The Criterion Collection

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

18. Children of Men

Fantastic film, Ray. And many other greats on your list, too.

[AaronJ]

Why are people against DigiPacks?

[mja345]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

My real list:

1. Troll 2 (1990)
2. R.O.T.O.R. (1987)
3. Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
4. The Room (2003)
5. Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2008)
6. Miami Connection (1987)
7. A Safe Place (1971)
8. Zaat (1971)
9. The Wicker Man (2006)
10a. Deadly Prey (1987)
10b. Samurai Cop (1991)

Only one Criterion on the list, but still better than nothing.

"R.O.T.O.R." is some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen. "Dangerous Men" belongs on that list. "Dangerous Men" makes "The Room" look like a masterpiece.

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Why are people against DigiPacks?

I think the main reason is because they're prone to getting damaged during shipment. And unlike with plastic cases, you can't really replace a damaged case, unless you of course buy a brand new digipack.

@ mja345 list:

1. Stanley Kubrick - The Shining (1980)
2. Martin Scorsese - Taxi Driver (1976)
3. Robert Altman - 3 Women (1977)
4. Jonathan Demme - Something Wild (1986)
5. David Lynch - Blue Velvet (1986)
6. Francis Ford Coppola - The Conversation (1974)
7. Quentin Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs (1992)
8. Jean-Luc Godard - Pierrot le Fou (1965)
9. Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho (1960)
10. Werner Herzog - Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972) or David Cronenberg - Videodrome (1983)

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by mja345

"R.O.T.O.R." is some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen. "Dangerous Men" belongs on that list. "Dangerous Men" makes "The Room" look like a masterpiece.

Yeah, Dangerous Men has perhaps the most epic ending of all time. And R.O.T.O.R. is an important work in motion picture history because it warns us not to play God and be careful with technology.

[Will G]

1.2001
2.Fantasia
3.8 & 1/2
4.Persona
5.Chinatown
6.The Conversation
7.Blade Runner
8.Taxi Driver
9.Rear Window
10.One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest

11.Annie Hall
12.Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
13.Woman In The Dunes
14.Walkabout
15.Smoke
16.The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
17.Brazil
18.3 Women
19.If....
20.The Holy Mountain

It wasn't hard coming up with twenty, but boy putting them in order is damn near impossible:\

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by Lastyear

9. The God, The Bad and the Ugly

Clint Eastwood was pretty great in the movie alright, but I don't know if I'd classify him as God, exactly.

[Doctor Jack]

The only movie in my top 10 that has a Criterion is The Lady Vanishes. Days of Heaven really wants to be in my top 10 so it may be 2 soon. Also, if the phantom page for Kelly Reichardt is an indication and we possibly get Wendy and Lucy, then it will be 2/3.

[Popcorn_Bliss]

Originally Posted by mja345

Variation on the top 10 or 20 list just for shits and giggles. Name your 10 favorite directors and your favorite film by each one. Mine would be...

1. Altman-"McCabe and Mrs. Miller"
2. Kubrick- "2001"
3. Scorsese-"Taxi Driver"
4. Allen- "Crimes and Misdemeanors"
5. Hitchcock-"Vertigo"
6. Fellini- "8 1/2"
7. Kurosawa- "High and Low"
8. Lumet- "Network"
9. Peckinpah- "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia"
10. Carpenter- "The Thing"

Good idea!

I'll just rank mine by my favorite director still going...

1. Woody Allen - Manhattan 1979
2. David Lynch - Mulholland Dr 2001
3. William Friedkin - The Exorcist 1973
4. Steven Spielberg - Jaws 1975
5. Ridley Scott - A Good Year 2005
6. Oliver Stone - JFK 1991
7. Martin Scorcese - Raging Bull 1980

And three directors who are no longer with us, but have provided a top 10 film for me...

8. Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo 1958
9. Federico Fellini - La Dolce Vita 1960
10. Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by mja345

Variation on the top 10 or 20 list just for shits and giggles. Name your 10 favorite directors and your favorite film by each one. Mine would be...

1. Altman-"McCabe and Mrs. Miller"
2. Kubrick- "2001"
3. Scorsese-"Taxi Driver"
4. Allen- "Crimes and Misdemeanors"
5. Hitchcock-"Vertigo"
6. Fellini- "8 1/2"
7. Kurosawa- "High and Low"
8. Lumet- "Network"
9. Peckinpah- "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia"
10. Carpenter- "The Thing"

Great list. Mine:

1. Mann- Heat
2. Scorsese- Goodfellas
3. De Palma- Dressed to Kill
4. Melville- Le Doulos
5. Coens- The Big Lebowski
6. Lynch- Blue Velvet
7. Soderbergh- Out of Sight
8. Carpenter- Assault on Precinct 13
9. Malle- Au revoir les enfants
10. Kazan- A Face in the Crowd

[Popcorn_Bliss]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

I think the main reason is because they're prone to getting damaged during shipment. And unlike with plastic cases, you can't really replace a damaged case, unless you of course buy a brand new digipack.

