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On Blu-ray later this year according to my favorite home video website, The Digital Bits. I love Blu-ray. Click for high-res photo

On Blu-ray later this year according to my favorite home video website, The Digital Bits. I love Blu-ray.

October 19. This one includes Hearts of Darkness, the documentary about the making of this masterpiece.

October 19. This one includes Hearts of Darkness, the documentary about the making of this masterpiece.

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I collect all the interesting details I find in life, jokes, funny things I see on TV, on the street, and I put them all in a database. That’s my toolbox. So when I make a new film, I first come up with the idea, and then I start digging in the toolbox to see what I can fill the film with. This is all recycled gear which we give new life…

                

Jean-Pierre Jeunet in an interview with PLANET°.

adamngoodshot: stayforthecredits: oldfilmsflicker: Amélie: Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC Children of Men: Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC Saving Private Ryan: Janusz Kaminski  There Will Be Blood: Robert Elswit, ASC No Country for Old Men: Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC Fight Club: Jeff Cronenweth, ASC The Dark Knight: Wally Pfister, ASC  Road to Perdition: Conrad L. Hall, ASC Cidade de Deus (City of God): César Charlone, ABC American Beauty: Conrad L. Hall, ASC Click link to see the whole top 50: The American Society of Cinematographers names Amélie Best-Shot Film From 1998-2008 « the diary of a film awards fanatic The New World at 32? At least Lubezki comes in at #2 with Children of Men. The man is gifted. I love Amélie, but it looks over-processed and filtered in comparison with the rest of the top ten contenders. Click for high-res photo

adamngoodshot:

stayforthecredits:

oldfilmsflicker:

  1. Amélie: Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC
  2. Children of Men: Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC
  3. Saving Private Ryan: Janusz Kaminski 
  4. There Will Be Blood: Robert Elswit, ASC
  5. No Country for Old Men: Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC
  6. Fight Club: Jeff Cronenweth, ASC
  7. The Dark Knight: Wally Pfister, ASC 
  8. Road to Perdition: Conrad L. Hall, ASC
  9. Cidade de Deus (City of God): César Charlone, ABC
  10. American Beauty: Conrad L. Hall, ASC

Click link to see the whole top 50: The American Society of Cinematographers names Amélie Best-Shot Film From 1998-2008 « the diary of a film awards fanatic

The New World at 32? At least Lubezki comes in at #2 with Children of Men. The man is gifted. I love Amélie, but it looks over-processed and filtered in comparison with the rest of the top ten contenders.

(this post was reblogged from adamngoodshot)
Criterion. September 28.

Criterion. September 28.

Amazon now has a Criterion edition of The Thin Red Line available for pre-order on Blu-ray. No release date yet, nor official word from Criterion, but it’s been rumored for ages and a pre-order page on Amazon can only mean good things.

Amazon now has a Criterion edition of The Thin Red Line available for pre-order on Blu-ray. No release date yet, nor official word from Criterion, but it’s been rumored for ages and a pre-order page on Amazon can only mean good things.

This autumn, PS3 users will have access to a treasure trove of celluloid curated by experts - so that even non-experts can enjoy what might otherwise take a lifetime to discover. MUBI will offer more than 300 films at launch from directors from Audiard to Zeferelli; and they’re all going to be available to stream directly to your PS3. You’ll get to discover movies you never dreamed about, watch your choice of films whenever you like, and talk about the ones you love with your friends. Thanks to Christina Warren, a fellow film-lover and Internet blogger extraordinaire, for the link. Read the whole press release at the MUBI Blog. My take? It’s the same guys that gave us The Auteurs. If they polish the experience and make it special (as in, not another Netflix or Amazon Video service), it will be great. Looking forward to it.
This autumn, PS3 users will have access to a treasure trove of celluloid curated by experts - so that even non-experts can enjoy what might otherwise take a lifetime to discover. MUBI will offer more than 300 films at launch from directors from Audiard to Zeferelli; and they’re all going to be available to stream directly to your PS3. You’ll get to discover movies you never dreamed about, watch your choice of films whenever you like, and talk about the ones you love with your friends.

Thanks to Christina Warren, a fellow film-lover and Internet blogger extraordinaire, for the link. Read the whole press release at the MUBI Blog.

My take? It’s the same guys that gave us The Auteurs. If they polish the experience and make it special (as in, not another Netflix or Amazon Video service), it will be great. Looking forward to it.

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The Jim Henson Company is to partner with Australian production outfit Omnilab Media to make “Power of the Dark Crystal,” a sequel to Henson’s 1982 fantasy hit “The Dark Crystal,” the companies confirmed Wednesday.
Henson Co. to make “Dark Crystal” sequel - Yahoo! News
The cumulative result is a version of “Metropolis” whose tone and focus have been changed. “It’s no longer a science-fiction film,” said Martin Koerber, a German film archivist and historian who supervised the latest restoration and the earlier one in 2001. “The balance of the story has been given back. It’s now a film that encompasses many genres, an epic about conflicts that are ages old. The science-fiction disguise is now very, very thin.” The Full ‘Metropolis’ - NYTimes.com - Metropolis in its known form has served as the inspiration for countless films and works of art. That a near-complete version of it has been located and restored is an incredible historical discovery—and as the article makes clear, something of a miracle. I can’t wait to see this on Blu-ray. Click for high-res photo
The cumulative result is a version of “Metropolis” whose tone and focus have been changed. “It’s no longer a science-fiction film,” said Martin Koerber, a German film archivist and historian who supervised the latest restoration and the earlier one in 2001. “The balance of the story has been given back. It’s now a film that encompasses many genres, an epic about conflicts that are ages old. The science-fiction disguise is now very, very thin.”

