I love Netflix, but I hate it when one or more of the films I’m supposed to get has to be shipped from another facility, and so I get less than the three a week that I ordered. Fantastic selection, though.
The film (we call it CAMS) department isn’t very big. Partly because of that, I’m a senior and an English major who has yet to take a film course- but I will next semester.
I’m a senior at a college in New England. I’ve been a film buff since my father made me watch Night on Earth when I was 12. I’ve been hooked ever since, and Netflix and my school library have been keeping me sane. I’m in my school’s film society, and I also write the occasional music/movie review for the paper; my dream is to make a career out of it, but I know that it will be a while before that happens. Nonetheless, I am super glad this place exists.
This site has a long way to go down before it can be anything like IMDB. Like some others, I found it through Criterion’s website, so there’s already going to be a different kind of clientele. I don’t know where all this TDK nonsense came from, though.
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Tom Kalin’s Swoon. Interesting take on the Leopold and Loeb case, but I think I like it because I’m a stickler for things that take place in the ’20s.
I got the Criterion edition of Breathless for $20 due to a labelling error at the store I bought it from.
I’m a Criterion admirer; I’d be a full-blown junkie if I had the money. I’ve been trying to get Sweet Movie all semester, but it’s been kind of hard on me financially. Maybe next month.
I didn’t mind The Tracey Fragments. I’d never watch it again, though.
I don’t think I’ve walked out of anything, but I have ejected DVDs from my player well before the end: Where Angels Fear to Tread comes to mind, and I almost did that with Mozart and the Whale.
I know this will be tough for a lot of people, but what, in your opinion, is the best Criterion? I figure it’s only fair since we have a “worst Criterion” thread.
I’ll start:
Breathless
Fanny and Alexander
BRD Trilogy- really, anything that comes with a book and I’m sold
Sweet Movie- I really like the cover
(By “best,” I really mean best packaging, extras, stuff, etc. Although you could list your favorite movie too. Sorry if that wasn’t clear earlier.)
2001
3 of Rohmer’s 6 Moral Tales
Last Tango in Paris
Annie Hall (and it’s been recommended by Netflix for years)
Jules and Jim
Bottle Rocket
Requiem for a Dream
There Will Be Blood (but it’s on my queue!)
Watching Sweet Movie while you’re so tired you start drifting off during the movie. I’m sure being drunk/high/both during would have had the same effect.
Wes Anderson. Although I don’t think it was so much a case of his losing it as it was his style being used over and over again to the point where it got really boring.
It’s difficult for me to pay attention to silent films when I’m watching them on my computer. I have this attention span thing which relates to sound I think.
That being said:
Guy Maddin- “Brand Upon the Brain”
the really early (think Edison) stuff- I know Netflix has a disc full of that
“It”- forget who directed it, but Clara Bow is worth watching
Vertov- “Man with the Movie Camera”
32 Short Films About Glenn Gould needs a reprint. The one copy my library had was on reserve; were it not for the internet I wouldn’t have been able to see it at all.
Personally, I don’t like it, partially because of my perpetually low self-esteem. I’ve commented on blogs that gave the thumbs option for comments, and it got very petty at times. I really can’t see that happening here, but still. I don’t really see why it’s needed; if someone wanted to voice their opinion about a post, they could always reply to it.
favourite scene from any film over 3 years ago
The entire dinner scene of Fanny and Alexander.
The French taunters scene of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
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Movies you hated that everyone else loves over 3 years ago
Any film by Wes Anderson.
Juno and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.
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Netflix; frustrations with over 3 years ago
I love Netflix, but I hate it when one or more of the films I’m supposed to get has to be shipped from another facility, and so I get less than the three a week that I ordered. Fantastic selection, though.
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College film-lovers, unite! over 3 years ago
Wellesley!
The film (we call it CAMS) department isn’t very big. Partly because of that, I’m a senior and an English major who has yet to take a film course- but I will next semester.
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection over 3 years ago
If there could be a Criterion edition of Blue Velvet, I would die happy.
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New to The Auteurs? You Belong Here over 3 years ago
I’m a senior at a college in New England. I’ve been a film buff since my father made me watch Night on Earth when I was 12. I’ve been hooked ever since, and Netflix and my school library have been keeping me sane. I’m in my school’s film society, and I also write the occasional music/movie review for the paper; my dream is to make a career out of it, but I know that it will be a while before that happens. Nonetheless, I am super glad this place exists.
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Which Film Critics Do You Read? over 3 years ago
Anthony Lane is the reason why I pick up the New Yorker each week.
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Worries about the future... over 3 years ago
This site has a long way to go down before it can be anything like IMDB. Like some others, I found it through Criterion’s website, so there’s already going to be a different kind of clientele. I don’t know where all this TDK nonsense came from, though.
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Top Albums of the Year (aka What rocks your ipod) 2008 over 3 years ago
Wild Beasts- Limbo Panto
Although Girl Talk’s Feed the Animals and Fleet Foxes s/t are also very very good.
