I watched a CC release today, Jaques Tati's Monsieur Hulot's Holiday. It's an interesting forray into Vaudevillian physical comedy and its affects on 1940's French vacation life. Good, a little hard to engage in, but purposefully so.
"In our seventeen years, we've seen a lot of things change, but one thing has remained constant: our commitment to publishing the defining moments of cinema in the world's best digital editions." - Criterion Website
To claim a movie is high-quality is quite different from their word choice. They choose "defining moments of cinema", in their words. Armageddon, while not critically acclaimed, can be argued as a defining moment of cinema. The first movie to get NASA approval, ensemble adventure cast, and with a large budget and gimicky advertising, Armageddon has been a defining moment in recent film. The studios are gaining more power because of it and the recent flux of amateur films is spurned by the studio system. Armageddon's success unveiled new movements of film.
"Criterion began with a mission to pull the treasures of world cinema out of the film vaults and put them in the hands of collectors. All of the films published under the Criterion banner represent cinema at its finest." - The two lines before Mike's quote Criterion Website
"To pull the treasures of world cinema out of the film vaults". Armageddeon is in no film vault(Marc-oS has a copy), and it certainly isn't a treasure.
When haven't amateur films been spurned by the studio system Mike?
It's been a while since I saw the movie, and I know I enjoyed it when I saw it in theaters. But when I think about a Criterion Collection movie, it's a film that really matters in the long run. From a director that pushes the cinematic envelope into new directions. Not a movie from a director who goes around making the Bad Boys movies or Pearl Harbor...
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To claim a movie is high-quality is quite different from their word choice. They choose "defining moments of cinema", in their words. Armageddon, while not critically acclaimed, can be argued as a defining moment of cinema. The first movie to get NASA approval, ensemble adventure cast, and with a large budget and gimicky advertising, Armageddon has been a defining moment in recent film. The studios are gaining more power because of it and the recent flux of amateur films is spurned by the studio system. Armageddon's success unveiled new movements of film.
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"To pull the treasures of world cinema out of the film vaults". Armageddeon is in no film vault(Marc-oS has a copy), and it certainly isn't a treasure.
When haven't amateur films been spurned by the studio system Mike?
It's been a while since I saw the movie, and I know I enjoyed it when I saw it in theaters. But when I think about a Criterion Collection movie, it's a film that really matters in the long run. From a director that pushes the cinematic envelope into new directions. Not a movie from a director who goes around making the Bad Boys movies or Pearl Harbor...
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