The Criterion Collection

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I might or might not have derailed this thread a time or two during my early days here back in 2012 and 2013.

Five Criterion titles that I would like to see upgraded to Blu-ray...

Brute Force
Thieves Highway
Pickup on South Street
Elevator to the Gallows
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi

Just because I cannot stop there, I'll continue with five more...

The Naked City
Le Trou
Le Doulos
Le Deuxième Souffle
Bob Le Flambeur

Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog would be nice as well.

"But this one goes to eleven."

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by jw007

As a longtime forum member, I was once guilty of derailing our Criterion thread, and I confess that my Criterion-watching days aren't as prolific as they used to be, HOWEVER... I am going to get the Criterion train back on its tracks with this question and answer.

Q: What 5 favorite Criterion DVD titles would you like to see upgraded to blu-ray?

Nights of Cabiria
Bob the Gambler
Onibaba
Elevator to the Gallows
La Strada

[Namuhana]

Upgrades of these would be wonderful:

The Virgin Spring
Cléo from 5 to 7
Written on the Wind
Magnificent Obsession
The Fugitive Kind

As well as getting the rights back and rereleasing these:

The Silence of the Lambs
Nights of Cabiria
Peeping Tom

[JupiterMission]

Originally Posted by jw007

As a longtime forum member, I was once guilty of derailing our Criterion thread, and I confess that my Criterion-watching days aren't as prolific as they used to be, HOWEVER... I am going to get the Criterion train back on its tracks with this question and answer.

Q: What 5 favorite Criterion DVD titles would you like to see upgraded to blu-ray?

I have a list at home, but four that spring to mind are Red Beard, Winter Light, White Dog, and Andrei Rublev. I've been waiting on those for years.

[Hoke Moseley]

Not counting anything OOP, my (very hard to narrow down) five most wanted upgrades...

Classe tous risques (Sautet)
Homicide (Mamet)
Le deuxième souffle (Melville)
The Hit (Frears)
I Vitelloni (Fellini)

[amputd]

Upgrades:

Summertime
Peeping Tom
Knife in the Water
Withnail and I
Onibaba

[KillDaWabbit]

Had a few beers last night and impulse bought a brand new copy of Playtime last night. Not sure what I am in for but I am feeling kind of giddy.

I am hesitant to read any reviews to see if I made a mistake or not. I have never seen a Tati film, and I have very little experience with French Film outside of Army of Shadows and the 400 blows.

[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by jw007

What 5 favorite Criterion DVD titles would you like to see upgraded to blu-ray?

A Canterbury Tale
Stray Dog
The Grand Illusion
Contempt
And God created Woman

Thank you!

[hoytereden]

Tough to pick just 5:

The Cranes Are Flying
Juliet of the Spirits
Oliver Twist
Missing
Trouble In Paradise

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by KillDaWabbit

Had a few beers last night and impulse bought a brand new copy of Playtime last night. Not sure what I am in for but I am feeling kind of giddy.

I am hesitant to read any reviews to see if I made a mistake or not. I have never seen a Tati film, and I have very little experience with French Film outside of Army of Shadows and the 400 blows.

The only sense in which it might be a mistake is that the "Complete Tati boxset" has the superior transfer to the "Playtime" standalone. (On the other hand, there is a passionate minority of fans who prefer the color scheme there.)

As far as the movie goes, you're in for an experience. I wouldn't necessarily recommend starting with "Playtime", but I started that way and it worked for me.

[MeMynonsense]

I'll play along, 5 most wanted upgrades:

Z
Big Deal on Madonna Street
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Green for Danger
Le Doulos

[SuperFlyHighGuy]

Most wanted upgrades:

all unreleased C.T. Dreyer
Pickup on South Street
Onibaba
Jigoku
Haxan

[senseabove]

Originally Posted by pedromvu

I've been watching the Tati set, previously I had only seen Playtime which left me underwhelmed years ago.

I have enjoyed his films prior to Playtime but mostly for their music, characters charm and visuals, there is something in the atmosphere his films create that I can't quite pinpoint but I always end up feeling satisfied even if some of the jokes aren't that funny.

