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Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by LorenzoL
(Post 13599244)
I'm trying to watch The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and Don't Look Now (1973) before they leave the Criterion Channel at the end of the month.
Obviously they won't be counted for the challenge but I wanted to ask: Does anybody find boring The Man Who Fell to Earth? I'm 40 minutes into the movie and besides being in shock Spoiler:
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Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by LorenzoL
(Post 13599250)
Just for clarification purposes, any movie that is currently streaming in September on the Criterion Channel is eligible but movies that were on the service on previous months but they are no longer streaming are not? Is that correct?
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They've announced the Coming Attractions for the Criterion Channel in September. Note: The movies themselves should all go live on the 1st (and some are already active). It's just their organized spotlights that will go live on the announced dates, so if there's something in there you want to see, you don't have to wait until that date to see it.
Spoiler:
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Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Travis McClain
(Post 13599504)
That's...actually an interesting question! I don't recall an existing ruling on that. I can't see how this would be appreciably different from LaserDiscs that have not been issued on disc, or discs that have gone out of print. It would help if we had a reliable source of what those films are, though. Does anyone have one? I found this list on Letterboxd of the Launch Library, and I can find lists of what is currently available, but the stuff that has been added and left between launch and now would require some detective work. Thoughts, anyone?
Leaving end of April 2019 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassevetes, 1976 and 1978) Leaving end of May 2019 Opening Night Blood Simple The Elephant Man Leaving end of June 2019 The Columbia Noir Collection (Human Desire, The Big Heat, Experiment in Terror, My Name is Julia Ross, Murder by Contract, The Lineup, Drive a Crooked Road, Nightfall, Pushover, So Dark the Night, The Burglar) Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001) Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (John Cameron Mitchell, 2001) (very limited preview before the physical release) Buena Vista Social Club (Wim Wenders, 1999) Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz, 1945) Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951) The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999) To Sleep with Anger (Charles Burnett, 1990) Jubal (Delmer Davies, 1956) Baby Face (Alfred E. Green, 1933) Bugsy Malone (Alan Parker, 1976) Hollywood Shuffle (Robert Townsend, 1987) In a Better World (Susianne Bier, 2010) Leaving end of July 2019 A Woman's Face (George Cukor, 1941) Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Paul Mazursky, 1969) Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, 1996) Camille (George Cukor, 1936) Dinner at Eight (George Cukor, 1933) Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969) Gaslight (George Cukor, 1944) Girlfriends (Claudia Weill, 1978) Little Women (George Cukor, 1933) Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969) Moonrise (Frank Borzage, 1948) Mother (Albert Brooks, 1996) Our Betters (George Cukor, 1933) Robin and Marion (Richard Lester, 1976) Sylvia Scarlett (George Cukor, 1935) The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987) The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955) The Women (George Cukor, 1939) Two-Faced Woman (George Cukor, 1941) Uptight (Jules Dassin, 1968) What Price Hollywood? (George Cukor, 1932) White Heat (Raoul Walsh, 1949) Leaving at end of August 2019 Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Akira Kurosawa, 1990) Christopher Strong (Dorothy Arzner, 1933) Craig's Wife (Dorothy Arzner, 1936) Damn the Defiant! (Lewis Gilbert, 1962) Dance, Girl, Dance (Dorothy Arzner, 1940) Don't Look Now (Nicholas Roeg, 1973) My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985) Our Man in Havana (Carol Reed, 1959) Performance (Donald Cammell & Nicholas Roeg, 1970) Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) Scanners (David Cronenberg, 1981) Something Wild (Jack Garfein, 1961) The Card (Ronald Neame, 1952) The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicholas Roeg, 1976) The Prisoner (Peter Glenville, 1955) The Scapegoat (Robert Hamer, 1959) Bad Education (Pedro Almodovar) The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodovar) All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar) Volver (Pedro Almodovar) Swing Time Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Leaving at end of September 2019 A Room with a View (James Ivory, 1985) Adua and Her Friends (Antonio Pietrangeli, 1960) After the Wedding (Susanne Bier, 2006) Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994) Kaili Blues (Bi Gan, 2015) Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini, 