IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE representation, and a name drop? You're spoiling me! So far this sale, I have picked up: - The Lodger: A Tale of the London Fog - Foreign Correspondent - The Furies - The Gunfighter - The Renown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher I want to buy more Hitchcock, Kurosawa, and classic westerns this sale. The stores in L.A. are hella competitive though!
And if you’ve ever seen EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, there’s an homage to IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE. I wish they’d upgrade the entire WKW box set to 4K. I got the blu right before they announced the ITMFL 4K. Based on how you talk about other films, you would really like WKW. Start with CHUNGKING EXPRESS or DAYS OF BEING WILD. Then work your way through his 90s films. Then ITMFL. Thank me later. :)
3 women is a great Altman film! Highly recommend :) and I really think Days of Heaven will be one of your favorite films DJ. It’s one of the most beautifully shot film and the 4k is amazing!
And if you’ve never seen it, William Friedkin’s remake SORCERER. A gem of 70s American filmmaking. Blew away the audience at my film club. Resent restoration available, but only Blu-ray. I think we actually streamed the HD from Amazon and it looked great.
Great pickups! I think the Altman "Southern crime" movie you may be thinking of is "Thieves Like Us" with Shelley Duvall and Keith Carradine. Grace, I hope you enjoy McCabe and Mrs. Miller; you should definitely check out 3 Women also.
You made a smart choice choosing Days of Heaven 4K. Magnificent film all around with a brilliant score from Ennio Morricone. I picked it up myself as it was a necessary upgrade/double dip from the original Criterion Blu-ray release from 2010.
If you like SISTERS (or even if you don’t), you should check out Brian DePalma’s BLOW OUT. It’s a terrific crime thriller and features one of John Travolta’s best performances.
Whoa! This is one of my local Barnes & Noble stores. How crazy! Glad they had a good selection when you were there. I didn’t know anything about Exotica but that sounds really interesting. I may pick that up also. I hope you enjoy Sisters! I loved it a lot. Definitely creepy.
I love how gorgeus most of the Barnes and Nobles buildings are! Really nice looking! Nice picks too! Edit: 4:10 and I spotted Peeping Tom in 4k that you said they only had in blu-ray!
@@gracemartinez18 Haha yeah I had to pause and go back to be sure! But I wrote that before I saw that you mention it was on your vacay and probably couldnt go back? Bummer. Hope you catch it later!
A few friends of mine have been tricked by those stickers lately, only looking at the stickers but then the release ends up being a blu-ray. So always good to double check and read the back of the case!
Days of Heaven in 4K is one hell of a ride. Was fortunate enough to see it on its cinema re-release in the UK last year and is just gorgeous. McCabe similarly (with a different aesthetic, for sure) is also beautiful and I cannot wait to see that on 4K eventually. Glad that you picked up Sisters. It's definitely disturbing, but I think it will be Grace's cup of tea for sure!
I’m massive fan of McCabe & Mrs Miller and it’s considered to be by some to be an Anti-Western. Julie Christie is also in Don’t Look Now with the late Donald Sutherland. I also recommended that Bernie be added to the Criterion Collection in Criterion Pre-Game Livestream on MegaMikeTheMovieMan’s channel recently. Also, Brian De Palma was definitely influenced by Hitchcock and Sister’s is quite bizarre.
Another great show! Altman’s “3 Women“ is such a classic. This is how much I enjoyed it- the case came in the mail from Amazon cracked. But I kept it anyway! I’ll probably upgrade it if it ever comes out in 4K , but you guys should know that it’s one of his most dreamlike films. Incredible performances from the cast, but especially Shelly Duvall and Sissy Spacek. This is the first film that showed what incredible range both actresses have and I hope you love it as much as I do. The Altman film DJ was thinking of is “Thieves Like Us.” Written by the woman who wrote “Nashville.” Also, when you did the introduction from the car, I didn’t realize you had the kids with you. I was wondering how you kept them so quiet and out of sight- were they asleep in the backseat? Not really important, just wondering as a fellow parent. 😉😂🤷♂️
DJ Since you said anatomy of a fall it was one of your favorite films it was mine too. Next haul You need to get it with the superchat I sent you. Love seeing you guys doing these videos 👍🏻👍🏻
In terms of crime, two movies I think are a must for the Collection are "Purple Noon" & "The American Friend". They are 2 different takes on Patricia Highsmith novels. Both, but especially the latter film has a fantastic visual look to it. It's a Wim Wenders movie. Several other directors have cameos, such as Nicholas Ray & Samuel Fuller. With "Purple Noon" you get many greats, but Alain Delon really pops as Tom Ripley. I would thusly say the same of Dennis Hopper's take on the character in "The American Friend". Visually I must note the Wender's film is boosted by the cinematography of Robby Müller who also shot "Paris, Texas" for Wenders.
Purple Noon I bought in past year, great pick. American Friend saw on Criterion Channel, also great rec. Love Wenders, Paris, Texas, but fav is Until the End of the World.
@pete49327 currently watching that, was one of my Wenders themed pick-ups this month alongside the 4k of Perfect Days (preordered) & the Road Trilogy on blu ray. Müller's cinematography in "Until The End Of The World" is something else. Fantastic all around.
