Criterion Collection Release
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I don't understand why this movie is in the Criterion Collection.
shareSeveral years ago, IFC made a deal with Criterion to distribute a good portion of their titles.
In the last few years, they've included "Following", "Antichrist", "Che", "Gomorrah", "Weekend", "Carlos", "Hunger", "Life During Wartime", "A Christmas Tale", "Everlasting Moments," "Summer Hours", "The Secret of the Grain", "Fish Tank", "White Material", "Secret Sunshine", "Tiny Furniture" (THAT'S the one that should have it's Criterion standing questioned) and a couple others and now "Frances Ha" and more than likely "Blue is the Warmest Color" next year.
Jesus, I'd forgotten that Tiny Furniture is in the Criterion Collection. That movie was useless. It's funny, because I think that Frances Ha handles similar subject matter, but does it in a much more interesting way. Obvious French new wave influence. Really, though? It's only because they've got a deal that these movies are included in the collection? I mean, I guess Tiny Furniture's inclusion in the collection could be an indication of that, but I thought that it was based on a film's style, subject matter, etc.
shareI was curious as well as to how this got a criterion release, the film wasn't awful but I expect a lot more from Criterion when I pay $40-$50 for a blu ray and would probably be a lot more upset if I had paid full price for this (luckily I bought Frances Ha at Barnes and Noble the day it came out for 50% off). Life During Wartime was another one I was slightly confused about, it just didn't seem to fit the criteria the first time I saw it, but that one did grow on me. Margot at the Wedding should have the honor of a Criterion release, that is what I believe to be Noah Baumbach's most under rated film and I think has many more artistic qualities that one expects in a Criterion release. Needless to say, I was slightly disappointed in Frances Ha, and while it won't be on my top films of 2013 list, it will neither be on my worst. It'll just lie there somewhere in the grey area. Or the black and white area, rather.
shareWhat is the general criteria for a Criterion release? I would image after a while the exclusivity of certain titles would get watered down a bit.
shareBoth "Frances Ha' and "Tiny Furniture" are pleasant but slight works - nice date movies, I suppose, for a certain demographic. That's what's going on I think - it's commercial considerations to appeal to the demographic that those films deal with. Whatever, I do think it diminishes the overall value of the Criterion Collection. Maybe as the collection "evolves" it will eventually have "Hunger Games" and then "The Avengers", included, too - except the audience for those films don't care about the cache of the Criterion Collection and would rather spend their money on X-Box games.
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