2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
- Wu.Qinghua
- Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:31 pm
Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Release of the Year
1) Dusan Makavejev. Free Radical
2) Imamura: Pigs, Pimps and Prostitutes
3) Nava: El Norte
4) Shimizu: Travels
5) Golden Age of Television (I am voting for this without having seen it - at the moment, it's not my cup of tea, but I guess it's surely a rather interesting package)
Best Eclipse Release
Dusan Makavejev. Free Radical
Best (Re)Discovery
Nava: El Norte
(I have seen lots of movies dealing with migration but I hadn't even heard of this one. Well, I am living in Europe ... El Norte might be no masterpiece - so what? - and I pity those poor rats which were thrown at the actors down in the sewer but I am actually very happy that Criterion has released it)
Forum Member of the Year
I am rather new on this forum, but I've already written who 'made' me join it ... (Please don't look that up, Domino, I don't like to vote here ...)
Richard Cranium Award
I don't want to revisit that dreadful Polanski thread ... Btw, I don't want to start no argument, but I think, Joshua Goldberg pulled himself together on facebook ...
Best Non-Criterion Release
1) Douglas: Comrades (BFI)
It's a great film, but also an unevitable choice after the election victory of the neoliberal camp in Germany this year ...
2) Portrait of a Miner/Miners' Campaign Tapes (BFI)
Awesome collections ...
3) Kim: Hanyeo aka The Housemaid (Kofa/Blue Kino)
Yeehaw, this movie is a monstrosity. I assume it's, well, as hypnotic as reactionary ... And, although I usually hate digipacks, I love the design of this one ...
4) Forbidden Hollywood 3 (Warner)
This is a box which works quite similar to Criterion's magnificent Robeson box: There's no masterpiece to be found here but it's a collection of movies which have been produced during the great depression and which complement one another in the most beautiful way. Great box though I consider WB to be the worst company of the year. Expropriate them!
5) General Post Office Film Unit (BFI)
Zedz is quite right, I dont have anything to add ... though I'd prefer volume 2.
6) Yoo Hyeon-Mok Collection (Kofa/Dukson?)
I am still waiting for the box to arrive, but it would rank much higher, if I had already gotten it, provided Kofa hasn't screwed it up ...
Label of the year
In contrast to some others, I am very happy with Criterion's output, but: BFI all the way!
Hopes for 2010
Wakamatsu Eclipse set ... and 'United Re Army' in the main line
And, as I have nothing to lose, world revolution ...
1) Dusan Makavejev. Free Radical
2) Imamura: Pigs, Pimps and Prostitutes
3) Nava: El Norte
4) Shimizu: Travels
5) Golden Age of Television (I am voting for this without having seen it - at the moment, it's not my cup of tea, but I guess it's surely a rather interesting package)
Best Eclipse Release
Dusan Makavejev. Free Radical
Best (Re)Discovery
Nava: El Norte
(I have seen lots of movies dealing with migration but I hadn't even heard of this one. Well, I am living in Europe ... El Norte might be no masterpiece - so what? - and I pity those poor rats which were thrown at the actors down in the sewer but I am actually very happy that Criterion has released it)
Forum Member of the Year
I am rather new on this forum, but I've already written who 'made' me join it ... (Please don't look that up, Domino, I don't like to vote here ...)
Richard Cranium Award
I don't want to revisit that dreadful Polanski thread ... Btw, I don't want to start no argument, but I think, Joshua Goldberg pulled himself together on facebook ...
Best Non-Criterion Release
1) Douglas: Comrades (BFI)
It's a great film, but also an unevitable choice after the election victory of the neoliberal camp in Germany this year ...
2) Portrait of a Miner/Miners' Campaign Tapes (BFI)
Awesome collections ...
3) Kim: Hanyeo aka The Housemaid (Kofa/Blue Kino)
Yeehaw, this movie is a monstrosity. I assume it's, well, as hypnotic as reactionary ... And, although I usually hate digipacks, I love the design of this one ...
4) Forbidden Hollywood 3 (Warner)
This is a box which works quite similar to Criterion's magnificent Robeson box: There's no masterpiece to be found here but it's a collection of movies which have been produced during the great depression and which complement one another in the most beautiful way. Great box though I consider WB to be the worst company of the year. Expropriate them!
5) General Post Office Film Unit (BFI)
Zedz is quite right, I dont have anything to add ... though I'd prefer volume 2.
6) Yoo Hyeon-Mok Collection (Kofa/Dukson?)
I am still waiting for the box to arrive, but it would rank much higher, if I had already gotten it, provided Kofa hasn't screwed it up ...
Label of the year
In contrast to some others, I am very happy with Criterion's output, but: BFI all the way!
Hopes for 2010
Wakamatsu Eclipse set ... and 'United Re Army' in the main line
And, as I have nothing to lose, world revolution ...
