The Criterion Collection

[Jobla]

Wise blood (DVD)
3 women
nashville
blast of silence (DVD)
kiss me deadly
naked kiss
medium cool
carnival of souls
monsters and madmen (DVD)
beyond the valley of the dolls

[Kliffan]

Originally Posted by CrossRhodes94

What are you guys top 10 favorite films from the Criterion Collection?

The Seventh Seal
Le Samurai
Brazil
The Samurai trilogy
Le Trou
The Great Beauty
The Third Man
Rosemary´s Baby
Fanny & Alexander
M
+ Polanski´s Macbeth

Le Trou should be upgraded to Blu-ray.

[koberulz]

When every single film is a blind-buy and they cost so much, not to mention the hassle of importing, these sorts of lists become very annoying.

They get less blind as you go through them and get an idea of what to expect from specific directors, actors, etc. but having something like FilmStruck available here (although I'm not sure how much of the Criterion library is on there) would be a much better situation.

I hate living here sometimes.

[CrossRhodes94]

You don’t have to be rude. I was just curious. You guys are aware there are thousands of pages. And I’m not going to search through every one. I was just looking for a general idea. My goodness.

[MifuneFan]

Sophia Coppola fans out there, The Beguiled is down to $6.49 right now on Amazon. Almost certainly a price mistake.


https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-B...lu-ray/183801/

[Reddington]

Just finished watching Gimme Shelter. I had seen it once before years ago, but had forgotten just how effective it is in documenting the chaos of Altamont, and the juxtaposition of the naivety and almost total helplessness of the organizers and musicians with the reality of what happens when 300,000 people gather in one place, and different countercultures collide. I had also forgotten that the exact moment

[Show spoiler]Meredith Hunter pulls a gun and is stabbed to death by a Hells Angel just a few feet in front of the Stones

was shockingly caught on film.

Altamont is often cited as the day the "innocence" died, bringing about the end of the era of "peace & love" and ushering in more cynical times. However, the strength of the film is that it makes no judgements,

[Show spoiler]with the result that the behaviour of many of the concertgoers seems as entitled and confrontational as that of the Hells Angels.

Great documentary.

[ticktock60]

Andrei Rublev
Wild Strawberries
Marketa Lazarova
Last Year at Marienbad
Late Spring
Godzilla
L’Eclisse
Playtime
The Human Condition
Kwaidan


Lol... I guess.

[javy]

Originally Posted by CrossRhodes94

You don’t have to be rude. I was just curious. You guys are aware there are thousands of pages. And I’m not going to search through every one. I was just looking for a general idea. My goodness.

Asking folks what thier top ten Criterions are is always a great question. It gets us to think and reavalute our lists as we watch more films as time passes.

Also, as you can plainly see, most people are more than happy to talk about their favorite films, no matter how many times they've done so.

The.only problem I have is, just ten!?

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by CrossRhodes94

What are you guys top 10 favorite films from the Criterion Collection?

I'm going to cheat a little because I certainly don't own all of these. I'm also not going to rank them because then the list would take 10 times as long to compile.

In alphabetical order (and I'm probably forgetting a few, but you can't go wrong with any of these IMO):

- 12 Angry Men
- The 400 Blows
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
- The Battle of Algiers
- Before Sunrise (Before Trilogy)
- Before Sunset (Before Trilogy)
- The Bicycle Thieves
- Close-Up
- Pan's Labyrinth
- The Wages of Fear

11. The Breakfast Club, because it's a great movie and the absurd snobbery from people who think otherwise will be entertaining to read. I love this thread and its posters, but some people here really come across as bad parodies of art snobs.

And if Ferris Bueller's Day Off had an official announcement, it'd be on my main list. (Although I agree with the sentiment that Criterion re-releasing a sub-$6 movie is questionable, just because even I who loves it would be hesitant to double-dip when the current Blu is perfectly fine.)

[CrossRhodes94]

Originally Posted by javy

Asking folks what thier top ten Criterions are is always a great question. It gets us to think and reavalute our lists as we watch more films as time passes.

Also, as you can plainly see, most people are more than happy to talk about their favorite films, no matter how many times they've done so.

The.only problem I have is, just ten!?

Exactly! Thanks for being so cool about it.

[javy]

Originally Posted by CrossRhodes94

Exactly! Thanks for being so cool about it.

[AKORIS]

My top 10 Criterions---

THE INNOCENTS

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK

IN A LONELY PLACE

THE THIN RED LINE

THE BROOD

THIEF

REPULSION

FIVE EASY PIECES

NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

MULHOLLAND DRIVE

[amputd]

Top ten (in no particular order)

Kiss Me Deadly
Repulsion
In Cold Blood
I'll Sorpasso
Naked
La Notte
Pale Flower
Shallow Grave
The Music Room
Macbeth
The Graduate

[plateoshrimp]

I need to add a lot to my Criterion wish list after reading these top ten lists.

[Scottie]

Top 10?

Chungking Express
La Dolce Vita
Fanny and Alexander
The Graduate
Hiroshima Mon Amour
In the Mood for Love
Paris, Texas
The Red Shoes
Still Walking
Tokyo Story

[javy]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Top 10?

Chungking Express
La Dolce Vita
Fanny and Alexander
The Graduate
Hiroshima Mon Amour
In the Mood for Love
Paris, Texas
The Red Shoes
Still Walking
Tokyo Story

No The Double Life of Veronique?

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by javy

No The Double Life of Veronique?

It'd be in my Top 15, which would also encompass: Mulholland Drive, Persona, Three Colors, and Yi Yi.

[oildude]

The lack of Harakiri on many of these Top Ten lists is disturbing.

But other than that some great choices

[joy-division]

Dead Ringers
Videodrome (DVD Packaging)
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
The Thin Red Line
Beastie Boys Video Anthology
The Thin Red Line
The Seventh Seal
Silence of the Lambs
Traffic
Brazil

[jw007]

Originally Posted by CrossRhodes94

What are you guys top 10 favorite films from the Criterion Collection?

In no particular order:

The Thin Red Line
Naked
Quadrophenia
Mulholland Dr
Barry Lyndon
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The New World
All that Jazz
Slacker
The Darjeeling Limited

What can I say? I like newer films.