The Criterion Collection

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by JoeBuck

Sadly, the Weinsteins own the rights to Suspiria and have for a couple of years now. I messaged Don May on facebook (at least I think it was him who responded) to see if he had heard any updates it and he told me that he had even offered to restore it for them but never heard back.
I would really love a blu of that one too but it seems like they aren't as interested in it as all of us
Unless they're waiting for David Gordon Greens remake to come out to announce it...

DAMN! oh well then perhaps Starz might release the film on BD at last but Criterion is just a pipe-dream for now.

How about Peter Jackson's Dead Alive (aka Braindead) (Needs a special edition badly and to be better than Lionsgate's horrible BD), Meet The Feebles, Bad Taste and Heavenly Creatures? they could use Criterion's magic and make them with extras abound including remastering supervised by PJ himself, perhaps Criterion can contact Wingnut studio for each of those films to be in special editions especially Dead Alive with both theatrical and international cuts.

[brandon_260]

Originally Posted by blkhrt

If anyone is excited about the upcoming release, Marketa Lazarová is today's free film on Hulu for Criterion's 101 Days of Summer.

http://www.hulu.com/movies/criterion

I am excited to see it, but don't think I have a free 2:45 to watch it today.

Looks like they are really pushing the new releases. They had Safety Last! as the pick two days ago. I'm curious to see whether they do the same with Shoah, despite its runtime.

[DenOfEarth]

Is it true Criterion has Eraserhead? sounds neat to me.

Now if Criterion can do a special edition of The Elephant Man, i would be most happy.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by brandon_260

Looks like they are really pushing the new releases. They had Safety Last! as the pick two days ago. I'm curious to see whether they do the same with Shoah, despite its runtime.

That would be pretty crazy. Imagine trying to watch all of Shoah in the two days that the movies are free. Sounds mentally and emotionally exhausting.

I do hope that they keep up this trend. I would love to watch some of the other upcoming releases before they are available.

[MitchA17]

I think it's a pretty safe bet that Shoah will be a 5.0 blu.

Even so, I still can't wait to read the review. It'll be interesting (and devastating) to read individual reactions to the film.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by DenOfEarth

Is it true Criterion has Eraserhead? sounds neat to me.

Now if Criterion can do a special edition of The Elephant Man, i would be most happy.

Yes and Elephant Man is being released as some Mel Brooks collection this year or next.

[brandon_260]

Went a little overboard today. Picked up Les Cousins, Revanche, Au Revoir Les Enfants, and White Material from the local seller I had mentioned before. I also went to a used disc store and unloaded about 20 titles from my collection I wouldn't ever watch again and came away with Amarcord, Lola Montes, Lonesome, and a non Criterion title, 2001.

[shadedpain4]

I know the topic of how many Criterion Blus people have comes up now and then, but I'm curious how many people have actually watched.

Currently there are 223 Criterion Blu-ray releases (Counting anything that can be bought from Criterion separately as one release. So Sanjuro and Yojimbo each count as one even though you can buy them together, and America Lost And Found is also one)

So given that method of counting, how many have you seen?

I suppose i should start: 130 of 223.

Has anyone seen all 223?

[zoodermin]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

I know the topic of how many Criterion Blus people have comes up now and then, but I'm curious how many people have actually watched.

Currently there are 223 Criterion Blu-ray releases (Counting anything that can be bought from Criterion separately as one release. So Sanjuro and Yojimbo each count as one even though you can buy them together, and America Lost And Found is also one)

So given that method of counting, how many have you seen?

I suppose i should start: 130 of 223.

Has anyone seen all 223?

Far from it: 54 of 223

[Jett Rink]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

Far from it: 54 of 223

I've seen 8, I forgot about Salo.

[brandon_260]

If I did it right, I've seen 92 of the films released on blu-ray, assuming something like La jetée counts as its own film. That leaves on 20 films I've seen from the collection that haven't been given the blu-ray treatment (at least not the Criterion blu-ray treatment.)

I should clarify, not all 92 were seen on blu, just that I've seen 92 that have been given a blu release.

[jthefrank]

Originally Posted by jett blu

i've seen 8, i forgot about salo.

70/223, and 15 more that I have but haven't gotten to yet

[afvet89]

I have seen about 20, give or take 1.

[chris_sc77]

so i guess they are waiting until after the weekend to announce new titles...of course they are.

well. i watched Life is Sweet today. another recent disappointing and undeserving title that Criterion put out . Not awful but a B- or C+ film IMO.

