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dex14 , 03-05-20 04:59 PM
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I see $29.75? The DVD is 22.49. Originally Posted by TomOpus
Regardless of the cover, pre-ordered The Great Escape. Down to $22.46 at Amazon.
I’ll just wait until the 50% off sale.
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I’ll just wait until the 50% off sale.
Well, shit. I thought I ordered the blu. It was sitting in my cart. Got an announcement that the price reduced to 22.49 so I ordered it. Time to cancel ans reorder.Originally Posted by dex14
I see $29.75? The DVD is 22.49.I’ll just wait until the 50% off sale.
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How is A Dry White Season all around? Movie, vid/aud, extras?
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Glad to see a reissue of Tokyo Olympiad, when I first started looking for the DVD it was already getting hard to find.
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It stupidly never occurred to me that they would upgrade this one outside the box and I never cashed in my dvd while prices were still high. Doh.Originally Posted by milo bloom
Glad to see a reissue of Tokyo Olympiad, when I first started looking for the DVD it was already getting hard to find.
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COME AND SEE is one of the most intense films I’ve ever, uhh, seen, just two-and-a-half hours of vented rage. I watched the Kino DVD from the library here several years ago and asked my Russia-born coworker the next day if she’d heard of it and her eyes widened as she gasped and fumed “ohhh my god zatt movie” (say that in a thick Russian accent), then told me all about how it was actually shown to her in school! Can’t remember what grade she said, but she vividly remembered not being prepared for the horrors it depicts and generally being devastated by it, along with her classmates and most other kids who saw it at the time. I presumed that that was the desired effect. It’s a phenomenal, epic work, though not one I thought I’d need to revisit, but now Criterion’s extras have got me thinking.
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Do the Right Thing is back on Spike Lee’s store in case anyone is looking for a signed copy (I’m assuming he’ll do so if you put it in the shipping notes, as earlier, and with Bamboozled).
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Yes, it's undoubtedly among the greatest of all war films, and the director's wife also made a very good Russian WWII film, The Ascent (1976). Originally Posted by Brian T
COME AND SEE is one of the most intense films I’ve ever, uhh, seen, just two-and-a-half hours of vented rage. I watched the Kino DVD from the library here several years ago and asked my Russia-born coworker the next day if she’d heard of it and her eyes widened as she gasped and fumed “ohhh my god zatt movie” (say that in a thick Russian accent), then told me all about how it was actually shown to her in school! Can’t remember what grade she said, but she vividly remembered not being prepared for the horrors it depicts and generally being devastated by it, along with her classmates and most other kids who saw it at the time. I presumed that that was the desired effect. It’s a phenomenal, epic work, though not one I thought I’d need to revisit, but now Criterion’s extras have got me thinking.
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In for Keaton and Sciamma. POALOF is the only film I've seen of the 5. Cameraman is one of the rare Keaton's I've never seen. Love both covers.
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Check your emails. I was just sent a $10 gift card. I guess I’ll save it until October.
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Same here. Although I wonder if you could get close to 50% off with the $10 added to their current 30% off SRP on a title or two.
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I considered that, but I'd rather just wait to maximize the savings. I've pretty much confined myself to only buying them during 50% off sales.
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I know there are great editions out there, but why Criterion never get ahold of Sergio Leone films? Fuck what they could do to No Name trilogy, Dynamite, West Was Won, ooohh, that would be cool!
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How’s Akira’s Dreams? As a whole...
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From what I understand, Kino outbid them on the trilogy. Also Sergio Leone didn't direct How the West was Won. I assume you mean Once Upon a Time in the West. Which has a really good blu ray. I'd rather hold out for 4K with Leone at this point, than see Criterion end up with any of his films.Originally Posted by OldBoy
I know there are great editions out there, but why Criterion never get ahold of Sergio Leone films? Fuck what they could do to No Name trilogy, Dynamite, West Was Won, ooohh, that would be cool!
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Most of Leone's Westerns were shot in Techniscope, which was a pretty low-quality format that only used half as much film negative as a typical 35mm production. Not sure how much benefit 4k encoding would really have. Originally Posted by Hazel Motes
I'd rather hold out for 4K with Leone at this point, than see Criterion end up with any of his films.
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i guess KL did pretty good with all their Leone SE's, at least the spaghetti westerns. great extras, decent transfers and audio. i won't complain too much, when i see them that is Originally Posted by Hazel Motes
From what I understand, Kino outbid them on the trilogy. Also Sergio Leone didn't direct How the West was Won. I assume you mean Once Upon a Time in the West. Which has a really good blu ray. I'd rather hold out for 4K with Leone at this point, than see Criterion end up with any of his films.
