The Criterion Collection

[Vigojean]

So is Criterion ignoring Freaks (1932)? Because that’s tailor-made for them. I’m not even a big horror fan, but that movie is to pulp horror what Detour is to film noir

[dylrichard02]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Did you try getting the manufacturer to honor the warranty? Any decent company would honor it anyway.

Yes I did, but they wouldn't. It's Samsung by the way, just as a warning.

[SmittysGelato]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Huston's The Dead, too.

I haven't seen this one, but if Huston directed it I believe you that it is great.

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by dylrichard02

Yes I did, but they wouldn't. It's Samsung by the way, just as a warning.

Yeah, my previous phone was a Samsung and they were absolute pricks about the warranty, refusing to honor it while it was active, so now I have a Pixel.

My previous TV was a Samsung, which clouded really badly. It took two months to get it replaced. So now I have an LG.

[dylrichard02]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Yeah, my previous phone was a Samsung and they were absolute pricks about the warranty, refusing to honor it while it was active, so now I have a Pixel.

My previous TV was a Samsung, which clouded really badly. It took two months to get it replaced. So now I have an LG.

That's what I "upgraded" from and I went back to Pixel. I haven't been as pleased with any other interface as the Pixel to be honest.

[beamish13]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

I think Lumet’s, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. Deserves to be part of the conversation.

Lumet, like Altman and Huston, produced masterpieces across different eras. A remarkable artist. The editing in that film is just genius

Also, Kurosawa’s Madadayo, Imamura’s Warm Water Under a Wet Bridge, and Oshima’s Gohatto belong in this
discussion

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by beamish13

Lumet, like Altman and Huston, produced masterpieces across different eras. A remarkable artist. The editing in that film is just genius

Also, Kurosawa’s Madadayo and Oshima’s Gohatto belong in this
discussion

Altman also produced masterpieces across different decades. I wasn’t enamored with his final film though.

[bonehica]

Douglas Sirk's "Imitation of Life". Not a bad film to end your career on.

[SmittysGelato]

Madadayo

Now there's a movie Criterion needs to release on Blu-ray.

[beamish13]

Originally Posted by SmittysGelato

Madadayo

Now there's a movie Criterion needs to release on Blu-ray.

They will, eventually. They’re sitting on a huge cache of Nagisa Oshima’s films, too, which have been beautifully restored

[mmarczi]

For me Yi Yi and An Autumn Afternoon are the greatest final films by a prolific director that I've seen.

[Vigojean]

Originally Posted by mmarczi

For me Yi Yi and An Autumn Afternoon are the greatest final films by a prolific director that I've seen.

I’m sure I won’t see a better film this century than Yi Yi. I don’t understand how There Will Be Blood, Mulholland Drive or In the Mood for Love could rank above it

[CelestialAgent]

I did a Letterboxd list on this subject

https://letterboxd.com/hulksmash/lis...-masterpieces/

[SmittysGelato]

I totally forgot about An Autumn Afternoon even though Ozu is one of my all-time faves. Shame on me!!!!!

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by dylrichard02

Night of the Hunter also!

Sneaky. I love it.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Vigojean

lol. I just noticed every movie on those lists is directed by a Canadian. That’s dumb if that’s a rule. I’d suggest Paul Thomas Anderson go over there and make “the greatest Canadian movie” with little effort, but I guess that would disqualify him since he’s American.

I noticed the British are ashamed to admit that Kubrick and Gilliam directed their best movies. Because they’re not British? 🤷*♂️ I like If... and Kes and Trainspotting as much as the next guy, but come on, better than Brazil? Barry Lyndon? Clockwork Orange?

Originally Posted by Vigojean

Kubrick (Eyes Wide Shut), Edward Yang (Yi Yi), and a fellow named Jean Vigo would like to have a word.

I'm a big Satyajit Ray fan, but you're probably right - there are probably quite a few better final films in the annals of film history.

but my short term memory is serving me correctly. a few pages back you did suggest that Gilliam and Kubrick made the best British films. that's a hard no.

David Lean, Powell and Pressburger, and a fellow called Lime (you see what I did there ) would like to have a word with you.

[dvining]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

I'm a big Satyajit Ray fan, but you're probably right - there are probably quite a few better final films in the annals of film history.

but my short term memory is serving me correctly. a few pages back you did suggest that Gilliam and Kubrick made the best British films. that's a hard no.

David Lean, Powell and Pressburger, and a fellow called Lime (you see what I did there ) would like to have a word with you.

They're all great!

[Vigojean]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

but my short term memory is serving me correctly. a few pages back you did suggest that Gilliam and Kubrick made the best British films. that's a hard no.

David Lean, Powell and Pressburger, and a fellow called Lime (you see what I did there ) would like to have a word with you.

I like Lawrence of Arabia and Kes and if... but I wouldn’t rank any of them above Brazil, Clockwork Orange or Barry Lyndon. What really surprises me is when The Third Man gets ranked #1. It always put me to sleep.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Vigojean

I like Lawrence of Arabia and Kes and if... but I wouldn’t rank any of them above Brazil, Clockwork Orange or Barry Lyndon. What really surprises me is when The Third Man gets ranked #1. It always put me to sleep.

We'll agree to disagree about The Third Man. It's always been a favorite of mine.

Barry Lyndon is another all time fav of mine, but the fact that it was made by an American, to me, only makes it tangentially British.

I don't think, though, that the UK has ever been hurting for talented filmmakers.

Alfred Hitchcock was also born in and worked in the UK for the first 20 years of so of his career, so there's that. ..and Nicolas Roeg and Ealing Studios, etc.

[dvining]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

We'll agree to disagree about The Third Man. It's always been a favorite of mine.

Barry Lyndon is another all time fav of mine, but the fact that it was made by an American, to me, only makes it tangentially British.

I don't think, though, that the UK has ever been hurting for talented filmmakers.

Alfred Hitchcock was also born in and worked in the UK for the first 20 years of so of his career, so there's that. ..and Nicolas Roeg and Ealing Studios, etc.

Yeah, when do Hitchcock's movies stop being British? Rebecca? Is it simply a financing thing?