The Criterion Collection

[BagheeraMcGee]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

I think there are better choices to be added to the Criterion than The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles. But if Criterion feels they need titles like this to survive I guess we will see them being released. But these films have been released to death already. Bring on something that has not been released yet.

Originally Posted by jcs913

Love the film, but c'mon Criterion... The double/triple dips are getting ridiculous!! Focus on restoring MANY of your catalog releases that need a blu upgrade instead of this stuff..

Agree wholeheartedly. Nothing against the John Hughes films (which I already have on Blu), but there are a lot of other filmmakers I'd much prefer to see a box set for. For example, I'd love to see a David Mamet box set (including upgrades for House Of Games and Homicide, and they can throw in Things Change and The Spanish Prisoner while they're at it).

[bsend]

Night of the Living Dead would be a dream come true

[Doc Moonlight]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Don't forget to pick up a free Slurpee on your way back from Barnes & Noble.

[jedidarrick]

Originally Posted by bsend

Night of the Living Dead would be a dream come true

Maybe if Criterion builds a great relationship with Romero, then they could be the ones to get Dawn of the Dead back in print.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by jedidarrick

Maybe if Criterion builds a great relationship with Romero, then they could be the ones to get Dawn of the Dead back in print.

Dawn of the Dead would be a great choice for Criterion.

[bsend]

Originally Posted by jedidarrick

Maybe if Criterion builds a great relationship with Romero, then they could be the ones to get Dawn of the Dead back in print.

I would be so happy if my Anchor Bay 4 DVD Dawn of the Dead set had a Blu ray Criterion Collection companion. I would whisper sweet nothings to those discs all night long.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by BagheeraMcGee

Agree wholeheartedly. Nothing against the John Hughes films (which I already have on Blu), but there are a lot of other filmmakers I'd much prefer to see a box set for. For example, I'd love to see a David Mamet box set (including upgrades for House Of Games and Homicide, and they can throw in Things Change and The Spanish Prisoner while they're at it).

I would love to see more Preston Sturges and Pedro Almodóvar films on Blu-ray.

[javy]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

Dawn of the Dead would be a great choice for Criterion.

Not as great as Night though.

[milo bloom]

Originally Posted by bsend

I would be so happy if my Anchor Bay 4 DVD Dawn of the Dead set had a Blu ray Criterion Collection companion. I would whisper sweet nothings to those discs all night long.

When I read that, part of me was thinking "what an absolute weirdo"....




.... the other part was thinking "now, do we put the 4 disc AB on our left side and Criterion on the right, or the other way around?"

[BagheeraMcGee]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

I would love to see more Preston Sturges and Pedro Almodóvar films on Blu-ray.

Criterion bringing more of both of those filmmakers' films would be welcome. It seems that in the case of Almodóvar, there's a bit more available to import (including a massive French set), but it would be nice if Criterion got their hands on more of his work.

[Christian Muth]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I was watching bits and pieces of my Tree of Life Blu-ray the other day.

I know a lot of you are holding your breath for a Criterion release so we can finally see that rumored longer cut. However, I'd like a Criterion release because I honestly find the PQ on the existing Blu-ray to be quite mediocre. A 4K transfer would be superb.

Still the best film of 2011.

THE TREE OF LIFE was finished as a 4K DI, so any Criterion release would be based off the same DI as the original Blu-ray, plus the additional footage for the extended cut.

Chris

[dex14]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I was watching bits and pieces of my Tree of Life Blu-ray the other day.

I know a lot of you are holding your breath for a Criterion release so we can finally see that rumored longer cut. However, I'd like a Criterion release because I honestly find the PQ on the existing Blu-ray to be quite mediocre. A 4K transfer would be superb.

Still the best film of 2011.

There is no reason to "hold your breath". It is coming eventually. I met Malick at a screening of Journey to Italy this past October and asked if a longer cut was coming from Criterion and he confirmed that it was.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by jedidarrick

Maybe if Criterion builds a great relationship with Romero, then they could be the ones to get Dawn of the Dead back in print.

Romero doesn't own the rights to Dawn of the Dead, Richard P. Rubenstein does, and has been notorious for asking high prices for it, and just did a pricey transfer to 3D.

I'm sure Romero would've had a Blu-Ray out as soon as he could if he could!

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by dex14

There is no reason to "hold your breath". It is coming eventually. I met Malick at a screening of Journey to Italy this past October and asked if a longer cut was coming from Criterion and he confirmed that it was.

Well yeah and there has been like, 9 newsletter clues for it. That's gotta be a record.

[ShirleyFilms]

Originally Posted by ShirleyFilms

With the price drops/sales, I want to give my money to Amazon and B&N as quickly as I can part with it, but I feel like I already own just about all the Criterions that I have ever actively sought. But there must me some out there that I would enjoy. But how to know?

Any recommendations? I tend to like noir, timeless classics, and horror. I tend to NOT like French new-wave, sports movies, or rom-coms.

Here is what I have. What hidden gems is my Criterion collection missing?

12 Angry Men
The 39 Steps
Ace In The Hole
Anatomy Of A Murder
Antichrist
Asphalt Jungle
The BBS Set
Being John Malcovich
Brazil
The Cassavettes Set
Charade
Chimes At Midnight
The Coward/Lean Set
The Curious Case of Benny B
The Del Toro Set
Diabolique
Dr. Strangelove
Eraserhead
Eyes Without A Face
F For Fake
Fear and Loathing in LV
Foreign Correspondant
The Game
Gilda
His Girl Friday
The Immortal Story
In A Lonely Place
The Innocents
The Killers
The Killing
Kiss Me Deadly
Kwaidan
The Lady Vanishes
Love Streams
M
Macbeth
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Manchurian Candidate
Mildred Pierce
Ministry Of Fear
Mullholland Dr.
Naked Lunch
Night and the City
Night Of The Hunter
Odd Man Out
On The Waterfront
Only Angels Have Wings
Paths Of Glory
Red River
The Red Shoes
Ride The Pink Horse
Rosemary's Baby
Seconds
Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
Solaris
The Sweet Smell Of Success
They Live By Night
The Third Man
The Uninvited
Videodrome
The War Room

Gracias!

Thanks for the feedback!

[DaBargainHunta]

From the Amazon Criterion Deals thread:

Originally Posted by LetsGetATaco

Pre-ordered Othello and selected no rush delivery and it gave me a $8.19 discount for a total of $14.30! Killer deal for a $50 title.

Wow!

[Scottie]

That is quite the steal.

I watched it via a TCM recording a week or so ago.

I was vaguely familiar with the story from my high school days, and while I didn't really know what the characters were talking about until after I read a summary of the film, I have to say I did find it to be particularly good. Same can be said about Chimes at Midnight, and I'm not much of an Old English, Welles, or Shakespeare fan.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by iScottie

That is quite the steal.

I watched it via a TCM recording a week or so ago.

I was vaguely familiar with the story from my high school days, and while I didn't really know what the characters were talking about until after I read a summary of the film, I have to say I did find it to be particularly good. Same can be said about Chimes at Midnight, and I'm not much of an Old English, Welles, or Shakespeare fan.

Old English seems to have been eclipsed by Paul Masson and Wild Irish Rose as the brown bagged beverage of choice.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

I would love to see more Preston Sturges and Pedro Almodóvar films on Blu-ray.

The Lady Eve would be a good candidate for a BluRay release.

[Arch Stanton]

Sixteen Candles AND Breakfast Club lmao what is going on