Barfly - One for the Criterion Collection?

[james]

Dang it......oh well....

 

[Hosh]

Just sent another email to:
suggestions@criterion.com

...asking them to consider adding BARFLY to their line-up.

If you've got a moment to spare, you all should too.

 

[Bukfan]

Funny, my Danish copy of Barfly is from Criterionfilm.dk, but I don't know if that's the same Criterion company as the American Criterion company. Maybe it's a subsidiary or daughter company of the American one.
I´ve also got a copy of the one they sell on Amazon (all regions), which is fine too. No commentator tracks though.

The link to the one on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002CTJW0G/?tag=charlebukowsa-20

 

[roni]

what do they mean by the label "Mature Audiences" on the cover?

 

[Bukfan]

Good question, Roni, since there's no explicit sex or violence in the movie.

 

[zobraks]

there's no explicit sex or violence in the movie.

Call me oversensitive, but Barfly starts with a violent scene (the brawl in the alley behind the bar).
And there's some knife-stabbing, purse-hitting, car-pushing (by a car fender), and a violent female fight afterwards...

 

[roni]

my question was more aiming at my curiosity, if it's proper for me to watch it, since I'm not sure if I apply under the label "mature".

 

[Hosh]

what do they mean by the label "Mature Audiences" on the cover?

"Mature" meaning "able to handle the fact that most of the things we do as people are utterly pointless, and that love -- however imperfect -- is the only salvation."

 

[roni]

able to handle the fact

Now I'm SURE, I don't apply under that label.

 

[Bukfan]

Call me oversensitive, but Barfly starts with a violent scene (the brawl in the alley behind the bar).
And there's some knife-stabbing, purse-hitting, car-pushing (by a car fender), and a violent female fight afterwards...

I guess it must be those scenes that made them put that label on the DVD, but I don't think they're out of the ordinary when you think of the action movies teenagers watch nowadays with killings, explosions and what not.

 

[kristopher]

I'm surprised no one has brought up the existing blu-rays, which look great. The Australian release has a commentary track by Schroeder and there is also a German one but it's locked to region B and doesn't have any extras. Both can be had for under $40. I went from a shit bootleg to the aussie one and it's an incredible thing

 

[hank solo]

https://bukowskiforum.com/threads/barfly-coming-to-blu-ray-2010-shock-australia.5761/

 

[hoochmonkey9]

This site imagines what the Barfly Criterion would be like...

 

[skiroomalum]

I stopped taking them seriously when Bottlerocket was Criterionized. Another group of "tastemakers" who I could do without.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

That was probably a bone to Wes Anderson. "We're going to put out all his movies anyway,so we might as well do this one."

Anderson is a polarizing director. I love me some Anderson, but I can see why some people don't.

But I likes what I likes and don't care when people don't likes it, said Popeye.

Popeye said that, I'm sure . no need to look it up.