The Criterion Collection

[diskspinner]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

The Lodger also Hitchcock's Downhill.
The Lady Vanishes also has Crook's Tour which features two of the main characters from The Lady Vanishes.. not sure if it is a role reprise.
His Girl Friday has an extra film, The Front Page.
The Big City has The Coward.

I'm sure if there are others, people will chime in here in a minute or so.

Of those 4, I've only had a chance to see The Coward and it was fantastic.

Ozu's "Good Morning" has "I Was Born, But..."
Kiarostami's "Close-Up" has "The Traveler"
Insomnia had couple of student movies

[mja345]

And "The Killing" has "Killer's Kiss". Also, "Scanners" has "Stereo" as a supplement.

[eddyw78]

Kes has a TV feature also directed by Ken Loach called "Kathy Come Home". Godzilla has the alternative American version of the film.

[MJD64]

Let us not forget Murder a la Mod on Blow Out...

[MifuneFan]

Stagecoach has another Ford film: "Bucking Broadway" (1917)
Hausu has a 40 min short film from the same director
The Brood includes "Crimes of the Future" (1970)
Picnic at Hanging Rock includes another Peter Weir film

[SeanJoyce]

His Girl Friday - The Front Page

[CRM 114]

Originally Posted by asarg2001

Does anyone know how to find a list, or a practical way of searching for, all of the Criterion releases that include an entire feature film as a special feature? Releases like "Certified Copy," which includes Kiarostami's earlier "The Report," and "King of the Hill," which includes "The Underneath." This is my favorite type of special feature and helps me decide which Criterions are must-owns, but I've only ever found them just by random stumbling.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...u-ray_releases

Look at the "Additional Feature Films" section.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by CRM 114

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...u-ray_releases

Look at the "Additional Feature Films" section.

nice job!

I had forgotten about the 12 Angry Men additional version.

[timothy ramzyk]

Originally Posted by senseabove

Janus posted a clip of their new The Passion of Joan of Arc restoration:
https://vimeo.com/241549359

I smell a double-dip coming...

With the Einhorn soundtrack, I'll buy it in a heartbeat. I have the MOC BD which looks quite nice, but I really love the score on the Criterion DVD.

[latehong]

Originally Posted by Majin Blu

I decided to finally try a film from Yasujirō Ozu. I ordered LATE SPRING, since the synopsis intrigued me. I doubt I'll ever pick up every film from him, but would anyone care to recommend their favorite Ozu film?

In my early 20s, I had always avoided Ozu films since everyone kept talking him like a weathered wise man who knew all about the values of traditional East Asian family and made that into some slow, warm, meditative, tear-jerking melodramas, especially through the eyes of aging parents. Sure, such a theme could be important and deep, but being an East Asian youth myself and witnessing how such a tradition could oppress individuals, the conservatism behind the image of this "auteur" were repellent to me.

Still, as a film lover (especially in my country where cinephiles worship Ozu like a God), I couldn't ignore him completely, and one day I saw Good Morning (1959) at my local repertory cinema. That movie changed my view, or prejudice, completely.

Nobody told me before (well, I wasn't listening, to be fair) that Ozu made such a modern cinema which was fully aware of its audio-visual qualities and pushed them into abstraction, while following the stories and emotions of the characters at the same time. I was mesmerized by his spacing, composition, blocking of actors, use of color and heightened sound design. Even the background scenery (how could one forget that grassy hill behind the neighbor) and pedestrians kept stimulating my senses, with their vibrant colors and rhythmic appearing and disappearing. Gee, this guy made a movie like Jacques Tati!

So, if you're into Tati, Pierre Etaix, or Michelangelo Antonioni, I wholeheartedly recommend Good Morning. Or better still, try any Ozu film with such a mindset.

Also, I'd like to remind you that he didn't always make family dramas. Check out Silent Ozu - Three Crime Dramas Eclipse set. They are not some lesser, offbeat attempts at all.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Majin Blu

I decided to finally try a film from Yasujirō Ozu. I ordered LATE SPRING, since the synopsis intrigued me. I doubt I'll ever pick up every film from him, but would anyone care to recommend their favorite Ozu film?

