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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Aug 3, 2019 2:46:49 GMT
...and could pick out 10 items, what would you pick? I'd make off with these in a heartbeat. Barry Lyndon
The Battle of Algiers
In Cold Blood
Marketa Lazarová
My Dinner with Andre
Revanche
A Room with a View
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
State of Siege
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Post by Kings_Requiem on Aug 3, 2019 4:05:08 GMT
Rosetta
The Secret of the Grain
Summer Hours
La Promesse
Yi Yi
Still Walking
White Material
Vanya on 42nd Street
Secret Sunshine
Everlasting Moments
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Post by Martin Stett on Aug 3, 2019 4:34:04 GMT
Since I own a few top favorites (Barcelona, Harakiri, Hopscotch, Metropolitan, Monsoon Wedding, Mystery Train, Rosetta, Shallow Grave The Silence of the Lambs), I'd... wow. That's more than "a few." I never realized I had so many. It's exactly half of my DVD/Blu collection, not counting the TV shows that I actually watch sometimes. I stopped collecting movies because they just wind up sitting there, but hey this is free and Criterion is GREAT for bragging that I'm an elitist swine.
All That Jazz
Anatomy of a Murder
The Breakfast Club
The Hit
Kuroneko
Pan's Labyrinth
Phoenix
The Princess Bride
Rosemary's Baby
Solaris
I'm aware that some of these have quality non-Criterion releases, but they're free and mainly window dressing anyway.
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Post by avnermoriarti on Aug 4, 2019 16:50:13 GMT
I asked myself that question before and the answer is the same -go to the boxsets-  The epic Ingmar Begman boxset that goes out of stock every time is on the market The equally epic 100 years of Olympic films Jacques Tati Dietrich and von Sternberg Scorsese World of Cinema Project 2 Apu Trilogy Kenji Mizoguchi fallen Dekalog ( it's shameful that I don't have this one yet ) Chantal Akerman in the 70s. And, that's it. |
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Post by Martin Stett on Aug 4, 2019 19:26:04 GMT
I asked myself that question before and the answer is the same -go to the boxsets- The epic Ingmar Begman boxset that goes out of stock every time is on the market The equally epic 100 years of Olympic films Jacques Tati Dietrich and von Sternberg Scorsese World of Cinema Project 2 Apu Trilogy Kenji Mizoguchi fallen Dekalog ( it's shameful that I don't have this one yet ) Chantal Akerman in the 70s. And, that's it. Dude, you're missing The Golden Age of Television, Three Colors and Whit Stillman Trilogy. You only have nine there, so pick up one of these bad boys. |
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Post by MsMovieStar on Aug 4, 2019 20:18:15 GMT
Oh honeys. I would just take it all...
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Post by avnermoriarti on Aug 5, 2019 2:48:20 GMT
I asked myself that question before and the answer is the same -go to the boxsets- The epic Ingmar Begman boxset that goes out of stock every time is on the market The equally epic 100 years of Olympic films Jacques Tati Dietrich and von Sternberg Scorsese World of Cinema Project 2 Apu Trilogy Kenji Mizoguchi fallen Dekalog ( it's shameful that I don't have this one yet ) Chantal Akerman in the 70s. And, that's it. Dude, you're missing The Golden Age of Television, Three Colors and Whit Stillman Trilogy. You only have nine there, so pick up one of these bad boys. Maybe this is the right time to say that my first Criterion ever was the Three Colors box set but if I'm invited in a couple of years, I could renew it. I own the Stillman I like the most ( Metropolitan ) so I'll go with the one I've never heard of before and given that I'm still looking for the so-called golden age of television, is now on my whishlist, I've seen the film versions of a couple of features, so I'll be interesting to see them side by side. Rod Steiger seems like such a good casting for Marty |
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Post by Martin Stett on Aug 5, 2019 3:31:17 GMT
Dude, you're missing The Golden Age of Television, Three Colors and Whit Stillman Trilogy. You only have nine there, so pick up one of these bad boys. Maybe this is the right time to say that my first Criterion ever was the Three Colors box set but if I'm invited in a couple of years, I could renew it. I own the Stillman I like the most ( Metropolitan ) so I'll go with the one I've never heard of before and given that I'm still looking for the so-called golden age of television, is now on my whishlist, I've seen the film versions of a couple of features, so I'll be interesting to see them side by side. Rod Steiger seems like such a good casting for Marty Steiger's Marty is heartbreaking. Much, much better than Borgnine's portrayal. Borgnine is fine, but Steiger brings what I say is his best performance. Patterns is brilliant, best of the collection -- the energy of the live performance is palpable, just like in a really good stage performance. No Time for Sergeants is hilarious, and filmed in front of a live audience so we have a built in laughtrack. Wouldn't work if the show