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ultrakaiju
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 Re: criterion collection appreciation and news Okay, brace yourselves. Mind blowing news. Criterion has just released a new eclipse series box set including The X From Outer Space, Goke, The Living Skeleton, and Genocide. This is absolutely amazing, as I have been waiting for these movies to come out, and coming from Criterion you know they will be done right. Fan-friggin-tastic, going right on my Christmas list.  http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/928-eclipse-series-37-when-horror-came-to-shochiku?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=eclipse_series_37_shochiku_horror&utm_content=eclipse_series_37_shochiku_horror+CID_93a457406dbe413a9d8a0e7a290fb7b5&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=View%20the%20box%20set
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news ...and 50% off @B&N ($29.99) right now - go! http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-cri ... u/25099739For another 30% off: use code T9P3E3W...
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news This is as necessary a purchase as the coming Ultraseven set! Dean beat you to the punch on a mention of the set back in August, but it's still damn exciting news. I only wish they'd given the films the full Criterion treatment - I can only imagine how cool the extras could be for these gems. @bunnyboy - damn, with the coupon that makes it only $20.99 before tax and ship... incredible!
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bunnyboy
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news ^^
Incredible indeed - and ordered! Btw, this is the first Eclipse set I'm getting; I understand these box sets delve into even more obscure arthouse/genre realms than the usual Criterion releases, but this is the first one that really struck my interest besides the Nikkatsu Noir box... Any other recommendations?
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news ^ Oh man, so many! To name just a few... If you want to stay in Japan you can't go wrong with Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties or The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara; I really enjoyed every minute of The Delirious Fictions of William Klein - Really strange stuff out of France; and Pearls of the Czech New Wave is pretty amazing, especially Věra Chytilová's Daisies; Up All Night with Robert Downey Sr. is kinda the shit, too. If you haven't Swoped you haven't lived!
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bunnyboy
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news Thanks, they all look great! Might just have to bag one or two more...
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news thanks for the heads up and the mad discounts! 
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Mike Like Bike
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news Thanks again for the extra 30% off code bunnyboy!
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Dean
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news Big thanks, bunnyboy. Just ordered the Shochiku set. toothaction, couldn't agree more with your selections. I love Klein's "Mr. Freedom," one of the greatest DIY oddball films, ever. Other favorite Eclipse series: Carlos Saura's Flamenco Trilogy - A bit on the niche side of life, for sure, but I dig this stuff a lot. "Carmen" is the most famous of the three but my favorite is the first one, "Blood Wedding." Strongly recommended if you like Spanish music, history, and dance. Dušan Makavejev—Free Radical - Crazy free-spirited stuff from the director of the outrageous films "Sweet Movie" and "WR: Mysteries of the Organism." Nikkantsu Noir - cool, cool, cool Most wanted (but don't have yet) - Postwar Kurosawa
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news Thanks for the coupon code. Too bad its valid for 1 item only. I guess I'm gonna have to wait on Roman Polanski's Repulsion. At least I was able to get Rosemary's Baby.
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bunnyboy
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news ^^ Yeah, unfortunately the code also only works once. Per e-mail...  Take advantage folks, it's only good until 11/25!
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Lalo
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news i've yet to see any of those films! gotta see if my library has these.
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news I wish they would do Kurosawa's Dreams on BluRay, one of my favorites.
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Dean
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news Daimyo wrote: I wish they would do Kurosawa's Dreams on BluRay, one of my favorites. A great movie. A fan favorite that for some reason the professional critics don't seem to think much of. The first sequence of that film alone is so beautiful. I finally got around to viewing "Putney Swope" last night, and can't wait to view it again. How did this midnight underground classic elude me all these years? Dang, Robert Downey Sr. was a true radical in an era when political correctness hadn't yet tethered the imaginations of artists with something to say.
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news It's the drums.
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news Criterion uploaded the trailer for X From Outer Space. You gotta see this ... the origin story of the name of monster Guilala! "A Pinnacle of Filmmaking."
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news Over a year ago I mentioned Repo Man was deserving of the Criterion treatment on their face book page… BAM!!! April 16th So psyched!!! Quote: New high-definition digital restoration, approved by director Alex Cox, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary featuring Cox, executive producer Michael Nesmith, casting director Victoria Thomas, and actors Sy Richardson, Zander Schloss, and Del Zamora
Interviews with Cox, Richardson, and Zamora; producers Peter McCarthy and Jonathan Wacks; actors Olivia Barash, Dick Rude, Miguel Sandoval, and Harry Dean Stanton; musicians Keith Morris and Iggy Pop; and Sam Cohen, the inventor of the neutron bomb
Deleted scenes
The complete “cleaned-up” television version of the film, prepared by Cox
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PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Sam McPheeters; an illustrated production history by Cox, with his original comic and film proposal; and a 1987 interview with real-life repo man Mark Lewis
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ultrakaiju
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news For those that can access it (that means you America), apparently the library of Criterion films available on Hulu is going to be available for free viewing over the weekend. Hurrah?
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ultrakaiju
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news I guess it is the cinema nerd in me, but I am loving these Criterion video essays. I just watched this one on aspect ratio in regards to their upcoming release of On the Waterfront: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7-aMi4Rr-4&feature=youtu.beIt is so interesting to see the different 'feel' of films with the varying aspect ratios. One thing I did not know was that so much of the frame is cut off during the masking, I was always under the impression that widescreen gives you the optimum scene exposure, but it turns out a lower aspect ratio can offer more of the original print. Of course, it is at the cinematographer's and director's discretion when it comes to the final release, but now I am left wondering how many 'full-screen' films might actually be full screen, rather than cropped versions of the widscreen versions.
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news This is a pretty great promotional photo for the upcoming Blob release. 
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Re: criterion collection appreciation and news @Criterion "This photo required four regular sized boxes of Jell-O"
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