I've only seen one Ozu film, the silent "Tokyo Chorus". Which is an excellent film. I like to watch more of his silents, I've yet to watch "Tokyo Story", "Good Morning", or "Late Spring" which I need to remedy.

[zoodermin]

I'm intrigued my Jacques Demy's filmography and I want to buy one of his films. Which one would you recommend to buy first: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg or The Young Girls of Rochefort?

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

I'm intrigued my Jacques Demy's filmography and I want to buy one of his films. Which one would you recommend to buy first: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg or The Young Girls of Rochefort?

If you're intrigued by the musicals, I suppose Cherbourg is the place to start (although Rochefort may outdo it in spectacle). However, I prefer his early stuff by far. Bay of Angels is probably my favorite, and a damn great gambling film to boot. Lola is right there alongside it too. Anouk is a terrific femme fatale in that one.

It's too bad those aren't singles though. You have to buy the whole set to own them

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

I'm intrigued my Jacques Demy's filmography and I want to buy one of his films. Which one would you recommend to buy first: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg or The Young Girls of Rochefort?

Cherbourg is the best one to start with, I think. Both are great though. The box set is wonderful though.

[Network23]

Got ymos of my haul at this month B&N sale i got;

sid & Nancy, Barry Lyndon, Naked Lunch, preordered Philadelphia Story(arrived in mail yesterday), and Jabberwoky(out on 21st).

Might get one more title, not sure but im satisfied with my haul.

[the sordid sentinel]

So I watched Stalker last night. Blind buy at one of the sales awhile back based on things I read here. Definitely a unique experience. I enjoy films that are abstract and open to many different interpretations, while at the same time asking the big questions. That is definitely this title and then some.

This is the 1st Tarkovsky I have seen and I know nothing about his politics, but does anyone else see this film as a not so subtle jab at the Soviet system? Or I guess any form of control and/or restriction? The Stalker's monologue at the end about the Scientist and Writer really felt that way to me. I was actually quite surprised how freely and openly a film made in 1979 USSR was so unabashedly anti government.

Couldn't help but think of those eerie Chernobyl images we see nowadays as the 3 characters wandered across the landscape. And I have to admit the

[Show spoiler]paranormal bit

at the end freaked me out a bit. Totally wasn't expecting that. Thanks all for the recommendation. Will be revisiting this title in the future for sure. There is so much to attempt deciphering.

Checked out Videodrome tonight. Have to watch it at least once a year. Really believe it has moved into my top 5 Criterions. Always strikes me how remarkably prescient that movie was.

[Knaldskalle]

Originally Posted by UncleBuckWild

Yeah, the UK customs are a bit crazy with their imports limit... It used to be £18 a few years ago.

Denmark starts collecting VAT (25%) and customs fees on anything above 80 DKK. That's £9.50 ($12.50). And the postal service wants at least 160 DKK for the "service" of collecting those fees (it may charge more if you have multiple "categories" of import fees to pay).

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

nice job!

I had forgotten about the 12 Angry Men additional version.

That’s a great one, and I actually prefer the original TV version of 12 Angry Men to the movie version.

[tisdivine]

Random Criterion Moment

I saw Lady Gaga a couple of nights ago and she mentioned La Haine as her favorite movie. I really wasnt paying attention because I was screaming and acting a total fool UNTIL I heard La Haine and I was like Whaaaaaat lol

The concert was sold out and I was about the only one out of 20,000 people who screamed when she named dropped a french favorite of my own.

Anyway just mentioning becase CC pops up in the most randomest of places for me lol

[latehong]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

I'm intrigued my Jacques Demy's filmography and I want to buy one of his films. Which one would you recommend to buy first: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg or The Young Girls of Rochefort?

Try one on a streaming service first and if you love it, buy the box set. That's the best way to go. If you love one Demy, you'll probably love all of them. And what a box set it is. One of my all-time favorite DVD/Blu-rays.