@@JefferyEPetrone I have Perfect Days on my radar. Until End of World, I've watched twice now, but at almost 5 hrs, I treat it like a mini-series and watch it in chunks over a few days:}
@pete49327 fully that that with "Until The End Of Time". I'm a Massive fan of Lou Reed & so something like "Perfect Days" looks dazzling to me. "Faraway, So Close!" & also "Until The End Of The World" have Lou Reed songs as well. "Why Can't I Be Good" & "What's Good" respectively. With "Perfect Days" there is apparantly "Pale Blue Eyes" the Velvet Underground song as well as Reed's "Perfect Day". Reed appears in "Faraway, So Close!" and "Palermo Shooting" (which featured "Some Kinda Love" by the Velvet Underground) playing himself both times. Fascinating film relationship between Reed & Wenders. Wim Wenders uses music honestly like few other directors.
That would make a great plot…..a movie about Siamese twins and one is a murderer while the other has no idea what’s going on. Maybe one drugs the other before committing murder.
Margot Kidder plays a dual role of BOTH the Siamese Twins in Sisters, which was shot in my hometown of Staten Island back in1972. An early Brian De Palma classic. Not sure where you heard the Sisters were played by different actresses? Exotica is very good ...
@@gracemartinez18 An honest mistake! Would love to see what you two think of Sisters - especially the ending - and Exotica. DO you own Tootsie? A MUST WATCH!
3 Women. Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek are sooooo good. Agree it’s one of Altman’s best. Endlessly rewatchable. If you like revisionist or Anti-Western’s like McCabe, with its Leonard Cohen soundtrack, you should definitely see Pat Garrett with its famous Bob Dylan soundtrack. He also acts in it. Sooo good. It’s so expensive because it’s really a box set. There are two 4K’s: the new restoration (watch first) plus the original studio butchered theatrical. And a Blu-ray of Pekinpah’s personal preview cut, the last version he worked on. McCabe, Pat Garrett, Heaven’s Gate (restored) and Pekinpah’s own Wild Bunch are the best anti-westerns.
I’m surprised you guys haven’t picked up The Heroic Trio/Executioners release yet. I remember Grace being excited about that one in one of your Criterion release announcement reaction videos.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is a really good movie. The price does seem excessive. I am a fan of Peckinpah, the shorter version was the one that Peckinpah hated, I believe the extended edition in this criterion package is called Final preview cut, thats the better version. Love Warren Beatty and McCabe and Mrs Miller! If yall were into Nashville, then youll definitely be into McCabe and Mrs Miller. I think Bonnie and Clyde is an amazing movie. Also, check out The Parallax View directed by Alan Pakula for another Beatty flick, its on criterion. Pakula directed Klute and All the Presidents Men. Nice selections!
A homerun with McCabe & Mrs. Miller. I agree, Bernie is a fabulous, intelligent dark comedy, Criterion worthy imo. Been collecting Criterions for about 3 years now, up to a few dozen, most were bought after first having screened on The Criterion Channel. Two of my favorites in collection, top 5, are IL Sorpasso, and The Great Beauty, don't hear those two talked about much, check them out maybe. IL Sorpasso maybe the greatest "road trip" movie ever, great back story, supplements. The Great Beauty probably my all time favorite Criterion, and top 10 all time I love it that much; it won several awards for best picture, etc., even won an Academy award for best foreign film, Golden Globe same honor, many others.
@@gracemartinez18 Oh yea, the ending, did not expect that; it was controversial, but if you watch supplements where director Risi is interviewed, he explains why he chose that ending and it makes more sense now. What a great ride that film is.
It’s sooooo good. The new 4K is a delight. If you get into Nick Cave’s music, there are several films about him on streaming. And he’s amazing live. Not to be missed.
@@AndNowThis..Bruno Ganz should be most famous for this film, or his other collaborations with Wenders. Not playing Hitler, as good as the performance was this film is a much easier rewatch.
I think D.J. might enjoy the George Bernard Shaw on film set from Eclipse, especially "Androcles And The Lion". I think Grace may dig "Gomorrah" an Italian crime film from the 2000s.
I love THREE WOMEN, perhaps my favorite Altman film, although I do consider THE PLAYER to be his best. I liked SISTERS, but I have mixed feelings on DePalma. Overall, he's good and entertaining, but I find him derivative in most films, that is relying too much on other artists work for inspiration with presenting little vision or originality of his own. (Snobby, I know).
@@gracemartinez18 nice. Does he order them alphabetically within each color? Or go by the way he likes the color of each spine? I liked his review on Passion of Joan of Arc by Dreyer. Dreyer is the the greatest.
3:58 dude that’s a great movie. Risky Business was put out the same month, which is atrocious and everyone was talking about that lame movie. They put out one of Sam Peckinpah’s best film and that’s what everyone should get! Buy it full price it’s that good. Not some Tom cruise garbage movie. 🤮
I stopped buying criterions because I have too many I have not even watched yet....just curious do you guys get around to watching every movie you buy or do a lot just wind up on your shelf collecting dust>>
That’s definitely a concern and something I’ve tried to be more aware of lately. I’ve slowed down my purchases this sale, limiting myself to just two per trip. It’s tempting though