1957) Othello (Orson Welles, 1952) Quiet as Kept (Charles Burnett, 2007) Rocco and His Brothers (Luchino Visconti, 1960) Room at the Top (Jack Clayton, 1959) Several Friends (Charles Burnett, 1969) Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012) The Final Insult (Charles Burnett, 1997) The Horse (Charles Burnett, 1973) The Widow Couderc (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1971) When it Rains (Charles Burnett, 1995) Leaving at end of October 2019 Archipelago (Joanna Hogg, 2010) Claire's Camera (Hong Sang-soo, 2017) Daddy Longlegs (Safdie Brothers, 2009) Exhibition (Joanna Hogg, 2013) I Killed My Mother (Xavier Doland, 2009) Kaos (Tavania Brothers, 1984) Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010) On the Beach at Night Alone (Hong Sang-soo, 2017) Padre Padrone (Tavania Brothers, 1977) River of Grass (Kelly Reichardt, 1994) The Day He Arrives (Hong Sang-soo, 2011) The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed, 1948) The Night of Shooting Stars (Tavania Brothers, 1982) The Pleasure of Being Robbed (Josh Safdie, 2008) The Shooting (Monte Hellman, 1966) The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam, 1981) Unrelated (Joanna Hogg, 2007) Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008) Leaving at end of November 2019 The Love Witch (Anna Biller, 2016) (LEAVES NOVEMBER 7TH) Viva (Anna Biller, 2007) (LEAVE NOVEMBER 7TH) Battle in Heaven (Carles Reygadas, 2005) Cemetary of Splendor (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2015) Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949) Marwencol (Jeff Malmberg, 2010) Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, 2007) Suburbia (Penelope Spheeris, 1983) Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006) The Captain's Paradise (Anthony Kimmins, 1953) The Decline of Western Civilization (Penelope Spheeris, 1981) The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (Penelope Spheeris, 1988) The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (Penelope Spheeris, 1998) The Hours and Times (Christopher Munch, 1991) The Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton, 1951) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Alberto Cavalcanti, 1947) The Maids (Christopher Miles, 1975) The Man in the White Suit (Alexander Mackendrick, 1951) The Plague Dogs (Martin Rosen, 1982) The Tales of Beatrix Potter (Reginald Mills, 1971) The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973) Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004) Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010) Yeelen (Souleymane Cissé, 1987) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...#gid=740795620 |
Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Looks good to me, LorenzoL! I'll add that spreadsheet URL to the overview.
I made it out to the theater for Lawrence of Arabia this afternoon (LaserDisc #078). It's one of my all-time faves and God knows there's been more than enough written and said about it over the years and I don't have anything original to add to any of it. I'll simply make note that my new favorite thing about it is this camel mugging for the camera: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-tuNR-uD_mE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
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I was on the fence about whether I was going to participate, but I decided that I might try it. I signed up for the free trial on the Criterion Channel today, and I have a good selection of eligible movies on DVD. |
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Incidentally, I'm later getting this together than I wanted, but here's My Criterion Top 10 List. There are notes there, but for anyone just interested in the movies:
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Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by shadokitty
(Post 13601720)
I was on the fence about whether I was going to participate, but I decided that I might try it. I signed up for the free trial on the Criterion Channel today, and I have a good selection of eligible movies on DVD.
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Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Pulp Fiction is playing at some Regal theaters this week. It works for the "not released on dvd" challenge.
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This is the first year that I'm not focusing on the checklist. As my collection starts to grow, I'm taking the opportunity to watch some of the supplements on the disc as well. I spent almost six hours on the Do The Right Thing Blu-ray the other night! Besides the high quality transfers, these additional features are what make Criterions stand out to me.
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Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by popcorn
(Post 13602408)
This is the first year that I'm not focusing on the checklist. As my collection starts to grow, I'm taking the opportunity to watch some of the supplements on the disc as well. I spent almost six hours on the Do The Right Thing Blu-ray the other night! Besides the high quality transfers, these additional features are what make Criterions stand out to me.