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I got a $10 off email too but mine expires at the end of April. Originally Posted by dex14
Check your emails. I was just sent a $10 gift card. I guess I’ll save it until October.
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They don't expire. The end of April refers to lowering prices to 30% off.Originally Posted by Mike86
I got a $10 off email too but mine expires at the end of April.
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Have any of you Criterion nerds seen this movie?
Criterion is putting out a new standalone release on June 23rd. This movie has been out of print for many years and is now getting a new DVD and BD release.
This is an Olympic documentary film about the 1968 games in Tokyo. I guess it's re-release was to coincide with the games that won't happen.
Just curious if anyone here saw it and if it's good. I do like films like this. I think this might also be on the Criterion Channel as well.
Criterion is putting out a new standalone release on June 23rd. This movie has been out of print for many years and is now getting a new DVD and BD release.
This is an Olympic documentary film about the 1968 games in Tokyo. I guess it's re-release was to coincide with the games that won't happen.
Just curious if anyone here saw it and if it's good. I do like films like this. I think this might also be on the Criterion Channel as well.
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It was included as part of the 2017 box set too. It’d be worth it to try out the Criterion Channel to go through all the Olympic docs if it’s something you’re interested in. Would be a good summer binge to fill the void of no games.
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Still no whisper of Streetwise.
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We couldn’t be more excited to announce our tribute to the life and work of the iconic Bruce Lee with five dazzling, action-packed kung-fu landmarks starring the international martial-arts legend. Capturing Lee at the height of his artistry and superstardom, this seven-disc Blu-ray box set is loaded with special features, including alternate versions of the films, interviews with Lee’s collaborators and admirers, documentaries about his life and philosophies, commentaries, promotional materials, and so much more! Coming this July, Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits is a collection of high-flying classics from the ultimate fighter, whose unmatched persona and influence in cinema live on.
Includes:We couldn’t be more excited to announce our tribute to the life and work of the iconic Bruce Lee with five dazzling, action-packed kung-fu landmarks starring the international martial-arts legend. Capturing Lee at the height of his artistry and superstardom, this seven-disc Blu-ray box set is loaded with special features, including alternate versions of the films, interviews with Lee’s collaborators and admirers, documentaries about his life and philosophies, commentaries, promotional materials, and so much more! Coming this July, Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits is a collection of high-flying classics from the ultimate fighter, whose unmatched persona and influence in cinema live on.
- 4K digital restorations of The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Game of Death, and The Way of the Dragon, with uncompressed original monaural soundtracks
- New 2K digital restoration of the rarely-seen 99-minute 1973 theatrical version of Enter the Dragon, with uncompressed original monaural soundtrack
- 2K digital restoration of the 102-minute “special-edition” version of Enter the Dragon
- Alternate audio soundtracks for the films, including original English-dubbed tracks and a 5.1 surround soundtrack for the special-edition version of Enter the Dragon
- Six audio commentaries: on The Big Boss by Bruce Lee expert Brandon Bentley; on The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Game of Death, and The Way of the Dragon by Hong Kong–film expert Mike Leeder; and on the special-edition version of Enter the Dragon by producer Paul Heller
- High-definition presentation of Game of Death II, the 1981 sequel to Game of Death
- Game of Death Redux, a new presentation of Lee’s original Game of Death footage, produced by Alan Canvan
- New interviews on all five films with Lee biographer Matthew Polly
- New interview with producer Andre Morgan about Golden Harvest, the company behind Hong Kong’s top martial-arts stars, including Lee
- New program about English-language dubbing with voice performers Michael Kaye (the English-speaking voice of Lee’s Chen Zhen in Fist of Fury) and Vaughan Savidge
- New interview with author Grady Hendrix about the “Bruceploitation” subgenre that followed Lee’s death, and a selection of Bruceploitation trailers
- Blood and Steel, a 2004 documentary about the making of Enter the Dragon
- Multiple programs and documentaries about Lee’s life and philosophies, including Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973) and Bruce Lee: In His Own Words (1998)
- Interviews with Linda Lee Cadwell, Lee’s widow, and many of Lee’s collaborators and admirers, including actors Jon T. Benn, Riki Hashimoto, Nora Miao, Robert Wall, Yuen Wah, and Simon Yam and directors Clarence Fok, Sammo Hung, and Wong Jing
- Promotional materials
- New English subtitle translations and subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Jeff Chang
The Big Boss
Fist of Fury
The Way of the Dragon
Enter the Dragon
Game of Death
Release date 7/14/20
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Ringmaster , 04-13-20 01:45 PM
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Pretty awesome. The MSRP of $125 seems kinda high..I'll wait for the half off B&N sales.