The Criterion Collection

[blu-bry]

I just watched "Seconds" for the first time over the weekend. I had recorded it from TCM to decide if it would be something I'd like to own.
I really liked it. Others have compared it to an episode of the Twilight Zone, and I would agree. It is the best work by Rock Hudson and John Randolf that I have seen to date. There were several other actors in it that surprised me and also did a great job.
My only dissappointment was

[Show spoiler]the bacchanalia scene. I thought it was unnecessary and that it went too far. But maybe that's just me. It seemed out of place since the woman he was with was from "The Company". It's like she was deliberately opening a powder keg in him, only to try to put a lid on it later.

It may be a future purchase for me, but right now I have several others that I am looking at for the sale. I'm awfully glad I saw it, and I thank everyone who recommended it on this site.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Oh - Another film that looks like a painting.

" the weeping meadow " (trilogy) - official trailer - 2004. - YouTube

NEED this on Bluray ASAP (cough cough Criterion!)

It has been released in Japan (along with other Theo Angelopoulos films), and i think it includes English subtitles!

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

It has been released in Japan (along with other Theo Angelopoulos films), and i think it includes English subtitles!

Ah really? I need to start buying for Japanese releases - what Region are they?

Will have to get my hands on the Dancer in the Dark release from Japan :P

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Ah really? I need to start buying for Japanese releases - what Region are they?

According to this site it's Region A, but you have to confirm about subtitles. I'm not so sure.

edit: Sorry, I guess it doesn't.
http://www.criterionforum.org/forum/...p?f=13&t=12407

Have never seen a Theo Angelopoulos film, though I'm Greek!

[Arkadin]

my friend was behind--he owns all the Bds-- and had to order all these to catch up--

A Hard Day's Night
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Hearts and Minds
Judex
L'eclisse
All That Heaven Allows
Red River
The Life Aquatic
Like Someone in Love
Overlord
Ace in the Hole
Il Sorpasso
Master of the House
Riot in Cell Block 11
Breaking the Waves
The Freshman
Persona
The Great Beauty
The Hidden Fortress
George Washington

I mean, WOW!

plus, of course, the pre-order titles

[TriuneImpurityRites]

looking for some advice


in addition to what's in my profile collection,
I have on order


ballad of narayama
tokyo story
throne of blood
autumn sonata
persona
hiddenfortress
breaking the waves
foreign correspondent
seconds
rififi


have probably enough $ for 2 or 3 more titles, but having a hard time narrowing down what I want them to be...
suggestions?









