Comments on: Lena Dunham’s ‘Tiny Furniture’ Headed To The Criterion Collection In 2012

By: Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

who cares, every cinephile will (did) grab the UK Artificial Eye blu-ray release instead and save himself some small change.

By: Christopher Bell

Christopher Bell — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

I mean it\’s still a business, and we can get upset all we want but Tiny Furniture got great coverage and a pretty serious indie spirit award… not to mention that it was at IFC Center for months so it must\’ve been doing decent business. I\’m not interested enough to check, but yeah, people dug it and would probably buy it, especially those who haven\’t even heard of Kiarostami.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

What\’s she saying on her twitter page? It\’s blocked cuz I\’m at work.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

Julian, I agree with you, but often Criterion can\’t get the rights to certain films they want in their collection. Not that it\’s an excuse for this debacle.

By: ken

ken — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

I always used to defend Criterion in regards to the whole Armageddon debacle, but now… sorry CC… you done screwed up.

I\’m still looking forward to about 85% of their releases that are coming soon so… it doesn\’t really matter what I say. And I supposed in the grand scheme of things, it\’s not a big deal. But when people go \”If Criterion can release _______, why can\’t they release ______?\” I\’m not gonna argue.

By: zaviar wun

zaviar wun — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

Certified copy will likely prove to be the best film of 2011, and plenty of respected critics have already said as much. Tiny Furniture wasn\’t even among the top 20 best of its year, an opinion mostly reflected by the critical consensus. Then again, coming from the label that saw fit to include Armageddon amongst its elite selections, I shouldn\’t be too surprised. Kiarostami will just have to settle for being the world\’s greatest living filmmaker and leave it at that (though even I will admit Certified Copy, while not \”minor\” by any stretch, is not his absolute best – that would be Through the Olive Trees which, tellingly, has also not been inducted into the Collection).

By: ken

ken — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

ok that was cold, i take that back

By: ken

ken — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

I love how defensive she\’s getting over this on twitter. God, what an ugly, spoiled bitch.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

It sure doesn\’t feel right at all. It\’s funny because so many critics, you all included, love CERTIFIED COPY and there has been a plethora of fantastic writing dedicated to the film on the web. I have decided to go ahead and buy the UK Blu Ray edition of the film and will double dip if Criterion does in the end decide to release the movie.

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

Minor Kiarostami is still better then 99% of anything else that\’s released. Criterion is the very best with their releases so this is disappointing, but then how many Kiarostami has Criterion actually released? I think just Close-Up and Taste of Cherry. Where Is the Friend\’s Home? Life &Nothing; Mor, Through the Olive Trees, The Wind will Carry us… are these minor Kiarostami as well? Hardly. Yet these haven\’t been relesed either…. It\’s money obviously, in terms of sales. If it were strictly on artstic merit, then more then just two of his films would be on their label.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

Really???

\”Tiny Furniture\” over anything by Bruno Dumont, Joe Weerasethakul, Kelly Reichardt, Todd Haynes (fucking \”Safe\”!), George Stevens, Kim Ki Duk?

Or young dudes, if you want to go that route, how about Xavier Dolan, Ramin Bahrani or Lance Hammer?

By: Eli

Eli — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

There isn\’t a big enough \”UGH!\” to express my feelings about this.

By: Gatz

Gatz — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

Tiny Furniture = Minor work (and that\’s being way too kind).

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

Peter Becker is a tool. “Minor Kiarostami,” doesn\’t make the cut but EVERY Wes Anderson movie (though I love Anderson) and TWO Michael Bay films.

Pick and choose which films you want, but don\’t extend your role to that of film critic. It\’s pretentious enough for the Criterion Collection to exist (although their art work and special features are often incredible) without pointing out WHY certain films aren\’t worthy of your club. You didn\’t invite Kiarostami, we get it, leave it at that.

By: Christopher Bell

Christopher Bell — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

Man, what\’s the point in trying anymore?

By: Slamdance

Slamdance — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

This sounds reckless and mean, but I think anybody who loved Tiny Furniture or that whole style of filmmaking is a retard.

There, I said it so you don\’t have to.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

The Certified Copy snub makes no sense. Tiny Furniture\’s inclusion isn\’t the worst thing that ever happened to the Collection, but I think it\’s pretty shortsighted — a \”wait and see\” approach to Dunham as a filmmaker would be the wisest course to chart, in my opinion. Still, it\’s not the worst movie ever (that would be Life During Wartime, still the most inexplicable and retarded Criterion selection in years). I\’m still hoping The C reconsiders it\’s stance on Enter The Void. Glad about the Morris films and the possibility that they finally crack into the Romanian New Wave. Better late than never on that score, I guess. Hopefully Police, Adjective will follow 4, 3, 2.

By: The Josh

The Josh — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

What about C.H.U.D.?

By: Rudie Obias

Rudie Obias — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

Even though I loved TINY FURNITURE, I think it will see more copies than CERTIFIED COPY. Smart move for Criterion.

By: RudieSucks

RudieSucks — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

@Rudie see more copies? Did you mean \”sell more copies\”? And smart move for Criterion how?

By: WTF

WTF — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:23 +0000

this is bullshit. The film didn\’t do well w/ audiences an was over hyped at SXSW.

By: philbert ooper

philbert ooper — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:22 +0000

wow. criterion collection just set their bar really really low. tiny furniture is, at best, an amateurish home movie not deserving of any attention outside of free weekend local newspapers. it\’s storytelling at its worst and comedy at its lamest.

ms. dunham\’s entire career is OBVIOUSLY built on hype and nepotism. her parents must have great connections, there\’s no other way to explain all the praise she is receiving. there are thousands of better filmmakers than her that deserve a chance more than her, but then again the film industry isn\’t fair nor rational.

good for her for being so lucky with so little talent or vision. it\’s not her fault idiots want to hand her the moon. i wish her the best.

if you would like to see a movie made in the same vein as tiny furniture [but much funnier, smarter, more interesting, and a hell of a lot better] then you should check out a feature film i produced titled UNICORN NINJA SOLDIERS. you can find it on youtube. it was conceived in 3 minutes, shot in 3 hours, and edited in 3 days.

By: Tom Dee

Tom Dee — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:22 +0000

Welp, the Criterion collection will be damaged with the inclusion of this film and become the parody of itself we all knew it would one day become. Now I suppose we just wait until Garden State gets the CC nod. Then, a flood of indie shoegazer crap.

Tiny Furniture is one of those movies that will and should be forgotten in a few years, but thanks to the Lena Dunham hype machine (has there ever been a more obvious case of a powerful well-wisher working behind the scenes to make someone a star in history? And such a mediocre star at that!

By: Edward Davis

Edward Davis — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:22 +0000

Huh, saw that on DVD (in Canada) like 2 years ago. Great film though (“La Belle Person”) and worth tracking down.

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:48:22 +0000

To those who were wondering, Christoph Honore\’s \”La Belle Person\” hits DVD via MPI in May: http://www.mpimedia.com/Coming-Soon/