Criterion News and Discussion

[Pubrick]

yeah but what does that have to do with monkeys?

The movie is so shit that a thousand monkeys typing on a thousand typewriters for a thousand years couldn't come up with anything worse.

[modage]

Not sure if their quality is going down or what I expect from them is going up, but I'm pretty disappointed with their recent covers.

[Pubrick]

[Gold Trumpet]

The good thing is that it's been an amazing year for releases. A few years ago, I worried the well for Criterion dried up and they were done with putting their stamp on significant films of our film history. There were too many perennial classics that were never going to get the Criterion touch so it seemed like the company was making great DVDs for a significant number of unknown films to see if they could create their own classics for a new landscape. Now the company is back to going half and half with what we know and what we don't. It's a good relationship because the idea of seeing every Kubrick film get a release by Criterion is a great possibility. Two years ago, I would have considered it impossible, but now I think it will happen.

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

They're getting a little too out there, but I think it's a bit early to say they're jumping the shark.  I don't mind the Anti-Christ or the boxset, but Modern Times really is a splinter in the eye.

[socketlevel]

the more out there the better, don't you get sick of generic posters for films? i sure do. i admit the paths of glory one isn't the best, but i'm pretty happy with all the other choices.

[Gold Trumpet]

Criterion has always been hit and miss with covers. I think we're getting used to the pedigree of talent of their best work and we are no longer accepting the usual muff. The Paths of Glory cover is horrendous and I really wish Criterion would edit it, but other than that, no cover moves me one way or another. People have been criticizing their use of stills in various forms for covers lately, but I think it makes sense because if you start putting avant garde design work for older movies of a different generation and time period, the new cover becomes out of date very quickly. You have to find interesting covers that honor what is in the film. Finding new ways to abstract stills from a movie is better than using original poster art (for the most part).

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

How did this lack of dilemma make it to headline status? 

[Pubrick]

How did this lack of dilemma make it to headline status? 

slow news week..

[modage]

Thin Red Line review: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews37/thin_red_line.htm

[matt35mm]

Thin Red Line review: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews37/thin_red_line.htm

Wow.  Those captures are stunning.  I can't wait to revisit this movie.

[modage]

Have yourself a creepy little Christmas this December, when Criterion will release two modern horror classics: Guillermo del Toro's feature debut, Cronos, which offers a twist on the vampire myth—in Blu-ray and DVD editions featuring enticing extras, including Del Toro's unreleased 1987 short horror film, Geometria—and David Cronenberg's media-age sci-fi shocker Videodrome, on Blu-ray for the first time. Plus: the DVD edition of America Lost and Found hits the streets.



America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

[Reinhold]

maybe this belongs in a festival thread, but Criterion Commissioned posters (by comic book artists) for All Tomorrow's Parties:

http://criterioncast.com/2010/09/07/all-tomorrows-parties-poster-art-revealed/

my two favorites:

[matt35mm]

I think it belongs in this thread.  And that these are fantastic.  Yeah, The Killing one is my favorite.

[Alexandro]

the cronos cover is pretty shitty.