The Criterion Collection

[GilliamsBrazil]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Here's the final poll.

Vote for Criterion Blu-ray release of the year for 2011.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...Zjcmc6MQ#gid=0

We need one more!

Which Criterion that was released DVD-only in the Blu era most needs an upgrade?

[Show spoiler]2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Bergman Island
Danton
Dillinger Is Dead
Dodes'ka-den
Downhill Racer
Empire of Passion
Europa
Fanfan la Tulipe
Hobson's Choice
Homicide
Il Generale Della Rovere
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
L'Enfance Nue
Letters From Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa
Louie Bluie
Made In USA
Magnificent Obsession
Make Way for Tomorrow
My Dinner with André
Night Train to Munich
Pigs, Pimps & Prostitutes: 3 Films by Shohei Imamura
Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy
Science is Fiction: 23 Films by Jean Painlevé
Simon of the Desert
That Hamilton Woman
The Exterminating Angel
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Fugitive Kind
The Golden Age of Television
The Hit
The Human Condition
The Last Days of Disco
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Three Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg
Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu
White Dog
Wise Blood
Z

Looking forward to seeing the results of the other polls!

[Hendershot737]

Originally Posted by GilliamsBrazil

We need one more!

Which Criterion that was released DVD-only in the Blu era most needs an upgrade?

[Show spoiler]2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Bergman Island
Danton
Dillinger Is Dead
Dodes'ka-den
Downhill Racer
Empire of Passion
Europa
Fanfan la Tulipe
Hobson's Choice
Homicide
Il Generale Della Rovere
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
L'Enfance Nue
Letters From Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa
Louie Bluie
Made In USA
Magnificent Obsession
Make Way for Tomorrow
My Dinner with André
Night Train to Munich
Pigs, Pimps & Prostitutes: 3 Films by Shohei Imamura
Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy
Science is Fiction: 23 Films by Jean Painlevé
Simon of the Desert
That Hamilton Woman
The Exterminating Angel
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Fugitive Kind
The Golden Age of Television
The Hit
The Human Condition
The Last Days of Disco
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Three Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg
Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu
White Dog
Wise Blood
Z

Looking forward to seeing the results of the other polls!

I believe Bergman Island is on The Seventh Seal bluray...

[oildude]

Originally Posted by GilliamsBrazil

We need one more!

Which Criterion that was released DVD-only in the Blu era most needs an upgrade?

[Show spoiler]2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Bergman Island
Danton
Dillinger Is Dead
Dodes'ka-den
Downhill Racer
Empire of Passion
Europa
Fanfan la Tulipe
Hobson's Choice
Homicide
Il Generale Della Rovere
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
L'Enfance Nue
Letters From Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa
Louie Bluie
Made In USA
Magnificent Obsession
Make Way for Tomorrow
My Dinner with André
Night Train to Munich
Pigs, Pimps & Prostitutes: 3 Films by Shohei Imamura
Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy
Science is Fiction: 23 Films by Jean Painlevé
Simon of the Desert
That Hamilton Woman
The Exterminating Angel
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Fugitive Kind
The Golden Age of Television
The Hit
The Human Condition
The Last Days of Disco
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Three Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg
Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu
White Dog
Wise Blood
Z

Looking forward to seeing the results of the other polls!

Bergman Island is already out on blu. It is a supplement on The Seventh Seal BD.

Nice list of upgrade wants. A lot of mine are on there. But you forgot two big ones:

Le Samourai
The Cranes are Flying

I could add others I would love to see upgraded - all the Soviet films, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Naked Prey, the Teshigahara set, etc - but Le Samourai is number one for me, by a small margin over The Cranes are Flying. Of course, the problem is there are so many deserving of upgrades that eveyone's list would add up to the entire collection.

[GilliamsBrazil]

Originally Posted by oildude

Bergman Island is already out on blu. It is a supplement on The Seventh Seal BD.

Nice list of upgrade wants. A lot of mine are on there. But you forgot two big ones:

Le Samourai
The Cranes are Flying

I could add others I would love to see upgraded- all the Soviet films, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Naked Prey, the Teshigahara set, etc - but Le Samourai is number one for me, by a small margin over The Cranes are Flying. Of course, the problem is there are so many deserving of upgrades that eveyone's list would add up to the entire collection.

Ah yes I forgot that Bergman Island was on The Seventh Seal. The ones I listed though are only the DVDs that have been released DVD-only since Criterion started releasing Blu-rays.

[ShellOilJunior]

Re: Blithe Spirit & Noel Coward

"I hope you like your martinis very dry!"

[Show spoiler]Woody Allen fans should get this joke

[oildude]

Originally Posted by GilliamsBrazil

Ah yes I forgot that Bergman Island was on The Seventh Seal. The ones I listed though are only the DVDs that have been released DVD-only since Criterion started releasing Blu-rays.

You are right....missed that part.

As Roseanne Roseanna-danna would say: "Never mind"

But from your list I would pick The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and The Human Condition, two of my top upgrade wants that will likely be a long time in coming.