- bjeggert82
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Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Release of the Year
1. The Human Condition
2. Homicide (was waiting for this one a long time...)
3. Magnificent Obsession
4. Dodes'ka-den
5. Repulsion
Best Eclipse Release
Alexander Korda's Private Lives
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Single Supplement
Bergman Island (on The Seventh Seal disc)
Best Cover
Magnificent Obsession
Best (Re)Discovery
That Hamilton Woman
Most Disappointing Release
Gomorrah - That they even released this was a disappointment
Forum Member of the Year
Domino Harvey
Non-Criterion Release
1. Star Trek (for Paramount making all of the movies and the original series available this year... and on Blu-ray to boot)
2. North by Northwest
3. M. Butterfly
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Wagon Master
1. The Human Condition
2. Homicide (was waiting for this one a long time...)
3. Magnificent Obsession
4. Dodes'ka-den
5. Repulsion
Best Eclipse Release
Alexander Korda's Private Lives
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Single Supplement
Bergman Island (on The Seventh Seal disc)
Best Cover
Magnificent Obsession
Best (Re)Discovery
That Hamilton Woman
Most Disappointing Release
Gomorrah - That they even released this was a disappointment
Forum Member of the Year
Domino Harvey
Non-Criterion Release
1. Star Trek (for Paramount making all of the movies and the original series available this year... and on Blu-ray to boot)
2. North by Northwest
3. M. Butterfly
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Wagon Master
- criterionsnob
- Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 1:23 am
- Location: Canada
Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Release of the Year
1. Last Year at Marienbad [Blu-ray]
2. A Christmas Tale [Blu-ray]
3. Rossellini's History Films: Renaissance and Enlightenment - Eclipse Series 14
4. My Dinner with André
5. The Seventh Seal [Blu-ray]
Best Eclipse Release
Rossellini's History Films: Renaissance and Enlightenment - Eclipse Series 14
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Commentary
Alain Resnais Audio Interview (Last Year at Marienbad)
Best Single Supplement
Interviews with André Gregory and Wallace Shawn by Noah Baumbach (My Dinner with André)
Best Cover
Wings of Desire
Best Package Design
Last Year at Marienbad
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
A Christmas Tale [Blu-ray]
Most Disappointing Release
All releases that didn’t have simultaneous Blu-rays.
Forum Member of the Year
Mods
Richard Cranium Award
swimminghorses
Best Non-Criterion Release
1. Blood (O Sangue) [Second Run]
2. Tokyo Sonata [MOC Blu-ray]
3. Careful [Zeitgeist]
4. The Man from London [AE]
5. Ashes of Time Redux [AE Blu-ray]
1. Last Year at Marienbad [Blu-ray]
2. A Christmas Tale [Blu-ray]
3. Rossellini's History Films: Renaissance and Enlightenment - Eclipse Series 14
4. My Dinner with André
5. The Seventh Seal [Blu-ray]
Best Eclipse Release
Rossellini's History Films: Renaissance and Enlightenment - Eclipse Series 14
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Commentary
Alain Resnais Audio Interview (Last Year at Marienbad)
Best Single Supplement
Interviews with André Gregory and Wallace Shawn by Noah Baumbach (My Dinner with André)
Best Cover
Wings of Desire
Best Package Design
Last Year at Marienbad
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
A Christmas Tale [Blu-ray]
Most Disappointing Release
All releases that didn’t have simultaneous Blu-rays.
Forum Member of the Year
Mods
Richard Cranium Award
swimminghorses
Best Non-Criterion Release
1. Blood (O Sangue) [Second Run]
2. Tokyo Sonata [MOC Blu-ray]
3. Careful [Zeitgeist]
4. The Man from London [AE]
5. Ashes of Time Redux [AE Blu-ray]
- movielocke
- Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:44 am
Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Release of the Year (5 choices) (Eclipse titles eligible)
Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu
Golden Age of Television
In the Realm of the Senses
AK 100
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Eclipse Release
Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Commentary (inlcudes selected scene commentaries and visual essays)
In the Realm of the Senses
Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
Curious Case of Benjamin Button Post Production
Best Cover
In the Realm of the Senses
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
Golden Age of Television
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
Monterey Pop bluray
Most Disappointing Release (for releases that Criterion dropped the ball on: bad transfer, poor supplements, etc.)
Z not on Bluray
Bluray Upgrade of Catalog Title:
400 Blows
Best Non-Criterion Release (5 Choices)
Disney Treasures Zorro Season 1
Disney Treasures Zorro Season 2
Wizard of Oz Bluray
North By Northwest Bluray
Gone with the Wind Bluray
I bought all the eclipse and most of the blus this year, none of the mainline in SD
Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu
Golden Age of Television
In the Realm of the Senses
AK 100
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Eclipse Release
Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Commentary (inlcudes selected scene commentaries and visual essays)
In the Realm of the Senses
Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
Curious Case of Benjamin Button Post Production
Best Cover
In the Realm of the Senses
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
Golden Age of Television
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
Monterey Pop bluray
Most Disappointing Release (for releases that Criterion dropped the ball on: bad transfer, poor supplements, etc.)
