The Criterion Collection

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by Poya

Because Jim Carrey’s in it and they don’t want a crude comedian to be included into their catalog. Adam Sandler doesn’t count because he’s not a comedian, you have to be funny to be one.

[joy-division]

I have the KimchiDVD release of ESotSM which will do me for now

KimchiDVD LE Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Steelbook Unboxing/Review - YouTube

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by Poya

Because Jim Carrey’s in it and they don’t want a crude comedian to be included into their catalog. Adam Sandler doesn’t count because he’s not a comedian, you have to be funny to be one.

please stop trolling

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

I was checking out the They Shoot Pictures website (http://theyshootpictures.com/noir1000.htm) and noticed their unfinished 1,000 Noir Films list (their current list is up to 725 titles) includes 44 Criterion Collection titles which have either been previously produced, are currently produced, or will soon-to-be produced on blu-ray disc. Those titles are:

ACE IN THE HOLE (Billy Wilder, 1951, USA)
THE AMERICAN FRIEND (Wim Wenders, 1977, West Germany-France)
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (John Huston, 1950, USA)
BLOOD SIMPLE (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 1984, USA)
BRANDED TO KILL (Seijun Suzuki, 1967, Japan)
THE BREAKING POINT (Michael Curtiz, 1950, USA)
BREATHLESS (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960, France)
CAT PEOPLE (Jacques Tourneur, 1942, USA)
ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (Louis Malle, 1957, France)
FOLLOWING (Christopher Nolan, 1998, UK)
THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (Peter Yates, 1973, USA)
THE GAME (David Fincher, 1997,USA)
GILDA (Charles Vidor, 1946, USA)
HIGH AND LOW (Akira Kurosawa, 1963, Japan)
IN A LONELY PLACE (Nicholas Ray, 1950, USA)
THE KILLERS (Robert Siodmak, 1946, USA)
THE KILLERS (Don Siegel, 1964, USA)
KILLER'S KISS (Stanley Kubrick, 1955, USA)
THE KILLING (Stanley Kubrick, 1956, USA)
THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (John Cassavetes, 1976, USA)
KISS ME DEADLY (Robert Aldrich, 1955, USA)
M (Fritz Lang, 1931, Germany)
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (John Frankenheimer, 1962, USA)
MILDRED PIERCE (Michael Curtiz, 1945, USA)
MINISTRY OF FEAR (Fritz Lang, 1944, USA)
MOONRISE (Frank Borzage, 1948, USA)
MULHOLLAND DR. (David Lynch, 2001, France-USA)
THE NAKED KISS (Samuel Fuller, 1964, USA)
NIGHT AND THE CITY (Jules Dassin, 1950, USA-UK)
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Charles Laughton, 1955, USA)
ODD MAN OUT (Carol Reed, 1947, UK)
REBECCA (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940, USA)
THE RED CIRCLE (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970, France-Italy)
RIDE THE PINK HORSE (Robert Montgomery, 1947, USA)
RIOT IN CELLBLOCK 11 (Don Siegel, 1954, USA)
RIFIFI (Jules Dassin, 1955, France)
LE SAMOURAÏ (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967, France)
SHOCK CORRIDOR (Samuel Fuller, 1963, USA)
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (Jonathan Demme, 1991, USA)
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957, USA)
THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (Nicholas Ray, 1948, USA)
THIEF (Michael Mann, 1981, USA)
THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed, 1949, UK)
THE WAGES OF FEAR (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953, France-Italy)


Since becoming a blu-ray collector, Film Noir has become my favorite type of film. I have been grateful to Criterion in their efforts of making these incredible titles available.

PS: I would love to see Criterion release GUN CRAZY.

The Shoot Dark Pictures Don't They is a great resource. As you say it's a work in progress, but it's a great place to explore the works of film noir. In the above list, I've bolded the the films that are ranked as TSDPDT's top 100 noirs. 13 have Criterion releases, which isn't too shabby. There would be seventeen, if only Criterion would upgrade

Brute Force
The Naked City
Thieves' Highway
Pickup on South Street

which would be almost 20 percent of the top 100. Add High Sierra, Gun Crazy, Clash by Night and The Set-Up and you'd have a really impressive collection for the collection.

[MifuneFan]

I was just checking out artist Greg Ruth's site, and he has the original graphite pencil drawing used as for the cover of Moonrise up for sale. You also gt a signed copy of the Blu-ray or DVD too. Just $800

http://www.gregthings.com/product-pa...-cover-drawing

This is for an original one of a kind graphite drawing for the cover of the Frank Borzage noit classic, MOONRISE for The Criterion Collection. It's been created using graphite pencil on paper andf measures roughly 13" x 19". Ships flat and free domestically- all sales outside the US please add $30 for shipping. Purchase of this drawing will also get you a signed blu-ray or dvd copy of the release, signed by the artist.

