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[Prospero]

Sure, they're overpriced compared to major studio special editions, and the brilliant remasters they do are more common these days than they were in the early years of DVD. But I've never made a bad Criterion purchase, and it's still my favorite line of DVDs. Every single disc has amazing box art, and their extras always kick ass: not as many as these spawling four-disc studio sets, but it's a matter of quality over quantity. (I've yet to watch more than a half hour of the extras for the LOTR special editions, but for some reason I can sit down and watch all the extras for a Criterion disc like Brazil or Spartacus in one weekend marathon.)

Anyway, this box set is on its way to me (which is out of print, so act now while you still can):

along with:

I've also got (too lazy to link images):

Beauty and the Beast
The Royal Tenenbaums
Brazil
Spartacus
Tanner '88
The Beastie Boys Anthology
The Hidden Fortress
The Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
Cries and Whispers
The Last Temptation of Christ

 

[ge-man]

Let's see

Walkabout
George Washington
High and Low
Rashamon
Redbeard
8 1/2
Juliet of the Spirits
L'Aventurra
Carnival of Souls
Passion of Joan of Arc
Orpheus Trilogy
Cries and Whispers
Solaris

There's plenty more that I need. I want to create a serious Kurosawa collection. I have yet to pick the Brakkhage set that came out a couple of years ago. I also know where I can get the out of print Tati discs at regular retail price (hopefully they're still there).

 

[jecclr2003]

Robocop
Chasing Amy
The Rock

i think I have a couple more mixed in too...

 

[IAmtheFMan]

8 1/2
And God Created Woman
Branded to Kill
Brazil
Charade
Chasing Amy
Do the Right Thing
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Good Morning
Grand Illusion
Hamlet
Hidden Fortress
In the Mood for Love
Last Temptation of Christ
Lord of the Flies
Life of Brian
The Night Porter
Rashomon
The Rock
Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Musashi Miyamoto 1
Musashi Miyamoto 2
Sanjuro
Seven Samurai
Seventh Seal
Silence of the Lambs
Spartacus
Time Bandits
Tokyo Drifter
Yojimbo

I haven't bought a Criterion since Tenenbaums I think. There's a whole bunch that I want, but with little-to-no income, it gets kinda hard.

 

[heavy liquid]

Love the Criterion Collection. I think this is all the ones I have, although I might be missing a few of the laserdiscs, as it's probably been at least a few years since I've even played one...


DVD's:

Seven Samurai
The Killer
Hard Boiled
This Is Spinal Tap
The Silence of the Lambs
Amarcord
Sid & Nancy
Dead Ringers
Robocop
High and Low
Time Bandits
Armageddon
Brazil
Notorious
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Charade
Life of Brian
Rushmore
Chasing Amy
The Element of Crime
Sisters
Kwaidan
Beastie Boys Video Anthology
The Rock
Rebecca
Royal Tenenbaums
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Naked Lunch

Laserdiscs:

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Akira (CAV)
Alphaville
L' Avventura (CAV)
Blade Runner (CLV)
The Red Shoes
Supercop

 

[JackFrost2012]

I've got:

Alphaville
Beastie Boys Video Anthology
Brazil
Dead Ringers (recalled)
Rushmore
Seven Samurai (recalled)
Spinal Tap (recalled)

 

[fnmore1]

the third man
spellbound
rebecca

 

[Prospero]

Akira (CAV)

I had no idea this existed. If it has the old English dub with the line "We're going to the Olympics!" then I'm supremely envious.

I haven't bought a Criterion since Tenenbaums I think. There's a whole bunch that I want, but with little-to-no income, it gets kinda hard.

Plus it seems like they're cranking them out now, by comparison with their production rate a couple of years ago. I think they're up to spine number 266 or something like that by now (the most recent one I got, Tanner '88, is #238).

 

[swoon]

hitchcock box.
george washington
rushmore
royal t's
the vanishing
salesman
hard boiled
contempt
charade (first run)
bob le flumuer

edit: they also aren't overpriced when you consider they do all of the restoration/extras themselves and have small print runs for a lot of thier films.

 

[EviLore]

Yojimbo


Looking to get: all the rest, but especially Hard Boiled.

 

[explodet]

The only one I have that hasn't been mentioned yet:

 

[sefskillz]

Hard Boiled
High and Low
Alphaville
Branded to Kill
Tokyo Drifter
Rushmore
Last Temptation of Christ
Chasing Amy
Element of Crime
Sisters
Withnail and I
In the Mood for Love
Royal Tenenbaums
Ratcatcher
Man Bites Dog
Down By Law
Band of Outsiders
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Honeymoon Killers
Naked Lunch
Stray Dog
A Woman is a Woman
Videodrome
Hitchcock Collection

Next on my list is the Cassavetes box set and I'd really like to pick up Crash on laserdisc.

