“Gummo” is one of those films that, over the years, I’ve found weeds out the people that don’t exactly have the same sense of humor that I do. In my opinion, it’s a very serious film about character-types that do exist in the American culture, but it’s one that you can’t really help but laugh at for the duration, as well. Being born and raised in the southern part of the United States for 26 of my 31 years, it’s saddening to say that these types of characters do exist, and I’m sure it’s not delegated to just the southern regions, either. I’m sure I’d have no problem traveling back down to the South and finding the same “ignorant” people that are being portrayed in Korine’s “Gummo.” It’s a movie that I always recommend people to watch, also knowing that 7 out of 10 people are going to hate it.
Is Criterion joking at this point now by not including one of the DVD features on the new blu-ray!? That sucks.
A 35-minute video piece reconstructing Ran through Kurosawa’s paintings and sketches, created as part of the series Image: Kurosawa’s Continuity (NOTE: not included in the Blu-ray edition)
Well, it’s too bad that the licensing expired and wasn’t renewed for the blu-ray release. It’ll be interesting, too, to see how Criterion handles any future 2-disc blu-ray releases considering their current packaging for blu-ray discs. Or, if they’ll only stick to single-disc releases and drop features from the standard DVD releases just so that a second disc won’t be necessary.?
Criterion's lame blu-ray debut over 3 years ago
I don’t think a Salò blu-ray sounds all that ridiculous. The extra disc capacity will eliminate the need for 2 discs.
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Thoughts on "Gummo" over 3 years ago
“Gummo” is one of those films that, over the years, I’ve found weeds out the people that don’t exactly have the same sense of humor that I do. In my opinion, it’s a very serious film about character-types that do exist in the American culture, but it’s one that you can’t really help but laugh at for the duration, as well. Being born and raised in the southern part of the United States for 26 of my 31 years, it’s saddening to say that these types of characters do exist, and I’m sure it’s not delegated to just the southern regions, either. I’m sure I’d have no problem traveling back down to the South and finding the same “ignorant” people that are being portrayed in Korine’s “Gummo.” It’s a movie that I always recommend people to watch, also knowing that 7 out of 10 people are going to hate it.
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Blu-Ran! over 3 years ago
Is Criterion joking at this point now by not including one of the DVD features on the new blu-ray!? That sucks.
A 35-minute video piece reconstructing Ran through Kurosawa’s paintings and sketches, created as part of the series Image: Kurosawa’s Continuity (NOTE: not included in the Blu-ray edition)
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Blu-Ran! over 3 years ago
I have no idea, but it’s very upsetting, to say the least. Hopefully, some light is shed sooner than later on the reason for this.
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Blu-Ran! over 3 years ago
Well, it’s too bad that the licensing expired and wasn’t renewed for the blu-ray release. It’ll be interesting, too, to see how Criterion handles any future 2-disc blu-ray releases considering their current packaging for blu-ray discs. Or, if they’ll only stick to single-disc releases and drop features from the standard DVD releases just so that a second disc won’t be necessary.?
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