The Criterion Collection

[diskspinner]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

This is not Criterion-oriented, but listening to Fincher's commentary on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo I realize how much I DON'T know about filmmaking. What a freakin' process! I wish I understood this stuff.

Of course, to make it Criterion-oriented, we need lots of Fincher. LOTS.

I am not into film commentary, but a BIG fan of David Fincher. Although I have everything by him except for Alien 3, more criterions would be nice.

[Rich Pure Doom]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

This may sound ignorant, but honestly how good is a silent film from 1928 really supposed to look?

...I bet the SD Criterion transfer looks as good as the original did on screen during the 20s.

That being said, blu-ray would be cool.

The increase in quality on silent films is the same increase on any other, from any other era. High definition is simply way better.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by diskspinner

I am not into film commentary, but a BIG fan of David Fincher. Although I have everything by him except for Alien 3, more criterions would be nice.

I have seen 7 Fincher films, but the one I like most is Alien3!
(i must be in the minority)

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by Namuhana

I just use the one on Wikipedia...

... which is very nice, indeed, but doesn't allow me to color-code my Criterion blu-ray and DVD collections, my want list, and make special notes. My customized spreadsheet is not only functional, it's very, very purty.

[jayj15]

Originally Posted by Banned User

Now bring on Le Samourai . Also would love to see Un Flic get a release. The last film I haven't seen by Melville. The one whose failure, according to most scholars, attributed to his early death.

Le Deuxième Souffle is also now on Itunes in HD. I will have to rent it, as I haven't seen it before. Hopefully a bluray upgrade is soon.

[Namuhana]

Originally Posted by jmclick

... which is very nice, indeed, but doesn't allow me to color-code my Criterion blu-ray and DVD collections, my want list, and make special notes. My customized spreadsheet is not only functional, it's very, very purty.

Haha, fair enough!

[DenOfEarth]

The Brood and Kwaidan on BD? sounds like a nice Halloween thing going on with Criterion.

I saw The Brood as a kid and thought it was disgusting, one of Cronenberg's underrated. Kwaidan i saw on video at 14 and thought it was an excellent horror anthology like Dead of Night or Creepshow.

The Woman in The Snow story is the best one! and did Tales From The Darkside's Lovers Vow story reminded anyone of Kwaidan?

Who wants Criterion to do Dead of Night (1945)?

[AaronJ]

I have every Fincher film on BD except Panic Room which, as far as I know, isn't available. And honestly, I didn't like in the theater to begin with.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Banned User

Odd man Out seems like a safe bet coming from Carol Reed. Though I can imagine James Mason hams it up some. Love Mason, but sometimes he can go overboard.

It's a different kind of performance for Mason. Mostly,

[Show spoiler]because he's hurt for most of the film.

[NoUse4AName68]

Picked up Fantastic Mr. Fox. I LOVED it!

http://www.dustimusprime.com/article...fox-criterion/

[kuro_sawa]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

It's a different kind of performance for Mason. Mostly,

[Show spoiler]because he's hurt for most of the film.

I agree, as I am usually not a fan either but he works well here. The score is also fantastic.

[nondiatonic]

I've been watching a lot of mentally engaging movies lately. As The Great Owl and others have mentioned, sometimes you need a break. Anyone have a suggestion for an entertaining and easy to digest film that is available on Hulu (or Prime Instant)?

[RojD]

Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

Rififi is the only Dassin film that I've seen so far that I wasn't really into.

Brute Force, The Naked City and Night and the City are fantastic. I even find Topkapi to be quite fun, even though it is clearly a minor work.

But Rififi left me cold. I must revisit it.

Completely agree about Brute Force, The Naked City and Night and the City. Dassin really knew how to tell this kind of story with this kind of atmosphere.

But I connected with Rififi more than any of them. My big connection is probably related to the strictly-personal aging parents thing in my own life; I was so touched by Tony le Stéphanois working to recover/maintain some bit of dignity as he aged. And that in a dark, noir environment, a setting I always enjoy. Which happened to be located in one of my favorite cities, Paris, as filmed by someone who apparently loved the city as much as I do. And in addition to all these strictly personal connections, the procedural aspect of the film is almost genre-defining. I'll readily admit that so much of my response is personal, like for Friends of Eddie Coyle, which has a similar main character.

And interestingly enough, I really didn't like Topkapi, where Dassin recycles a lot of the elements that worked well in Rififi. Dassin lost some of his hook with me when he gave up Jean Servais and used Melina Mercouri, who never strikes me as sexy here despite the film relying on it. I'm glad she and Dassin were in love, but she mostly irritated me in the film and her come-on seemed a bit sad.

Really liked Rififi on blu and can't wait for Night and the City to join it. Pity it's missing the BN sale by one stinkin' day. Time to start wishing for The Naked City.

[JJJ225]

James Mason is a cinematic treasure.

[myka22]

Originally Posted by nondiatonic

I've been watching a lot of mentally engaging movies lately. As The Great Owl and others have mentioned, sometimes you need a break. Anyone have a suggestion for an entertaining and easy to digest film that is available on Hulu (or Prime Instant)?

The Warriors is always a good choice. There is a nice version of it on Instant Prime.

[Ray Jackson]

This is anybody's last chance to talk me out the Three Colors trilogy.

Otherwise I shall take off the wrapping and watch it tonight.

I'm not kidding...I'll do it!

Let the blood of my bank account be on your hands.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

This is anybody's last chance to talk me out the Three Colors trilogy.

Otherwise I shall take off the wrapping and watch it tonight.

I'm not kidding...I'll do it!

Let the blood of my bank account be on your hands.

Nobody is going to talk you out of it because Kieslowski is one of the greatest filmmakers who ever graced this world.

[nondiatonic]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Nobody is going to talk you out of it because Kieslowski is one of the greatest filmmakers who ever graced this world.

Just thought this should be seen twice.

[RojD]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

so, filmmusic.... give us a top 5 "music in film" list.

some of my favorites are also my favorite movies of all time:

off the top of my head and in no order: Barry Lyndon, Vertigo, The Third Man, Jules and Jim...

one good one that comes to mind from the CC is Heaven's Gate.

OK......I'll risk it. I love the music in Wes Anderson movies. For example, why does "Aux Champs-Élysées" work so well of Darjeeling Limited, which is about India?

And, more obscurely, I really like the theme from Tokyo Drifter, "Nagaremono Bushi."

I know Criterion has better things to do, but it would be great if there was a way for them to make some of the more hard-to-find music from their films available. Like they could rip it off the soundtrack and make it available for download. I liked the performance of "Le Rififi" from that movie, but I couldn't find it to put on my movies playlist.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

This may sound ignorant, but honestly how good is a silent film from 1928 really supposed to look?

...I bet the SD Criterion transfer looks as good as the original did on screen during the 20s.

That being said, blu-ray would be cool.

All you have to do is check out a Blu-ray of a silent film versus a DVD of the same film. Now, there will be differences when it comes to restoration work, clean-up, the quality of the sources, etc. But you'll still be able to see how a good HD version will stack up against an SD one. Try The Thief of Bagdad (Cohen BD vs Kino DVD), Intolerance (Cohen BD vs Kino DVD), or Metropolis (Kino BD vs Kino DVD).