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I just slogged through Armageddon (Spine #40), which I hadn't seen since it opened in theaters 21 years ago. The visual effects hold up surprisingly well, and Peter Stormare is great as the cantankerous cosmonaut Lev. I think that's the extent of praise I have for the movie. Odd as it may sound, even though it runs 153 minutes, a key problem I have with it is that it doesn't take its time when it should. In-story, pretty much none of the things that happen could happen in the time allotted. But even just as a piece of storytelling, Michael Bay never pauses for a beat to let a punch line set in, or give dread a chance to build. The pace is too impatient for any of that, and consequently, the tone is homogeneous throughout, and any personality that may have been on the page is smothered.
Can't wait to sit through the two commentaries. -_- At least I'm told Ben Affleck razzes the movie throughout one of them. |
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I'm had a good start to the month, utilizing my Criterion Channel subscription and watching a few from my unwatched pile. Last night, I opened my Ingmar Bergman's Cinema set and watched Smiles of a Summer Night. The set is organized as if you are at a Bergman retrospective which is cool (but I'll probably watch a few out of order since I want to rewatch Shame and The Passion of Anna).
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I haven’t watched it yet, but I saw that Rosemary’s Baby was on one of the Epix channels, so I set my DVR and recorded it. A horror movie seems like it will be a good way to start off my Challenge viewing, given that myself and many of my friends are looking forward to Halloween now that summer is over. |
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Y'all, Armageddon ain't in The Criterion Collection. Ben Affleck's commentary remarks for Armageddon are in The Criterion Collection, and the movie is just a supplement. I had heard it was delightful, and they were right. It's a cut-together commentary track featuring director Michael Bay, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and actors Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck. I wish they had just presented Affleck solo, because his riffing on the stupidity of the movie is fantastic. He breaks into Sling Blade talk whenever Billy Bob Thornton appears, and at some point even proposes that it's the same character, and he's just somehow fooled NASA into letting him run things, and it may be my favorite fan theory about anything I've heard all year.
It was also interesting to hear Bay talk about how he lectured the CGI artists about how important it was for him to be able to follow the action and have a clear sense of spatial relationships, and to wonder what Armageddon Michael Bay would think about Transformers Michael Bay. The late Jerry Bruckheimer's comments are of the predictable "Michael is so good at what he does, this was not an easy shoot" variety, and Bruce Willis... Honestly, I've already forgotten anything he had to say. He didn't appear much. There's a second commentary track featuring director of photography John Schwartzman, NASA consultant Dr. Joe Allen, and asteroid consultant Ivan Bekey. I wish they'd swapped Schwartzman with Affleck, because the two scientists frequently say things like, "I told them this was unrealistic but they did it anyway". Somehow, they refrain from sounding exasperated while watching the movie they gave input for completely disregard that input. But it was kind of chilling to hear that, at least as of 20 years ago, we didn't really have anyone even watching for more than around 2% of asteroids because of lack of funding and moreover, we didn't even have a contingency plan in place "because nobody want[ed] the responsibility"! Which means that this stupid movie actually represents more of a blueprint for dealing with a "global killer" asteroid than anything that any actual agencies had. That was kinda sobering. The rest of the supplements are on Disc Two, and unfortunately, there isn't much here to write home about. Michael Bay's Gag Reel is a bit amusing, if you're into gag reels. I like the idea of them, but they always end up feeling like hearing just the punchline to someone else's inside joke. There are Deleted Scenes; storyboard sequences; three mind numbing interviews with different visual effects artists who use the word "render" so much that it would be a fatal drinking game; another interview with the production designer that's okay but not enlightening; trailers and such; and, of course, the music video to Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". I can see how these passed for supplements in 1999 for a popcorn movie, but they feel sub-par for Criterion. Lastly, there's an essay in the booklet by Jeanine Basinger trying to sell us on Bay as an ahead-of-his-time storyteller (he may be) and Armageddon as "misunderstood" by its detractors (it wasn't). I believe that she believed it, but she fell short of making me believe it, too. At least I got several checks out of all this. |
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^^^ I've heard that the Armageddon commentary is worth checking out for the reasons you state. I haven't watched the movie in years and never really cared for it, but it was in heavy rotation at our house after my brother got the Criterion DVD. At that point, no one in my family knew that it was a niche distributor (or even that such a thing as a niche distributor was a thing). At the time, my brother and I engaged in the heated Armageddon vs. Deep Impact debate on opposite sides. (I still think I was on the right one!)
