Film Criterion Collection Thread

[Marvolo]

I want a Criterion release of 2001 A Space Odyssey and The Shinning. All of Kubrick's films deserve the Criterion treatment.

 

[Matt Mortem]

I'd love a Criterion Spartacus release.

 

[Salutations]

I've sold some (Before the Rain, Chasing Amy, and White Dog) and I still have a few:

Bottle Rocket
Hoop Dreams
Rushmore
Short Cuts
Stagecoach
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Darjeeling Limited
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Red Balloon
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Silence of the Lambs
White Mane

I like the CC but stopped purchasing their editions because of how expensive they are and I didn't want to repurchase all of the films I own which have now been added to their collection. I really like what the do in terms of preservation of films.

 

[Marvolo]

Del Toro revealed the cover art for the Pan's Labyrinth Criterion blu-ray:

 

[Marvolo]

The Barnes and Noble 50% off Criterion sale has started!

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

I'd love a Criterion Spartacus release.

It already exists.

And 2001 got the Criterion treatment on Laserdisc circa '88.

 

[Marvolo]

It already exists.

And 2001 got the Criterion treatment on Laserdisc circa '88.

I think he meant on blu-ray.

Spartacus was recently restored very well by Universal and it's a five star blu-ray presentation. That makes the lack of a criterion blu-ray release tolerable.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Bummed that my hellacious electric bill this month is gonna prevent me from taking advantage of that sale at Barnes & Noble. I really wanted to pick up Phoenix and The Brood.

 

[Matt Mortem]

So I decided to bite the bullet and bought Phoenix with the Barnes and Noble sale. That film is so amazing. I highly recommend it and Criterion did such a fantastic job with the blu ray release.

 

[Black Narcissus]

The Barnes and Noble 50% off Criterion sale has started!

Certified Copy
Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Player
Director: Robert Altman

Yi Yi
Director: Edward Yang

Complete Lady Snowblood
Director: Toshiya Fujita

haine
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz

Friends of Eddie Coyle
Director: Peter Yates

 

[Black Narcissus]

Del Toro revealed the cover art for the Pan's Labyrinth Criterion blu-ray:

Guillermo del Toro ‏@RealGDT Jun 28
Just in case- Sample pages and cover for Pan's Labyrinth book from Insight.

 

[Guts]

Tomorrow I'm going to buy Eyes Without a Face, House, and Either Dr. Strangelove or Devil's Backbone.

 

[Marvolo]

Today I picked up:

Guillermo Del Toro's The Devil's Backbone

Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill

Michael Mann's Thief

Stanley Kubrick's The Killing


I've got my eye on:

Brian De Palma's Blowout
King Hu's A Touch of Zen
David Lynch's Mulholland Drive
Steven Soderbergh's Traffic
Fritz Lang's Ministry of Fear
Olivier Assayas's Clouds of Sils Maria
Terrence Malick's The New World

But I need to wait until I get my next paycheck before I purchase more.

 

[Guts]

My collection so far.

 

[Black Narcissus]

My collection so far.

 

[Matt Mortem]

I could only afford Phoenix this month. If I had the money I had my eye on Rashomon, Frances Ha, The Brood and probably the complete Lady Snowblood.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Bummed that my hellacious electric bill this month is gonna prevent me from taking advantage of that sale at Barnes & Noble. I really wanted to pick up Phoenix and The Brood.

Is Phoenix on netflix? I swear I have it on my qeue, but i dont know if its the same flick.

 

[mclay18]

I still highly recommend people check out Children of Paradise. It is a three hour pic, but it is thoroughly engrossing and production values are still impeccable for a 1930s film. And the making-of story could be a movie onto itself.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Is Phoenix on netflix? I swear I have it on my qeue, but i dont know if its the same flick.

Yeah. It's on Netflix. You gotta watch it. It's a masterpiece.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Yeah. It's on Netflix. You gotta watch it. It's a masterpiece.

Aight, cool.

I'm tempted to buy Eyes Without a Face, House.

 

[Black Narcissus]

 

[Matt Mortem]

**** my bank account. Couldn't help myself and went into B&N today and bought Night on Earth. My Jarmusch collection is complete!

 

[Black Narcissus]

**** my bank account. Couldn't help myself and went into B&N today and bought Night on Earth. My Jarmusch collection is complete!

lawd.

This Criterion sale has me like a junkie.

 

[weezerspider]

I'd love a Criterion Spartacus release.

They released it on DVD. It's a good set. I still don't own it on Blu Ray because I like this set so much.


For the 50% off sale I got:

Dr. Strangelove by Stanley Kubrick
The Player by Robert Altman
In A Lonely Place by Nicholas Ray
Love Streams by John Cassavetes

I'm tempted to buy the whole Cassavetes box set. Also, I'm pretty much convinced Nicholas Ray is the most underrated director in American Cinema History. Kudos for The Criterion Collection for turning me on time him, the guy was a genius.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Today I picked up:

Guillermo Del Toro's The Devil's Backbone

Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill

Michael Mann's Thief

Stanley Kubrick's The Killing


I've got my eye on:

Brian De Palma's Blowout
King Hu's A Touch of Zen
David Lynch's Mulholland Drive
Steven Soderbergh's Traffic
Fritz Lang's Ministry of Fear
Olivier Assayas's Clouds of Sils Maria
Terrence Malick's The New World

But I need to wait until I get my next paycheck before I purchase more.

Was this a good flick?