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
i noticed that amazon has matched the sale prices of everything ive looked up so far, i assume for today only - do they normally do that? i wonder if thats why criterion sent out that $10 coupon, to keep people on the site.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:09 (three years ago) link
WB Shop is having what sounds like their final 4 for $44 Warner Archives sale in a couple weeks
Does ILX have a catch-all "boutique home video" thread somewhere? I'd find that pretty useful now that I have a region-free 4K player and am finally digging into more Arrow/Indicator/etc.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:11 (three years ago) link
finally own a DVD copy of Notorious.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
just went to the website for the Canadian CC distributor to see if anything was happening today and now I'm...#753 in line
― rob, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
I did that earlier, then found the few things I was after were either pre-orders or out of stock :/
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
I suspect I'm in the same boat (Touki Bouki is the only thing I can immediately think of that I want), though maybe I'll see how much upgrading my Sturges dvds would cost
that said I am very pleased that Unobstructed View exists and I don't have to use amazon
― rob, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
xposts All right, I finally pulled the trigger: Non-Criterion Boutique Home Video Discussion (Kino, Warner Archive, Arrow, Indicator, Vinegar Syndrome, Code Red, etc.)
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
Ok, splurged on that Bruce Lee box set. Couldn't resist this time.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 05:20 (three years ago) link
the art on that put me off even considering it. Ugly ass cover. Don't get me started on Godzilla.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 05:39 (three years ago) link
Going through the third Scorsese World Film Foundation box and those things are the best case for the continued existence of the label imo: so far I've seen Dos Monjes (Mexico, campy 30's melodrama bathed in expressionism with a truly bonkers ending), After The Curfew (Indonesia, amazing film about post-war malaise and PTSD that any noir fan should enjoy) and Pixote (Brazil, probably the roughest social realist film I've seen from the modern era; Brazilian music geeks take note that Toni Tornado has a cameo).
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 11:03 (three years ago) link
umm Paramount is pulling their Criterion shit w/o warning to take to Paramount+
first on the chopping block:
Harold & MaudeNashvilleLa Dolce VitaRosemary's BabyDays Of Heaven
and something else awesome that I forget
grab the discs now if you want 'em
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Monday, 8 March 2021 04:11 (three years ago) link
The Friends of Eddie Coyle, and Don't Look Now. Bad news
― flappy bird, Monday, 8 March 2021 06:02 (three years ago) link
wait, like pulling them from Criterion Channel, or pulling the rights for Criterion to sell discs????
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 8 March 2021 13:44 (three years ago) link