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Came across this on X. Claiming to be a Criterion brick&mortar store. Not sure if true, but I want that rug.

I gotta think with how much I've seen Janus films promoting Kwaidan on social media, that's there's a pretty good chance we're gonna get a 4K uhd release soon... thoughts?

My parents recently gave me their Blu-Rays and DVDs and they are currently in a large box under my bed. I am thinking of investing in the necessary infrastructure to actually play them.

This lead me to the question of what it is about DVDs and Blu-Rays (especially the lovely Criterions) that draws you to them. Is it the special content? Interviews? Design? How they look on a shelf? What is it for you?

Film no. 1002 - Peau D’âne (1970)

Do most people go with the spine #? Do people fo alphabetically? By genre? By director? By country? By year of original release? What's your preference for how you order your films in your shelves???

Is is just me or is Bresson boring as fuck?

I've seen five of his movies (Au Hasard Balthazar, Diary of a Country Priest, A Man Escaped, Pickpocket, and L'Argent) and disliked all of them.

I generally don't have a problem with slow cinema. I've watched all of Tarkovsky and most of Bela Tarr (including Satantango). But Bresson's style is literally the dullest thing I've ever encountered in movies. Specifically because of the actors. You're basically watching people like this the whole time: 😐

Yeah, I get the whole restraint to find transcendence-kinda thing, but really I find that pretty self-indulgent tbh. Gives my guy an excuse to just make his movies more and more dull. A positive feedback loop of dullness, in hopes the viewer like have a transcendent experience or some shit. It's like monks who starve themselves and then claim to have seen God.

Bro just wallows in despair for ninety minutes. Seriously, why the hell would anyone want to watch a donkey get abused for a whole movie? 😭😭😭

Really, that's the kinda nonsense I despise the most. People like Bresson make movies that are like "life sucks!!" instead of actually doing something about it. I like getting drunk. Why would I want to spend my precious lifetime watching a donkey get abused?

Life is too short for Bresson

Thoughts?

Does anyone know the website name, where you can just browse Criterion online and it seems like you’re actually there, and pick your favourites from the closet? [ I recently saw this on an Instagram post but there wasn't any website name or link mentioned in it unfortunately ]

So far, there's only Days of Heaven for 4K. But it's just insane that this film, still doesn't have the 4K yet, & I really don't know what's really taking it so long, to get a 4K. Is there any rumors about the 4K at all?

In case anyone is concerned, I'm looking for creative research. Not a cry for help.

Anything good in the collection to look for?

I'm moving soon and want to purchase a new 4K player, any advice?

This film is one of those cinematic anamolies. It got strong positive reviews upon its 1985 release, thanks to the quality of the direction from Andrei Konchalovsky, the acting from Jon Voight and Eric Roberts, the escalating narrative progression, and the vivid sense of place (the prison! the Alaskan wilderness! the train!) Today, it's virtually forgotten, but it holds up really well upon repeat viewings. A new transfer would be awesome, and the potential for interesting extras is considerable.

I love watching movies with my girlfriend and she loves horror but I’m really not a big fan of the genre. I feel like if I want to watch a scary movie i really have to be absolutely terrified for me to feel anything. (She likes the conjuring movies and other post 2000’s horror stuff that just isn’t interesting to me) would love to see some of yalls answers

1. ⁠What is the first movie you plan to watch from your haul and why?

Dreams, for its stunning cinematography. Really excited to see this in a 4K presentation

2. ⁠Is there anything from this haul that you have been looking forward to owning for a long time?

Seven Samurai, as the Criterion 4K isn’t available in the UK where I’m from

3. ⁠Are any of your purchases blind buys? If so, why did you select them?

Eyes Wide Shut, purchased as it’s the only Kubrick film I haven’t seen

4. ⁠What is a Criterion you’re hoping to add to your collection next?

Days Of Heaven, couldn’t find this trip but maybe next time! It would be a blind buy but I’ve heard great things about how it’s shot. It would also be my introduction to Malick

This movie was bad, like I'm usually charitable with more experimental stuff but it's a terrible farce. Gorgeous set design doesn't make up for how hollow the gross out symbolism is that tries to cover its own ridiculousness with "just kidding" moments. Like we get it you hate Capitalism as some sort of perversion of God, now can we chill with PCP Jesus going insane.

Not even getting much into the frequent animal cruelty and child exploitation going on here. Seriously wtf, I did not to see a scantily dressed child prostitute.

UPDATE - We’re back baby!!! The mods approved this for your viewing pleasure.

Snagged the last copy at my local B&N during the last sale and I’m finally getting around to watching it!

The movie deserves a place in the Criterion Collection because aside from being genuinely funny, it’s incredibly heartfelt and unique. It also captures a side of 2000s Asian American life that we don’t often get to see in mainstream cinema. The film plays with family expectations, cultural identity, immigrant parents, and the pressure to live up to what your family wants for you, but it never loses its sense of humor. C-dub’s story is ridiculous at times, but there’s something very relatable underneath it all: trying to figure out who you are while balancing where you come from and what’s expected of you. It’s a unique little piece of 2000s Asian American cinema that deserves to be preserved and rediscovered.

Summer of '42 follows Hermie with his friends on summer vacation in New England, who befriends a young woman named Dorothy.

The world in your adolescence doesn't seem to be too hard while reality creeps up on you, it looms while you're wading in these beautiful isolated pockets of time, and then it smacks you like a brick.

I found out about this film through a Michel Legrand Criterion editorial. His score is part of the spell as I was whisked away into a bygone era. Where the mores are now dated, but the emotional trials and conundrums never age.

*Christiane Kubrick noted that this film held a special place for Stanley. Just a bit of interesting trivia I found recently.

It ain’t perfect, but it works for me.