Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection

How about they just release everything? I’d buy it…

ISLAND OF LOST SOULS
THE DEVILS
DEATH LINE (aka RAW MEAT)

chantal akerman –
jeanne dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 bruxelles

fassbinder –
katzelmacher
beware of a holy whore

lars von trier –
the idiots

I second the nominations of The Conformist, Blow Up, The Devils, La Guerre est Finis, Last Year at Marienbad, and Marat/Sade

1) Visconti’s Ossessione
2) The adaptation of Camus’ The Stranger
3) The only production of Pedro Paramo
4) The documentaries of Humphrey Jennings
5) The rest of the Lindsay Anderson’s industrial documentaries

Prospero’s Books.

Godard’s My Life to Live, The Conformist, Paris, Texas. Chabrol’s Le Boucher would be a nice candidate also.

In the vein of “The Red Balloon” and “White Mane” – meaning so-called Children’s movies, I would like Criterion to release a film I saw on The Children’s Film Festival as a young kid titled “Skinny and Fatty” (I don’t know the Japanese title of the film). What I would give to see that movie in it’s entirety, in it’s original language, with subtitles. And anybody in my age bracket (I’m unashamably 48 years old) who saw the film would more than likely feel the same way. It’s a beautiful little film that deserves to be seen. Come on, Criterion people, do SOMETHING to get this obscure movie to the stature it deserves…….

Agreed with Mr Boyle being included in future releases.

I think Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘El Topo’ and ‘Santa Sangre’ would also make a nice addition.

Bryan Singers ‘The Usual Suspects’

Orson Welles’ “The Trial”. I would love to see Evil Dead and Army of Darkness. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.

audition

LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD
DAY FOR NIGHT

I agree with Rossellini’s Voyage Trilogy.

BOB STUTSMAN – as per the rumour mill, andrei rublev is actually tipped for re-release next year, iv put off buying it for a while now for that very reason. as far as im aware its all but confirmed that its happening.

Would be good if Alan Clarke got some decent criterion releases: ‘Elephant’, ‘Made in Britain’, ‘Scum’

Blue Underground put out all of those Alan Clarke films. I think there is even a box set.

There is, I just checked. It has…
SCUM (1977), SCUM (1979), MADE IN BRITAIN, THE FIRM, ELEPHANT, and DIRECTOR: ALAN CLARKE.

To Nawid Ahrary: I concur with Grindhouse. I also hope for Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair; I can see Criterion releasing them.

I think horror isn’t represented enough in the collection, though what is there is stellar. As I said before, I’d like to see an Evil Dead set, and They Live or Rabid or Battle Royale, or even The Thing.

I’d also like to see Twelve Monkeys, Broken Flowers, Lost in Translation, and Ghostbusters. I suppose I’m a bit more mainstream than a lot of you on here, and for that I apologize. It’s difficult exploring the world of movies beyond mainstream and Criterion when you’re poor and living in Tennessee.

while I understand and sympathize with the wishes of Bruce Conner I believe that some serious thought should go into talking with the estate to bring his films to DVD

hey D – what are the transfers like? i remember seeing ‘Made in Britain’ and ‘Scum’ on dvd and the transfers were pretty rough (not sure if they were from the same company) – hence it would be nice to get the definitive criterion transfer to do them complete justice.

i cant see criterion touching any tarantino flick, nor can i see the weinsteins licensing their most profitable artist out to another company. theres a very nice 6 disc set of grindhouse available in japan, and as for kill bill – the whole bloody affair, well god knows whats happening with that. i know people that are STILL holding out on buying the individual releases for fear of a super release around the corner. perhaps we’ll see something next year when inglourious basterds (sic) hits cinemas.

with regards to more twelve monkeys; i would love to see it in the collection, alas the one available already is a great package, especially considering it came so early in the dvd formats life (mainly due in no small part to the wonderful “the hamster factor” documentary as an extra)

a good tip for when predicting what films will hit criterion is to consider the relationship that the films existing studio has with criterion, for example warner brothers films are very very unlikely to ever see the light of day on criterion, as warner doesnt license.

Y tu mamá también

I would like to see Synecdoche, New York get its original release on Criterion. I feel that this company should do more to champion new releases as they have done only for Wes Anderson’s films. Synecdoche is a great film that I fear won’t be fully understood by most people for some time. It could use the critical boost that it would get from a Criterion release.

Also, I would like to see Sam Fuller’s Park Row get the Criterion treatment. I’ve never seen it, but after reading Fuller’s book I would really like to. There’s a lot of interesting history behind the film that would make for good supplemental material.

And finally, I’d like to give my support to those who mentioned The Night of the Hunter. Good choice.

“Don’t Look Now” (1973). Criterion has done a very nice job with Nicolas Roeg’s other films and I think this one is a must for the collection. There is a poor release out there right now and I’d love to see a proper version done by criterion. I am anxiously awaiting the re-release of “Walkabout”!

To all those who have listed:
-The Night of the Hunter
-Chusinguara: 47 Samurai
-Last Year at Marienbad
-Marat/Sade
-Blow Up

You have all read my mind.

To add to the list:
-The Saragossa Manuscript
-The Wild Bunch
-Dersu Uzala
-La Voyage Dans La Lun and other films by Georges Melies

Efe Çakarel: Y tu mamá también has already been released. Good choice, but a bit late.

Gonna throw in my support for Wong Kar Wai. I think Ashes of Time would make a great release in general. There’s a lot of history to that movie, not the least of which being the Redux edition released a few weeks ago, which I think would be a great thing for Criterion to cover. Aside from that, I could die happy if I saw a Criterion 2046 in HD.

And personally, I’ve always felt Happy Together was up there with Wong’s best (Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love). Maybe not quite at the top, but it’s absolutely one of his better works, in my opinion. Even ignoring the bold and impressive performances from the two stars, Wong made a lot of daring stylistic choices, and they worked a lot more often than they didn’t. I’ll be the first to admit that Wong is prone to missteps here and there (I just barely enjoyed My Blueberry Nights, and most of his other films flirt with being great while falling sadly short.), but Happy Together signifies another peak in a sporadically great filmography that would fit right at home in Criterion alongside his other two best works.

I agree with the ones who beg for any film from Peter Greenaway, and also more from Buñuel’s mexican era, such as The Death of Archibaldo Cruz". I reject watching No Country For Old Men on Criterion… such an overrated film. Kubrick would be nice and The Color of Pomenagrates too!!

I agree, Happy Together deserves a Criterion release.
I would love to see more Tarkovsky, specifically The Mirror which currently suffers poor subtitling and restoration.
While they have released a number of Italian Neorealists recently, I wouldn’t mind Open City
Its unlikely, but Victor Erice’s El Sol del Membrillo.
Finally, more anthologies like their By Brakhage series.

Soderbergh’s Sex, Lies, and Videotape is a film that could use a much better release. The current DVD comes with a commentary, theatrical trailer, and little else.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Peter Yates, 1973)
The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)
Now Voyager (Rapper, 1942)
A Matter of Life and Death aka Stairway to Heaven (Powell and Pressburger, 1946)
The Sacrifice (Tarkovsky, 1986)
La Grand Bouffe (Ferreri, 1973)
Pigsty (Pasolini, 1969)
Les Valseuses (Blier, 1974)

I’d love to see Criterion versions of The Man With The Golden Arm, One Eyed Jacks, The Bad Lieutenant and some Shane Meadows films.