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Watched Merchant of Four Seasons last night and felt it was kind of 'meh,' it was a nicely melancholy tale from Fassbender with some development that made sense thematically but on a surface plot level felt a little random. I remember being more impressed with Ali: Fear Eats the Soul; maybe I wasn't in the mood for the melodrama of it.
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Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by mrcellophane
(Post 13605632)
^^^ I've heard that the Armageddon commentary is worth checking out for the reasons you state. I haven't watched the movie in years and never really cared for it, but it was in heavy rotation at our house after my brother got the Criterion DVD. At that point, no one in my family knew that it was a niche distributor (or even that such a thing as a niche distributor was a thing). At the time, my brother and I engaged in the heated Armageddon vs. Deep Impact debate on opposite sides. (I still think I was on the right one!)
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I finally revisited Certified Copy, which I fell in love with when I first saw it six years ago. I could spend two hours just alternately looking at Juliette Binoche fighting back a tear and staring at William Shimell's exquisitely sculpted hair. I love strolling through Tuscany with them, taking it all in without spending any real time on any of it. I find the whole thing mesmerizing in a way few other movies have been for me. Its plot twists, such as they are, are often so subtle that it's only in hindsight that they took place at all. Are they just being coy with one another in the beginning, role playing that they're strangers? Or is this some kind of alternate universe thing, where each segment shows us the same people under slightly different circumstances? Does James not know how to speak Italian (as he admits to in the coffee shop) or does he (as he angrily snaps at the staff in the restaurant)? There are a lot of little threads that can be pulled, and I love that.
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How's everyone's challenge going so far? Found any new favorites, or learned anything new about an old one? For those doing the checklist or set personal goals, how's your progress?
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Armageddon doesn’t count? I haven’t seen it in 20 years and don’t recall even being tempted to watch it for the challenge, but that’s still news to me. |
Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Travis McClain
(Post 13607118)
How's everyone's challenge going so far? Found any new favorites, or learned anything new about an old one? For those doing the checklist or set personal goals, how's your progress?
As for new favorites, I've been working my way through The Golden Age of Television box set and loving it. The live teleplays of the 1950s are oddly compelling and nerve-racking - even though almost everyone in front and behind the camera is dead. I find myself anxiously hoping that no one seriously flubs a line or experiences a tech failure. I've watched five of the eight included films so far, and my favorite is The Comedian, a drama about a tyrannical comedian browbeating and manipulating his staff and brother on the eve of a huge live-action broadcast. Andy Rooney plays the tyrant with jovial meanness. I borrowed the set from the library to watch the teleplay of Bang the Drum Slowly which starred Paul Newman, one of my favorite actors, and was surprised at how much I enjoyed the whole experience. I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised since I love 50s television. (I mean I once had a DVD of old half-hour Westinghouse commercials that Lucille Ball did in the 50s.) |
Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by davidh777
(Post 13607133)
Armageddon doesn’t count? I haven’t seen it in 20 years and don’t recall even being tempted to watch it for the challenge, but that’s still news to me. |
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Hoping to have more time this weekend since I’m home alone, but I enjoyed Rosemary’s Baby. Creepy movie and good for my favorite holiday of the year. |
Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Travis McClain
(Post 13607170)
Yep, it's spine #40, and also had a LaserDisc release. If you're referring to my remark that the movie isn't in the Collection but its commentary tracks are, I was just being flippant.
