The Criterion Collection

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by mja345

My ranking of Bergman films I've seen:

[Show spoiler]1. Persona
2. Wild Strawberries
3. The Seventh Seal
4. The Virgin Spring
5. Autumn Sonata
6. Fanny and Alexander
7. Hour of the Wolf
8. The Magician
9. Smiles of a Summer Night
10. Cries and Whispers (Great film, but so damn depressing. Still haven't bought it because it's a film I never feel like watching)
11. Summer With Monika
12. Sawdust and Tinsel
13. Summer Interlude

Hard to decide for me since some are too close but my list would be:

1.-Wild Strawberries
2.-Fanny and Alexander
3.-The Seventh Seal
4.-Scenes from a Marriage
5.-Through a Glass Darkly
6.-Winter Light
7.-Smiles of a Summer Night
8.-Autumn Sonata
9.-Cries and Whispers
10.-The Magician
11.-Sawdust and Tinsel
12.-The Silence
13.-Summer with Monika
14.-Summer Interlude

Persona is still pending for me until I have time to see it again.

[Marlow27]

1. Through a Glass Darkly
2. The Seventh Seal
3. Autumn Sonata
4. Wild Strawberries
5. Winter Light
6. Fanny and Alexander
7. Scenes From a Marriage
8. Persona
9. The Virgin Spring
10. Cries and Whispers
11. The Silence
12. Sawdust and Tinsel
13. Hour of the Wolf
14. Shame

[jshaide]

Already time to start thinking about the new announcements? February is typically a pretty strong month too!

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by jshaide

Already time to start thinking about the new announcements? February is typically a pretty strong month too!

February has Valentine's Day so Before Trilogy or gtfo.

[bingtau]

I have yet to see a Short Cuts review. I love the film so I'm assuming it's worth owning?

[olivianewtonyawn]

For me (of the films I have seen) of Bergman's:

1. Persona -- No contest in my mind is his best film overall.
2. Wild Strawberries
3. Shame
4. The Seventh Seal
5. Winter Light
6. The Virgin Spring
7. Autumn Sonata
8. Scenes from a Marriage
9. Cries and Whispers
10. Through a Glass Darkly
11. Fanny and Alexander
12. Summer With Monica

[mja345]

Originally Posted by bingtau

I have yet to see a Short Cuts review. I love the film so I'm assuming it's worth owning?

It's a big upgrade from the DVD in the PQ department. Definitely pick it up.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I feel myself going a little crazy watching Shock Corridor

NYMPHOS!!

Greatest movie line ever.

I cannot get enough of Sam Fuller's dialogue.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by oildude

NYMPHOS!!

Greatest movie line ever.

I cannot get enough of Sam Fuller's dialogue.

That scene went from "hey, a room full of nymphos doesnt sound so bad" to.."OMG they're like zombies, ahhh!" so fast.

[The Great Owl]

I picked up McCabe & Mrs. Miller and Pan's Labyrinth from one of the Atlanta area Barnes & Noble stores this afternoon.

On a note of sadness, though... Barnes & Noble appears to have downsized their physical media stock even more in recent months. The Criterion Blu-rays are now intermixed with the DVDs, which is quite a pain, and which also probably leads to confusion with the staff, since the two stores that I visited today both listed Night Train to Munich as being in stock, but only the DVD was available.

I'm wondering if the good old days of Barnes & Noble are on their way out the door. I hope not.

I was leaning toward waiting until the next B&N sale to grab Pan's Labyrinth, since, although I love the film, I'm not particularly urgent to revisit it now, but the price was right, and the whole downsized Blu-ray section thing somehow compelled me to act.

[theater dreamer]

Wow, Fanny and Alexander that low??

Originally Posted by olivianewtonyawn

For me (of the films I have seen) of Bergman's:

1. Persona -- No contest in my mind is his best film overall.
2. Wild Strawberries
3. Shame
4. The Seventh Seal
5. Winter Light
6. The Virgin Spring
7. Autumn Sonata
8. Scenes from a Marriage
9. Cries and Whispers
10. Through a Glass Darkly
11. Fanny and Alexander
12. Summer With Monica

[nitin]

Winter Light
The Seventh Seal
Cries and Whispers
Wild Strawberries/The Magician
Persona
Hour of the Wolf/The Silence
The Virgin Spring
Fanny and Alexander/Through a Glass Darkly
Sawdust and Tinsel
Autumn Sonata

I have heaps more to see though. Plus I plan to rewatch some I saw 10-15 yrs ago.

