I can see Lynch's whole catalogue making it. Disney will play ball.One step closer to a Lost Highway Criterion blu.
Maybe one day Disney will open their vault for The Straight Story 😪
I intentionally never bought the other version because I believed in criterion.I've already got the Blue Velvet blu-ray that's been available for a while but given how much of a favorite it is, worth the double dip for the new extras and hopefully the new transfer as well.
Oooooooooo. Never heard of this one. Will have to hunt down a copy.
God this took ages to get a blu-ray. Sci-fi based on a book by Stanisław Lem, who also wrote Solaris, and considered to be a pretty major influence on 2001: A Space Odyssey.
So even better than Filmstruck. Huzzah!Updates on the Criterion Channel, which apparently will not be restricted to the Criterion Collection alone. Nice.
The new service will host the Criterion Collection and Janus Films' ever-growing library of more than 1,000 feature films, 350 shorts, and 3,500 supplementary features, including trailers, introductions, behind-the-scenes documentaries, interviews, video essays, commentary tracks, and rare archival footage.
It will also feature a constantly refreshed selection of films from a wide array of studio and independent licensors including Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), Lionsgate, IFC Films, Kino Lorber, Cohen Media, Milestone Film and Video, Oscilloscope, Cinema Guild, Strand Releasing, Shout Factory, Film Movement, and Grasshopper Films. Additional licensors will be added in the coming months.
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6253-the-criterion-channel-announces-launch-lineup
My copy of this arrived this week and I finally watched it tonight. Definitely a bizarre but exciting film with a really cool score. Glad I bought it!
God this took ages to get a blu-ray. Sci-fi based on a book by Stanisław Lem, who also wrote Solaris, and considered to be a pretty major influence on 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Killer of Sheep - Charles Burnett
The Killer of Sheep was a much different experience than I expected going in. I got a sense of Stan's inability to show his wife the affection she so clearly wants from him, and still feels for him. She asks him why he doesn't smile anymore, like he used to, and we see him later smiling at his daughter. This movie happily eschews a narrative flow, and happily the movie is much more interested in just showing Stan's relation to the outer world. The dancing scene is romantic and sorrowful all at once, his wife holds him and feels his skin like a lover would, but he circles blankly, his hands lazily draped over her hips and to my eyes, unable to connect.
It feels like Stan cauterized himself to his job and in turn parts of his life. Temptation of crime and easier money that the liquor store owner who covets his body are not considered, but neither are the advances of his wife. Stan's view of his value is the work he does, and small bits of opportunity that cashing a check brings. Even so it's a limbo, Stan spends money on this motor, but a bit of carelessness leaves it broken and now, because he doesn't have any 'spare' money left it has to be abandoned.
Similarly later in the film a flat tire prevents them from going to the races where his friend is self assured that his horse will win, but the reality of their situation prevents them from having or getting a spare. I remember a few years ago I helped a man change his tire in Philly. He had been wrestling with his own jack for a while, and i had a unused one in my car, so i stopped and helped him put on his spare. I thought about his future, about having to ride around on a spare tire when he had no money that week for a new tire. The police would surely stop him, and it would cost him more money that he didn't have.
His choice of accompanying music is great, and like The Music Room shows a real love of these songs, and they add interesting textures to these scenes.
I honestly don't think I am completely equipped to watch this movie and understand everything I was shown, but I am glad I did, and will be revisiting it in the future.
This is a lonely thread.
Join us in the movie thread! Plenty of art house lovers. Also Killer of Sheep definitely rules.Killer of Sheep - Charles Burnett
The Killer of Sheep was a much different experience than I expected going in. I got a sense of Stan's inability to show his wife the affection she so clearly wants from him, and still feels for him. She asks him why he doesn't smile anymore, like he used to, and we see him later smiling at his daughter. This movie happily eschews a narrative flow, and happily the movie is much more interested in just showing Stan's relation to the outer world. The dancing scene is romantic and sorrowful all at once, his wife holds him and feels his skin like a lover would, but he circles blankly, his hands lazily draped over her hips and to my eyes, unable to connect.
