Criterion Collection on DVD. Recommendations please.

Nice, hope there's a Roeg-boxset a la Cassavettes.

Chungking Express will be awesome I bet. The current US DVD is a disaster.

can't wait to get rid of my chungking dvd w/tarantino's mug

i want the 5 hour cut of Bottle Rocket (for some reason)

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I, too, came here to post about Chungking.

So what's a good blu-ray player? I keep wanting to get a PS3 for that and GTA IV, but the latter is better on the xbox I think? And consoles make too much noise. Toshiba blu-ray?

I can't understand getting a blu ray player instead of a PS3 at this point. None of the stand alone players seem to have a killer feature (and none of them play PS3 games) and aren't really cheaper.

Cheapest player on Amazon is $393.84. PS3 is $399 and the remote control is $20.

Does the PS3 have a timer display? That's all I look for in a player.

Wow, they're doing "El Norte"!

I had no idea it was a big enough movie to get this kind of treatment, that's really great.

xpost, you mean like a clock? I put black tape over those!

Contempt

if they went with pierrot le fou I'd be tempted. but I guess they wanted hi-def bardot-butt.

Someone help!

I'm trying to narrow this list down to two...which TWO of these do I need to own? All things considered...the film, the package, the extras, etc. etc.

House of Games
Jubilee
My Own Private Idaho
Naked
Ran
Stranger Than Paradise
Two-Lane Blacktop

Sorry, Hate (L'Haine) was supposed to be on there too! Make sure it is considered.

Checking out the deepdiscout sale I presume?

Ran
Stranger Than Paradise

Of course. I've got a bunch of other Criterions but haven't bought any for a couple years now. Pretty exciting. I wish I could afford four, but...alas.

Two-Lane Blacktop, but two copies.

If not that, TLB and Ran.

House of Games is fun, but it doesn't look any better on DVD than on the regular cable showings (or maybe IFC doesn't have it in heavy rotation anymore?).

Of course. I've got a bunch of other Criterions but haven't bought any for a couple years now. Pretty exciting. I wish I could afford four, but...alas.

I hear that. I got the Varda box from them a few weeks back during the password sale (came out to like 55 bucks), which was probably the only way I could get it. Wanted to get the Rohmer one then too, but they suddenly stopped carrying it.

recommendations? i'm going to the movie store in 1 hour!

!

they have maybe 250

a bunch of new ones came out today..chungking express is my fav of those.

do want to see that. don't know if they'd have it yet.

possible ones:

straw dogs
death of a cyclist
hiroshima mon amour
black orpheus
walkabout
"eight million stories in the city" can't remember the name for some reason
schizopolis

Blech. Walkabout and Black Orpheus are pretty good. Schizopolis is a trifle. The rest I can't get into.

down by law
nights of cabiria
something by david lean
something by fassbinder other than ali or berlin alexanderplatz

if you want Lean then Brief Encounter is amazing!

I liked Europa and Le Deuxieme Souffle quite a bit.

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is awesome.

Earrings of Madame De..., gentlemen!

ok ryan i'll get it. im getting three total.
alex they dont have any of those i don't think, have thumbed through so many times...would love to see SWCIFTC though, just read that this year.

diabolique
wc fields -- 6 short films
le trou
closely watched trains
...
hmm

xpost ok i'll get earrings

1 more

should i get bob le flambeur? melville's left me kind of cold so far.

earrings is indeed a stone cold classic.

that is one of the more entertaining melvilles, imo. only felt like watching it once though.

id be all over hiroshima mon amour, but that's a favorite of mine and i think other people feel pretty differently about it!

La Jetee/San Soleil has a great rewatch for $ value if they have that.

i don't think they do.

so bob or hiroshima or something else.

others they have i haven't seen:
night and fog
umberto d
m
honeymoon killers
knife in the water
le corbeau
scenes from a marriage and 3 women

thanks for your help btw ryan

umberto d!!!!!!!! looooove that movie.

m is freaking amazing too.

"eight million stories in the city" can't remember the name for some reason

is this a reference to "naked city"? get it!!

naked city is a good one

ok done

look out movie store clerks im gonna rent the shit out of you right now wowowow

xps oh no!

almost all of these are worth seeing once. if i was investing in a DVD i think M, Umberto D, Earrings are the ones I've seen most and enjoyed most over the years.

three that i have that i love: wages of fear, fanny and alexander, le samouraï

ok i'll get naked city cuz ryan already picked one

thanks all

xps haven't seen wages of fear, will make it one of my sweet backups

straw dogs is vv good imo but not for everyone

kind of rough watching i hear

its one i pick up everytime, look at, and put back. i'll get to it soon i'm sure.

naked city is an awesome movie. making me think of the great sam fuller titles criterion has. oh, pick up on south street! not as good, really, but i liked it a lot.

i looked at their website and saw they're starting to release their titles on blu-ray. made me realize how much i'm dreading the format change

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is awesome.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, December 17, 2008 1:40 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

just watched this the other night!