In for Badlands.

I like Terrence Malick's more contemplative/heady movies - Tree of Life, Thin Red Line, The New World - am I going to like Badlands?

It's more of a straight forward narrative... the most straight-forward film he's made (haven't seen his latest "To the Wonder" yet). However, it still feels like a Malick film and really is great - and The Thin Red Line is one of my favorites.

just got the America Lost and Found: The BBS Story set. can't wait to get into it. only saw Easy Rider from it and everything else is a blind buy. hope i like 'em as much as ER.

I picked up a used copy of The Rules of the Game today on DVD because I thought it was The Most Dangerous Game....

At least you still got a great movie. Shame about the format, though.

Coral's right. But Malick already shows a masterful eye. There are many breath-taking scenes and the pacing of the film is brilliant.

Likely in for Badlands (despite the hideous cover art).

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"Michael Cimino‏@Cimino1939

I have now decided to add the gunshot sound to the at the end of HEAVEN'S GATE / so the Criterion Blu-ray is not the final cut."

That set and the David Lean box are probably my favorite Criterion releases ever.

Be prepared to dislike Drive, He Said and A Safe Place. I had never seen either of them, and even though I kind of knew what to expect they didn't exactly knock my socks off. Still, they are interesting failures and have a lot of merit as snapshots of the zeitgeist of the early 70's. Head is surreal fun if you can get into the spirit of it. The rest of the set (The Last Picture Show, Five Easy Pieces, The King Of Marvin Gardens and Easy Rider) is aces.

In for The Blob!

REPO-MAN!

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The file name is "wacky movie". If I had to venture a very abstract guess (and it's probably me grasping at straws), I'd go with Mulholland Dr. It features a movie-within-a-movie, and also has a blue box as a very important plot device. However, I'm sure someone will have a much better/less abstract guess than mine.

(Looks like I was beaten to the punch!)

How is that Repo Man?

But I like the way you think, LPMA.

Hmmmm......should I keep my MOC import in a very cool SteelBook or go for the Criterion?

In every way.

Interesting. I'm guessing that the other MoC Universal releases will probably find their way into the Criterion Collection at some point.

Lifeboat, The Lost Weekend, Touch of Evil and Double Indemnity would be great!

What? What the hell is the intention of that now?

I've never seen the film or had heard of it till Criterion first talked about it, so the actual scene itself is unknown to me. But...what does that mean now? To the film?

Yes please to all of them!

ToE would be super!

Yes, a Criterion ToE would be fantastic.

I've still got my old AB tin for Repo Man. I'll have to rewatch it to determine if it's worth upgrading. Haven't watched it in years.

Ah, makes sense.