 

[shuri]

I got Seven Samurai and The Beastie Boys Anthology. The Seven Samurai dvd is quite awful and feel lame for spending so much money on it. The video feels like its from a cheap bootleg

 

[DCX]

- Chasing Amy

That's all folks!

DCX

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

I'm poor, so......

Rushmore
The Royal Tenenbaums

 

[Dan]

Chasing Amy
The Hidden Fortress
Ikiru
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
The Seven Samurai

I think that's it for now. I'm slowly buying more of Kurosawa's films, and there's a bunch of others I want to pick up, like The Lord of the Flies, The Most Dangerous Game, Brazil, Le Cercle Rouge, Solaris, etc.

 

[The Interrobanger]

Brazil
Beastie Boys Anthology
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
The Royal Tenenbaums
I have a ton of them on my DVD wish list, including Battle Of Algiers, which I hope to get for Christmas.

 

[crumbs]

Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, I'm not that cultured I guess.

 

[FortNinety]

Can someone list all the DVDs that are out of print please?

 

[distantmantra]

I haven't picked up a Criterion disc in a long, long time.

Seven Samurai
Hidden Fortress
Yojimbo
Samurai I -- Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai II -- Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Rashomon
Solaris
Chasing Amy
In the Mood for Love
Spellbound
Charade
Rushmore
Royal Tenenbaums

 

[Prospero]

Can someone list all the DVDs that are out of print please?

From the web site:

The Bank Dick
Blood for Dracula
Dead Ringers
Flesh For Frankenstein
Hard Boiled
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
The Killer
Notorious
Playtime
Rebecca
RoboCop
Salo ($700+ on eBay, even though there's a Region 0 UK edition)
Sid & Nancy
Silence of the Lambs
Spellbound
Straw Dogs
This is Spinal Tap
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

 

[Takuan]

The Royal Tenenbaums

 

[Cosmic Bus]

This is the current stuff. On preorder I've got Robert Altman's Short Cuts and their 2-disc re-release of M.

3 Women
Brief Encounter
Le Cercle Rouge
Coup de Torchon
The Element of Crime
Eyes Without a Face
For All Mankind
George Washington
I Fidanzati
Il Posto
In the Mood for Love
Insomnia
The Long Good Friday
Maitresse
Mona Lisa
My Life As a Dog
Naked Lunch
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Ratcatcher
Robocop
The Rock
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Schizopolis
Silence of the Lambs
Straw Dogs
The Third Man
The Tin Drum
Traffic
Vanishing
Videodrome

Alfred Hitchcock: Wrong Men & Notorious Women
- The 39 Steps
- The Lady Vanishes
- Notorious
- Rebecca
- Spellbound

John Cassavetes: Five Films
- Shadows
- Faces
- A Woman Under the Influence
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
- Opening Night

 

[Draff]

At my house, there's only the Samurai Trilogy... Wish I could afford a few other titles.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

040 - Armageddon (original issue)
061 - Monty Python's Life of Brian
075 - Chasing Amy
100 - Beastie Boys Video Anthology
108 - The Rock (only for the anamorphic image the original Disney release lacked)
175 - Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
220 - Naked Lunch

there's a few others I'd like to get, like Brazil, but they're difficult to find.

EDIT: saw this on Amazon: (click to see the price)

 

[Nemrael]

Only

In the Mood for Love
Robobcop
Rushmore
Samurai Trilogy
Silence of the Lambs

but I plan to buy Naked Lunch and Videodrome soon...

 

[Dead]

Brazil
Videodrome
In The Mood For Love
The Royal Tennenbaums
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Chasing Amy

So many more I want to buy.....

 

[gunstarhero]

Hidden Fortress
Throne of Blood
Seven Samurai
Sanjuro
Yojimbo
Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Solaris
Rashoman
Beastie Boys Video Anthology
Silence of the Lambs
Time Bandits

Surprised no one has Throne of Blood - if you're a samurai flick fan, you must get this

 

[MVS]

I had no idea this existed. If it has the old English dub with the line "We're going to the Olympics!" then I'm supremely envious.

It's the one that says:

Is that you again, Tetsuo?
What...that Peaaaaaabrain!

It's not the same as the DVD dub.

Has some kickass weapon/costume/vehicle sketches on the 3rd LD as well.

