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06-16-07 | 11:38 AM
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Can someone tell me more about Robinson Crusoe? I've heard people clamoring for it forever, and it seems like something I'd enjoy (just based on the title and the cover), but I don't actually know a thing about the movie.
damn strait!
06-17-07 | 03:33 PM
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The only one I'm iffy about is Three Penny Opera, not sure if it's my thing, but I liked Pandora's Box, though that was mostly for Lulu. The others I'm really interested in, the Jarmusch's are great, don't know what to expect from Robinson Crusoe, but yeah monkey in a helmet is a total must have, and I dig dancing ladies, so that one has me excited. Really, really great month, though every month promises great releases.
06-17-07 | 04:26 PM
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Robinson Crusoe on Mars is one long surreal experience for me. Both times I saw it it was past 1am and I was teetering on the brink of cosciousness. I think that added to my enjoyment of the film. It kind of has the feel of a Twilight Zone episode. The guy's ship is in orbit and haunts him every time it passes by. He's trying to get back to the ship somehow with O2 running out and then just when it runs out things get even cooler. 
06-17-07 | 04:59 PM
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I'm not sure why so many people are scratching their heads over the Martha Graham set. Like last year's Koko, it's obviously one of those releases that would have surfaced via Home Vision when HVe was Criterion's sister company. How else are they going to release it now?
And although it probably doesn't apply to this forum, it's sure to find a fairly sizeable and appreciative niche market. I mean, we're talking about one of the most innovative and highly respected dancers/choreographers of the 20th century. What might seem like "overkill" to some is sure to strike others as "definitive."
And although it probably doesn't apply to this forum, it's sure to find a fairly sizeable and appreciative niche market. I mean, we're talking about one of the most innovative and highly respected dancers/choreographers of the 20th century. What might seem like "overkill" to some is sure to strike others as "definitive."
06-17-07 | 10:49 PM
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I'm glad to see Criterion releasing the Martha Graham dance collection as she is the greatest American dancer ever and influenced many musicals; especially Agnes DeMille's dream sequence and all the rest of Oklahoma. Gregory Peck and Bette Davis were just two of her better known students. It's good to add breadth to a catalog such as CC (how big of a seller was the Stan Brakhage title?)
I'll buy the Three Penny Opera for sure. Rent the Graham set.
I'll buy the Three Penny Opera for sure. Rent the Graham set.
06-17-07 | 11:12 PM
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Night on Earth and Robinson Crusoe on Mars are definite buys for me. I might pick up The Threepenny Opera. I am well aware of the importance of Martha Graham although it's not of interest to me. I hope it's of enough interest to enough people that they'll continue to put out titles that might seem to be outside their standard fare.
06-18-07 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Skoobooz
STRANGER THAN PARADISE
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch
Permanent Vacation (1980, 75 minutes), Jarmusch's first full-length feature, presented in a new, restored high-definition digital transfer supervised by the director
Kino '84: Jim Jarmusch: a 1984 German television program featuring interviews with cast and crew from Stranger Than Paradise and Permanent Vacation
Some Days in January, 1984, a behind-the-scenes Super-8 film by Tom Jarmusch
Location and on-set photos
U.S. and Japanese trailers
PLUS: A booklet featuring Jarmusch's 1984 "Some Notes on Stranger Than Paradise," Geoff Andrew and J. Hoberman on Stranger Than Paradise, and Luc Sante on Permanent Vacation
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=400
NIGHT ON EARTH
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch
Audio commentary by director of photography Frederick Elmes and location sound mixer Drew Kunin
Q&A with Jarmusch, in which he responds to questions sent by fans
1992 Belgian television interview with Jarmusch
New and improved subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by Paul Auster, Thom Andersen, Bernard Eisenschitz, Goffredo Fofi, and Peter von Bagh, as well as the lyrics to Tom Waits's original songs from the film
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=401
ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Audio commentary featuring screenwriter Ib Melchior, actors Paul Mantee and Victor Lundin, production designer Al Nozaki, Oscar-winning special effects designer and Robinson Crusoe on Mars historian Robert Skotak, and excerpts from a 1979 audio interview with director Byron Haskin
"Destination: Mars," a new video featurette by Michael Lennick detailing the science behind Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Excerpts from Melchior's original screenplay
New music video for Victor Lundin’s song "Robinson Crusoe on Mars"
Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos, production designs, and promotional material
Theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by filmmaker and space historian Michael Lennick, a "Brief Yargorian Dictionary" of Melchior’s original alien dialect, and a list of facts about Mars included with his original screenplay
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=404
THE THREEPENNY OPERA
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer (taken from a new film restoration element from the Bundesarchiv in Germany)
Audio commentary by scholars David Bathrick, author of The Dialectic and the Early Brecht, and Eric Rentschler, author of The Films of G. W. Pabst
L'opera de quat'sous, Pabst's French-language version of The Threepenny Opera, starring Albert Préjean and Florelle
A video interview with film scholar Charles O'Brien on the differences between the English and French versions
New exclusive documentary on Threepenny’s controversial journey from stage to screen to lawsuits
Gallery of production photos by Hans Casparius
Production sketches by art director Andre Andrejew
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A new essay by film critic Tony Rayns
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=405
MARTHA GRAHAM: DANCE ON FILM
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfers of three films: A Dancer's World, Appalachian Spring, Night Journey
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed, an American Masters documentary following Graham's career
Side-by-side comparison, by dance critic Deborah Jowitt, of excerpts from a 1940s performance of Appalachian Spring, featuring Graham, Eric Hawkins, and Merce Cunningham, with the 1958 film
Aaron Copland: Art in America, a short documentary by Nathan Kroll, featuring composer Aaron Copland discussing Appalachian Spring with artist Paul Jenkins
A visual essay narrated by Kroll
New interview with Museum of Television and Radio curator Ron Simon discussing Kroll's work and legacy
Interviews with film editors Eleanor Hamerow and Miriam Arsham discussing their work on the three films
New interviews with Graham company dancers Mimi Cole, Mary Hinkson, Linda Hodes, Stuart Hodes, Yuriko Kikuchi, and Ethel Winter
Excerpts from The Martha Graham Technique, a 1975 filmed demonstration featuring company members and narrated by Graham
16mm home-movie footage of Graham's company from their 1954 European tour
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by writer Joan Acocella
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=406
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch
Permanent Vacation (1980, 75 minutes), Jarmusch's first full-length feature, presented in a new, restored high-definition digital transfer supervised by the director
Kino '84: Jim Jarmusch: a 1984 German television program featuring interviews with cast and crew from Stranger Than Paradise and Permanent Vacation
Some Days in January, 1984, a behind-the-scenes Super-8 film by Tom Jarmusch
Location and on-set photos
U.S. and Japanese trailers
PLUS: A booklet featuring Jarmusch's 1984 "Some Notes on Stranger Than Paradise," Geoff Andrew and J. Hoberman on Stranger Than Paradise, and Luc Sante on Permanent Vacation
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=400
NIGHT ON EARTH
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch
Audio commentary by director of photography Frederick Elmes and location sound mixer Drew Kunin
Q&A with Jarmusch, in which he responds to questions sent by fans
1992 Belgian television interview with Jarmusch
New and improved subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by Paul Auster, Thom Andersen, Bernard Eisenschitz, Goffredo Fofi, and Peter von Bagh, as well as the lyrics to Tom Waits's original songs from the film
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=401
ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Audio commentary featuring screenwriter Ib Melchior, actors Paul Mantee and Victor Lundin, production designer Al Nozaki, Oscar-winning special effects designer and Robinson Crusoe on Mars historian Robert Skotak, and excerpts from a 1979 audio interview with director Byron Haskin
"Destination: Mars," a new video featurette by Michael Lennick detailing the science behind Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Excerpts from Melchior's original screenplay
New music video for Victor Lundin’s song "Robinson Crusoe on Mars"
Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos, production designs, and promotional material
Theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by filmmaker and space historian Michael Lennick, a "Brief Yargorian Dictionary" of Melchior’s original alien dialect, and a list of facts about Mars included with his original screenplay
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=404
THE THREEPENNY OPERA
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer (taken from a new film restoration element from the Bundesarchiv in Germany)
Audio commentary by scholars David Bathrick, author of The Dialectic and the Early Brecht, and Eric Rentschler, author of The Films of G. W. Pabst
L'opera de quat'sous, Pabst's French-language version of The Threepenny Opera, starring Albert Préjean and Florelle
A video interview with film scholar Charles O'Brien on the differences between the English and French versions
New exclusive documentary on Threepenny’s controversial journey from stage to screen to lawsuits
