The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
04-17-11, 10:47 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
If you consider any initial Blu-ray release of a catalog movie a "double-dip", you're really removing all practical value from the term. Would you have them just say, "Well, it's already on DVD- just buy that"? A double-dip is an attempt to cash in on a title that's already been released on the same video format. It's a failing because, the thinking goes, it should've been handled "correctly" the first time it was released on the format. The previous times the movies you cite were released, Blu-ray didn't yet exist.
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04-18-11, 12:48 AM
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04-18-11, 12:55 AM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
the Naked cover looks like they wanted it to sell as a comedy... didn't like Topsy turvy's cover either, too cartoony when the movie is full of so many sets/costumes and real life stuff, and they put an ugly caricature.
Then for a movie like the music room, they went really vague. another movie in a great location and the cover doesn't show it.
I like the covers better that show some of the actual movie. like the red shoes / black narcissusu, or paths of glory
the High and Low art is one of the best I've seen from criterion.
why should we really care about the covers? I dont know. for some reason i do.
Then for a movie like the music room, they went really vague. another movie in a great location and the cover doesn't show it.
I like the covers better that show some of the actual movie. like the red shoes / black narcissusu, or paths of glory
the High and Low art is one of the best I've seen from criterion.
why should we really care about the covers? I dont know. for some reason i do.
04-18-11, 09:53 AM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Anyone going into Leon Morin expecting a typical Melville crime film will be disappointed - if anything, it's more along the lines of Le Silence de la mer. It's Bressonian in it's austerity, but full of the intellectual debate and probing of a Godard film. Belmondo, restrained and somber, gives one of his finest performances. I wonder if the Vincendeau visual essay will be different from her partial commentary on the BFI disc.
04-18-11, 02:15 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
No one should feel a need to bring a negative viewpoint to the use of the word. If others do, that's an individual choice and not reflective of how everyone uses the term. Any Blu-ray release of a film previously owned on DVD is a double dip and an upgrade for me. Those two terms feel interchangeable.
04-18-11, 02:38 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
(Not many blu-rays, but still interesting)
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04-18-11, 02:55 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
I know Brand Upon The Brain! is already in the collection, but perhaps this video is a hint that some more of his work will be making an appearance...
04-18-11, 03:03 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
I sent the following email to Guy:
Criterion just posted that you were picking out dvds in their gift closet. Does this mean that either My Winnipeg or The Saddest Music in the World is currently being worked on? They usually post these videos as sort of a teaser of a forthcoming release (I'm hoping for both films)
His response:
Alas, it means nothing. I was just visiting the offices and they let all visitors into the closet. I got greedy.
Criterion just posted that you were picking out dvds in their gift closet. Does this mean that either My Winnipeg or The Saddest Music in the World is currently being worked on? They usually post these videos as sort of a teaser of a forthcoming release (I'm hoping for both films)
His response:
Alas, it means nothing. I was just visiting the offices and they let all visitors into the closet. I got greedy.
04-18-11, 03:30 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
... but I digress.
04-18-11, 04:38 PM
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04-19-11, 03:29 PM
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04-19-11, 04:04 PM
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04-19-11, 07:44 PM
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04-21-11, 02:16 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Criterion posted a bunch of original Throne of Blood publicity stills on facebook. Did they already hint at a Throne of Blood Blu-ray release?
04-22-11, 09:37 AM
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04-22-11, 12:12 PM
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04-23-11, 11:22 AM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Nothing's been outright stated so far. I wouldn't be opposed to more Kurosawa on Blu.
04-24-11, 10:58 PM
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