Well today I rewatched Playtime on the projector which is as close as I assume I will get to watch it as it was intended and it was glorious, all the things from his previous films I liked still apply but the quality of the image looks so pristine it gives it another dimension to the visuals and better audio which only intensified the things I liked on previous ones, also I think it's gags are funnier.

It's quite clear the evolution of Tati watching the films in order, so I am afraid that is why there is much less love for Trafic since I assume at his pace it might be too abstract for my taste, Playtime has just the right balance for me but I think big part is it's for it's audio and visual qualities.

Originally Posted by KillDaWabbit

Had a few beers last night and impulse bought a brand new copy of Playtime last night. Not sure what I am in for but I am feeling kind of giddy.

I am hesitant to read any reviews to see if I made a mistake or not. I have never seen a Tati film, and I have very little experience with French Film outside of Army of Shadows and the 400 blows.

Just watch it on the largest screen you have available to you.

It was shot in 70mm, and there are numerous instances of multiple gags happening on screen simultaneously. It can be easy to think nothing's happening on first viewing when really three things are happening at once, but they're subtle visual gags at different depths of the "stage" that only take up a small amount of space on screen. The opening scene kinda "teaches" you how to watch for things: be sure to shift focus, to the foreground and background, left and right. Playtime is one of the most rewarding movies to watch repeatedly for that reason.

[BluRayBuddy98]

Originally Posted by Namuhana

Upgrades of these would be wonderful:

The Virgin Spring
Cléo from 5 to 7
Written on the Wind
Magnificent Obsession
The Fugitive Kind

As well as getting the rights back and rereleasing these:

The Silence of the Lambs
Nights of Cabiria
Peeping Tom

I second Virgin Spring. Watched it on FilmStruck thinking there was a blu Ray for it but was disappointed to find there isn't.

[Poya]

Upgrades:

Andrei Rublev
Au Hasard Balthazar
The Lady Eve
I Vitelloni
White Dog

[HaroldnMaude]

Originally Posted by KillDaWabbit

Had a few beers last night and impulse bought a brand new copy of Playtime last night. Not sure what I am in for but I am feeling kind of giddy.

I am hesitant to read any reviews to see if I made a mistake or not. I have never seen a Tati film, and I have very little experience with French Film outside of Army of Shadows and the 400 blows.

Playtime is an amazing film. Very beautiful. And very funny. The restaurant scene is as stupendous as anything from Chaplin or Keaton.

[The Sovereign]

Originally Posted by jw007

Q: What 5 favorite Criterion DVD titles would you like to see upgraded to blu-ray?

Since The Lady Eve, Stranger Than Paradise, and Grand Illusion have already been mentioned, I'll go with these:

The Spirit of the Beehive
Hobson's Choice
My Man Godfrey
The Limey
Notorious

[MifuneFan]

Including OOP titles, I'd want

Floating Weeds
Nights of Cabiria
Stray Dog
Spirit of the Beehive
Silence of the Lambs

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by jw007

As a longtime forum member, I was once guilty of derailing our Criterion thread, and I confess that my Criterion-watching days aren't as prolific as they used to be, HOWEVER... I am going to get the Criterion train back on its tracks with this question and answer.

Q: What 5 favorite Criterion DVD titles would you like to see upgraded to blu-ray?

A: Mine are:

The Last Wave (Directed by Peter Weir)
Before the Rain (Directed by Milcho Manchevski)
House of Games (Directed by David Mamet)
Andrei Rublev (Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky)
Stranger Than Paradise (Directed by Jim Jarmusch)

1-A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman
2-4 by Agnès Varda
3-Scenes from a Marriage set
4-Six Moral Tales
5-3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg

If that is considered cheating, here my top 5 single release titles not including OOP:

1-The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
2-Viridiana
3-Early Summer
4-Haxan
5-Red Beard

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by jw007

As a longtime forum member, I was once guilty of derailing our Criterion thread, and I confess that my Criterion-watching days aren't as prolific as they used to be, HOWEVER... I am going to get the Criterion train back on its tracks with this question and answer.

Q: What 5 favorite Criterion DVD titles would you like to see upgraded to blu-ray?

Lubitsch Musicals (especially The Smiling Lieutenant)
The Lady Eve
Kind Hearts and Coronets
La Strada
and Tunes of Glory, of course