The Criterion Collection

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by rkish

BFI ‏@BFI

Japanese master Nagisa Oshima, director of In the Realm of the Senses, has passed away aged 80. RIP

Wow!

I just watched In the Realm of the Senses for the first time yesterday.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by santasangria

Any predictions?

The Films of Pierre Étaix
I Married a Witch
Medium Cool
Eraserhead
Babette's Feast

[SimBelm]

Originally Posted by rkish

BFI ‏@BFI

Japanese master Nagisa Oshima, director of In the Realm of the Senses, has passed away aged 80. RIP

What a depressing way to start the day. RIP.

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

The Films of Pierre Étaix
I Married a Witch
Medium Cool
Eraserhead
Babette's Feast

This would be nice, especially if its not an Eclipse..
I think Repo Man is certain and possibly Eraserhead. Criterion has been on a roll with the popular titles and I wouldn't even be surprise if we saw the last Wes (Zissou) being upgraded. It's been a while since we have seen Wes...

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by jcs913

This would be nice, especially if its not an Eclipse..
I think Repo Man is certain and possibly Eraserhead. Criterion has been on a roll with the popular titles and I wouldn't even be surprise if we saw the last Wes (Zissou) being upgraded. It's been a while since we have seen Wes...

I'm thinking Pierre Étaix will be released as a mainline release on Blu and DVD. Like The Complete Jean Vigo was a couple years ago.

[Darkcritic]

Originally Posted by rkish

BFI ‏@BFI

Japanese master Nagisa Oshima, director of In the Realm of the Senses, has passed away aged 80. RIP

These are such terrible news . The medium just lost one of the truly great masters. Oshima should have been really happy for what he did and accomplished as an artist. Really, few contribute as much as he did for the medium they work for. Can't really wrap my mind around this.

[Monty70]

Originally Posted by rkish

BFI ‏@BFI

Japanese master Nagisa Oshima, director of In the Realm of the Senses, has passed away aged 80. RIP

Sad news, I really enjoyed his film Empire of Passion.

[The Great Owl]

I had some fun during lunch break by counting the Criterions in my collection. I have 146 Criterions on DVD, because I've been collecting them for several years. I only have 12 Criterions on Blu-ray.

Looking through a few of my Criterion DVDs that I'd love to see released on Blu-ray someday.
Le Samouraï
Bob Le Flambeur
Le Deuxième Souffle
Le Doulos
Les Enfants Terribles
Sullivan's Travels
The Lady Eve
Unfaithfully Yours
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi
Le Trou
Brute Force
Carnival of Souls (great cover art for the DVD!)
Classe Tous Risques
Elevator to the Gallows
Eyes Without a Face
Grand Illusion (I should just pick up the StudioCanal Blu, I guess.)
Hiroshima Mon Amour
I Vitelloni (I wish I could have dressed like this when I was a carefree lad right out of college.)
Insomnia
The Fire Within
The Most Dangerous Game (I should just pick up the Flicker Alley Blu, I guess.)
The Naked Prey
Night Train to Munich
Onibaba
Overlord
Pépé Le Moko
Stray Dog
Throne of Blood
Spirit of the Beehive
That Hamilton Woman
Vampyr
M
Notorious (Even if it is released on Blu, I'm keeping the DVD for the Ingrid Bergman cover.)
Hamlet
Downhill Racer
Ace in the Hole
L' Avventura
L' Eclisse
Fiend Without a Face
Band of Outsiders

A handful of my Criterion DVDs that I will be in no huge rush to upgrade to Blu-ray.
Weekend (Godard)
The Hit
The Lower Depths
Slacker (The 1990s sucked the first time around.)
Black Moon (Weird weird movie...but I'll upgrade at some point way on down the line)
Hoop Dreams
Hunger (Great flick, but some things I'm in no rush to see in high def.)

[klauswhereareyou]

I like to see Brian De Palma's Sisters upgraded for blu ray by Criterion with some actual extras this time!

