The Criterion Collection

[starman15317]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Don't Shy away from the Giorgio Moroder version either. If this cheese-tastic soundtrack sounds awesome...buy it too.

A1Freddie Mercury – Love Kills
A2Pat Benatar – Here's My Heart
A3Jon Anderson – Cage Of Freedom
A4Cycle V – Blood From A Stone
A5Giorgio Moroder – The Legend Of Babel
B1Bonnie Tyler – Here She Comes
B2Loverboy – Destruction
B3Billy Squier – On Your Own
B4Adam Ant – What's Going On
B5Giorgio Moroder – Machines

I love the Moroder version and its soundtrack. I found the LP at a Half Price Books recently; I should have bought it.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

We're all proud of Janelle Monáe here in Atlanta, and that is a very good album. I like how it references the Fritz Lang movie.

HaHa! I should've remembered the Atlanta connection

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by octagon

Have you dipped into any of the Things to Come supplements? Total runtime is relatively low but what's there is pretty interesting.

I love the Christopher Fraying supplement and the Kalat commentary, in particular.

[JJJ225]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

I hoping for the Bergman Trilogy Box set (Through A Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Silence).

That would be lovely.

Cranes Are Flying is my number one on my wishlist for an upgrade.

[The Great Owl]

A funny conversation while I was browsing around at Movie Stop this evening (no purchases this time). Insidiously Criterion-related...

I picked up a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird, which I fully intend to upgrade from DVD soon, but am waiting for a price drop. This big guy who looked sort of like the Twinkie-eating cop in Die Hard walked over...

Big guy: "That's a great movie!"
Me: "It sure is!"
Big guy: "I remember reading that and seeing the movie in ninth grade English. I bet you saw it back then as well."
Me: "Actually, I did! We read the book, and my English teacher showed us the movie over two class periods."
Big guy: "I still love that movie. I think about it all the time."
Me: "Yeah, me too."
Big guy: "You know what my favorite scene in that movie is? I love it when the twelve guys are all sitting at the table, and they all vote guilty except for that one guy who raises his hand and votes not guilty just to be the one guy who has a different argument to make the others think."
Me: "Uh... Yeah! I really love that scene as well."
Big Guy: "I always do that at meetings because of that movie. When everybody else votes one way and agrees on something, I raise my hand to be the one guy who has a different argument."
Me: "That's awesome. Such a great movie. Have a good day!"
Big Guy: "Yeah, you too!"

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

On the subject of good Sci-Fi- Anyone else here a fan of The Day the Earth Caught Fire?

I've wanted to see this one for a while, but have not had the chance. I love Janet Munro in her other roles that I've seen.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I've wanted to see this one for a while, but have not had the chance. I love Janet Munro in her other roles that I've seen.

Excellent film and Janet Munro looks (pun alert!) really hot It was released years ago in an excellent dvd version from Anchor Bay and after that went oop I don't know what, if anything, happened to keep it from being upgraded to Blu. Too bad since it is an intelligent Sci-Fi film with a message. I loved Janet too but it's sad that she pretty much self-destructed and died young.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I loved Janet too but it's sad that she pretty much self-destructed and died young.

That really is sad what happened to her. The same sort of thing happened with the beautiful Inger Stevens, who was born the same year as Janet Munro. Inger Stevens starred in The Twilight Zone episode, "The Hitch-Hiker", which is, in my opinion, the best half hour in the history of television. She also starred in several films with the likes of Clint Eastwood, Walter Matthau, Robert Mitchum, and Dean Martin before her untimely death in 1970.

[Ausjdm]

Pretty new to the criterion related forums here. Y'all helped me buy some great titles. I hope for Thursday's announcement to have scanners and eraserhead.

Watched Afew titles my friend bought first:
Kid with a Bike- I liked it a lot very good acting and style.
Wild Strawberrys- took awhile to sink in after watching but in retrospect pretty brilliant film. I thought about it the whole next day. Can't wait to watch more Bergman flicks! I own F&A and 7th seal.
Salo- well finally can say I saw it. I was even yelling at the screen saying fight back, do something to these maniacs. But that was the point the dispare and loss of all hope...
Antichrist- that last 30 mins wow. And I thought Audition was crazy lol... Not as bad as most critics panned it. With an open mind it's an interesting artsy horror flick.
Next up tonight The Rules of the Game.

Thanks CC fans and community, JM.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

That really is sad what happened to her. The same sort of thing happened with the beautiful Inger Stevens, who was born the same year as Janet Munro. Inger Stevens starred in The Twilight Zone episode, "The Hitch-Hiker", which is, in my opinion, the best half hour in the history of television. She also starred in several films with the likes of Clint Eastwood, Walter Matthau, Robert Mitchum, and Dean Martin before her untimely death in 1970.

With The Twilight Zone there are so many great episodes It's hard for me to pick but I think my three favorites are Walking Distance with Gig Young, Midnight Sun with Lois Nettleton, and the one that scared the hell out of me when I was young The Howling Man with John Carradine.

Inger was another sad story, for sure.

I guess to keep this Criterion-related I do wish they could p/u The Day the Earth Caught Fire. It also has Michael Caine in it in a tiny role. Don't Blink!

You folks keep mentioning Nov.'12 as a benchmark for Criterion releases-what were they? Also, does anyone here or is there a place online that lists month-by-month what Criterion released? Thanks!

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

With The Twilight Zone there are so many great episodes It's hard for me to pick but I think my three favorites are Walking Distance with Gig Young, Midnight Sun with Lois Nettleton, and the one that scared the hell out of me when I was young The Howling Man with John Carradine.

