5 Criterion films you wouldn't want to be without

The sound design in the film is masterful. It lays a lot of groundwork for the use of sound in many, many future films.

 

Many great ones already mentioned.
David Lean's Great Expectations tops my list.

 

I love the extras on the Crierion The Night of the Hunter, but hate that they letterbox it, should have left it alone. It works a lot better in standard ratio, and yes I do know about the one shot where you can see the top of the set. Buy the old dvd and see for yourself.

 

gotta change this list-take out Mr Lawrence and put in Local Hero, which i just found out is being released Sept 24. don't even have a copy yet and i know it makes my list.

 

Brazil
Stalker
The 39 Steps
The Tin Drum
Night of the Hunter

 

After buying Notorious during the current 50% off sale, and watching last night, I think I gotta give Vampyr the boot and replace with this on my list.
Ingrid Bergman is amazingly beautiful - I couldn't take my eyes off her in every scene she was in.
Cary Grant would have made a great James Bond had they been making those in the 40's (guess he'd need to whip up a British accent though - ha).
Another Hitchcock masterwork!

 

Ghost World
Monterey Pop
Two Lane Blacktop
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Robinson Crusoe On Mars
Devil & Daniel Webster
and so many others!

 

Thief

The only other version was a non-anamorphic DVD that sucked.

 

I’ve got the MGM-Fox Blu-Ray of Notorious, debating if I should double-dip and get the Criterion. Anyone have both and can comment if it’s a worthwhile upgrade?

 

Image quality improvement is there for the Criterion. I was On the fence for a while as well but it does look better. It’s not leaps and bounds though.

 

Happy to see Klute coming out from Criterion now where is The Parallax View?

 

Dazed and Confused
Silence of the Lambs
Ghost World
Bicycle Thieves
And a bit of a cheat, but the Before Trilogy

 

Beauty and the Beast
Blue Velvet
Grey Gardens
One-Eyed Jacks
Spartacus

 

• Last Picture Show
• Shampoo
• Third Man
• Walkabout
• Salo

 

Movies come and go in my haphazard collection, but 6 Criterion films remain on the shelves:
M
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Ride with the Devil
A Hard Day’s Night
My Darling Clementine
(Island of Lost Souls)

 

The Killing
Paths of Glory
Dr. Strangelove
Barry Lyndon
Brazil

 

Joseph Losey's M is remarkable, not least because of the extensive location shooting, which documents many aspects of LA in that time period that no longer exist. The film had been out of circulation for years, except for the occasional poor-quality copy, until it was restored by LOC a few years ago. The restoration is what's been aired on TCM several times, and it looks great. Not to be missed.

 

Macbeth (Polanski)
Solaris (Tarkovsky)
The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles)
L’Aventura (Antonioni)
Mishima - A Life In Four Chapters (Schrader)

 

No particular order:

• The Man Who Fell To Earth, Nicolas Roeg, 1976
• The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, Martin Ritt, 1965
• Notorious, Alfred Hitchcock, 1946
• Brazil, Terry Gilliam, 1985
• Following, Christopher Nolan, 1998

 

This is a tough one...

A Hard Day's Night
Carnival of Souls
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Multiple Maniacs
Sweet Movie

 

That's a tough question. Today I'd say:

The Bergman box. I don't think anyone else will try to top that for Ingmar's films.
"M."
"War and Peace", a long-time overdue restoration.
Any of the Powell/Pressburger Technicolor releases.
"Joan of Arc."
And bonus: "Vampyr". To give this knotty nightmare a half-way decent transfer deserves some kind of medal, given what was available before.

C.

 

This is basically a list of "Movies Among My 10 Favorites That Are Available on Criterion Blu-ray":

Days of Heaven
Night of the Hunter
The Seventh Seal
The Third Man
In the Mood for Love
Blue Velvet

And yes, I know that's 6, not 5. You need a sixth man to get The Third Man.

Honorable mention: The Last Emperor (It annoys me the Blu-ray edition does not have the ultra-lengthy cut -- I understand why, but it's how I first saw the film, and how could there not have been enough space when it appears on the DVD release?)

 

Stray Dog
Tokyo Story
The Human Condition
Ikiru
Passing Fancy

 

Very nice list.