Z not on Bluray
Bluray Upgrade of Catalog Title:
400 Blows
Best Non-Criterion Release (5 Choices)
Disney Treasures Zorro Season 1
Disney Treasures Zorro Season 2
Wizard of Oz Bluray
North By Northwest Bluray
Gone with the Wind Bluray
I bought all the eclipse and most of the blus this year, none of the mainline in SD
- oldsheperd
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Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
If I don't get more votes for my classic non-sequitirs to posts I'll hold up the vote. Just call me Joe Lieberman. Joe-mentum!
- Amazing Goose
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Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Release of the Year (5 choices) (Eclipse titles eligible)
1. my dinner with andre
2. last year at marienbad
3. wings of desire
4. jeanne dielman
5. science is fiction
(sorry, kobayashi)
strange, i thought the forum votes would overwhelmingly go either "the human condition" or "the golden age of television." instead, it's been an interesting variety so far.
Best Eclipse Release
"travels with hiroshi shimizu", with nod to "rossellini's history films" for being quite good and so different.
Best Reissue
"the seventh seal" on blu, but honorable mention to "for all mankind."
Best Commentary (inlcudes selected scene commentaries and visual essays)
haven't gotten to them yet.
Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
yo la tengo's "sounds of science."
second place to the kindly-included "bergman island" on the "seventh seal" re-issue.
Best Cover
wings of desire
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
"last year at marienbad", also garnering the we-hated-it-then-we-loved-it "mishima award".
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
my dinner with andre
there were a lot for me this year. i loved "marienbad", loved "jeanne dielman", enjoyed "the human condition", dug painleve and rossellini's eclipse set. but i had never seen "my dinner with andre" until all the forum buzz got me to rent the cruddy new yorker edition and i loved it.
Most Disappointing Release (for releases that Criterion dropped the ball on: bad transfer, poor supplements, etc.)
the choice to not use the superior leaked cover art for "my dinner with andre."
and for the loss of the painleve digipack. (both of which would have had my vote in their categories)
runner up: "bergman island", for the same reasons as everyone else.
also sad to see "le jour se leve" in the EA line, making me happy that i had picked up the EA 50 box set.
Forum Member of the Year
matt and the mods for keeping this place together like kermit backstage at the muppet show.
honorable mention to swo17 for general awesomeness and to zedz for his comments about the forum newbies on his ballot (not that i'm counting myself among them).
Richard Cranium Award
taking matt's suggestion of "you": everyone who complained of this being the worst year ever.
Best Non-Criterion Release (5 Choices)
1. mtv's the state: the complete series
2. "the general" on blu-ray from kino
3. "casablanca" released on blu-ray without that extraneous box set.
4. more pixar films coming out on blu.
5. "sunrise" on blu-ray from MOC, at the bottom only because i'm not region-free.
wow, this really was a solid year.
1. my dinner with andre
2. last year at marienbad
3. wings of desire
4. jeanne dielman
5. science is fiction
(sorry, kobayashi)
strange, i thought the forum votes would overwhelmingly go either "the human condition" or "the golden age of television." instead, it's been an interesting variety so far.
Best Eclipse Release
"travels with hiroshi shimizu", with nod to "rossellini's history films" for being quite good and so different.
Best Reissue
"the seventh seal" on blu, but honorable mention to "for all mankind."
Best Commentary (inlcudes selected scene commentaries and visual essays)
haven't gotten to them yet.
Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
yo la tengo's "sounds of science."
second place to the kindly-included "bergman island" on the "seventh seal" re-issue.
Best Cover
wings of desire
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
"last year at marienbad", also garnering the we-hated-it-then-we-loved-it "mishima award".
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
my dinner with andre
there were a lot for me this year. i loved "marienbad", loved "jeanne dielman", enjoyed "the human condition", dug painleve and rossellini's eclipse set. but i had never seen "my dinner with andre" until all the forum buzz got me to rent the cruddy new yorker edition and i loved it.
Most Disappointing Release (for releases that Criterion dropped the ball on: bad transfer, poor supplements, etc.)
the choice to not use the superior leaked cover art for "my dinner with andre."
and for the loss of the painleve digipack. (both of which would have had my vote in their categories)
runner up: "bergman island", for the same reasons as everyone else.
also sad to see "le jour se leve" in the EA line, making me happy that i had picked up the EA 50 box set.
Forum Member of the Year
matt and the mods for keeping this place together like kermit backstage at the muppet show.
honorable mention to swo17 for general awesomeness and to zedz for his comments about the forum newbies on his ballot (not that i'm counting myself among them).
Richard Cranium Award
taking matt's suggestion of "you": everyone who complained of this being the worst year ever.
Best Non-Criterion Release (5 Choices)
1. mtv's the state: the complete series
2. "the general" on blu-ray from kino
3. "casablanca" released on blu-ray without that extraneous box set.
