The Criterion Collection

[MifuneFan]

I would probably put the 25-film Zatoichi set into one oy my slots

[dwk]

New "phantom" people page: Motoyoshi Oda

[octagon]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Since. When?

[jedidarrick]

Originally Posted by dwk

New "phantom" people page: Motoyoshi Oda

Godzilla Raids Again doesn't have a US Blu release, so it could be that.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

Did a $37 (including tax) blind buy on Pagnol's MARSEILLE TRILOGY and even though reviews have been incredibly positive, even life changing positive, I'm still on the fence about whether it will prove to be a solid buy. I trust the members of this site not to steer me wrong, at least as much as the so called "critics," so I'll ask those who have seen it, did I get a good buy?

A steal. One of the greatest trilogies ever made, and all 3 films are a pure joy to watch, with some truly remarkable writing and acting. Fanny (the 2nd one) is the worst looking, with unavoidable issues with the source material, but the other two are two of the best restorations I've ever seen. I'd say it's their best release of the year so far.

[20th Century Boy]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I would probably put the 25-film Zatoichi set into one oy my slots

I have a three way tie for first place that never changes. CC has actually released 2 of them as unlikely a title as they are for the label so I'm pretty happy.

[bsend]

Originally Posted by Baron Blood

I'm going to take the liberty of listing my most wanted on Criterion

The Tenant
Fearless Vampire Killers
Hour Of The Wolf
Juliet of The Spirits
The Passion Of Beatrice
Romeo & Juliet
Haxan
Eyes Without A Face

I'm thrilled Barry Lyndon and Vampyr have been announced.
I can predict my brother and I will be giving the same gift/s to each other this Christmas

Yes to The Tenant! Also Fearless Vampire Killers and Haxan!

[Baron Blood]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Guessing he might have meant Fiend Without a Face.

Nope

I've double dipped these titles so often I have a hard time keeping track of what I got.

I must have bought it during my "lost years".
My mistake.

[Usure]

My 2nd haul of this sale:
1: Salo or 120 Days of Sodom
2: Blue is The Warmest Color
3: Beyond The Valley of the Dolls
4: Quadrophenia
5: Beastie Boys: Video Anthology

...dn't judge me.

[gobad2003]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

He ranked the three films from The Apu Trilogy for the number one spot. I get that it's a trilogy, but still...

That's not true, Just look at the New England Patriots

[20th Century Boy]

Originally Posted by gobad2003

That's not true, Just look at the New England Patriots

[joy-division]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

I hadn't paid much attention. The original 2010 copyright boxset is listed and tested as Region A locked. What's the date and does it mention 2nd/3rd Printing or re-release anywhere -- is the UPC still 715515057318?

I wonder after they started releasing in the UK if they changed co-releases to A/B or All region. I can't find any other releases in the database listed as anything other thna Region A locked,

Do you have the ability to check Region B status?

Ignore the post I made need to go to sleep!

[sawdustandtinsel]

Originally Posted by 20th Century Boy

This was the first movie I ever saw multiple times in theaters. I was floored.

It really is a beautiful film. I always got weirdly defensive of it when people started turning it into a punch line. Speaking of Ang Lee, and I'm probably in the minority here, I would be all in on a Lust, Caution Criterion release.

[Ray Jackson]

I don't know about Two Lane Blacktop.

It's good, I enjoyed it for the most part.

But top 40 film of the last 50 years?

...that's a stretch for me.

[qw0aszx]

Originally Posted by olivianewtonyawn

What film was your gateway into the appreciation of cinema beyond blockbusters? Follow up question: what film opened you up to exploring the Criterion Collection?

