The Criterion Collection

[Scottie]

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[The_Iceflash]

Does anyone beside me feel that films that are under 5 years old should not be getting a Criterion release? Especially films that went directly from theaters to a Criterion release?

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

[Show spoiler]It's time once again for the annual Criterion Poll. The rules are simple: any movie released in 2017 is eligible (Except for movies with packaging changes).

The form is listed below. Please note: the questions where I ask for multiple movies the votes are weighted. For example, a 1st place vote is worth more than a 2nd place vote which is weighted higher than a 3rd, etc. Questions may be skipped by listing N/A for the question.

How to vote: Copy and paste the form below into a PM and send it to me. Voting is open through the end of December. Results announced in early January.

Click here to PM me.

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Ballot


Best Cover Art (Give me 1)

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Worst Cover Art (Give me 1)
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Favorite Blind Purchase (Give me 1)
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Best Catalog Upgrade (DVD to Blu-ray) (Give me 1)
1.
Best New Spine (Give me 3)
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Best Box Set (Give me 1)
1.
Best Release of the Year (Give me 5)
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5.

Whom do you want to see in the Criterion closet? (Give me 1 person)

[Show spoiler]I think Criterion should release a blu-ray for________ including music videos, short films, live performances, interviews, etc. (Give me 1 musician or Band).

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2017 Releases - All (Movies with packaging changes not eligible)

[Show spoiler]20 Sid & Nancy
84 Good Morning
135 Rebecca
153 General Idi Amin Dada: A Self-Portrait
163 Hopscotch
167 The Complete Monterey Pop Festival
168 Monterey Pop
182 Straw Dogs
306 Le samourai
309 Ugetsu
437 Vampyr
484 Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
497 Rome Open City
498 Paisan
499 Germany Year Zero
500 Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy
849 His Girl Friday
850 Something Wild
851 Fox and His Friends
852 Black Girl
853 Cameraperson
854 The Tree of Wooden Clogs
855 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
856 The Before Trilogy
857 Before Sunrise
858 Before Sunset
859 Before Midnight
860 Mildred Pierce
861 45 Years
862 Canoa: A Shameful Memory
863 Multiple Maniacs
864 Being There
865 Blow-Up
866 Buena Vista Social Club
867 Woman of the Year
868 Tampopo
869 Rumble Fish
870 Othello
871 Dheepan
872 Ghost World
873 Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 2
874 Insiang
875 Mysterious Object at Noon
876 Revenge
877 Limite
878 Law of the Border
879 Taipei Story
880 They Live by Night
881 The Marseille Trilogy
882 Marius
883 Fanny
884 Cesar
885 The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
886 L'argent
887 Lost in America
888 Stalker
889 The Breaking Point
890 Meantime
891 La poison
892 Festival
893 Certain Women
894 The Piano Teacher
895 David Lynch: The Art Life
896 The Lure
897 Barry Lyndon
898 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
899 Personal Shopper
900 100 Years of Olympic Films
901 The Philadelphia Story
902 Desert Hearts
903 Jabberwocky
904 Election

Boxed Sets released in 2017

[Show spoiler]-100 Years of Olympic Films
-The Before Trilogy
-The Complete Monterey Pop Festival
-The Marseille Trilogy
-Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No.2
-Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy

When you say best cover art, are we talking about just the cover? Or the entire case--inside and out, back/spine? Because if it's the second, then I think Fire Walk With Me wins running away.

Criterion closet...Gal Gadot.

[Caseyscott]

Originally Posted by The_Iceflash

Does anyone beside me feel that films that are under 5 years old should not be getting a Criterion release? Especially films that went directly from theaters to a Criterion release?

Why do you think that? Isn’t ‘contemporary’ part of their mission statement?

[AaronJ]

House looks so utterly nuts. I feel as though this had to either be lots and lots of fun to make, or OTOH a totally miserable experience. Well, it could have both, I guess.

It really is one of those things that looks so totally odd that I almost want to get it, regardless of whether or not I will like it.

Oh, and Ray, get His Girl Friday.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

House looks so utterly nuts. I feel as though this had to either be lots and lots of fun to make, or OTOH a totally miserable experience. Well, it could have both, I guess.

It really is one of those things that looks so totally odd that I almost want to get it, regardless of whether or not I will like it.

Oh, and Ray, get His Girl Friday.

You don't like The Philadelphia Story?

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

You don't like The Philadelphia Story?

Now, now, I never said that. But His Girl Friday is an absolute favorite of mine, especially among American films. As good as The Philadelphia Story is -- mainly because of the performances -- it just doesn't rate when compared to the Hawks' classic.

[Ray Jackson]

Aaron if you haven't seen House, then your life is really meaningless up to this point.

You should rectify that as soon as possible.

Preferably under the influence of some sort of psychedelic drug.

I recommend peyote.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by The_Iceflash

Does anyone beside me feel that films that are under 5 years old should not be getting a Criterion release?

Not me. Carlos, Revanche, Everlasting Moments, Blue is the Warmest Color and Frances Ha are some of my favorite pickups. Oh, Fish Tank too.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

When you say best cover art, are we talking about just the cover? Or the entire case--inside and out, back/spine? Because if it's the second, then I think Fire Walk With Me wins running away.

