Films for Criterion consideration: 1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Weine 1921) 2. Faust (F.W. Murnau 1926) 3. Metropolis (Fritz Lang 1927) 4. The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky 1973) 5. The Devil, Probably (Robert Bresson 1977) 6. For a Few Dollars More (Sergio Leone 1965)
Almost all of those are on the Eureka Masters of Cinema label, which often betters Criterion for choice. Also, not enough love nowadays for the middle movie in the Dollar trilogy, my favorite.
@@DaisukeBeppu I have a big box set of the 50th anniversary of '2001' that was made by World Cinema Library. Only 500 of it were made. It includes the 4K of the movie, one blu ray of the movie, another blu ray of special features and a DVD of the Kubrick 3 hour documentary 'A Life In Pictures'. It also includes postcards, the screenplay, booklets and some ID cards of the two main characters, so it has a lot of great stuff in this set.
Some that I thought during the video: 1) Linktaler's animated films: A Scanner Darkly and Waking Life. 2) Some japanese animations like Akira or Angel's Egg, and maybe of Ghibli's prime material. 3) Charlie Kauffman's Anomalisa 4) Sylvain Chomet's animated films and shortfilms 5) Neco z Alenky (1988) - the surrealistic czech version of Alice in Wonderland -maybe with other short films from the director- 6) And many other classic lost pieces of animation from different ages and countries of origin -from The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) to Sita Sings the Blues (2008) 7) Paul Verhoeven's Turkish Delight and Der vierde man 8) Hable con ella by Almodóvar 9) Spielberg's first works, including 60s shorts and TV episodes (like Columbo's), TV movies, and why not Duel (1971) 10) The whole Georges Méliès' work, and try to include a profound revision of it 11) Scorsese's music documentaries (including recent George Harrison's) and Kundun (1997) 12) More of "giallo" cinema: Argento's and Bava's 13) Battleship Potemkin (1925) and other of the soviet silent cinema 14) I don’t know if it is a bit vane, but all Disney’s nature and places of the world documentaries, like The Living Desert (1953) or The Vanishing Prairie (1954) 15) Zhang Yimou's films, specially his late 80s and early 90s 16) Ang Lee's early taiwanese films 17) Kaige Chen's Farewell My Concubine (1993) 18) 4 months, 3 week and 2 days (2007) 19) Uncle Boonmee who can recall his past lives (2010) 20) Haneke's Funny Games (1997), The White Ribbon (2009) and Amour (2012) 21) Some 60s and 70s experimental films compilation, like Wavelenght (1967) 22) Viy (1968) and some eatern Europe classic horror 23) Many some 70s blaxploitation films 24) ... and many, many more
Wow.... what a brilliant list. Where to begin... I think that as a general comment I am in total agreement with you. I think that also you should be happy regarding item No. 18 on your list! It is great to have it. Also I share your wish regarding the inclusion of works of animation from all over the world. This would be very welcome in my and if that could happen, that would be a great time. I have also heard many others comment about the films of Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, as well as more early Ang Lee, and I am right there with you, as well as more Apichatpong films which you have also mentioned. I would also LOVE LOVE LOVE to see a release of Wavelength!!!!! And I am a horror film fan, and so Russian horror and Italian horror as well as others would be very welcome indeed (as you also very much suggest).... Very excellent list indeed! Best regards.
Thank you very much for this excellent comment! Well done. The greatest thing for me with CZcams is the ability to receive excellent comments like this. And, you may be in luck, because as far as I know, and if you are referring to the Olivier version of Hamlet, I believe that it is still available in the Criterion Collection. True, it is still in an early DVD version only, but it is better than nothing. But if you are commenting that you would like to see such title upgraded to blu ray, then I wholeheartedly agree with you! Well done.
I’d like to see Empire of the Sun put out on Criterion. It’s a great movie that is commonly overlooked by audiences despite being a Spielberg film. Also the current blu ray packaging is pretty terrible.
koth, you know something... and your comment really makes me regret it... I actually had a little bit in the video about Spielberg films, but I cut it out during editing because my comments were not good enough I felt. I really believe that Spielberg films should be included. And I agree with you that a film like EMPIRE OF THE SUN would be a great candidate. I also have a strong admiration for films like MUNICH and ALWAYS and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (which was a CC laserdisc back in the day), as well as SCHINDLER'S LIST in particular. Also there are his action greats like JAWS and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
Empire of the Sun would be most welcome (and possible since Criterion seems to have a deal w Warners now), but one great gem of his that I'd love to see the CC do is The Sugarland Express. Spielberg doesn't talk much abt it, which is a shame because it truly is a textbook on film direction.
I just recently rewatched this movie so that's why I'm gonna suggest it, but I think Children of Men would be a great release. So beautiful and extremely relevant to our current times. Also would be a great way to get some more Alfonso Cuaron in the collection
This is a great suggestion. I think that there is a great discussion on CZcams by a really great guy on channel mementomori, who discussed the PD James book and then who discussed the film. In case you are interested: czcams.com/video/wbSz-nGj6vA/video.html I would also like to see more Cuaron films in the collection. This is a great idea.
Criterion did a lot of Cronenberg! I would like to have the Cronenberg/Mortensen- trilogy... A HISTORY OF VIOLANCE, EASTERN PROMISES, A DANGEROUS METHOD. 😍
Dear Daniel Bergmann, thank you for the great comment. I think you may be the first person to suggest the later Cronenberg films, and in particular the ones he did with Viggo Mortensen. Well done. I am in complete agreement with you... and given Cronenberg's early works represented by the great releases of SCANNERS and THE BROOD, as well as the great releases of NAKED LUNCH and VIDEODROME, etc., I think representations of his later works would be most welcome indeed. Thank you so much!!
I could list many more . Zorba the Greek Memento Blood and Sand (41) To Live and Die in LA Grand Prix Arsenic and Old Lace Manhunter Maltese Falcon (41) Excalibur Swingers
Few titles that I think deserve Criterion treatment: Apocalypse Now (1979), Francis Ford Coppola Taxi Driver (1976), Martin Scorsese One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Milos Forman Jagten (2012), Thomas Vinterberg Also, I think that's an unpopular opinion, Oldboy (2003), Chan-wook Park I really liked Oldboy & I know there is a Plain Archive version but it would be awesome if there was also a Criterion release.
What a great list, Lars. Thank you so much! For example, I know that some time ago, Criterion did in fact release Taxi Driver, but on laserdisc! Amazing! So, one day, I too hope that the film can return to the current collection! Thank you again!
The ones I'd like to see in the Criterion Collection. Roman Holiday (1953) Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Bringing Up Baby (1938) Irréversible (2002) Enter The Void (2009) Kids (1995) Hamlet (1948) needs a blu-ray release I really hope Criterion gets on the UHD 4K train soon.
Wow, the beauty of cinema, 106 flavours of film. You are such a good advert for cinephiles everywhere, so passionate and these are videos that could go on for hours. Congrats on almost 400 subscribers 😀
I’ve always been shocked that there’s no Oliver Stone films in the collection, considering how highly regarded he is critically and how significant he is in film history. His more well known stuff like Platoon or JFK probably makes too much money for the studios to loan out the rights but maybe we could see one of his less well known movies get in such as Nixon or Natural Born Killers. Stone is obviously very controversial but I think his body of work speaks for itself and he’s more than earned a spot.
That is a good point you bring up. Of course, these things ultimately come down to licensing rights and IP contracts. So, if rights holders are willing to license out the rights to a film for home media distribution and private viewing, then the sky's the limit. Once again, a very good point you bring up.
Dear Zach, thank you very much! Actually my non-Criterion and non-MoC collection is not so good, and there are many people elsewhere who have much better and more fully rounded collections than I do. However, I do what I can! And thank you very much about the glasses. I have a number of pairs of glasses, but the ones I am wearing here are my favorites. They remind me of the glasses that used to be worn by the great George A. Romero (though I don't think they are the exact model). Still, I affectionately call them my "George Romeros". I am on Facebook, and so please feel free to drop me a line if you are on Facebook! I'd love to chat! Best regards.
Daisuke I like that you mentioned Kitano, I really like his film Kikujiro, which shows a kind of softer edge to the man as opposed to films like Sonantine and Hana-bi, I feel it deserves a mention. As for films that I think should be in the Criterion Collection, I think that there's a pretty strong argument for Bela Tarr to make it in eventually, especially Satantango or Werckmeister Harmonies. I'd also really like to see Shinji Aoyama's Eureka in the collection, although I doubt that it will happen. The film's use of Sepia colour justifies it's inclusion, proving that the use of sepia tones is not an archaic or outmoded way of filming, that there is still exciting possibility in the use of this colour scheme. I also think that the Criterion Collection needs more Korean film, two directors that I would like to see enter the collection are Bong Jun-Ho and Park Chan-Wook. In particular I'd like to see the Vengeance Trilogy, Memories of Murder, The Host, or Mother enter the collection. I'd like to see Sam Mendes' Jarhead enter the collection, it's a fantastic war film, and one that inverts the typical hollywood formulae that's congealed over the course of the years. A recent film I'd like to see in the collection is Hu Bo's An Elephant Sitting Still. Sadly Hu Bo committed suicide shortly after completion of this film, and so it will be his last film, but it really is a breathtaking experience examining modern life in China. (I watched this film fairly recently, I currently live in China) My last pic would be Ken Loach's The Wind that Shakes the Barley, it's another fantastic war film that won the Palme D'Or in 2006 and really deserves to be up there with I, Daniel Blake and Kes in the collection.
Hello and your comment here is really great. Thank you so much for sharing this. I have very little to offer as a reply because I think what you say is all really great as it is. I suppose I could just add that I agree with you and in particular, I agree that South Korean cinema is sadly lacking in the current Criterion Collection, which I hope changes very soon (I know that there are already a couple titles in the collection at the moment, but as you know, there is so much more out there that would be great to see with the Criterion logo... let's keep our fingers crossed).
I'd kill for Memories of Murder and Come and See. Criterion should start adding more South Korean films in General. Only 2 SK films in the whole collection is just a disgrace.
Hello and thank you for your comment. Oh yes, I totally agree with you about South Korean cinema and the Criterion Collection. It is a shame, but hopefully more will come into the collection.
I'd love to see many more Chinese and Hong Kong Films in the criterion collection. - Raise the Red Lantern - To Live - Farewell My Concubine - Better Tomorrow (probably just the first one though the second one would be nice too) - Bring back Hard Boiled and The Killer - House of Flying Daggers - Hero I'd also like to see far more classic Japanese Films. 'Humanity and Paper Balloons' would be really nice. Similarly matching Eureka's output for Mizoguchi and Imamura. Also Criterion should really get the rest of Ozu's talkies out too. The BFI releases are good but still would love to see Criterions for all of those. Still surprised that 'Floating Weeds' hasn't made it to Blu Ray in the US yet. I still have fingers crossed that the Godzilla films they are streaming make it out in a boxset sometime soon.
Dear BlaizeV, thank you very much for your comments. These are all fantastic selections. And it would be nice to see more mainland China films, Hong Kong films, Taiwan films, etc. into the CC as you suggest. I also have a tremendous fondness for HUMANITY AND PAPER BALLOONS, and I have the Eureka DVD. Perhaps an Eclipse set would be nice? I too would love to have the Godzilla set... I am also anxiously awaiting it.... You have excellent tastes in cinema!
Robert Aldrich’s 1972 western, ‘Ulzana’s Raid’ is one that I think should be in the Criterion collection. The film has three different cuts. So far, the only version that has been made available on Blu-ray is the US director’s cut. For European cinemas, Burt Lancaster, who co-produced the film, was allowed to make his own cut and it included some excellent scenes not seen in the director’s cut. In the 1980s, WDR edited the film for German television and created an extended version that combined scenes from both versions. This particular version became so popular with fans that Universal released it on VHS in the late 90s. Criterion are the best candidates to give this film justice and should consider remastering and releasing all three versions on Blu-ray.
Hello and it is nice to see you again. I hope you are well. And what a great suggestion you make. And if ever there were a release from Criterion with the various versions, yes, that would be a great thing! I am not sure how possible it would be in terms of licensing rights, but hopefully it could happen. Thank you so much again and take care.
Some titles I want on criterion are There will be blood, Vertigo, Isle of Dogs, some of miyazaki's movies, Good Will Hunting, and two movies that I want to be on criterion but they might not be to able to because there owned by netflix but they are Shirkers and Happy as Lazzaro. I love your videos even though I only have two criterion blu rays myself.
Dear DragonRobot67, thank you so much for commenting on this video! I really apprecaite it. You know, I love those films you mentioned! In particular, Vertigo and There Will Be Blood and the Ghibli films! I also love Good Will Hunting very much. As far as your mentioning of Shirkers and Happy as Lazzaro, other friends of mine have also mentioned these films to me, which I have not yet seen. So I am happy that you are mentioning them as well! Thank you so much for this.
Some I’d love to see included (yes I saw your other video, so we have some overlap): Napoleon (Abel Gance)- epic masterpiece that needs to be more exposed Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)- deserves more extras than Warner BD The Apartment (Billy Wilder)- classic film with excellent writing Millennium Actress (Satoshi Kon)- needs more anime! Shoot the Pianist (François Truffaut)- has Criterion DVD release, needs an upgrade The Killer (John Woo)- has Criterion Laserdisc and DVD, needs an upgrade with non-upscale transfer To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan)- what a masterpiece that deserves a better transfer Se7en (David Fincher)- has Criterion Laserdisc Trainspotting (Danny Boyle)- same thing- Laserdisc upgrade Pulp Fiction (Quinton Tarantino)- classic and Laserdisc upgrade Scarface 1932 (Howard Hanks)- we all know De Palma’s version- let’s get the original on BD War and Peace 1967 (Sergei Bondarchuk)- what an epic that deserves a transfer from 70mm film I agree with pretty much all of your choices, but I feel these would be some great additions as well.
Dear Professor Who, thank you so much! And your choices are all stellar. All of them. You won't get any complaint or objection from me, my friend. I love how you also mention upgrades of current DVDs, like SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER. I also love how you mention CC laserdisc titles. With the recent announcement regarding SHAMPOO and THE PRINCESS BRIDE, as well as the news regarding THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, I am gradually becoming of the view that the Criterion Collection is actively trying to get its LD titles into the current collection. So, with such a view that I espouse (without any concrete evidence mind you, and so my view is based purely on inference), I love your mentioning of CITIZEN KANE, SE7EN and PULP FICTION and TRAINSPOTTING. I will also throw in THE KILLER (as the CC DVD is OOP). I would also add NOSTALGHIA or DERSU UZALA or BOOGIE NIGHTS, AKIRA, GHOSTBUSTERS, SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT. By the way, I just learned that SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT has not even been released on DVD?! If this is true, then I think I would have to mention this title the next time around. And your mentioning of NAPOLEON and THE APARTMENT and MILLENIUM ACTRESS. these are great choices and I agree 1000%. I should say that I am really happy to see SCARFACE and WAR AND PEACE and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Ever since I have started to make these videos, I have received a lot of great suggestions from many people, but I think this is the first time I have heard these titles! Fantastic!!!! I can tell you have excellent tastes in cinema, my friend. I am extremely humbled. Best regards.
