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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 7:23 pm
by oldsheperd
I still can't see the trudginess of the Zeppelin song fitting in. Most of the songs in the film are pretty standard AOR tracks. "Summer Breeze" is my favorite from the film.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:03 am
by ben d banana
Langlois68 wrote:Linklater tried to get the rights to the song. Page agreed but Plant refused. Linklater was pretty bitter with Plant over it.
Yet "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" was used in its entirety in the closing sequence of this season's finale of
One Tree Hill.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 4:08 am
by daniel p
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 4:18 am
by otis
Annie Mall wrote:"Dazed and Confused" is the name of a Led Zeppelin song and that CC cover with the holes in it is straight out of the cover of Led Zeppelin III.
Of course,
Dazed and Confused is on Led Zep I, not III. If Linklater had only known what artwork would be used for the DVD when he made the movie, perhaps he would have called it
Friends...
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 2:40 pm
by Fletch F. Fletch
Langlois68 wrote:Linklater tried to get the rights to the song. Page agreed but Plant refused. Linklater was pretty bitter with Plant over it.
And the bitter irony is that he was able to get a Led Zep song for
School of Rock... well, thanks also to Jack Black.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 4:04 pm
by Andre Jurieu
I feel like Otto walking out of Stoner's Pot Paradise. That is flagrant false advertising.
I thought the Led Zep connection was fairly obvious.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 5:00 pm
by oldsheperd
Having grown up in the subrubs of Albuquerque, this movie totally hits the mark in terms of life for a teenager in a mid-sized town, Regardless of the time period it's in.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 5:10 pm
by Frank M
DVDBeaver wrote: I was surprised that there are no, usual, optional subtitles
I don't understand that ! Why are there no subtitles, Criterion ?
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 6:00 pm
by Ashirg
I noticed there're no subtitles listed for other upcoming English-language releases - Equinox and A Canterbury Tale. Usually they list it in the special features as "Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing." Only Koko will be subtitled.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:57 pm
by miloauckerman
from the production diary he published in the Austin Chronicle (which I have saved from archive.org and will upload soon):
Robert Plant says no. That's a final no, after all the months of effort and going through every possible source or connection. I sent a similar video to the one I sent to Page. I'm not sure if Plant ever saw it himself. His "keepers" are much more negative and less helpful than Page's. I'm even making desperate calls to his manager's next-door neighbor in London. We're out of time, so two days before the absolutely final mix, I throw in the Zeppelin towel. I've never worked so hard for something like this and not gotten it. I'll boycott Plant for life. Even if he never really was too much involved in the decision, he's responsible for the assholes around him he's empowered to do his thinking. The official reason is that "it is in direct competition with his solo career." Plant doing lame covers of old songs and uninspired new garbage is not much of a solo career. But, hey, by not having a Zeppelin tune in this movie, everyone will naturally forget that Zeppelin and Mr. Plant's only viable blip on the music history's scene ever existed. Then they will all run out and purchase this pathetically aging rock star's (who still wants to look and act like he did 20 years ago) illustrious solo album. Yeah, right. It's always the lesser talents who have the major attitudes. Everyone knows who the major architect behind Zeppelin was. One's a musical genius, one's a construction worker with a good voice. Lifetime boycott.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:01 pm
by miloauckerman
I wouldn't follow the links, they take you along the the archive.org path (which sometimes is working and sometimes isn't for me)
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 5:54 am
by LightBulbFilm
Just heard that this release's packging is a digipak design with a slipcover comparable to Mr. Arkadin... I'm thinking they're going the same route as Slacker. Eh?
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 5:13 pm
by Alyosha
The Dvdbeaver review is now updated: the disc does include English subtitles after all. I hope this will be the case for A Canterbury Tale as well.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:12 pm
by HerrSchreck
Alyosha wrote:The Dvdbeaver review is now updated: the disc does include English subtitles after all. I hope this will be the case for A Canterbury Tale as well.
What are you looking at? The beaver review still states:
The image is pristine. Colors, contrast - everything is excellent. I see no flaws whatsoever. I was surprised that there are no, usual, optional subtitles but that is the only black mark on this stacked package. I realize there are other digital editions of this film previously available but, although we don't own them to compare, I highly doubt any could touch this image. The extras are extensive and I honestly have not waded through all of them yet, but the Linklater commentary is excellent.
Nor are there subtitle samples in his caps.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:33 pm
by Gigi M.
Specs udated at
Criterion.com
Man, I've to say it again. This site is a mayor influence over at Criterion. I guess someone at CC saw that "Fuck the Deaf" thread.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:37 pm
by HerrSchreck
That newly updated edition was already mentioned by Narshty on the eh, FUCK THE DEAF thread yesterday.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:10 pm
by Alyosha
Oops, sorry, read it on the mailing list. Guess he hasn't updated it yet.
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:22 pm
by Gigi M.
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 9:08 am
by Narshty
"The 30th Anniversary of the Bicentennial", indeed. Full marks for the quote at the end of the copyright small print too. I wish Criterion would have fun more often.
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 9:27 am
by HerrSchreck
I can't wait until next year. The parties celebrating the 1st anniversary of the Celebration of 30 Years After The Bicentennial. We'll be painting all our fire hydrant red white & blue all over again.
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 6:47 pm
by LightBulbFilm
So, what do you guys think? This Gramercy/Criterion deal going to expandd any? Possibly King of the Hill? or... MallRats
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 7:19 pm
by Narshty
It's not licensed from Gramercy, though - it's Universal.
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 8:12 pm
by The Fanciful Norwegian
Yeah, Gramercy's been dead and gone for awhile now (they went under with Polygram).
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:39 pm
by Narshty
Having just rewatched this in anticipation of next week, I have to say anyone who thinks it doesn't deserve Criterion's time and attention is blind to greatness.
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:11 am
by LightBulbFilm
Just got this today, check it out and it's amazing. Another great package from Criteiron, worthy of one of the top ten DVDs of 2006. Picture and sound are great as well as the bonus materials (Although the Making Dazed feature could have been longer for "10 years in the making"). I just wish Criterion would have made a special slot for the included poster.