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Re: Criterion and IFC

#651 Post by ianungstad » Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:06 pm

Criterion's art director recently illustrated a 20 page graphic novel prologue for Ain't them Bodies Saints, so that's obviously coming. Probably: Beyond the Hills; Like Someone In Love; Berberian Sound Studio; Sightseers. (no mpi releases)

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#652 Post by woahmer » Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:29 pm

David Lowery has said on another forum that ATBS is coming to home video in December, so I guess we will know on Monday if it is coming via Criterion or not.

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#653 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:59 pm

That would be great. I'm a big fan of ATBS.

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#654 Post by ianungstad » Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:45 pm

In that link Lowry mentions that the release will include his first feature film St.Nick as one of the extras. No way that any IFC/MPI release has a bonus feature as an extra. Has to be Criterion.

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#655 Post by Jeff » Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:54 pm

ianungstad wrote:Has to be Criterion.
Unfortunately, it's not. I just tweeted to ask Lowery if he was looking forward to Monday's announcement of the December Criterion releases. This was his reply:
@DenverCinephile Only as much as I am any month....unfortunately. And to the second question, no, but it'll include something better...
St. Nick, apparently.

EDIT: Asked him if it was going to be an MPI release, and he replied, "Precisely." Disappointed it's not Criterion, but I'm pleased to see MPI actually offering up an 86-minute feature as a supplement.

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#656 Post by bainbridgezu » Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:12 am

MPI will be releasing both Sightseers and Berberian Sound Studio on December 10th

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#658 Post by CSM126 » Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:03 am

...Meaning that Border Radio remains the undisputed worst film in the collection one day longer.

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#659 Post by domino harvey » Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:17 am

Everyone hates Border Radio (though it's claim to being the worst film in the collection has certainly been disputed many times over, FYI). To the best of my knowledge you're the first here to claim this film reaches such low depths of "all time worst", and as you no doubt know many members loved it and included it on their list of the year's best. So one wonders what this comment hoped to gain...

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#660 Post by zedz » Wed Sep 18, 2013 4:33 pm

Nah, I like Border Radio. Probably wouldn't be in my top 500 Criterion films, but I like it nonetheless. As far as I'm concerned Solo con tu pareja is the worst film to get its own spine number (leaving aside stray floaters in box sets). I can only imagine most people have wisely avoided it.

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#661 Post by NABOB OF NOWHERE » Wed Sep 18, 2013 5:17 pm

Monsoon Wedding was my nemesis for renouncing being a Criterion 'collector'. Any more like Simon Killer and my support for MoC might similarly wither.

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#662 Post by domino harvey » Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:06 pm

zedz wrote: As far as I'm concerned Solo con tu pareja is the worst film to get its own spine number (leaving aside stray floaters in box sets).
Nicely phrased to exclude the true worst film ever released by Criterion

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#663 Post by The Narrator Returns » Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:08 pm

domino harvey wrote:Nicely phrased to exclude the true worst film ever released by Criterion
Hey, I know you're not a Bogdanovich fan, but The Last Picture Show isn't that bad!

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Re: Criterion and IFC

#664 Post by domino harvey » Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:10 pm

I thought y'all would never figure out that I'm actually Cybill Shepherd

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#665 Post by zedz » Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:44 pm

domino harvey wrote:
zedz wrote: As far as I'm concerned Solo con tu pareja is the worst film to get its own spine number (leaving aside stray floaters in box sets).
Nicely phrased to exclude the true worst film ever released by Criterion
I actually had a couple in mind, but I know we're thinking of the same film. Maybe we should start calling it "the Scottish film" in case saying its name out loud brings bad luck - like more of the same from Criterion.

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#666 Post by knives » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:24 pm

Now I'm curious what you guys are thinking of. I suspect it's the Linklater film?

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Re: Criterion and IFC

#667 Post by swo17 » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:26 pm

[cough]Norman Mailer[/cough] *chandelier falls on head*

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Re: Criterion and IFC

#668 Post by Brian C » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:37 pm

Don't care what y'all think, I still really enjoy I Know Where I'm Going!

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Re: Criterion and IFC

#669 Post by knives » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:39 pm

swo17 wrote:[cough]Norman Mailer[/cough] *chandelier falls on head*
Doy, I didn't think eclipse.

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#670 Post by jindianajonz » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:14 am

I was thinking A Safe Place

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#671 Post by cdnchris » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:39 am

Yeah, I was thinking A Safe Place as well, but Solo con... is pretty friggin' terrible, too. I have purposely cleansed the Mailer films from my mind and in my world they don't exist.

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#672 Post by knives » Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:12 pm

I find A Safe Place is at least interesting to think about even if the movie is garbage (then again I sort of feel that way about the Mailers).

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Re: Criterion and IFC

#673 Post by Moe Dickstein » Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:37 pm

Plus all the BBS films do have spine numbers...

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#674 Post by zedz » Thu Sep 19, 2013 4:38 pm

Moe Dickstein wrote:Plus all the BBS films do have spine numbers...
Though "floater in a box set" didn't exclude films with spines. Sanders of the River was also on my mind. A Safe Place is awful but not exactly dull, so I'd give that a pass.

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Re: Criterion and IFC

#675 Post by domino harvey » Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:03 pm

For the record, I was most definitely thinking of Wild 90. Next worst for me is Permanent Vacation

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