To be fair I think the BFI release of Napoleon would take some beating whilst the Arrow Apartment is pretty impressive as a boxset. But basically I agree - and I'm especially keen on the original Hawks version of Scarface.
Can I start by saying how appreciative I am of your channel, and how glad I am to have found you. I am so impressed by your preparation and of input and every statement that you make, showing your real appreciation of All Things Cinema. Also it's very refreshing how well spoken you are, lending a professional reference to your videos. Regarding the content of this video: I would like to see some films of Emir Kusturika in the collection
Hello and wow, you are so very kind with your comment. I am very honored and moved by it. And your own list is superb, and I think much better than my own.
Dear Eduardo, OH YES!!!! This series is great! It was my father's favorite film series as well! It is not so well known outside of Japan, and so I am so happy to hear you mention it!!!! Your comment makes me very happy. Thank you!!!! That would be a GREAT BOX SET!!!!
Great suggestions sir, I’m so jealous of that Japanese bluray of lost highway, the first 45mins might be amongst the best things he’s ever done. Great Trent reznnor score. Need to track down some Hara.
We need a Takeshi Kitano box set. I would love to see Apichatpong Weerasethakul's CEMETARY OF SPLENDOR being released. I am very particular when it comes to slow cinema and I feel this is one of the best out there. Another film I am happy to hear of rumors floating around it coming to CC is Elem Klimov's COME AND SEE. A couple upgrades I am holding out hope for are LA STRADA and DO THE RIGHT THING.
Thank you for reminding me that I have not yet mentioned having more Weerasethakul in the CC, but that would be most welcome indeed! I agree with you so much. And my goodness, you have planted an idea in my mind that I am now not able to shake: a TAKESHI KITANO box set! What a splendid concept. You know, it is my own personal hunch that COME AND SEE will be one of the final releases of 2018. We last got the October release announcement, so I am guessing that COME AND SEE might be a November or December release, since the rumors have been around for a while now and they are very potent rumors indeed. As for upgrades, those two are early CC releases, and so I agree with you. I also just recently rewatched the early CC DVD release of THE RULING CLASS, with Peter O'Toole, which I plan to do for my next 5 X Criterion. Have you seen it? It is so magnificent and filled to the brim with so many seemingly conflicting tones and ideas that it is nothing short of breathtaking. I would also add other early DVDS like Loves of a Blonde, or the Eisenstein box set (which is now sadly OOP), and Salesman... but I can go on and on!
I hope your hunch turns out to be true regarding COME AND SEE. Unfortunately I haven't seen any of those films you mentioned, but i have just added most of them to my FilmStruck watchlist! I plan on watching an Edward Yang film later today. Which do you recommend I start out with? My options include YI YI, A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY and TAIPEI STORY.
Thank you so much, my friend. It is always a pleasure for me to get a comment from you. Any of those Yang films would be great... but I think my heart has to go to A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY. It is my favorite film in the CC, and so I never hesitate to recommend it to anyone. Please do not worry about the running time. I promise that it will go by so quickly. When you have finished, TAIPEI STORY and YI YI would be great follow-ups, as both are so wonderful.
Daisuke Beppu I am truely honored to receive those kind words from you. But, I should be the one thanking you for letting me pick your brain with these film suggestions. If the Criterion Collection is a film school, then surely you are one of its instructors.
Great list of movies buddy! Terrorizers has just had a beautiful bluray release with a brand new remaster! That Day on the Beach has also been released which is also stunning! Some classic Kore-eda's movies have been remastered recently however they are only available in Japan so I would love to see them come to Criterion with the special features. I don't think you'll get that much grief for Conan I think it's a visually gorgeous movie! Great content as always my friend!
Thank you, the master of all things cinema! By the way, you know the one film that I am just unable to find is Yang's MAHJONG. I actually saw it once in a movie theater here in Japan many years ago, and it had the title of "カップルズ" (or "Couples"). But I have never been able to get a copy on a DVD, etc. I wonder if you know anything about how to get this film? Also, yes, the Kore-eda films here in Japan; I must get those soon... Also Ozu's films were recently remastered and released, and so I must get those soon as well, but unfortunately those titles tend to be quite expensive for me.... Take care, my friend.
Hey Dasiuke..before I share my picks, I'd like to really express my appreciation for your videos...I am fairly new to the journey of appreciating cinema and most of the time, I feel my cinema brain is ill-equipped to process WHY I appreciate certain films. Watching your videos helps me understand why I enjoy these films and also helps me re-evaluate the ones I dismissed as being not to my taste...your videos were also the reason why I broke my bank account during this barnes and noble criterion sale...;) with that being said, I would like to see some Clint Eastwood films as I enjoy him more as a director than as an actor...films such as Mystic River or Gran Torino may be great additions to the Criterion collection...films such as Before the Devil Knows You're Dead or There Will Be Blood, I consider as modern masterpieces and may make great additions as well...
Dear Edward Kim, thank you so much for your kind words. You have a great way of putting it... the WHY of watching films. If you don't mind, I will borrow that phrase from you! And I apologize for posting my videos during the very wonderful B&N sale!!! Now, you mention Eastwood, which I have neglected but not on purpose. I agree with you! This would be great for the CC. Mystic River is a personal favorite of mine, and I really love Laura Linney in that film in particular. I admit to not liking BETTER THE DEVIL... when I first saw it, but I have since seen it about 2 more times and I really love it now... Lumet films tend to do that to me. I don't respond to them at first and then over time they occupy my thoughts like nothing else. The same is true for PRINCE OF THE CITY and NIGHT FALLS IN MANHATTAN (and your comment reminds me that those titles would be great CC titles!). And you don't need to convince me at all about THERE WILL BE BLOOD. This film has so far not weakened with its relatively short age, and I expect that its power will continue as it grows older. Thank you, and please let us know if you have any further thoughts or suggestions! Best regards from Tokyo.
Hello my friend. So, there have actually been some very credible rumors that this film might be coming to the Criterion Collection. While I don't work for Criterion and so I do not know for sure, it does still seem very likely that this film will come to Criterion one day (I hope). Anyway, please be well and stay safe and take care during these times. Cheers.
Have only recently discovered your videos on CZcams and love them all. Your enthusiasm for movies is inspiring. Having just watched your suggestions for additions, the following come to mind: "Underground" (1995) dir: Emil Kusturica. This is one of the most important Eastern European films of recent decades but is hard to find in a decent copy. The collection is not strong on British films. The best were produced immediately after the end of WWII, but were largely ignored once the new wave arrived. But now we see that they are as good as anything created in the trendy sixties. I would suggest "It Always Rains on Sunday"(1947) dir: Robert Hamer. It would be great to watch this masterpiece in a crisp print. My Latin American friends are always promoting The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema (1940s/1950s) but it is almost impossible to find any of these movies with English subtitles. A good start would be "María Candelaria" (1944) dir: Emilio Fernández. But what I would really like is a box of 3 or 4 representative titles to give us poor anglophones an idea of what all the fuss is about. Finally, a real long-shot. In the early 1960s the films of Leopoldo Torre Nilsson were much appreciated during a season of them at the British Film Institute. But since then he seems totally forgotten. I never see a mention of him anywhere. I would like to see a good print of one of his mature movies. Maybe Los Siete Locos (1973) but if not that, than another. Thank you for your consideration.
Hello and it is a great pleasure to make your acquaintance. Thank you so much for your kind words and for your very valuable time. It is very very much appreciated. And I love your suggestions. THEY ARE GREAT! It Always Rains on Sunday!!!!!!! And I love your suggestion about Maria Candelaria or other representative cinema from the 1940s-1950s cinema of Mexico. Of course the Criterion Collection has some very great examples of Mexican cinema after this period you mention, but I agree with you about the 40s and 50s. And Leopoldo Torre Nilsson! So I have not seen all of his works, but I did see for example the film Martin Fierro on VHS a long time ago. I am sure you have seen it also my friend! Finally, I agree with you about Underground. This has been released in Japan in decent Japanese releases, and I think it has also been released by the BFI as well, but I agree with you. Cheers for your really great comment my dear friend.
I'd like to see Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" because it is the most polished of his films and hints at what could have been. Jackie Chan's Police Story 1 and 2 are part of the collection. Lee should be honoured as arguably there would be no Jackie Chan without Bruce Lee. So yes, for your consideration... "Enter the Dragon" for its cultural significance. You have a wonderful and engaging channel, Daisuke.
I would like to see Leone's Once Upon a Time in America even though I haven't even seen it, but it's pretty hard to find on blu-ray atleast in Europe. Lolita would be a good fit to the Criterion Collection. Also the German film Downfall would be a great addition, although I think they should've cut 15-20 minutes of the ending. Another great video Daisuke, have a great week.
You will definitely get my support for Conan the Barbarian. I think that film is a masterpiece, frankly. Universal Studios' Blu-ray transfer leaves much to be desired, it would be just amazing to see a well done 4K transfer. Very nice and thoughtful selections! I hope Criterion has added some of your great picks here into the collection. Thank you, Daisuke.
I definitely agree with Theo Angelopoulos. There is no US DVD or Blu Ray, so it would be a dream come true if Criterion released a box set with all his films.
I would love to see documentaries such as Senna, Touching The Void, The Act of Killing/The Look of Silence, Grizzly Man, Roger & Me, Tickled, OJ:Made In America, Let It Be and McQueen in the Criterion Collection. But most of all the 7 Up! Documentaries all together and Man With A Movie Camera.
Oh... I love how you mention the UP SERIES!!! How could I have forgotten that wonderful and groundbreaking series! Yes, as you suggest, it would be great to see more documentaries in the collection. I wonder if Roger & Me will come to the collection. We did see the recent entry of Bowling for Columbine after all....
Daisuke Beppu Yes, the filming will start soon. The director of the films Michael Apted said he hopes to have the series go up to 84 Up which he would be 99. As of 2018, only one participant of the documentaries Lynn has passed away in May 2013.
The Cinematic Mind my goodness. This comment by you is really remarkable in that it suggests very rightly the breadth and scope of the series. Thank you for sharing this important information with me.
I would actually really love to see some Criterion LaserDiscs and early DVDs back in the collection (a la the upcoming release of The Princess Bride), like Citizen Kane, the 1933 King Kong, Blade Runner, 12 Angry Men, A Night at the Opera, It's A Wonderful Life, Singin' In The Rain, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Wizard of Oz, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, West Side Story, Ghostbusters (1984), Lawrence of Arabia, the first three James Bond films, Arsenic and Old Lace, Akira (the anime), Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Life of Brian, Jason and the Argonauts (gotta have some Harryhausen action in the Criterion Collection, we don't have much right now), RoboCop, This Is Spinal Tap, Evita, and one that was intended for LaserDisc but never made it onto DVD so far, Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men. Yes, I know, I am pretty much going full mainstream on this list of Criterions that need to be (back) in the collection, but I am of the opinion that Criterion should have all *all*, not some, but *all* of the very best films from all eras, from all generations, curated and finely crafted for release on physical media. Yes Criterion does do a huge service for lesser known films and filmmakers, but I think Criterion also needs to do that service for films that have been more or less neglected by the major studios, or worse, milked so dry that there's no point in making a millionth and seventh rerelease for. The other thing I think needs to happen is having Disney be part and parcel of the Criterion Collection. There's not a lot of animation and I think Criterion should play a much larger part in sparking the discussion of animation as a legitimate form of filmmaking as well as a legitimate art form. And the releases by Disney have left much to be desired next to what Criterion could possibly do with each of the films Disney has sloppily and haphazardly released, in both censored form as well as aggressively 'restored' form, as well as sloppy barebones releases with almost no bonus features to speak of for their lesser known films.
Dear BJ Wanlund, thank you for the great comment. You and I seem to think alike in that I too would love to see the remaining Criterion Laserdisc catalog return to the collection. I would also add the Voyager titles as well... as you may know already, there are some Voyager titles that are in the current collection, such as FOR ALL MANKIND. However, there are so many Voyager titles that are still laserdiscs, and so perhaps some others would be great... like the DEVO disc, or the TELEVISION TOYS Commercials disc, or the Charles and Ray Eames discs, or the Brothers Quay (2 volumes). Actually I have all but 2 Voyager LDs and so one day I hope to do a collection video on those as well. There is also SALT OF THE EARTH, which would be a great addition... As for your Criterion suggestions, yes I agree to all of them. I would also add (and you have already thought of these as well I should imagine), titles like SEVEN, BOOGIE NIGHTS, SCARAMOUCHE, THE PRINCE OF TIDES, NOSTALGHIA, DERSU UZALA, etc. And of course there are a number of others. Finally, yes, if there was some agreement reached between Criterion and Disney... why, that would be incredible. Thank you so much for your great comment. This has really gotten me thinking about the assortment of possibilities! Best regards.
Thank you! So I think there was a clue in the 2016/2017 new years' clue (which was a flag that looked to be the flag of Cuba?) but I am not sure if this is necessarily a clear indication that WEST SIDE STORY is to be released. Of course, I would love it to be, but it may be that the clue might have been pointing to the release that ended up being BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB. Of course, this does not necessarily mean that the clue means BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, and it is indeed possible that WEST SIDE STORY could be released. However I don't know other than my own best guess. What do you think, my friend?
I would be so happy if Criterion released Rob Reiner’s 1986 film Stand By Me. It is one of my all time favourites. The feeling I had when watching this as a pre teen was indescribable.
Kazuo Hara just kicked himself up towards the top of my queue thanks to your rec. Some of his films are available through my college's film streaming service. Really looking forward to Extreme Private Eros.
Oh this comment makes me so happy. I would recommend EMPEROR'S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON and EXTREME PRIVATE EROS... but GOODBYE CP and A DEDICATED LIVE are equally fascinating and compelling. I would love to hear your thoughts on these films if and when you see them. I hope you are well.
Thank you Daisuke, same goes to you. I will certainly be sure to do that. I do also have a Letterboxd where I regularly write my thoughts on every film I see, as I see them.
Greatings from Spain. Check out these titles: 1. The Horse Thief, # 1 in Scorsese's Top 10 Favorites 2. Begotten, an amazing editing technique with unimaginable results 3. Vida en Sombras, an unknown Spanish masterpiece, which i'm 100% sure if it was released in the United States, will probably be right now a milestone in the cinema world. 4. The Mother and the Whore, an incredible story with a unique look obove the human connection. 5. Alecsandr Nevsky, one of the essential pice in whole cinema history.
Hi Daisuke, thanks for mentioning "Death in Venice", i wrote you about that some comments ago, What doy you think Visconti's the Damned and the japanese blu ray release of Mahler by Ken Russel (didn't found any info on that) Greetings from Italy
Yes! Thank you! I recall your comment some weeks back... and as you know there was some news about the film at Venice. www.labiennale.org/en/news/restored-films-venezia-classici So, I am so excited as this seems to suggest with near certainty that the film will emerge in the Criterion Collection. I am an admirer of the DAMNED and I find it to be quite disturbing and very, very dark. It is curious and wonderful that you mention MAHLER. I do have that blu ray. I would love to see more Ken Russell in the collection, and MAHLER would be a great, as would others like WHORE or SALOME'S LAST DANCE (am I right that these titles are not available? I think WHORE is on a DVD, but I don't have it. I should buy it).