[jshaide]

Watched DAY OF WRATH last night and would love if the Dreyer box got a bump. Does anyone know if there has been any restoration work on these three films?

[okcmaxk]

Originally Posted by Poya

Because Jim Carrey’s in it and they don’t want a crude comedian to be included into their catalog..

And yet their catalog includes films with giant tree sex, a lobster rape, and people eating shit..? I don’t get your point.

[jlk5844]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

I was checking out the They Shoot Pictures website (http://theyshootpictures.com/noir1000.htm) and noticed their unfinished 1,000 Noir Films list (their current list is up to 725 titles) includes 44 Criterion Collection titles which have either been previously produced, are currently produced, or will soon-to-be produced on blu-ray disc. Those titles are:

[Show spoiler]ACE IN THE HOLE (Billy Wilder, 1951, USA)
THE AMERICAN FRIEND (Wim Wenders, 1977, West Germany-France)
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (John Huston, 1950, USA)
BLOOD SIMPLE (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 1984, USA)
BRANDED TO KILL (Seijun Suzuki, 1967, Japan)
THE BREAKING POINT (Michael Curtiz, 1950, USA)
BREATHLESS (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960, France)
CAT PEOPLE (Jacques Tourneur, 1942, USA)
ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (Louis Malle, 1957, France)
FOLLOWING (Christopher Nolan, 1998, UK)
THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (Peter Yates, 1973, USA)
THE GAME (David Fincher, 1997,USA)
GILDA (Charles Vidor, 1946, USA)
HIGH AND LOW (Akira Kurosawa, 1963, Japan)
IN A LONELY PLACE (Nicholas Ray, 1950, USA)
THE KILLERS (Robert Siodmak, 1946, USA)
THE KILLERS (Don Siegel, 1964, USA)
KILLER'S KISS (Stanley Kubrick, 1955, USA)
THE KILLING (Stanley Kubrick, 1956, USA)
THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (John Cassavetes, 1976, USA)
KISS ME DEADLY (Robert Aldrich, 1955, USA)
M (Fritz Lang, 1931, Germany)
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (John Frankenheimer, 1962, USA)
MILDRED PIERCE (Michael Curtiz, 1945, USA)
MINISTRY OF FEAR (Fritz Lang, 1944, USA)
MOONRISE (Frank Borzage, 1948, USA)
MULHOLLAND DR. (David Lynch, 2001, France-USA)
THE NAKED KISS (Samuel Fuller, 1964, USA)
NIGHT AND THE CITY (Jules Dassin, 1950, USA-UK)
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Charles Laughton, 1955, USA)
ODD MAN OUT (Carol Reed, 1947, UK)
REBECCA (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940, USA)
THE RED CIRCLE (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970, France-Italy)
RIDE THE PINK HORSE (Robert Montgomery, 1947, USA)
RIOT IN CELLBLOCK 11 (Don Siegel, 1954, USA)
RIFIFI (Jules Dassin, 1955, France)
LE SAMOURAÏ (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967, France)
SHOCK CORRIDOR (Samuel Fuller, 1963, USA)
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (Jonathan Demme, 1991, USA)
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957, USA)
THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (Nicholas Ray, 1948, USA)
THIEF (Michael Mann, 1981, USA)
THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed, 1949, UK)
THE WAGES OF FEAR (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953, France-Italy)

Since becoming a blu-ray collector, Film Noir has become my favorite type of film. I have been grateful to Criterion in their efforts of making these incredible titles available.

PS: I would love to see Criterion release GUN CRAZY.

I'll probably end up with almost all of those, at the least, in my collection. I already own or have seen (or both) a lot of those (bolded in the quoted post for anyone who cares). Film noir is awesome. Too many great films to check out. I have an interest in everything that isn't bolded. Really wanna watch The Asphalt Jungle, Branded to Kill, Gilda, High and Low, The Killing, Odd Man Out, Rebecca, The Red Circle, Le Samouraï, and I'm eager to revisit a bunch that I've only seen once.

[jlk5844]

Originally Posted by okcmaxk

And yet their catalog includes films with giant tree sex, a lobster rape, and people eating shit..? I don’t get your point.

I've seen Salò (hell, I knew about that before seeing it), and I found via google search that the lobster rape movie is Multiple Maniacs (not surprised it's a John Waters movie). What's the movie with tree f***ing?

[jlk5844]

Also, yes please to a Criterion edition of Lost in Translation. Excellent film. I'd rather Criterion get to remasters of Universal films before Universal do. Eternal Sunshine...I'm one of the few who didn't like it much but I'd give it another shot with a remaster, which I'm sure will happen.

