The Criterion Collection

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

I can see why people would want Head by itself, instead of it being part of a larger commitment. Just not sure how likely that is.

Naturally. One never wants to commit too early especially when going in blind. There's always the danger one does not get Head at first. It may take some time.

[HaroldnMaude]

Me rewatching Barry Lyndon:

[Show spoiler]

[oildude]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

No rumors that I can recall. I think there's a strong demand for Head. There would be a line around the block at BN if Head was being offered at 50% off.

I think that would depend on which cashier is selling it. I know at my local B&Ns I would not accept Head from any of them even with a discount.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by oildude

I think that would depend on which cashier is selling it. I know at my local B&Ns I would not accept Head from any of them even with a discount.

All seriousness aside, I'm glad I got Head with the BBS set, but it's not something I would have paid for as a standalone. However, had The Last Picture Show been available as a standalone, I probably would have bought it and the Sony Easy Rider and not the BBS set. I'm glad I bought the set, though. Both Five Easy Pieces and The King of Marvin Gardens were better than I remembered.

[Hoke Moseley]

If anyone needs any further confirmation that Election is on it's way....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgo6...ature=youtu.be

43 seconds: "I just saw Alexander the other day. He was working on the remastering of Election for Criterion."

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

If anyone needs any further confirmation that Election is on it's way....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgo6...ature=youtu.be

43 seconds: "I just saw Alexander the other day. He was working on the remastering of Election for Criterion."

Finally! I feel like it has been coming up in rumors for awhile! My favorite Alexander Payne movie!!

[AwkwardBoner]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

If anyone needs any further confirmation that Election is on it's way....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgo6...ature=youtu.be

43 seconds: "I just saw Alexander the other day. He was working on the remastering of Election for Criterion."

Looove Election. Hope it's announced soon!

[blujazz]

Got Stephen Frears to sign my copy of My Beautiful Laundrette at a Q&A screening of Victoria and Abdul. He told me the the scene on the cover was one of the first things they shot, with Daniel Day-Lewis arriving on set declaiming "here's licky!". The licking wasn't on the script.

[CrossRhodes94]

I'm looking for some recommendations Criterions to watch. So far I've seen 12 Angry Men, The 400 Blows, Boyhood, My Beautiful Laundrette, A Night To Remember, Weekend (2011)... I'm actually in the middle of watching Before Sunrise right now... I'll be watching Blue Is The Warmest Color and The Ice Storm, as I ordered those and will be getting them in a few days.

[theater dreamer]

If you're a Star Wars nut like I am, I'd start off with the films of Akira Kurosawa. George Lucas has gone on record that Kurosawa's visual style has heavily influenced him. Specifically, The Hidden Fortress had a big impact on Episode IV. I've not yet seen it (it's on my short list), but I can enthusiastically recommend Seven Samurai as one of the first films you should check out.

If you liked 12 Angry Men, Anatomy of a Murder is a safe bet. I love Otto Preminger and Jimmy Stewart, both.

Have you ever seen the work of Ingmar Bergman? If not, check out some of his films. The man was a master, and The Seventh Seal is fantastic!

Finally, the first film I ever bought from Criterion, Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront, should be in your collection. Marlon Brando was at the top of his game, and the supporting cast is superb. Brando and Eva Marie Saint took home two of the film's eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Originally Posted by CrossRhodes94

I'm looking for some recommendations Criterions to watch. So far I've seen 12 Angry Men, The 400 Blows, Boyhood, My Beautiful Laundrette, A Night To Remember, Weekend (2011)... I'm actually in the middle of watching Before Sunrise right now... I'll be watching Blue Is The Warmest Color and The Ice Storm, as I ordered those and will be getting them in a few days.

[The Sovereign]

Originally Posted by CrossRhodes94

I'm looking for some recommendations Criterions to watch. So far I've seen 12 Angry Men, The 400 Blows, Boyhood, My Beautiful Laundrette, A Night To Remember, Weekend (2011)... I'm actually in the middle of watching Before Sunrise right now... I'll be watching Blue Is The Warmest Color and The Ice Storm, as I ordered those and will be getting them in a few days.

I'd say any of the Hitchcock, Kubrick, Kurosawa, Chaplin or Altman that you can get ahold of is worth doing. Learn about directors that you like and explore their catalog.

