The Criterion Collection

[BluPix]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

I only watched La Haine but what an amazing film. I was expecting more of a crime drama type film but really it was just like a day in the life of 3 poverty stricken guys in France. I still really liked it thou.

Now I plan on going back to BN to pick up Night of the Hunter and Battle of Algiers. I can't decide on my third choice. My last purchases were La Haine and Down by Law so I'm kinda in a 90's kick. Trying to decide between Shallow Grave or Being John Malkovich. What do you guys think?

Of those last two, I've actually seen only Being John Malkovich but I truly loved it and consider it one of the most original and best films of the 90s. (Shallow Grave was recently added to my collection since I like the work of its director, Danny Boyle, and have many of his films, so it definitely has a few things working for it.)

[brawlyjunk]

haven't placed my order yet, but I'm leaning towards

-The Complete Monterrey Pop Festival
-Down by Law
-Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
-The Thin Red Line
-Darjeeling Limited

[billzfan]

I was just having a discussion with some of my friends about which directors were better than Stanley Kubrick. I personally couldn't think of one. I have always loved Kurosawa and consider him a close 2nd but Kubrick is, in my opinion, the greatest ever.

Some others in the group agreed but a few stragglers picked Scorsese, Fellini, and Lean. I love all these directors but if you could pick a favorite, who would it be?

[P@t_Mtl]

Just completed

Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)

I wanted to see this version mostly for Charles Laughton. I placed it on my rental list way back in December 2010 and just got it now (I guess I am a very patient man). Seen the 1984 version with Anthony Hopkins and Mad Mel Gibson way back as a rental in 1985 probably. This version was very good but of course very different from the 80's version. No real vahine in this one, just white actress in disguise but that was Hollywood of the 30's of course. While it's a good movie the main problem is that I never was much of a fan of the story, the munity and everything that goes with it. That is the reason I rented it instead of buying it, no chance I will ever really wish to watch it again.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I was just having a discussion with some of my friends about which directors were better than Stanley Kubrick. I personally couldn't think of one. I have always loved Kurosawa and consider him a close 2nd but Kubrick is, in my opinion, the greatest ever.

Some others in the group agreed but a few stragglers picked Scorsese, Fellini, and Lean. I love all these directors but if you could pick a favorite, who would it be?

It would be very hard but it would be either Yasujiro Ozu just for how incredible his framing of movies and interesting his stories are. However David Lean would also make my decision very difficult

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I was just having a discussion with some of my friends about which directors were better than Stanley Kubrick. I personally couldn't think of one. I have always loved Kurosawa and consider him a close 2nd but Kubrick is, in my opinion, the greatest ever.

Some others in the group agreed but a few stragglers picked Scorsese, Fellini, and Lean. I love all these directors but if you could pick a favorite, who would it be?

I would have to go with John Hughes...

[brawlyjunk]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I was just having a discussion with some of my friends about which directors were better than Stanley Kubrick. I personally couldn't think of one. I have always loved Kurosawa and consider him a close 2nd but Kubrick is, in my opinion, the greatest ever.

Some others in the group agreed but a few stragglers picked Scorsese, Fellini, and Lean. I love all these directors but if you could pick a favorite, who would it be?

Kubrick is also my favorite.

[Halation]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I was just having a discussion with some of my friends about which directors were better than Stanley Kubrick. I personally couldn't think of one. I have always loved Kurosawa and consider him a close 2nd but Kubrick is, in my opinion, the greatest ever.

Some others in the group agreed but a few stragglers picked Scorsese, Fellini, and Lean. I love all these directors but if you could pick a favorite, who would it be?

My top five, in no order (because I can't decide):

Jean Renoir
Chris Marker
Werner Herzog
Carl Theodor Dreyer
John Ford

Kubrick would be in my top 30 or so.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I was just having a discussion with some of my friends about which directors were better than Stanley Kubrick. I personally couldn't think of one. I have always loved Kurosawa and consider him a close 2nd but Kubrick is, in my opinion, the greatest ever.

Some others in the group agreed but a few stragglers picked Scorsese, Fellini, and Lean. I love all these directors but if you could pick a favorite, who would it be?

Billy Wilder. There's been a few I've been less than enamoured with, but his output is pretty darn solid, and still holds up today.

[Xtempo]

I just watched Fish Tank and I really want Criterion to release Trainspotting.

They lost the rights to that didn't they? I've got the wonderful Laserdisc release and haven't bother keeping up the other releases.

[broganreynik]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I was just having a discussion with some of my friends about which directors were better than Stanley Kubrick. I personally couldn't think of one. I have always loved Kurosawa and consider him a close 2nd but Kubrick is, in my opinion, the greatest ever.

Some others in the group agreed but a few stragglers picked Scorsese, Fellini, and Lean. I love all these directors but if you could pick a favorite, who would it be?

It's so hard to comparatively quantify directing skills, in relation to favorites. If I just go by end result, and which director has the most films that I enjoy, then my favorite would be Kubrick, followed closely by Hitchcock, Scorsese, Lumet, and Tarantino.

