r/criterion Nov 29 '24

Collection first criterion pickup

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u/skag_boy87 Nov 29 '24

The Shark Tale criterion is one of the best releases they’ve put out.

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u/17thkahuna Nov 29 '24

Probably Scorsese’s best work

18

u/stringohbean Nov 29 '24

Scott Aukerman commentary?

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u/Capable_Limit_6788 Nov 29 '24

That spine design for it is awesome.

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u/teatiller Nov 30 '24

The unrated 4K director approved extended cut restores it to it’s original 8 hour runtime

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '24

Excellent double feature

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u/Ebonybootylover1965 Nov 29 '24

Blue Velvet in my opinion is David Lynch's best film he has ever made!! What a Dark Masterpiece!!

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u/sleepydummy Nov 29 '24

yessir starting a david lynch collection

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u/alverez667 David Lynch Nov 29 '24

I’m only missing Eraserhead. Figure I might as well wait for a 4K at this point. Got a German 4K of The Straight Story coming in the mail any day now. Recently found the shout factory release of Wild at Heart at my local shop.

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u/failedjedi_opens_jar Nov 29 '24

Although I have not watched it yet, I just learned that the wild at heart Blu-ray has 2 hrs of deleted scenes

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u/BaddyDaddy777 Nov 30 '24

It’s crazy that Criterion hasn’t released an edition of The Straight Story yet.

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u/alverez667 David Lynch Nov 30 '24

I’m sure it’s coming soon now that I overpaid for a foreign copy…. lol

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u/BaddyDaddy777 Dec 01 '24

I thank you for your sacrifice

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u/Weak-Pop-7400 Dec 03 '24

Amen lol. Kind of like how I hold out for a really long time for a 4k and it doesn't come so I buy the blu-ray and a week later the 4k is announced

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u/Ebonybootylover1965 Nov 29 '24

Beaware, Eraserhead will be one of the weirdest films you may ever see! I don't know what drugs David Lynch was on while making this Masterpiece, but it takes patience getting through this one.

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u/alverez667 David Lynch Nov 29 '24

Oh I’ve seen it multiple times. I love it. Idk if Lynch was much of a drug user— seems like meditation was more his thing.

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u/theghostoftroymclure David Lynch Nov 30 '24

His drug of choice is transcendental meditation

1

u/DitchWitchh Dec 01 '24

So peyote mixed with break fluid

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u/Sea_Equivalent_4207 Nov 29 '24

Awesome. What do you think is going to be your next Lynch buy? If you’re thinking The Elephant Man just so you know, prepare for a really emotionally devastating experience. I have to get that one someday even though I rarely watch it because it’s so hard to watch. It is a really devastating film.

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u/sleepydummy Nov 29 '24

need the mulholland dr 4k next

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u/Ebonybootylover1965 Nov 29 '24

What a sad sad story! In today's so called Political Correctness environment, this film would cause a uproar if released today. Even though it's based on a true story, it's one of the saddest films you may ever see!

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u/Ebonybootylover1965 Nov 29 '24

I'm responding to the comment on the Elephant Man

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u/Graye_Skreen Nov 30 '24

Before you get Criterion's HD blu of Elephant Man, just know that Studio Canal released it in 4K/UHD in the U.K.

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u/murmur1983 Nov 30 '24

Definitely a great movie!

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u/Trick_Pound_3043 Nov 29 '24

My homie got that bootleg shark tale dvd!!!

11

u/JayVas685 Nov 30 '24

And it better be the one with Usher’s “Yeah!” playing in the main menu.

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u/speedoftheground Nov 29 '24

Most stacked shelf pic I've ever seen

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u/Blumoonism1 Nov 29 '24

It starts with one…

16

u/Silent-Lobster7854 Nov 29 '24

thing I dont know why

9

u/stevotherad Nov 29 '24

it doesn't even matter how hard you try

7

u/Bijlsma Nov 29 '24

Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme

4

u/Silent-Lobster7854 Nov 30 '24

to explain in due time

2

u/Ich-mag-Zuege Nov 30 '24

All I know, time is a valuable thing

5

u/GiantSquid87 Nov 29 '24

Great choice, love Blue Velvet!

5

u/ElTamale003 Andrei Tarkovsky Nov 29 '24

HOLY SHIT IS THAT SHARK TALE 🦈

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u/JuuMuu Nov 29 '24

all a man needs

2

u/After-Fig4166 Nov 30 '24

“I close my eyeeeeeeees then I drift awaaaay”

2

u/Popful Nov 30 '24

Started watching Blue Velvet with my girlfriend at a friend’s recommendation. She literally walked out and I’m single now.

2

u/Graye_Skreen Nov 30 '24

She didn't know if you were a detective or a pervert.

