What's in your Criterion Collection collection?

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

There was a recent discussion in Here and Gone about people's Criterion Collection collections, and Linda suggested we start a new thread here if we wanted to continue - so I thought I would start one. I only recently started picking them up, and so far I have:

Kiss Me Deadly
Rushmore
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
The Darjeeling Limited
Bottle Rocket
Moonrise Kingdom
Eating Raoul
In Cold Blood
Lord of the Flies
True Stories
Inside Llewyn Davis
Blood Simple
Videodrome
Blow Out
The Silence of the Lambs
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Game
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Spartacus
Paths Of Glory
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Killing
Barry Lyndon
Dazed and Confused
Eraserhead
Mulholland Dr.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Elevator to the Gallows
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Don't Look Back
Beastie Boys Video Anthology
Chasing Amy
Traffic
RoboCop
The Blob

from the Merchant Ivory Collection
Savages

There is at least that many again in my wishlist. A few of the titles above I picked up because I found them for a dollar or two, so I felt they were worth a blind buy. Even if I don't enjoy the films, the extras usually give me plenty to enjoy or think about. And some of these are among my favorite films of all time.

cryton · **Joined:** 06 Feb 2007 **Posts:** 5212

Currently, the only Criterion Collection title I own is "A Night To Remember".

David Baker · 31 Oct 2006

Blow Out
Chasing Amy
Days of Heaven
Dr. Strangelove
8 1/2
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Ice Storm
Nashville
A Night to Remember
Rosemary’s Baby
The Silence of the Lambs
Spartacus
Thief

Michael Hovey · **Joined:** 07 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1040

I just own The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and A Hard Day's Night.

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

Chasing Amy
Quadrophenia
Princess Bride
Bull Durham
Silence Of The Lambs
Brazil
Complete Monterey Pop
The Rose
The Great Dictator
That Hamilton Woman
Rebecca
Time Bandits
Broadcast News
Night Of The Living Dead
Sisters

I think that's it.

Beachy · 18 Sep 2005

I've come close on a few occasions to buying Island of Lost Souls on special.

ted262 · 22 Aug 2004

Huh. I could've sworn I had several Criterion discs, but it turns out I only have Seven Samurai (Bluray) and Chasing Amy (DVD).

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Only one I have is a beloved horror flick from the late 60s/early 70s and that is Equinox.

Professor Plum · 10 Oct 2006

It was my idea in the now deleted sale thread, so I'm grateful to see it again here. I'll list my (quite small by comparison) collection here.

In the approximate order of which I acquired them:

Vampyr (DVD)
Following (DVD)
Godzilla (DVD)
A Night to Remember (DVD)
Rosemary's Baby (Blu)
The Uninvited (Blu)
Diabolique (Blu)
Eyes Without a Face (Blu)
Night of the Living Dead (DVD)
Carnival of Souls (Blu)
M (DVD)
Blood Simple (Blu)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Blu)
Brazil (Blu)

Next on my "to acquire" list will be Laughton's "Night of the Hunter".

hwk · 14 Oct 2006

It's A Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World,Monterey Pop,Gimme Shelter,For All Mankind,Quadrophenia,Hard Day's Night

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

All the music ones including the awesome This Is Spinal Tap.

Carnival Of Souls
Brazil
Chasing Amy
Days Of Heaven
Nashville
Rushmore
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Moonrise Kingdom
Eating Raoul
The Fisher King
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Short Cuts
Quadrophenia
Wings Of Desire
Gimme Shelter

ted262 · 22 Aug 2004

Oh yeah, I have the Criterion of Spinal Tap as well. I knew something was missing.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

I didn't even know there was a Criterion edition of This Is Spinal Tap! I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

Jason Michael wrote:

I didn't even know there was a Criterion edition of This Is Spinal Tap! I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

Its quite famous and long OOP.

Stumpy Joe · **Joined:** 29 Apr 2014 **Posts:** 1537

1. Barry Lyndon
2. Being John Malkovich
3. Blood Simple
4. Blow Out
5. Brazil
6. Bull Durham
7. City Lights
8. Dazed And Confused
9. Dr. Strangelove
10. Dressed To Kill
11. Eating Raoul
12. Female Trouble
13. Festival!
14. The Fisher King
15. The Freshman
16. Gimme Shelter
17. The Gold Rush
18. The Great Dictator
19. The In-Laws
20. Inside Llewyn Davis
21. It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
22. The Kid
23. Limelight
24. Lost In America
25. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
26. Midnight Cowboy
27. Modern Times
28. Monsieur Verdoux
29. Nashville
30. On The Waterfront
31. Quadrophenia
32. Rashomon
33. Safety Last
34. Short Cuts
35. Speedy
36. Tanner '88
37. This Is Spinal Tap
38. To Be Or Not To Be
39. Tootsie
40. Valley Of The Dolls

Momo · 22 Jun 2007

39 Steps
Ashes and Diamonds
Beauty and the Beast
Children of Paradise
Chungking Express
Darjeeling Limited
Diabolique
Forbidden Games
Gervaise
Grand Illusion
A Hard Day's Night
Hidden Fortress
In the Mood for Love
Knife in the Water
Last Holiday
Le Jour Se leve
Lord of the Flies
Marioka Sisters
Mayerling
Rashomon
Richard III
Tales of Hoffman
Variety Lights
Wild Strawberries
Wings of Desire

Dental Floss Tycoon · 16 Oct 2007

I had hundreds of these before I sold all my dvds five or so years ago. Some off my favorite Critos were:

Tokyo Olympiad
Third Man
Heaven's Gate
Thin Red Line
Amarcord
All That Jazz
Safety Last
High and Low
Rififi
Brazil
F for Fake

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

Too many to list.

JosephC · **Joined:** 27 Jan 2011 **Posts:** 2647

Criterion June releases announced:

A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman
Release date = June 4
Blu-ray upgrade of a previously available DVD set. Contains the films "Through a Glass Darkly," "Winter Light" and "The Silence." Highly recommended for those who might have interest in Bergman but don't want to spring for the big Ingmar Bergman's Cinema box set. I'm not a big fan of the film "The Silence." But "Through a Glass Darkly" is my favorite Bergman film, and "Winter Light" isn't far behind (probably in my top five of Bergman films).

Swing Time (1936)
Release date = June 11
Director: George Stevens
Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

L'humanite (1999)
Release date = June 18
Director: Bruno Dumont
Stars: Emmanuel Schotte

La vie de Jesus (1997)
Release date = June 18
Director: Bruno Dumont
Stars: David Douche

Hedwig and the Angry Itch (2001)
Release date = June 25
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Stars: John Cameron Mitchell

War and Peace (1966)
Release date = June 25
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk

I think War and Peace is the only no-brainer purchase for me. I've been waiting for this epic for a long time. 422 minutes, I think it was the most expensive film ever produced in the Soviet Union.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Thanks for posting those. A pretty diverse mix.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Here are the titles for March release:
March 12
The Kid Brother (1927) (Ted Wilde/ Harold Lloyd)
The Magic Flute (1975) (Ingmar Bergman)

March 19
Detour (1945) (Edgar G. Ulmer)
Wanda (1970) (Barbara Loden)

March 26
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) (Robert Zemeckis)
Japon (2002) (Carlos Reygadas)

Really want Detour, which looks like a great noir.

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