Thanks as always Daisuke, i think that a blu ray set with the German Trilogy would have for me a similar impact of The Devils release to you...it would be awesome, The Damned has got very little home video and retrospective attention i think ... I will wait with fingers crossed too :) So the Mahler blu ray is good id i understand right? Here in Italy we have the dvd editions of Salome and Whore but i never see the movies nor the editions...(they are old old dvds from little labels so probably very poor quality) Waiting for your next video Daisuke!
I wonder if THE DAMNED will get a good release soon. It would be great to see, again especially because the later period of Visconti's output has been receiving more and more attention lately it would seem. Yes, the MAHLER release is quite good. And after we spoke last I looked online to find information about the DVD releases of other films by Russell. I am a great admirer of his work, and I love how his films have slowly but surely been getting great releases lately (such as Arrow's release of the great, great CRIMES OF PASSION, and Criterion's recent release of WOMEN IN LOVE). And so I hope this trend continues!
Magical Mystery Tour is one of my fave albums. But the movie is so strange and pointless to me. Early Scorcese isn't a bad idea, much like Kubrick's Killer Collection. (wink) Lynch, I kinda like how he's all over the place with studios and mediums. My fave of Dave's is The Straight Story, and the fact it's Disney seems to inject that family value that much more to the story. One I'd like to see Criterion do is Bob Fosses Lenny. It's somewhat touched upon in All That Jazz. But Lenny is such an important movie to the history of Lenny Bruce, free speech, Hoffman's performance, and Bob Fosses dedication and passion. So much could be supplemented to that movie to fully exploit it for historical and educational purposes. And the B&W style is so beautiful still. And sure enough, Death In Venice is a reality now! (well, almost...) Freaks as far as I know is still in release? Great movie, but don't think much more could enhance it? Political correctness and all would jump on Criterion for making them look more or possibly less disfigured than they really were. But for you Daisuke and others here, if you haven't seen Lenny yet, it's a movie that's sadly falling into obscurity, and is so important to this day IMHO. Should be in your collection already. :-)
I agree with you 100% on LENNY. And I am very intrigued by your mentioning of THE STRAIGHT STORY! It is so atypical of Lynch, but at the same time, it is SOO typical of Lynch. It is such a great one.
Marvelous video. I would love those Beatles titles. I would buy lost highway and Lolita for sure.. A film I don’t think many people Would think of that I feel would be a terrific edition would be Fast Times at Ridgemont High written by Cameron Crowe and directed by Amy Heckerling starring Sean Penn,Forrest Whitaker, Robert Romanus and Judge Reinhold. I think that film is very underrated and a very true slice of American life at that time. I admit to being the typical American who is a little under informed on foreign film. I have begun to workmen that but it is a work in progress.
I would love a Criterion release of David Lynch's 'Inland Empire', along with documentaries on his approach to digital cinema. And maybe they could include his short digital films and interviews about his paintings and music for good measure?! Now that would be nice!
@@DaisukeBeppu unfortunately Hammer is nigh impossible, since ut seems the distribution rights are all over the place. Otherwise they would exist from someone already. Hammer sets are always what seem to be just random selections boxed up together
I have heard good things about those releases though I do not have any because I have most of his films on Japanese DVD or blu ray. Thank you for your suggestion and recommendation, though. I think some other people here will be happy to learn about the Third Window Films releases.
Of course We got Scorsese Shorts and The Elephant Man and Death in Venice and Beau Travail your wishes came true there. I’d like to see Alice doesn’t live here anymore come to the collection Lolita is amazing. Celine and Julie go boating has just come out this month too It’s nice to look back at your thoughts.
Thank you so much!! Yes! That would be great... and yes, it is interesting to look back on this especially after Criterion has since made so many great releases! Thank you my friend.
Two more films that need the CC treatment: Jean de Florette (1986) Manon de la Source (1986) Directed by Claude Berri who, I was delighted to just discover, already has a film in the collection: #388, The Two of Us (1967). Would love to see a Dual-release of Jean/Manon, which is an epic French saga. Recently loaned my dvd of them to a friend who was ecstatic after watching them for the first time.
I would love to see more Hong Kong films like Infernal Affairs Trilogy. The John woo classics like Hard Boiled, the killer, A Better tomorrow. And more Japanese cinema. Like Outlaw gangster vip Trilogy, Female Prisoners 701 Scorpion trilogy.
Wouldn’t it be nice if Criterion releases some films of Werner Herzog? Films like Aguirre - The Wrath of God (1972) or Fitzcarraldo (1982) would be nice in that respect. Also in terms of great director-actor pairs, like Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski in this instance, I think this would be great. Les Blank’s feature documentary Burden of Dreams (1982) on the making of Fitzcarraldo is already an OOP Criterion DVD, and would make fine supplement, as well as Werner Herzog’s own documentary My Best Fiend (1999), which covers his ambivalent but thereby very fruitful relationship with Klaus Kinski.
Tom Timmermans, is Burden of Dreams OOP?! I was aware that the edition with the book was OOP but that the DVD release was still available? But are you saying that the release is OOP now?! Oh gosh!
Also, wouldn’t it be interesting to see Jonathan Demme’s and Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense (1984) getting the Criterion treatment? Demme’s Something Wild (1986), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and A Master Builder (2014) are already part of The Collection, as well as David Byrne’s film True Stories (1986). so it would be nice if the legendary concert film of Talking Heads received some Criterion TLC! 😊
Great video 👍🏼 Once upon a time in the west (Sergio Leone) One flew over the cuckoo’s nest Blade runner Pulp fiction Memento (Christopher Nolan) Enemy (Denis Villeneuve) Monster (Petty Jenkins) Moon (Duncan Jones) “Hamoun” by Dariush Mehrjui (I highly highly recommend it to you in case you haven’t seen it) I’m not sure if it’s true but I have read somewhere that Mr Akira Kurosawa liked this movie very much when it showed in Japan movie festival and asked who is the director of this movie? And of course “The girl with the dragon tattoo” trilogy uncut (Swedish version) I really wish I could follow you on Facebook, but unfortunately I don’t have Facebook :P Yes, I am that old 😂 If you want or wish we can have email contact :)
+shhrm666, thank you very much! No I have not seen Hamoun but I have read up on it after reading your comment and it sounds so fascinating!!! Thank you so much for this great recommendation 😆👍
By the way, I should also say that I love the list that you provided. I do know that some of the titles were CC laserdiscs (BLADE RUNNER and PULP FICTION), and so I suppose it is never totally out of the realm of possibility that a CC laserdisc could be upgraded, though I always try to be as realistic in my expectations as I can. Still, this is a great thing. Also, the CC does have a connection with Nolan, and so MEMENTO would be a great addition. Oh, yes, I would just be so happy if ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, or any Leone film, is part of the CC.
Yes, I already know about this. 😃Thank you very much for the comment though. Yes, Criterion is very good regarding receiving recommendations from the public at large.
Sonys blu-ray of taxi driver is perfect there would be nothing criterion could do to improve that, perfect 4k transfer with lots of extras also with Spartacus so at that point it would just be fetishisizing the criterion label. 2001 is about to drop on 4k UHD disc so criterion is not needed on that. I can not wait for that!!! Freaks is an excellent choice for criterion. My list this round would be Lost highway, PinkFloyd the Wall, Dogville, In America, House of sand and fog, Curdled, Dawn of the dead, Youth of the beast, the Limely, the Host, Godzilla boxset.
A Godzilla boxset (Showa era) would be fantastic.. and even the Heisei modern era too. I totally get your point about TAXI DRIVER, but there is something to be said about its place as an important CC LD and that it would feel like a nice re-introduction into the collection, but your point is well taken my friend. And so I think perhaps the better Scorsese selection for the CC would be the "early" works. Oh... the LIMEY... Do you mean the Soderberg film with Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda, and Leslie Ann Warren!!! I saw this in the theater when it was first released, and it knocked me to the floor. I love it, but I have not seen it since. That is a wonderful idea, my friend. And I think YOUTH OF THE BEAST is currently a Criterion DVD, but it would be welcome as a blu ray. And thank you for mentioning PINK FLOYD THE WALL!!! This is great and I should have mentioned that as well! As always your list is absolutely splendid. Thank you for your contribution. When you mention DAWN OF THE DEAD, are you referring to the Romero work? Best regards.
Yes the Limey I Don't know how that L got in there haha Yes Dawn of the dead Romero of course! would be the crterion halloween blu-ray of all time! A lot of the reason criterion was getting so many great movie s on LD is because the major studios were not investing in LD so criterion stepped up to the plate an d it was such a niche market compared to vhs but with blu-ray being so main stream criterion isn't needed like they were in the LD days. I just Don't get the desire to have a film like 2001 on criterion when the new 4k collector edition will be on UHD with every special feature you could imagine it will be the definitive disc like Lawrence of Arabia GodFather set BenHur Citizen Kane etc now criterion of Rebecca Traffic Dazed and confused were all great improvement over the first releases.
Oh gosh, I think Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD on Criterion... with all the cuts of the film... this would be a monumental release. I don't know anything about the chances of such a release, but as I am prone to saying, "fingers crossed". You know, I totally get what you are saying about 2001,etc. And, there is an argument that I am sympathetic to, that is based on the notion that Criterion's resources are finite and limited, and thus Criterion should try to focus on releases of titles that have not been as prevalent or voluminous. But at the same time I think that Criterion could bring much to the table in the form of unique supplements. Now, I know that Criterion does not always get the best supplements released, but I would think that if it could release a so-called "big" title like 2001, it might be an occasion to see how Criterion could top itself. Anyway, that is how i see it. But, then again, it is tough because, like many others here, I would love to see Criterion focus on other more neglected films and bring those to the attention of the cinephile world once again. This is an ongoing discussion here and elsewhere, and it is a great one and important one... and your voice, Nathan, is really important here because you have a great way of putting how you feel about the issue. Thank you so much.
Totally support Conan the Barbarian its fantastic. Not that its film noir, but that makes me think of Casablanca. How is that not in the Collection? Unless i missed it
Thank you. So, as of now, and perhaps due to rights issues, Casablanca is not in the current Criterion Collection. However, it was a Criterion laserdisc back in the day.
What website did you buy the Theo Angelopoulos because I’m trying to find the single dvds of eternity and a day, Ulysses gaze, landscape in the mist, and the traveling players since I don’t think I would want to buy the collection because they look expensive
I bought the Artificial Eye DVDs (UK) through ordinary sites like Amazon UK if I recall at a bit lower than suggest retail price. I got them a while back and if my understanding is correct, they later fell out of print or otherwise hard to get.
Wish come true with Beau Travail this 2020!! Would love to see Dancer In The Dark from Lars Von Trier, Luz Silenciosa from Carlos Reygadas, Happy Together from Wong Kar Wai (hopefully It will see the light of day next year as Janus Film has restored some of his films in 4k!), Midnight Express from Alan Parker and Drawing Restraint 9 from Matthew Barney! 😁
Thank you so much! Yes, I agree and what a great list. I saw Dancer in the Dark in the theater in NYC when it was released, and around that time also in NYC, at the Union Square Barnes & Noble as a matter of fact, I remember seeing Bjork in the store, browsing the new releases section on the first floor.
@@DaisukeBeppu Wow! What a lucky guy you are!! By the way, I would like to know if you have inventoried your collection and if so, what software do you use. I use MyStuff2 Pro for iOS which is very customizable, I have there my CDs and movie collection 😉. All the best for you Daisuke!
Are you a fan of rivette's post 70s works- other than Belle Noiseuse this period goes remarkably glossed over despite the high acclaim of that oeuvre including haut has fragile and histoire de Marie te julien
Yes!! I haven't seen his last film AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN with Jane Birkin. And I have only seen the film NE TOUCHEZ PAS LA HACHE only once (and I must see it again; thank you for reminding me!). But yes I saw HAUT BAS FRAGILE back in college, and it was very memorable (I think that this film is currently OOP?). And wow... HISTOIRE DE MARIE ET JUILEN is very excellent! Also there are the very interesting films VA SAVOIR and SECRET DEFENSE, etc. Yes, a couple years ago, there appeared to have been a bit of a "Rivette renaissance", in terms of upscale home video releases (blu ray etc.), but that seems to have slowed down in recent years. I hope it picks up, and that his 80s and 90s output gets released for North American audiences to enjoy. Oh, and JEANNE LA PUCELLE! Are you fan of this period of Rivette's work?
Daisuke Beppu Daisuke Beppu yes, I find this period of work Rivette's most compelling! As much as I love Celine and Julie, the rest of his 70s work was perhaps overstylized but worth watching and with the 80s he developed a different style that I find naturalistic and enthralling! it was very hard to find a digital copy of haut bas fragile for me but I finally did online! Thankfully in North America Cohen Media Group bought rights for 10 rivette films (1984 through 2003 so starting with l'amour par terre and going through the stunning Histoire de Marie te Julien) They have been slowly but surely restoring and releasing the films, the recent la belle noiseuse Blu-ray being from them but in April a 4K restoration of la bande des quatre received a world premiere as well! Here's hoping a Blu-ray will be out soon!
Question for Daisuke and others: Putting aside the fact that theoretically every film is worthy of the Criterion treatment, is there a film in the Collection you thought, "meh, they coulda waited on that until such and such was in the collection first." Aside from licensing, what do you think drives the urgency of publishing certain titles like The Princess Bride (a glorious edition) before, say, another Kurosawa?
Thank you so much for the question. I am sure that many people have their own views about films in the Criterion Collection that perhaps they are not fond of. I think that is the nature of a large collection like Criterion, but conversations like that are very healthy and reasonable. Also, I am not sure exactly what drives the decisionmaking process. I think though that these are ultimately decisions made by the people who work there, taking into consideration the available licensing and potential marketing, etc. Perhaps others here might be able to answer better than I can. Great question and I hope you are well.
Dear Daisuke-san, thanks for highlighting "Three by Scorsese" laserdisc. I had bought the same disc back in the 80's. (natsukashi!) It was very interesting to find out the subject of the documentary short "American Boy", steven Prince, was cast later as the gun salesman in "Taxi Driver." As you clearly mention, this was not a Criterion release, but I always admire Criterion's efforts in bringing directors' early works/short films in the special features. Weren't you disappointed though, about the new release of "Sex, Lies and Videotape" blu-ray edition? It didn't include Soderbergh's wonderful student short, "Winston", which was included in the Criterion laserdisc box-set edition. Lastly, my hats off to your efforts and videos. I really enjoy them!
I have just gotten it in the mail and so I have yet to dive into sex, lies, and videotape, but it doesn't include "Winston"? You allude to the short film that was included in the marvelous CAV release of the film as a Criterion Laserdisc. So, this is unfortunate. It makes me happy that I have the laserdisc I suppose, but even more so it is a bit disappointing not to have that included in this recent release. And thank you very much for your kind words. I am sorry because they are very long all the time, and so I admire your patience as I try to get them shorter. Best regards!
I'm only halfway through this video but some great picks so far! Magical mystery tour, help! And let it be? Why not a whole Beatles boxset maybe even with the Beatles anthology!! I was quite frustrated as I would've picked up the Scorsese shorts that criterion released blu ray but I didn't because unfortunately they did not include who's that knocking at my door, for me personally a collection of short films just isn't enough for me to warrant a purchase as I have to be selective with my criterion pick ups as I am paying quite high prices. Lolita what an amazing pick I would kill for that release! Lost highway aswell would be incredible! Everything else by lynch in fact maybe even a lynch boxset. Some really cool and interesting picks here! Great video
Hello and thank you for commenting on this older video. And yes, that would be a great release.. .a Beatles release. Oh yes, Who's That Knocking... would be a great release too. I have it on DVD at the moment but it could really nicely complement the Scorsese Shorts as you suggest.