Those are three outstanding episodes! Walking Distance and The Howling Man are episodes that I hold in high esteem as well. Simply amazing.

I bought The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series on Blu-ray a few months back, and am astounded at the quality of the set. I made it all the way to midway through Season Three before taking a break to enjoy the Criterions and such during the recent sale. After I finish watching the movies from my Hitchcock set this week, I'll be returning to The Twilight Zone set to resume going through the other seasons.

Steering this boat back into Criterion waters, I will be buying the new Criterion title, Seconds, as soon as there is another Barnes & Noble coupon emailed to me. I've read repeated comparisons of that movie to The Twilight Zone episodes.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Those are three outstanding episodes! Walking Distance and The Howling Man are episodes that I hold in high esteem as well. Simply amazing.

I bought The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series on Blu-ray a few months back, and am astounded at the quality of the set. I made it all the way to midway through Season Three before taking a break to enjoy the Criterions and such during the recent sale. After I finish watching the movies from my Hitchcock set this week, I'll be returning to The Twilight Zone set to resume going through the other seasons.

Steering this boat back into Criterion waters, I will be buying the new Criterion title, Seconds, as soon as there is another Barnes & Noble coupon emailed to me. I've read repeated comparisons of that movie to The Twilight Zone episodes.

I've only seen Seconds once; on TCM, and that's a good comparison. I'll probably pick it up when Criterion or B&N have their next 50% off sale. I need more money!!!!!

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

I hoping for the Bergman Trilogy Box set (Through A Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Silence).

Good choice. Other "trilogy" DVD boxes of theirs I'd go for on Blu are:

(1) Fassbinder's BRD Trilogy (The Marriage of Maria Braun, Veronika Voss, and Lola) -- not likely, as I believe they lost the rights to these films (the DVd set is OOP, at any rate)

(2) Jean Renoir's Stage & Spectacle (The Golden Coach, French Cancan, and Elena and Her Men)

(3) Shohei Imamura's Pigs, Pimps, and Prositutes (Pigs and Battleships, The Insect Woman, and Intentions of Murder).

(4) The Carl Theodor Dreyer set (Day of Wrath, Ordet and Gertrud, plus the Carl Th. Dreyer, My Métier documentary).

Of course, speaking of Dreyer, I'd be ecstatic if they did The Passion of Joan of Arc on Blu. And for Imamura, Black Rain (which Image/Fox Lorber did on LD & DVD).

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

On the subject of good Sci-Fi- Anyone else here a fan of The Day the Earth Caught Fire?

Haven't seen it in decades.

An obscure, but good SF film I'd love to see on Blu-ray would be Ib Melchior's The Time Travelers.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

With The Twilight Zone there are so many great episodes It's hard for me to pick but I think my three favorites are Walking Distance with Gig Young, Midnight Sun with Lois Nettleton, and the one that scared the hell out of me when I was young The Howling Man with John Carradine.

All of those are solid episodes, but not among my top three. My favorite by a wide mark would be "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street". The other two would be "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (perhaps an obvious choice, but...) and "Five Characters in Search of an Exit".

Inger was another sad story, for sure.

Would it be wrong of me to say that I remember her best from The Farmer's Daughter (the TV series, not the movie)?

You folks keep mentioning Nov.'12 as a benchmark for Criterion releases-what were they? Also, does anyone here or is there a place online that lists month-by-month what Criterion released? Thanks!

Well, for that month, they released Kurosawa's Rashōmon (11/6), Pasolini's Trilogy of Life set (11/13), Godard's Weekend (11/13), and Cimino's Heaven's Gate (11/20). There are better months, in my opinion.

As for your other question:

(1) On the bar under the site logo, click "Movies" (third one from the left)

(2) Go down the left-hand bar until you get to the section "By studio" that's almost at the bottom. Click "Criterion" (second one listed).

(3) At the top of the resulting list, toward the right, there's a "sort by" drop-down menu. Click "sort by release date". That will give you a list of the Criterion releases in the site database from newest to oldest.

Don't use the "sort by release date (desc)". That sorts them from oldest to newest, which wouldn't be a problem except that "oldest" are various unannounced titles and/or placeholder entries that you'll have to wade through to get to the actual releases (which start toward the bottom of the second page).

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Haven't seen it in decades.

An obscure, but good SF film I'd love to see on Blu-ray would be Ib Melchior's The Time Travelers.

I remember that one! Back in the day Famous Monsters of Filmland kept publicizing it because (surprise!) Forry Ackerman had a cameo. Another Melchior film I saw back then was The Angry Red Planet with it's weird Cinemagic color scheme. An ambitious film from around that same timeframe that might be Criterion worthy is First Spaceship on Venus.

[lemonski]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Haven't seen it in decades.

An obscure, but good SF film I'd love to see on Blu-ray would be Ib Melchior's The Time Travelers.

+1, saw The Time Travelers for the first time a few weeks ago, it's terrific. I much prefer it to Robinson Crusoe on Mars.

[Abdrewes]

Just noticed Jonathan Rosenbaum's essay on Crumb is on Criterion's site.

http://www.criterion.com/current/pos...b-reconsidered

[lordmorpheus72]

So someone asked this earlier, what would you like to see get a Criterion release... I'm thinking with the news of Time Bandits being released, that would have been a great title for Criterion to do their thing with! Anyone else??

[CoenP]

Rewatched Umberto D. yesterday. Didn't see anybody in my room, but I could've sworn there was somebody chopping onions...