The Full ‘Metropolis’ - NYTimes.com - Metropolis in its known form has served as the inspiration for countless films and works of art. That a near-complete version of it has been located and restored is an incredible historical discovery—and as the article makes clear, something of a miracle.

I can’t wait to see this on Blu-ray.

To the Point

Aguirre: The Wrath of God (★★★★★): Full of madness and the impossible, vain hopes of the human spirit. It is a thing to behold. {Buy just Aguirre, or buy what I have, the Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski: A Film Legacy box set. It’s got Aguirre, Woyzeck, Cobra Verde, Nosferatu, Fitzcarraldo, and My Best Fiend. It’s a great set.}

The Invasion (★★): Sorely lacking anything to distinguish it from the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers or Outbreak. Which is a way of saying, this isn’t any good.

District 9 (★★★★★): Unconventional and exciting. Not what you expect, and everything that’s good about that. {Buy the Blu-ray on Amazon}

Sherlock Holmes (★★): A testament to the unsophistication of generic Hollywood reimaginings of anything classic.

The Men Who Stare at Goats (★★): Aimless and uncertain in tone, the film entertains for a while but tries and fails to shift gears midstream.

Swiss Family Robinson (★★★★): The ultimate adventure film. Disney to a fault, but very entertaining. {Buy it on Amazon}

Big (★★★★): Everyone’s inner child, on screen. Imaginative and funny. {Buy the Blu-ray on Amazon}

Crocodile Dundee (★★★★): Not your average fish-out-of-water story. The Richard character is your average one-dimensional villian (it’s the film’s biggest weakness), but it’s got a real heart. A genuinely fun movie. {Buy it on Amazon}

Inglourious Basterds (★★★): A fun work of caricature and an intelligent study of character and situation, but these qualities do not bring the film above its means to make a greater sum than the whole.

House of Bamboo (★★★★): An interesting crime thriller set in post-war Japan. Beautiful color cinematography, serving the culture and landscape of Japan as much as it does the film. Uneven, and a bit too “studio,” but otherwise an enjoyable film. {Buy it on Amazon}

The Muppets Take Manhattan (★★★): A fun adventure for Muppet fans.

Stroszek (★★★★): Bewildering, but fun, Herzog presents an America that’s no better than anywhere else but pretends to be. {Buy it on Amazon}

maazinkamal: When making a film, Terrence Malick speaks to his collaborators in poetic images. To Martin Sheen in Badlands (1973), he said: ‘Think of the gun in your hand as a magic wand.’ To the post-production team (editors and sound mixers) on The Thin Red Line (1998), he advised: ‘It’s like moving down a river, and the picture should have the same kind of flow.’ And to Jörg Widmer, his Steadicam operator for The New World (2005), he whispered: ‘You have the quail at the wing when it’s about to fly.’ See: The Cinema Of Terrence Malick

maazinkamal:

When making a film, Terrence Malick speaks to his collaborators in poetic images. To Martin Sheen in Badlands (1973), he said: ‘Think of the gun in your hand as a magic wand.’ To the post-production team (editors and sound mixers) on The Thin Red Line (1998), he advised: ‘It’s like moving down a river, and the picture should have the same kind of flow.’ And to Jörg Widmer, his Steadicam operator for The New World (2005), he whispered: ‘You have the quail at the wing when it’s about to fly.’

See: The Cinema Of Terrence Malick

(this post was reblogged from maazinkamal)
Instead of offering a direct recreation of events permeated by a specific cinematic school of thought, The Thin Red Line provides an experience of textured cinematography, unique editing rhythms, distinctive narration, an intentionally confusing, shifting focus on its ensemble cast and depiction of events, and a thoughtfulness that separates the film from any contemporary trends or movements. Effectively, Terrence Malick has developed his own brand of expressionism. And The Thin Red Line stands as not only his most notable work to date, but as the finest film of the decade in which it was released. Words of praise from the International Cinephile Society naming Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line as the best film of the 1990s. By the by, this film should see a Criterion release at some point according to a picture provided by a fellow who works there. Click for high-res photo
Instead of offering a direct recreation of events permeated by a specific cinematic school of thought, The Thin Red Line provides an experience of textured cinematography, unique editing rhythms, distinctive narration, an intentionally confusing, shifting focus on its ensemble cast and depiction of events, and a thoughtfulness that separates the film from any contemporary trends or movements. Effectively, Terrence Malick has developed his own brand of expressionism. And The Thin Red Line stands as not only his most notable work to date, but as the finest film of the decade in which it was released.

Words of praise from the International Cinephile Society naming Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line as the best film of the 1990s.

By the by, this film should see a Criterion release at some point according to a picture provided by a fellow who works there.

Days of Heaven (1978) - The Criterion Collection - It’s out, folks. Truly, among the most beautiful works of visual art ever produced. To experience it is to love it forever. …What’s that? You’re noticing a trend? Criterion movies? Yes. Yes, you’re right. Criterion is pure awesome.

Days of Heaven (1978) - The Criterion Collection - It’s out, folks. Truly, among the most beautiful works of visual art ever produced. To experience it is to love it forever.

…What’s that? You’re noticing a trend? Criterion movies? Yes. Yes, you’re right. Criterion is pure awesome.

Paris. What? Paris. Paris? Did you ever go to Paris? No. Could we go there now? I love this film’s emptiness. It’s refreshing to see something so distilled and pure in a culture that adores noise, pollution, gluttony, and every other indulgence in excess. Click for high-res photo

Paris.

What?

Paris.

Paris?

Did you ever go to Paris?

No.

Could we go there now?

I love this film’s emptiness. It’s refreshing to see something so distilled and pure in a culture that adores noise, pollution, gluttony, and every other indulgence in excess.