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domino harvey
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#376 Post by domino harvey »

I'm still waiting for that Picnic reissue
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Cinesimilitude
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#377 Post by Cinesimilitude »

I would love a kurosawa boxset with its own spine and every kurosawa release so far, with the new remasters, and the dvds each sealed inside, so that anything I have already, I can sell to you lot. or new uniform artwork, kagemusha and ran style, and I'd just sell wat I have already. would make a great christmas gift.
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Noir of the Night
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#378 Post by Noir of the Night »

I dunno, I think every Kurosawa title would be a bit much for a single box set (imagine how expensive it would be). I think a Bunuel or Fellini box set is probably a reasonable thing to hope for, though.
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#379 Post by Antoine Doinel »

Forget Fellini and Kurosawa, I would love a Melville box set.
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justeleblanc
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#380 Post by justeleblanc »

Forget box sets, I just hope they release the titles. Among others, I'm still hoping that Criterion releases the final ten Bunuel films... I think they own them all save for Belle de jour.
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#381 Post by oldsheperd »

Well. let's hope that some kind of Mexican Bunuel box is in the works.
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#382 Post by Cinephrenic »

Containing:

Nazarin
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
The Exterminating Angel
El
The Young One
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Cobalt60
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#383 Post by Cobalt60 »

Exactly. I can't get to excited about re-releases even if they are improved, but I will snatch up any Bunuel that they release. If we get Viridiana, a boxed set of NEW material and the Jodoroswky films all in '06 then it will be my personal best Criterion year ever.
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#384 Post by cgray »

cinephrenic wrote:
I'd wish they'd get to Andrei Rublev and Brazil.
I wish there were hopes for a revisit to The Seventh Seal
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domino harvey
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#385 Post by domino harvey »

if anyone's getting a boxed set next, it's gotta be Godard. maybe even a set of his late 70s/80s period material.
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Cinephrenic
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#386 Post by Cinephrenic »

Lets get Breathless and Pierrot le fou, Two or Three Things I Know About Her first.
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#387 Post by portnoy »

Langlois68 wrote:
HerrSchreck wrote: EDIT It goes back to what I had mentioned when comparing the CC operation vs. someone like Kino (who I always defend because I love their collection to death, esp their silent collection which is the premeire silent catalog on the planet)
I love Kino, too, based on their theatrical approach. I ran the Austin Film Society back in the 90s, and they were the ONLY distibutor who would freely and happily refer me to other distribution houses for options when I was curating a series. They were also the only ones to warn me off their own releases if the print quality was lacking. That's why I don't bad mouth them on their poor dvd releases because I can only assume it's due to a lack of resources (I dont know this for sure, as I haven't dealt with them since 1998).

New Yorker was the complete opposite. They would actually lie about the quality of their prints. There were a couple of occasions where I granted full refunds to my audience because a New Yorker print was so bad, and New Yorker would then refuse to discount the rental fee because of this. I remember Weekend in particular, when blood ran pink. The audience began catcalling "Godard is a fag!" whenever blood was shown. Great times.
If I remember correctly, the blood is pink in Weekend, though.
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#388 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian »

The blood is red in all the video versions I've seen, but it's still obviously fake. I saw a theatrical print once, but the color was so bad (the entire film had a pink tint) that it wouldn't prove anything.
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rwaits
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#389 Post by rwaits »

What's up now, bitches?!?
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Jeff
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#390 Post by Jeff »

rwaits wrote:What's up now, bitches?!?
Don't be naïve. They'll just find something new to bitch about now. My guess:
“Why is Criterion wasting their time with all these stooopid re-issues when they should be doin' more fuckin' Ozu?!!?â€
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Matt
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#391 Post by Matt »

Jeff wrote:
rwaits wrote:What's up now, bitches?!?
Don't be naïve. They'll just find something new to bitch about now.
I'll get everyone started:

Where the F*&% is Playtime?!?!?!?
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Napoleon
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#392 Post by Napoleon »

matt wrote:
Jeff wrote:
rwaits wrote:What's up now, bitches?!?
Don't be naïve. They'll just find something new to bitch about now.
I'll get everyone started:

Where the F*&% is Playtime?!?!?!?
Why are they re-releasing all these pieces of &^*$ that nobody is interest in and not re-releasing SALO!

I'm boycotting the collection from now on!
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#393 Post by Cobalt60 »

n w wrote:
matt wrote:
Jeff wrote: Don't be naïve. They'll just find something new to bitch about now.
I'll get everyone started:

Where the F*&% is Playtime?!?!?!?
Why are they re-releasing all these pieces of &^*$ that nobody is interest in and not re-releasing SALO!

I'm boycotting the collection from now on!
Fuck Salo, I'd much rather get a deluxe treatment of Seven Samurai. Which I am.
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#394 Post by Michael Kerpan »

A new high (low) water mark --

People complaining about complaints that they think other people MIGHT make (but which have not, in fact, been made yet).

;~}
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#395 Post by LightBulbFilm »

It's not looking good for She's Gotta Have It...
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#396 Post by Cinesimilitude »

I want Criterion to release anything I am not interested in, in october. I've loans to pay off and september is going to hurt.
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#397 Post by tryavna »

SncDthMnky wrote:I want Criterion to release anything I am not interested in, in october. I've loans to pay off and september is going to hurt.
How could you be so selfish? Criterion needs your money, too.

For shame, sir!
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#398 Post by backstreetsbackalright »

tryavna wrote:
SncDthMnky wrote:I want Criterion to release anything I am not interested in, in october. I've loans to pay off and september is going to hurt.
How could you be so selfish? Criterion needs your money, too.

For shame, sir!
Trouble is, the loans are from Criterion...
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justeleblanc
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#399 Post by justeleblanc »

Is number 351 Tati's Traffic?
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rwaits
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#400 Post by rwaits »

No.
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