[oildude]

This has likely been discussed already and if so I missed it, but I am curious why Criterion did not release blu-rays along with DVDs for some of these DVD-only releases during the blu-ray era? I am guessing it is because they were being cautious about commiting resources to blu-ray. I have the impression they were relatively late getting into the format..... I am guessing they waited to see who came out on top of the format war, then moved into hi-def slowly at first.

Regardless of the reason, this likely means even greater delays for those DVD-only releases that were released during this period that I would like to see on blu.

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by oildude

This has likely been discussed already and if so I missed it, but I am curious why Criterion did not release blu-rays along with DVDs for some of these DVD-only releases during the blu-ray era? I am guessing it is because they were being cautious about committing resources to blu-ray. I have the impression they were relatively late getting into the format..... I am guessing they waited to see who came out on top of the format war, then moved into hi-def slowly at first.

It also has to do with the time frame of when Criterion acquired the rights to some of the films. The licensing rights for some of those films were negotiated before blu-ray came into the picture and Criterion, for one reason or another, didn't go back to renegotiate the rights for a blu-ray release when it came time to release it on DVD. Sometimes, Criterion sits on films for many years before they are able to get around to releasing them on disc.

[Beta Man]

I received an email stating 35% off select Criterions and other art-prints, shirts, etc.

I don't see anything priced other than "normal" anyone else receive this?

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

I received an email stating 35% off select Criterions and other art-prints, shirts, etc.

I don't see anything priced other than "normal" anyone else receive this?

Yeah, I got the e-mail too. Too bad it is only on the titles pictured in the e-mail and not valid on the 2 Suzuki titles.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

I received an email stating 35% off select Criterions and other art-prints, shirts, etc.

I don't see anything priced other than "normal" anyone else receive this?

Use the promo code GIFT11 to take 35% off all art prints and the titles mentioned in the mail.

[retablo]

Originally Posted by oildude

This has likely been discussed already and if so I missed it, but I am curious why Criterion did not release blu-rays along with DVDs for some of these DVD-only releases during the blu-ray era? I am guessing it is because they were being cautious about commiting resources to blu-ray. I have the impression they were relatively late getting into the format..... I am guessing they waited to see who came out on top of the format war, then moved into hi-def slowly at first.

Regardless of the reason, this likely means even greater delays for those DVD-only releases that were released during this period that I would like to see on blu.

They were quotes on several occasions - Downhill Racer, Rosselini's War Trilogy - that the original elements weren't in good enough condition to warrant a blu release. Racer has considerable print damage, so I understand their reasoning in a way.

[jacobb1313]

Originally Posted by GilliamsBrazil

We need one more!

Which Criterion that was released DVD-only in the Blu era most needs an upgrade?

[Show spoiler]2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Bergman Island
Danton
Dillinger Is Dead
Dodes'ka-den
Downhill Racer
Empire of Passion
Europa
Fanfan la Tulipe
Hobson's Choice
Homicide
Il Generale Della Rovere
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
L'Enfance Nue
Letters From Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa
Louie Bluie
Made In USA
Magnificent Obsession
Make Way for Tomorrow
My Dinner with André
Night Train to Munich
Pigs, Pimps & Prostitutes: 3 Films by Shohei Imamura
Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy
Science is Fiction: 23 Films by Jean Painlevé
Simon of the Desert
That Hamilton Woman
The Exterminating Angel
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Fugitive Kind
The Golden Age of Television
The Hit
The Human Condition
The Last Days of Disco
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Three Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg
Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu
White Dog
Wise Blood
Z

Looking forward to seeing the results of the other polls!

My Top 5:

In the Mood for Love
Exterminating Angel
Simon of the Desert
Viridiana
Z
(Honorable Mention: Anything by Imamura Shohei)

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by octagon

Use the promo code GIFT11 to take 35% off all art prints and the titles mentioned in the mail.

Nice!

Made a "little" order, and it will push me over the edge to get my next $50 GC

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by GilliamsBrazil

Which Criterion that was released DVD-only in the Blu era most needs an upgrade?

Some would think I would say the obvious and go with one of the Godard films or Dillinger, but I will just go by those since this is all in fun and say the one that "NEEDS" an upgrade is the Sirk film most likely.

[ShellOilJunior]

Best release of 2011 voting is very interesting.

I can't wait to show you guys these poll results.

[Darkcritic]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

Some would think I would say the obvious and go with one of the Godard films or Dillinger, but I will just go by those since this is all in fun and say the one that "NEEDS" an upgrade is the Sirk film most likely.

I would kill to have Magnificent Obsession in BD ! Anything Sirk would do thought .

[nametag]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

With all this talk, it is now necessary for me to see 'Still Walking' as soon as I can...

This talk is making me glad I blind bought it from the B&N sale. I'm a sucker for a good low-key intimate character drama.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by Darkcritic

I would kill to have Magnificent Obsession in BD ! Anything Sirk would do thought .

Who owns Imitation of Life? I love, love, love that movie and would love to see it added to the collection.

[DLizzle]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

I received an email stating 35% off select Criterions and other art-prints, shirts, etc.

I don't see anything priced other than "normal" anyone else receive this?

I noticed that the email mentioned Le Havre getting a Criterion release in 2012. Was this already known?