this is what I have to date
12 Angry Men (The Criterion Collection) (1957)
The 39 Steps (The Criterion Collection) (1935)
The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups / The Criterion Collection) (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (The Criterion Collection) (1959)
Antichrist (The Criterion Collection) (2009)
Army of Shadows (L'armée des ombres / The Criterion Collection) (1969)
Badlands (The Criterion Collection) (1973)
The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri / The Criterion Collection) (1966)
Beauty and the Beast (The Criterion Collection / La Belle et la bête) (1946)
Belle de jour (The Criterion Collection) (1967)
Black Narcissus (The Criterion Collection) (1947)
Brazil (The Criterion Collection | Director's Cut & Original Theatrical Version) (1985)
Carlos (The Criterion Collection) (2010)
Le Cercle Rouge (The Criterion Collection) (1970)
Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis / The Criterion Collection) (1945)
Cronos (The Criterion Collection) (1993)
Days of Heaven (The Criterion Collection) (1978)
The Devil's Backbone (El espinazo del diablo / The Criterion Collection) (2001)
Diabolique (Les diaboliques / The Criterion Collection) (1955)
The Double Life of Veronique (La double vie de Véronique / The Criterion Collection) (1991)
Fanny and Alexander (Theatrical and TV versions / Fanny och Alexander / The Criterion Collection) (1982)
The Game (The Criterion Collection) (1997)
La Haine (The Criterion Collection) (1995)
Harakiri (Seppuku / 切腹 / The Criterion Collection) (1962)
Heaven's Gate (The Criterion Collection) (1980)
High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku / 天国と地獄 / The Criterion Collection) (1963)
House (Hausu / ハウス / The Criterion Collection) (1977)
La Jetée / Sans Soleil (The Criterion Collection) (1962)
John Cassavetes: Five Films (The Criterion Collection | Shadows / Faces / A Woman Under the Influence / The Killing of a Chinese Bookie / Opening Night) (1959-1977)
Kagemusha (影武者 / The Criterion Collection) (1980)
The Killing (The Killing / Killer's Kiss | The Criterion Collection) (1956)
Kiss Me Deadly (The Criterion Collection) (1955)
Kuroneko (Yabu no Naka no Kuroneko / 藪の中の黒猫 / The Criterion Collection) (1968)
The Lady Vanishes (The Lady Vanishes / Crook's Tour | The Criterion Collection) (1938)
The Last Emperor (The Criterion Collection) (1987)
The Leopard (Il gattopardo / The Criterion Collection) (1963)
M (The Criterion Collection) (1931)
The Magician (Ansiktet / The Criterion Collection) (1958)
Ministry of Fear (The Criterion Collection) (1944)
The Night of the Hunter (The Criterion Collection) (1955)
On the Waterfront (The Criterion Collection) (1954)
Orpheus (Orphée / The Criterion Collection) (1950)
Pale Flower (Kawaita Hana / 乾いた花 / The Criterion Collection) (1964)
Paris, Texas (The Criterion Collection) (1984)
Paths of Glory (The Criterion Collection) (1957)
The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen / The Criterion Collection) (1921)
Rashômon (羅生門 / The Criterion Collection) (1950)
The Red Shoes (The Criterion Collection) (1948)
Repo Man (The Criterion Collection) (1984)
Repulsion (The Criterion Collection) (1965)
Rosemary's Baby (The Criterion Collection) (1968)
The Royal Tenenbaums (The Criterion Collection) (2001)
The Rules of the Game (La règle du jeu / The Criterion Collection) (1939)
The Samurai Trilogy (Musashi Miyamoto / Duel at Ichijoji Temple / Duel at Ganryu Island |The Criterion Collection) (1954-1956)
Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô / 椿三十郎 | The Criterion Collection) (1962)
Senso (The Criterion Collection) (1954)
Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai / 七人の侍 / The Criterion Collection) (1954)
Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende / The Criterion Collection) (1955)
Solaris (Солярис / Solyaris / The Criterion Collection) (1972)
Stagecoach (The Criterion Collection) (1939)
Summer with Monika (Sommaren med Monika / The Criterion Collection) (1953)
Sweet Smell of Success (The Criterion Collection) (1957)
The Thin Red Line (The Criterion Collection) (1998)
The Third Man (The Criterion Collection) (1949)
Three Colors Trilogy (Blue / White / Red | The Criterion Collection | Bleu / Blanc / Rouge) (1993-1994)
Trilogy of Life (The Criterion Collection | The Decameron / The Canterbury Tales / Arabian Nights | Il Decameron / I Racconti di Canterbury / Il fiore delle Mille e una Notte) (1970-1974)
Videodrome (The Criterion Collection) (1982)
Vivre Sa Vie (My Life to Live / The Criterion Collection) (1962)
The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur / The Criterion Collection) (1953)
Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället / The Criterion Collection) (1957)
Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin / The Criterion Collection) (1987)
Yojimbo (Yôjinbô / 用心棒 | The Criterion Collection) (1961)

[Member-167298]

Originally Posted by Coen

Isn't that the film Woody Allen and Diane Keaton are in line to see in Annie Hall when Marshall McLuhan tells the guy in line "You know nothing of my work"?

Not sure if it is that scene in particular, but it is referenced a few times in Annie Hall.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by TriuneImpurityRites

looking for some advice
in addition to what's in my profile collection,
I have on order

ballad of narayama
tokyo story
throne of blood
autumn sonata
persona
hiddenfortress
breaking the waves
foreign correspondent
seconds
rififi


have probably enough $ for 2 or 3 more titles, but having a hard time narrowing down what I want them to be...
suggestions?

