Comments on: Free DVDs by social demand. Almost. http://newmediadays.dk/free-dvds-by-social-demand-auteurs-criterion 16.-17. November 2009 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:11:00 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Shaun http://newmediadays.dk/free-dvds-by-social-demand-auteurs-criterion/comment-page-1#comment-29 Shaun Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:10:16 +0000 http://blog.newmediadays.dk/?p=89#comment-29 And I"m truly sad you don't have access to those films. Cinema should have no borders. Peace. And I”m truly sad you don’t have access to those films. Cinema should have no borders. Peace.

]]> By: Shaun http://newmediadays.dk/free-dvds-by-social-demand-auteurs-criterion/comment-page-1#comment-35 Shaun Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:06:06 +0000 http://blog.newmediadays.dk/?p=89#comment-35 Yeah, we're having a snow storm here too. In the forums there is a "Sight and Sound" poll in progress. It's asking for your top ten personal favorites. It's open to 100 members. Are you in it? If not there are 10 spaces left. Deadline for voting is March 1. It's cool you mentioned "Ordet" because, I'm not kidding you, it's one of the ten picks I submitted to the poll. I love that film! Dreyer can do no wrong in my eyes. Yeah, we’re having a snow storm here too. In the forums there is a “Sight and Sound” poll in progress. It’s asking for your top ten personal favorites. It’s open to 100 members. Are you in it? If not there are 10 spaces left. Deadline for voting is March 1. It’s cool you mentioned “Ordet” because, I’m not kidding you, it’s one of the ten picks I submitted to the poll. I love that film! Dreyer can do no wrong in my eyes.

]]> By: Ronni Tino Pedersen http://newmediadays.dk/free-dvds-by-social-demand-auteurs-criterion/comment-page-1#comment-31 Ronni Tino Pedersen Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:22:39 +0000 http://blog.newmediadays.dk/?p=89#comment-31 @shaun ;-) I think what you're experiencing is the much delayed launch of the February Criterion festival. So Canada is not totally excluded from North America after all! I recommend Orfeu Negro if you haven't seen it - one of my personal favourites. Denmark is still in the dark though. No promotional festival here. And it's snowing outside too. Please Criterion (or whoever), cut us some slack and some freebies. Did you know btw that Carl Th. Dreyer's "Ordet" (The Word) has never been released on DVD in Denmark?! The second largest city in Denmark is 80 miles from where Ordet takes place; I went into several shops the other day and asked if they had it in stock. All of the salesclerks just looked at me questioningly - they'd never heard of it! Well, it just shows that Dreyer never became truly cherished in his home country, despite being one of the most outstanding auteurs in film history. So maybe we haven't deserved to be able to watch Dreyer online either? Or could it be that no one has secured the rights to distribute it locally, so The Auteurs could write film history by driving home an online deal..?! Go Auteurs! [oops lenghty again] @shaun ;-) I think what you’re experiencing is the much delayed launch of the February Criterion festival. So Canada is not totally excluded from North America after all!
I recommend Orfeu Negro if you haven’t seen it – one of my personal favourites.

Denmark is still in the dark though. No promotional festival here. And it’s snowing outside too.
Please Criterion (or whoever), cut us some slack and some freebies.

Did you know btw that Carl Th. Dreyer’s “Ordet” (The Word) has never been released on DVD in Denmark?! The second largest city in Denmark is 80 miles from where Ordet takes place; I went into several shops the other day and asked if they had it in stock. All of the salesclerks just looked at me questioningly – they’d never heard of it!
Well, it just shows that Dreyer never became truly cherished in his home country, despite being one of the most outstanding auteurs in film history.

So maybe we haven’t deserved to be able to watch Dreyer online either? Or could it be that no one has secured the rights to distribute it locally, so The Auteurs could write film history by driving home an online deal..?! Go Auteurs!

[oops lenghty again]

]]> By: Shaun http://newmediadays.dk/free-dvds-by-social-demand-auteurs-criterion/comment-page-1#comment-34 Shaun Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:46:11 +0000 http://blog.newmediadays.dk/?p=89#comment-34 Hey Ronnie are you secretly dating someone at The Auteurs? I ask because six new free ones just went up within the hour. I hope you can watch them there in Denmark. Hey Ronnie are you secretly dating someone at The Auteurs? I ask because six new free ones just went up within the hour. I hope you can watch them there in Denmark.