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Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by davidh777
(Post 13607268)
Oh good. I still won’t watch it, but I could if I wanted. :) |
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Well, folks, we're at the halfway point. How's it shaking out for everyone? What have you got left that you want to get to before the end of the challenge?
I personally am way behind. I've lost several days at a time due to other time consuming things and some "blah" level health. I have twelve discs remaining in my backlog. It's doable, but only if I can really commit to it. If I was only watching the movies, it'd be a breeze. But I figure the supplements are probably one-and-done viewings, and I may as well do them while I'm watching the movies, too. Doing that has always felt like the spirit of the challenge to me, anyway. |
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I have to admit, I haven't started yet and may not. After 2 months of hosting, I'm a bit movie'd out and enjoying my break and catching up on TV.
Though, I was just watching Criminal Minds, season 1, and felt the need to watch The Princess Bride soon. (Mandy Patinkin is in the first season only.) I picked that one up, last year? the year before? when Criterion re-released it. It's one of my top 3 movies of all time and certainly deserved the Criterion treatment. The packaging is very nice. A fabric covered book of the essays and the disc is in the back cover. I know I watched everything when I picked the film up, but honestly can't remember all that is on the disc. There's quite a bit of content for for the film, even if you go outside of this edition, though! |
Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by LJG765
(Post 13608438)
I have to admit, I haven't started yet and may not. After 2 months of hosting, I'm a bit movie'd out and enjoying my break and catching up on TV.
Though, I was just watching Criminal Minds, season 1, and felt the need to watch The Princess Bride soon. (Mandy Patinkin is in the first season only.) I picked that one up, last year? the year before? when Criterion re-released it. It's one of my top 3 movies of all time and certainly deserved the Criterion treatment. The packaging is very nice. A fabric covered book of the essays and the disc is in the back cover. I know I watched everything when I picked the film up, but honestly can't remember all that is on the disc. There's quite a bit of content for for the film, even if you go outside of this edition, though! |
Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Travis McClain
(Post 13608472)
I totally get that burnout. I think even just participating in two consecutive challenges can be draining. In hindsight, we should have scheduled the Criterion Challenge in either July or August, or maybe November to catch forum members at their peak Criterion interest due to the annual Barnes & Noble sale. I think for a lot of us, it's exciting to get a new disc or two in July and plan on getting to them during the Criterion challenge, but by time it rolls around, we're either drained from the one-two punch of Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Animation, as you are, or they've just had the disc on their shelves long enough that it's stopped feeling important. Come to think of it, what is the November challenge? Could we swap with it? Would anyone even want to swap if we could? I know this is probably the lowest participated challenge, but it feels like a ghost town this year. (Says the guy who has only dropped by the forum for this challenge in the last three years.)
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I’ve barely turned the TV on this month, way behind schedule on my checklist. One interesting thing I did watch was a first-time viewing on the infamous Heaven’s Gate. Known as one of the first huge budget box office complete failures, and reviewed by some as ‘the worst film ever made.’ Not sure how it got that designation, must have been reviewers writing based on expectations. It wasn’t bad at all. Not very good, and plodded along a bit too long before it got really going, but some decent performances and an ok plot, though apparently not very close to the actual story.
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There is a Criterion themed collection, Blue Christmases, which would give dual participants some stuff for the segue. Plus, there's no telling what they'll add to the channel in November. I don't expect a formal Christmas collection until December, but there may well be individual titles that would fit. Obviously, there are far fewer of these than there are comedies that overlap with holiday movies, but really, how many movies are any given participant watching on that one night before the handover?
Anyway, I'm about to revisit M. That'll end up being three movie viewings in all, since I'll also do the commentary and the English language version. It's one of four on my to-do list that will end up being three viewings. I know Bull Durham and The Princess Bride each have two commentaries, and The Phantom Carriage has a commentary and two different score tracks. Damn my completism complex! |
Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Travis McClain
(Post 13608493)
There is a Criterion themed collection, Blue Christmases, which would give dual participants some stuff for the segue. Plus, there's no telling what they'll add to the channel in November. I don't expect a formal Christmas collection until December, but there may well be individual titles that would fit. Obviously, there are far fewer of these than there are comedies that overlap with holiday movies, but really, how many movies are any given participant watching on that one night before the handover?
