The Criterion Collection

[Banned User]

Speaking of Time Bandits I wish Criterion would get the rights back. Its criminal the Bluray release is interlaced.

Its too hard to make a list of my top 10 plus I've never been a fan of lists. In my case some films would be on it just because they were very recent experience's. For instance Pale Flower and The Music Room were both blind buys for me and would probably make that list. Then some are just great films like Algiers, Harakiri that deserve to be there. IMO top Criterion lists are only important if they were tied to a users profile. Allowing me to gauge an opinion of a film posted here by observing that users top Criterion titles...

Here's my current list

[Show spoiler]Phantom Carriage
Night of the Hunter
Last Command
Le Corbeau
Army of Shadows
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Diabolique
Battle of Algiers
The Music Room
Sweet Smell of Success

[P@t_Mtl]

I did not vote so I win nothing

[SlickDamian]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

So what's everyone's Criterion Top 10 lists? It's a list of your favorite Criterion films (regardless of video/audio/extras quality). Here's mine:

[Show spoiler]1. Modern Times
2. French Cancan
3. Rushmore
4. Sullivan's Travels
5. The Two of Us
6. Night of the Hunter
7. Days of Heaven
8. Time Bandits
9. Bigger than Life
10. L'Atalante

My Top 10 (no particular order):

The Thin Red Line
Days of Heaven
Still Walking
Revanche
Blow Out
Pale Flower
Paris, Texas
Mystery Train
Hunger
The Darjeeling Limited

All of the above films I find very satisfying and intellectually stimulating.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by SlickDamian

My Top 10 (no particular order):

[Show spoiler]
The Thin Red Line
Days of Heaven
Still Walking
Revanche
Blow Out
Pale Flower
Paris, Texas
Mystery Train
Hunger
The Darjeeling Limited

All of the above films I find very satisfying and intellectually stimulating.

Nothing from the good ol' days of DVD, and not the one from your Avatar?

I'll have to come up with a list, but I'm bad at lists, so I won't be able to comment on its accuracy


My list in no particular order:

12 Angry Men
Bicycle Thieves
The Third Man
The Wages of Fear
Le Corbeau
Knife in the Water
Repulsion
Fat Girl
Mystery Train
Fanny and Alexander

[oildude]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I don't think there were many surprises. The results seem to match the general feelings of this thread and its comments.

Maybe I'm surprised Battle of Algiers didn't get more love. I think it's one of the best packages Criterion has ever released.

Great minds think alike. I voted for it for best upgrade.

I thought there would be more love for BofA, Jean Vigo, Pale Flower, and Solaris in the different categories where they were elegible. Maybe there is something to this "English language conspiracy" thing *dramatic music*

[jacobsever]

What's everybody's least favorite film Criterion has released?

I haven't seen a whole bunch, but I think my least favorite was Noah Baumbach's Kicking and Screaming. Just a very dull, boring film...and I'm a recent college grad/drop out and can relate to the story. I still find it boring.

[Brad1963]

My top 10 (Blu-ray only) In Alphabetical Order:

American Lost & Found:The BBS Story
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Le Beau Serge
Chungking Express
Fanny & Alexander
High & Low
The Killing
Mystery Train
PlayTime
Three Colors Trilogy

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by Darkcritic

But to be honest, I am surprised neither The Complete Jean Vigo nor The Battle of Algiers won any category .

I'm not.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

So what's everyone's Criterion Top 10 lists? It's a list of your favorite Criterion films (regardless of video/audio/extras quality).

There's waaaay too many good titles within the collection, these are all the ones I've watched. Bolded are ones I've enjoyed, italicised are ones I own:

