The Criterion Collection

[thevoid99]

I would absolute die for a Criterion release of Mulholland Dr.

[Wretchedest]

Holy shit! This AND Eraserhead then?? That would be a dream. Dont tease criterion!

[Iran_Ed]

Barnes and Noble sale is in full effect!

[thevoid99]

I'm going shopping this weekend and I've already made a list of what to get... for now.

[richardp]

I really want to pick up Shoah during this sale, but I feel like even at 50% off, I'll still be spending too much money on something I'll most likely never work up the courage to watch ever again.

[thevoid99]

I'm saving my money for the bigger stuff like some of the Eclipse series and a few box sets for November (unless there's some announcements like Y Tu Mama Tambien).

[Wretchedest]

how long does the sale go for?

[thevoid99]

Until July 29th.

[EPICRAGE]

how long does the sale go for?

Until July 29th.

It has now been extended through August 5th!

[onthewall2983]

OCTOBER

[thevoid99]

I just posted a wishlist that I wrote over the weekend: http://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2013/0...shlist-ii.html

I can't believe La Notte is going to be in Criterion. Once I pick up L'Eclisse and La Notte later on and I will now complete the Alienation trilogy.

[Wretchedest]

Still feeling very blue balled on the two David Lynch and two David Cronenberg movies that are coming.... whenever...

[thevoid99]

I'm still waiting on the news about the films of Darren Aronofsky that might be coming as well as Y Tu Mama Tambien and Breaking the Waves.

[Wretchedest]

I have to admit that, having not gotten the things which I wanted for October (but have already seen), the October releases do look really cool, having never seen any of them. I guess that's why I pay attention to this release schedule in the first place. It opens new doors.

[onthewall2983]

[thevoid99]

I saw that. He's picked some cool stuff. He mentioned Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker. I own the 2-disc DVD of that film. Shit, I would love a Criterion edition of that film. It's definitely one of Tarkovsky's best films.

[Reznor2112]

Just snagged:

On the Waterfront - BD
Walkabout - BD
Vampyr - DVD (really hoping this sees a BD release some day)
Eclipse Series: SABU! - DVD

[thevoid99]

In the course of the sales, I got Badlands, Stranger Than Paradise, Down By Law, Mystery Train, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, and Sweetie. If I still have a bit of money by the 5th of August, I'll get one more.

[Wretchedest]

In this sale I got:
The Samurai Trilogy
Haxan
The Devil's Backbone
The Thin Red Line

also, this thread inspired me a few months ago to get "Badlands" which in turn inspired me to get "Days of Heaven," and so I scooped up "The New World" and "The Tree of Life" presented with the rare oppurtunity to watch filmmakers work in the order in which they were produced. Also: "Apocalypse now" on Blu-Ray.

[thevoid99]

I saw the Samurai Trilogy this past spring. That's a fucking trilogy. I also saw Haxan last year. Every fan of horror has to see that.

[Wretchedest]

I haven't seen the trilogy yet, but Mifune as Musashi is something I'm very eager to see.

I saw Haxan last year and love it immediately. I'm showing it to my students in October!

[richardp]

My local B&N broke street date on Devil's Backbone. Just picked that and On The Waterfront up. So stoked about Devil's Backbone. I wasn't wanting to wait until the November sale to get it!

[EPICRAGE]

My local B&N broke street date on Devil's Backbone. Just picked that and On The Waterfront up. So stoked about Devil's Backbone. I want wanting to wait until the November sale to get it!

I think B&N had a special week-early release for The Devil's Backbone.

I went a little crazy with this sale and got 20 titles but only spent $222.25, averaging about $11 and change per title. I think I am done for now, but there is still about two weeks and I might get the itch to pick up Carlos and Marketa Lazarova, although both are blind buys and I don't like doing that too often. They are both streaming on Netflix and Hulu Plus respectively so maybe I will check them out on there first.

My Haul:
- 8 1/2
- Badlands
- Ballad of Narayama
- The Blob
- Broadcast News
- Crumb
- Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Days of Heaven
- Devil's Backbone
- Double Life of Veronique
- Ice Storm
- Kid With a Bike
- Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
- Life of Oharu
- Lord of the Flies
- Seventh Seal
- Shoah
- The Thin Red Line
- Tiny Furniture
- Wild Strawberries

[Kodiak33]

Damn, the Uninvited scared the shit out of me when I was growing up. That movie is fantastic.

[onthewall2983]

Bought The Royal Tenenbaums on Blu today. Figured I'd start double-dipping on the double-disc CC's I have. The transfer is pretty good, I'm not expert on this but I think it might be the best looking Criterion Blu I've seen next to Thin Red Line.

[Reznor2112]

Went ahead and snagged: Godzilla & Fish Tank before the sale ended.

[Swykk]

Successfully nabbed Repo Man and The Devil's Backbone during the sale.

[thevoid99]

For anyone with the newsletter, has anyone got an idea of the osprey might come from? I thought of Kes but then I realized it's already on Criterion DVD/Blu-Ray.

[onthewall2983]

What I'm hearing is that it's for Robert Altman's ​Nashville.

[Reznor2112]

JUST A HEADS UP:

For those that dont use Hulu Plus, Netflix is adding a ton of Criterion HD titles (yet arent using the Criterion covers) about to head to work so dont have time to really check the transfers, but they have added quite a few this week that i have never seen on netflix.