First should be 2001: A Space Odyssey, I saw it when I was in the middle school. The stress of schoolworks are quite heavy for students in a modern city of mainland China. On weekdays, I went to school before 7am and finished at about 8:30pm, went back home and continued to finish the homework, sometimes can't go to bed until about 1am. On weekends, school will have an extra half-day class, then cram schools, extra classes and more homework. So school life for me at that time means no time for a breath. The only moment I can get away from these stress is my secret movie time. I would pretended to go to bed, closed the light and used a portable player to watch a film. That was the only time I can get away from these nightmarish schoolworks. I usually watched some blockbusters or B movies for these nights, but one night, I chose to watch a sci-fi film called 2001: A Space Odyssey, then everything changed. For the first time, I realized how infinity a movie can convey, how strong the movie as an art can be. The film haunts me ever since, and it liberated me from the heavy stress, this film seemed like a beam of light shined right on me, chasing away those depressing emotions. After that, I started to watch art house films, discovered a brand new land of cinema.

For Criterion Collection, it was another story. I started to watch films because my father showed me Terminator 2 when I was 7. We watched the bootleg DVDs back then, and one day I found a magazine called DVD with T2 on the front cover, so I bought it and read it and watched a lot films it mentioned (including the two Nekromantik films, I watched both when I was 9 or 10). In that magazine, the criterion DVD of The White Sheik was introduced in the newly released category. A brief introduction of Criterion Collection was given in that article, that's the first time I got in touch with it. After I finished the middle school, I succeeded in enrolling one of the top 8 high schools in my city. So my parents rewarded me with a blu-ray player. I used to collect bootleg discs in DVD era (bootleg DVDs in China was a big thing back then, cheaper and with better quality, so many people would collect them rather than authorized discs), but the bootleg market kinda died in blu-ray era, so I turned to buy the authorized ones. That's when I started to buy the official Criterion discs, I tried my best to watch the Criterion blu-rays back in high school with my mediocre English, went through the films, the extras, the booklets. Although I still doing bad at schoolworks in high school, the only subject I don't have to put any efforts on was English. Yeah, Criterion helped me improve my English skill... Now I own 94 Criterion sets (92 blu-rays, 2 DVDs, and I also have 3 Criterion LD sets), Criterion introduced me so many wonderful films, within these sets, my favorite should be the By Brakhage set. I blind bought this, that's how I went into the world of avant-garde cinema and became a huge fan of it. Now I'm studying film-making at college, making my own avant-garde works and documentaries. So what film opened me up to exploring the Criterion Collection? There's no specific film, but if I have to say, I watched Kurosawa's Dreams at 7, I was totally blown away by it because the kind of weird mood of Kurosawa's childhood dreams just like the nightmares I had when I was a child. That film still remained my favorite Kurosawa, so you can imagine how I felt when Criterion announced the blu-ray of it last year. It's not a Criterion title when I watched it, but it is now.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I don't know about Two Lane Blacktop.

It's good, I enjoyed it for the most part.

But top 40 film of the last 50 years?

...that's a stretch for me.

it's kinda weird to think that 50 years only takes you back to 1967.

[diskspinner]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I don't know about Two Lane Blacktop.

It's good, I enjoyed it for the most part.

But top 40 film of the last 50 years?

...that's a stretch for me.

Ok, got it!!! It means it will appear in your sell/trade list soon.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I don't know about Two Lane Blacktop.

It's good, I enjoyed it for the most part.

But top 40 film of the last 50 years?

...that's a stretch for me.

You did say once that your top 40 of the last 50 includes the entire "Police Academy" series, "Full Body Massage", everything National Lampoon-related post 1993, and the entire filmography of Shannon Whirry. A lot of deserving films didn't make the cut.

[Thebunk]

Ok about to place my last B&N order. Need to pick a couple of the ones below (all are blind buys except Rushmore):

- Rushmore
- Carnival of Souls
- Videodrome
- Yi Yi (pretty sure I am going to get this)
- Lone Wolf and Cub Box Set
- Safe (love Julianne Moore but not sure if this is a straight forward narative or more of a character piece)

Thoughts?

[llj]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I don't know about Two Lane Blacktop.

It's good, I enjoyed it for the most part.

But top 40 film of the last 50 years?

...that's a stretch for me.

For the record, I said one of the top American films.

It was tough, but I had to bump Top Gun out of the top 40 in favour of Two-Lane Blacktop.