Gallery of production photos by Hans Casparius
Production sketches by art director Andre Andrejew
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A new essay by film critic Tony Rayns
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=405
MARTHA GRAHAM: DANCE ON FILM
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfers of three films: A Dancer's World, Appalachian Spring, Night Journey
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed, an American Masters documentary following Graham's career
Side-by-side comparison, by dance critic Deborah Jowitt, of excerpts from a 1940s performance of Appalachian Spring, featuring Graham, Eric Hawkins, and Merce Cunningham, with the 1958 film
Aaron Copland: Art in America, a short documentary by Nathan Kroll, featuring composer Aaron Copland discussing Appalachian Spring with artist Paul Jenkins
A visual essay narrated by Kroll
New interview with Museum of Television and Radio curator Ron Simon discussing Kroll's work and legacy
Interviews with film editors Eleanor Hamerow and Miriam Arsham discussing their work on the three films
New interviews with Graham company dancers Mimi Cole, Mary Hinkson, Linda Hodes, Stuart Hodes, Yuriko Kikuchi, and Ethel Winter
Excerpts from The Martha Graham Technique, a 1975 filmed demonstration featuring company members and narrated by Graham
16mm home-movie footage of Graham's company from their 1954 European tour
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by writer Joan Acocella
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=406
06-18-07 | 03:08 PM
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Robinson Crusoe on Mars.....that has made my day. I have been waiting for this to get re-released by Criterion for ages. I heard that they were going to release it at some point, and finally some news.
06-18-07 | 03:13 PM
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Can someone tell me more about Robinson Crusoe? I've heard people clamoring for it forever, and it seems like something I'd enjoy (just based on the title and the cover), but I don't actually know a thing about the movie.
This is a movie i first saw on Channel 4 in England about 15 years ago when they had a season of sci-fi classics. The movie is very reminisent of the style of Forbidden Planet and War of the Worlds. The actual science of the movie is laughable, but there is something about the movie that just makes it a classic. The sets are not too bad when used, the special effects are ok i guess, and the acting is what you would expect. I personally enjoy it because it gives the classic old tale a nice twist (Aliens included) and the scope of the movie is pretty big to say for a B movie. Although i laugh at the science in the movie, there is something quite nostalgic about a movie being made where people try and make assumptions as to what the surface of another planet would be like. It takes you back to a more innocent time i guess. Needless to say that if you like Sci-Fi B movies then this is an essential purcahse.
06-21-07 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Pixies
The only one I'm iffy about is Three Penny Opera, not sure if it's my thing, but I liked Pandora's Box, though that was mostly for Lulu.
06-25-07 | 01:27 AM
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Robinson Crusoe on Mars is an odd film.
I don't believe that it is actually very good by any cinematic criteria we could care to apply to it. Yet, it has...something, something indefinable. I saw it first when I was around eight years old and images from it would come to me in the years after at odd times. It sticks with you, it eats into your mind.
I think it is something quite special, but I really cannot explain why.
All I can say is that a copy of it shall be mine on release date and I shall watch it quite a few times in the years to come.
I don't believe that it is actually very good by any cinematic criteria we could care to apply to it. Yet, it has...something, something indefinable. I saw it first when I was around eight years old and images from it would come to me in the years after at odd times. It sticks with you, it eats into your mind.
I think it is something quite special, but I really cannot explain why.
All I can say is that a copy of it shall be mine on release date and I shall watch it quite a few times in the years to come.
06-25-07 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by james2025a
This is a movie i first saw on Channel 4 in England about 15 years ago when they had a season of sci-fi classics. The movie is very reminisent of the style of Forbidden Planet and War of the Worlds. The actual science of the movie is laughable, but there is something about the movie that just makes it a classic. The sets are not too bad when used, the special effects are ok i guess, and the acting is what you would expect. I personally enjoy it because it gives the classic old tale a nice twist (Aliens included) and the scope of the movie is pretty big to say for a B movie. Although i laugh at the science in the movie, there is something quite nostalgic about a movie being made where people try and make assumptions as to what the surface of another planet would be like. It takes you back to a more innocent time i guess. Needless to say that if you like Sci-Fi B movies then this is an essential purcahse.
Sounds great, sold!