[retask]

Are Criterion announcing today? Their wall usually is packed with people writing, but today theres nothing.

[retablo]

Originally Posted by Randyman94

This may not be the right place but:

Everyone seems to talk about Criterions on here and I guess should buy one and experience it myself.

So, any recommendations?

I like horror the most and I know Criterion releases lesser known films so I don't really know where to begin. It's nice to have real people recommend something than go in blind.

Thanks!

Please bear in mind, though, that just because YOU haven't heard of a particular film doesn't necessarily make it "lesser known."

[Whirlygig]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Looking through a few of my Criterion DVDs that I'd love to see released on Blu-ray someday.
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https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/M-Blu-ray/9840/

[RandyK]

Originally Posted by retablo

Please bear in mind, though, that just because YOU haven't heard of a particular film doesn't necessarily make it "lesser known."

I meant like films that the average moviegoer would probably not know about.

I think a title that somebody should release on Blu here in the US (and I think Criterion may be a good match) is The Dreamers by Bernardo Bertolucci. I would love a US release on this as I know Germany and Russia have one.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Whirlygig

[Show spoiler]
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/M-Blu-ray/9840/

Ah-ha! Thanks!

Maybe during the next Barnes & Noble sale.

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by retask

Are Criterion announcing today? Their wall usually is packed with people writing, but today theres nothing.

As far as I know, but the chatter does seem muted.

[Yami]

It is truly saddening to hear of Oshima's passing, though he wasn't a well man in recent years so it wasn't entirely surprising. His best works remain unavailable in the West, so hopefully Criterion are working on putting together a Blu-Ray set of his work for ATG (or something similar).

[octagon]

Originally Posted by retask

Are Criterion announcing today? Their wall usually is packed with people writing, but today theres nothing.

I think we're all still digesting the fact that Jodie Foster is single.

[RandyK]

My first Criterion will be ...............

[Show spoiler]Videodrome

One of cheapest recommended ones on Amazon. Plus I really like the case design

Rosemary's Baby will either be ordered or in hand this weekend depending on Best Buy. Thank you all for the recommendations. I hope to check out some more of those in the future. My wallet with hate me though.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by octagon

I think we're all still digesting the fact that Jodie Foster is single.

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by octagon

Sherlock is probably my favorite current series. Actually, no probably about it. It's superb on every level.

The Hour, Downton Abbey and Homeland had very good to excellent first seasons and good to very good second seasons. Boardwalk Empire started a little slow for me but has picked up a little steam.

I finally got The Hour (I remember you recommending it to me)..bought it from B&N back in mid-December and I just got it in the mail yesterday (with a broken case too, to top it off) .... so I'll finally start watching it. I didn't realize the second series already came out on blu-ray last week, it seemed like nobody talked about it. I liked Homeland's first year very much also..but kind of lost interest this past season. Really need to see Sherlock (it's easily available on netflix, I've just been lazy getting around to it)

Originally Posted by blkhrt

Not to play devil's advocate, but don't you think someone like Julia Louis-Dreyfus (for example, since she is who everyone else has been talking about) had a few advantages as well. She is a Louis-Dreyfus after all. My point is just that all filmmakers or actors have backgrounds, and a fair number of them have so-called advantages. I'm not picking on your post, by any means...just wasting time

You're right---I just meant in terms of talent as a filmmaker, there's far better young filmmakers who could use the opportunity .

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

We've recently finished the fifth season of Mad Men. That show seems to get better and better. I'd like to see a spin-off with Christina Hendricks where she just walks around all day in 60s outfits, smoking and looking disdainful.

Heh, more opposite opinions: I didn't like the fifth season. I loved the first four, but the fifth I wasn't a big fan of...felt a bit too directionless, like events just happened without any reason, 'explosive' moments thrown in just to entertain...although I know, the last 3 episodes did pick up a lot, and I would definitely watch that spin-off . My own favorite right now is probably Louie.