]]> By: Shaun http://newmediadays.dk/free-dvds-by-social-demand-auteurs-criterion/comment-page-1#comment-33 Shaun Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:43:30 +0000 http://blog.newmediadays.dk/?p=89#comment-33 Thanks for the lengthy response Ronni. I too think the site is great. The forum is especially good with many intelligent film buffs participating. The site is still very young and I'm hoping the site will open up to the rest of the world in time. A Dane should be able to watch Carl Dreyer for free; it's only fair. :) Thanks for the lengthy response Ronni. I too think the site is great. The forum is especially good with many intelligent film buffs participating. The site is still very young and I’m hoping the site will open up to the rest of the world in time. A Dane should be able to watch Carl Dreyer for free; it’s only fair. :)

]]> By: Ronni Tino Pedersen http://newmediadays.dk/free-dvds-by-social-demand-auteurs-criterion/comment-page-1#comment-32 Ronni Tino Pedersen Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:00:06 +0000 http://blog.newmediadays.dk/?p=89#comment-32 @shaun Since my initial post things have surely changed on The Auteurs. Also from the perspective of a Danish IP-address. Already in December the dozen movies available to watch for free became pay-per-view. The amount of films on view has however increased: There are now 80 films to choose from at the price of €2-5. I've read several places on the site, that viewing differences are due to local distribution rights issues. Why Canada isn't included in the Criterion-deal is beyond my grasp though! Personally I lament the absence of FREE movies on Auteurs Europe (...or Denmark at least.) This was a strong driving factor for visiting the Auteurs site. Now you MUST pay up if I want to watch something - and to be honest, the €5 is testing my upper limit. I still think the site is great and very functional, but let's hope they work out some more distribution issues and let non-US fans attend the real party. After all discrimination isn't the best of building blocks for a community. (Btw when I logged in yesterday the landing page sported a Meebo IM frame, but it was gone a couple of minutes later. Guess they're testing to develop the community...) @shaun Since my initial post things have surely changed on The Auteurs. Also from the perspective of a Danish IP-address.

Already in December the dozen movies available to watch for free became pay-per-view.

The amount of films on view has however increased: There are now 80 films to choose from at the price of €2-5.

I’ve read several places on the site, that viewing differences are due to local distribution rights issues. Why Canada isn’t included in the Criterion-deal is beyond my grasp though!

Personally I lament the absence of FREE movies on Auteurs Europe (…or Denmark at least.) This was a strong driving factor for visiting the Auteurs site. Now you MUST pay up if I want to watch something – and to be honest, the €5 is testing my upper limit.

I still think the site is great and very functional, but let’s hope they work out some more distribution issues and let non-US fans attend the real party. After all discrimination isn’t the best of building blocks for a community.

(Btw when I logged in yesterday the landing page sported a Meebo IM frame, but it was gone a couple of minutes later. Guess they’re testing to develop the community…)

]]> By: Shaun http://newmediadays.dk/free-dvds-by-social-demand-auteurs-criterion/comment-page-1#comment-30 Shaun Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:42:16 +0000 http://blog.newmediadays.dk/?p=89#comment-30 This post is two months old. In that time the four or five films offered free to Canadians have not changed. There have *never* been a dozen freely offered as you state - at least not to the forty million people living above the 49th parallel. At the moment I, as a Canadian have access to a little over 3 pages of films, including the 4 or 5 free ones I mentioned. Most are mediocre. If I were American I would have access to sixty-three pages of movies including many dozens of Criterion titles!! - a huge difference. I don't understand it; if they have the rights to distribute their titles in North America why is Canada excluded from their online experience? Do they own North American rights or don't they? I'm not pleased with the first few months of The Auteurs. I hope things improve, but unless lawyers start to die en masse I fear they will not. This post is two months old. In that time the four or five films offered free to Canadians have not changed. There have *never* been a dozen freely offered as you state – at least not to the forty million people living above the 49th parallel. At the moment I, as a Canadian have access to a little over 3 pages of films, including the 4 or 5 free ones I mentioned. Most are mediocre. If I were American I would have access to sixty-three pages of movies including many dozens of Criterion titles!! – a huge difference. I don’t understand it; if they have the rights to distribute their titles in North America why is Canada excluded from their online experience? Do they own North American rights or don’t they? I’m not pleased with the first few months of The Auteurs. I hope things improve, but unless lawyers start to die en masse I fear they will not.

]]> By: Melissa http://newmediadays.dk/free-dvds-by-social-demand-auteurs-criterion/comment-page-1#comment-28 Melissa Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:54:30 +0000 http://blog.newmediadays.dk/?p=89#comment-28 :) :)

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