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It, like Michael Mann, is one of the peculiarly popular mainstream things here. I don't get it either, but I like mainstream stuff no one here likes, so we're evenBinker wrote:Has the Game been discussed at length anywhere on this forum because uhhh I feel like I'm missing something
No, you didn't.oldsheperd wrote:The Curious Smell from Benjamin's B*tthole.
Sorry I just had to do it.
Especially if it was Wes Anderson or Michael Bay.domino harvey wrote:Surely the big winner here is whoever was eating breakfast with Aronofsky when he found out Fincher got into Criterion
I know they hafta pump the film as important, and it's a nice coup for their cash flow and all that, but did they really call this film-- CC themselves in their specs-- "an epic masterpiece"? They loco in de coco??Fletch F. Fletch wrote:Specs:
- Academy Award-nominated director David Fincher introduces the surprising beginnings of what would become an epic masterpiece including the casting of Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett
Yeah, I think Paramount wrote that one themselves. I doubt Criterion wanted to call The Life Aquatic a "wildly original adventure-comedy" either. Sometimes studios just insist on that kinda gobbledygook even if it makes no sense. It just sounds good.HerrSchreck wrote:I know they hafta pump the film as important, and it's a nice coup for their cash flow and all that, but did they really call this film-- CC themselves in their specs-- "an epic masterpiece"? They loco in de coco??
This isn't Seven Samurai or Andrei Rublyov furchrissakes! Button is NOT Lawrence of Arabia!!
I didn't realize this was now part of CC's mission statement.Matt wrote:And certain directors want their films to be in the Criterion Collection because of the cachet it affords.
Seems like a pretty accurate description to me.CSM126 wrote:I doubt Criterion wanted to call The Life Aquatic a "wildly original adventure-comedy" either.
What I don't understand is that if Paramount is going to release TCCOBB, then how could CC make a bundle of money by adding it to its collection? Paramount release is cheaper and most average people will choose that over the CC release. Doesn't make sense to me that CC would put itself in competition with Paramount.Harold Gervais wrote:Eh. Matt is right. They are a business and if a big-name Hollywood production helps them make some money and grow the brand, then everyone wins...especially the people who support Criterion on a regular basis. Criterion gets a big title, Fincher gets his name in the Collection and we get to keep buying our DVDs featuring directors such as Bergman, Kurosawa, Renior, Maddin and the like. And it isn't as if anyone has a gun to their head forcing them to buy this.
Good to see the level of discourse brought on by this recent development.LightBulbFilm wrote:It seems the press release is already out
some guy in the comments section wrote:I don't get the Criterion Collection=film snob thing. I have probably 20-25 Criterion DVDs and at least 150-200 more that aren't. I buy movies I know I'll want to watch again. I don't care what they call their Editions or Collections. I care about a. the movie and b. the bonus features...however, I do wish Doomsday Unrated Edition had come with a sexy Rhona washing the Bentley in black latex deleted scene. Maybe they could go film that some afternoon and add it to the next Edition? Please? I'll pay.
I guess I don't see what one has to do with the other, but the mission statement (if we're going down that old crumbling pike again) says "a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films." That's important as defined by Criterion, not as defined by MyNameCriterionForum (or anybody else on this forum).MyNameCriterionForum wrote:I didn't realize this was now part of CC's mission statement.Matt wrote:And certain directors want their films to be in the Criterion Collection because of the cachet it affords.
Romancing the Stone is an adventure comedy. The Life Aquatic is a drama with a few jokes thrown in to prevent the profound sadness of it's characters from being unbearable.mfunk9786 wrote:Seems like a pretty accurate description to me.CSM126 wrote:I doubt Criterion wanted to call The Life Aquatic a "wildly original adventure-comedy" either.
Well if you want to think The Zissous are a wild and wacky pair of happy-go-lucky adventurers on a madcap comedy escapade, you go right ahead.mfunk9786 wrote:You must be thinking of The Squid and the Whale, happens all the time.
And I guess I don't see how "directors wanting their films to be in the Criterion Collection" is justification for their inclusion. I didn't realize it was their choice as much as Criterion's.Matt wrote:I guess I don't see what one has to do with the other, but the mission statement (if we're going down that old crumbling pike again) says "a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films." That's important as defined by Criterion, not as defined by MyNameCriterionForum (or anybody else on this forum).MyNameCriterionForum wrote:I didn't realize this was now part of CC's mission statement.Matt wrote:And certain directors want their films to be in the Criterion Collection because of the cachet it affords.
If you think Criterion would put their mission statement above the mighty dollar, you've got your head up your ass. If you had a tiny boutique label and David Fincher asked you to release his multi-million dollar earning, Academy Award Winning movie that has a massive fan base...would you say "Um, no. I'm fine with my Mizoguchi releases that sometimes manage to break even"?MyNameCriterionForum wrote:And I guess I don't see how "directors wanting their films to be in the Criterion Collection" is justification for their inclusion. I didn't realize it was their choice as much as Criterion's.Matt wrote:I guess I don't see what one has to do with the other, but the mission statement (if we're going down that old crumbling pike again) says "a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films." That's important as defined by Criterion, not as defined by MyNameCriterionForum (or anybody else on this forum).MyNameCriterionForum wrote: I didn't realize this was now part of CC's mission statement.