The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
05-31-17, 05:36 PM
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05-31-17, 06:48 PM
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06-01-17, 12:57 AM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
^Are they sticklers for that? it certainly seems more suited to Desert Hearts than Wild at Heart.
06-01-17, 07:01 AM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
"Desert Hearts has been digitally restored by The Criterion Collection/Janus Films and UCLA Film & Television Archive in conjunction with Outfest UCLA Legacy Project and Sundance Institute."
https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2.../desert-hearts
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06-01-17, 10:00 AM
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06-01-17, 11:55 AM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
No problem at all...
"Desert Hearts has been digitally restored by The Criterion Collection/Janus Films and UCLA Film & Television Archive in conjunction with Outfest UCLA Legacy Project and Sundance Institute."
https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2.../desert-hearts
"Desert Hearts has been digitally restored by The Criterion Collection/Janus Films and UCLA Film & Television Archive in conjunction with Outfest UCLA Legacy Project and Sundance Institute."
https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2.../desert-hearts
Criterion are usually good with the pluralisation in their hints. I guess they missed it this time. I wasn't sure it was Wild at Heart either though, because the cactus didn't make sense.
In any case, I don't see many interested in this title and I'm surprised Criterion would release it. Wild at Heart would've been up Criterions alley more - even if it's not something I'd be excited about either.
06-02-17, 09:42 PM
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06-13-17, 08:09 PM
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Stalker...sounds excellent! is this a artsy movie or kinda straightforward?
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06-14-17, 07:34 PM
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Stalker...sounds excellent! is this a artsy movie or kinda straightforward?
06-14-17, 08:03 PM
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06-14-17, 09:17 PM
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06-15-17, 07:33 AM
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06-15-17, 07:44 AM
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Are you into artistic foreign films?
If you like Bergman, and to a lesser extent Antonioni - then the odds are in your favour of liking Tarkovsky. Otherwise, just stream/rent/download it first.
Which is really the approach everyone should take nowadays. There's really little reason to blind-buy anything today.
If you like Bergman, and to a lesser extent Antonioni - then the odds are in your favour of liking Tarkovsky. Otherwise, just stream/rent/download it first.
Which is really the approach everyone should take nowadays. There's really little reason to blind-buy anything today.
Stalker...sounds excellent! is this a artsy movie or kinda straightforward?
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You have to give him credit though, he's pretty consistent on what he asks or does...
06-15-17, 09:38 AM
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I wouldn't recommend it as a blind buy, it's even less accessible than something like Solaris. I think you can find it on youtube if you want to watch it before purchasing.
06-16-17, 04:20 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Wow. Piano Teacher... an amazing movie, but not one I think I wanna see again, much less own.
06-16-17, 09:49 PM
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06-16-17, 10:49 PM
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06-16-17, 11:20 PM
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06-17-17, 01:48 AM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
In for Rebecca and Certain Women.
Love Reichardt. I own all of her films except for her debut, River of Grass, which I've never seen. But intend of purchasing blind.
Certain Women was a hard one to grade though. The segment with Michelle Williams was bland and utterly useless. I can't think of a single reason to justify its existence. It was awful. I'd rate it 2.5/5. The Laura Dern segment was very good, very compelling. Laura Dern gives a great performance as usual. I give it a solid 4/5. The segment with Kristen Stewart and Lily Gladstone is the best piece of filmmaking I've seen in a good 5-6 years. It was breathtaking, poignant and utterly heartbreaking. An easy 5/5. Even though I like the Laura Dern segment quite a bit, I just wish there was a way they could have stretched the Lily/Kristen segment into like a 75 minute feature.
So its kind of hard to rate the entire film as a whole. Its a definite purchase for me. But its sort of a fractured film. Its a shame they couldn't have done something better with Michelle Williams.
Love Reichardt. I own all of her films except for her debut, River of Grass, which I've never seen. But intend of purchasing blind.
Certain Women was a hard one to grade though. The segment with Michelle Williams was bland and utterly useless. I can't think of a single reason to justify its existence. It was awful. I'd rate it 2.5/5. The Laura Dern segment was very good, very compelling. Laura Dern gives a great performance as usual. I give it a solid 4/5. The segment with Kristen Stewart and Lily Gladstone is the best piece of filmmaking I've seen in a good 5-6 years. It was breathtaking, poignant and utterly heartbreaking. An easy 5/5. Even though I like the Laura Dern segment quite a bit, I just wish there was a way they could have stretched the Lily/Kristen segment into like a 75 minute feature.
So its kind of hard to rate the entire film as a whole. Its a definite purchase for me. But its sort of a fractured film. Its a shame they couldn't have done something better with Michelle Williams.