The Criterion Collection • Page 18

I would love a Criterion copy of Gummo.

 

This is even more exciting than the Bergman box they released

The Complete Films of Agnès Varda

 

Extremely dope

 

Holy cow. Yeah this gets me way more excited than the Bergman set. Jacquot de Nantes is one of my favorites of hers, so happy it’ll be in the collection on blu-ray now.

 

I don’t know if anything could make me more excited than the Bergman set, but this is still an instant need without a doubt.

 

She's got at least half a dozen films I would call masterpieces. Truly one of the best to ever do it.

 

Just realized they were watching this movie within the movie Belly. Thought that was crazy.

 

WCP no. 3 f i n a l l y

 

ELEPHANT MAN!!!!!

 

Beau travail and The Naked City too

wow...

what a month - haven't seen WCP tho. I'll have to check it out

 

Bump. Did anyone pick up anything on the B&N Sale?

I had a $200 gift card I've been saving since Christmas, and I grabbed 12 Angry Men, The 400 Blows, Do the Right Thing, Eyes Without a Face, A Face in the Crowd, House, Paris is Burning, and The Player. Just got paid today and might go looking again after work.

 

This art is a good example of “clever idea that looks awful when actually executed”

 

I actually don't hate it, but I would have just preferred the original poster. That shit rules.

 

I always find it more enjoyable when directors hated each other.

 

Why? Hate sucks.

 

It’s definitely fun when directors don’t like each other. But I enjoy when they sincerely get along and respect each other. The Bong/Scorsese moment from the last Oscars was great. Orson Welles ragging on Woody Allen was great.

 

Ingmar Bergman was deeply critical of Jean-Luc Godard and Orson Welles. In general there was quite a bit of animosity in the 50's/60's era. There was so much less established ideas about style and tone back then that there was much more of an ability to influence cinema, and if you are making slow and weighty films like Bergman you would not want generations to favor the chaos of Godard.

 

Watching Friends of Eddie Coyle

 

Before the end of the Criterion sale, I binged a bunch of stuff in case I liked it and wanted to buy it.

I watched the Three Colours trilogy, Paths of Glory, Bamboozled, My Own Private Idaho, Secret Sunshine, and Bicycle Thieves, and ended up grabbing Bamboozled.

 

Mitchum is so good!

 

Good bump. My Varda box set showed up today, excited to open it up.

Thinking of grabbing Schrader’s The Comfort of Strangers tomorrow. Looking forward to Renoir’s Toni next week too.

 

I am banning myself from buying any Criterion until I watch all the ones I already own




Unless it’s some crazy good shit

 

My Varda set came really quickly but damaged, luckily their customer service was great and I already have my replacement. It’s a gorgeous piece.