Buildin the Criterion collection...

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:50 am

Dango727 wrote:Look up Salo.

DAMN!!! $965.00. I take it this is a good movie...?

I see that Criterion has been around for a while...they talk about Laser Discs on their site...

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:20 pm

darkwingduck wrote:
Dango727 wrote:Look up Salo.
DAMN!!! $965.00. I take it this is a good movie...?

Based on the Marquis de Sade's "120 Days of Sodom", Salo takes place during the tail end of World War II. Knowing the gig is up, four members of a Fascist party make a pact and kidnap young children off the street then ship them up to a remote castle. There, they use the children to fulfill their darkest desires.

The children are forced into group sessions and made to listen to some of the disturbing stories of their elders, ranging from young sexual encounters to being defecated on. That's not all, though. They are raped, sodomized, forced into oral sex, humiliated, tortured and in a scene that is definitely a stomach turner, forced to eat their own feces.
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Doesn't sound like a good movie to me, but I guess there's a market for it.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:04 pm

^^^ so I read that this is the most disturbing, and violent film ever made. So fucked up that the director was assasinated for making it...

Is this the flick where someone straight razors someones EYE?

uhhhhh. Not sure if this is my cup of tea.

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:32 pm

darkwingduck wrote:^^^ so I read that this is the most disturbing, and violent film ever made. So fucked up that the director was assasinated for making it...

Is this the flick where someone straight razors someones EYE?

uhhhhh. Not sure if this is my cup of tea.

No, that's Un Chien Andalous, probably spelled it wrong. Salo's just kind of dull. It goes for that much because people like rare shit. It's a bragging thing. Or completists. And dude, check out their laser disc section. Criterion was putting out insane movies on laserdisc. Now that dvd is such a big moneymaker there's no way they'd be able to put those kind of movies anymore.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:23 pm

Im really digin French flicks after watching le Samouri and Rififi...What other FRENCH CRITERION flicks should I get A.S.A.P...?

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:05 am

darkwingduck wrote:Im really digin French flicks after watching le Samouri and Rififi...What other FRENCH CRITERION flicks should I get A.S.A.P...?

Wages of Fear. Immediately.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:52 am

oooohhhh!!!!^^^

that sounds intense...added it to my next purchase list.

How was PICKPOCKET?

I'd really like to see more flicks filmed on location in the PARIS streets...

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:24 pm

darkwingduck wrote: I'd really like to see more flicks filmed on location in the PARIS streets...

Le Circle Rouge
Bande A part

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 12:43 am

Just grabbed these...Im lookin forward to em. As per YALLs recomendation...

Fuckin' A · Post by **Fuckin' A** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:07 pm

Orson Welles

Fuckin' A · Post by **Fuckin' A** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:20 pm

Also:

3 Films by Louis Malle

and

Fists in the Pocket

and according to the latest Criterion newsletter, there will be new additions of Yojimbo, Sanjuro, and Seven Samurai in 2006.

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:46 pm

Ah, I had a feeling we'd be seeing some Louis Malle. The Cleveland Cinematheque has been playing a grip of his movies this month, including some re-releases, so I figured that meant Criterions were on the way. I'm also guessing that his first movie, Elevator to the Gallows, will be coming too.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:35 pm

Fuk'n A wrote:and according to the latest Criterion newsletter, there will be new additions of Yojimbo, Sanjuro, and Seven Samurai in 2006.

That shit is necessary - the transfer on the ones that are out now is grainy as hell

Another good one -

CLASSE TOUS RISQUES - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052698/

This is supposed to be out on Criterion soon as well. This was actually playing last night at the film forum here, I had to make a hard choice between seeing it and the Bigg Jus show. I went with Bigg Jus, probably a mistake, the show wasn't as good as I hoped

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:15 pm

drizzle wrote:This was actually playing last night at the film forum here

where are you from, by the way?

I may have missed it, not sure. just curious.

..like...are you in an area with access to a lot of good,... umm....theaters and movie showings and stuff? Not sure how to word that.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:27 pm

where are you from, by the way? I may have missed it, not sure. just curious

I don't think i ever actually mentioned it. I'm in NY (Brooklyn) most of the time, some time in NJ, so i'm in a good spot for screenings, probably the best besides LA and SanFran. I try to catch what I can, but I miss a shitload because of work etc...

