Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:37 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:58 pm
And out goes my R2.
Great news!
Great news!
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:54 pm
You can say that again.flyonthewall2983 wrote:
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:35 pm
I just discovered that the Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? SE also has commentary with Nichols and Soderbergh. I really haven't seen either one of these films, but I'll definitely Netflix them and give em a shot.
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:51 pm
So does Catch-22.flyonthewall2983 wrote:I just discovered that the Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? SE also has commentary with Nichols and Soderbergh.
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:40 pm
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:35 pm
The art seems a little odd and overly minimalist, but at least it's not yet another shot of Dustin Hoffman through Anne Bancroft's legs.
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:33 pm
Note to all: Even if you hate the film, you should listen to that commentary - it's one of the very best I have ever heard. It was an audacious, epic production and Nichols and Soderbergh talk about all the madness with great humour. I personally love the film, as it has many of my movie fetishes: no music score, natural sunlight cinematography, use of diopter lenses, no extras in the backgrounds, Alan Arkin, Tony Perkins, masterful physical and in-camera special effects, editing by Sam O'Steen and so on. It doesn't do justice to the mammath novel, but on its own terms, I think that its a great movie, with perfecting, once-in-a-lifetime casting.Jeff wrote:So does Catch-22.flyonthewall2983 wrote:I just discovered that the Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? SE also has commentary with Nichols and Soderbergh.
I was actually expecting really lame, overly-clever artwork for the new SE of The Graduate, so I am pleased by the minimalism.
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:20 pm
The commentary on WOOLF is also far from boring; having two discussing the film with one asking questions and feeding off the other makes a good listen.
I picked up a bare-bones CARNAL KNOWLEDGE cheaply of the rack the other day I had no idea it was also a Mike Nichols film [from this same era] until I checked the credits on the back cover. He certainly made some interesting films back then. I somehow overlooked this gem over the years, despite being a Jack Nicholson fan. This film turned out to be very amusing with an excellent performance from Jack (maybe even his best?) It also boasts the first use of a certain ''c'' word in a feature film, something only possible in that great decade under the influence.
I picked up a bare-bones CARNAL KNOWLEDGE cheaply of the rack the other day I had no idea it was also a Mike Nichols film [from this same era] until I checked the credits on the back cover. He certainly made some interesting films back then. I somehow overlooked this gem over the years, despite being a Jack Nicholson fan. This film turned out to be very amusing with an excellent performance from Jack (maybe even his best?) It also boasts the first use of a certain ''c'' word in a feature film, something only possible in that great decade under the influence.
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:10 pm
I like to think that Woolf, Carnal, and Closer form an informal trilogy of sorts. They all confront very frankly the sexual tensions and complications that will eternally exist between men and women, and they were all somewhat shocking for their respective time periods.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:41 am
The cover's a friggin' horror. Take a closer look - those ain't Bancroft's legs. She also wore stockings, not suspenders. Brown. Not Black. Bancroft's legs oozed sensuality. These legs can only raise ire.patrick wrote:The art seems a little odd and overly minimalist, but at least it's not yet another shot of Dustin Hoffman through Anne Bancroft's legs.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:05 pm
Actually, the original poster did not feature Bancroft's legs - they belonged to the actress who played Sue-Ellen in Dallas or whoever/whatever she was in.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:17 pm
I've always liked this poster:
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:25 pm
That cover art is airbrushy, sterile and lame.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:08 pm
DVD Beaver review of the 40th Anniversary edition. Massive cropping is now evident on the old R1 and the R2, also. The color timing is far more accurate, especially in the dimly-lit hotel room scenes. I love the 5.1 mix, also.
I recieved my copy last week and I found the commentaries to be fascinating and amusing. The new making-of is a bit light, though.
I recieved my copy last week and I found the commentaries to be fascinating and amusing. The new making-of is a bit light, though.
HTF owner, Ron Epstein wrote:This was a restoration by Sony Pictures a couple of years ago. Sony has the TV rights, MGM has home video rights, and it is owned by Canal Plus. But, all agreed Sony would restore it. Mike Nichols attended an early screening of the film to get the color and densities correct and it is indeed a 'dark' film as some of the comments have noted. In a first meeting with Nichols, he asked if Sony knew how dark it should look, that it was a very dark film, and he meant literally as well as figuratively. It is an exceptionally well-photographed film that needed no embellishing from Sony. It is my understanding that Nichols was very gracious about the quality of the final work when Sony had the premiere at the Academy a year or so ago. Once completed, Sony then oversaw the new HD transfer of the film following the same guidelines from the director on the look once again. Sony also compared framing on the earlier transfers of the film to make sure they were getting the most out of the image, not cutting off as much as on the previous transfers.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:15 pm
Is there some way to find or download a copy of the Suber commentary? I've looked all over to no avail. I don't own a laserdisc player.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:09 am
The artwork of the DVD i got seems slightly different from the online art. Did they change it at the last minute?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:40 am
That would be the key, though if you paypal me...life_boy wrote:Is there some way to find or download a copy of the Suber commentary? I've looked all over to no avail. I don't own a laserdisc player.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 5:17 pm
Preview of today's announcements?Criterion on Instagram wrote:Coo coo ca-choo.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 5:22 pm
Hey, that's...that's...The Graduate! Hey everyone, maybe Criterion will be releasing The Graduate some time in the near future!
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 5:29 pm
No. That's a still from THE ILL, SORE POSSUM.Randall Maysin wrote:Hey, that's...that's...The Graduate
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 5:30 pm
What if it is from a bonus feature on Midnight Cowboy? No?
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 5:50 pm
At least, I'm fairly certain that's The Graduate. I should have tempered my original statement, as I was just "spitballing" and to have so conclusively concluded that that's The Graduate was "borderline offensive".