La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful) would be a nice one to see, but I don't know Criterion's criteria for inclusion. Also, you are the Bob Ross of movies... I could listen to your soothing voice for hours. I'm sure some viewers even see you as ASMR almost.
You are very very kind, my friend. Thank you so much for your kind words! Also, thank you for your great suggestion! I saw Life is Beautiful in the US when it was first released there in theaters. I too do not know what exactly the criteria are for inclusion or not, but in any event, I agree with you! Cheers my friend.
I think that's a great idea, having Magical Mystery Tour Criterioned. Comment #2...I also own that BFI DVD edition of Celine and Julie. I've watched it a couple...….maybe 3?....times and I'm still baffled by it. I would have liked it if you had gone into a bit of detail regarding the story...your theories and/or thoughts about this film.
This is a great comment... one day I hope to get into Celine and Julie Go Boating and OUT 1, because I hope to have a series discussing the films that appear on the current Sight and Sound "Greatest Films" critics poll list, and those films appear on such list. So if you don't mind I will save my specific comments for such an occasion. But if I were to make some comments here, it would be... CELINE AND JULIE...is a film that requires more than one viewing for me because it is quite confusing for me, but if I were to distill its essence as I see it, for me it is about stories and the art of storytelling, which can be placed upon the context of cinema and the issue of art and reality... it is irreverent and fresh and almost like a magical fantasy mystery film (but with the key relationship between these women to carry us through the tale quite wonderfully). And because of its structure I am constantly perplexed by it and love it. It is quite a labyrinth of a film and its structure of the narrative is quite refreshing in its confusing nature (which is a great quality to have). What do you think about the film?
I like the film because I like the two female leads and because I like all of the Paris location. The tram that ascends the adjoining steps-I believe they both lead to the highest elevation of Paris, that being the famed section known as Montmartre. I can relatively follow the story line but only up until a certain point. The story seems like a game, or a puzzle. I am used to more logical storytelling but that's not to say I want to brush this film aside. I want to follow the story and if the story goes into uncharted territory, I may be frustrated but that doesn't keep me from wanting to watch it again. As you point out, one viewing is clearly insufficient. What hooked me though is that long opening sequence in which we follow the two women, with one leading the other. Practically a star of the movie in its own right is......that house. Seemingly innocent and carefree from the outside, once set foot in, all notions of clarity are tossed out of the window. I can't elaborate much more than that, other to point out what YOU have written is what I would write. Thank you for expounding on this film and without further adieu, I think it's time to watch it yet again.
Paul, I love talking to you. You have such a great way of expressing things, much better than I do. You say the film is like a "game or puzzle". YES!!! And THAT HOUSE!!! YES!!! I agree! And I love your comment: "Seemingly innocent and carefree from the outside, once set foot in, all notions of clarity are tossed out of the window." Perfectly encapsulated. Now I really apologize because I was on purpose trying to make my earlier comment as vague as possible without giving away too much lest anyone who has not seen the film reads my comment. But I totally agree with you, and you are now making me very interested in trying to make a video about Rivette, or at least the Rivette films that I have seen. Thank you! And again, I am sorry that I have not yet addressed Masters of Cinema and in particular RO.GO.PA.G. It is coming, but I move at such a slow pace and so I really have to apologize. but please know and believe me when I say that I have not forgotten. Best regards, my friend.
Hello Daisuke and thank you for the nice words! I have to disagree when you suggest that my way of expressing things is much better than yours. Au contraire! For example, I could never conjure up the ideas you put forth when you write about Celine and Julie...."If I were to distill its essence, for me it is about stories and the art of storytelling, which can be placed upon the context of cinema and the issue of art and reality." ! The second half of that sentence is way too lofty for me to comprehend! But I love reading it! And further, your 'way of expressing things' produced these memorably descriptive phrases: "....it is irreverent and fresh and almost like a magical fantasy mystery film(but with the key relationship between these women to carry us through the tale quite wonderfully). And because of its structure, I am constantly perplexed by it(as I am)and love it(as I do). It is quite a labyrinth of a film and its structure of the narrative is quite refreshing in its confusing nature (which is a great quality to have)." So, Daisuke, I think we can put to rest the silly notion that you somehow fall behind me when it comes to expressing our thoughts. Whenever you are able to assemble a video wherein you discuss RO.GO.PAG., that will be just fine. Absolutely no need to apologize. I know you will get to it when you are ready and I thank you for that. In the meantime, I enjoy all of your video's, no matter what the subject is. A pleasure. Take care, my friend.
I would not be surprised at all to see Lolita as the next Kubrick film to rejoin the Criterion Collection because of its history on laser and only because Warners is releasing a new 50th anniversary disc of 2001. Sonatine would be a great addition. The last Katsu Zatoichi film is available on DVD in the USA by Tokyo Shock and they just announced a Blu-ray for this year. I would also like to see a future video of your movie room and how you keep and maintain your massive collection of discs. You could also tell your story of how you got started in collecting films and why you collect and the your feelings on the future of films on disc. Are you a filmmaker yourself (aside from your youtube videos of course)? What is your relationship to movies and how it has affected your life.
My friend ComicBook Ninja, how are you? Now, I just heard about the Katsu 1989 Zatoichi film to be released on blu ray later this month (August 2018) in North America. This is wonderful news! I am hoping that more people will watch this zany and wild and very bloody film! Oh, thank you so much for the suggestion about a video about my own background! I am not a filmmaker in any capacity (though when I was in my teens I did make short animation films with our family's old camcorder), and my current occupation has no direct connection with cinema or the arts. But your suggestion is very interesting. Let me see what I can come up with. Thank you again, and I hope you are well.
It looks like only two of the many movies on your wish list made it to the criterion collection to date: Celine and Julie Go Boating and Death in Venice
I love to see drive (2011) , fritz the cat (1972), Godzilla vs biollante (1989), invaders from Mars (1953), Inland Empire (2006), a box set with Toho kaiju monster like Rodan and king king escape, Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984) and Winter days (2001) also kids (1995) in the criterion collection
Thank you so much for this great list of suggestions. Oh yes, and if they could continue on with a kind of kaiju or tokusatsu series of films, that would be splendid.
You suggested the Help/Mystery Tour double bill just after I muttered the same idea to myself! But I'd probably have Let It Be in there. And just as I typed that.....
For me the films that should have this release in the criterion collection are... Goodfellas Casino The red violin Edward scissorhands Gladiator Disney's the lion king and DreamWorks the Prince of Egypt
J's Watch I think that each would be a fine entry into the collection. As to how realistic the chances are is another question, but each would be a fine inclusion.
I almost did not buy Cat People when Criterion released it a while back, because I thought they might release a set of all 9 Val Lewton horror films, but I got it though I still hope for the deluxe set now.
A Val Lewton box would be wonderful! As much as I love the Criterion's upcoming Bergman box, I think a box devoted to Lewton would be very welcome indeed.
If nothing else they really should have added Curse of the Cat People which I think is a great film albeit with a very different tone. As it is I've had to keep my old twofer DVD copy with both movies.
You are right Scorcese needs more love on the Criterion collection! After hours, as you suggested would be a logical addition. It doesn’t have a blu ray release anywhere. I also love Murder on the Orient express. That would also make a great addition being there is no US blu ray of the original. I would love if Criterion would get more Hong Kong cinema. I would love re-releases of Hard boiled, and the Killer. And I know this would never happen but a Chang Cheh set featuring some of his best films like: one armed swordsman, shaolin temple, and five deadly venoms.
+leeroygreene85 hello! I love your suggestion regarding AFTER HOURS. And I didn’t realize that MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS is not available on blu in the US. And yes!! Chang Cheh!!! Oh man! How about a Chang Cheh box set! Also with HOUSE OF TRAPS and FIVE ELEMENT NINJAS. It would be great if the Woo films returned to the CC... maybe one day they can...
Except from costas-gavras & cassavettes I don’t believe they have any other greek filmmakers. Along with Theo angelopoulos they should look at nikos papatakis filmography as well
Thank you so much for this comment. I really appreciate this. By the way, do you know if the works of Nikos Papatakis are currently available in good DVD or blu ray releases?
Are you aware of the Taiwanese Blu-ray of Edward Yang's first feature "That Day, On the Beach" (1983)? I haven't bought it yet because it's quite expensive but Touch of Film (CZcams channel) gave it a great review.
Yes I am and and I do have that Taiwan release. It is quite expensive I understand (maybe around $70 or $80 on eBay the last time I checked). But it is a fantastic film. And Touch of Film... I agree with everything he says. He is a great reviewer and a genius, and he knows more than anyone else about Asian cinema. I am not sure if it is worth it to you to get the film at such a high price, and perhaps it is available elsewhere at a lower price (but at lower quality?). However, yes it is a fantastic film and if you can watch it, I would strongly recommend it myself as well.
My list of movies I believe should be in the collection There Will Be Blood 22 July Beasts Of No Nation Its A Wonderful Life Miracle On 34 Street Serpico Battle royale Mean Streets Death Wish The Thing From Another World Dog Day Afternoon Munich
@@DaisukeBeppu BTW your video on Salo is spot on. I wrote an essay on it in university and you hit every important point. Very edifying video. Love your stuff.
@@DaisukeBeppu Hardly buddy. You know your stuff. Don't sell yourself short. Criterion should honestly hire you. A lot of people really dig your videos and analyses of films.
Kubrick i think there should A Clockwork Orange in the Criterion Collection. I know they just released a 4k, but i think they did a horrible jod on the Color Correction. The scene in the music store is all muted. Then you know Kubrick wanted the color to pop in that scene. I kinda feel messing with Films where the director is dead now should be handled with more care. Especially when it comes to color in a film. Kubrick sometimes took months to work on a scene, and to take all of the colors in his film and mute them is disrespectful.
And Kubrick's Lolita should be a no-brainer for Criterion. It's dying for a deluxe treatment, plus it was a Criterion laserdisc already. Maybe they could include Fear & Desire with Lolita?
Not a Criterion news, but still a good news: US label Media Blasters/Tokyo Shock is releasing Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi: Darkness is His Ally (1989) on Blu-ray in a few weeks! goo.gl/YuY5Cr
OH MY GOSH!! Jiro Hong!!! How are you my friend!! And yes, I just heard about this a minute ago!!! This is great news!!!!! Am I right in thinking that this is the first time that the '89 film will be released in North America? In any case, this is great news, and i cannot wait to hear what people will think about it. As you say, it seems to be scheduled for a release later this month (August 2018). Have you seen the film yet?
Can't say I'm qualified for a fan because I've watched only first four out of the entire series. Let's just say the first impression was good and he and I will keep in touch. (and I love jidaigeki in general.)
Oh yes. I adore the Studio Ghibli films. I am not sure that they would realistically appear in the Criterion Collection due to licensing, but that does not take away from how great they are. Definitely.
@@DaisukeBeppu Thank you Daisuke for all the responses! Thought about it some more and I don't how it not a criterion "Sunset Boulevard" and "Wittnes for the Prosecution" is a must have as a part of the closet. Everyone knows and talks about "Sunset Boulevard" and yes it amazing, but also is "Wittnes for the Prosecution" I don't know if you ever suggested these in one of your videos, if so then I try and find it. I also wanted to ask only if you know, is there a way to get all of the Ghibli movies in one collection or you have to buy them separately?
Thank you so much for your kind words, and your generous consideration, as always my friend. Your consideration is really so appreciated! Cheers and please continue to stay safe and be well.
Films for Criterion consideration:
1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Weine 1921)
2. Faust (F.W. Murnau 1926)
3. Metropolis (Fritz Lang 1927)
4. The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky 1973)
5. The Devil, Probably (Robert Bresson 1977)
6. For a Few Dollars More (Sergio Leone 1965)
This is a very excellent list! In particular I like your focus on silent films. This is great.
Almost all of those are on the Eureka Masters of Cinema label, which often betters Criterion for choice. Also, not enough love nowadays for the middle movie in the Dollar trilogy, my favorite.
I would love to see 2001: A Space Odyssey on Criterion Blu-ray. I would love to see the extras that they included.
This would be amazing if it happened!
@@DaisukeBeppu I have a big box set of the 50th anniversary of '2001' that was made by World Cinema Library. Only 500 of it were made. It includes the 4K of the movie, one blu ray of the movie, another blu ray of special features and a DVD of the Kubrick 3 hour documentary 'A Life In Pictures'. It also includes postcards, the screenplay, booklets and some ID cards of the two main characters, so it has a lot of great stuff in this set.
2001 has already been a Laser Disk and DVD Criterion... There is so much depth in 2001, a new commentary would be an EASY extra.
Some that I thought during the video:
1) Linktaler's animated films: A Scanner Darkly and Waking Life.
2) Some japanese animations like Akira or Angel's Egg, and maybe of Ghibli's prime material.
3) Charlie Kauffman's Anomalisa
4) Sylvain Chomet's animated films and shortfilms
5) Neco z Alenky (1988) - the surrealistic czech version of Alice in Wonderland -maybe with other short films from the director-
6) And many other classic lost pieces of animation from different ages and countries of origin -from The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) to Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
7) Paul Verhoeven's Turkish Delight and Der vierde man
8) Hable con ella by Almodóvar
9) Spielberg's first works, including 60s shorts and TV episodes (like Columbo's), TV movies, and why not Duel (1971)
10) The whole Georges Méliès' work, and try to include a profound revision of it
11) Scorsese's music documentaries (including recent George Harrison's) and Kundun (1997)
12) More of "giallo" cinema: Argento's and Bava's
13) Battleship Potemkin (1925) and other of the soviet silent cinema
14) I don’t know if it is a bit vane, but all Disney’s nature and places of the world documentaries, like The Living Desert (1953) or The Vanishing Prairie (1954)
15) Zhang Yimou's films, specially his late 80s and early 90s
16) Ang Lee's early taiwanese films
17) Kaige Chen's Farewell My Concubine (1993)
18) 4 months, 3 week and 2 days (2007)
19) Uncle Boonmee who can recall his past lives (2010)
20) Haneke's Funny Games (1997), The White Ribbon (2009) and Amour (2012)
21) Some 60s and 70s experimental films compilation, like Wavelenght (1967)
22) Viy (1968) and some eatern Europe classic horror
23) Many some 70s blaxploitation films
24) ... and many, many more
Wow.... what a brilliant list.
Where to begin... I think that as a general comment I am in total agreement with you.
I think that also you should be happy regarding item No. 18 on your list! It is great to have it.
Also I share your wish regarding the inclusion of works of animation from all over the world. This would be very welcome in my and if that could happen, that would be a great time.
I have also heard many others comment about the films of Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, as well as more early Ang Lee, and
I am right there with you, as well as more Apichatpong films which you have also mentioned.
I would also LOVE LOVE LOVE to see a release of Wavelength!!!!!
And I am a horror film fan, and so Russian horror and Italian horror as well as others would be very welcome indeed (as you
also very much suggest)....
Very excellent list indeed!
Best regards.
