The Criterion Collection appreciation thread

Yeah but supposedly Malick is working on a 6 hour cut. I'm not huge on redundancies in my collections. And if there's another cut it will be packaged with the original, then I will have a redundant package. I also wouldn't rebuy something in Criterion if Criterion releases a version. Take traffic for example.

The supposed 6-hour cut is pretty much urban legend at this point. There were rumors of the first cut being 6 hours long, then when it came out people started screaming that there was a "director's cut", but trust me ... Malick is known for shooting A TON of footage and then just cutting it (see: Adrian Brody's part in The Thin Red Line). I wouldn't hold your breath.

May brings us a double dose of Bergman, some Downey Sr., and Being John Malkovich!

Hey, you know what's a good movie? Mr. Arkadin. Check it out if you like that sort of thing.

You know their movies have commercials right? Lol.

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yeah. I almost got suckered into it too.

I'd just download amazing rips of Criterion films and put them on the big screen.

So I couldn't figure out what to get next after Videodrome so I got Godzilla (not a regrettable purchase. I am, after all, the biggest Godzilla fan on here). Anyone wanna suggest some creepy or weird Criterion dvds to purchase? I wanna have a list ready in time for their June sale.

Repulsion

Just got Rushmore on blu!

Are the Special Features good? I have seen it but I would buy it if it had some great Criterion bonuses.

A whole bunch of CC movies are around $25 on Amazon for Blu-Ray, but even that feels like a LOT. Gonna wait til the next B&N 50% off sale.

Some of them are 40 dollars in my Barnes. Even the one-disc ones. Highway robbery.

June announced!

http://t.co/cQhXQT8f

Samurai Trilogy on BD fuck yes Mifune power.

That shitty hospital drama from ABC is getting into the Criterion Collection?!


Seriously though, The 39 Steps

I am picking up that Chaplin on day one.

Does anyone own Island of Lost Souls CC on Bluray/how is it?

Also, I think I'm the only one who thinks 39S is overrated. And I'm a huge Hitchcock fan.

I've got it... transfer is great, movie not so much.

I'm not the hugest fan of The 39 Steps either. It's good, but doesn't compare to other early Hitchcock like Strangers on a Train.

I fucking love Strangers on a Train. I only recently saw The Lady Vanishes (I always avoided it for some reason), but for my money the original Man Who Knew Too Much with Lorre is the best Hitch you can get during the British era.

Man, I love Diabolique too. It's probably the favorite of my small bluray collection.

I was blown away by the special effects in the climax of Strangers on a Train. What an engaging movie that one is.

Signed up for the Hulu bullllshiii. Even if I have to watch commercials, $8 to stream Criterion whenever/wherever is worth it. I have a week free, if the commercials are overbearing I'll cancel but it's worth a shot.

lol @ taking top-of-the-line restorations of films and streaming them on your fucking computer

lol @ thinking it's about restoration.
lol @ you not assuming I'm streaming in HD to my HDTV
lol @ ignoring the fact that I get access to great art for free for a week.

jazz samurai only watches reels taken from the national film registry

The absolute best part of the collection is that they do pristine restorations/transfers of films.

HD streaming doesn't happen in 1080p.

No, it happens in 720. I wonder how they restored DVD! Oh noes!

The point is, Criterions are so expensive that buying these films solely based on artistic merit gets fucking unreal if you're popping 25-40 bones on a movie you might not even like (see: Kiss Me Deadly). If I watch the film, and like it, I can easily go buy it and view in 1080.

Watching a great movie on VHS is better than not seeing it at all.

Except most music is recorded digitally these days, so the correct analogy would be "only listening to new music releases in FLAC", which many people do.

I bet they don't pay $25-40 for it though.

jazz samurai goes to music stores and only buys the flac editions of his favorite cds

arent you the biggest criterion faggot on here nommef

yeah when he buys movies, criterion is his only criterion

my statement still stands

I'm with Taco. I pretty much exclusively buy what I want to watch. Usually blind buys, but I do research and have an idea that I might like it. If something seems really out there or is extremely expensive I'll probably watch a bit of it first, but not the whole thing. Sort of like reading a chapter of a book before you buy it.

http://www.criterion.com/films/28373-kindergarten-cop

That is absurdly awesome cover art.

Tokyo Drifter: Good intro to Japanese film, or should I start elsewhere?

You've never seen any Japanese films?

ha ha good april fools joke, phillip

This is correct.

ok, list incoming

Thanks. fwiw my list is only Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill. Both look good but I haven't had the time to commit to either.

This film gets its own post:

Hana-bi

List will follow.