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DSNT
06-14-2009, 01:47 PM
There are several RiffTrax editions coming out this week. I only included the two most popular. This way I have room for Blu-Ray classics like Kickboxer.

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number8
06-14-2009, 02:12 PM
There is something not right with calling your collection "Essential Arthouse".
Skitch
06-14-2009, 02:57 PM
Family Guy and Transformers, for sure.
baby doll
06-14-2009, 03:05 PM
There is something not right with calling your collection "Essential Arthouse".What do you mean? I haven't seen this particular film, but La Belle et le Bête, La Grande illusion, and Les Quatre cents coups are all pretty canonical, great, essential films.
eternity
06-14-2009, 03:24 PM
BUY:
Nothing

RENT:
Nothing

WTF:
Saving Grace S2...is Holly Hunter seductively grabbing barbed wire with her hands?

DIE IN FIRE:
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
number8
06-14-2009, 03:37 PM
What do you mean? I haven't seen this particular film, but La Belle et le Bête, La Grande illusion, and Les Quatre cents coups are all pretty canonical, great, essential films.

I was referring to the name, not the movie selections.
baby doll
06-14-2009, 03:42 PM
I was referring to the name, not the movie selections.But why is that a strange name?
number8
06-14-2009, 04:24 PM
But why is that a strange name?

It's not. I just don't like it. "Essential Arthouse"? It's like calling a box set "Worthy Foreign." I don't like the idea of lumping movies together because they can be considered "arthouse" to begin with.
Derek
06-14-2009, 05:28 PM
Why is it that different than having an "Essential Sci Fi" or "Essential Action" box set? Arthouse films in general do have certain qualities that set them apart from genre films, so in essence they are sort of a genre in and of themselves, although one much harder to really pin down. And the "Essential Arthouse" is an extensive collection (like a mini-Criterion), not actually a box set.
number8
06-14-2009, 08:00 PM
Why is it that different than having an "Essential Sci Fi" or "Essential Action" box set?

It's not. Those are stupid too.
MacGuffin
06-14-2009, 08:22 PM
Janus can call their collection whatever they want. They've done more for cinema than many may ever understand.
trotchky
06-14-2009, 08:26 PM
That's a pretty ill The Seventh Seal cover. Not a big fan of the movie though.

And while I won't be buying Ghostbusters, I'll probably buy Ghostbusters: The Videogame.
EyesWideOpen
06-14-2009, 08:29 PM
That's a light week for actual new release films. Nothing I'm interested in.
Spinal
06-14-2009, 08:33 PM
Due to watch The Seventh Seal again. Been so long.
number8
06-14-2009, 09:36 PM
I own the Criterion DVD of Seventh Seal. Not sure if the Bluray quality is better. I'd check it out, though.
Pop Trash
06-14-2009, 09:39 PM
Due to watch The Seventh Seal again. Been so long.

I watched it again a few years ago. It's still great.

Anyways, I'll probably Redbox the new Friday the 13th for shits and giggles since I don't want to spend more than a buck on that. I also might check out Bergman Island.
number8
06-14-2009, 09:40 PM
Janus can call their collection whatever they want. They've done more for cinema than many may ever understand.

Exactly. Which is why they should've went with "AWESOME POOPJUICE FLICKS."
Ivan Drago
06-14-2009, 09:49 PM
Buying Family Guy. That's pretty much it.
megladon8
06-14-2009, 09:51 PM
Absolutely nothing for me this week.

I already own The Seventh Seal on DVD. As much as I love it, I don't feel the need to re-buy it, let alone on BluRay.
Ezee E
06-14-2009, 10:30 PM
Strange, but this Friday the 13th will be the first of the series that I see.

And I'll probably rent Bergman Island as well
balmakboor
06-15-2009, 03:45 AM
I've read some reviews that indicate Dr. Strangelove's debut on Blu-ray was botched. It is presented in 1.66:1, chopping off the top and bottom of the frame. No biggie to me really. I'm still more than happy with my copy from Kubrick DVD boxset version 2. I've only upgraded two Kubricks since then. I got the uncut widescreen version of Eyes Wide Shut on DVD and the latest Blu-ray of Full Metal Jacket.
Mal
06-15-2009, 01:41 PM
If I had blu-ray, I'd buy The Seventh Seal.
baby doll
06-15-2009, 07:29 PM
I got the uncut widescreen version of Eyes Wide Shut on DVDWait, wasn't Eyes Wide Shut shot in the academy ratio?
Spinal
06-15-2009, 09:50 PM
Technical specifications for
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) More at IMDbPro »
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Camera
Arriflex 535 B

Laboratory
DeLuxe, London, UK

Film length (metres)
4380 m (Finland)

Film negative format (mm/video inches)
35 mm (Eastman EXR 500T 5298)

Cinematographic process
Spherical

Printed film format
35 mm

Aspect ratio
1.66 : 1 (theatrical ratio, Europe)
1.85 : 1 (theatrical ratio, USA)
1.37 : 1 (negative ratio)

Not sure why there are different aspect ratios for Europe and USA.
balmakboor
06-15-2009, 11:49 PM
Wait, wasn't Eyes Wide Shut shot in the academy ratio?

I suppose I really didn't mean "uncut." Unaltered -- during the orgy scene -- by digitally added figures is what I meant.

Is 1.66:1 standard in Europe while 1.85:1 is standard in the U.S.? I don't know, but there must be some reason he would compose his films for both ratios and distribute them that way. He would also compose for standard televisions, thus the 1.37:1 ratio that he preferred on DVD.