The Criterion Collection

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Pursued is still in my unwatched Blu-ray stack, but I'll get to it soon.

I watched it just this week - It's really great! I suggest moving it towards the top of that stack ;D

[demonknight]

November Guesses:
-The Brood
-Midnight Cowboy
-My Own Private Idaho
-Tootsie
-Walker

[zoodermin]

I think they'll give us a big release or box set in November. Something like the Faith Trilogy or the Before Trilogy (a long shot but you never know) will be awesome.

[zoodermin]

Just out of curiosity, which decade is the most represented by your Criterion Collection? Which one is your list represented? My most represented are the 1950s and my least represented are the 1920s.

Total of Criterion films: 80

1950: 25

1960: 12

1930: 9

1990: 9

1940: 8

2000: 5

1980: 4

1970: 3

2010: 3

1920: 2

[atlantajoseph]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

I think they'll give us a big release or box set in November. Something like the Faith Trilogy [...]

Are you referring to the Bergman trilogy of Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, and The Silence? I would be all over that on day one. Those are some of the most beautiful and meaningful films in the entire collection, IMO.

[zoodermin]

Originally Posted by atlantajoseph

Are you referring to the Bergman trilogy of Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, and The Silence? I would be all over that on day one. Those are some of the most beautiful and meaningful films in the entire collection, IMO.

Yes that ones! Those would be day one for me too!

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

I think I am going with December also along with Midnight Cowboy.

I can smell a Chaplin film coming in November. I hope they upgrade L'Avventura, as well.

[tomblankenship]

any truth to private idaho making its way blu-ray in the near future? they still have the rights I assume right? seriously about to drop $20 for the hd amazon stream even tho I just rented it. also how does the dvd release look?

[spargs]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

Just out of curiosity, which decade is the most represented by your Criterion Collection? Which one is your list represented? My most represented are the 1950s and my least represented are the 1920s.

Total of Criterion films: 80

1950: 25

1960: 12

1930: 9

1990: 9

1940: 8

2000: 5

1980: 4

1970: 3

2010: 3

1920: 2

My Criterion blus looks like this (with Criterion DVDs in parentheses)...

1950s: 27 (3)
1960s: 25 (10)
1970s: 19 (6)
1980s: 14 (7)
1990s: 11(2)
2000s: 6
1940s: 4 (2)
1930s: 4
2010s: 1

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

I think they'll give us a big release or box set in November. Something like the Faith Trilogy or the Before Trilogy (a long shot but you never know) will be awesome.

Or maybe that Wenders road trilogy set they have been rumoring for years.

[blujazz]

A Before... trilogy would be sublime...

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

Just out of curiosity, which decade is the most represented by your Criterion Collection? Which one is your list represented? My most represented are the 1950s and my least represented are the 1920s.

Total of Criterion films: 80

1950: 25
1960: 12
1930: 9
1990: 9
1940: 8
2000: 5
1980: 4
1970: 3
2010: 3

1920: 2

Total of Criterion films: 151

1960: 52
1950: 27
1970: 24
2000: 12
1990: 11
1940: 7
1980: 7
1930: 4
1920: 4
2010: 3

most box sets i have are from around 60's and 70's so they influence the list a lot.

[minister_x]

My money is on the Faith trilogy - which would be awesome. I'm hoping they upgrade Short Cuts at some point too (which I believe they still have the rights for). That was/is a fantastic DVD set.

[orbital]

An upgrade of 49TH PARALLEL would be nice. I have recently enjoyed this movie a lot and more Powell/Pressburger on Blu-ray is always a good option. Besides the bonus of the BBC documentary A Pretty British Affair was a treat by itself.

[ShellOilJunior]

I just had a thought the big November release could be:

[Show spoiler]The Adventures of Antoine Doinel

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I just had a though the big November release could be:

[Show spoiler]The Adventures of Antoine Doinel

That reminds me. A week ago, I was down in Massachusetts and made a brief stop at a B&N there. I freaked when I saw a copy of The Adventures of Antoine Doinel sitting amongst the Criterion Blu-rays. Turned out to be the DVD set, misfiled.

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by SlickDamian

I was just watching Cowboys and Aliens (great, great underrated movie) and had an idea for a new film genre (I think it's new): Western noir. That would be a cinephile's dream come true. Come on Scorsese or Tarantino, make it happen!

I wrote the liner notes for a recent Blu-ray release of Richard Fleischer's Violent Saturday, and referred to that as a Film Soleil. It's a sun kissed invasion of the noir, usually set out West, and I cited films like Bad Day At Black Rock as comparable.

[jrsl76]

Holy F---, I'm pissed. I came home from a long day at work to find out that my roommate or his girlfriend bumped into boxes of movies that I had been packing as I'll be moving out over then next 2 months and that they had spilled water onto them and then haphazardly thrown them back into the box. 11 Criterions water damaged. Roughly $440 worth of damage. Anger is just flowing through my veins. They need to come up with $220 so I can replace them in the flash sale.

Damn, I cannot describe how ready I am to be done with roommate life.

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I just had a though the big November release could be:

[Show spoiler]The Adventures of Antoine Doinel

I had that pinned for October, as it's Truffaut's 30th Anniversary that month.

Wouldn't the Hellman Westerns box-set tick the box of "Big November Release"?

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

Here's 7 more, though I don't think any of these have made it to blu ray yet.

Man of the West will be out Nov 4th from Kino.