The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
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Noirfan,
I would put I Live in Fear, The Lower Depths, The Quiet Duel, Scandal (and the horror) Throne of Blood and Ikiru below Kagemusha.
Personal taste of course but I have always found the latter two to be not as brilliant as they are reviewed.
Having said that, all of the above films are at least good and the comparison is only relative.
I would put I Live in Fear, The Lower Depths, The Quiet Duel, Scandal (and the horror) Throne of Blood and Ikiru below Kagemusha.
Personal taste of course but I have always found the latter two to be not as brilliant as they are reviewed.
Having said that, all of the above films are at least good and the comparison is only relative.
#2553
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That Criterion closet is one closet I wouldn't mind going in and staying for awhile. Where do I get my visitor's pass?
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Although it is awesome to see these directors going in and getting movies and discussing their thoughts....but personally if I were in the business I would buy them all on release day as they come out! (As I'm sure many other Talkers would...)
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Those kinds of people are usually working all the time. The successful, working people are typically pulling 12+ hour days. And the ones that aren't working likely couldn't afford to buy Criterions.
I tried the business for a little while but didn't like not knowing where or when my next paycheck would come from. I think it's much easier for 9-5ers like most of us to keep track of the movies than the business folk.
I tried the business for a little while but didn't like not knowing where or when my next paycheck would come from. I think it's much easier for 9-5ers like most of us to keep track of the movies than the business folk.
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#2557
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I buy a lot of Criterions but who wouldn't mind being handed a grab bag and the keys to the closet? Yes, those that work can buy movies but if Criterion is handing them out then why not take some that you don't have. I'm not one to spend my money on every single Criterion release out there just because they exist.
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I do because I'm crazy. The downside is that since so little of worth is coming out from other studios at the moment, my backlog is nothing but Criterions. I think I was six deep until watching Blow Out last night. The other downside is seeing Amazon post insane sale prices for Criterions I've already bought for $27.99 but haven't actually watched yet.
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If I play hard and spend around $450 this upcoming BN Criterion sale, then I will own all of the Criterion BDs through July of this year. Of course, with the release schedule, I'll be out of date within a few weeks.
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SPARTACUS (1960)
Director - Stanley Kubrick
Running Time: 3hr - 20mins
Digital Cinema
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okay what's the story here, did Universal actual do a new transfer or did they throw the shoddy inferior bluray hidef transfer onto 4K harddrive form?
hmmm.....
hmmm.....
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I don't understand why people would own or want to own the entire Criterion catalog - there is no way you like every film they have released, is it because of the brand or what?
When I see the people on facebook post pictures of their collection and its all neatly organized with the bulk of titles unopened - it drives me insane.... BUT if you do enjoy every film in the catalog, more power to you I guess.
Off to watch Modern Times again.
When I see the people on facebook post pictures of their collection and its all neatly organized with the bulk of titles unopened - it drives me insane.... BUT if you do enjoy every film in the catalog, more power to you I guess.
Off to watch Modern Times again.
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I don't understand why people would own or want to own the entire Criterion catalog - there is no way you like every film they have released, is it because of the brand or what?
When I see the people on facebook post pictures of their collection and its all neatly organized with the bulk of titles unopened - it drives me insane.... BUT if you do enjoy every film in the catalog, more power to you I guess.
Off to watch Modern Times again.
When I see the people on facebook post pictures of their collection and its all neatly organized with the bulk of titles unopened - it drives me insane.... BUT if you do enjoy every film in the catalog, more power to you I guess.
Off to watch Modern Times again.
With that said, regardless of whether you love or hate the films, I do think every film in the collection is worth watching at least once.
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Was Criterion the first to put a spine number on their products? That was really genius as it really was driving the compulsive in me to by all their releases. I stopped as there there were too many I didn't need. When I was collecting the DVD ones, I couldn't resist selling some of them when they hit certain prices when oop.
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I love CC as a whole. I also love some of their films. NOT all but a good chunk of them. Most of the ones on BD... I actually like and got. Now if you asked me about the DVDs they had....I had about 40 or 50. I had all their Kurosawa films. Their new films in the CC are the ones I'm especially attracted to as of late.
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DVDBeaver on Something Wild: "The image quality frequently appears just brilliant. This is dual-layered with an astronomic bit rate and may be one of the best transfer ever for an 80's film."
I hope they're right. My mouth waters already.
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-r...ld_blu-ray.htm
I hope they're right. My mouth waters already.
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-r...ld_blu-ray.htm
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I don't understand why people would own or want to own the entire Criterion catalog - there is no way you like every film they have released, is it because of the brand or what?
When I see the people on facebook post pictures of their collection and its all neatly organized with the bulk of titles unopened - it drives me insane.... BUT if you do enjoy every film in the catalog, more power to you I guess.
Off to watch Modern Times again.
When I see the people on facebook post pictures of their collection and its all neatly organized with the bulk of titles unopened - it drives me insane.... BUT if you do enjoy every film in the catalog, more power to you I guess.
Off to watch Modern Times again.
The one exception to that is the unopened 2nd copy of America Lost & Found. I should have been able to easily get $80 out of it, but people around here don't want to pay what they'd pay from Amazon and in the time since it was released, Amazon has fucking killed me on this set by repeatedly making this one of the only Criterion titles to get deep deep discount sales numerous times.
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I don't understand why people would own or want to own the entire Criterion catalog - there is no way you like every film they have released, is it because of the brand or what?
When I see the people on facebook post pictures of their collection and its all neatly organized with the bulk of titles unopened - it drives me insane.... BUT if you do enjoy every film in the catalog, more power to you I guess.
When I see the people on facebook post pictures of their collection and its all neatly organized with the bulk of titles unopened - it drives me insane.... BUT if you do enjoy every film in the catalog, more power to you I guess.
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Although it has the weakest array of extras for any Criterion Blu-ray yet. All the principles are still with us, which makes their lack of participation all the more disappointing. I wasn't planning on buying it either way, but hardcore fans of the film must be a bit bummed.
Blu-ray.com review of The Great Dictator
Blu-ray.com review of The Great Dictator
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Although it has the weakest array of extras for any Criterion Blu-ray yet. All the principles are still with us, which makes their lack of participation all the more disappointing. I wasn't planning on buying it either way, but hardcore fans of the film must be a bit bummed.
Blu-ray.com review of The Great Dictator
Blu-ray.com review of The Great Dictator
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I would certainly have liked more extras on Something Wild since I do love the film. But it hasn't dampened my enthusiasm for the BD that much. This is not a title that Fox/MGM would probably have given a BD release at all, so I'm definitely stoked to see it in Criterion quality.
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