4. more pixar films coming out on blu.
5. "sunrise" on blu-ray from MOC, at the bottom only because i'm not region-free.
wow, this really was a solid year.
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- perkizitore
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Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
But, Sunrise IS region-free.Amazing Goose wrote:
Best Non-Criterion Release (5 Choices)
1. mtv's the state: the complete series
2. "the general" on blu-ray from kino
3. "casablanca" released on blu-ray without that extraneous box set.
4. more pixar films coming out on blu.
5. "sunrise" on blu-ray from MOC, at the bottom only because i'm not region-free.
wow, this really was a solid year.
- Lemmy Caution
- Joined: Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:26 am
- Location: East of Shanghai
Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Release of the Year
1. Pigs, Pimps and Prostitutes
2. Science is Fiction
3. the Golden Age of Television
4. The Human Condition
5. Dusan Makavejev, Free Radical (though I haven’t watched this yet)
Travels with Hiroshi Shmizu -- left off only because I also could have picked up the Japanese edition.
And I love Gen. Della Rovere, but already owned the Italian version.
3 of my Top 6 releases were from the Eclipse line.
I thought CC put out an interesting selection of films in '09, many of them were worth seeing, but nothing great (The Hit, El Norte, Eddie Coyle, Wise Blood, etc)
Best Eclipse Release
Nikkatsu Noir (because I have watched this)
Best Commentary
No Comment
Best Cover
Science is Fiction
Best Discovery
Hobson's Choice
(could have been Generale Della Rovere, but I already had the Minerva Italian dvd)
Most Disappointing Release
Downhill Racer
As for other 2009 releases ...
I know what I bought in the last year, but not when they were actually released.
Second Run, MoC and BFI continue to do good things
Member of the Year
Colin(###)
Richard Cranium
Everyone who got banned in 2009
Though SwimmingHorses managed the feat twice, so I guess he wins.
1. Pigs, Pimps and Prostitutes
2. Science is Fiction
3. the Golden Age of Television
4. The Human Condition
5. Dusan Makavejev, Free Radical (though I haven’t watched this yet)
Travels with Hiroshi Shmizu -- left off only because I also could have picked up the Japanese edition.
And I love Gen. Della Rovere, but already owned the Italian version.
3 of my Top 6 releases were from the Eclipse line.
I thought CC put out an interesting selection of films in '09, many of them were worth seeing, but nothing great (The Hit, El Norte, Eddie Coyle, Wise Blood, etc)
Best Eclipse Release
Nikkatsu Noir (because I have watched this)
Best Commentary
No Comment
Best Cover
Science is Fiction
Best Discovery
Hobson's Choice
(could have been Generale Della Rovere, but I already had the Minerva Italian dvd)
Most Disappointing Release
Downhill Racer
As for other 2009 releases ...
I know what I bought in the last year, but not when they were actually released.
Second Run, MoC and BFI continue to do good things
Member of the Year
Colin(###)
Richard Cranium
Everyone who got banned in 2009
Though SwimmingHorses managed the feat twice, so I guess he wins.
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- willoneill
- Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:10 am
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Release of the Year (5 choices) (Eclipse titles eligible)
Last Year At Marienbad blu-ray
Magnificent Obsession
Dusan Makavejev eclipse set
Seventh Seal reissue on blu-ray
Friends of Eddie Coyle
Best Eclipse Release
Dusan Makavejev
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Commentary (inlcudes selected scene commentaries and visual essays)
Homicide
Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
the earlier version of Magnificent Obsession
Best Cover
Repulsion
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
Golden Age of Television
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
Friends of Eddie Coyle
Most Disappointing Release (for releases that Criterion dropped the ball on: bad transfer, poor supplements, etc.)
Z not on Bluray
Bluray Upgrade of Catalog Title:
Seventh Seal
Last Year At Marienbad blu-ray
Magnificent Obsession
Dusan Makavejev eclipse set
Seventh Seal reissue on blu-ray
Friends of Eddie Coyle
Best Eclipse Release
Dusan Makavejev
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Commentary (inlcudes selected scene commentaries and visual essays)
Homicide
Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
the earlier version of Magnificent Obsession
Best Cover
Repulsion
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
Golden Age of Television
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
Friends of Eddie Coyle
Most Disappointing Release (for releases that Criterion dropped the ball on: bad transfer, poor supplements, etc.)