 

[gunstarhero]

I had no idea this existed. If it has the old English dub with the line "We're going to the Olympics!" then I'm supremely envious.

It does - I have the LD as well - when I watched the redub of Akira, i was mad they took that line out actually

 

[Bat]

Hiroshima Mon Amour
The Night Porter

 

[Cosmic Bus]

I sort of regret selling my copy of Hiroshima Mon Amour. At the time, I didn't think I'd ever go back to it, but I find myself wishing recently that I still had it to watch... Probably end up re-buying it sometime when I get around to ordering either the Dreyer or Cocteau box sets from DVD Planet.

And for the Kurosawa fans (of which I seen quite a few in here), you'll be happy to know that Criterion's finally releasing Kagemusha in January.

 

[sefskillz]

I get around to ordering either the Dreyer or Cocteau box sets from DVD Planet.

I want that Dreyer box set bad. That and the Cassavetes box set are next on my list.

 

[Grimlock]

Let's see what's in my pile...

Beastie Boys: DVD Anthology
Hard Boiled
Royal Tenenbaums
Seven Samurai
Silence of the Lambs
Spartacus
Throne of Blood
Time Bandits

 

[BigJonsson]

Chasing Amy

 

[Prospero]

EDIT: saw this on Amazon: (click to see the price)

That is ridiculous. I'm sure it's worth it, but, Jesus.

 

[Pfucata]

Hard Boiled (OOP).

 

[demon]

A bizarrely entertaining, funny and relaxing show at the same time.

 

[ge-man]

I just realized that I have a couple more:

M
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

I went to Criterion's site a couple of hours ago, and man do I wish I had the money to burn now. I definately want the Cassavettes set. In addition, I want to get a hold of 3 Women and Fanny and Alexander (when it's available).

 

[Brofist]

 

[borghe]

not a lot

This Is Spinal Tap
Silence of the Lambs
Hardboiled
Seven Samurai
The Hidden Fortress
Brazil

pretty sure that's it.

edit - oh yeeah, and charade.. and fuck criterion for not releasing an anamoprhic print in the first place now causing me to have to buy it again. :\

 

[FnordChan]

I also know where I can get the out of print Tati discs at regular retail price (hopefully they're still there).

M. Hulot's Holiday and Mon Oncle are back in print. Alas, Playtime - the one Tati film I really want to own - is still OOP, but hopefully it'll be returning before too long.

Here's my list:

Brazil
by Brakhage (which is so awesome it hurts)
The Complete Monteray Pop Festival
Diary of a Chambermaid
The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fishing With John (Demon, you've got excellent taste)
For All Mankind
General Idi Amin Dada
Gimmie Shelter
The Harder They Come
Hearts and Minds
The Hidden Fortress
The Royal Tennenbaums
The Ruling Class
The Seven Samurai
Solaris
Straw Dogs
That Obscure Object of Desire
Tokyo Olympiad (which I also own on laserdisc)
Videodrome
Yojimbo

Tokyo Olympiad has the distinction of having my favorite commentary track, even over other faves such as Gilliam's Brazil commentary. Alas, Kon Ichikawa is dead, but film historian and Olympics buff Peter Cowie does a bang up job in his place, offering a solid three hours of film and sports commentary.

This is one of the more overlooked Criterions, so allow me to take a moment to plug it to each and every one of you. It's one helluva film, and I adore the showdown between the Japanese and Soviet women's volleyball teams. Trivia note: footage from the finale of Tokyo Olympiad was used in the film Marathon Man.

There are plenty of Criterions I'd love to own, but right now The Battle of Algiers is at the top of my list. Meanwhile, I'm hoping they release more of Buñuel's flicks on DVD.

Fernando Rey represent!

FnordChan

 

[borghe]

doh.. knew I forgot some

The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore

 

[ge-man]

M. Hulot's Holiday and Mon Oncle are back in print. Alas, Playtime - the one Tati film I really want to own - is still OOP, but hopefully it'll be returning before too long.

That's nice to here about the other discs. Playtime is a shame, though. It was the first film I saw in my first film studies class, so I have fond memories of it.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Chasing Amy


They dont do many movies I even care to see.

 

[borghe]

lol.. another forgot one

Chasing Amy

you guys are making me realize I have more than I thought..

 

[SpoonyBard]

Just Sanjuro, I try to avoid buying NTSC DVD's these days..

 

[Necroscope]

I just ordered the Hitchcock collection too. I got it for $200 canadain on Amazon.ca market place, brand new. Like that the thread-starter said, this one is out of print, get it while the price is reasonable. I also have Wong Ka Wai's "In the mood for love".