Best Criterion Films> cinephiles unite!

[hughsd]

or maybe

[dumadiscount]

hoop dreamzzzzzzz

[hughsd]

havent seen that yet... good? ^^

[dumadiscount]

if your into doco's then yeah, it's highly recommended!

[evisu 2000]

do you mean the best criterion dvd, ie their treatment? or the best film that they have released?

[Mattjay]

One of the best Criterion DVDs as far as treatment and bonus material I think is Roman Polanski's "Knife In The Water".

The 2nd disc is all of Polanski's student short films. It's incredible.

[hughsd]

i guess i was thinking more about just the film. i only buy about 3 actual critereon dvds a month. the other ones i watch are always just downloaded.

[baskew]

Yeah, Pretty much...

[hughsd]

i havent seen either of thoes^^ good?

[Yardsale]

rip ed yang

[Fuuma]

i guess i was thinking more about just the film. i only buy about 3 actual critereon dvds a month. the other ones i watch are always just downloaded.

Why concentrate on criterion only? You'll get your taste railroaded by a DVD company....

One of their most consistantly excellent release is Il Gattopardo by Visconti (two versions of the movie + plenty of interesting extras), another one being Battle of Algier by Pontecorvo (excellent extras about the algerian war). Those also happen to be masterful movies. I had the please of attending a showing of Battle of Algier with some of the actors (and real life protagonists of the algerian war turned politicians in the current government) who were quite candid in answering our questions. It was quite an experience.

[hughsd]

Why concentrate on criterion only? You'll get your taste railroaded by a DVD company....

i watch plenty of movies that are not put out by them. however, they have managed to assemble a wonderful collection of important and just great films. they really have given me a reason to actually buy dvds again. they always come with such cool stuff!

[Handlethevibe]

[Handlethevibe]

i guess i was thinking more about just the film. i only buy about 3 actual critereon dvds a month. the other ones i watch are always just downloaded.

Why the fuck would you download a criterion. I don't get anything out of watching shit on my pc.

[hughsd]

Why the fuck would you download a criterion. I don't get anything out of watching shit on my pc.

i watch almost everything on my computer. cost is the only reason i would download them and if you look carefully you can almost always get the special features. freakyflicks.com isnt a bad place to look for good torrents.

[isoform]

color correction on Days of Heaven was amazing. as if that film wasn't great already... otherwise i'm not all that familiar w/ their releases--but i will be now thanks to KG! (i download their stuff because i don't have 40 dollars for DVDs)

and i wouldn't mind the thread staying only w/ Criterion releases.

[hughsd]

this is wonderfully entertaining

[pragmatics]

Elevator to the Gallows and Il Posto were the first DVDs that I watched all the extra features on and actually felt as if it hadn't been a complete waste of time. It always seemed to me that a lot of the time people add extras because its expected not because they think anyone actually will watch them. Plus both are excellent films.

[hughsd]

critereon generally has pretty wonderful special features. but i whole heartedly agree about the specail features on most other DVDs.

[jimmyc]

and everything by Kurosawa

[coleslawyum]

and everything by Kurosawa

Yeah what he said…

The Criterion Kurosawa collection is amazing. If you slept on this, I wonder what rock you crawled from under.

Couple of good ones:

[Guest JAFAR]

They released stranger than paradise not long ago I think and it's one of my favorite movies ever. It comes with permanent vacation so I think its worth buying it from criterion. Another recent release is La haine and it always been another of my favorites but it wasnt on DVD before (thanks Jodie Foster). Seijun suzukis movies are really good too, you should watch them Hugh.

[hughsd]

Jeff!! i rare sighting on the board! i really got into night on earth too! so fucking wonderful. everything he does is golden.

[masuerte]

They're all good... we do not NEED this thread but I guess it's nice to be repetitive...

everything you need is on dvdbeaver.com and dvdtalk.com

a friend of mine is telling me his favorite is Six Moral Tales collection or Eric Rohmer's... should I blind buy or not?

[hughsd]

They're all good... we do not NEED this thread but I guess it's nice to be repetitive...

i hated Rebbecca... it was not great at all.

[Head Ninja In Charge]

Best Criterion release. I especially enjoyed the blooper reel.

[pragmatics]

a friend of mine is telling me his favorite is Six Moral Tales collection or Eric Rohmer's... should I blind buy or not?

I watched three of the six planning to get the others later, and they get pretty repetitive as far as structure goes and ultimately I found the stories ranged from boring to semi-boring. Needless to say I returned the 3 and decided to get something different. They just weren't my cup of tea I guess.

[hughsd]

http://criterioncollection.blogspot.com/

this guy is trying to watch every critereon film.

[mlproject]

man bites dog is great.

as far as being comprehensive, the big box set of

[Fuuma]

They're all good... we do not NEED this thread but I guess it's nice to be repetitive...

everything you need is on dvdbeaver.com and dvdtalk.com

a friend of mine is telling me his favorite is Six Moral Tales collection or Eric Rohmer's... should I blind buy or not?

No, why would you? Rohmer is very verbose and you might not enjoy his brand of light hearted presentation of moral dilemnas. Why not rent "my night at maud's" and see if you like that?