The Criterion Collection

[JediFonger]

any1 know if Criterion sells case&booklet for Gomorrah? got screwed on an amazon marketplace warehouse deal that came in regular BD case.

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by JediFonger

any1 know if Criterion sells case&booklet for Gomorrah? got screwed on an amazon marketplace warehouse deal that came in regular BD case.

If you ask, I think you might be able to buy it from Criterion for the regular $5 fee. They keep extra inserts and slipcovers lying around their NY offices, so I imagine that they would be able to pair it up with one of the plastic cases for the "replacement case" offer.

Or, send it back to the Amazon Marketplace seller. I have an extra Criterion case that I'll sell to you for $500... no "Gomorrah" booklet, though.

CC

[Hendershot737]

My $0.02

New Spines
The Fountain
Amores Perros
Amelie
Sin Nombre
Badlands
The New World
Irreversible

Upgrades
La Haine
The Vanishing
Traffic
The Last Temptation of Christ
Homicide
The Ice Storm
Dazed and Confused
Battle of Algiers
Umberto D
Bicycle Thieves
The Dead Ringers
Insomnia
My Life as a Dog

[majorkonig41]

The only two movies that I absolutely want to be upgraded to Blu are The Passion of Joan of Arc and The Lady Vanishes.

[repete66211]

Originally Posted by majorkonig41

The only two movies that I absolutely want to be upgraded to Blu are The Passion of Joan of Arc and The Lady Vanishes.

+1 My favorite silent movie, cinematographically speaking, and one of a handful of Hitchcocks I really like.

[octagon]

Upgrades

The Vanishing
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
Stray Dog

Upgrades I could live without but would definitely snap up

House of Games
Insomnia
Throne of Blood
The Element of Crime
High and Low
The Blob (I know, I know, I'm just saying I'd buy it)

New

Charley Varrick
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe (skirting the edge of 'possible', I know)
Glengarry Glen Ross
Nosferatu
The Tenant
In a Lonely Place
When We Were Kings

[Melodious Thunk]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I'm looking for people to participate.

Please give me your 10 most wanted Criterion Blu-rays. Selections may be new spines or catalog upgrades.

-don't list anything that's been announced or confirmed
-please refrain from listing titles that don't have a chance (ie The Dark Knight or There Will Be Blood).

After I have enough responses then I'll compile a 10-Most wanted Blu-rays from posters in this thread. Hey, I think Criterion reads this forum!

Catalog upgrades:
Ace in the Hole
Down By Law
The Killers (1946)
The Lady Eve
Mon Oncle
Notorious
The Vanishing (1988)

New titles:
Annie Hall (and any other '70s/'80s Woody Allen)
The Apartment (and any more Billy Wilder)
Johnny Guitar

[keldons]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

Thanks! I'd be willing to bet that less than 5 people on this site have actually seen it (or any Bela Tarr film, for that matter).

you do realize that Bela Tarr isn't exactly obscure, right?

[octagon]

The Apartment seems a little too high profile to be farmed out (though that would be great).

The Fortune Cookie, on the other hand...they might be able to snag that.

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by Hendershot737

My $0.02

That's more than ten titles.

I wish you could now follow directions.

CC

[stobbart]

NEW:

The River (Tsai Ming Liang)
The Wayward Cloud
Love Exposure
The Celebration
Cyclo
Broken Flowers
Only Yesterday
A Tale of Cinema
Cannibal Holocaust
Vienna Actionist Collection

UPGRADES:

Mishima
When A Woman Ascends the Stairs
...And God Created Woman
Loves of a Blonde
Gate of Flesh

[stobbart]

Originally Posted by KubrickFan

Paul Verhoeven's Dutch movies (all of them, but Soldier of Orange and Turkish Delight would be best)

http://www.amazon.com/Paul-Verhoeven...0309247&sr=8-1

A nice little collection

[brawlyjunk]

Here's my attempt at 10. Don't really know if any of them are considered impossible.

Uprgrades:

• Throne of Blood(Kurosawa)
• Rashomon(Kurosawa)
• Tokyo Story (OZU)
• The Harder They Come(Perry Henzell)
• Brazil(Gilliam)

New Titles

• Hana-Bi(Takeshi Kitano)
• La Caza(Carlos Suara)
• Raise the Red Latern(Yimou)
• Best Years of Our Life(Wyler)
• All About My Mother(Almodóvar)

[Hendershot737]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

That's more than ten titles.

I wish you could now follow directions.

CC

I didn't see the directions, I just saw other people's lists and followed suit. Please accept my humble apology. Try not to get too upset over something so...minor.

[ShellOilJunior]

I think I'll let the voting go to the end of the week (and maybe more) before compiling.

Btw isn't Badlands Warner Bros? If so it's never happening on Criterion.

[Cinemach]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I'm looking for people to participate.

Please give me your 10 most wanted Criterion Blu-rays. Selections may be new spines or catalog upgrades.

-don't list anything that's been announced or confirmed
-please refrain from listing titles that don't have a chance (ie The Dark Knight or There Will Be Blood).

After I have enough responses then I'll compile a 10-Most wanted Blu-rays from posters in this thread. Hey, I think Criterion reads this forum!

UPGRADES

All That Heaven Allows Sirk, USA 1955
Jules et Jim Truffaut, France 1962
The Lady Vanishes Hitchcock, UK 1938
The Magnificent Ambersons Welles, USA 1942
Wild Strawberries (Smultronsallet) Bergman, Sweden 1957

NEW

The Day of the Locust Schlesinger, USA 1975
Greed von Stroheim, USA 1924
The Last Laugh (Der Letzte Mann) Lang, Germany 1924
La Dolce Vita Fellini, Italy 1960 <--is this announced, Criterion or otherwise..?
My Darling Clementine Ford, USA 1946 or The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Ford, USA 1962

and if La Dolce Vita is indeed announced:

one of these Scorsese pics: After Hours 1985, The King of Comedy 1983, or Who's That Knocking at My Door?1968

[octagon]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I think I'll let the voting go to the end of the week (and maybe more) before compiling.

Btw isn't Badlands Warner Bros? If so it's never happening on Criterion.

Is there some specific reason Warner is completely off limits or is it a general 'they never license their stuff' observation?

[Belloche]

Upgrades

Nights of Cabiria
Beauty and the Beast
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Battle of Algiers
A Night to Remember

New titles

Sorcerer (William Friedkin)
The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman)
Nashville (Robert Altman)
Rolling Thunder (John Flynn)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia ( Sam Peckinpah)

[Belloche]

Originally Posted by octagon

Is there some specific reason Warner is completely off limits or is it a general 'they never license their stuff' observation?

Warner doesn't licence their titles but there has been some talk that Criterion might be able to get Badlands with Terrence Malick's help.

[keldons]

Originally Posted by Belloche

Warner doesn't licence their titles but there has been some talk that Criterion might be able to get Badlands with Terrence Malick's help.

Criterion made a deal with Warner and Fox at about the same time, although we have only seen Fox titles thus far.

Tonight, Criterion Collection exec. producer Kim Hendrickson spoke at the Wexner Center in Columbus, OH, as part of a "DVD release party" for Simon of the Desert. Hendrickson confirmed several releases for the coming year (none of which are really surprising, but still cool to hear straight from someone inside CC)...

...Furthermore, she said they’d love to do more Linklater and more Malick since they’ve established relationships with them and their studios, and that Paul Schrader was “fun and easy to work with." New deals have apparently been made with Warner Brothers and Fox. She didn't elaborate on what's being picked up, but when asked if it could include “classics from the 30’s,” she said yes (whatever that means).

This was early 2009.