Tag: "Criterion"

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom – Criterion Collection

Product DescriptionPier Paolo Pasolini s notorious final film, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, has been called nauseating, shocking, depraved, pornographic . . . it s also a masterpiece. The controversial poet, novelist, and filmmaker s transposition of the Marquis de Sade s 18th-century opus of torture and degradation to 1944 Fascist Italy remains [...]

Apr 06, 2010 | 5 comments | View Post

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button: The Criterion Collection

Description“I was born under unusual circumstances.” And so begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New [...]

Mar 10, 2010 | 5 comments | View Post

Samurai Trilogy Box Set – Criterion Collection

DescriptionBased on the novel that has been called Japan’s Gone With the Wind, Hiroshi Inagaki’s acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is a sweeping saga of the legendary 17th-century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (portrayed by Toshiro Mifune) set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. Now available for the first time together in a specially priced gift pack, [...]

Feb 26, 2010 | 5 comments | View Post