

I was going to replace my old non-anamorphic Brazil box set and give the old one away but it's not on sale :(

Oh and Dan, if you care about such things, iirc Gimme Shelter is one of the titles Criterion have confirmed will be coming to blu-ray eventually.

If you come across one on the web site that's not on sale, go to an actual store... everything Criterion is 50% off in-store, no exceptions.

Any idea how long this sale is going to be on? I might have to go back for a second run if it lasts for more than a week or so.