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FrauBlucher
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Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3526 Post by FrauBlucher »

That’s marginal to me. Doesn’t do anything for me. I rather hear something more profound. There have been much better closet picks. I am a fan of his otherwise
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dda1996a
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Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3527 Post by dda1996a »

I was being hyperbolic, but yeah this was a fun one.
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dda1996a
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#3528 Post by dda1996a »

Bad Santa is in town...or rather Terry Zwigoff's Closet Picks (which he wishes were 78 vinyls instead)

And this, for example, is a perfectly fine video that is neither really funny or memorable (aside from finally seeing Zwigoff in the flesh in what seemed like forever, good to see he is in good health!).
Does this mean a possible Bad Santa or Art School Confidential blu in the works?
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brundlefly
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Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3529 Post by brundlefly »

Are we having fun yet? Adam Scott wanders the corridors of the closet.
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#3530 Post by Maladroit Aggregator »

dda1996a wrote: Tue Aug 25, 2026 8:04 amTerry Zwigoff's Closet Picks

Does this mean a possible Bad Santa or Art School Confidential blu in the works?
brundlefly wrote: Sat Aug 29, 2026 6:05 am Adam Scott wanders the corridors of the closet.
Obviously this is for Art School Confidential, an absolutely titanic masterpiece atmospheres better than Ghost World. Bring it on.
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Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3531 Post by Lowry_Sam »

Art School Confidential (IMDB 6.3/54) is the weakest of Zwigoff's films, Bad Santa (IMDB 7.0/70) would have been better.
(Crumb 8.0, Louis Bluie 7.6, Ghost World 7.3)
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domino harvey
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Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3532 Post by domino harvey »

Can we please not start employing IMDB scores in our arguments?
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#3533 Post by black&huge »

domino harvey wrote: Sat Aug 29, 2026 7:26 pm Can we please not start employing IMDB scores in our arguments?
Agreed. It's not a good indicator of a movie's true quality. Equinox was has a 5.2 imdb rating and that's one of the best films in the collection.
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hearthesilence
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Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3534 Post by hearthesilence »

I posted this back in April, but when Zwigoff was in town then to do some Q&A's at Film Forum, Bruce Goldstein mentioned at one Q&A that he and Zwigoff both visited Criterion earlier that day and got to visit the closet. Goldstein also teased Zwigoff about never looking at the camera, and he apparently interrupted the shoot to make him aware of that.

The Q&A's were actually great, among the best I've attended.
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#3535 Post by Maladroit Aggregator »

domino harvey wrote: Sat Aug 29, 2026 7:26 pm Can we please not start employing IMDB scores in our arguments?
Agreed:

Jerome: "You were right about art. It's all about the cock-sucking."
Jimmy: "It's not what you do, but who you blow."

Will this be Ethan Suplee's first flick in the "collection"?

"Skanks make up fifty per cent of the audience!"
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Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3536 Post by CSM126 »

Maladroit Aggregator wrote: Sat Aug 29, 2026 11:51 pmWill this be Ethan Suplee's first flick in the "collection"?
Of course he has a bit part in Chasing Amy.
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