The Official Criterion Collection Thread

[Mr. Brown]

I saw The Devil's Backbone yesterday. I liked it. I thought it wasn't as good as Pan's Labyrinth, but liked it a lot more than Cronos. Pretty easy to see why del Toro says TDB and PL are his 2 favorite movies.

 

[Roaden Polynice]

@Tuaminator

Tokyo Drifter from 1966

Really enjoyed this. From the western themes, to the colors, the editing, the music, the cinematography, so on and so forth. It wears its influences on its sleeve and you can clearly see what other films it has influenced *cough* Kill Bill *cough*

And I think that it is a good introduction into Seijun Suzuki for me. I tried to watch Branded to Kill a little while back and just didn't get it, but I'm gonna go back and watch it after reading his wiki page and watching Drifter.

 

[dizzy4111]

Anybody picking anything up at the Barnes & Noble 50% off sale next month? Think I'm going for:

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Picnic at Hanging Rock
Red River
Ace in the Hole
Autumn Sonata

 

[MartyMcFly]

Anybody picking anything up at the Barnes & Noble 50% off sale next month? Think I'm going for:

Scanners
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Red River
Ace in the Hole
Autumn Sonata

 

[Mr. Brown]

I just finished watching M. DVR'd it on TCM a couple of days ago. It's crazy that it was made 83 years ago. It felt really ahead of its time so I'm not surprised it's considered to be a classic.

Also recorded The Third Man on TCM earlier today which I've heard is a classic too.

@Tuaminator

Tokyo Drifter from 1966

Really enjoyed this. From the western themes, to the colors, the editing, the music, the cinematography, so on and so forth. It wears its influences on its sleeve and you can clearly see what other films it has influenced *cough* Kill Bill *cough*

And I think that it is a good introduction into Seijun Suzuki for me. I tried to watch Branded to Kill a little while back and just didn't get it, but I'm gonna go back and watch it after reading his wiki page and watching Drifter.

Yeah I saw this last summer and agree that it likely influenced Tarantino. I enjoyed this movie too.

 

[StraxStrax]

I'm gonna throw Cléo from 5 to 7 out there as the best shot french film I've seen
Also fukk the Godard cameo in that movie

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Seconds is a must see

EDIT
How has this film not been mentioned yet?

 

[FlyRy]

I saw The Devil's Backbone yesterday. I liked it. I thought it wasn't as good as Pan's Labyrinth, but liked it a lot more than Cronos. Pretty easy to see why del Toro says TDB and PL are his 2 favorite movies.

I would recommend watching El Orfanatos (the orphanage ) next.. don't think it's criterion but del toro produced it and it has similairities to devil's backbone

not very scary more of a thriller, though i like the way the story ties together

i really wonder if dude is an orphan himself..4 of his films he either directed or produced are about oprhans

 

[Cal Cutta]

I'm gonna throw Cléo from 5 to 7 out there as the best shot french film I've seen
Also fukk the Godard cameo in that movie

There are a few that are better (Pickpocket, Last Year at Marienbad, Rules of the Game, La Jetee) but it's definitely up there. The big music scene always gets me. You should see the film Varda did afterward, La Bonheur. Amazing colors, seems like something that would influence Boards of Canada.

 

[HHR]

Anybody picking anything up at the Barnes & Noble 50% off sale next month? Think I'm going for:

Scanners
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Red River
Ace in the Hole
Autumn Sonata

I'm telling myself I'm only getting 6.

Ace In The Hole
Hidden Fortress
City Lights
Pale Flower
The Great Dictator
Diabolique

.....but if it's anything like that last couple of B&N sales, I'll end up with about twice that

 

[HHR]

For those of you planning to pick anything up from the B&N sale, get yourself a 2-month trial membership and save an extra 10%.......and then try to stack some coupons.

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-bargains/533548-barnes-noble-coupon-thread-part-2-a.html
They are extremely YMMV, but I've had success with both the $8 off $40 and the $5 off 50 before. Brings the price of Criterions down to like $15

 

[NZA]

i ordered eraserhead and scanners

 

[Roaden Polynice]

Really thinking of picking up Steve Zissou and Repo Man for the 50% off

 

[FlyRy]

I'm telling myself I'm only getting 6.

Ace In The Hole
Hidden Fortress
City Lights
Pale Flower
The Great Dictator
Diabolique

.....but if it's anything like that last couple of B&N sales, I'll end up with about twice that

I still haven't seen Ace in the hole breh..its been on deck for like a year . same with stalag17..been on my dvr for ages.

Diabolique is a must cop though i'll be snatchin that

 

[HHR]

For those taking advantage of this sale, I've read that there will be 15% and 20% coupons available sometime in the next week as well........