The Criterion Collection

[*DrStrangelove*]

My favorite filmmakers in no order are:

Stanley Kubrick
Woody Allen
Akira Kurosawa
Martin Scorsese
Seijun Suzuki

And I've only seen four of his films but Rainer Werner Fassbinder is becoming one of my favorites.

[billzfan]

My top 5 directors:

1. Stanley Kubrick
2. Akira Kurosawa
3. Martin Scorsese
4. Federico Fellini
5. Paul Thomas Anderson

[*DrStrangelove*]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Only about 30 or so to go, then...

Seriously. But really though, what I have seen is incredible. Every single one a masterpiece. I'm looking forward to diving in to his other work.

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I absolutely love Almodovar. Talk to Her is one of the best films of the last 20 years.

He's one of the only directors about which I can say I've seen his entire filmography (well, 17 out of the 18 total) and I have liked/loved every single one of them

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

Seriously. But really though, what I have seen is incredible. Every single one a masterpiece. I'm looking forward to diving in to his other work.

He's becoming a favorite of mine too, but I've only seen 4 of them as well...so I feel like I need to see a few more before I can put him on a favorites list.

[blg]

Originally Posted by billzfan

Who is everyone's favorite director here? I have always been a Kubrick fan with Kurosawa running a close 2nd and Scorsese in 3rd

My top 3:
01) Stanley Kubrick
02) Martin Scorsese
03) Paul Thomas Anderson

Edit: Also a big Almodovar fan and can't wait to finally watch The Skin I Live In on Tuesday night.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by Quilty

If anyone has any experience with replacing discs through Criterion, please enlighten me.

I have had a freezing issue with two films now, Summer Hours and The Seventh Seal.

The problem I encounter is freezing at a certain point and resuming 5-7 minutes after the point. Both discs are flawless, not a fingerprint or a speck of dust on them. They both freeze at the same respective point in time on multiple players.

I have e-mailed Criterion and have not received a response yet. Does anyone know if they will replace the discs for me? One was purchased used here and The Seventh Seal was from Barnes and Noble (no receipt anymore).

Thanks for any input

Hey same here with Howards End (Bought during November BN sale, finally saw it a couple weeks ago) it skipped around 13 minutes. Ugh they told me
To mail it in and they'll replace it. Could anyone tell me how smooth the process is?

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

I haven't seen that many, maybe 6 or 7, but have loved them all. Don't own any of them, which I hate myself for.

I find that, since he sticks to a rather strict style he's perfected over the last 30 years...if you love a few of them, you'd love nearly all of them.

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Ugh they told me
To mail it in and they'll replace it. Could anyone tell me how smooth the process is?

Considering you received a response from them, I would say the hardest part is over already.

[Kriztoffer Swank]

Anyone know if Criterion have any plans or interest in releasing the Hanzo the Razor series on Blu-ray? Just watched 'em all on Hulu and would love to have proper BD releases.

They also gotta release Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cure and every other one of his films they can get their hands on. :p

[easyblu]

Originally Posted by billzfan

Who is everyone's favorite director here? I have always been a Kubrick fan with Kurosawa running a close 2nd and Scorsese in 3rd

Without a doubt, Alfred Hitchcock for me. After that, probably Akira Kurosawa or Yasujiro Ozu?

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by billzfan

Who is everyone's favorite director here?

John Waters... always and forever.

[unclemat]

Originally Posted by billzfan

Who is everyone's favorite director here? I have always been a Kubrick fan with Kurosawa running a close 2nd and Scorsese in 3rd

Lynch
Kieślowski
Kubrick
Kusturica

[greekak229]

Originally Posted by billzfan

Who is everyone's favorite director here? I have always been a Kubrick fan with Kurosawa running a close 2nd and Scorsese in 3rd

Great question. Kubrick, Scorsese, Imamura, Kurosawa and Kobayashi are the ones that come off the top of my head immediately.

I really love Nicholas Winding Refn's work a lot as of recently. Drive was my favorite movie of last year. Speaking of that, how amazing does Only God Forgives sound? I cannot wait for that to come out.

[Hendershot737]

Originally Posted by greekak229

Great question. Kubrick, Scorsese, Imamura, Kurosawa and Kobayashi are the ones that come off the top of my head immediately.

I really love Nicholas Winding Refn's work a lot as of recently. Drive was my favorite movie of last year. Speaking of that, how amazing does Only God Forgives sound? I cannot wait for that to come out.

Definitely. Refn is a director who should be watched, for sure. Though, I would add Malick to your list...but that's me. All of your other choices are good with me

[greekak229]

Originally Posted by Hendershot737

Definitely. Refn is a director who should be watched, for sure. Though, I would add Malick to your list...but that's me. All of your other choices are good with me

Oh I do love Malick, but obviously not as much as those other directors I named.

Though for someone like me, who absolutely hates 90% of the movies that come out nowadays, it pleases me that I'm actually excited for once about upcoming releases, notably with Only God Forgives. I do love that artsy kind of filmmaking by guys like Refn and Malick.

[Fellini912]

My favorite directors:

Ingmar Bergman
Terrence Malick
Federico Fellini
Krzystof Kieslowski
Luis Bunuel

Followed by:
Stanley Kubrick
Francis Ford Coppola
Martin Scorsese
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Luc Godard

I am happy no one mentioned George Lucas. He is such an overrated director.

[Darkcritic]

Originally Posted by billzfan

Who is everyone's favorite director here? I have always been a Kubrick fan with Kurosawa running a close 2nd and Scorsese in 3rd

So many to count , but here are some of them or at least most of the "top" ones: Almodovar, Buñuel, Melville, Gavaldon, Makavejev, Iñiarritu, Eisenstein, Kiarostami.

[Hendershot737]

Originally Posted by greekak229

Oh I do love Malick, but obviously not as much as those other directors I named.

Though for someone like me, who absolutely hates 90% of the movies that come out nowadays, it pleases me that I'm actually excited for once about upcoming releases, notably with Only God Forgives. I do love that artsy kind of filmmaking by guys like Refn and Malick.

Oh, for sure! I'm with you 100%. Most of the movies that are released these days are very much disappointing. And to have someone like Refn come out and make movies that appeal to me is absolutely amazing

[greekak229]

Originally Posted by Hendershot737

Oh, for sure! I'm with you 100%. Most of the movies that are released these days are very much disappointing. And to have someone like Refn come out and make movies that appeal to me is absolutely amazing

Absolutely. I've seen almost all his films with the exception of Fear X, and I just love the guy's work. All his films could be considered masterpieces in their own way, Drive especially. And I'm extremely confident he will give us another masterpiece with Only God Forgives.

[SlickDamian]

My favourite directors:

Terrence Malick
Martin Scorsese
Quentin Tarantino
David Fincher
Krzysztof Kieślowski