Z not on Bluray
Bluray Upgrade of Catalog Title:
Seventh Seal
- eljacko
- Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:57 am
- Location: Tokyo
Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Release of the Year (5 choices) (Eclipse titles eligible)
Exterminating Angel
Last Year at Marienbad
Nikkatsu Noir
Pigs Pimps Prostitutes
Repulsion
Best Eclipse Release
Nikkatsu Noir
Best Reissue
Seventh Seal
Best Cover
Human Condition
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
Golden Age of Television
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
the Science is Fiction release
Most Disappointing Release (for releases that Criterion dropped the ball on: bad transfer, poor supplements, etc.)
changing the cover of My Dinner with Andre
Forum Member of the Year
domino harvey
Exterminating Angel
Last Year at Marienbad
Nikkatsu Noir
Pigs Pimps Prostitutes
Repulsion
Best Eclipse Release
Nikkatsu Noir
Best Reissue
Seventh Seal
Best Cover
Human Condition
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
Golden Age of Television
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
the Science is Fiction release
Most Disappointing Release (for releases that Criterion dropped the ball on: bad transfer, poor supplements, etc.)
changing the cover of My Dinner with Andre
Forum Member of the Year
domino harvey
- Amazing Goose
- Joined: Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:31 pm
- Location: tamu
Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
that's a mistake i'm happy to have made. thanks for the tip!perkizitore wrote:But, Sunrise IS region-free.Amazing Goose wrote:
Best Non-Criterion Release (5 Choices)
1. mtv's the state: the complete series
2. "the general" on blu-ray from kino
3. "casablanca" released on blu-ray without that extraneous box set.
4. more pixar films coming out on blu.
5. "sunrise" on blu-ray from MOC, at the bottom only because i'm not region-free.
wow, this really was a solid year.
- The Elegant Dandy Fop
- Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 3:25 am
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Release of the Year
1. Nikkatsu Noir
2. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
3. Homicide
4. Simon of the Desert
5. The Golden Age of Television
Best Eclipse Release
Nikkatsu Noir
Best Reissue
For All Mankind
Best Commentary
I was going to say 2 or 3 Things I Know About her, but I know that it's licensed from elsewhere. I will instead have to say The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. David Fincher can talk a movie.
Best Single Supplement
The BBC documentary on Charles Laughton included on Hobson's Choice
Best Cover
Wise Blood
Best (Re)Discovery
Hiroshi Shimizu
Best Blu-Ray Upgrade
Pierrot Le Fou
Most Disappointing Release
A Christmas Tale. At least when I saw Monsoon Wedding I had a feeling it wasn't going to be good, but it's worse when you go in with high expectations and are left severely disappointed.
Favorite Non-Criterion Release
1. Tora-San set from Animeigo
2. Husbands from Sony (Fucking finally)
3. Dr. Mabuse set from MoC
4. Magick Lantern Cycle from the BFI (It was hard to pick this or some of the great titles being released via their Flipside label; all with Blu-Ray editions no less!)
5. The Exiles from Milestone
Hopes for 2010
All I want at this point is an Eclipse set of Oshima's sixties work already. I've seen so many on beat up VHS's, or one time playings at the American Cinematheque, or through bootlegs with fan subtitles. I want the real deal now.
1. Nikkatsu Noir
2. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
3. Homicide
4. Simon of the Desert
5. The Golden Age of Television
Best Eclipse Release
Nikkatsu Noir
Best Reissue
For All Mankind
Best Commentary
I was going to say 2 or 3 Things I Know About her, but I know that it's licensed from elsewhere. I will instead have to say The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. David Fincher can talk a movie.
Best Single Supplement
The BBC documentary on Charles Laughton included on Hobson's Choice
Best Cover
Wise Blood
Best (Re)Discovery
Hiroshi Shimizu
Best Blu-Ray Upgrade
Pierrot Le Fou
Most Disappointing Release
A Christmas Tale. At least when I saw Monsoon Wedding I had a feeling it wasn't going to be good, but it's worse when you go in with high expectations and are left severely disappointed.
Favorite Non-Criterion Release
1. Tora-San set from Animeigo
2. Husbands from Sony (Fucking finally)
3. Dr. Mabuse set from MoC
4. Magick Lantern Cycle from the BFI (It was hard to pick this or some of the great titles being released via their Flipside label; all with Blu-Ray editions no less!)
5. The Exiles from Milestone
Hopes for 2010
All I want at this point is an Eclipse set of Oshima's sixties work already. I've seen so many on beat up VHS's, or one time playings at the American Cinematheque, or through bootlegs with fan subtitles. I want the real deal now.
- Peacock
- Joined: Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:47 pm
- Location: Scotland
Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
It'll take several sets to release all they have!The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Hopes for 2010
All I want at this point is an Eclipse set of Oshima's sixties work already. I've seen so many on beat up VHS's, or one time playings at the American Cinematheque, or through bootlegs with fan subtitles. I want the real deal now.
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Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Several Oshima films I've been trying to see for 30 years.
