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That Carnal Knowledge makes me think that Ryan Gosling would be a dead ringer for Art Garfunkel in a Simon and Garfunkel biopic.

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I believe I saw You Can Count On Me on a flight, and that I enjoyed it. Having said that, I really don't remember much about it.

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You Can Count On Me is a solid film. It had some smart/funny dialog. Also loved Bach's beautiful G Major Suite for Solo Cello played throughout.
The only thing I didn't like about the film was the title.

Lonergan's directorial debut. He took some time for his next film (Margaret) while I really didn't like - before he next/last film Manchester by the Sea.
It was also the film that elevated Ruffalo's career.

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I hope they keep similar packaging for it. From the image, it looks like they will at least pay homage to the original DVD box, if not.

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I guess we can't count on your memory. :D

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Probably not.

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Probably not.

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Oh, The Big Heat, that is an ​​increeedible film noir, just brilliant! Lee Marvin is such a terrible person in this one and wow, he truly gets his! This will be my first disc at the next B&N sale!

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Nothing for me, and it’s a good thing as I left my job in February due to stress and I haven’t gotten anything new yet so we’re just living on my wife’s salary (if anybody knows of a fully remote job, I would be grateful for a note).

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uh, spoiler alert! ;)

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I didn't say how he gets his, just that he truly gets his, and when he truly gets his, you'll never see how he gets his so truly comin'!

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Ben loaded up in this video. Coral is probably rolling his eyes :lol:



He also showed the Criterion for Armageddon. I thought that was out of print. I have it on Disney BD.

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Definitely OOP. I wondered if they maybe snuck that in there for him to comment on it, or if the closet actually has OOP stuff available for those who spot it. Or maybe a bit of both, especially when Big Names drop by.

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the total dork in me believes they must have snuck it in, because the closet generally appears to go in spine order, with maybe some exceptions, based on where people reach for each title. Armageddon is #40, so it’d have been way into the top left, where he grabbed Silence of the Lambs from.
But who knows, really. I still have my copy, but I forgot to include the commentary when I put it on my Plex server…

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I was just surprised to see that Armageddon was in a standard sized case instead of the chunky 2 disc cases that Criterion used to use. I never knew it got a reissue at some point in the slimmer case.

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He is so greedy! This is total BS! ;)

Looked it up and his net worth is about 150 mill.
"These films are the reason I got into films and filmmaking. I love them so much. Just not enough to use the money that's fallen between my sofa cushions to buy them".

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Must be, because Udo Kier brought out the Criterion LASERDISCS of Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula when he had a go at it.

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I just figured Criterion kept a couple of copies of all of their releases on hand just for curation and the off chance someone visiting the closet might want to talk about an OOP release. Like if someone wanted to talk about Rococop, The Killer, or Hard Boiled they could pull the old discs out for the video, but probably not let the celebs walk off with those hard to replace discs.

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:lol: And he doesn’t even need to use that sofa money, because it’s all swag! The ‘net worth’ of a lot of the celebs venturing into the closet has decidedly increased in the last couple of years. I get it, though; the PR value for Criterion is stellar, so bigger stars = more engagement = more revenue. So far, the number of actual ‘celebrity physical media collectors’ who’ve gone in there seems low, especially now that it’s caught fire as a pop culture bandwagon, and I wonder just how many of them actually fire up the ol’ Blu-ray player when they get back to their mansions. :lol: When Carrie Coon went in and basically said that Tracy Letts already owned pretty much everything in there (yet loaded up anyway), I thought, ‘that’s one guy who probably should be in there!” He probably wouldn’t need a bag, and maybe we could find out if he’s really a hardcore cinema nut, or just collects Criterions and nothing else.

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She regularly posts (between a lot of political stuff…) what they’re watching together on Twitter/X, and while a good chunk are obviously Criterion discs, not all of them are.

Maybe Letts and Coon should have gone to visit the closet together :)

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Agreed. Gloria Grahame is terrific in the film .... what a role! In a nod to Glenn Ford in Gilda, they play "Put the Blame on Mame" as Ford leaves the bar after being propositioned by Grahame's character.

With the 30% off sale on, I bought this and Some Like It Hot via Amazon.

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August:

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The Burmese Harp, Shoeshine, and Fires on the Plain are getting the UHD treatment.

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:thumbsup: for Shoeshine.

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I'm in for "fires on the plain"

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Nothing!

Besides the fact that I'm broke right now, it seems Criterion has been offering fewer and fewer titles that appeal to me. I find myself going more for Shout/Scream, Indicator, and studios like Hammer.

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Do Criterions still carry the spine numbers? If so, think about the poor completists out there buying this shit that they have zero interest in. :lol:

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Just curious, what was the last Criterion you purchased? Criterion selections for the most part are very niche.