[nondiatonic]

I think I'll join in Bergman rankings. Of the films I've seen:

1. Fanny and Alexander
2. Persona
3. Hour of the Wolf
4. The Seventh Seal
5. Sawdust and Tinsel
6. The Magician
7. Wild Strawberries
8. The Virgin Spring
9. Summer with Monika
10. Through a Glass Darkly
11. Winter Light

Honestly, there are many masterpieces here. A hard guy to rank, no doubt.

[Scottie]

Persona
Fanny and Alexander
The Seventh Seal

Everything else

[diskspinner]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Persona
Fanny and Alexander
The Seventh Seal

Everything else

Howz 'The Magician'?

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by diskspinner

Howz 'The Magician'?

It's lesser Bergman for sure, but it's entertaining.

[Scottie]

How would you folks alphabetize foreign letters?

I would alphabetize A Night to Remember under "N", but I'm not entirely sure how I'd alphabetize À Nous la Liberté. I believe I'd put it under "A" as it's not treated like a normal letter and the translation of it is not "the" like "La", "El", etc.

[ThatOneGuy]

I order them by how they are ordered on here.

[Al_The_Strange]

Been breezin' through a good batch of movies lately.

Last couple of sales, I picked up Safety Last! (was part of an order from Criterion's flash sale, where I used a $50 coupon, so this was essentially $10) and Speedy ($20 B&N sale). My first time experiencing Harold Lloyd films. Sure, they're cute. I can dig them though because the comedy is pretty funny and holds up well, but they don't beat you over the head with pratfalls or slapstick the way other silent comedies do (Chaplin's work straddles the line at times, but I shudder when I think about how overbearing 1925's Wizard of Oz was). Lloyd himself is a sorta lovable geek from the 20s, kinda like a precursor to Clark Kent or something--there's enough lovable traits to latch onto him, so I can see the appeal of the character and his comedy. Safety Last! probably engaged me the most because of its pointed storyline leading up to the famous climax, and it is a hoot. Speedy felt much more random to me, but the Babe Ruth cameo is phenomenal. Seriously, that dude could act, he should have been in more movies, I loved his scenes.

Since it's Veteran's Day, I decided to pop in The Thin Red Line. Saw it once quite a while ago and didn't really care for it at the time, but I nabbed this during a flash sale because I knew deep down I'd want to give it another chance. Something about Terrence Mallick's films stick really close to the heart thanks to their gorgeous photography and style--it's especially evocative for me personally because the man's eye for detail, affinity for nature, and themes of mankind seem to align with my own at times. In the case of this movie, I primarily remembered the beauty of it more than the war scenes (which, like other war movies I despise, felt like a lot of noise with no real direction). On the second watch, I'm much more enamored by this film--somehow the poetic tone didn't click with me the first time, and I didn't really grasp the characters and plot that well. This time, the nuances of both sunk in and I realize it is a powerful experience in its own right. Like most of my favorites, it's a bittersweet combo of beauty and brutality.

Even though it's not in the Criterion Collection, I feel it wouldn't be fair to skimp out on the other powerful experience I endured earlier today: Schindler's List. It seems to get better the more I see it--even when it shows the deepest depths of human suffering, it still exudes class in every frame. This was another film I disliked on the first viewing, but this is now my third time watching and I can affirm the film is a powerful experience that must be had at least once.

That's all I've had lately. Next greatest Criterion viewing I'll be looking forward to is probably Pickpocket, because it was on sale recently so I figure why not?

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by diskspinner

Howz 'The Magician'?

It gets my recommendation too, I remember it was good, well-filmed, and entertaining.

The only other Bergman films I've seen are The Seventh Seal (the obvious must-see masterpiece) and Wild Strawberries (which is good, but it didn't click with me personally). I'd rank The Magician between the two.