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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on May 31, 2019 16:54:50 GMT
Blood Simple Blow Out Broadcast News The Brood McCabe & Mrs. Miller Night Of The Living Dead Rosemary's Baby Silence Of The Lambs (current edition) Sisters (current edition) Thief The Tin Drum (current edition with new director's cut) Pasolini's Trilogy of Life I always thought it seemed a little odd to Criterion versions of movies like "The Brood" - which I thought was a terrible film, with no redeeming qualities, except, the memorably gross finale - and "Fiend Without a Face", which I never saw, but looked pretty awful to me. What would be the point of this? To keep Criterion from seeming too high brow? What exactly is the criteria for Criterion? Sorry you didn't like The Brood. Personally I think it's one of David Cronenberg's best. It seems like Criterion and Cronenberg have a solid relationship, as they've released some of his other films.
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Post by mslo79 on May 31, 2019 17:03:28 GMT
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Post by jamesbamesy on May 31, 2019 17:06:44 GMT
None, but I should prolly get to it.
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Post by vegalyra on May 31, 2019 20:55:13 GMT
Grey Gardens Barry Lyndon Magnificent Ambersons Paths Of Glory Days Of Heaven Thin Red Line Rosemary's Baby. I gotta say, though: I'm seriously debating doing a 'library giveaway', etc, with my THOUSANDS of CD/DVD/BluRays. I'd sure clear up a lot of space in my 1 bedroom apartment. I've been having this debate for 5-7 years now. I'll take your Barry Lyndon, Pathos of Glory, and Days of Heaven. I'll pay for the shipping...  I currently have: La Dolce Vita Il Sorpasso L'Avventura La Notte L'Eclisse Anatomy of a Murder The Manchurian Candidate The Blob The Naked Prey Sweet Smell of Success The Thin Red Line Breathless There are probably a few others but I haven't dug through my Blu-Ray collection cabinet in awhile.
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Post by vegalyra on May 31, 2019 20:56:55 GMT
I could be very wrong, but I don't think any of those films were released by Criterion at least on DVD or Bluray. Do you have a big laserdisc collection?.
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Post by dirtypillows on May 31, 2019 20:57:54 GMT
I always thought it seemed a little odd to Criterion versions of movies like "The Brood" - which I thought was a terrible film, with no redeeming qualities, except, the memorably gross finale - and "Fiend Without a Face", which I never saw, but looked pretty awful to me. What would be the point of this? To keep Criterion from seeming too high brow? What exactly is the criteria for Criterion? Sorry you didn't like The Brood. Personally I think it's one of David Cronenberg's best. It seems like Criterion and Cronenberg have a solid relationship, as they've released some of his other films. I could watch it again, but the main things I remember were the super ugly interiors (I mean uglier than the inside of Babs Johnson's trailer house in "Pink Flamingos") and the cold, cold atmosphere of the film and the gross ending with Samantha Eggar. To be honest, I am not even sure what the movie was supposed to be about. I am sure there is something going on in David Cronenberg's psyche here, (Isn't there usually?) and that alone could warrant another look. I tried to watch "Dead Ringers", but I soon found myself lost. I liked "The Dead Zone" a lot and "Scanners" was pretty cool. I need to watch "Rabid", that sounds like an interesting premise.
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Post by vegalyra on May 31, 2019 21:13:56 GMT
Found a few more, I was curious....
Battle of Algiers
Breaker Morant
General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait
Purple Noon
Red River
Two Lane Blacktop
The Wages of Fear
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Post by lostinlimbo on May 31, 2019 22:58:31 GMT
Bluray;
Lone Wolf and Cub Collection
Insignificance
Thief
DVD;
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
I Married a Witch
Repo Man
White Dog
House ‘77’
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Jun 1, 2019 0:58:05 GMT
I always thought it seemed a little odd to Criterion versions of movies like "The Brood" - which I thought was a terrible film, with no redeeming qualities, except, the memorably gross finale - and "Fiend Without a Face", which I never saw, but looked pretty awful to me. What would be the point of this? To keep Criterion from seeming too high brow? What exactly is the criteria for Criterion? Sorry you didn't like The Brood. Personally I think it's one of David Cronenberg's best. It seems like Criterion and Cronenberg have a solid relationship, as they've released some of his other films. Yes, The Brood is quite a solid and dark psychological horror film with an interesting theme about traumatic manifestations. Very original for its time and also a tad disturbing, so it does get its point across.
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Jun 1, 2019 1:24:36 GMT
Sorry you didn't like The Brood. Personally I think it's one of David Cronenberg's best. It seems like Criterion and Cronenberg have a solid relationship, as they've released some of his other films. I could watch it again, but the main things I remember were the super ugly interiors (I mean uglier than the inside of Babs Johnson's trailer house in "Pink Flamingos") and the cold, cold atmosphere of the film and the gross ending with Samantha Eggar. To be honest, I am not even sure what the movie was supposed to be about. I am sure there is something going on in David Cronenberg's psyche here, (Isn't there usually?) and that alone could warrant another look. I tried to watch "Dead Ringers", but I soon found myself lost. I liked "The Dead Zone" a lot and "Scanners" was pretty cool. I need to watch "Rabid", that sounds like an interesting premise. Rabid is like the reverse of Shivers. In Shivers, when infected with the parasite, they became sex crazed psychotics, whereas in Rabid, they become violent crazed psychotics. It is interesting to watch for Marilyn Chambers as well in the lead.
