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I've been collecting Zatoichi DVDs for years and have sold some of the harder to get films for $50 each on Ebay. IIRC, "Zatoichi's Pilgrimage" has never been previously released in the US.
i think set is $225, but the traditional thanksgiving weekend 50% off sale by barnes and noble (conveniently going on around release date) would bring it to $112.50 (i remember getting the AK 100 set that way)...
i rewatched that recently.This Sunday, I continue the October "Cops and Bad Guys" series...
Errol Morris's "The Thin Blue Line"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xa2CiiPJt8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=topEFBr3HFY
), and possibly due to lapsed rights, won't see Blu Ray releases on Criterion.
The understated synth score is sparse and minimalist but haunting (sort of, in a different way, like John Carpenter's The Thing). Before he used Robby Muller as DP, he used the cinematographer for some of Cocteau's films, with some very nice B & W work. This was made during down time from difficulties with the American Zoetrope production of Hammett.
Page 2 a lot more TL/DR-friendly (even for me
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I did not realize that. I really need to add that to my list of channels when I add stuff to the dvr at the beginning of the week.
Cool. Wasn't familiar with the Ang Lee title, would have gotten Mulholland Drive but already had (love Lynch, his second Criterion title, have Eraserhead), have Malick's titles Badlands, Days of Heaven (one of the most beautifully shot films ever, in Canada with natural lighting at so called "magic hour" probable direct inspiration for The Revenant), Thin Red Line and adding The New World which comes out next week before sale ends, and also The Killing, Paths of Glory (great commentary track by the preeminent jazz critic Gary Giddins) and Dr. Strangelove, which just came out a few weeks ago.
I didn't see this before.I will be honest, Bob, I love the passion that you have for what you are posting about, but the huge posts make me go crosseyed.
Was curious about a few things, maybe you mentioned it somewhere on page 1:
1. What % of the Criterion movies do you think you have seen?
2. How many do you own?
3. What are some that you have run into that are just must-see ones based on the extras, bonus features, and booklets?
4. What are some that you have just stumbled on, maybe not many might have seen it, but you would highly recommend?
It just seems so daunting to go through these as there are so many and a lot are obscure (at least to me). Usually what I do is just grab random ones at the Madison library when I get there and see how it goes. This topic inspired me last night before I went to bed to look through the criterion's website and write down ones that interested me. I thought I would have a list of 40-50 but ended up with more like 150. Grabbed more than I will be able to watch while I was at the library today (9), but was in a rush and figured I could narrow down when I got home. I ended up with one from each decade oddly enough.
Good question, and I honestly don't remember all of them. As I said, I am usually have the kids and I am usually in a rush, so I tend to grab way more than I can watch in a week or two. I am going to try to watch one or two a week and sprinkle in some Criterion into my mix of movies. Nobody's saying they are the end all be all of good movies, but it's an interesting place to start and you know they are going to look great.
In your top 100 list, I mentioned In the Mood for Love... which is really good. I remember seeing it at the time and feeling like the pacing was sooo slow, I had a harder time appreciating it. wong kar wai's earlier film- Fallen Angels- was one of my top 10 for a long time... I'd have to revisit it to see if it holds up for me. but I remember flat out loving it, and would highly recommend that one (opposite pacing issue- so fast and frenetic, it's sometimes hard to hold on). Chungking express is also fantastic.
I saw Seconds by Frankenheimer and liked it. He also did The Manchurian Candidate (topical now), and Black Friday, based on the underrated and somewhat prophetic terrorist attack-themed breakthrough novel by Thomas Harris, before Red Dragon and the Hannibal Lecter character propelled him to stardom.
That's why I moved it to the top of the queue, GB. Chunking Express is on my list, but I believe that is an OOP title. The library did have a copy, but it looked a little beaten up.