[Show spoiler]this is what I have to date
12 Angry Men (The Criterion Collection) (1957)
The 39 Steps (The Criterion Collection) (1935)
The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups / The Criterion Collection) (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (The Criterion Collection) (1959)
Antichrist (The Criterion Collection) (2009)
Army of Shadows (L'armée des ombres / The Criterion Collection) (1969)
Badlands (The Criterion Collection) (1973)
The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri / The Criterion Collection) (1966)
Beauty and the Beast (The Criterion Collection / La Belle et la bête) (1946)
Belle de jour (The Criterion Collection) (1967)
Black Narcissus (The Criterion Collection) (1947)
Brazil (The Criterion Collection | Director's Cut & Original Theatrical Version) (1985)
Carlos (The Criterion Collection) (2010)
Le Cercle Rouge (The Criterion Collection) (1970)
Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis / The Criterion Collection) (1945)
Cronos (The Criterion Collection) (1993)
Days of Heaven (The Criterion Collection) (1978)
The Devil's Backbone (El espinazo del diablo / The Criterion Collection) (2001)
Diabolique (Les diaboliques / The Criterion Collection) (1955)
The Double Life of Veronique (La double vie de Véronique / The Criterion Collection) (1991)
Fanny and Alexander (Theatrical and TV versions / Fanny och Alexander / The Criterion Collection) (1982)
The Game (The Criterion Collection) (1997)
La Haine (The Criterion Collection) (1995)
Harakiri (Seppuku / 切腹 / The Criterion Collection) (1962)
Heaven's Gate (The Criterion Collection) (1980)
High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku / 天国と地獄 / The Criterion Collection) (1963)
House (Hausu / ハウス / The Criterion Collection) (1977)
La Jetée / Sans Soleil (The Criterion Collection) (1962)
John Cassavetes: Five Films (The Criterion Collection | Shadows / Faces / A Woman Under the Influence / The Killing of a Chinese Bookie / Opening Night) (1959-1977)
Kagemusha (影武者 / The Criterion Collection) (1980)
The Killing (The Killing / Killer's Kiss | The Criterion Collection) (1956)
Kiss Me Deadly (The Criterion Collection) (1955)
Kuroneko (Yabu no Naka no Kuroneko / 藪の中の黒猫 / The Criterion Collection) (1968)
The Lady Vanishes (The Lady Vanishes / Crook's Tour | The Criterion Collection) (1938)
The Last Emperor (The Criterion Collection) (1987)
The Leopard (Il gattopardo / The Criterion Collection) (1963)
M (The Criterion Collection) (1931)
The Magician (Ansiktet / The Criterion Collection) (1958)
Ministry of Fear (The Criterion Collection) (1944)
The Night of the Hunter (The Criterion Collection) (1955)
On the Waterfront (The Criterion Collection) (1954)
Orpheus (Orphée / The Criterion Collection) (1950)
Pale Flower (Kawaita Hana / 乾いた花 / The Criterion Collection) (1964)
Paris, Texas (The Criterion Collection) (1984)
Paths of Glory (The Criterion Collection) (1957)
The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen / The Criterion Collection) (1921)
Rashômon (羅生門 / The Criterion Collection) (1950)
The Red Shoes (The Criterion Collection) (1948)
Repo Man (The Criterion Collection) (1984)
Repulsion (The Criterion Collection) (1965)
Rosemary's Baby (The Criterion Collection) (1968)
The Royal Tenenbaums (The Criterion Collection) (2001)
The Rules of the Game (La règle du jeu / The Criterion Collection) (1939)
The Samurai Trilogy (Musashi Miyamoto / Duel at Ichijoji Temple / Duel at Ganryu Island |The Criterion Collection) (1954-1956)
Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô / 椿三十郎 | The Criterion Collection) (1962)
Senso (The Criterion Collection) (1954)
Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai / 七人の侍 / The Criterion Collection) (1954)
Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende / The Criterion Collection) (1955)
Solaris (Солярис / Solyaris / The Criterion Collection) (1972)
Stagecoach (The Criterion Collection) (1939)
Summer with Monika (Sommaren med Monika / The Criterion Collection) (1953)
Sweet Smell of Success (The Criterion Collection) (1957)
The Thin Red Line (The Criterion Collection) (1998)
The Third Man (The Criterion Collection) (1949)
Three Colors Trilogy (Blue / White / Red | The Criterion Collection | Bleu / Blanc / Rouge) (1993-1994)
Trilogy of Life (The Criterion Collection | The Decameron / The Canterbury Tales / Arabian Nights | Il Decameron / I Racconti di Canterbury / Il fiore delle Mille e una Notte) (1970-1974)
Videodrome (The Criterion Collection) (1982)
Vivre Sa Vie (My Life to Live / The Criterion Collection) (1962)
The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur / The Criterion Collection) (1953)
Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället / The Criterion Collection) (1957)
Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin / The Criterion Collection) (1987)
Yojimbo (Yôjinbô / 用心棒 | The Criterion Collection) (1961)

people do like to play along when others post questions like this, but you own too many titles to make it easy. why don't you give about a half dozen or so that you are considering and then it will be easier to peruse what you already own in order to make a recommendation.

[jlk5844]

Ballad of Narayama doesn't get talked about a lot. What's that one like? It's a cheaper title too so I wouldn't feel as risky about blind buying that one.

[jw007]

I'm still on the fence about blind-buying Breaking the Waves. I am not a Lars Von Trier fan one bit, but this film is supposedly one of his best movies. What should I do? I think I might have to watch this one first because I feel its too risky to blind-buy.

