Criterion Collection Discussion

[SpiderBaby]

I have seen them on here before, so does anyone know where to find those pie charts showing what Criterion releases by country. An updated one would be perfect.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

I have seen them on here before, so does anyone know where to find those pie charts showing what Criterion releases by country. An updated one would be perfect.

I'm not sure how current it is, but this is the one I have seen before:

http://thedroidyourelookingfor.files...henumbers2.jpg

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by blkhrt

I'm not sure how current it is, but this is the one I have seen before:

http://thedroidyourelookingfor.files...henumbers2.jpg

It looks like a few months off, but it will do. Thanks.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

It looks like a few months off, but it will do. Thanks.

Glad to help...

[myka22]

Didn't Kurosawa only make 30 films?

[finalmattasy]

The end of May is gonna be all about star-crossed lovers running away and camping together.
Criterion releases both Summer with Monika and Summer Interlude on blu; and Moonrise Kingdom hits theatres.
Coincidence? I don't think so.

[IronWaffle]

For anyone in the DC area: The National Gallery of Art has scheduled to screen a program of Japanese films. Kurosawa and Ozu are heavily represented. Link here.

These films are very well attended and are usually preceded by a brief lecture. I'm pretty excited that this will be my first experience seeing Ozu.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by IronWaffle

For anyone in the DC area: The National Gallery of Art has scheduled to screen a program of Japanese films. Jurosawa and Ozu are heavily represented. Link here.

These films are very well attended and are usually preceded by a brief lecture. I'm pretty excited that this will be my first experience seeing Ozu.

I hope you will enjoy seeing them

[kinbote]

Originally Posted by Roninblues

31 including "Asu wo Tsukuru Hitobito" (Those who make tomorrow).

Not to nitpick but Those Who Make Tomorrow was allegedly co-directed by Hideo Sekigawa, Akira Kurosawa, and Kajirô Yamamoto despite it being "officially" directed by Kurosawa. Also, Kurosawa co-directed Uma (1941) along with Kajirô Yamamoto, only here Yamamoto was designated as the official director. Kurosawa also directed a straight to TV documentary in 1970 entitled Song of the Horse. As of now, both Those Who Make Tomorrow and Song of the Horse are virtually unavailable unless you can find the reels buried somewhere in Japan along with the complete version of The Idiot . I know Uma has been screened at least once in the States as of 1986 and may hopefully be available someday on home video to satiate curiosity (I can't imagine it being a Kurosawa masterpiece).

[nateynate87]

Originally Posted by IronWaffle

For anyone in the DC area: The National Gallery of Art has scheduled to screen a program of Japanese films. Jurosawa and Ozu are heavily represented. Link here.

These films are very well attended and are usually preceded by a brief lecture. I'm pretty excited that this will be my first experience seeing Ozu.

Thanks for the post, I'll definitely have to check a couple of those out

[BasicGreatGuy]

For those who haven't seen "Kes," TCM is airing it tonight at 8pm est.

[Abdrewes]

I'm kind of doing a study on abstraction and the hyperkinetic in action cinema. Been checking out Tony Scott and last week saw Criterions very own "The Rock." I guess it all leads to Armageddon. Haven't seen it since 2nd grade, even then I knew it was stoooopid. Oh dear what am I in for?

[LearnYourVoice]

Originally Posted by blkhrt

I'm not sure how current it is, but this is the one I have seen before:

http://thedroidyourelookingfor.files...henumbers2.jpg

Lean only has 8, not 12.

[hedliniv]

It would be nice if Criterion surprised us with Kurosawa's - Dreams

[ROclockCK]

Originally Posted by LearnYourVoice

Lean only has 8, not 12.

Not to harp on a sidebar subject, but how did they find 11 Canuck films in the collection? And why can't I?

The only ones that come to mind are Mon Oncle Antoine and Nanook of the North. They can't be counting foreign productions set in Canada or filmed here, like 49th Parallel, could they?

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by ROclockCK

Not to harp on a sidebar subject, but how did they find 11 Canuck films in the collection? And why can't I?

The only ones that come to mind are Mon Oncle Antoine and Nanook of the North. They can't be counting foreign productions set in Canada or filmed here, like 49th Parallel, could they?

It's saying 630 titles in the collection at the time it was made (not counting Eclipse) yet if you add those "Selections by Country" titles up you get 804. So they are obviously counting Eclipse in that so Allan King. I looked on Criterion's site and this is what they count as Canada:

Mon oncle Antoine
Naked Lunch
Brand upon the Brain!
Paddle to the Sea
Videodrome
Warrendale
A Married Couple
Come On Children
Dying at Grace
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company
Eclipse Series 24: The Actuality Dramas of Allan King

That is 11. They counted each Eclipse title as 1, then counted the complete Eclipse set as 1 after the fact.



Criterion tries to be sneaky with the Country stuff. For example, on Hulu they say they have 3 films from Brazil (yeah right), you click on it and it only shows 1 film, Black Orpheus, which I don't count as a Brazilian film since it was made by a French filmmaker. It's like saying Inception is a French film because I think I saw France in it.

[ROclockCK]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

It's saying 630 titles in the collection at the time it was made (not counting Eclipse) yet if you add those "Selections by Country" titles up you get 804. So they are obviously counting Eclipse in that so Allan King. I looked on Criterion's site and this is what they count as Canada:

Mon oncle Antoine
Naked Lunch
Brand upon the Brain!
Paddle to the Sea
Videodrome
Warrendale
A Married Couple
Come On Children
Dying at Grace
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company
Eclipse Series 24: The Actuality Dramas of Allan King

That is 11. They counted each Eclipse title as 1, then counted the complete Eclipse set as 1 after the fact.

D'oh. How could I forget Cronenberg? And Maddin? Eclipse I wouldn't have counted as part of the collection proper anyway, but still...

Thanks for the memory jog SB. I'll go to my room now.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by ROclockCK

D'oh. How could I forget Cronenberg? And Maddin? Eclipse I wouldn't have counted anyway, but still...

Thanks for the memory jog SB. I'll go to my room now.

Don't worry, like I edited in my last post, Criterion stretches out the truth of what Country a film is from, so don't feel bad.

Usually one would say a film is from the country the filmmaker is from. Others where it was funded (the right one most of the time). Criterion seems to do those, plus adds in what locations the film has (they do that on Hulu) which is a complete facepalm.

[ShellOilJunior]

A cool piece on Bogdanovich:

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8433&page=

[grayfoxpt]

hi guys great thread here i have been following it for some monhts now as i am a Criterion fan also. i always had the urge to register but today, after reading vanya on the 42nd street review i had to register in order to send him the message transcrited bellow!

Did anyone notice this?


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i am sorry to point this but i found what i think is a glaring mistake in your review of vanya on the 42nd street:

it says "Uncle Vanya's sister, Sonya (Brooke Smith, TV's Grey's Anatomy), is also frustrated..." reinforced by "Maman (Lynn Cohen, Manhattan Murder Mystery), Uncle Vanya and Sonya's elderly mother..."
uncle vanya is not sonya's sister he is her... uncle, and "Maman" is uncle vanya's mother, sonya calls her "grandmother" several times both in the play and the film, uncle vanya also says something like "my sister, your dear old mother..." to sonya. then the reviewer says " The film, like the play, is brilliant". Anyone who saw the movie or read the play would not make these mistakes, why is Vanya called "Uncle", if no nefew appears?