The Criterion Collection

[ShellOilJunior]

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Perhaps when the report comes out one of the top men around here can get this in Criterion's hands? Or maybe I can just email it to them

[Miadaskate]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

It's mostly for fun, I know it's a Criterion thread and it's serious stuff but it's good to have fun sometimes

Ah, I see! I'll have to come up with 9 more classics then, I guess!

That would be cool if Criterion really reads through this thread and takes the posted requests.

[captzissou]

here we go, my first post:

upgrades:
the battle of algiers
bicycle thieves
the last temptation of christ
elevator to the gallows
jules and jim

new:
dead man
badlands
drugstore cowboy
the player
mean streets

[deurges]

Upgrades

In The Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai)
Brazil (Gilliam)
The Pasion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer)
Throne of Blood (Kurosawa)
Kwaidan (Kobayashi)

New to Criterion

Sin Nombre (Fukunaga)
Raise the Red Lantern (Yimou)
Farewell My Concubine (Chen)
La Dolce Vita (Fellini)
12 Angry Men (Lumet)

[repete66211]

Originally Posted by oildude

Gallipoli
The Year of Living Dangerously
Day of the Jackal
The Cranes Are Flying
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

Excellent choices.

I'll probably catch hell for it, but the popularity of Andrei Rublev puzzles me.

[repete66211]

Originally Posted by Miadaskate

Did anyone catch Bonjour Tristesse (Otto Preminger, 1958) on TCM last night?And don't even get me started on Jean Seberg.

I DVR'd it. It was rated only 3 stars, but like you I'm a Seberg fan. Right before I went to bed I watched the first 5 minutes just so I could see how hot she is in it. I was not disappointed.

Something about that short hair...

Me too. It's probably the main reason I own Breathless (and go out of my way to watch Roman Holiday whenever it's on).

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by repete66211

Excellent choices.

I'll probably catch hell for it, but the popularity of Andrei Rublev puzzles me.

Andrei Rublev was really hard for me to get into, I can't say I hated it, but I can't say I liked it yet if it gets a HD release I would buy it. However I would prefer Ivan's Childhood.

[Miadaskate]

Here's my list :

Bonjour Tristesse (Otto Preminger, 1958)
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World (Stanley Kramer, 1963)
Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
Sex and the Single Girl (Richard Quine, 1964)
Inside Daisy Clover (Robert Mulligan, 1965)
Penelope (Arthur Hiller, 1966)
The Longest Day (1962)
To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955)
San Francisco (1936)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (Nicolas Gessner, 1976)

Kinda random selection, I know...

[keldons]

Has anyone that ordered the DVDs yesterday had them ship? Naked Lunch and Children of Paradise are still listed as Shipping Soon for me.

[PowellPressburger]

Titles I would like to see from Criterion. I seem to list a lot of MGM titles that I could see them trying to get the rights to.

New Titles
Images
Bride Wore Black
Don't Look Now
Women in Love
Sunday Bloody Sunday
EVITA (I own the LD box set but this needs a image sound upgrade bad!)


Upgrades
3 Women
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Z
Bad Timing
Pickpocket
Le Bonheur
le Samourai
Antonio Guadi
Richard III
Murmur of the Heart
Mishima
Opening Night
Summertime (needs restoration)
L'avventura
L'ecisse
Juliet of the Spirits
If...
Dillinger is Dead
Carnival of Souls
Browning Version


OOP Lost Rights
Tales of Hoffmann

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by Miadaskate

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (Nicolas Gessner, 1976)

Great GREAT pick! I have the DVD. also FOXES!

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

This was in my original top 10 but I'm assuming if they didn't do it then, they won't do it now. Same for Dillinger Is Dead, The Human Condition, and the Rossellini and von Sternberg sets, as well as all the Eclipse sets.

I think it came down to their original distribution deals for those titles. (not including the eclipse sets) I think had they had the choice they would have - although it was early days?

I still think we will see some of them upgraded over time. (I hope)

[the sordid sentinel]

New:

Thief
At Close Range
The Mosquito Coast
Gallipoli

Upgrade:

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

[ShellOilJunior]

I'm including my buddy Bob's picks which are:

• Advise and Consent
• Rebecca
• Notorious
• Suspicion
• Joan and Cary
• My Man Godfrey
• Sullivan's Travels
• The Lady Eve
• Mad Miss Manton
• Hi, Mom!
• Greetings

[SlickDamian]

I don't have ten, but here is what I would love to see in the blu Collection:

Blue Velvet
Mulholland Drive
City of God
There Will Be Blood
The Barbarian Invasions
Synecdoche, New York
Zodiac
25th Hour
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown

Please don't flame me for having almost all newer films. All of these would be amazing in Criterion editions!

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by SlickDamian

I don't have ten, but here is what I would love to see in the blu Collection:

Blue Velvet
Mulholland Drive
City of God
There Will Be Blood
The Barbarian Invasions
Synecdoche, New York
Zodiac
25th Hour
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown

Please don't flame me for having almost all newer films. All of these would be amazing in Criterion editions!

Give me something different instead of There Will be Blood and Zodiac. Both those are on blu and not likely to be licensed out of their studios.

[Beta Man]

Let the haters hate..... I like most of those films....

I would say however.... that There Will Be Blood, and Zodiac (I believe... haven't seen this one) and Synecdoche NY have have solid releases... so I would rather see Criterion "rescue" something, than simply improve on something that really doesn't need any improvement and basically just deliver more supplementals

Side note... It looks like "The Third Man" has hit 'unobtainable' pricing for me on Amazon and Half.com/Ebay...... I wanted to give a copy to a friend and still have an "Extra" just to see where it ends up (price wise) but there is no way I'm paying the current going rates.

18 new starting at $100 on Amazon, 1 used @ $150+

Half.com starting at $90

Ebay is consistently selling between $90 and $100

Either way, I'm giving my friend a copy... he better not sell it!

[The Theory]

Looks like this has been going on for pages, so I feel a bit like a johnny-come-lately, but I'll give it the ol' heave-ho! effort.

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.

New Numbers:
The Triplets of Belleville
Adaptation
A Boy and His Dog
Being John Malkovich
The Adventures of Milo and Otis

Upgrades:
And The Ship Sails On
The Bad Sleep Well
Brand Upon the Brain!
Eyes Without a Face
I Am Curious...

or something.

[majorkonig41]

Can you get replacement booklets for releases. I emailed Mulvaney and have gotten no response. Is there a way to get them like getting replacement packaging?

[larry47591]

Originally Posted by majorkonig41

Can you get replacement booklets for releases. I emailed Mulvaney and have gotten no response. Is there a way to get them like getting replacement packaging?

I was able to get a couple but it took him like a few Weeks or so to respond