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Films that changed how you looked at cinema over 3 years ago
Fanny and Alexander and Farewell My Concubine really did it for me, although I was into foreign films way before that.
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Help make The Auteurs totally awesome over 3 years ago
KEEP THE HELVETICA. Seriously. It’s my favorite font, and although this may sound silly, I love sites, etc. that have it.
Also, HTML/text modification/insert picture features for posts, etc., etc.
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Gay and Lesbian Cinema over 3 years ago
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Tom Kalin’s Swoon. Interesting take on the Leopold and Loeb case, but I think I like it because I’m a stickler for things that take place in the ’20s.
And I second Happy Together.
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FANTASY ARTHOUSE DOUBLE FEATURE over 3 years ago
Salo/Sweet Movie
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Criterion junkies here? over 3 years ago
I got the Criterion edition of Breathless for $20 due to a labelling error at the store I bought it from.
I’m a Criterion admirer; I’d be a full-blown junkie if I had the money. I’ve been trying to get Sweet Movie all semester, but it’s been kind of hard on me financially. Maybe next month.
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The longest movie you've ever sat through over 3 years ago
The TV edition of Fanny and Alexander, if that counts. I had to spread it out over two days. Long, but so. worth. it.
I plan to tackle Berlin Alexanderplatz next month before the spring semester starts.
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Worst Criterion DVDs over 3 years ago
The old Salo. I’m aware that the new one has more stuff, but it perpetually says “short/long/very long wait” next to it on my Netflix queue.
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Films you love but most people hate. over 3 years ago
The majority of people I’ve encountered (even after coming here, to an extent) hate Inland Empire, which is my favorite Lynch film.
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Which Movies Have You Walked Out On? over 3 years ago
I didn’t mind The Tracey Fragments. I’d never watch it again, though.
I don’t think I’ve walked out of anything, but I have ejected DVDs from my player well before the end: Where Angels Fear to Tread comes to mind, and I almost did that with Mozart and the Whale.
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Best Criterion? over 3 years ago
I know this will be tough for a lot of people, but what, in your opinion, is the best Criterion? I figure it’s only fair since we have a “worst Criterion” thread.
I’ll start:
Breathless
Fanny and Alexander
BRD Trilogy- really, anything that comes with a book and I’m sold
Sweet Movie- I really like the cover
(By “best,” I really mean best packaging, extras, stuff, etc. Although you could list your favorite movie too. Sorry if that wasn’t clear earlier.)
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Age / Level of education? (An informal poll) over 3 years ago
21, in college working on a B.A. in English (although I was originally an Art History major, and I even dabbled in French for a bit)
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CONFESSIONS--FILMS YOU ARE ASHAMED TO SAY YOU HAVE NOT SEEN (YET) over 3 years ago
2001
3 of Rohmer’s 6 Moral Tales
Last Tango in Paris
Annie Hall (and it’s been recommended by Netflix for years)
Jules and Jim
Bottle Rocket
Requiem for a Dream
There Will Be Blood (but it’s on my queue!)
…and a bunch of others.
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Who do you read? over 3 years ago
I’m an English major, but I’ll keep this short.
Faulkner, Eliot (George, not T.S.), Salinger, Shakespeare, Jelinek, Auster, Ishiguro, Fitzgerald, Highsmith, Nabokov (specifically, Pale Fire), Ellis.
I plan to tackle Alexander Theroux and Borges during winter break.
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Best title over 3 years ago
That Obscure Object of Desire
Brand Upon the Brain
If…
Veronika Voss (alliteration!)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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the movies in My Style / Profile Images over 3 years ago
^ The first one is definitely The Kid. Don’t know about the others.
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What is your most memorable film going experience? (Only one per post please!) over 3 years ago
Watching Sweet Movie while you’re so tired you start drifting off during the movie. I’m sure being drunk/high/both during would have had the same effect.
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Who do you think had it and lost it? When? and Why? over 3 years ago
Wes Anderson. Although I don’t think it was so much a case of his losing it as it was his style being used over and over again to the point where it got really boring.
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Silent Films over 3 years ago
It’s difficult for me to pay attention to silent films when I’m watching them on my computer. I have this attention span thing which relates to sound I think.
That being said:
Guy Maddin- “Brand Upon the Brain”
the really early (think Edison) stuff- I know Netflix has a disc full of that
“It”- forget who directed it, but Clara Bow is worth watching
Vertov- “Man with the Movie Camera”
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Classic movies you can't get on d.v.d. over 3 years ago
32 Short Films About Glenn Gould needs a reprint. The one copy my library had was on reserve; were it not for the internet I wouldn’t have been able to see it at all.
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THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN- love it or hate it? over 3 years ago
Personally, I don’t like it, partially because of my perpetually low self-esteem. I’ve commented on blogs that gave the thumbs option for comments, and it got very petty at times. I really can’t see that happening here, but still. I don’t really see why it’s needed; if someone wanted to voice their opinion about a post, they could always reply to it.
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Your interpretation of this film over 3 years ago
Want, reality, and the dangers of perception.
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