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As I read in a film site, his teacher in college was Jeanine Basinger who does lots of commentary tracks for Criterion. When she agreed to do a commentary track for his film, the package deal was set.
Michel Bay went to school?
Um, because 8 1/2 is one of the greatest films ever.
Arghhh….
I like to think that Michael Bay has titles on criterion in the same way that films like Equinox Fiend Without A Face are. A classic example of a certain type of “dopey” and overinflated cinema.
I think it’s a type of affirmative action. I guess someone got mad that Criterion only put out good movies, so they let Michael Bay in.
Criterion isn’t the end all be all of DVD publishing houses, people. It’s just a really good one. So, they released The Rock, and Armageddon, so what? Does it mean all of the other films they released are null and void? No. So, why complain?
Because maybe Criterion wanted to make some money…?
I mean, you have to admit that even with the (moderately) high prices of the DVDs, the majority of the stuff Criterion releases only really cater to a small, select niche of the huge market that is DVDs. They are a company, you know.
They want to be on the right side of history.
http://dr-mabuses-kaleido-scope.blogspot.com/2007/06/michael-bay-auteur.html
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Are you hissing, Matt?
Because every single movie that’s in the Criterion Collection is better than any movie not in the collection. If Armageddon is in the collection, then I dare to think of any one single film in the history of moving pictures, not in the collection, that’s better than Michael Bay’s film. I double dog dare you.
^ Hmm, I challenge that.
What about ANY Peter Greenaway film (I don’t think he has any on Criterion)? Or Vivre Sa Vie (Godard)? Or Welles’ The Trial (as mentioned in another thread)? There’s tons better than Armageddon. Criterion is not a definitive collection, it just happens to have more “great films” in one place than most other distribution companies.
Deckard, I think Nathan was being facetious.
Deckard, I’m pretty sure he was being facetious.
Welcome to my train of thought, Law. Hah.
I thought that was obvious?
Nothing better than someone taking a joke seriously! Its even funnier in person. I know this kid (who by the way is in every honors/AP class and is considered this brilliant student) who never picks up on sarcasm. To be honest I think he is as dumb as a rock. He is evidence grades do not equal smarts.
If theirs any justice in this world, than there’s a special place in hell for Michael Bay.
It’s hard to tell the difference in inflection. Isn’t Nathan M. new or am I thinking of a different Nathan …
Yeah that’s one thing about the Internet, I hate it when I have to decide whether something is sarcasm or not because it gets very awkward if you guess wrongly. I guess we should invent inflections.
I imagine Micheal Bay may go down in cinema history as a kind of neo-Ed Wood.
Ed Wood was entertaining and funny. And watchable.
Michael Bay is none of these.
because Criterion is bored to search more countries….
I had a conversation about this with an old room mate, who reckoned universities will be running film courses on Michael Bay in twenty years time. As much as I am appalled, my old room mate is probably right. I can just see it now, ghastly: ’Michael Bay: Late-20th Century Right-Wing Capitalist Auteur Analysed in the Socio-Political Context of a Post-Cold War World". Bloody Film Scholars!!
I agree with Will. Michael Bay is the perfect mascot for a movement in film that was based on big budgets and flashy pandering. He is the king of an era in cinema where substance lost out to “american cheese” culture. “American Cheese” being a pre-packaged and processed piece of garbage that appeals to our most savage desires. The Rock, for example, is a classic in terms on archetypal big budget Hollywood film. Michael Bay is shit yet ironically, he is referenced frequently on this web site.
Robert Apodaca
Why?! I thought this company has taste………