On the other hand, I am paying the salary of at least 2 clerks at Kim's Video (local indy/underground media store) and the bootleg guys I go to for new asian flicks come out from behind the counter to shake my hand, so it evens out.

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:31 pm

provocative.

that's cool. I'm always envious of people who can actively seek out and go see any movie they want all the time, if that makes sense.

I'm not exactly living in a film hotbed

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:33 pm

Andvil wrote:provocative.

Fuck, I was going for high-minded and stirring

Fantastic post/sig combo BTW - EDIT: for some reason I thought your post was only that one word, loses a bit of impact with the other stuff in it.

I know exactly what you mean above. Where you at if you don't mind me asking?

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:44 pm

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my man PBH is showing you the way

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:51 pm

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my man PBH is showing you the way

That seriously just made me feel like a trainable.

Vlad Analogue · Post by **Vlad Analogue** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 2:25 pm

StormShadow wrote: I'm also guessing that his first movie, Elevator to the Gallows, will be coming too.

Hopefully with an in-depth look at Miles' score

Funky Butler · Post by **Funky Butler** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:16 am

[quote="Fuk'n A"]

Orson Welles

kafka's toilet paper · Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:20 am

finally there's going to be one of bunuel's spanish-language films released by criterion

i wonder what they have against spanish-language films? there are practically none they've put out. viridiana might even be the first one. am i missing something?

FAZER · Post by **FAZER** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:02 pm

I just watched Le Samourai and Le Cercle Rouge, and I thought they were dope. Reading John Woo's thoughts on Melville reminded me of how much I want to pick up Woo's best on DVD. Anyone know if Criterion will ever re-release The Killer or Hardboiled? Do they re-release often?

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:18 pm

FAZER wrote:I just watched Le Samourai and Le Cercle Rouge, and I thought they were dope. Reading John Woo's thoughts on Melville reminded me of how much I want to pick up Woo's best on DVD. Anyone know if Criterion will ever re-release The Killer or Hardboiled? Do they re-release often?

They've re-released a couple things (M, Wages of Fear recently, some Kurosawas in 2006), but no, I don't think they'll be doing any of John Woo's stuff any time soon because they don't have the rights to it any longer.

FAZER · Post by **FAZER** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 4:49 pm

StormShadow wrote:
FAZER wrote:I just watched Le Samourai and Le Cercle Rouge, and I thought they were dope. Reading John Woo's thoughts on Melville reminded me of how much I want to pick up Woo's best on DVD. Anyone know if Criterion will ever re-release The Killer or Hardboiled? Do they re-release often?
They've re-released a couple things (M, Wages of Fear recently, some Kurosawas in 2006), but no, I don't think they'll be doing any of John Woo's stuff any time soon because they don't have the rights to it any longer.

Damn it! Yeah, I saw a new copy of Hardboiled at Ameoba but it was crazy expensive. I guess I'll just get some Asian versions.

Piff Tannen · Post by **Piff Tannen** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 2:29 pm

i started le samourai last night and have been diggin it. im about halfway thru. im tryin to finish eyes without a face too, i dont feel that one as much as le samourai, but ive watched less of it

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 2:46 pm

I realized last night I'm on the way to having a nice stack of netflix burned criterions . Check it out:

Third man
Rififi
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
A bande aparte
Brazil
Breathless
Le Circle rouge
Les Diaboliques
Discreet Charm of the Bourjuasie (sp?)

On the way:
Ran
Harokiri
Shoot the Piano Player
Wages of fear
Pickup on South Street
Dr Mabuse

15 total, at avg. 30$ comes to $450 without tax. That's crazy, i'm kicking myself for bying any of them previously. Fuck collecting, seriously

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:31 pm

drizzle wrote:Fuck collecting, seriously

What have I done with my life...

No, but really I don't mind giving Criterion money. They deserve it.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 7:36 pm

I found that copping them on amazon is the cheapest way to get them.

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 7:44 pm

amazon is definitely not the cheapest place to buy Criterions