Wonderful list, let's hope that someone at Criterion is paying attention!
Here's another vote for Spielberg's Duel. Brilliant film. Ridley Scott's The Duellists?
Ludwig 1973, Hamlet 1948, Shining 1980, Le Charme Discret De La Bourgeoisie 1972, Il Deserto Dei Tartari 1976
Thank you very much for this excellent comment! Well done. The greatest thing for me with CZcams is the ability to receive excellent comments like this.
And, you may be in luck, because as far as I know, and if you are referring to the Olivier version of Hamlet, I believe that it is still available in the Criterion Collection. True, it is still in an early DVD version only, but it is better than nothing. But if you are commenting that you would like to see such title upgraded to blu ray, then I wholeheartedly agree with you! Well done.
Possession (1981) Hero (2002) Talk to Her (2001) (Almodovar) The Conformist (1970). Gozu Bitter Moon. Adaptation
Thank you very much for the great list. Yes, it would be great to see these in the Criterion Collection.
I’d like to see Empire of the Sun put out on Criterion. It’s a great movie that is commonly overlooked by audiences despite being a Spielberg film. Also the current blu ray packaging is pretty terrible.
koth, you know something... and your comment really makes me regret it... I actually had a little bit in the video about Spielberg films, but I cut it out during editing because my comments were not good enough I felt. I really believe that Spielberg films should be included. And I agree with you that a film like EMPIRE OF THE SUN would be a great candidate. I also have a strong admiration for films like MUNICH and ALWAYS and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (which was a CC laserdisc back in the day), as well as SCHINDLER'S LIST in particular. Also there are his action greats like JAWS and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
Empire of the Sun would be most welcome (and possible since Criterion seems to have a deal w Warners now), but one great gem of his that I'd love to see the CC do is The Sugarland Express.
Spielberg doesn't talk much abt it, which is a shame because it truly is a textbook on film direction.
@@DaisukeBeppu yeah goodfellas, casino, and the elephant man should be in the criterion collection
Spielberg in general needs to be in the Collection
I just recently rewatched this movie so that's why I'm gonna suggest it, but I think Children of Men would be a great release. So beautiful and extremely relevant to our current times. Also would be a great way to get some more Alfonso Cuaron in the collection
This is a great suggestion. I think that there is a great discussion on CZcams by a really great guy on channel mementomori, who discussed the PD James book and then who discussed the film. In case you are interested: czcams.com/video/wbSz-nGj6vA/video.html
I would also like to see more Cuaron films in the collection. This is a great idea.
Criterion did a lot of Cronenberg! I would like to have the Cronenberg/Mortensen- trilogy... A HISTORY OF VIOLANCE, EASTERN PROMISES, A DANGEROUS METHOD. 😍
Dear Daniel Bergmann, thank you for the great comment. I think you may be the first person to suggest the later Cronenberg films, and in particular the ones he did with Viggo Mortensen. Well done. I am in complete agreement with you... and given Cronenberg's early works represented by the great releases of SCANNERS and THE BROOD, as well as the great releases of NAKED LUNCH and VIDEODROME, etc., I think representations of his later works would be most welcome indeed. Thank you so much!!
I could list many more .
Zorba the Greek
Memento
Blood and Sand (41)
To Live and Die in LA
Grand Prix
Arsenic and Old Lace
Manhunter
Maltese Falcon (41)
Excalibur
Swingers
Thank you so much for sharing this great list with us.
Few titles that I think deserve Criterion treatment:
Apocalypse Now (1979), Francis Ford Coppola
Taxi Driver (1976), Martin Scorsese
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Milos Forman
Jagten (2012), Thomas Vinterberg
Also, I think that's an unpopular opinion,
Oldboy (2003), Chan-wook Park
I really liked Oldboy & I know there is a Plain Archive version but it would be awesome if there was also a Criterion release.
What a great list, Lars. Thank you so much!
For example, I know that some time ago, Criterion did in fact release Taxi Driver, but on laserdisc! Amazing! So, one day, I too hope that the film can return to the current collection! Thank you again!
The ones I'd like to see in the Criterion Collection.
Roman Holiday (1953)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Irréversible (2002)
Enter The Void (2009)
Kids (1995)
Hamlet (1948) needs a blu-ray release
I really hope Criterion gets on the UHD 4K train soon.
Thank you so much for the excellent list!
Yes, Olivier's Hamlet definitely deserves a Blu-ray release!
Wow, the beauty of cinema, 106 flavours of film. You are such a good advert for cinephiles everywhere, so passionate and these are videos that could go on for hours. Congrats on almost 400 subscribers 😀
I am also very sorry for being late with my reply here my friend.
I’ve always been shocked that there’s no Oliver Stone films in the collection, considering how highly regarded he is critically and how significant he is in film history. His more well known stuff like Platoon or JFK probably makes too much money for the studios to loan out the rights but maybe we could see one of his less well known movies get in such as Nixon or Natural Born Killers. Stone is obviously very controversial but I think his body of work speaks for itself and he’s more than earned a spot.
That is a good point you bring up. Of course, these things ultimately come down to licensing rights and IP contracts. So, if rights holders are willing to license out the rights to a film for home media distribution and private viewing, then the sky's the limit. Once again, a very good point you bring up.
Eyyyyy cool shit dude! Nice glasses too lol. And jeez your collection is huge (and a little scary) 😂 would love to get in touch some time lol
Dear Zach, thank you very much! Actually my non-Criterion and non-MoC collection is not so good, and there are many people elsewhere who have much better and more fully rounded collections than I do. However, I do what I can!
And thank you very much about the glasses. I have a number of pairs of glasses, but the ones I am wearing here are my favorites. They remind me of the glasses that used to be worn by the great George A. Romero (though I don't think they are the exact model). Still, I affectionately call them my "George Romeros".
I am on Facebook, and so please feel free to drop me a line if you are on Facebook! I'd love to chat!
Best regards.
Daisuke I like that you mentioned Kitano, I really like his film Kikujiro, which shows a kind of softer edge to the man as opposed to films like Sonantine and Hana-bi, I feel it deserves a mention.
As for films that I think should be in the Criterion Collection, I think that there's a pretty strong argument for Bela Tarr to make it in eventually, especially Satantango or Werckmeister Harmonies.
I'd also really like to see Shinji Aoyama's Eureka in the collection, although I doubt that it will happen. The film's use of Sepia colour justifies it's inclusion, proving that the use of sepia tones is not an archaic or outmoded way of filming, that there is still exciting possibility in the use of this colour scheme.
I also think that the Criterion Collection needs more Korean film, two directors that I would like to see enter the collection are Bong Jun-Ho and Park Chan-Wook. In particular I'd like to see the Vengeance Trilogy, Memories of Murder, The Host, or Mother enter the collection.
I'd like to see Sam Mendes' Jarhead enter the collection, it's a fantastic war film, and one that inverts the typical hollywood formulae that's congealed over the course of the years.
A recent film I'd like to see in the collection is Hu Bo's An Elephant Sitting Still. Sadly Hu Bo committed suicide shortly after completion of this film, and so it will be his last film, but it really is a breathtaking experience examining modern life in China. (I watched this film fairly recently, I currently live in China)
My last pic would be Ken Loach's The Wind that Shakes the Barley, it's another fantastic war film that won the Palme D'Or in 2006 and really deserves to be up there with I, Daniel Blake and Kes in the collection.
Hello and your comment here is really great. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I have very little to offer as a reply because I think what you say is all really great as it is. I suppose I could just add that I agree with you and in particular, I agree that South Korean cinema is sadly lacking in the current Criterion Collection, which I hope changes very soon (I know that there are already a couple titles in the collection at the moment, but as you know, there is so much more out there that would be great to see with the Criterion logo... let's keep our fingers crossed).
I'd kill for Memories of Murder and Come and See. Criterion should start adding more South Korean films in General. Only 2 SK films in the whole collection is just a disgrace.
Hello and thank you for your comment. Oh yes, I totally agree with you about South Korean cinema and the Criterion Collection. It is a shame, but hopefully more will come into the collection.
You no longer have to wait. Both of them are having criterion releases
I'd love to see many more Chinese and Hong Kong Films in the criterion collection.
- Raise the Red Lantern
- To Live
- Farewell My Concubine
- Better Tomorrow (probably just the first one though the second one would be nice too)
- Bring back Hard Boiled and The Killer
- House of Flying Daggers
- Hero
I'd also like to see far more classic Japanese Films. 'Humanity and Paper Balloons' would be really nice. Similarly matching Eureka's output for Mizoguchi and Imamura. Also Criterion should really get the rest of Ozu's talkies out too. The BFI releases are good but still would love to see Criterions for all of those. Still surprised that 'Floating Weeds' hasn't made it to Blu Ray in the US yet.
I still have fingers crossed that the Godzilla films they are streaming make it out in a boxset sometime soon.
Dear BlaizeV, thank you very much for your comments. These are all fantastic selections. And it would be nice to see more mainland China films, Hong Kong films, Taiwan films, etc. into the CC as you suggest.
I also have a tremendous fondness for HUMANITY AND PAPER BALLOONS, and I have the Eureka DVD. Perhaps an Eclipse set would be nice?
I too would love to have the Godzilla set... I am also anxiously awaiting it....
You have excellent tastes in cinema!
Robert Aldrich’s 1972 western, ‘Ulzana’s Raid’ is one that I think should be in the Criterion collection. The film has three different cuts. So far, the only version that has been made available on Blu-ray is the US director’s cut. For European cinemas, Burt Lancaster, who co-produced the film, was allowed to make his own cut and it included some excellent scenes not seen in the director’s cut. In the 1980s, WDR edited the film for German television and created an extended version that combined scenes from both versions. This particular version became so popular with fans that Universal released it on VHS in the late 90s. Criterion are the best candidates to give this film justice and should consider remastering and releasing all three versions on Blu-ray.
Hello and it is nice to see you again. I hope you are well.
And what a great suggestion you make. And if ever there were a release from Criterion with the various versions, yes, that would be a great thing! I am not sure how possible it would be in terms of licensing rights, but hopefully it could happen. Thank you so much again and take care.
Some titles I want on criterion are There will be blood, Vertigo, Isle of Dogs, some of miyazaki's movies, Good Will Hunting, and two movies that I want to be on criterion but they might not be to able to because there owned by netflix but they are Shirkers and Happy as Lazzaro. I love your videos even though I only have two criterion blu rays myself.
Dear DragonRobot67, thank you so much for commenting on this video! I really apprecaite it.
You know, I love those films you mentioned! In particular, Vertigo and There Will Be Blood and the Ghibli films! I also love Good Will Hunting very much.
As far as your mentioning of Shirkers and Happy as Lazzaro, other friends of mine have also mentioned these films to me, which I have not yet seen. So I am happy that you are mentioning them as well! Thank you so much for this.
Hi Daisuke - For what it's worth, I share your love of the "Walking Tall" trilogy. Nice job on the other selections as well.
Thank you!!! Thank you!!! If you don't mind, I will print out your comment and put it up on my wall next to my desk! This makes me so happy to read.
Some I’d love to see included (yes I saw your other video, so we have some overlap):
Napoleon (Abel Gance)- epic masterpiece that needs to be more exposed
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)- deserves more extras than Warner BD
The Apartment (Billy Wilder)- classic film with excellent writing
Millennium Actress (Satoshi Kon)- needs more anime!
Shoot the Pianist (François Truffaut)- has Criterion DVD release, needs an upgrade
The Killer (John Woo)- has Criterion Laserdisc and DVD, needs an upgrade with non-upscale transfer
To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan)- what a masterpiece that deserves a better transfer
Se7en (David Fincher)- has Criterion Laserdisc
Trainspotting (Danny Boyle)- same thing- Laserdisc upgrade
Pulp Fiction (Quinton Tarantino)- classic and Laserdisc upgrade
Scarface 1932 (Howard Hanks)- we all know De Palma’s version- let’s get the original on BD
War and Peace 1967 (Sergei Bondarchuk)- what an epic that deserves a transfer from 70mm film
I agree with pretty much all of your choices, but I feel these would be some great additions as well.
Dear Professor Who, thank you so much! And your choices are all stellar. All of them. You won't get any complaint or objection from me, my friend.
I love how you also mention upgrades of current DVDs, like SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER.
I also love how you mention CC laserdisc titles. With the recent announcement regarding SHAMPOO and THE PRINCESS BRIDE, as well as the news regarding THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, I am gradually becoming of the view that the Criterion Collection is actively trying to get its LD titles into the current collection. So, with such a view that I espouse (without any concrete evidence mind you, and so my view is based purely on inference), I love your mentioning of CITIZEN KANE, SE7EN and PULP FICTION and TRAINSPOTTING. I will also throw in THE KILLER (as the CC DVD is OOP). I would also add NOSTALGHIA or DERSU UZALA or BOOGIE NIGHTS, AKIRA, GHOSTBUSTERS, SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT.
By the way, I just learned that SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT has not even been released on DVD?! If this is true, then I think I would have to mention this title the next time around.
And your mentioning of NAPOLEON and THE APARTMENT and MILLENIUM ACTRESS. these are great choices and I agree 1000%.
I should say that I am really happy to see SCARFACE and WAR AND PEACE and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Ever since I have started to make these videos, I have received a lot of great suggestions from many people, but I think this is the first time I have heard these titles! Fantastic!!!!
I can tell you have excellent tastes in cinema, my friend. I am extremely humbled.
Best regards.
To be fair I think the BFI release of Napoleon would take some beating whilst the Arrow Apartment is pretty impressive as a boxset. But basically I agree - and I'm especially keen on the original Hawks version of Scarface.
Can I start by saying how appreciative I am of your channel, and how glad I am to have found you. I am so impressed by your preparation and of input and every statement that you make, showing your real appreciation of All Things Cinema. Also it's very refreshing how well spoken you are, lending a professional reference to your videos.
Regarding the content of this video: I would like to see some films of Emir Kusturika in the collection
Also-
Memories of Murder
Audition
Wild at Heart
Moon
The Rose Tattoo
Nightcrawler
Dogtooth
I can go on and on....
Hello and wow, you are so very kind with your comment. I am very honored and moved by it. And your own list is superb, and I think much better than my own.
The 1995 film Kids would be a great addition. It's tough to find a copy of and it has a controversial history.
Thank you so much, Todd. I hope you are well.
Otoko wa Tsurai yo (男はつらいよ) film series should be in Criterion Collection, all 49 of it! Those films are my dad's favorite!
Dear Eduardo, OH YES!!!! This series is great! It was my father's favorite film series as well! It is not so well known outside of Japan, and so I am so happy to hear you mention it!!!! Your comment makes me very happy. Thank you!!!! That would be a GREAT BOX SET!!!!
Great suggestions sir, I’m so jealous of that Japanese bluray of lost highway, the first 45mins might be amongst the best things he’s ever done. Great Trent reznnor score. Need to track down some Hara.
"Dick Laurent is dead."
We need a Takeshi Kitano box set. I would love to see Apichatpong Weerasethakul's CEMETARY OF SPLENDOR being released. I am very particular when it comes to slow cinema and I feel this is one of the best out there. Another film I am happy to hear of rumors floating around it coming to CC is Elem Klimov's COME AND SEE.
A couple upgrades I am holding out hope for are LA STRADA and DO THE RIGHT THING.
