The Criterion Collection

[Fabs]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

anybody have Godzilla on their CC wishlist?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Godzilla-Bra...item41933ced71

I already own it, but I'd love to buy a few just to resell at the regular $20-25

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Yes

I kinda thought so.

I'm betting that you'll really like his films.

[dwk]

Limiting to one per director (otherwise it'd be all Kurosawa and Melville) my favorite films in the collection are:
1) Seven Samurai
2) RoboCop
3) Army of Shadows
4) Fighting Elegy
5) The Double Life of Véronique
6) In the Mood for Love
7) House
8) Naked Kiss
9) The Sword of Doom
10) Repo Man

Now, my favorite releases (taking into account both the film(s) and extras) are:
1) Zatoichi
2) The Complete Mr. Arkadin
3) Seven Samurai
4) The Essential Jacques Demy
5) Vampyr (1st edition with the book)
6) Fanny and Alexander
7) Six Moral Tales
8) Godzilla
9) Repo Man
10) The Night of the Hunter

I also want to mention Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist box set, which doesn't really have any great films in it, but it is a great, and important, release.

[SammyJankis]

Having just watched Ball of Fire for the first time, I have to say it'd be nice if Criterion got their hands on this. Surprised I had never heard of it before. A Howard Hawks film penned by Billy Wilder? Fortunately it lived up to expectations. Remarkably clever and witty, it never takes a false step (I kept dreading a moment in which it would), and Barbara Stanwyck is absolutely phenomenal.

Would love it if Criterion released this, as the transfer I saw wasn't the best.

[Polaroid]

My Top Ten (in no order):

1. Qatsi Trilogy
2. Marketa Lazarova
3. The Double Life of Veronique
4. Antichrist
5. Breaking the Waves
6. The Trilogy of Life
7. Picnic at Hanging Rock
8. The Thin Red Line
9. Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom
10. Hausu

There so many others I want to include though.

[CPinheiro]

1- Wings of Desire
2- Picnic at Hanging Rock
3- Badlands
4- Cria Cuervos
5- Five Easy Pieces
6- Two Lane Blacktop
7- Benjamin Button
8 - Il Sorpasso
9- Down by Law
10- Les Yeux Sans Visage

[ShellOilJunior]

Here's some good Spartacus news:

http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/2...-2/#more-65243

“The bottom line is that the new Spartacus is going to be gorgeous,” Harris told me earlier today. “The work has been underway since last July, and it’s been a huge, huge project. I’ve been consulting with them, and Universal is taking this very seriously. They’re doing everything that I asked for, and in 4K. You’re going to see detail and color that you haven’t seen since the restored 70mm version screened 24 years ago.”

[tama]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Here's some good Spartacus news:

http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/2...-2/#more-65243

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Here's some good Spartacus news:

http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/2...-2/#more-65243

Shame Kubrick's not around to supervise.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Shame Kubrick's not around to supervise.

Even if he was around, he'd probably not be involved. He was certainly still around when Robert Harris did the first restoration in 1991, and declined to be a part of it.

He never considered Spartacus as one of his movies. He thought of himself as just another hired hand.

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

anybody have Godzilla on their CC wishlist?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Godzilla-Bra...item41933ced71

I ordered a copy from this seller a few days ago, and it's currently in transit. I normally wouldn't have been interested, but the price was so low ... then, when I read about it on the Criterion website, I thought I might as well check it out. The idea that the film might have been inspired by the atomic bombing of Japan kind of intrigues me, especially since I've been cycling through WWII films laterly, including Ken Burns' The War and the newly released Unbroken.

[ShellOilJunior]

Yeah, I doubt Kubrick would be involved. Didn't he instruct his assistants to destroy any extra footage from his films?

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Having just watched Ball of Fire for the first time, I have to say it'd be nice if Criterion got their hands on this. Surprised I had never heard of it before. A Howard Hawks film penned by Billy Wilder? Fortunately it lived up to expectations. Remarkably clever and witty, it never takes a false step (I kept dreading a moment in which it would), and Barbara Stanwyck is absolutely phenomenal.

Would love it if Criterion released this, as the transfer I saw wasn't the best.

I love Ball of Fire and it's a pity that Stanwyck didn't do more comedies.

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Having just watched Ball of Fire for the first time, I have to say it'd be nice if Criterion got their hands on this. Surprised I had never heard of it before. A Howard Hawks film penned by Billy Wilder? Fortunately it lived up to expectations. Remarkably clever and witty, it never takes a false step (I kept dreading a moment in which it would), and Barbara Stanwyck is absolutely phenomenal.

Would love it if Criterion released this, as the transfer I saw wasn't the best.

Great post and I agree with everything you said. Between this film, The Lady Eve, and Meet John Doe, Stanwyck really had a banner year in 1941.

I would love to see Criterion license the rights to all the Samuel Goldwyn classics, including Bulldog Drummond, These Three, Come and Get It, Stella Dallas, Wuthering Heights, The Westerner, Ball of Fire, etc., etc., etc. They've always been shuffled around and neglected like the proverbial red-headed step-child. (My apologies to any of you who may actually be red-headed step-children.)

I had such great hopes when Warner Brothers brought The Best Years of Our Lives and The Bishop's Wife on blu-ray ... but then everything else started being re-released on DVD only. It's a travesty!

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by jmclick

Great post and I agree with everything you said. Between this film, The Lady Eve, and Meet John Doe, Stanwyck really had a banner year in 1941.

I would love to see Criterion license the rights to all the Samuel Goldwyn classics, including Bulldog Drummond, These Three, Come and Get It, Stella Dallas, Wuthering Heights, The Westerner, Ball of Fire, etc., etc., etc. They've always been shuffled around and neglected like the proverbial red-headed step-child. (My apologies to any of you who may actually be red-headed step-children.)

I had such great hopes when Warner Brothers brought The Best Years of Our Lives and The Bishop's Wife on blu-ray ... but then everything else started being re-released on DVD only. It's a travesty!

I actually haven't seen The Lady Eve. Put it on hold at the library. Need more Stanwyck in my life.

[Chad Plainview]

My favourite top 10 Criterion's.

In The Mood For Love
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
The Red Shoes
The Lady Eve
The Thin Red Line
Tess
Persona
Late Spring
The Double Life of Veronique
Paris, Texas

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

I actually haven't seen The Lady Eve. Put it on hold at the library. Need more Stanwyck in my life.

Lady of Burlesque is also fun. Although not up to the level of BoF or TLE, it showcases Stanwyck's, er, physical assets, and she sings, too.

[Member-260138]

No particular order

1)Quadrophenia
2)Repo Man
3)The Thin Red Line
4)Harold & Maude
5)Hunger
6)Antichrist
7)Bottle Rocket
8)The Ice Storm
9)A Christmas Tale
10)The Man Who Fell to Earth

[darrenrudy]

I just saw The Westerner for the first time a yr ago and it was terrific. Would look great on Blu-Ray. Walter Brennan stole the show.

[HuggyBear73]

Just watched RIDE THE PINK HORSE. Loved it!! Anyone who hasn't seen, blind buy it at next B&N sale. You won't be sorry. When is the next B&N sale btw? Anyone know?