- Saarijas
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- Location: CT
- Contact:
Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Best Titles
The Last Metro
Z
2 or 3 Things I know about her
Last Year at Marienband
Wise Blood
Best Contemporary Films to Enter the Collection
Homocide
Best Overall Criterion Treatment (irrespective of the film's quality or lack thereof)
Science is Fiction
Best Eclipse Release
17 Nikkatsu Noir
Best Blu Upgrade
Pierrot Le Fou
Best Single Supplement
David Mamet comentary, Homocide
Best Film by Akira Kurosawa (in honor of his centenary)
Ran
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
Wise Blood
The Last Metro
Z
2 or 3 Things I know about her
Last Year at Marienband
Wise Blood
Best Contemporary Films to Enter the Collection
Homocide
Best Overall Criterion Treatment (irrespective of the film's quality or lack thereof)
Science is Fiction
Best Eclipse Release
17 Nikkatsu Noir
Best Blu Upgrade
Pierrot Le Fou
Best Single Supplement
David Mamet comentary, Homocide
Best Film by Akira Kurosawa (in honor of his centenary)
Ran
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
Wise Blood
- geoffcowgill
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Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Don't be too sad, folks. This is still available:Murdoch wrote:That cover would have been my second all-time favorite CC cover - after Chungking's - I really hate that they abandoned it. But I try (very hard) not to think about it.swo17 wrote:Something I just remembered--my simultaneous vote for Best Theoretical Criterion Cover and Most Befuddling Abandonment of Superior Artwork goes to My Dinner with Andre and this lovely little napkin drawing:
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Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Release of the Year
1. Last Year at Marienbad
2. The Exterminating Angel
3. Z
4. Repulsion
5. Wings of Desire
Best Eclipse Release:
Travels with Hiroshi Shmizu
Best Reissue:
The Seventh Seal
Best Supplement:
Magnificent Obsession (1935)
Best Cover:
Wings of Desire
Best Package Design:
Last Year at Marienbad
Most Disappointing Release:
Monsoon Wedding
Forum Member
zedz
1. Last Year at Marienbad
2. The Exterminating Angel
3. Z
4. Repulsion
5. Wings of Desire
Best Eclipse Release:
Travels with Hiroshi Shmizu
Best Reissue:
The Seventh Seal
Best Supplement:
Magnificent Obsession (1935)
Best Cover:
Wings of Desire
Best Package Design:
Last Year at Marienbad
Most Disappointing Release:
Monsoon Wedding
Forum Member
zedz
- HistoryProf
- Joined: Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:48 am
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Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Release of the Year (Eclipse titles eligible)
El Norte blu - I am utterly shocked no one else has posted this...a revelation and truly important film.
Rossellini's History Films (Eclipse)
Repulsion blu
Empire of Passion
Friends of Eddie Coyle
Best Eclipse Release
Rosselini's History Films
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Commentary (inlcudes selected scene commentaries and visual essays)
Haven't listened to any!
Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
The Rolling Stone piece on Bob Mitchum in Friends of Eddie Coyle booklet...pure awesome!
Best Cover
Empire of Passion
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
Golden Age of Television
Best (Re)Discovery
Friends of Eddie Coyle
Most Disappointing Release
Z not on Bluray - i'm still pissed about this, it is the ONLY reason I didn't put it in the top 5
Bluray Upgrade of Catalog Title
Seventh Seal[/quote]
ETA: I forgot
Best Non-Criterion releases
1. Films of Michael Powell - Age of Consent/Matter of Life & Death
2. Let the Right One In (blu)
3. North By Northwest (blu)
4. Inglourious Basterds (blu)
5. John Adams (blu)
El Norte blu - I am utterly shocked no one else has posted this...a revelation and truly important film.
Rossellini's History Films (Eclipse)
Repulsion blu
Empire of Passion
Friends of Eddie Coyle
Best Eclipse Release
Rosselini's History Films
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Commentary (inlcudes selected scene commentaries and visual essays)
Haven't listened to any!
Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
The Rolling Stone piece on Bob Mitchum in Friends of Eddie Coyle booklet...pure awesome!
Best Cover
Empire of Passion
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
Golden Age of Television
Best (Re)Discovery
Friends of Eddie Coyle
Most Disappointing Release
Z not on Bluray - i'm still pissed about this, it is the ONLY reason I didn't put it in the top 5
Bluray Upgrade of Catalog Title
Seventh Seal[/quote]
ETA: I forgot
Best Non-Criterion releases
1. Films of Michael Powell - Age of Consent/Matter of Life & Death
2. Let the Right One In (blu)
3. North By Northwest (blu)
4. Inglourious Basterds (blu)
5. John Adams (blu)
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- lacritfan
- Life is one big kevyip
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Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Release of the Year
- Wings of Desire
The Human Condition
Dodes'ka-den
My Dinner with Andrè
Last Year At Marienbad
- Nikkatsu Noir
- The Seventh Seal
- Tony Rayns - In the Realm of the Senses
- It Is Wonderful to Create - Dodes'ka-den
- Dodes'ka-den
- Last Year at Marienbad
- Last Year At Marienbad
- Le Jour Se Lève relegated to Essential Arthouse
- Domino Harvey
- You
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Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Since Wu.Qinghua's question about the voting deadline went unanswered may I assume that ianungstad's suggestion ("till the end of January") was tacitly accepted? [posts on page 3]
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
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Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Since I'm the one counting, I say okay on the end of January
- skuhn8
- Joined: Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:46 pm
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Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
<rant>
Well, I'm going to take this opportunity to sound off. I have no complaints about the lineup of films put forth by the CC but certainly do about the manner. I purchased a total of four (4!) '09 CC's (including the reissue of For All Mankind and that begrudgingly). By far the least since I started purchasing them in 2001. And this because of their lousy Region A locked policy of Blu-ray. I've heard people bitching about MOC and BFI but the fact of the matter is that those labels only region lock when they absolutely have to due to rights. Given a choice between releasing locked or not releasing at all I agree with going locked. But truth be told this is no longer 'my label'. I've reserved my precious shekels for MOC's and BFI's and will continue to do so as they seem to care more about getting great films into the hands of the most people in the best possible quality. I know it's a business, but this policy strikes me as simplistic and customer-hating, and perpetuates a stupid practice besides. I understand that most of these releases would probably be Region A-locked even if they did struggle with the licensers, but it's the dismissive attitude behind it that pisses me off. Over 200 CCs in my collection...and they done me wrong. Sorry, I know this probably isn't the place but I've kept it in all year.
