What would you want from Criterion on Blu-ray

[Rob71]

If/when Criterion decides to release on Blu-Ray, what would you like to see?

[Moefiz]

Originally Posted by Rob71

If/when Criterion decides to release on Blu-Ray, what would you like to see?

i would love to see The Killer from Criterion in blu.

[WickyWoo]

Criterion lost The Killer a long time ago, and is unlikely to ever be able to get it back

[danielpwnz]

They're releasing Days of Heaven in October. They just did a brand new transfer for it, so that would be amazing!

[Dotpattern]

Seven Samurai

[Belloche]

Videodrome would look amazing.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Dotpattern

Seven Samurai

There ya go.

And for obscure fun: Robinson Crusoe on Mars.

Gary

[Moefiz]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Criterion lost The Killer a long time ago, and is unlikely to ever be able to get it back

DAMMMM----wasn't aware of that,I have it on dvd would be great to see it in blu.

[darkpoet25]

Kurosawa films, This Is Spinal Tap, Chasing Amy. I already know this one is on Universal but should they hopefully someday go neutral I'd like to get the Criterion of Dazed and Confused. In the meantime I will watch it upconverted.

[EricJ]

They being Criterion, we can guess with a high degree of accuracy that Seven Samurai, Seventh Seal, Brazil and Hidden Fortress will always get first crack at whatever new double, triple and/or quadruple-dip release excuse hits the studio...

Once past the preliminaries, however, the only Criterion on my A-list shelf is Bergman's "The Magic Flute", and there's one made for Blu-ray.

[miro]

Brazil, all of Wes Anderson's movies, including bottle rocket (which i know is not in the collection but hey it should be) and Armageddon

[Heart&Soul]

The Last Emporer

[Rustmonsteru]

I'd like to see the whole catalog as well as all the HVE properties Image Entertainment nabbed when they nabbed Criterion from them. I want Fukasaku.

[gvortex7]

The Last Temptation of Christ
Traffic
Do The Right Thing
The Royal Tenenbaums
Armageddon

[Mr. Dan]

Mishima
Ice Storm
Rushmore
Woman in the Dunes
Pitfall
Face of Another
Brazil
8 1/2
La Strada

[fdm]

Originally Posted by gvortex7

The Last Temptation of Christ

I was thinking Last Temptation too; that's still one of the ones that really surprised/fascinated me (having not seen the film before watching the Criterion DVD.). Many others that don't come immediately to mind, aside from the obvious. Berlin Alexanderplatz too.

[mdtulp]

the seventh seal, chasing amy, seven samurai, carnival of souls, armageddon

[BrianAgenda]

seven samurai (I haven't bought it yet), straw dogs, traffic, the last emperor, the ice storm

[Mayor Quimby]

What a difficult question to answer. Certainly the Bergman films, maybe Rififi, some Kurosawa (Ikiru, High and Low et al). I'd just be happy to see them start releasing on the format. They will have a LOT of catching up to do.

Oh yeah...Kwaidan!

[Seretur]

The Masters of Cinema release of Kwaidan is one of the prime reasons for my preference for the British outfit.

Really, I wouldn't want to see the Criterion master of Kwaidan on Blu-ray, ever.

But I'm still hopeful they'll learn from their past mistakes and do their Blu-rays properly from day one. At least they're better than Kino, the prime purveyor of silent cinema Stateside -- now those guys get it wrong more often than not.

Still, the value of a Criterion is as much in the extras package as in the transfer quality -- which is why it's great that Disney and Sony offered the Criterion extras on the releases mentioned above, and why it's truly necessary to get Criterion into the high-def fold properly, and soon.