wasn't funny, but it is. A Wind from the South is boring. There's nothing here worthwhile. Requiem for a Heavyweight is kind of dull. I actually prefer the movie version, which features stronger performances. Bang the Drum Slowly is a bit slow, but it's a pretty effective tearjerker. Haven't seen the movie with De Niro, but I doubt it's as good as this. Mickey Rooney is a force of nature in The Comedian. The show is over the top and excessively melodramatic, but DAMN does Rooney sink his teeth into this. He singlehandedly elevates this from "solid enough melodrama" to "Daniel Plainview has nothing on this maniac!" One of the greatest performances ever. Days of Wine and Roses experiments with mixing in previously filmed material with the live stuff, and it comes off as fairly unwieldy. It's still a solid enough script, but this is another case in which I prefer the movie version. |
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Post by avnermoriarti on Aug 6, 2019 14:50:04 GMT
Maybe this is the right time to say that my first Criterion ever was the Three Colors box set but if I'm invited in a couple of years, I could renew it. I own the Stillman I like the most ( Metropolitan ) so I'll go with the one I've never heard of before and given that I'm still looking for the so-called golden age of television, is now on my whishlist, I've seen the film versions of a couple of features, so I'll be interesting to see them side by side. Rod Steiger seems like such a good casting for Marty Steiger's Marty is heartbreaking. Much, much better than Borgnine's portrayal. Borgnine is fine, but Steiger brings what I say is his best performance. Patterns is brilliant, best of the collection -- the energy of the live performance is palpable, just like in a really good stage performance. No Time for Sergeants is hilarious, and filmed in front of a live audience so we have a built in laughtrack. Wouldn't work if the show wasn't funny, but it is. A Wind from the South is boring. There's nothing here worthwhile. Requiem for a Heavyweight is kind of dull. I actually prefer the movie version, which features stronger performances. Bang the Drum Slowly is a bit slow, but it's a pretty effective tearjerker. Haven't seen the movie with De Niro, but I doubt it's as good as this. Mickey Rooney is a force of nature in The Comedian. The show is over the top and excessively melodramatic, but DAMN does Rooney sink his teeth into this. He singlehandedly elevates this from "solid enough melodrama" to "Daniel Plainview has nothing on this maniac!" One of the greatest performances ever. Days of Wine and Roses experiments with mixing in previously filmed material with the live stuff, and it comes off as fairly unwieldy. It's still a solid enough script, but this is another case in which I prefer the movie version. Lovely writeup, thanks. Now I'm looking forward The Comedian even more, and the idea of live television (no talk show ) has always intrigued me |
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Post by clunkybob2 on Aug 6, 2019 19:32:31 GMT
Whatever I can flip easy ayye
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Post by LaraQ on Aug 6, 2019 19:47:12 GMT
Three colours Blue
Raise the Red Lantern
The Double Life of Veronique
Three Colours Red
Eyes without a Face
Naked
La Haine
Breathless
The Lovers
Belle De Jour
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Post by DeepArcher on Aug 6, 2019 19:50:06 GMT
Not including what I already own of course, something like...
Barry Lyndon
Brazil
Do the Right Thing
Fanny and Alexander
Mulholland Dr.
Rosemary's Baby
The Royal Tenenbaums
Ugetsu
Y tu mamá también
4 by Agnès Varda -- Le Pointe Courte, Cléo from 5 to 7, Le bonheur, Vagabond
Though if I went a totally different route and took ten that I haven't seen, I think I might go:
All that Jazz
Children of Paradise
The Earrings of Madame de...
Jeanne Dielman...
Ordet
Paisan
Shoah
Short Cuts
Spirit of the Beehive
3 Women
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Post by paranoidroegian on Aug 15, 2019 0:19:57 GMT
Floating Weeds
Don't Look Now
Midnight Cowboy
Häxan
Weekend
3 Women
Female Trouble
Jeanne Dielman
Fantastic Planet
Five Easy Pieces
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Post by paranoidroegian on Aug 15, 2019 0:20:29 GMT
Oh honeys. I would just take it all... I missed you. |
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Post by MsMovieStar on Aug 15, 2019 7:59:29 GMT
Oh honeys. I would just take it all... I missed you.
Oh honey, I missed you too... but you left without paying me.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Aug 15, 2019 8:16:05 GMT
I haven't been in a closet since the 90s and I'm not going back in one now.
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Post by isabelaolive on Apr 21, 2021 1:24:57 GMT
According to that Letterboxd list, I watched only 129 films from the 1,392 films in the Criterion catalog. Hard to choose only 10, but my choices would be; The Passion of Joan of Arc The Before Trilogy Mulholland Drive In Cold Blood 12 Angry Man Wings of Desire Do The Right Thing Nights of Cabiria The Red Shoes Peeping Tom |
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