It feels like Stan cauterized himself to his job and in turn parts of his life. Temptation of crime and easier money that the liquor store owner who covets his body are not considered, but neither are the advances of his wife. Stan's view of his value is the work he does, and small bits of opportunity that cashing a check brings. Even so it's a limbo, Stan spends money on this motor, but a bit of carelessness leaves it broken and now, because he doesn't have any 'spare' money left it has to be abandoned.
Similarly later in the film a flat tire prevents them from going to the races where his friend is self assured that his horse will win, but the reality of their situation prevents them from having or getting a spare. I remember a few years ago I helped a man change his tire in Philly. He had been wrestling with his own jack for a while, and i had a unused one in my car, so i stopped and helped him put on his spare. I thought about his future, about having to ride around on a spare tire when he had no money that week for a new tire. The police would surely stop him, and it would cost him more money that he didn't have.
His choice of accompanying music is great, and like The Music Room shows a real love of these songs, and they add interesting textures to these scenes.
I honestly don't think I am completely equipped to watch this movie and understand everything I was shown, but I am glad I did, and will be revisiting it in the future.
This is a lonely thread.
lol I really need to check out Burnett's stuff. The Criterion Channel doesn't have Killer of Sheep but it does have some of his other work. Not sure what I should watch first but I was leaning towards My Brother's Wedding.
I would def track down Killer of Sheep over the stuff on the Channel fwiw.
godofcookery i think most people post reviews/takes over on https://www.resetera.com/threads/movies-youve-seen-recently-may-2019.114481/#post-20381534
Join us in the movie thread! Plenty of art house lovers. Also Killer of Sheep definitely rules.
Koker is an insta-cop, plus I have a lot of love for the Rock + Sirk combo
hnnnnnnnnngh
- Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative supervised by director Park Chan-wook
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 stereo
- Original Korean and English soundtracks
- Music and effects track
- Newly translated, optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
- Newly translated English subtitles for the Korean soundtrack
- Audio commentary with director Park Chan-wook
- Audio commentary with Park Chan-wook and cinematographer Jung Jung-hoon
- Audio commentary with Park Chan-wook, and actors Choi Min-sik, Yu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung
- Audio commentary by Film critic Shin Hyung-chul
- Audio commentary by Film critic Kim Young-jin
- Old Days: An Oldboy Story, acclaimed feature-length 2016 documentary about Park Chan-wook's masterpiece
- Old Days Interviews: Looking Back on the Days of Oldboy, Over three hours of extensive recently film interviews with the film's cast and crew
- New introduction to the film by director Park Chan-wook
- Film Critics on Oldboy, featurette with Oh Dong-jin, Lee Dong-jin, Darcy Paquet and Chris Fujiwara
- Filmmakers on Oldboy, featurette with Directors Kim Jee-woon and Ryoo Seung-wan
- Photographer of Time, an interview with stills photographer Han Se-jun
- Autobiography of Oldboy, a three-and-a-half-hour video diary of the making of Oldboy
- Deleted scenes with optional director commentary
- Behind the scenes featurettes
- Extensive cast and crew interviews
- The Making of Oldboy, lengthy two-part featurette on the film's production
- Le Grand Prix at Cannes, featurette about the film's success at the 2004 film festival
- "Bring My Love" music video by Starsailor, using clips of the film
- Trailers, teasers and TV spots
- Image gallery
- Double-sided fold-out poster
- Limited edition 100-page hardbound book featuring new writing by Simon Abrams, Kat Ellinger, and original reviews
- Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Matt Ryan Tobin
So... does this mean nothing can scare me, or I'll be scared by nothing?
Barnes and Noble criterion sale June 28th. Get ready folks 👀👀
What we getting?
Swing Time, Blue Velvet, and Detour. I thought about War and Peace, but it's on the Criterion Channel, so I'll just watch it there for the time being. It's so long I'm not sure I'll get much re-watch value out of it.Barnes and Noble criterion sale June 28th. Get ready folks 👀👀
What we getting?
Yep one month, so much more convenient than 24 hours.oh jeez, bad timing for me, is it month long?
Blue Velvet, Detour, BRD Trilogy for me, still working through the last sale's pick ups.
Detour is a great choice. Such an incredible / strange movie. Instantly became one of my favourites in the entire Criterion catalogue. And the 4K scan is stunning.oh jeez, bad timing for me, is it month long?
Blue Velvet, Detour, BRD Trilogy for me, still working through the last sale's pick ups.