The Criterion Collection

[Brad1963]

Nice surprise in the mail today.


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[Gull Cottage]

Originally Posted by oildude

I want to add Jane Campion to a list of greatest living directors, but I have only seen two of her films and don't know much about her output. But those two films...wow! Really love them. I will say she is by far my favorite female director working today.

You should check out https://www.blu-ray.com/2-Friends/329906/ and An Angel At My Table for sure.

[Gull Cottage]

Originally Posted by jw007

Wow, I'm quite surprised about the Whit Stillman box set... I have The Last Days of Disco and Metropolitan on blu already so I'll probably just go for Barcelona (which I've not yet seen, but trust this will be a fun watch).

I'm also down for Brief Encounter too.

Oddly enough I never was big into Howard Hawkes, and I recently watched Phoenix and didn't feel it was a movie I could revisit more than once, so I'll be skipping those titles.

The Kennedy Films is a hard sell for me, so I doubt I even have remote interest in even watching those.

Overall, this month doesn't blow me away, but its still yet another good roundup of diverse movies from Criterion.

Primary (Part of the Kennedy set) is a wonderful documentary and a groundbreaking one. One of the great documentaries about presidential campaigns in my opinion.

[ShellOilJunior]

I'm in for Hawks. I'm interested in the JFK films, too. The early 60s was a fascinating time in America. I like how Criterion is giving us the Manchurian Candidate in March and the Kennedy films in April. They need to follow through and give us Seven Days in May in May. That would be grand.

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by J.W.

I was really hoping for an announcement of Lone Wolf and Cub thus month. Or possibly Hanzo The Razor trilogy. Lady Snowblood seems to be a hit with everyone and it's a great set. So hopefully these come sooner than later.

I know that Lone Wolf is expected from the cartoon, but has Hanzo been mentioned or is this just a hopeful wish on your part? That would be rad.

[JoeBuck]

Originally Posted by jshaide

I know that Lone Wolf is expected from the cartoon, but has Hanzo been mentioned or is this just a hopeful wish on your part? That would be rad.

Its on their Hulu channel.

[pedromvu]

I know this is not Criterion related but had to do this, just watched Top Gun for the first time and wow .

Sorry Ray, but most people here were right, it's really bad, if you like aerial combat scenes go watch Wings(1927), the actors actually operated the cameras while flying for real on that one, beat that Top Gun

[SlickDamian]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Inside Llewyn Davis is a very good movie, but definitely not my favorite by them.

I've seen it a couple of times and that's enough for me.

They've got a great filmography, hard for something to come out on top.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I added The Last Temptation of Christ to my collection, since I saw it today at Movie Stop.

The Peter Gabriel soundtrack is golden, and this will also make a good addition to my collection of David Bowie's cinema appearances.

I loved Bowie in that film. And you're right, Peter Gabriel's music really added a unique feeling to that movie. It would have suffered had it been a traditional orchestral score. I loved the mix of modern synthesizers and ancient flutes/drums used in the music.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I'm in for Hawks. I'm interested in the JFK films, too. The early 60s was a fascinating time in America. I like how Criterion is giving us the Manchurian Candidate in March and the Kennedy films in April. They need to follow through and give us Seven Days in May in May. That would be grand.

Fail Safe would be another title from that era I'd like to see show up.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by pedromvu

I know this is not Criterion related but had to do this, just watched Top Gun for the first time and wow .

Sorry Ray, but most people here were right, it's really bad, if you like aereal combat scenes go watch Wings(1927), the actors actually operated the cameras while flying for real on that one, beat that Top Gun

I can no longer be your friend.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by pedromvu

Sorry Ray, but most people here were right, it's really bad,...

You're half right. Most people here think Top Gun is pretty awesome.

But you're right about us being right

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by octagon

You're half right. Most people here think Top Gun is pretty awesome.

But you're right about us being right

Jeez! I'm losing friends all over the place!

[octagon]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Jeez! I'm losing friends all over the place!

Heh, read it again.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by octagon

Heh, read it again.

Ack! Mis-read. Mis-read. Mis-read.

This is what happens at nearly 4am with a few vodkas in the system. I don't read things correctly.

[Olmo]

Originally Posted by spectre08

I'm very excited to get Inside Llewyn Davis this week, I haven't bought a Criterion movie in quite some time

Can I suggest an alternative phraseology when expressing a desire for receiving this particular item?

Sounds positively priapic.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by pedromvu

I know this is not Criterion related but had to do this, just watched Top Gun for the first time and wow .

Sorry Ray, but most people here were right, it's really bad, if you like aerial combat scenes go watch Wings(1927), the actors actually operated the cameras while flying for real on that one, beat that Top Gun

I love me some Top Gun. I saw that movie at the theater back in 1986 during the summer before my freshman year of high school, and I still revisit it often. Everything comes together in that film with the soundtrack and the visuals. Of course, it helps if you were a 1980s kid like me.

The Blue Max, which I own by way of the Twilight Time Blu-ray, has some truly stellar air combat sequences as well.

[Camp_Crystal_Lake]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I love me some Top Gun. I saw that movie at the theater back in 1986 during the summer before my freshman year of high school, and I still revisit it often. Everything comes together in that film with the soundtrack and the visuals. Of course, it helps if you were a 1980s kid like me.

The Blue Max, which I own by way of the Twilight Time Blu-ray, has some truly stellar air combat sequences as well.

The summer of 1986 all the kids in my neighborhood wanted to be fighter pilots after that movie. Some even went out and bought the aviator sunglasses. It was that big of a movie that summer.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

Fail Safe would be another title from that era I'd like to see show up.

I'd love to see that one, too. I suspect it's one that Sony wants to keep for themselves, though, as I can't imagine that Twilight Time wouldn't have tried to license it long before now.

Then again, maybe it's a title that's in Grover Crisp's queue for restoration.

[Knaldskalle]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I love me some Top Gun. I saw that movie at the theater back in 1986 during the summer before my freshman year of high school, and I still revisit it often. Everything comes together in that film with the soundtrack and the visuals. Of course, it helps if you were a 1980s kid like me.

The Blue Max, which I own by way of the Twilight Time Blu-ray, has some truly stellar air combat sequences as well.

It's not just the visuals and the soundtrack. It's also the script and its endless over-the-top one-liners. A friend of mine once was a party where they played Top Gun as part of the entertainment. The hosts would then stop the movie at "random" places and people would then have to guess the next line. It turned out to be surprisingly easy once you got in the proper mindset.