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Re: The Criterion Collection
« Reply #1720 on: June 16, 2017, 03:59:58 PM »
September titles:

Rebecca - It's been 9 years since I last watched it, but I really don't need to see it again. Pass.

Festival - Slim odds I'd enjoy this very much. Pass.

The Piano Teacher - While I like Haneke, there isn't any film of his I'd care to watch a second time, much less own. This isn't even one of my favorites by him. Pass.

David Lynch: The Art Life - I love Lynch, so I'm in, but I can't imagine needing to own it. Rental/library.

Certain Women - On my watchlist, lots of faith in Reichardt. Rental, possibly buy in the future.


A money-saving month, which is just as well with so many others in the hopper I want to buy (Breaking Point, Women on the Verge, Stalker, Lost in America, They Live By Night).

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Re: The Criterion Collection
« Reply #1721 on: June 16, 2017, 04:43:54 PM »
Yea, I'm glad for another breather month.

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Re: The Criterion Collection
« Reply #1722 on: June 20, 2017, 06:12:01 AM »
Scuttlebutt is that Barnes and Noble are holding their 50% sale around July 11th. I've already got a pre-order on Stalker with Amazon because B+N's international shipping has been spotty at best, so hopefully they price-match on release.

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Re: The Criterion Collection
« Reply #1723 on: July 11, 2017, 12:12:18 PM »
Criterion 50% off sale at B&N is live.

Probably just going to preorder Stalker and then throw in another film.

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Re: The Criterion Collection
« Reply #1724 on: July 11, 2017, 03:41:49 PM »
I'm going to make a list and wait until next year.
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Re: The Criterion Collection
« Reply #1725 on: July 11, 2017, 04:11:55 PM »
Picked up Stalker, They Live By Night, Lost in America and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. I probably could live without Lost in America, but it's got a lot of nostalgia value for me.

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Re: The Criterion Collection
« Reply #1726 on: July 11, 2017, 08:30:10 PM »
Barnes & Noble sale:





I probably could live without Lost in America, but it's got a lot of nostalgia value for me.

Lost in America was originally included in my order, but with the cheapest shipping option, B&N was going to hold my entire order until Lost in America comes out later this month (with an estimated arrival date of July 31); I might go back later and order it separately.
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Re: The Criterion Collection
« Reply #1727 on: July 17, 2017, 05:43:22 PM »
October releases:

#437 Vampyr (1932)
I haven't seen it, but it looks like the quality of the bonus material is right up there with The Lodger.

#896 The Lure (2015)
I've heard some pretty underwhelming stuff about this one.

#870 Othello (1952)
I have not seen it, and I am not in any particular hurry.

#897 Barry Lyndon (1975)
A definite birthday buy.

#898 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
... because the bonus features on the latest box set are simply not enough.

#899 Personal Shopper (2016)
OMG, an Assayas' film on Criterion!  (meh)

(Speaking of streaks, Wenders posted on FB about a Criterion release of the director's cut of Until the End of the World (1991) almost two years ago.  What happened?)
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Re: The Criterion Collection
« Reply #1728 on: July 17, 2017, 06:49:09 PM »
DNR is awful, when done wrong it makes everything look like plastic. Life does have not a "clean look".

To me, it gives scenes a "Stepford" kind of look...too perfect. In the second image, which has no DNR, the actors actually have noticeable pores in their skin.
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Re: The Criterion Collection
« Reply #1729 on: July 17, 2017, 07:03:39 PM »
DNR is awful, when done wrong it makes everything look like plastic. Life does have not a "clean look".

To me, it gives scenes a "Stepford" kind of look...too perfect. In the second image, which has no DNR, the actors actually have noticeable pores in their skin.
This sounds a lot like the debate of CD vs. Vinyl


#896 The Lure (2015)
I've heard some pretty underwhelming stuff about this one.
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