Thank you for reminding me that I have not yet mentioned having more Weerasethakul in the CC, but that would be most welcome indeed! I agree with you so much.
And my goodness, you have planted an idea in my mind that I am now not able to shake: a TAKESHI KITANO box set! What a splendid concept.
You know, it is my own personal hunch that COME AND SEE will be one of the final releases of 2018. We last got the October release announcement, so I am guessing that COME AND SEE might be a November or December release, since the rumors have been around for a while now and they are very potent rumors indeed.
As for upgrades, those two are early CC releases, and so I agree with you.
I also just recently rewatched the early CC DVD release of THE RULING CLASS, with Peter O'Toole, which I plan to do for my next 5 X Criterion. Have you seen it? It is so magnificent and filled to the brim with so many seemingly conflicting tones and ideas that it is nothing short of breathtaking. I would also add other early DVDS like Loves of a Blonde, or the Eisenstein box set (which is now sadly OOP), and Salesman... but I can go on and on!
I hope your hunch turns out to be true regarding COME AND SEE. Unfortunately I haven't seen any of those films you mentioned, but i have just added most of them to my FilmStruck watchlist!
I plan on watching an Edward Yang film later today. Which do you recommend I start out with? My options include YI YI, A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY and TAIPEI STORY.
Thank you so much, my friend. It is always a pleasure for me to get a comment from you.
Any of those Yang films would be great... but I think my heart has to go to A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY. It is my favorite film in the CC, and so I never hesitate to recommend it to anyone. Please do not worry about the running time. I promise that it will go by so quickly. When you have finished, TAIPEI STORY and YI YI would be great follow-ups, as both are so wonderful.
Daisuke Beppu I am truely honored to receive those kind words from you. But, I should be the one thanking you for letting me pick your brain with these film suggestions.
If the Criterion Collection is a film school, then surely you are one of its instructors.
HUGEHYE haha! Not at all... I wish I knew more. I’d say you are my teacher! 😃👍.
Great list of movies buddy! Terrorizers has just had a beautiful bluray release with a brand new remaster! That Day on the Beach has also been released which is also stunning! Some classic Kore-eda's movies have been remastered recently however they are only available in Japan so I would love to see them come to Criterion with the special features. I don't think you'll get that much grief for Conan I think it's a visually gorgeous movie! Great content as always my friend!
Thank you, the master of all things cinema!
By the way, you know the one film that I am just unable to find is Yang's MAHJONG. I actually saw it once in a movie theater here in Japan many years ago, and it had the title of "カップルズ" (or "Couples"). But I have never been able to get a copy on a DVD, etc. I wonder if you know anything about how to get this film?
Also, yes, the Kore-eda films here in Japan; I must get those soon... Also Ozu's films were recently remastered and released, and so I must get those soon as well, but unfortunately those titles tend to be quite expensive for me....
Take care, my friend.
Hey Dasiuke..before I share my picks, I'd like to really express my appreciation for your videos...I am fairly new to the journey of appreciating cinema and most of the time, I feel my cinema brain is ill-equipped to process WHY I appreciate certain films. Watching your videos helps me understand why I enjoy these films and also helps me re-evaluate the ones I dismissed as being not to my taste...your videos were also the reason why I broke my bank account during this barnes and noble criterion sale...;)
with that being said, I would like to see some Clint Eastwood films as I enjoy him more as a director than as an actor...films such as Mystic River or Gran Torino may be great additions to the Criterion collection...films such as Before the Devil Knows You're Dead or There Will Be Blood, I consider as modern masterpieces and may make great additions as well...
Dear Edward Kim, thank you so much for your kind words. You have a great way of putting it... the WHY of watching films. If you don't mind, I will borrow that phrase from you! And I apologize for posting my videos during the very wonderful B&N sale!!!
Now, you mention Eastwood, which I have neglected but not on purpose. I agree with you! This would be great for the CC. Mystic River is a personal favorite of mine, and I really love Laura Linney in that film in particular.
I admit to not liking BETTER THE DEVIL... when I first saw it, but I have since seen it about 2 more times and I really love it now... Lumet films tend to do that to me. I don't respond to them at first and then over time they occupy my thoughts like nothing else. The same is true for PRINCE OF THE CITY and NIGHT FALLS IN MANHATTAN (and your comment reminds me that those titles would be great CC titles!).
And you don't need to convince me at all about THERE WILL BE BLOOD. This film has so far not weakened with its relatively short age, and I expect that its power will continue as it grows older.
Thank you, and please let us know if you have any further thoughts or suggestions! Best regards from Tokyo.
Scorsese's After Hours (1985) is such an underrated film....i'd love to see it on criterion blu ray
Hello my friend. So, there have actually been some very credible rumors that this film might be coming to the Criterion Collection. While I don't work for Criterion and so I do not know for sure, it does still seem very likely that this film will come to Criterion one day (I hope). Anyway, please be well and stay safe and take care during these times. Cheers.
Have only recently discovered your videos on CZcams and love them all. Your enthusiasm for movies is inspiring.
Having just watched your suggestions for additions, the following come to mind:
"Underground" (1995) dir: Emil Kusturica. This is one of the most important Eastern European films of recent decades but is hard to find in a decent copy.
The collection is not strong on British films. The best were produced immediately after the end of WWII, but were largely ignored once the new wave arrived. But now we see that they are as good as anything created in the trendy sixties. I would suggest "It Always Rains on Sunday"(1947) dir: Robert Hamer. It would be great to watch this masterpiece in a crisp print.
My Latin American friends are always promoting The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema (1940s/1950s) but it is almost impossible to find any of these movies with English subtitles. A good start would be "María Candelaria" (1944) dir: Emilio Fernández. But what I would really like is a box of 3 or 4 representative titles to give us poor anglophones an idea of what all the fuss is about.
Finally, a real long-shot. In the early 1960s the films of Leopoldo Torre Nilsson were much appreciated during a season of them at the British Film Institute. But since then he seems totally forgotten. I never see a mention of him anywhere. I would like to see a good print of one of his mature movies. Maybe Los Siete Locos (1973) but if not that, than another.
Thank you for your consideration.
Hello and it is a great pleasure to make your acquaintance. Thank you so much for your kind words and for your very valuable time. It is very very much appreciated.
And I love your suggestions. THEY ARE GREAT! It Always Rains on Sunday!!!!!!! And I love your suggestion about Maria Candelaria or other representative cinema from the 1940s-1950s cinema of Mexico. Of course the Criterion Collection has some very great examples of Mexican cinema after this period you mention, but I agree with you about the 40s and 50s. And Leopoldo Torre Nilsson! So I have not seen all of his works, but I did see for example the film Martin Fierro on VHS a long time ago. I am sure you have seen it also my friend! Finally, I agree with you about Underground. This has been released in Japan in decent Japanese releases, and I think it has also been released by the BFI as well, but I agree with you. Cheers for your really great comment my dear friend.
Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It"
Oh yes. And it was a Criterion laserdisc back in the day as well.
As a Beatles fan, I’ve always wanted to see the film Help! Apparently the band were high most of time filming which is funny to me
Oh yes, Help! It was a Criterion laserdisc many years ago. Hopefully yes it could "return" to the collection one day.
Kitano’s violent cop, boiling point and sonatine would be great. The sumo wrestling on the beach is a wonderful scene.
I am very sorry! I am very late with my reply here.
I'd like to see Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" because it is the most polished of his films and hints at what could have been. Jackie Chan's Police Story 1 and 2 are part of the collection. Lee should be honoured as arguably there would be no Jackie Chan without Bruce Lee. So yes, for your consideration... "Enter the Dragon" for its cultural significance. You have a wonderful and engaging channel, Daisuke.
This is such a great idea, "Enter the Dragon"!
Thank you so much for this great idea, my friend.
Every Béla Tarr films needs the Criterion treatment
Well said! That would be great.
I would like to see Leone's Once Upon a Time in America even though I haven't even seen it, but it's pretty hard to find on blu-ray atleast in Europe. Lolita would be a good fit to the Criterion Collection. Also the German film Downfall would be a great addition, although I think they should've cut 15-20 minutes of the ending. Another great video Daisuke, have a great week.
Thank you very much, and I apologize for the lateness of my reply!!!
You will definitely get my support for Conan the Barbarian. I think that film is a masterpiece, frankly. Universal Studios' Blu-ray transfer leaves much to be desired, it would be just amazing to see a well done 4K transfer.
Very nice and thoughtful selections! I hope Criterion has added some of your great picks here into the collection. Thank you, Daisuke.
Thank you so much for the comment! Yes, it would be great if it could happen one day.
I think the evil dead should be in the criterion collection. Very influential and changed film forever.
EXCELLENT CHOICE MY FRIEND! I agree.
Yeah good choice, but I think bancock dangerous could have a better shot of getting on!
I definitely agree with Theo Angelopoulos. There is no US DVD or Blu Ray, so it would be a dream come true if Criterion released a box set with all his films.
Thank you so much. Yes, I hope that one day more films by Angelopoulos could get released.
I would love to see documentaries such as Senna, Touching The Void, The Act of Killing/The Look of Silence, Grizzly Man, Roger & Me, Tickled, OJ:Made In America, Let It Be and McQueen in the Criterion Collection.
But most of all the 7 Up! Documentaries all together and Man With A Movie Camera.
Oh... I love how you mention the UP SERIES!!!
How could I have forgotten that wonderful and groundbreaking series!
Yes, as you suggest, it would be great to see more documentaries in the collection. I wonder if Roger & Me will come to the collection. We did see the recent entry of Bowling for Columbine after all....
Daisuke Beppu The next Up documentary will be released next Spring.
The Cinematic Mind, Really! I didn’t realize..!
So does that mean that this will be 63 Up?
Daisuke Beppu Yes, the filming will start soon. The director of the films Michael Apted said he hopes to have the series go up to 84 Up which he would be 99.
As of 2018, only one participant of the documentaries Lynn has passed away in May 2013.
The Cinematic Mind my goodness. This comment by you is really remarkable in that it suggests very rightly the breadth and scope of the series. Thank you for sharing this important information with me.
I would actually really love to see some Criterion LaserDiscs and early DVDs back in the collection (a la the upcoming release of The Princess Bride), like Citizen Kane, the 1933 King Kong, Blade Runner, 12 Angry Men, A Night at the Opera, It's A Wonderful Life, Singin' In The Rain, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Wizard of Oz, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, West Side Story, Ghostbusters (1984), Lawrence of Arabia, the first three James Bond films, Arsenic and Old Lace, Akira (the anime), Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Life of Brian, Jason and the Argonauts (gotta have some Harryhausen action in the Criterion Collection, we don't have much right now), RoboCop, This Is Spinal Tap, Evita, and one that was intended for LaserDisc but never made it onto DVD so far, Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men. Yes, I know, I am pretty much going full mainstream on this list of Criterions that need to be (back) in the collection, but I am of the opinion that Criterion should have all *all*, not some, but *all* of the very best films from all eras, from all generations, curated and finely crafted for release on physical media. Yes Criterion does do a huge service for lesser known films and filmmakers, but I think Criterion also needs to do that service for films that have been more or less neglected by the major studios, or worse, milked so dry that there's no point in making a millionth and seventh rerelease for.
The other thing I think needs to happen is having Disney be part and parcel of the Criterion Collection. There's not a lot of animation and I think Criterion should play a much larger part in sparking the discussion of animation as a legitimate form of filmmaking as well as a legitimate art form. And the releases by Disney have left much to be desired next to what Criterion could possibly do with each of the films Disney has sloppily and haphazardly released, in both censored form as well as aggressively 'restored' form, as well as sloppy barebones releases with almost no bonus features to speak of for their lesser known films.
Dear BJ Wanlund, thank you for the great comment. You and I seem to think alike in that I too would love to see the remaining Criterion Laserdisc catalog return to the collection. I would also add the Voyager titles as well... as you may know already, there are some Voyager titles that are in the current collection, such as FOR ALL MANKIND. However, there are so many Voyager titles that are still laserdiscs, and so perhaps some others would be great... like the DEVO disc, or the TELEVISION TOYS Commercials disc, or the Charles and Ray Eames discs, or the Brothers Quay (2 volumes). Actually I have all but 2 Voyager LDs and so one day I hope to do a collection video on those as well. There is also SALT OF THE EARTH, which would be a great addition...
As for your Criterion suggestions, yes I agree to all of them. I would also add (and you have already thought of these as well I should imagine), titles like SEVEN, BOOGIE NIGHTS, SCARAMOUCHE, THE PRINCE OF TIDES, NOSTALGHIA, DERSU UZALA, etc. And of course there are a number of others.
Finally, yes, if there was some agreement reached between Criterion and Disney... why, that would be incredible.
Thank you so much for your great comment. This has really gotten me thinking about the assortment of possibilities!
Best regards.
Criterion announced that they are working on West Side Story so you can knock that one from the laser disc library.
Did they? Wow... was this news published anywhere?!
Why the CRITERION forum page! www.criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23
Thank you! So I think there was a clue in the 2016/2017 new years' clue (which was a flag that looked to be the flag of Cuba?) but I am not sure if this is necessarily a clear indication that WEST SIDE STORY is to be released. Of course, I would love it to be, but it may be that the clue might have been pointing to the release that ended up being BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB.
Of course, this does not necessarily mean that the clue means BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, and it is indeed possible that WEST SIDE STORY could be released. However I don't know other than my own best guess.
What do you think, my friend?
I would be so happy if Criterion released Rob Reiner’s 1986 film Stand By Me. It is one of my all time favourites. The feeling I had when watching this as a pre teen was indescribable.
Hello and when I was a kid my family had Stand By Me on VHS. So I saw it so many times!! Yes, I agree.
Kazuo Hara just kicked himself up towards the top of my queue thanks to your rec. Some of his films are available through my college's film streaming service. Really looking forward to Extreme Private Eros.
Oh this comment makes me so happy. I would recommend EMPEROR'S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON and EXTREME PRIVATE EROS... but GOODBYE CP and A DEDICATED LIVE are equally fascinating and compelling. I would love to hear your thoughts on these films if and when you see them. I hope you are well.
Thank you Daisuke, same goes to you. I will certainly be sure to do that. I do also have a Letterboxd where I regularly write my thoughts on every film I see, as I see them.
Great. I will have to read your review of the films when you have a chance to post your reviews! Looking forward to it!
Greatings from Spain.
Check out these titles:
1. The Horse Thief, # 1 in Scorsese's Top 10 Favorites
2. Begotten, an amazing editing technique with unimaginable results
3. Vida en Sombras, an unknown Spanish masterpiece, which i'm 100% sure if it was released in the United States, will probably be right now a milestone in the cinema world.
4. The Mother and the Whore, an incredible story with a unique look obove the human connection.
5. Alecsandr Nevsky, one of the essential pice in whole cinema history.
Hi Daisuke, thanks for mentioning "Death in Venice", i wrote you about that some comments ago,
What doy you think Visconti's the Damned and the japanese blu ray release of Mahler by Ken Russel (didn't found any info on that) Greetings from Italy
Yes! Thank you! I recall your comment some weeks back... and as you know there was some news about the film at Venice. www.labiennale.org/en/news/restored-films-venezia-classici
So, I am so excited as this seems to suggest with near certainty that the film will emerge in the Criterion Collection.
