Brian C wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:36 pm
Not to re-open the barn door, but I apologize to domino - I just genuinely misremembered his opinion on Budapest and thought he was making a joke about the quality of the film.
domino harvey wrote: Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:42 amWellll, I thought this was okay, but absolutely not an acceptable 1000th spine.
I could not resist digging back in the thread for the film to solve this mystery
mfunk9786 wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:07 pm
Someone would have to jog my memory, but wasn't The Life Aquatic released a few months before Criterion reached #300 chronologically?
It did. It came out in May of 2005 and 299 wasn't released until July (and Flowers of St. Francis, #293, came out in August after being delayed). I always felt that one was, at least, intentionally reserved, with Disney probably wanting to get it out sooner than their schedule allowed.
mfunk9786 wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:47 pmI could not resist digging back in the thread for the film to solve this mystery
What a pain it was to find that thread, by the way, since Grand Budapest Hotel has appeared approximately infinity times in this thread, which dominates the search results. I finally found it after chancing upon the Anderson filmmaker thread.
FWIW, the corner of film twitter I’ve ended up being aware of seems to be freaking out not over Godzilla, but over the possibility of Roma (and everything that comes with Netflix getting this one more stamp of legitimacy.) Hard to imagine that not being a point of controversy for a while if that happens, given all the attention Netflix continues to get with their brushes with other institutions (AMPAS, Cannes, Spielberg and so on)
bad future wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:56 pm
FWIW, the corner of film twitter I’ve ended up being aware of seems to be freaking out not over Godzilla, but over the possibility of Roma (and everything that comes with Netflix getting this one more stamp of legitimacy.) Hard to imagine that not being a point of controversy for a while if that happens, given all the attention Netflix continues to get with their brushes with other institutions (AMPAS, Cannes, Spielberg and so on)
I would love to see Criterion and Netflix get cozy a la Criterion and IFC - a Ballad of Buster Scruggs Blu-ray would be a package designer's dream project
Agreed - it's too fucking hot. And about to get way worse. Criterion better make these announcements soon or we're gonna go full Summer of Sam in here.
Brian C wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:11 pm
Agreed - it's too fucking hot. And about to get way worse. Criterion better make these announcements soon or we're gonna go full Summer of Sam in here.
Now I'm just reminded how sad I am Criterion didn't manage to snag Summer of Sam, especially with the prospect of the original cut. Still holding out hope for 25th Hour.