Now if we're going by just the front cover art alone, then Jabberwocky would probably get my vote.

Shame I didn't really like the movie very much.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Aaron if you haven't seen House, then your life is really meaningless up to this point.

You should rectify that as soon as possible.

Preferably under the influence of some sort of psychedelic drug.

I recommend peyote.

Originally Posted by octagon

Not me. Carlos, Revanche, Everlasting Moments, Blue is the Warmest Color and Frances Ha are some of my favorite pickups. Oh, Fish Tank too.

Yeah, I blind bought Blue is the Warmest Color and Carlos, but I knew a good deal about them even without seeing them.

Fish Tank I basically knew nothing about, except that Fassbender was in it. And that's more than enough usually for me say, "Go for it." I'm so glad I did. That is one hell of a film, but unfortunately I hardly ever see anyone talking about it.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by The_Iceflash

Does anyone beside me feel that films that are under 5 years old should not be getting a Criterion release? Especially films that went directly from theaters to a Criterion release?

No, I think that contemporary movies getting their Criterion release initially rather than having to wait for a double-dip several years down the line is better for collectors.

[jw007]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Aaron if you haven't seen House, then your life is really meaningless up to this point.

You should rectify that as soon as possible.

Preferably under the influence of some sort of psychedelic drug.

I recommend peyote.

Were you being serious? Because I've experienced that cactus 3 times at 3 different Native American medicine ceremonies. I can tell you its not what you think it is (as in, you won't be tripping balls).

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Aaron if you haven't seen House, then your life is really meaningless up to this point.

You should rectify that as soon as possible.

Preferably under the influence of some sort of psychedelic drug.

I recommend peyote.

Originally Posted by jw007

Were you being serious? Because I've experienced that cactus 3 times at 3 different Native American medicine ceremonies. I can tell you its not what you think it is (as in, you won't be tripping balls).

My days of (pretty heavy) psychedelic drug use have been over for decades now. I'm pretty sure the last time was LSD at a Grateful Dead concert in the early 90s.

Ah well, we were young, which, sadly, I have not been for a while now.

[ThisKid]

Whatever asshat at either Barnes & Noble, Ascendia, Australia Post, or anywhere associated with overseas mail orders who thinks it's funny to mess up my packages, STOP.

My Essential Jacques Demy set arrived...

Plastic covering torn, held with sticky tape, box dinged, films mishandled in casing, and the DVD of Une Chambre En Ville is scratched beyond repair.

It's not funny anymore.

This is the third time something's gone wrong with a B&N Criterion order.

1st time was when they "lost" a package. (Only for it to arrive, despite being refunded!)

2nd time was when my copy of Naked Lunch was in the incorrect casing, causing the cover to crease.

Any more mistakes, and blood will be spilt.

[FilmFanPaul94]

I sure hope that one day Criterion will release David Mamet's Homicide (1991) on Blu ray. Caught it last week for the first time. Excellent film.

[ravenus]

Just putting it out here that a good while ago I blocked Ray Jackson's posts, not because of any offence caused, but I was bored and annoyed by his constant stream of "cult of weird personality" posts. It worked for a good while and now suddenly I find a bunch of other people quoting and responding to that stuff, and this thread has gotten a little harder to go through. Just my two bits, feel free to ignore this post.

[MJD64]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Yeah, I blind bought Blue is the Warmest Color and Carlos, but I knew a good deal about them even without seeing them.

Fish Tank I basically knew nothing about, except that Fassbender was in it. And that's more than enough usually for me say, "Go for it." I'm so glad I did. That is one hell of a film, but unfortunately I hardly ever see anyone talking about it.

It's unfortunate that Fish Tank isn't talked about more, and director Andrea Arnold's recent American Honey is also a terrific film. As good as Fassbender is here, I thought Katie Jarvis in the lead role of Mia was fantastic (and regrettably, I've not seen her in anything since).

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by The_Iceflash

Does anyone beside me feel that films that are under 5 years old should not be getting a Criterion release? Especially films that went directly from theaters to a Criterion release?

No. While all of us may at one point or another disagree with some their choices, but to have such a blanket embargo would be suggesting that the curators of the collection do not have the ability to themselves discern good cinema and need external confirmation before committing to a release.

[MJD64]

Originally Posted by The_Iceflash

Does anyone beside me feel that films that are under 5 years old should not be getting a Criterion release? Especially films that went directly from theaters to a Criterion release?

My issue with Criterion in regards to the IFC deal (which I believe is what you're referring to) is that it would seem to necessitate Criterion releasing a certain amount of IFC titles, regardless of whether they truly merit it. I like a lot of their IFC titles, but I'm acquiring them as I would any new release of a film I want...as to whether they can all honestly be considered "important classic and contemporary films" for The Criterion Collection is certainly a matter for discussion.

And yes, Criterion fans can debate everything from Armageddon and Salo to The Breakfast Club, but the IFC deal means a good deal of IFC titles automatically warrant inclusion in The Collection.