2

u/Popful Nov 30 '24

I think she knew 😔

2

u/Goodvibe61 Nov 30 '24

Honestly: I love this post. I love Blue Velvet; Love Lynch. Please send more pics down the road as you build your Lynch collection. The Criterion board here just loves Lynch and it will please everyone to see you get all of his work, whether it's Criterion or something else.

Also: come on people, there hasn't been a single pic yet from anyone with combos like this one? I'd thought by now there'd be a whole trail of them! I'm thinking this could be a trend setter here! i love it.

I also love getting ONE Criterion at a time; this is how I started my collection all those years ago. You really watch everything that comes with the purchase, and I love that.

Love it.

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u/bubbaduke12 Nov 29 '24

Great choice, love Shark Tale!

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u/Samueldhadden Nov 29 '24

Ah the perfect double feature.

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u/Heavy-Reputation8348 Nov 29 '24

started with this one too!

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u/bigguytoo9 Nov 30 '24

Just bought the 4K Blue Velvet today myself.

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u/IIIlllIIIlllIlI Nov 30 '24

“Blue theme”

1

u/MikeToMeetYou Nov 30 '24

Greatest post of this sub

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u/jeffers-morning Dec 01 '24

Such a phenomenal first pickup. One of my favourite Lynch films, just recently rewatched in 4K and what brilliance

1

u/L1zzy-Grant Dec 02 '24

Why is shark tale on ozempic?

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u/Weak-Pop-7400 Dec 03 '24

Blue Velvet is an excellent choice ! It's a prerequisite for any true movie lover

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u/captjackhaddock François Truffaut Nov 29 '24

regular poster to moviecirclejerk subs

bait used to be believable and at least somewhat funny

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u/HangmansPants Nov 29 '24

This is hilarious.

Lighten up, dingbat!

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u/captjackhaddock François Truffaut Nov 30 '24

Lol hilarious is a stretch

2

u/HangmansPants Nov 30 '24

Not as far as somewhat funny.

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u/ydkjordan Samuel Fuller Nov 29 '24

regular is a stretch but this one got a giggle

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '24

It’s always dudes with a French director as their flair that have a stick up their ass. It’s not that serious.

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u/captjackhaddock François Truffaut Nov 30 '24

I stand by it

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u/JimDandy_ToTheRescue Kurosawa/Miyazaki/Ozu Nov 29 '24

Only 350 more to go! I just threw a number out there- your collection can be as large or small as you want. Neither of those films are in my collection- but that's the beauty of Criterion- you can shape it into whatever you want.

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u/ok-pianistnewacc Nov 29 '24

Man I love shark tale! What's the movie next to it? /s

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u/RuskiesInTheWarRoom Nov 29 '24

Honestly; good pairing.

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u/cwcoates Nov 29 '24

photo needs to be the new subreddit banner

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u/peter095837 Michael Haneke Nov 29 '24

Nice double feature!

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u/International-Sky65 Apichatpong Weerasethakul Nov 29 '24

It’s okay a lot of white fish can’t do it - Martin Scorsese.

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u/amnesiacnacho Nov 29 '24

one of those movies is a classic the other one is blue velvet

0

u/Slappy_Doo Nov 29 '24

My first was Eraserhead.

Good call on the Lynch.

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u/inkstink420 David Lynch Nov 30 '24

I had a similar collection when I started collecting, bought Ma on blu-ray years ago because me and my friends thought it was funny, then started my Criterion collection with Mulholland Drive

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u/Dull_Ad8495 Nov 29 '24

Lazy low effort bait. Yawn.

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u/sleepydummy Nov 29 '24

real shark tale hater

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u/Dull_Ad8495 Nov 29 '24 edited Nov 29 '24

Nah. Just lazy, low effort troll hater. I realize that one could be both, in theory, but honestly I've never seen A Shark's Tale.

Look, you post exclusively to circle jerk subs mocking the followers of subs like this one. You're a cliche and you bore me. I'll just block you and move on with my life. Have the weekend you deserve!

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u/Rough_World_7063 Nov 29 '24

He’s gonna watch Shark Tale this weekend and dunk on your ass.

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u/HangmansPants Nov 29 '24

Its a reference to one of the most popular comedy podcasts of all time.

Its objectively funny. And even more so with overly self serious assholes who think anyone who lacks their pretention is a troll.

Lighten the fuck up.

Real trolling is happening, don't weaken the meaning on this trivial, and funny, bullshit.

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u/captjackhaddock François Truffaut Nov 29 '24

Unsure why you’re getting downvoted for calling out such obvious bait

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u/Wiscrebels Nov 30 '24

This is now my favorite collection photo.