</rant>
Release of the Year (5 choices)
1. My Dinner with Andre
2. Hobson's Choice
3. xxx
4. xxx
5. The Last Days of Disco
Best Reissue
For All Mankind (though I probably would've gone for Seventh Seal if I had bought it)
Best Commentary
None. The one on Hobson's Choice turned me off half way through
Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
Baumbach interviews on My Dinner with Andre
Best Cover
they all seemed fine.
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
Didn't get the super deluxe packaged releases this year
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
My Dinner with Andre--first/last saw this when I was 19 and it didn't do anything for me. This time Andre's last lines nearly brought tears to my eyes. Really took the wind out of me. Hobson's Choice is a close second--never heard of it before CC released and I thought it was fabulous.
Most Disappointing Release (for releases that Criterion dropped the ball on: bad transfer, poor supplements, etc.)
Any blu release that may have been unnecessarily A-locked (look, I've kept my mouth shut on the topic all this past year). To be honest I'm surprised that Magnificent Obsession didn't steal this category considering the many pages of rant and argument over aspect ratio.
Forum Member of the Year
Peerpee/MichaelB--for being really great sources for information on MOC and BFI respectively. Honorable mention goes to the MODS for making this such a great place to hang out.
Richard Cranium Award
Noone on the forum--but an honorable mention to the xxxx who made the call to region lock all the blu's at the CC. I know: I should shut up about this
Best Non-Criterion Release (5 Choices)--by far the most exciting category of '09
1. Daisies (Second Run)--absolutely wonderful release. My daughters get a kick out of it too.
2. La Gueule ouverte (MOC)--may very well be the greatest collection of extra features
3. GPO Collections Box(es) (BFI)--absolutely essential
4. Sony Film Noir Collection
5. Woodstock Blu--I bought the UK edition without the crap. I get a lot of mileage out of this set
Honorable mention to BFI's flipside sublabel for having the balls to put out some wonderful films on blu--Winstanley and Bed Sitting Room are a couple favorites
Well, I'm going to take this opportunity to sound off. I have no complaints about the lineup of films put forth by the CC but certainly do about the manner. I purchased a total of four (4!) '09 CC's (including the reissue of For All Mankind and that begrudgingly). By far the least since I started purchasing them in 2001. And this because of their lousy Region A locked policy of Blu-ray. I've heard people bitching about MOC and BFI but the fact of the matter is that those labels only region lock when they absolutely have to due to rights. Given a choice between releasing locked or not releasing at all I agree with going locked. But truth be told this is no longer 'my label'. I've reserved my precious shekels for MOC's and BFI's and will continue to do so as they seem to care more about getting great films into the hands of the most people in the best possible quality. I know it's a business, but this policy strikes me as simplistic and customer-hating, and perpetuates a stupid practice besides. I understand that most of these releases would probably be Region A-locked even if they did struggle with the licensers, but it's the dismissive attitude behind it that pisses me off. Over 200 CCs in my collection...and they done me wrong. Sorry, I know this probably isn't the place but I've kept it in all year.
</rant>
Release of the Year (5 choices)
1. My Dinner with Andre
2. Hobson's Choice
3. xxx
4. xxx
5. The Last Days of Disco
Best Reissue
For All Mankind (though I probably would've gone for Seventh Seal if I had bought it)
Best Commentary
None. The one on Hobson's Choice turned me off half way through
Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
Baumbach interviews on My Dinner with Andre
Best Cover
they all seemed fine.
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
Didn't get the super deluxe packaged releases this year
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
My Dinner with Andre--first/last saw this when I was 19 and it didn't do anything for me. This time Andre's last lines nearly brought tears to my eyes. Really took the wind out of me. Hobson's Choice is a close second--never heard of it before CC released and I thought it was fabulous.
Most Disappointing Release (for releases that Criterion dropped the ball on: bad transfer, poor supplements, etc.)
