The Criterion Collection

[natureboy]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

The Complete Eisenstein (Battleship Potemkin, Strike, October, Old and New, Que Viva Mexico, Alexander Nevsky, Ivan the Terrible I/II)

This would be awesome. Have either Ivans or Nevsky received a new scan/restoration?

[Shanghai Express]

Joseph Losey's Mr. Klein (1976) is playing for two weeks in September at the Film Forum in New York, billed as a Rialto Pictures release. I don't see anyone but Criterion releasing this in the US.

[Gacivory]

Hoping for

More Assayas
Straight Time & Prince of the City(Warner Archive or Criterion, don’t care, give me!)
Raise the Red Lantern
Wong Kar-wai boxset
Old Joy

[ElliesDad]

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Too much to ask...?

[goodnitesteve]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

Does anybody have a copy of the director's cut that, as far as I understand, only aired on cable?

I think there's a vhs of it maybe a laserdisc. I'd love to see it either way.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by ElliesDad

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Too much to ask...?

It sounds like Criterion has the Pianist, so hopefully they release it within the next 12 months.

[anim8r79]

What if they were releasing THE ABYSS for it's 30th anniversary?!?!?!? :-)

[Jobla]

I would love:

THE ABYSS (both cuts)
STREETWISE
M (1951)
PRIVATE PARTS (Paul Bartel)
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (standalone)
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (Sidney Lumet)
EYES WIDE SHUT

[Purplenoon]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Chushingura (1962), a film about the classic 47 ronin story, and directed by Hiroshi Inagaki (Samurai Trilogy). It's beautifully filmed, and just has everything I could ask for in a samurai film. The film has sadly been overlooked despite the great director, and even strong cast (Mifune, and Takeshi Shimura are in it). It also has a beautiful score from Akira Ifukube. The DVD (now OOP) for it was rather poor, and I have no idea who has the rights to it now, but I hope one day it can get more recognition again.

Here's a trailer for it, but the video quality is not very good, and it's been Americanized with English narration

Chushingura Hana no maki yuki no maki aka 47 ronin 1962 - YouTube

Thanks. I’ve heard of it, but never seen it. Looks great. I admire your self assurance regarding your favorite. I’ve been going to the movies and obsessing about film since the early 50s, but would be very hard pressed to pick a favorite. Looks like a candidate for screening at the Film Forum some day, not to mention induction into the Criterion Collection.
Regarding Ozu, I’ve always really loved TOKYO STORY. I gave copies of the Criterion discs to my two children, now approaching 50, several years ago at Christmas, mainly because of its strong messages regarding family. Both scoffed at it, never watched it, may have even tossed them into the recycling bin. I asked each only once if they had watched the film, and was basically laughed at each time, I know not why. My own personal WISCONSIN STORY. Never stop trying. Go Ozu!

[The Sovereign]

I feel like we have to be getting close to the Spellbound drop.

[hanz0]

any of these

A Better Tomorrow
A City of Sadness
Days of Being Wild
Eat Drink Man Woman
Hard Boiled
Kurosawa boxset
Memories of Murder
The Killer
The Hole (Ming-liang Tsai)

[FragnitoM]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

It sounds like Criterion has the Pianist, so hopefully they release it within the next 12 months.

I guess we won’t get Pirates...

But seriously I’d also love Blu-ray’s of Death and the Maiden and The Tenant and an upgrade for Knife in the Water. Heck I wish his last film would even get any kind of release in the US...

Polanski is a sensitive topic the past couple years I wonder if Criterion is kind of sitting on putting out new releases for awhile...

Don’t know if Frantic would be one they’d do but I’d buy it

[Bolo Seagull]

My Criterion wish list remains unchanged.

Round Midnight (1986)
Cold War (2018)
Cockfighter (1974)
The Beat that My Heart Skipped (2005)
Crimes & Misdemeanours (1989) (yeah, I won't hold my breath)

[bonehica]

My Usual Suspects:

Come and See
Happiness
Bringing Up Baby
A Place in the Sun
Written on the Wind
Husbands
Any Kurosawa still stuck on DVD
Early Sam Fuller

And a couple of reaches:

Affliction
The Horse Thief
Sholay

[Acer2010]

Here's a classic movie from 1970 that I would love to see get a better 4K restoration on Blu-ray from Criterion: M*A*S*H.

[Hazel Motes]

Hopes:

ANYTHING Werner Herzog
Husbands (John Cassavetes)
Minnie & Moskowitz (John Cassavetes)
The Rain People (Francis Coppola)
Atlantic City (Louis Malle)
Irreversible(Gaspar Noe)
In America (Jim Sheridan)
Lone Star (John Sayles)
The Dead (John Huston)
Over The Edge (Jonathan Kaplan)
Made In Britain (Alan Clarke)
Defending Your Life (Albert Brooks)
Gummo (Harmony Korine)
Julien Donkey Boy (Harmony Korine)
Together (Lukas Moodysson)


dvd upgrades:

any Kurosawa
any Godard
any Fellini
any Huston
any Bergman
Chungking Express
Classe Tous Risques
Blast of Silence

[FragnitoM]

Originally Posted by Bolo Seagull

My Criterion wish list remains unchanged.

Round Midnight (1986)
Cold War (2018)
Cockfighter (1974)
The Beat that My Heart Skipped (2005)
Crimes & Misdemeanours (1989) (yeah, I won't hold my breath)

I do wish Criterion would do something with Woody Allen. Much of His 90s output like Bullets Over Broadway, Deconstructing Harry, Everyone Says I Love You, Celebrity, Mighty Aphrodite... isn’t available as far as I know

[tama]

I'm going to predict two westerns:

Winchester 73 and (The Naked Spur) Whoops meant Destry Rides Again.

[StarDestroyer52]

I'll be happy for one of these two:

The Cameraman
The Trial

[Hazel Motes]

It would be a struggle to add anything beyond a new transfer for any of those films. There would be no bonus features of any kind unless they managed to rustle up some Woody interviews covering those films. Also I doubt Woody would participate in any way with the production of the restorations. Furthermore I don't know how many actors would stick there neck out in the metoo era to provide any kind of interview about their involvement in said film.

Even if it was just a new transfer I'd buy it. But the odds seemed stacked against Criterion ever releasing a WA film on BR.