Cronenberg is very out there and he has both an equal fascination and revulsion of the human body and also likes to incorporate themes about how powerful the mind can be as well. With The Brood, it was holding onto past trauma's that cause our maladies, with Scanners, it is how thoughts can project and even destroy. He is just very dark in his own creative process and wants to set out to disturb, but in the process, it does get us to think. His imagery is often very potent and unforgettable. So he is very much an auteur in that right.
I think Danny Peary considers The Brood, Cronenberg's Kramer vs Kramer and he likes the film himself.
I don't mind The Dead Zone and largely for Walken and Sheen. Other than that, I find the film too compacted and even a bit flatly presented compared to the source material, that in hindsight, I consider The Dead Zone one of King's best novels of those that I have read. He is not always easy to translate to screen, due to his in depth and subjective characterization. When a film does get made that is very faithful to his source novel, as in Firestarter, which I think is an under-rated film and I also liked the story, it gets panned.
I have read all of his 70's and 80's novels under his sole name, except for Salem's Lot, The Stand and The Dark Half which I didn't finish and weren't grabbing me, or as in the case of The Stand, I found convoluted and disturbing, even though it contained his usual brilliant passages. I slogged through the interminable and ridiculous The Tommy Knockers just to finish it. I loved the first 3 novella's in Different Seasons and he ended it with an absolute fizzer for the winter tale, which frustrated me to no end. Why would he sabotage his own book with a crap 4th tale?
Have you read Mrs. Todd's Shortcut Mr. Dirty? It is in one of his short story books. Very amusing and a tad creepy, about a lady who knew every shortcut imaginable to get to where she wanted to go. She would end up going through some very alien and outlandish landscapes in her vehicle and King makes the simple little tale quite intriguing. I loved taking the ride with her.
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Post by pippinmaniac on Jun 1, 2019 1:52:13 GMT
The Hidden Fortress
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
The Devil and Daniel Webster
The Thief of Bagdad
Black Narcissus
The Uninvited
Beauty and the Beast
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Jun 1, 2019 3:08:00 GMT
Sorry you didn't like The Brood. Personally I think it's one of David Cronenberg's best. It seems like Criterion and Cronenberg have a solid relationship, as they've released some of his other films. I could watch it again, but the main things I remember were the super ugly interiors (I mean uglier than the inside of Babs Johnson's trailer house in "Pink Flamingos") and the cold, cold atmosphere of the film and the gross ending with Samantha Eggar. To be honest, I am not even sure what the movie was supposed to be about. I am sure there is something going on in David Cronenberg's psyche here, (Isn't there usually?) and that alone could warrant another look. I tried to watch "Dead Ringers", but I soon found myself lost. I liked "The Dead Zone" a lot and "Scanners" was pretty cool. I need to watch "Rabid", that sounds like an interesting premise. One thing about Cronenberg is that he is definitely not for all tastes. And for some he may be an aquired taste. You should also check out A History Of Violence. A straightforward crime drama.
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 28, 2020 0:53:54 GMT
Wes Anderson from Bottle Rocket to Moonrise Kingdom The Thin Red Line The Ice Storm  A few weeks late on this... what a pleasant surprise. I'm expecting my copy next week.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on May 28, 2020 1:07:00 GMT
I think the silent film Pandora`s Box (1929) is the only Criterion collection i have in my collection.
At least that is the only one i remember that i have
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Post by OldAussie on May 28, 2020 1:10:28 GMT
I think -
Stagecoach
The Killers (1946 / 1964 double)
The Ruling Class
One-Eyed Jacks
maybe one or 2 I can't recall
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Post by vegalyra on May 28, 2020 1:19:12 GMT
Picked up a few more since May...
Medium Cool
Easy Rider
The Blob
Salesman
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Post by jonesjxd on May 28, 2020 10:05:35 GMT
Last Temptation of the Christ
Inside Llewyn Davis
Night of the Living Dead
Pans Labyrinth
Devils Backbone
Seven Samurai
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Post by RobotTheLiving on May 29, 2020 0:25:25 GMT
I only own Spoorloos aka The Vanishing.
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Post by hi224 on May 29, 2020 0:41:54 GMT
Not currently. Previously owned - The Royal Tenenbaums The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou The Rock Armageddon RoboCop Gimme Shelter Spartacus The Third Man Solaris. |
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Post by NewtJorden on May 29, 2020 22:49:03 GMT
Only 4
DVD
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Bluray
The Double Life of Veronique
It Happened One Night
Rosemary's Baby
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