[vader4]

Monday can't come soon enough! Here's what I would like announced:
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Dancer in the Dark
The Element of Crime
Gummo
The Virgin Suicides

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by vader4

Monday can't come soon enough! Here's what I would like announced:
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Dancer in the Dark
The Element of Crime
Gummo
The Virgin Suicides

I really hope that Dancer In The Dark isn't announced because I just imported the Japan version. I would like The Virgin Suicides to come out, though. I'm not sure how great Criterion's relationship is with Paramount, especially since they're in this current merger or what have you with Warner Bros.

Going back to the whole "I've seen xx / xx films", I've seen a total of 97.5 (going by UPCs) out of the 235 (UPCs) films released / to be released.

Here is the list of the ones that I've seen:

[Show spoiler]
1. 3 Women
2. 8 1/2
3. 12 Angry Men
4. 39 Steps
5. 400 Blows
6. Anatomy of a Murder
7. Antichrist
8. Army of Shadows
9. Au Revoir Les Enfants
10. Badlands
11. Band of Outsiders
12. Being John Malkovich
13. Belle de Jour
14. Bigger Than Life
15. Black Moon
16. Black Narcissus
17. Blob
18. Blow Out
19. Bottle Rocket
20. Brazil
21. Le Cercle Rouge
22. Charade
23. Cronos
24. Cul-de-sac
25. Curious Case of Benjamin Button
26. Darjeeling Limited
27. Days of Heaven
28. Dazed and Confused
29. Design for Living
30. Diabolique
31. Double Life of Véronique
32. Down by Law
33. Eating Raoul
34. Fat Girl
35. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
36. Fish Tank
37. Following
38. For All Mankind
39. Game
40. Gold Rush
41. Gomorrah
42. Great Dictator
43. La Haine
44. Harold and Maude
45. Hunger
46. Island of Lost Souls
47. Ivan's Childhood
48. La Jetée (1/2 since I haven't seen Sans Soleil)
49. Kid With A Bike
50. Killing
51. Kiss Me Deadly
52. Lady Vanishes
53. Last Days of Disco
54. Last Temptation of Christ
55. Last Year at Marienbad
56. Léon Morin, Priest
57. Life Is Sweet
58. Lonesome
59. M
60. Man Escaped
61. Man Who Knew Too Much
62. Medium Cool
63. Ministry of Fear
64. Modern Times
65. Monsieur Verdoux
66. Naked Kiss
67. Naked Lunch
68. Night of the Hunter
69. On The Waterfront
70. Pale Flower
71. Paris, Texas
72. Paths of Glory
73. People on Sunday
74. La Promesse
75. Purple Noon
76. Rashômon
77. Repo Man
78. Repulsion
79. Revanche
80. Robinson Crusoe on Mars
81. Rosemary's Baby
82. Rosetta
83. Royal Tenenbaums
84. Rushmore
85. Seventh Seal
86. Shock Corridor
87. Something Wild
88. Sweet Smell of Success
89. Thin Red Line
90. Third Man
91. Three Colors: Blue / Three Colors: White / Three Colors: Red
92. Tokyo Drifter
93. Traffic
94. Videodrome
95. Vivre Sa Vie
96. Wages of Fear
97. Weekend
98. Wings of Desire

[SammyJankis]

Here's what I want Criterion to announce:

Linklater's Before trilogy

That is all.

[chris_sc77]

Originally Posted by vader4

Monday can't come soon enough! Here's what I would like announced:
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Dancer in the Dark
The Element of Crime
Gummo
The Virgin Suicides

All of these films already have more than acceptable DVD editions so please no.
Lets get some films that have never had a special edition treatment before please.
There are a ridiculous amount of Spike Lee films that deserve the treatment, midnight run, a proper special edition of Kwaidan, Until The End of the World, etc.

[Visco.]

Originally Posted by vader4

Monday can't come soon enough! Here's what I would like announced:
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Dancer in the Dark
The Element of Crime
Gummo
The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides would be amazing as would Dancer in the Dark.

I really doubt it's possibility but I'm hoping Half Nelson gets a criterion transfer.

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

I know the topic of how many Criterion Blus people have comes up now and then, but I'm curious how many people have actually watched.

Currently there are 223 Criterion Blu-ray releases (Counting anything that can be bought from Criterion separately as one release. So Sanjuro and Yojimbo each count as one even though you can buy them together, and America Lost And Found is also one)

So given that method of counting, how many have you seen?

I suppose i should start: 130 of 223.

Has anyone seen all 223?

I own 157 (156 really, but one is the Yojimbo/Sanjuro set) and I have seen 141.