Anyway, I'm about to revisit M. That'll end up being three movie viewings in all, since I'll also do the commentary and the English language version. It's one of four on my to-do list that will end up being three viewings. I know Bull Durham and The Princess Bride each have two commentaries, and The Phantom Carriage has a commentary and two different score tracks. Damn my completism complex! |
Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Trevor
(Post 13608485)
I’ve barely turned the TV on this month, way behind schedule on my checklist. One interesting thing I did watch was a first-time viewing on the infamous Heaven’s Gate. Known as one of the first huge budget box office complete failures, and reviewed by some as ‘the worst film ever made.’ Not sure how it got that designation, must have been reviewers writing based on expectations. It wasn’t bad at all. Not very good, and plodded along a bit too long before it got really going, but some decent performances and an ok plot, though apparently not very close to the actual story.
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Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by LJG765
(Post 13608495)
Well, I think the overlap is more like a week and a half with comedy and holiday since holiday starts with Turkey Day and comedy doesn't end until the 1st. Holiday is the longest challenge I believe going from Thanksgiving to Jan. 1st. Last year, holiday started on Nov. 17th. Not that I'm arguing against the change! Just throwing it out there.
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Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Travis McClain
(Post 13608500)
Nobody's gonna go for the swap anyway.
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Yeah, the entire forum is becoming a ghost town. Politics is the only place with any real discussion.
I’m good with possible month swaps being done, but think that overall November is perfect for Comedy. With horror being the dominant Challenge by far, Comedy in November is a nice cool down from the scares of October. And with so many holiday films and shows being Comedy, it segues into December perfectly. In fact, with horror comedy being such a huge sub-genre, and the almost two week overlap with Holiday, it’d be hard to argue that November Comedy isn't the best two cross-Challenge possibilities of any month on the calendar. |
Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Travis McClain
(Post 13608434)
Well, folks, we're at the halfway point. How's it shaking out for everyone? What have you got left that you want to get to before the end of the challenge?
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Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Travis McClain
(Post 13607118)
How's everyone's challenge going so far? Found any new favorites, or learned anything new about an old one? For those doing the checklist or set personal goals, how's your progress?
I still have the following to go through thoroughly this month:
Originally Posted by Travis McClain
(Post 13608493)
Anyway, I'm about to revisit M. That'll end up being three movie viewings in all, since I'll also do the commentary and the English language version. It's one of four on my to-do list that will end up being three viewings.
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Re: 2019 Criterion Challenge Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Trevor
(Post 13608593)
Yeah, the entire forum is becoming a ghost town. Politics is the only place with any real discussion.
I’m good with possible month swaps being done, but think that overall November is perfect for Comedy. With horror being the dominant Challenge by far, Comedy in November is a nice cool down from the scares of October. And with so many holiday films and shows being Comedy, it segues into December perfectly. In fact, with horror comedy being such a huge sub-genre, and the almost two week overlap with Holiday, it’d be hard to argue that November Comedy isn't the best two cross-Challenge possibilities of any month on the calendar.
Originally Posted by Shack
(Post 13608636)
I'm on pace for my goal, but the stack of unwatched discs doesn't seem to be getting shorter... I do want to get to more commentaries, etc. so will concentrate on those this coming week.
Originally Posted by popcorn
(Post 13608814)
I've revisited more previously watched stuff than anything. The coolest thing is my son has been watching them with me, seeing many of these films for the first time. So far his favorite first time watches were Breathless, Harold and Maude, and Raging Bull (laserdisc title, Blu-ray copy).
I still have the following to go through thoroughly this month:
I like that idea to watch M with the commentary track. I got the Blu-ray in the B&N summer haul but I haven't opened it yet. |
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