[Show spoiler]
2 - Seven Samurai
4 - Amarcord
5 - The 400 Blows
10 - Walkabout
11 - The Seventh Seal
12 - This Is Spinal Tap - not the Criterion edition unfortunately.
13 - The Silence of the Lambs
18 - The Naked Kiss
19 - Shock Corridor
20 - Sid & Nancy - again, not the CC edition
24 - High and Low
29 - Picnic at Hanging Rock
31 - Great Expectations
32 - Oliver Twist
35 - Diabolique
36 - The Wages of Fear
37 - Time Bandits - again, no CC edition
40 - Armageddon - ugh
44 - The Red Shoes
51 - Brazil
52 - Yojimbo
53 - Sanjuro
57 - Charade
61 - Monty Python’s Life of Brian - not the CC edition
63 - Carnival of Souls
65 - Rushmore
78 - The Bank Dick
82 - Hamlet
91 - The Blob
93 - Black Narcissus
99 - Gimme Shelter
103 - The Lady Eve
105 - Spartacus - alas, it's the craptastic universal copy
112 - Playtime
119 - Withnail and I - UK import
135 - Rebecca
138 - Rashomon
140 - 8½
157 - The Royal Tenenbaums
164 - Solaris
167 - The Complete Monterey Pop Festival - not going to bother breaking down spines 168 and 169
175 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
176 - The Killers - only saw the Burt Lancaster version though
219 - La strada
230 - 3 Women
235 - The Leopard
236 - Mamma Roma
267 - Kagemusha
276 - The River
294 - The Browning Version
300 - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
302 - Harakiri
307 - Naked
319 - The Bad Sleep Well
320 - Young Mr. Lincoln
330 - Au revoir les enfants
336 - Dazed and Confused
338 - Equinox
358 - Pandora’s Box
374 - Bicycle Thieves
385 - Army of Shadows
387 - La Jetée/Sans Soleil - only watched La Jetée
391 - If....
396 - Ace in the Hole
409 - Days of Heaven
421 - Pierrot le fou
431 - The Thief of Bagdad
477 - Bergman Island - Seventh Seal bonus feature
483 - Repulsion
488 - Howards End
503 - Lola Montès - depends on the mood I'm in to enjoy this
507 - Bigger Than Life
516 - Stagecoach
521 - Mystery Train
537 - The Magician
538 - Paths of Glory
539 - House
541 - The Night of the Hunter
543 - Modern Times
544 - Head - favourite film
545 - Easy Rider - good, but overrated
546 - Five Easy Pieces
547 - Drive, He Said
548 - A Safe Place
549 - The Last Picture Show
550 - The King of Marvin Gardens
552 - Broadcast News
555 - Sweet Smell of Success
556 - Senso
558 - Topsy-Turvy
561 - Kes - too depressing for me, poor Kes
562 - Blow Out
563 - Something Wild
564 - Pale Flower
565 - The Great Dictator
566 - Insignificance
568 - Kiss Me Deadly
570 - Zazie dans le métro
571 - Black Moon
575 - The Killing
583 - The Four Feathers - watching it tonight
584 - Kuroneko - technically I own it
586 - Island of Lost Souls
591 - 12 Angry Men
594 - Godzilla - technically I will own it, saw the English cut
[B]600 - Anatomy of a Murder[/B] - technically I will own it
Bombay Talkie
Maurice
Shakespeare Wallah
Elephant Boy
Jungle Book

There's also a lot I need to catch up on/buy still.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

I'm not.

To be fair, I think most haven't fully explored the Vigo set yet. I watched L'Atlante but need to re-visit and watch the short films.

It's been getting really tough to keep pace with these releases. Plus, I love to re-watch films so I make time for repeat viewings, too.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

To be fair, I think most haven't fully explored the Vigo set yet. I watched L'Atlante but need to re-visit and watch the short films.

It's been getting really tough to keep pace with these releases. Plus, I love to re-watch films so I make time for repeat viewings, too.

I said I'm not surprised, not disappointed.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

So what's everyone's Criterion Top 10 lists? It's a list of your favorite Criterion films (regardless of video/audio/extras quality). Here's mine:

This changes all the time, so I'll just do 5 quick:

Berlin Alexanderplatz
L'Atalante
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Tout va Bien
The Night of the Hunter

A bunch of filmmakers (Eisenstein, Sirk, Carne, Pasolini) I want to add, but my favs are not released by Criterion.

[stobbart]

Top 10 (for today at least) in no particular order:

1) Coup de torchon
2) Chungking Express
3) Still Walking
4) Empire of Passion
5) Fishing with John
6) Forbidden Games
7) Port of Shadows
8) Dillinger is Dead
9) When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
10) Kicking and Screaming

[JTStarkiller]

Nice to see someone else mention When a Woman Ascends the Stairs. Man, Hideko Takamine is so beautiful in that film.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

The Night of the Hunter

See.... my list is already flawed, because this one is probably in my top 5, yet I omitted it from my top 10

That's why I don't make lists


EDIT:

and push comes to shove, I bet "Bigger than Life" would knock a couple off my list too.

[jcs913]

I'll throw a few out on dvd only that I think are the best:

The Grand Illusion (I know it's OOP, but its still great)
Bicycle Thieves
Roberto Rossellini War Trilogy
Bob le flambeur & Le Samourai (either one is fantastic)
Shoot the Piano Player
Elevator to the Gallows
L’avventura
Vampyr
M. Hulot’s Holiday
and many, many, more....

[Barrysupreme]

May struggle with a top ten here goes:

Wages Of Fear
For All Mankind
Fanny & Alexander
Royal Tennenbaums
The Double Life Of Veronique
Days Of Heaven
Wings Of Desire
Hunger
Night Of The Hunter
Last Year At Marienbad

Not in any order and I cannot guarantee to stick by this list, it is subject to change!

[Old Geezer]

My list of Criterion DVDs that need upgraded to blu quickly (please)

Wild Strawberries (already announced but I'm impatient)
Hiroshima Mon Amour
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Joan of Arc
Elevator to the Gallows
Ingmar Bergman's Faith Trilogy
The Night Porter
Pandora's Box
Andrei Rublev
Jules and Jim

[scottpcusa]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

So what's everyone's Criterion Top 10 lists?

I stuck with released blu-rays (in alphabetical order):

Charade
A Christmas Tale
The Darjeeling Limited
El Norte
Last Year at Marienbad
Mystery Train
Pale Flower
Solaris
Still Walking
Three Colors Trilogy

[ShellOilJunior]

Top 10 is very difficult.

The blu-rays I've spun the most have been The Red Shoes, Last Year at Marienbad, Wages of Fear, Night of the Hunter, Breathless, Mystery Train. There should be more but I just haven't gotten around to more viewings on others.

Oh and Hiroshima Mon Amour. I've viewed that DVD several times and it has survived my DVD purges. I'll hang onto it until they announce the upgrade (Please, Criterion, while Resnais is still alive).