Any blu release that may have been unnecessarily A-locked (look, I've kept my mouth shut on the topic all this past year). To be honest I'm surprised that Magnificent Obsession didn't steal this category considering the many pages of rant and argument over aspect ratio.
Forum Member of the Year
Peerpee/MichaelB--for being really great sources for information on MOC and BFI respectively. Honorable mention goes to the MODS for making this such a great place to hang out.
Richard Cranium Award
Noone on the forum--but an honorable mention to the xxxx who made the call to region lock all the blu's at the CC. I know: I should shut up about this
Best Non-Criterion Release (5 Choices)--by far the most exciting category of '09
1. Daisies (Second Run)--absolutely wonderful release. My daughters get a kick out of it too.
2. La Gueule ouverte (MOC)--may very well be the greatest collection of extra features
3. GPO Collections Box(es) (BFI)--absolutely essential
4. Sony Film Noir Collection
5. Woodstock Blu--I bought the UK edition without the crap. I get a lot of mileage out of this set
Honorable mention to BFI's flipside sublabel for having the balls to put out some wonderful films on blu--Winstanley and Bed Sitting Room are a couple favorites
- Harmonov
- Joined: Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:26 am
- Location: Bloomington, IN
Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Releases of the Year
1. The Friends of Eddie Coyle
2. The Last Days of Disco
3. Jeanne Dielman
4. Repulsion
5. The Hit
Best Eclipse Release
Nikkatsu Noir
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Single Supplement
“My Dinner with Louis”
Best Commentary
The Hit w/ Frears, Hurt, Roth, et al
Best Cover
Wings of Desire
Best (Re)Discovery
The Friends of Eddie Coyle & The Hit
Most Disappointing Release
Howard's End
Forum Member of the Year
jaredsap
Non-Criterion Release
1. Husbands (Cassavetes)
1. The Friends of Eddie Coyle
2. The Last Days of Disco
3. Jeanne Dielman
4. Repulsion
5. The Hit
Best Eclipse Release
Nikkatsu Noir
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Single Supplement
“My Dinner with Louis”
Best Commentary
The Hit w/ Frears, Hurt, Roth, et al
Best Cover
Wings of Desire
Best (Re)Discovery
The Friends of Eddie Coyle & The Hit
Most Disappointing Release
Howard's End
Forum Member of the Year
jaredsap
Non-Criterion Release
1. Husbands (Cassavetes)
- aox
- Joined: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:02 pm
- Location: nYc
Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Best Classic Films/Sets of Films to Enter the Collection
1. The Human Condition
2. My Dinner with Andre
3. Simon of the Desert
4. Last Year at Marienbad
5. Jeanne Dielman
Best Contemporary Films to Enter the Collection
Gomorrah
El Norte
Best Overall Criterion Treatment (irrespective of the film's quality or lack thereof)
The Human Condition
Best Eclipse Release
Travels with Shmizu
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Blu Upgrade
Pierrot le fou
Best Cover
Pigs Pimps and Prostitutes
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
The Golden Age of Television
Best Film by Akira Kurosawa (in honor of his centenary)
The Bad Sleep Well
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
Jeanne Dielman
Most Disappointing Release (for releases that Criterion dropped the ball on: bad transfer, poor supplements, etc.)
Bergman Island
Richard Cranium Award
Whoever was behind Criterion losing the rights to The Third Man
EDIT: So called film-enthusiasts who pretend to love this visual medium but insist on not seeing a film in the best reasonable presentation; specifically, Blu-Ray.
1. The Human Condition
2. My Dinner with Andre
3. Simon of the Desert
4. Last Year at Marienbad
5. Jeanne Dielman
Best Contemporary Films to Enter the Collection
Gomorrah
El Norte
Best Overall Criterion Treatment (irrespective of the film's quality or lack thereof)
The Human Condition
Best Eclipse Release
Travels with Shmizu
Best Reissue
The Seventh Seal
Best Blu Upgrade
Pierrot le fou
Best Cover
Pigs Pimps and Prostitutes
Best Package Design (including DVD menus)
The Golden Age of Television
Best Film by Akira Kurosawa (in honor of his centenary)
The Bad Sleep Well
Best (Re)Discovery (for a film you knew little or nothing about before the Criterion release)
Jeanne Dielman
Most Disappointing Release (for releases that Criterion dropped the ball on: bad transfer, poor supplements, etc.)
Bergman Island
Richard Cranium Award
Whoever was behind Criterion losing the rights to The Third Man
EDIT: So called film-enthusiasts who pretend to love this visual medium but insist on not seeing a film in the best reasonable presentation; specifically, Blu-Ray.
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- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
- Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:25 am
- Location: SLC, UT
Re: 2009 Wrapup | Criterion Forum Awards
Hasn't this person made you rich though? Or has your $1000 copy still not sold?aox wrote:Richard Cranium Award
Whoever was behind Criterion losing the rights to The Third Man