I am an admirer of the DAMNED and I find it to be quite disturbing and very, very dark.
It is curious and wonderful that you mention MAHLER. I do have that blu ray. I would love to see more Ken Russell in the collection, and MAHLER would be a great, as would others like WHORE or SALOME'S LAST DANCE (am I right that these titles are not available? I think WHORE is on a DVD, but I don't have it. I should buy it).
Thanks as always Daisuke, i think that a blu ray set with the German Trilogy would have for me a similar impact of The Devils release to you...it would be awesome, The Damned has got very little home video and retrospective attention i think ...
I will wait with fingers crossed too :)
So the Mahler blu ray is good id i understand right?
Here in Italy we have the dvd editions of Salome and Whore but i never see the movies nor the editions...(they are old old dvds from little labels so probably very poor quality)
Waiting for your next video Daisuke!
I wonder if THE DAMNED will get a good release soon. It would be great to see, again especially because the later period of Visconti's output has been receiving more and more attention lately it would seem.
Yes, the MAHLER release is quite good.
And after we spoke last I looked online to find information about the DVD releases of other films by Russell. I am a great admirer of his work, and I love how his films have slowly but surely been getting great releases lately (such as Arrow's release of the great, great CRIMES OF PASSION, and Criterion's recent release of WOMEN IN LOVE). And so I hope this trend continues!
Magical Mystery Tour is one of my fave albums. But the movie is so strange and pointless to me. Early Scorcese isn't a bad idea, much like Kubrick's Killer Collection. (wink) Lynch, I kinda like how he's all over the place with studios and mediums. My fave of Dave's is The Straight Story, and the fact it's Disney seems to inject that family value that much more to the story. One I'd like to see Criterion do is Bob Fosses Lenny. It's somewhat touched upon in All That Jazz. But Lenny is such an important movie to the history of Lenny Bruce, free speech, Hoffman's performance, and Bob Fosses dedication and passion. So much could be supplemented to that movie to fully exploit it for historical and educational purposes. And the B&W style is so beautiful still. And sure enough, Death In Venice is a reality now! (well, almost...) Freaks as far as I know is still in release? Great movie, but don't think much more could enhance it? Political correctness and all would jump on Criterion for making them look more or possibly less disfigured than they really were. But for you Daisuke and others here, if you haven't seen Lenny yet, it's a movie that's sadly falling into obscurity, and is so important to this day IMHO. Should be in your collection already. :-)
I agree with you 100% on LENNY.
And I am very intrigued by your mentioning of THE STRAIGHT STORY! It is so atypical of Lynch, but at the same time, it is SOO typical of Lynch. It is such a great one.
I think the early Johnny Weismuller/Maureen O'Hara Tarzan movies should be included.
Thank you so much for this, and that is a great idea!!
Marvelous video. I would love those Beatles titles. I would buy lost highway and Lolita for sure.. A film I don’t think many people
Would think of that I feel would be a terrific edition would be Fast Times at Ridgemont High written by Cameron Crowe and directed by Amy Heckerling starring Sean Penn,Forrest Whitaker, Robert Romanus and Judge Reinhold. I think that film is very underrated and a very true slice of American life at that time. I admit to being the typical
American who is a little under informed on foreign film. I have begun to workmen that but it is a work in progress.
Thank you very much for the comment, and what a great suggestion! I think that could be a really popular choice as well.
I would love a Criterion release of David Lynch's 'Inland Empire', along with documentaries on his approach to digital cinema. And maybe they could include his short digital films and interviews about his paintings and music for good measure?! Now that would be nice!
I agree! Inland Empire would be amazing in the Criterion Collection!
Rumblefish, Angel Heart, A Drugstore cowboy, Nightingale, would all make great editions too the Criterian Collection.
The Shining
Gunga Din
Hammer Horror sets for the Dracula and Frankenstein films
Cpt Kronos Vampire Hunter
Metropolis
The Thing From Another World
A great list of suggestions, Mark! I really love this. Cheers and I hope you are well.
@@DaisukeBeppu unfortunately Hammer is nigh impossible, since ut seems the distribution rights are all over the place. Otherwise they would exist from someone already.
Hammer sets are always what seem to be just random selections boxed up together
Hi, great video again. In terms of Takeshi Kitano have you picked up any of the Third Window Films releases of his? All are very good.
I have heard good things about those releases though I do not have any because I have most of his films on Japanese DVD or blu ray. Thank you for your suggestion and recommendation, though. I think some other people here will be happy to learn about the Third Window Films releases.
Daisuke Beppu I thought you’d already have the movies but I’d guess you double/treble dip on some releases if worth while? Keep up the great work :)
Thank you so much! I will definitely consider it, especially now thanks to your comment! Best regards.
Of course We got Scorsese Shorts and The Elephant Man and Death in Venice and Beau Travail your wishes came true there. I’d like to see Alice doesn’t live here anymore come to the collection Lolita is amazing. Celine and Julie go boating has just come out this month too It’s nice to look back at your thoughts.
Thank you so much!! Yes! That would be great... and yes, it is interesting to look back on this especially after Criterion has since made so many great releases! Thank you my friend.
Two more films that need the CC treatment:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Manon de la Source (1986)
Directed by Claude Berri who, I was delighted to just discover, already has a film in the collection: #388, The Two of Us (1967).
Would love to see a Dual-release of Jean/Manon, which is an epic French saga. Recently loaned my dvd of them to a friend who was ecstatic after watching them for the first time.
Fantastic suggestion. I agree.
I would love to see more Hong Kong films like Infernal Affairs Trilogy. The John woo classics like Hard Boiled, the killer, A Better tomorrow. And more Japanese cinema. Like Outlaw gangster vip Trilogy, Female Prisoners 701 Scorpion trilogy.
THAT WOULD BE AMAZING!!! I agree!!!
Wouldn’t it be nice if Criterion releases some films of Werner Herzog? Films like Aguirre - The Wrath of God (1972) or Fitzcarraldo (1982) would be nice in that respect. Also in terms of great director-actor pairs, like Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski in this instance, I think this would be great. Les Blank’s feature documentary Burden of Dreams (1982) on the making of Fitzcarraldo is already an OOP Criterion DVD, and would make fine supplement, as well as Werner Herzog’s own documentary My Best Fiend (1999), which covers his ambivalent but thereby very fruitful relationship with Klaus Kinski.
Tom Timmermans, is Burden of Dreams OOP?! I was aware that the edition with the book was OOP but that the DVD release was still available? But are you saying that the release is OOP now?! Oh gosh!
Daisuke Beppu apparently it is OOP: www.criterion.com/films/546-burden-of-dreams
Also, wouldn’t it be interesting to see Jonathan Demme’s and Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense (1984) getting the Criterion treatment? Demme’s Something Wild (1986), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and A Master Builder (2014) are already part of The Collection, as well as David Byrne’s film True Stories (1986). so it would be nice if the legendary concert film of Talking Heads received some Criterion TLC! 😊
Great video 👍🏼
Once upon a time in the west (Sergio Leone)
One flew over the cuckoo’s nest
Blade runner
Pulp fiction
Memento (Christopher Nolan)
Enemy (Denis Villeneuve)
Monster (Petty Jenkins)
Moon (Duncan Jones)
“Hamoun” by Dariush Mehrjui (I highly highly recommend it to you in case you haven’t seen it)
I’m not sure if it’s true but I have read somewhere that Mr Akira Kurosawa liked this movie very much when it showed in Japan movie festival and asked who is the director of this movie?
And of course “The girl with the dragon tattoo” trilogy uncut (Swedish version)
I really wish I could follow you on Facebook, but unfortunately I don’t have Facebook :P
Yes, I am that old 😂
If you want or wish we can have email contact :)
+shhrm666, thank you very much! No I have not seen Hamoun but I have read up on it after reading your comment and it sounds so fascinating!!! Thank you so much for this great recommendation 😆👍
By the way, I should also say that I love the list that you provided. I do know that some of the titles were CC laserdiscs (BLADE RUNNER and PULP FICTION), and so I suppose it is never totally out of the realm of possibility that a CC laserdisc could be upgraded, though I always try to be as realistic in my expectations as I can. Still, this is a great thing.
Also, the CC does have a connection with Nolan, and so MEMENTO would be a great addition.
Oh, yes, I would just be so happy if ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, or any Leone film, is part of the CC.
Why don’t you email criterion with all your suggestions on the email link on their website
Yes, I already know about this. 😃Thank you very much for the comment though. Yes, Criterion is very good regarding receiving recommendations from the public at large.
A film that should be included in the Criterion Collection: MEET JOHN DOE. (!) IMHO
Thank you very much and that is an interesting choice!
Sonys blu-ray of taxi driver is perfect there would be nothing criterion could do to improve that, perfect 4k transfer with lots of extras also with Spartacus so at that point it would just be fetishisizing the criterion label. 2001 is about to drop on 4k UHD disc so criterion is not needed on that. I can not wait for that!!! Freaks is an excellent choice for criterion. My list this round would be Lost highway, PinkFloyd the Wall, Dogville, In America, House of sand and fog, Curdled, Dawn of the dead, Youth of the beast, the Limely, the Host, Godzilla boxset.
A Godzilla boxset (Showa era) would be fantastic.. and even the Heisei modern era too.
I totally get your point about TAXI DRIVER, but there is something to be said about its place as an important CC LD and that it would feel like a nice re-introduction into the collection, but your point is well taken my friend. And so I think perhaps the better Scorsese selection for the CC would be the "early" works.
Oh... the LIMEY... Do you mean the Soderberg film with Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda, and Leslie Ann Warren!!! I saw this in the theater when it was first released, and it knocked me to the floor. I love it, but I have not seen it since. That is a wonderful idea, my friend.
And I think YOUTH OF THE BEAST is currently a Criterion DVD, but it would be welcome as a blu ray.
And thank you for mentioning PINK FLOYD THE WALL!!! This is great and I should have mentioned that as well!
As always your list is absolutely splendid. Thank you for your contribution.
When you mention DAWN OF THE DEAD, are you referring to the Romero work?
Best regards.
Yes the Limey I Don't know how that L got in there haha Yes Dawn of the dead Romero of course! would be the crterion halloween blu-ray of all time! A lot of the reason criterion was getting so many great movie s on LD is because the major studios were not investing in LD so criterion stepped up to the plate an d it was such a niche market compared to vhs but with blu-ray being so main stream criterion isn't needed like they were in the LD days. I just Don't get the desire to have a film like 2001 on criterion when the new 4k collector edition will be on UHD with every special feature you could imagine it will be the definitive disc like Lawrence of Arabia GodFather set BenHur Citizen Kane etc now criterion of Rebecca Traffic Dazed and confused were all great improvement over the first releases.
Oh gosh, I think Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD on Criterion... with all the cuts of the film... this would be a monumental release. I don't know anything about the chances of such a release, but as I am prone to saying, "fingers crossed".
You know, I totally get what you are saying about 2001,etc. And, there is an argument that I am sympathetic to, that is based on the notion that Criterion's resources are finite and limited, and thus Criterion should try to focus on releases of titles that have not been as prevalent or voluminous. But at the same time I think that Criterion could bring much to the table in the form of unique supplements. Now, I know that Criterion does not always get the best supplements released, but I would think that if it could release a so-called "big" title like 2001, it might be an occasion to see how Criterion could top itself. Anyway, that is how i see it. But, then again, it is tough because, like many others here, I would love to see Criterion focus on other more neglected films and bring those to the attention of the cinephile world once again. This is an ongoing discussion here and elsewhere, and it is a great one and important one... and your voice, Nathan, is really important here because you have a great way of putting how you feel about the issue.
Thank you so much.
Wasn’t there a laser disc of taxi driver by criterion?
Great videio. To add, I would like to see Memento and Eyes Wide Shut in the Criterion Collection.
Great suggestions!
The Elephant Man is at the top of my list
Yes! This is a great one, and one that should be in the CC. I agree 100%.
You'll get your wish in September 2020.
Totally support Conan the Barbarian its fantastic.
Not that its film noir, but that makes me think of Casablanca. How is that not in the Collection? Unless i missed it
Thank you. So, as of now, and perhaps due to rights issues, Casablanca is not in the current Criterion Collection. However, it was a Criterion laserdisc back in the day.
What website did you buy the Theo Angelopoulos because I’m trying to find the single dvds of eternity and a day, Ulysses gaze, landscape in the mist, and the traveling players since I don’t think I would want to buy the collection because they look expensive
I bought the Artificial Eye DVDs (UK) through ordinary sites like Amazon UK if I recall at a bit lower than suggest retail price. I got them a while back and if my understanding is correct, they later fell out of print or otherwise hard to get.
Wish come true with Beau Travail this 2020!! Would love to see Dancer In The Dark from Lars Von Trier, Luz Silenciosa from Carlos Reygadas, Happy Together from Wong Kar Wai (hopefully It will see the light of day next year as Janus Film has restored some of his films in 4k!), Midnight Express from Alan Parker and Drawing Restraint 9 from Matthew Barney! 😁
Thank you so much! Yes, I agree and what a great list. I saw Dancer in the Dark in the theater in NYC when it was released, and around that time also in NYC, at the Union Square Barnes & Noble as a matter of fact, I remember seeing Bjork in the store, browsing the new releases section on the first floor.
@@DaisukeBeppu Wow! What a lucky guy you are!! By the way, I would like to know if you have inventoried your collection and if so, what software do you use. I use MyStuff2 Pro for iOS which is very customizable, I have there my CDs and movie collection 😉. All the best for you Daisuke!
Are you a fan of rivette's post 70s works- other than Belle Noiseuse this period goes remarkably glossed over despite the high acclaim of that oeuvre including haut has fragile and histoire de Marie te julien
Yes!! I haven't seen his last film AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN with Jane Birkin. And I have only seen the film NE TOUCHEZ PAS LA HACHE only once (and I must see it again; thank you for reminding me!).
But yes I saw HAUT BAS FRAGILE back in college, and it was very memorable (I think that this film is currently OOP?). And wow... HISTOIRE DE MARIE ET JUILEN is very excellent! Also there are the very interesting films VA SAVOIR and SECRET DEFENSE, etc.
Yes, a couple years ago, there appeared to have been a bit of a "Rivette renaissance", in terms of upscale home video releases (blu ray etc.), but that seems to have slowed down in recent years. I hope it picks up, and that his 80s and 90s output gets released for North American audiences to enjoy. Oh, and JEANNE LA PUCELLE!
Are you fan of this period of Rivette's work?
Daisuke Beppu Daisuke Beppu yes, I find this period of work Rivette's most compelling! As much as I love Celine and Julie, the rest of his 70s work was perhaps overstylized but worth watching and with the 80s he developed a different style that I find naturalistic and enthralling! it was very hard to find a digital copy of haut bas fragile for me but I finally did online! Thankfully in North America Cohen Media Group bought rights for 10 rivette films (1984 through 2003 so starting with l'amour par terre and going through the stunning Histoire de Marie te Julien) They have been slowly but surely restoring and releasing the films, the recent la belle noiseuse Blu-ray being from them but in April a 4K restoration of la bande des quatre received a world premiere as well! Here's hoping a Blu-ray will be out soon!
I would love to see “Diarios de motocicleta” on criterion.
Such a wonderful movie.
Thank you so much!!