Aside from works by those directors (and some already mentioned), other highlights for me would be: 8 1/2, The Wages of Fear, Wings of Desire, Breathless, The Rules of the Game, Beauty and the Beast, The Red Shoes, Badlands, The Night of the Hunter, Bicycle Thieves, Brazil...yeah, on and on it goes.

[Huseyin]

I just put up a review of a Criterion release called Pale Flower if anyone is interested?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-uJD5_MoR8

[Cremildo]

The Criterion Collection will restore select Kiarostami films later in 2018.

[deepseababy]

Originally Posted by ArnoldLayne56

I thought The Ice Storm was fantastic. Now I'll have to watch it again, it's been a couple years.

It is a great film. It is also relentlessly depressing, and by the end you just want to cry with Kevin Kline's character.

[The Great Owl]

Kinda sorta Criterion-related, since there are Criterion reviews here in abundance...

Several people in this forum have asked me to start a blog that archives my reviews and my write-ups. I have not done so, because I've always figured that a movie review blog would be too self-indulgent.

However...

I gave in, and decided to start an account on Letterboxd.

Right now, it's mostly reviews of newer films that I saw at the theater, but I've also retroactively added some movie content reviews from my write-ups on this site.

I will be slowly adding archived reviews to the site as I stumble across them here. I will probably never be able to list every single movie that I've reviewed on this forum, but this is a start.

A Letterboxd account is not as high-maintenance as an actual blog, and it's also easy to add movies, since I don't have to worry about artwork, etc. This will make it easy for me to look up my own past reviews, and that's the main attraction for me.

I'll go live with it and add the link to my signature shortly, after I get the feel of the site and straighten out some rough edges.

[Blu_Beard]

I, for one, feel relieved there will be another entity on the web storing Owl's reviews. Glad to hear this.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Blu_Beard

I, for one, feel relieved there will be another entity on the web storing Owl's reviews. Glad to hear this.

The funny thing is that I usually cut-and-paste my reviews from here on to a running forum that I also frequent, because there is a movies discussion thread there (although folks are not quite as enthusiastic about cinema as they are on this here site).

That running forum, however, is making it easy for me to add my past reviews to my Letterboxd account, though, because, unlike this site, I don't make references to Blu-ray picture quality and such, and I limit the review passages simply to movie content.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Kinda sorta Criterion-related, since there are Criterion reviews here in abundance...

Several people in this forum have asked me to start a blog that archives my reviews and my write-ups. I have not done so, because I've always figured that a movie review blog would be too self-indulgent.

However...

I gave in, and decided to start an account on Letterboxd.

Right now, it's mostly reviews of newer films that I saw at the theater, but I've also retroactively added some movie content reviews from my write-ups on this site.

I will be slowly adding archived reviews to the site as I stumble across them here. I will probably never be able to list every single movie that I've reviewed on this forum, but this is a start.

A Letterboxd account is not as high-maintenance as an actual blog, and it's also easy to add movies, since I don't have to worry about artwork, etc. This will make it easy for me to look up my own past reviews, and that's the main attraction for me.

I'll go live with it and add the link to my signature shortly, after I get the feel of the site and straighten out some rough edges.

Mr. Owl, you're just about the best thing there is about this thread, much less forum. You have the most consistent reviews and I can only live vicariously through you (being a former movie critic who wrote reviews myself... until utter exhaustion set in).

So unless my movie writing mojo returns, we still have you! 2 very big thumbs up.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by blujazz

Got Stephen Frears to sign my copy of My Beautiful Laundrette at a Q&A screening of Victoria and Abdul. He told me the the scene on the cover was one of the first things they shot, with Daniel Day-Lewis arriving on set declaiming "here's licky!". The licking wasn't on the script.

Nice to see 2 mentions of My Beautiful Laundrette on the same page. I didn't love it when I saw it the first time but DDL and some of the Indian actors really bring it in MBL. Even though there isn't any pop music used in the film, the UK music from that time really informed the early / mid 80's culture (for better and for worse) which makes the film particularly interesting to me.

[Poya]

I think there should be more Scorsese films here. One ain't gonna cut it for the greatest filmmaker alive. I'm thinking of:

• Who's That Knocking at My Door? +various like The Big Shave + Italianamerica
• After Hours
• Age of Innocence
• Kundun

Anything else?