That probably explains it. Myself, I love the Criterion digipaks (and especially Digibooks, from Warner mostly). I wish every Criterion was issued with a softcover/slipcase. In my eyes it gives the film a more "classy" look and gives one the sense that care was put not into just the film, but in the whole presentation. The slip cases also give a nice impression that the films are like books. You can still file them firmly on a shelf with the spines showing.

My softcover "Mulholland Dr" with the slipcase is arguably the "greatest looking" Criterion I own. I also enjoyed the recent softcover for "Dr. Strangelove".

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by mja345

Variation on the top 10 or 20 list just for shits and giggles. Name your 10 favorite directors and your favorite film by each one. Mine would be...

01. Stanley Kubrick - The Killing
02. Alfred Hitchcock - The Lady Vanishes
03. Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
04. David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai
05. Kelly Reichardt - Wendy and Lucy
06. Paul Thomas Anderson - Magnolia
07. Terrence Malick - Days of Heaven
08. Alfonso Cuaron - Y Tu Mama Tambien
09. Orson Welles - Touch of Evil
10. David Gordon Green - All the Real Girls

[spargs]

Originally Posted by mja345

Variation on the top 10 or 20 list just for shits and giggles. Name your 10 favorite directors and your favorite film by each one.

I'll bite. My 10 favorite, in alphabetical order...

Altman: McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Coens: Fargo
De Palma: Blow Out
Hitchcock: Vertigo
Kubrick: Dr. Strangelove
Kurosawa: Seven Samurai
Melville: Le Samourai
Peckinpah: The Wild Bunch
Scorsese: Taxi Driver
Tarantino: Pulp Fiction

[Polaroid]

But still, nice seeing everyones opinions and personal preferences - varies so much :P

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by mja345

Variation on the top 10 or 20 list just for shits and giggles. Name your 10 favorite directors and your favorite film by each one. Mine would be...

Off the top of my head...

1. Alfred Hitchcock - North by Northwest
2. Billy Wilder - Double Indemnity
3. Jean-Pierre Melville - Le Samouraï
4. Jacques Tourneur - Out of the Past
5. Fritz Lang - The Big Heat
6. Howard Hawks - The Big Sleep
7. John Ford - Stagecoach
8. Don Siegel - Escape from Alcatraz
9. Akira Kurosawa - Seven Samurai
10. John Huston - The Maltese Falcon

[Nuck Horris]

Unforgiven (Eastwood)
Szamanka (Zulawski)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Gilliam)
Where the Green Ants Dream (Herzog)
The Big Lebowski (Coens)
Rear Window (Hitchcock)
After Hours (Scorsese)
Read My Lips (Audiard)
Arizona Dream (Kusturica)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jarmusch)
A Very Long Engagement (Jeunet)
Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrick)
The Conformist (Bertolucci)
Conspirators of Pleasure (Svankmajer)
Scanners (Cronenberg)
Body Double (De Palma)
Cruising (Friedkin)
Black Book (Verhoeven)
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (Cattet/Forzani)
Altered States (Russell)

I did 20... because I can.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by mja345

Variation on the top 10 or 20 list just for shits and giggles. Name your 10 favorite directors and your favorite film by each one.

1. Ozu - Late Spring
2. Kurosawa - Red Beard
3. Malick - The Tree of Life
4. Naruse - Yearning
5. Kar-wai - In The Mood For Love
6. Kubrick - 2001
7. Kieslowski - Red
8. Kitano - Hana-bi
9. Sono - Love Exposure
10. Refn - The Neon Demon

Probably different tomorrow.

[MifuneFan]

Lang - Metropolis
Ozu - Floating Weeds
Kurosawa - The Hidden Fortress
Fellini - 8 1/2
Miyazaki - Spirited Away
Leone - Once Upon a Time in the West
Hawks - Rio Bravo
Hitchcock - Vertigo
Kubrick - The Shining
Allen - Annie Hall

[Ray Jackson]

In no order:

Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Malick - The Thin Red Line
Scorsese - Goodfellas
Kobayashi - Harakiri
Kurosawa - Ikiru
Mann - Heat
Wilder - Sunset Boulevard
PT Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Leone - Once Upon A Time In America
Ray - Pather Panchali

Honorable mention:

Lynch - Twin Peaks pilot episde (I cheated...sue me)
Nolan - Interstellar

[The Great Owl]

The site review of Dekalog is up right now, and it looks quite amazing.

I plan to own this Criterion Blu-ray of Dekalog, but I may not be buying it anytime soon, because it's not a limited edition that I need to hurry up for, and because I've got a ton of still-unwatched Criterion box sets on my shelf. I'm trying to reign in my tendency to blind-buy titles like this the first time that they go on sale, only to stockpile them away, survival-apocalypse-style, in my collection for that inevitable day when I'll have the time and the inclination to get around to watching them. I'm going to wait and grab this one in a year or two, after I chipped away at my unwatched stack of Criterions and other Blu-rays first.

Don't think that I won't be tempted when I see it at Barnes & Noble during next month's sale, though.