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Starting with my wishlist: I have one "going to buy" and one "buy if I find a good price deal" (Godzilla vs Biollante 4K and Twin Peaks FWWM DVD version to match my DVD sets).

The last couple titles I bought right away were Heroic Trio/Executioners and Jackie Chan Emergence of a Superstar. Before that, a combination of gifts and sale pickups: The Bruce Lee set, the Police Story duo, War of the Worlds, Incredible Shrinking Man, Once Upon a Time in China (got cheap at Half Price Books), Wall*E (one of my favorite films ever), Romeo and Juliet on Blu (gift) and Visions of Eight (gift).

So, yeah, I have a type. And Criterion isn't hitting that type as often as it used to. (Though, I will pick up other Criterion titles if I see them at thrift stores and such, like I was doing garage sales this morning and found a copy of Tree of Life on DVD for $1 but the disc was scratched to heck so I passed on it.

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Anora is spine #1259

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I mean, that's much of Criterion for most people, isn't it? Even the greatest self-proclaimed cinema buffs in the world would be hard-pressed to say they know and enjoy every Criterion title, let alone a majority of them.

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I've probably asked this already, which means I forgot the answer (or didn't see it)… but is there any record of someone still collecting all the Criterion spines?
Have to believe that if there is anyone - it would be someone wealthy. I'm seeing 1,276 titles in the collection, so averaging $25 each (best case scenario I think) - that would be over 30k.
And I agree that there'd have to be at least 200 titles they wouldn't like.

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Aimee Lou Wood in the Criterion Closet. If you have no idea who she is, she was on the latest season of White Lotus. I loved this one. Very charming and has some good knowledge.

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Natasha Lyonne gets my vote for best closet look yet.

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She grabbed 20 releases... 3 of which are boxsets.
Is she only getting paid minimum wage for Poker Face?

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Is she going for the 77-year-old Ann Margaret look?

I haven't watched any of these before. So, the gist is that celebrities get to go pick out free movies until their heart's content? Or do they have a limit?

I guess I am asking, what is the point? To hear them talk briefly about a movie they like and not pay for it?

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It can be interesting to see what folks in the industry pick as films worth talking about. With the collection being as big as it is, there’s not often a lot of overlap.
Some are modest and talk about maybe 3-6 titles. Some go all in :lol: and I think hers is the new record.

But yeah, it’s basically an extension of #influencer culture/marketing. I’ve compared it to Hot Ones, and I stick by that :lol:

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On Criterion's website, they have a monthly top-10 feature where notable members of the film community provide a list of their top 10 Criterion movies and write a little blurb explaining why. They've done it for years. The closet videos were kind of an extension of that and used to feature mostly people who were visiting the Criterion offices in order to contribute to an upcoming release. The videos helped highlight discs in the collection, but they also served as hype/speculation for what was coming next. Kind of like the little clue drawings they used to (still?) do.

At some point in the last couple of years, these videos became a much bigger deal on social media and a core component of Criterion's brand. The Criterion offices are now a regular stop for stars on the media/publicity circuit. It's similar to how on the red carpet "what are your top 4 on Letterboxd?" has become a thing. While I think some are genuine fans of the label, stars do it because it gives them cred with a certain segment of the movie going public.

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I've heard of folks who have every title, including every re-issue of each title (some have had a DVD release, then a remastered released to make it 16x9, then a blu-ray, then a 4k..., you get the gist. Which means they have many copies of Seven Samurai), but none of my searches are finding them right away.

There is also a dedicated Criterion collector forum that I lurk every now and then, pretty sure some there has them all.
https://www.criterionforum.org/

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As others have noted, despite being produced for a decade now (the earliest ones were called ‘Name Person’s DVD picks’ ), the videos and the event van spun off from them have become Criterion’s social media catnip over the past couple of years, and ultimately celebrity catnip as the ‘stars’ have gotten consistently bigger in stature and far less likely to need free shit that many of them probably aren’t even equipped to watch at home. I kinda miss the early days when the videos were less frequent and the visitors leaned more toward a mix of indie/arthouse people you might be less familiar with, plus a few big names, a few former big names. The mix is still similar, but it leans decidedly toward established names and even A-listers, almost like every celebrity assistant in Hollywood is jockeying for a time slot. But such is the world we live in - gotta keep growing those views! And I suppose if it helps grow awareness of the brand to younger generations who worship celebrities but may not necessarily equate them with physical media, and that in turn generates sales for Criterion and potentially more income for future releases, I can roll with it. But I cant deny that sometimes the videos feel like celebs inflating their own cred for a swag bag.

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Hey, but us regular folk can partake in the experience as well.
You can wait in line for hours to have 3 whole minutes to select up to 3 titles... at a 40% discount! What a deal! :lol: