I was going to say the same thing. what’s the 3rd disc? mine’s only two.
my most prized criterion might be my copy of ROYAL TENENBAUMS. It’s the first dvd i even bought, and it sparked not only my interest in film but also my obsession with criterion.
I treasure all my collection, really, but if i had 10 seconds to choose five or so before i burned to death in a fire or something, i’d go with ROBOCOP, STRAW DOGS, RAN, CONTEMPT, and either HIGH AND LOW or ARMY OF SHADOWS. Christ, i’d die in the fire.
Brazil
The third man
That obscure object of desire
Straw Dogs
Peeping Tom
I love my criterion dvds…
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Carl Dreyer Box Set
Seven Samurai
Complete Mr. Arkadin
Bergman Trilogy
Throne of Blood (my favorite Kurosawa)
Two-Lane Blacktop (a current favorite)
Vampyr
Solaris
Andrei Rublev (any Tarkovsky is a treasure!)
The Thrid Man
Gimme Shelter
This is sort of like asking a parent with several children which one’s their favorite kid, but my answer would be:
Hitchcock’s Wrong Men and Notorious Women Box Set for it’s fiscal value.
Lindsay Anderson’s “If….”, personalized and signed by Malcolm McDowell, for it’s sentimental value.
I’d have to go with:
Hard Boiled
The Killer
Le Samourai
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Brazil
Someone please explain this 3 disc Breathless.?.
I have to admit to admiring some of my big box sets more than actually enjoying them.
I love to look at Five Films, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Monterey Pop, Bergman Trilogy, 3 Films by Louis Malle, and The Adventures of Antoine Doinel, but I still have a lot of watching to do.
In reality, my most treasured are Gimmer Shelter, Seven Samurai, Rushmore, and the 400 Blows. I sold my OOP dvds a while back for the $$$.
I have the complete collection and they are all quite meaningful. I’d hate to part with a single title.
cassavetes box set, passion of joan of arc, straw dogs, the battle of algiers
Too many!!
Do the Right Thing
Rushmore
Notorious
Le Samourai
Yi Yi
Dreyer boxset
Tokyo story
Bicycle thieves
Late Ozu
Sansho dayu
Berlin alexanderplatz (expensive)
Pickpocket
Naked
Stranger Than Paradise
Royal Tenenbaums
A bout de souffle
or
Scenes from a Marriage.
I love both sets madly.
OOP Straw Dogs and OOP This Is Spinal Tap
Yeah, the one that immediately pops into my head is the Cassavetes box set.
Seven Samurai
Breathless
Yojimbo/Sanjuro combo
Videodrome (the extras are really spectacular and even the packaging is inspired)
Crazed Fruit
Momma Roma
L’Eclisse
81/2
Au Hazard Balthazar
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most likely Seven Samurai (original release, not 3 disc), not for the film itself nor the release, rather because it is the first Criterion I ever purchased and possibly the catalyst to my Criterion obsession.
it’s gotta be my John Cassavetes boxset, with the tax, shipping and handling to my country, it costs me around US$ 140. But it’s worth every penny even when some Carney’s works are eliminated.
I only own six altogether all of which I’m happy to own. Having a huge DVD collection does not necessarily interest me. Here is what I own, however,
Contempt DVD (This one is somewhat prized, actually, since its out of print, and you can’t seem to find it anywhere. I won’t lie.)
Pierrot Le Fou DVD
L’Eclisse
L’Avventura
Le Cercle Rouge
Red Desert Blu Ray
Nights of Cabiria and The Third Man
Out of Print copy of Ran which I bought at Barnes and Noble after it went Out of Print and during the 50% off sale no less!
probably Ran or the Third Man. But I hold Milkyway in high regard, also the science is fiction set.
I guess all of them, since I took the time and patience to get them.
The Third Man, Seven Samurai and Vivre Sa Vie blu-ray criterion editions
My favorite is Fritz Lang’s M. I show it to everyone who wants to sit and watch a good movie.
As far as prized, I like them all just as Will C said because it has taken me years to build up a collection that any movie lover would appreciate. I have about 115 now and I love introducing people to classics that they have never even heard of before.
That Obscure Object of Desire.
Wrong Men & Notorious Women Box set
Down By Law
Cassavetes box set
Band of Outsiders
Breathless
Night on Earth (because Jim Jarmusch answered my question about Tom Waits!)
Brakhage Blu-Ray set.
Some OOP titles I own.
Straw Dogs
Ran
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Third Man
woolly
3 disc Breathless??? What?