the Varda box is 50 bucks cheaper than the Bergman box, I realize he's been canonized for over half a century but the Varda box doesn't strike me as much different. Then again, she's enjoying a resurgence in popularity among younger people who probably can't afford to buy the box, unlike Bergman+Fellini sets. IDK
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 October 2020 19:27 (three years ago) link
24 hour flash sale has started.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
and the site is down
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
i usually have a hard time justifying buying from the flash sale bc used dvd copies on ebay and amazon usually still end up being cheaper than 50% off, but I may pull the trigger on the Dietrich & von Sternberg set this time
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link
Frustrated because Elephant Man and Beau Travail were already out of stock, but picked up the Varda box and Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
― (show hidden tics) (WmC), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 15:36 (three years ago) link
B&N sale is on.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 7 November 2020 02:51 (three years ago) link
Oh, I figured someone would've already made the announcement earlier.Planning to pull the trigger on Dietrich and Von Sternberg if the the dumbass B&N mobile site will ever actually complete my order.By the way for those interested, they're running a simultaneous 50% sale on Arrow titles. Get some giallo to go with your snoot flicks, why dontcha.
― OrificeMax (Old Lunch), Saturday, 7 November 2020 03:20 (three years ago) link
Very excited about The Parallax View getting a proper re-release, been out of print for too long. Glad there's more Ousmane Sembene coming, too--Mandabi is great.
― flappy bird, Friday, 13 November 2020 19:24 (three years ago) link
FEBRUARY: Smooth Talk; Chop Shop; Man Push Cart; Mandabi; and The Parallax View.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 November 2020 22:13 (three years ago) link
Awesome news on Mandabi!
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Friday, 13 November 2020 23:44 (three years ago) link
https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/4117-world-of-wong-kar-wai
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Thursday, 10 December 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
oh shit
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Thursday, 10 December 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
$20 a film!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
I’ll wait for the streams lol
― k3vin k., Thursday, 10 December 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
Killer March even beyond the WKW box:
Touki BoukiCeline and Julie Go BoatingSecrets and LiesDefending Your Life
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
hell yes to Touki Bouki! was quite annoyed that was only available on one of those Scorsese world cinema sets
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 17:59 (three years ago) link
Hope they break off Taipei Story at some point too.
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 18:00 (three years ago) link
OTM
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
Man, FINALLY someone has put out Celine and Julie!
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
I know, right? Seems like the restoration toured forever ago.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
Now if somebody could deliver a truckload of money to Boris Eustache so he'll turn loose of his father's films.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
Oh is that what the issue is?
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 19:07 (three years ago) link
Basically. IIRC, The Eustache catalogue was restored and toured theatrically in the mid-'00s. However, the masters weren't scanned in Blu-Ray quality, which had only become the standard after the work was done. So Boris has long wanted a ton of money-ostensibly to do 2/4K scans-quoting figures many have balked at for too excessive given the actual price of doing the work and whatever profits that could be made on the films themselves given their niche appeal.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 19:34 (three years ago) link
I also seem to recall Boris isn't interested in parting out the set to prospective licensors.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
Huh. I was told Eustache pere didn't want his work to be made available, must be an urban legend.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 11:08 (three years ago) link
April: Memories of Murder, Irma Vep, History is Made at Night, The Furies, Masculin Féminin
― Looks like I'm gonna be the filling in a missile sandwich! (Old Lunch), Friday, 15 January 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
Fingers crossed...
INLAND EMPIRE was going to be the centerpiece of our Standard Definition program at @BigEarsFestival 2020 until Lynch’s team told us they’d pulled the film temporarily. I’d hoped this was the explanation. @Astrostic https://t.co/xywh8EQDMW— Darren Hughes (@longpauses) January 22, 2021
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Friday, 22 January 2021 23:30 (three years ago) link
MAY: Nightmare Alley; Flowers of Shanghai; Merrily We Go To Hell; Fast Times At Ridgemont High; and Trances.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 February 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
The Fast Times... release is going to include the TV version with the deleted & alternate scenes.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 February 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
lol, I was just griping in the dedicated Fast Times thread about having recently bought a copy of that on DVD. And wouldn't you know it, I was just about to pull the trigger on a collection of pre-Code movies which includes Merrily We Go to Hell. Gotta respect your game, Criterion.
― Vladislav Bibidonurtmi (Old Lunch), Friday, 12 February 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
why's the criterion release of Sansho Dayo so expensive? it's like 10 quid more than other, even criterion, releases and isn't 4k or anything special
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sansho-Bailiff-CRITERION-COLLECTION-Blu-ray/dp/B07ZDFCB3F/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=sansho&qid=1613154284&s=dvd&sr=1-1
(my Masters of Cinema copy, with Gion Bayashi, was £11 (in 2010), this is £25)
― koogs, Friday, 12 February 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link
heh, it’s in my Late Mizoguchi box
― assert (MatthewK), Friday, 12 February 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
idk but the same thing happened to the BR of Salo last year, I got a normally-priced copy a month or so ago from the site
― flappy bird, Friday, 12 February 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
So Eclipse is presumed dead, yes? Any Fassbinder on the horizon? What kills me is that there are like 10 Fassbinder films on the Channel (all restored!! my DVDs look like shit!!) including Chinese Roulette, Third Generation, Mother Kusters, Satan's Brew, In a Year with 13 Moons, +more... and yet no disc? Unless you have fiber optic or otherwise insanely good internet, streaming looks like SHIT, especially with anything shot at night.
Fuck Fellini, I want a Fassbinder box
― flappy bird, Friday, 12 February 2021 20:09 (three years ago) link
They should put out a Fassbinder binder
― Evan, Friday, 12 February 2021 20:45 (three years ago) link
Ja
― flappy bird, Friday, 12 February 2021 22:28 (three years ago) link
Bindebinder sounds like a hausfrau hotbed.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Friday, 12 February 2021 22:40 (three years ago) link
the flash sale is tmrw (Tuesday 2/23) FYI
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 06:16 (three years ago) link
oh shit do I splurge on the WKW or do I wait????? or do I splurge????????????????
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 13:45 (three years ago) link
Luckily for all our wallets, preorders aren't included in the sale.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 13:50 (three years ago) link
had my eye on that karel zeman set for a while, definitely copping that. might wild out and get the fellini box idk
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 17:15 (three years ago) link
Zeman set is so much fun on many levels. Great choice.
― Evan, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
Pulled trigger on:
Buñuel box setParallax ViewMandabiLost in America
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
fuck I should've waited for this one instead of the one in December
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 18:37 (three years ago) link
― calstars, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
oh yeah now i remember, i did the december sale because it applied to preorders. still. i'm an idiot
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 19:43 (three years ago) link
then again, the silent von Sternberg set...
Site so slammed/sluggish I stopped with 1 disc, Cronenberg's Crash. Used my $10 Criterion Channel coupon so it was even cheaper.
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
oh i forgot i have a coupon too
― na (NA), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 19:57 (three years ago) link
I went back and forth but I think I need to skip this one. WB Shop is having what sounds like their final 4 for $44 Warner Archives sale in a couple weeks and I need to save enough money to go properly apeshit with that.
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link