[jlk5844]

While I'm at it, could anyone shed some more light on these?:

Lord of the Flies, Beauty and the Beast, Revanche, The Uninvited

Lord of the Flies and Uninvited sound right up my alley, but I'm not sure about them. Beauty and the Beast seems like it's a classic. And Revanche I just haven't heard much about, but maybe that's a good thing?

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by jw007

I'm still on the fence about blind-buying Breaking the Waves. I am not a Lars Von Trier fan one bit, but this film is supposedly one of his best movies. What should I do? I think I might have to watch this one first because I feel its too risky to blind-buy.

He's one of my favourite directors, if you want great performances, great soundtrack, powerful imagery and emotions - go for it.

If you really ain't sure, just watch online, but if you watch non criterion version the quality isn't amazing, but then if you love then you'll be blown away with the new transfer like I was.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by jlk5844

While I'm at it, could anyone shed some more light on these?:

Lord of the Flies, Beauty and the Beast, Revanche, The Uninvited

Lord of the Flies and Uninvited sound right up my alley, but I'm not sure about them. Beauty and the Beast seems like it's a classic. And Revanche I just haven't heard much about, but maybe that's a good thing?

beauty and Beast for me, was incredible, only seen with philip glass' orchestra. It's a really magical film and some great special effects, such a great director.

I loved lord of the flies, the savages and had some shocking moments that I wasn't expecting.

[TriuneImpurityRites]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

people do like to play along when others post questions like this, but you own too many titles to make it easy. why don't you give about a half dozen or so that you are considering and then it will be easier to peruse what you already own in order to make a recommendation.

a fair point, but I actually don't have any specific in mind.
basically I've now bought every movie that I had seen previously, anything else
is a blind buy

I'm open to anything but would probably prefer
50s/60s mystery/suspense.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by jlk5844

While I'm at it, could anyone shed some more light on these?:

Lord of the Flies, Beauty and the Beast, Revanche, The Uninvited

Lord of the Flies and Uninvited sound right up my alley, but I'm not sure about them. Beauty and the Beast seems like it's a classic. And Revanche I just haven't heard much about, but maybe that's a good thing?

Revanche is a great film! It once came up in conversation and a few people commented that it is their favorite CC title of this century. (I'd rank it second behind Blue is...) one poster who pops in every now and then even likes it enough to have it as his avatar. (pic of a dude sitting on a bench ) Don't know if that helps at all. It's a very accessible film, too, so it has that going for it as well.

[jlk5844]

Originally Posted by TriuneImpurityRites

a fair point, but I actually don't have any specific in mind.
basically I've now bought every movie that I had seen previously, anything else
is a blind buy

I'm open to anything but would probably prefer
50s/60s mystery/suspense.

Charade - 60s mystery and suspense
Eyes without a Face - 60s mystery
Following - mystery

Just some from my collection that I would recommend.

[Scottie]

I have major respect for anyone who can smile, chuckle, giggle, laugh, bust a gut, or anything similar in regards to Harold Lloyd and his humor.

I hate him and find him painful to watch.

Originally Posted by jlk5844

While I'm at it, could anyone shed some more light on these?:

Lord of the Flies, Beauty and the Beast, Revanche, The Uninvited

Lord of the Flies and Uninvited sound right up my alley, but I'm not sure about them. Beauty and the Beast seems like it's a classic. And Revanche I just haven't heard much about, but maybe that's a good thing?

Revanche is one of the masterpieces of the 21st century. It's a shame that not many people have seen it.

Beauty and the Beast was decent, The Uninvited was okay, but I thought Lord of the Flies was terrible.

[zkirkland]

Scanners
Gimme Shelter
Paths of Glory
Rashomon

If I get more, it'll likely be A Man Escaped and Black Narcissus

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by jlk5844

Charade - 60s mystery and suspense
Eyes without a Face - 60s mystery
Following - mystery

Just some from my collection that I would recommend.

oh, yes, yes...

given the OP's criteria and listed collection, this is essential. good call!

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

Revanche is a great film! It once came up in conversation and a few people commented that it is their favorite CC title of this century. (I'd rank it second behind Blue is...) one poster who pops in every now and then even likes it enough to have it as his avatar. (pic of a dude sitting on a bench ) Don't know if that helps at all. It's a very accessible film, too, so it has that going for it as well.

Originally Posted by iScottie

Revanche is one of the masterpieces of the 21st century. It's a shame that not many people have seen it.
.

I went to youtube to watch the trailer so that I could come back and tell you that I feel it to be spoiler free. That is not the case, IMO. Avoid the trailer. See the film!