So I suppose I would say Kubrick, but there are other greats that I didn't enjoy their films as much, but by no means are they lesser directors. Such as Lean, Leone, Kurosawa, Ozu, Fellini, Godard, Bergman, Lang, etc.

[Old Geezer]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I was just having a discussion with some of my friends about which directors were better than Stanley Kubrick. I personally couldn't think of one. I have always loved Kurosawa and consider him a close 2nd but Kubrick is, in my opinion, the greatest ever.

Some others in the group agreed but a few stragglers picked Scorsese, Fellini, and Lean. I love all these directors but if you could pick a favorite, who would it be?

Bergman would be my favorite but Krzysztof Kieslowski would be a close second followed by Godard and Lang.

[oildude]

My favorite director overall is probably John Huston.

Followed in no particular order by:

[Show spoiler]Bergman
Kenji Mizoguchi
Nagisa Oshima
Peter Weir
Robert Aldrich
Samuel Fuller
Fritz Lang
Mikhail Kalatozov
Larisa Shepitko
Jean-Pierre Melville
Billy Wilder
Bob Rafelson
Bruce Beresford
John Hughes
Kurosawa
Hitchcock
Scorsese
Kubrick
Spielberg
Just about all the classic Hollywood directors - Ford, Walsh, Zinneman, Sturges, etc. Just too many to list.

*shakes Magic 8 Ball* - "I will add Ozu once I begin my journey into his films".

Or, for a complete list of member favorites, we can also refer to all the posts from one month ago, when we went through a similar exercise.

[Darkcritic]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I was just having a discussion with some of my friends about which directors were better than Stanley Kubrick. I personally couldn't think of one. I have always loved Kurosawa and consider him a close 2nd but Kubrick is, in my opinion, the greatest ever.

Some others in the group agreed but a few stragglers picked Scorsese, Fellini, and Lean. I love all these directors but if you could pick a favorite, who would it be?

It has to be Luis Buñuel for me .

If I had to list a few more the list would go like... Abbas Kiarostami, Pedro Almodovar, Jean-Pierre Melville, F.W. Murnau, Dusan Makavejev and Emilio Fernandez. No particular order to them except that Buñuel comes on top .

[Benchman]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I was just having a discussion with some of my friends about which directors were better than Stanley Kubrick. I personally couldn't think of one. I have always loved Kurosawa and consider him a close 2nd but Kubrick is, in my opinion, the greatest ever.

Some others in the group agreed but a few stragglers picked Scorsese, Fellini, and Lean. I love all these directors but if you could pick a favorite, who would it be?

Kurosawa, Lumet and Scorsese are three of my all time favorites. If Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson continue to put out quality films then they will be up there some day.

[billzfan]

My favorite directors ever if I get to make a list of 10

1. Stanley Kubrick
2. Akira Kurosawa
3. Federico Fellini
4. Martin Scorsese
5. Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Quentin Tarantino
7. Francis Ford Coppola
8. Jean-Luc Godard
9. Steven Spielberg
10. Kieslowski

[Benchman]

Originally Posted by billzfan

My favorite directors ever if I get to make a list of 10

1. Stanley Kubrick
2. Akira Kurosawa
3. Federico Fellini
4. Martin Scorsese
5. Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Quentin Tarantino
7. Francis Ford Coppola
8. Jean-Luc Godard
9. Steven Spielberg
10. Kieslowski

Great list! here's mine, lots in common:

1. Akira Kurosawa
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Sidney Lumet
4. Alfred Hitchcock
5. Quentin Tarnatino
6. Henri-Georges Clouzot
7. Paul Thomas Anderson
8. Billy Wilder
9. Coen Brothers
10. Francis Ford Coppola

[billzfan]

Originally Posted by Benchman

Great list! here's mine, lots in common:

1. Akira Kurosawa
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Sidney Lumet
4. Alfred Hitchcock
5. Quentin Tarnatino
6. Henri-Georges Clouzot
7. Paul Thomas Anderson
8. Billy Wilder
9. Coen Brothers
10. Francis Ford Coppola

Damn good list but where is Kubrick?

[themp3000]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I love all these directors but if you could pick a favorite, who would it be?

1. Krzysztof Kieslowski
2. Federico Fellini
3. Luis Bunuel
4. Jean Vigo
5. Ingmar Bergman
6. Henri-Georges Clouzot
7. Roman Polanski
8. Josef von Sternberg
9. Charles Chaplin
10. Satoshi Kon

The top 10 has remained virtually the same for me for the past couple of years or so. There isn't much difference between my Criterion-centric and not-Criterion-centric list so I'm giving the latter. If in the case of the former, #10 would be Akira Kurosawa.

[Benchman]

Originally Posted by billzfan

Damn good list but where is Kubrick?

I feel like I need to revisit his films. I first watched them when I was in my early teens and didn't really "get" them. Paths of Glory, The Killing, and The Shining are the only films of his I've seen in the last two years. When I see a good price on the Kubrick box set I will probably just buy it. I really want to see the international cut of the Shining though.