My persona fav is Bad Lieutenant but you gotta be a Nic Cage guy for that
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You have lots of crazy movies to look forward to! The soundtrack to Aguirre by Popol Vuh is amazing by the way.
I met him and he was a total asshole, but I still can't help but love his movies (even or especially his bad ones).
Sonicpharmacist
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Criterion is having a 50% off flash sale until noon MST tomorrow
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They also sent me a 50$ gift certificate last week so I might have gone a bit overboard...but now I almost have enough points for another 50$ off. The cycle continues...
chris_d_cole
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anyone have any recommendations on something I should buy? I also have a $10 gift certificate, so being able to grab a blu ray for $10ish seems too good to pass up.
thinking Silence of the Lambs, The Philadelphia Story, Barry Lyndon or a Malick (I only have/have seen Tree of Life, but I love it)
thinking Silence of the Lambs, The Philadelphia Story, Barry Lyndon or a Malick (I only have/have seen Tree of Life, but I love it)
Bull Shannon
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Same boat here; nothing's truly jumping at me, except for Barry Lyndon which is of course sold out. Maybe the Fassbinder? I haven't seen anything by him.
I'm willing to jump on a $9 blu-ray of any movie I'd be likely to watch more than once. Because you all know my tastes so well.
I'm willing to jump on a $9 blu-ray of any movie I'd be likely to watch more than once. Because you all know my tastes so well.
Bull Shannon
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Figured it out; I’m buying Nashville and so should you all.
Sonicpharmacist
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Yes, Nashville is fantastic, but I love Altman. I bought Do The Right Thing. I’ve never seen it, and it’s time to rectify that.
Sonicpharmacist
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I’ve streamed a few Fassbinder films on Criterion’s app, and just can’t get into them.Same boat here; nothing's truly jumping at me, except for Barry Lyndon which is of course sold out. Maybe the Fassbinder? I haven't seen anything by him.
I'm willing to jump on a $9 blu-ray of any movie I'd be likely to watch more than once. Because you all know my tastes so well.
Sonicpharmacist
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Of Malik‘s films, I’ve only seen Badlands and Days of Heaven, and Badlands has become one of my favorite films ever. I wound up also buying Tree of Life, but have yet to watch it. If you like what you’ve seen of his work, Badlands is a must.
MikeH
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Good choice. Rewatched it recently and it holds up and is also still sadly relevant.
Sonicpharmacist
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Yeah, that’s why I bought it. When it came out, I was just an 18 year old white kid from the suburbs, so I could not relate whatsoever. I later discovered the music of Public Enemy, which made me curious about the film, but still never watched it, for no real reason. Since then, I thought we as a nation had made some real progress with race issues. Guess not as much as I had thought.
Bull Shannon
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I’m very big on Altman; Nashville is definitely is my favorites, but The Long Goodbye hit me a lot harder; it's just a very odd riff on the noir genre.
Do the Right Thing is an excellent film; it's got a lot of verve and humor, and is also soulful and timely. Been too long since I've watched it; still have my criterion DVD from like 2004.
zombie.modernist
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I love those two early Malick films, both very moving and simple.
Tree of Life is about as far away from the essentialism of Badlands as you can get, but both are amazing films. I think Tree kind of killed Malick for me for a good while as his later films just seemed like pale imitations of that one, I didn't even bother with the last two after having devoured everything he shot before them. Excited to check out his new film from this year though that's supposed to be great.
Picked up The Brood, In the Mood for Love, and Moonrise KingdomCriterion is having a 50% off flash sale until noon MST tomorrow
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siremobunny
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Got my Criterion Channel Charter Member card in the mail today. 
EvanBenner
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Ugh. 50% off all Criterion at BN all month, including Godzilla. Coulda saved $20 on the preorder if I'd switched to Amazon fromCriterion directly, but that was fine. Mine just arrived this week and now it's already on sale for HALF? Pardon me while I stew.
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sarcasticfairyprincess
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So... is the watch a film/talk about it thing still happening? I didn't know this thread existed until now, and I think that's a super awesome idea.