[latehong]

Originally Posted by jshaide

Watched DAY OF WRATH last night and would love if the Dreyer box got a bump. Does anyone know if there has been any restoration work on these three films?

BFI has released a wonderful Dreyer Blu-ray box set (region B locked) years ago, including all three. So yeah, it seems there are restored masters good enough to make decent Blu-ray release.

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by latehong

BFI has released a wonderful Dreyer Blu-ray box set (region B locked) years ago, including all three. So yeah, it seems there are restored masters good enough to make decent Blu-ray release.

With VAMPYR and JOAN OF ARC, maybe they’ll pop up sometime sooner than later. They seem like a good collection to tour (I can see them doing well in NYC, esp. on the heels of the JOAN tour a few months back).

EDIT: Ah, Mulvaney wrote me back! But said to his knowledge there are no immediate plans for a re-release.

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by belcherman

Add High Sierra, Gun Crazy, Clash by Night and The Set-Up and you'd have a really impressive collection for the collection.

All outstanding add-ons, but my number two after Gun Crazy would be Detour!

Don't forget to embolden The Night of the Hunter, also in the Top 100.

In fact, if I was going to create a Criterion 5-film film-noir compilation of films currently unavailable on Region A blu-ray, it would be (in alphabetical order):

DETOUR (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945, USA)
GUN CRAZY (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950, USA)
HIGH SIERRA (Raoul Walsh, 1941, USA)
PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (Samuel Fuller, 1953, USA)
and
THE RECKLESS MOMENT (Max Ophüls, 1949, USA)


and the only reason I would not include:
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (Fritz Lang, 1944, USA)
is because it has already been announced by Kino=Lorber.

[okcmaxk]

Originally Posted by jlk5844

I've seen Salò (hell, I knew about that before seeing it), and I found via google search that the lobster rape movie is Multiple Maniacs (not surprised it's a John Waters movie). What's the movie with tree f***ing?

Antichrist. It’s more lots of ****ing by a tree, but it’s still weird nonetheless.

[Kakihara]

Originally Posted by okcmaxk

Antichrist. It’s more lots of ****ing by a tree, but it’s still weird nonetheless.

Don't forget Criterion isn't averse to featuring movies with clit slicing, either.

[SuperFlyHighGuy]

Originally Posted by jshaide

Watched DAY OF WRATH last night and would love if the Dreyer box got a bump. Does anyone know if there has been any restoration work on these three films?

Definitely my favorite Dreyer film, would like a restored blu also.

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by SuperFlyHighGuy

Definitely my favorite Dreyer film, would like a restored blu also.

Gonna keep it going and (re)watch ORDET tonight.

[traths]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

All outstanding add-ons, but my number two after Gun Crazy would be Detour!

Don't forget to embolden The Night of the Hunter, also in the Top 100.

In fact, if I was going to create a Criterion 5-film film-noir compilation of films currently unavailable on Region A blu-ray, it would be (in alphabetical order):

DETOUR (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945, USA)
GUN CRAZY (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950, USA)
HIGH SIERRA (Raoul Walsh, 1941, USA)
PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (Samuel Fuller, 1953, USA)
and
THE RECKLESS MOMENT (Max Ophüls, 1949, USA)


and the only reason I would not include:
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (Fritz Lang, 1944, USA)
is because it has already been announced by Kino=Lorber.

I would love to see all of those titles get released on blu-ray, especially through Criterion.

[Marlow27]

Watched Branded To Kill today.


Absurd, surreal, style through the roof, a dark sense of humour and just some all-round solid entertaining wackiness.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

All outstanding add-ons, but my number two after Gun Crazy would be Detour!

Don't forget to embolden The Night of the Hunter, also in the Top 100.

In fact, if I was going to create a Criterion 5-film film-noir compilation of films currently unavailable on Region A blu-ray, it would be (in alphabetical order):

DETOUR (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945, USA)
GUN CRAZY (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950, USA)
HIGH SIERRA (Raoul Walsh, 1941, USA)
PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (Samuel Fuller, 1953, USA)
and
THE RECKLESS MOMENT (Max Ophüls, 1949, USA)


and the only reason I would not include:
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (Fritz Lang, 1944, USA)
is because it has already been announced by Kino=Lorber.

Actually, there are several of the top 100 noirs I’d like to see on blu, but I just threw out a handful of titles controlled by Warner as those seem the most likely for Criterion to release; however, High Sierra and Gun Crazy are my most wanted overall.

My only excuse for not bolding Night of the Hunter is that I don’t think of it as a noir, but I’m not going to start the “what is a noir” debate and I’ll correct that error forthwith. Good catch.