Question for Daisuke and others:
Putting aside the fact that theoretically every film is worthy of the Criterion treatment, is there a film in the Collection you thought, "meh, they coulda waited on that until such and such was in the collection first."
Aside from licensing, what do you think drives the urgency of publishing certain titles like The Princess Bride (a glorious edition) before, say, another Kurosawa?
Thank you so much for the question.
I am sure that many people have their own views about films in the Criterion Collection that perhaps they are not fond of. I think that is the nature of a large collection like Criterion, but conversations like that are very healthy and reasonable.
Also, I am not sure exactly what drives the decisionmaking process. I think though that these are ultimately decisions made by the people who work there, taking into consideration the available licensing and potential marketing, etc. Perhaps others here might be able to answer better than I can.
Great question and I hope you are well.
Dear Daisuke-san, thanks for highlighting "Three by Scorsese" laserdisc. I had bought the same disc back in the 80's. (natsukashi!) It was very interesting to find out the subject of the documentary short "American Boy", steven Prince, was cast later as the gun salesman in "Taxi Driver." As you clearly mention, this was not a Criterion release, but I always admire Criterion's efforts in bringing directors' early works/short films in the special features. Weren't you disappointed though, about the new release of "Sex, Lies and Videotape" blu-ray edition? It didn't include Soderbergh's wonderful student short, "Winston", which was included in the Criterion laserdisc box-set edition. Lastly, my hats off to your efforts and videos. I really enjoy them!
I have just gotten it in the mail and so I have yet to dive into sex, lies, and videotape, but it doesn't include "Winston"? You allude to the short film that was included in the marvelous CAV release of the film as a Criterion Laserdisc. So, this is unfortunate. It makes me happy that I have the laserdisc I suppose, but even more so it is a bit disappointing not to have that included in this recent release.
And thank you very much for your kind words. I am sorry because they are very long all the time, and so I admire your patience as I try to get them shorter.
Best regards!
I'm only halfway through this video but some great picks so far! Magical mystery tour, help! And let it be? Why not a whole Beatles boxset maybe even with the Beatles anthology!! I was quite frustrated as I would've picked up the Scorsese shorts that criterion released blu ray but I didn't because unfortunately they did not include who's that knocking at my door, for me personally a collection of short films just isn't enough for me to warrant a purchase as I have to be selective with my criterion pick ups as I am paying quite high prices. Lolita what an amazing pick I would kill for that release! Lost highway aswell would be incredible! Everything else by lynch in fact maybe even a lynch boxset. Some really cool and interesting picks here! Great video
Hello and thank you for commenting on this older video. And yes, that would be a great release.. .a Beatles release. Oh yes, Who's That Knocking... would be a great release too. I have it on DVD at the moment but it could really nicely complement the Scorsese Shorts as you suggest.
@@DaisukeBeppu I forgot to mention I would absolutely love to see a release of Alan Parker's Angel heart and the wall.
La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful) would be a nice one to see, but I don't know Criterion's criteria for inclusion. Also, you are the Bob Ross of movies... I could listen to your soothing voice for hours. I'm sure some viewers even see you as ASMR almost.
You are very very kind, my friend. Thank you so much for your kind words!
Also, thank you for your great suggestion! I saw Life is Beautiful in the US when it was first released there in theaters. I too do not know what exactly the criteria are for inclusion or not, but in any event, I agree with you! Cheers my friend.
I think that's a great idea, having Magical Mystery Tour Criterioned. Comment #2...I also own that BFI DVD edition of Celine and Julie. I've watched it a couple...….maybe 3?....times and I'm still baffled by it. I would have liked it if you had gone into a bit of detail regarding the story...your theories and/or thoughts about this film.
This is a great comment... one day I hope to get into Celine and Julie Go Boating and OUT 1, because I hope to have a series discussing the films that appear on the current Sight and Sound "Greatest Films" critics poll list, and those films appear on such list. So if you don't mind I will save my specific comments for such an occasion. But if I were to make some comments here, it would be... CELINE AND JULIE...is a film that requires more than one viewing for me because it is quite confusing for me, but if I were to distill its essence as I see it, for me it is about stories and the art of storytelling, which can be placed upon the context of cinema and the issue of art and reality... it is irreverent and fresh and almost like a magical fantasy mystery film (but with the key relationship between these women to carry us through the tale quite wonderfully). And because of its structure I am constantly perplexed by it and love it. It is quite a labyrinth of a film and its structure of the narrative is quite refreshing in its confusing nature (which is a great quality to have).
What do you think about the film?
I like the film because I like the two female leads and because I like all of the Paris location. The tram that ascends the adjoining steps-I believe they both lead to the highest elevation of Paris, that being the famed section known as Montmartre. I can relatively follow the story line but only up until a certain point. The story seems like a game, or a puzzle. I am used to more logical storytelling but that's not to say I want to brush this film aside. I want to follow the story and if the story goes into uncharted territory, I may be frustrated but that doesn't keep me from wanting to watch it again. As you point out, one viewing is clearly insufficient. What hooked me though is that long opening sequence in which we follow the two women, with one leading the other. Practically a star of the movie in its own right is......that house. Seemingly innocent and carefree from the outside, once set foot in, all notions of clarity are tossed out of the window. I can't elaborate much more than that, other to point out what YOU have written is what I would write. Thank you for expounding on this film and without further adieu, I think it's time to watch it yet again.
Paul, I love talking to you. You have such a great way of expressing things, much better than I do. You say the film is like a "game or puzzle". YES!!! And THAT HOUSE!!! YES!!! I agree! And I love your comment: "Seemingly innocent and carefree from the outside, once set foot in, all notions of clarity are tossed out of the window." Perfectly encapsulated.
Now I really apologize because I was on purpose trying to make my earlier comment as vague as possible without giving away too much lest anyone who has not seen the film reads my comment.
But I totally agree with you, and you are now making me very interested in trying to make a video about Rivette, or at least the Rivette films that I have seen. Thank you!
And again, I am sorry that I have not yet addressed Masters of Cinema and in particular RO.GO.PA.G. It is coming, but I move at such a slow pace and so I really have to apologize. but please know and believe me when I say that I have not forgotten. Best regards, my friend.
Hello Daisuke and thank you for the nice words! I have to disagree when you suggest that my way of expressing things is much better than yours. Au contraire! For example, I could never conjure up the ideas you put forth when you write about Celine and Julie...."If I were to distill its essence, for me it is about stories and the art of storytelling, which can be placed upon the context of cinema and the issue of art and reality." ! The second half of that sentence is way too lofty for me to comprehend! But I love reading it! And further, your 'way of expressing things' produced these memorably descriptive phrases: "....it is irreverent and fresh and almost like a magical fantasy mystery film(but with the key relationship between these women to carry us through the tale quite wonderfully). And because of its structure, I am constantly perplexed by it(as I am)and love it(as I do). It is quite a labyrinth of a film and its structure of the narrative is quite refreshing in its confusing nature (which is a great quality to have)." So, Daisuke, I think we can put to rest the silly notion that you somehow fall behind me when it comes to expressing our thoughts. Whenever you are able to assemble a video wherein you discuss RO.GO.PAG., that will be just fine. Absolutely no need to apologize. I know you will get to it when you are ready and I thank you for that. In the meantime, I enjoy all of your video's, no matter what the subject is. A pleasure. Take care, my friend.
Believe me when I say the pleasure is all mine, Paul. If it means being able to read brilliant comments like yours. Thank you so much my friend.
I would not be surprised at all to see Lolita as the next Kubrick film to rejoin the Criterion Collection because of its history on laser and only because Warners is releasing a new 50th anniversary disc of 2001. Sonatine would be a great addition. The last Katsu Zatoichi film is available on DVD in the USA by Tokyo Shock and they just announced a Blu-ray for this year. I would also like to see a future video of your movie room and how you keep and maintain your massive collection of discs. You could also tell your story of how you got started in collecting films and why you collect and the your feelings on the future of films on disc. Are you a filmmaker yourself (aside from your youtube videos of course)? What is your relationship to movies and how it has affected your life.
My friend ComicBook Ninja, how are you?
Now, I just heard about the Katsu 1989 Zatoichi film to be released on blu ray later this month (August 2018) in North America. This is wonderful news! I am hoping that more people will watch this zany and wild and very bloody film!
Oh, thank you so much for the suggestion about a video about my own background!
I am not a filmmaker in any capacity (though when I was in my teens I did make short animation films with our family's old camcorder), and my current occupation has no direct connection with cinema or the arts. But your suggestion is very interesting. Let me see what I can come up with.
Thank you again, and I hope you are well.
I'd like to see Stand By Me by Rob Reiner. They just announced Princess Bride and Spinal Tap is already in the CC on DVD.
+Infametheus, oooh! STAND BY ME!!! I love this film! What a fantastic suggestion.
I had the VHS of STAND BY ME when I was a kid and I watched that film so many times!!!!!
It looks like only two of the many movies on your wish list made it to the criterion collection to date: Celine and Julie Go Boating and Death in Venice
Thank you so much for this update!! I did not realize that until I saw your comment. Cheers.
I love to see drive (2011) , fritz the cat (1972), Godzilla vs biollante (1989), invaders from Mars (1953), Inland Empire (2006), a box set with Toho kaiju monster like Rodan and king king escape, Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984) and Winter days (2001) also kids (1995) in the criterion collection
Thank you so much for this great list of suggestions. Oh yes, and if they could continue on with a kind of kaiju or tokusatsu series of films, that would be splendid.
@@DaisukeBeppu they need to release more animated films
Walking Tall trilogy is a good candidate. Would like to see Apocalypto get the treatment.
Ohhh... Apocalypto! What a great and inspired choice!
You suggested the Help/Mystery Tour double bill just after I muttered the same idea to myself! But I'd probably have Let It Be in there. And just as I typed that.....
Dear WolfGratz... haha! Yes, sorry about that, but I did manage to mention LET IT BE, which would be a fantastic release if it was at all possible.
For me the films that should have this release in the criterion collection are...
Goodfellas
Casino
The red violin
Edward scissorhands
Gladiator
Disney's the lion king
and
DreamWorks the Prince of Egypt
Thank you so much! This is a fantastic list!!
@@DaisukeBeppu and what is your opinion on each movie that should have that opportunity?
J's Watch I think that each would be a fine entry into the collection. As to how realistic the chances are is another question, but each would be a fine inclusion.
@@DaisukeBeppu I just hope they would do it
@@DaisukeBeppu do u know how to request on what movie that deserves to be in the criterion collection?
I almost did not buy Cat People when Criterion released it a while back, because I thought they might release a set of all 9 Val Lewton horror films, but I got it though I still hope for the deluxe set now.
A Val Lewton box would be wonderful! As much as I love the Criterion's upcoming Bergman box, I think a box devoted to Lewton would be very welcome indeed.
I'm hoping I Walked with a Zombie gets a release soon.
What a great suggestion!!!
If nothing else they really should have added Curse of the Cat People which I think is a great film albeit with a very different tone. As it is I've had to keep my old twofer DVD copy with both movies.
I agree about CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE. That would have been really interesting but alas....
I keep hoping for a Criterion set of early Scorsese films, maybe an Eclipse set. Who's That Knocking and all those student shorts would be fantastic.
Wow... I never thought about that, but a Scorsese Eclipse set! That is an interesting idea.
Daisuke Beppu don't get me wrong, I'd love to be an "official" release w spine numbers etc but anything would be welcome.
Totally understood and I agree!
You are right Scorcese needs more love on the Criterion collection! After hours, as you suggested would be a logical addition. It doesn’t have a blu ray release anywhere. I also love Murder on the Orient express. That would also make a great addition being there is no US blu ray of the original. I would love if Criterion would get more Hong Kong cinema. I would love re-releases of Hard boiled, and the Killer. And I know this would never happen but a Chang Cheh set featuring some of his best films like: one armed swordsman, shaolin temple, and five deadly venoms.
+leeroygreene85 hello! I love your suggestion regarding AFTER HOURS. And I didn’t realize that MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS is not available on blu in the US. And yes!! Chang Cheh!!! Oh man! How about a Chang Cheh box set! Also with HOUSE OF TRAPS and FIVE ELEMENT NINJAS.
It would be great if the Woo films returned to the CC... maybe one day they can...
Also, speaking of Scorsese, I had neglected to mention it but another viewer reminded me and of course... THE KING OF COMEDY!
Daisuke Beppu good one! But it has a blu ray release. But it would be a good addition to the collection.
Daisuke Beppu yes, I would love that! Eureka entertainment has been releasing some Jackie Chan classics!
leeroygreene85, yes! In fact I have that blu ray 😅
Except from costas-gavras & cassavettes I don’t believe they have any other greek filmmakers. Along with Theo angelopoulos they should look at nikos papatakis filmography as well
Thank you so much for this comment. I really appreciate this.
By the way, do you know if the works of Nikos Papatakis are currently available in good DVD or blu ray releases?
Coffret Nico Papatakis [Édition Prestige] www.amazon.com/dp/B015CYTW5C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_ICSACbZF23ZZ0
I believe it’s just this set
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Can’t wait for more!
@@andreasloizou3038 THANK YOU!!!
French Connection. 2001. They should be in the criterion collection.
Thank you so much for this great comment!!!
Are you aware of the Taiwanese Blu-ray of Edward Yang's first feature "That Day, On the Beach" (1983)? I haven't bought it yet because it's quite expensive but Touch of Film (CZcams channel) gave it a great review.
Yes I am and and I do have that Taiwan release. It is quite expensive I understand (maybe around $70 or $80 on eBay the last time I checked). But it is a fantastic film. And Touch of Film... I agree with everything he says. He is a great reviewer and a genius, and he knows more than anyone else about Asian cinema.
I am not sure if it is worth it to you to get the film at such a high price, and perhaps it is available elsewhere at a lower price (but at lower quality?). However, yes it is a fantastic film and if you can watch it, I would strongly recommend it myself as well.
My list of movies I believe should be in the collection
There Will Be Blood
22 July
Beasts Of No Nation
Its A Wonderful Life
Miracle On 34 Street
Serpico
Battle royale
Mean Streets
Death Wish
The Thing From Another World
Dog Day Afternoon
Munich
Thank you so much for your great list!
The Trial (Orson Welles)
Great choice!!
I'd rather go to your space than the Criterion closet.
Wow, you are very very kind my friend. Thank you so much!
@@DaisukeBeppu BTW your video on Salo is spot on. I wrote an essay on it in university and you hit every important point. Very edifying video. Love your stuff.
joel woods oh wow! Thank you! You are a better scholar on that work than I, and so your comment is very very much appreciated.
@@DaisukeBeppu Hardly buddy. You know your stuff. Don't sell yourself short. Criterion should honestly hire you. A lot of people really dig your videos and analyses of films.
Ridley Scott's The Duelists.
That is a great suggestion!!!
Kubrick i think there should A Clockwork Orange in the Criterion Collection. I know they just released a 4k, but i think they did a horrible jod on the Color Correction. The scene in the music store is all muted. Then you know Kubrick wanted the color to pop in that scene. I kinda feel messing with Films where the director is dead now should be handled with more care. Especially when it comes to color in a film. Kubrick sometimes took months to work on a scene, and to take all of the colors in his film and mute them is disrespectful.
Thank you so much for this comment and suggestion for inclusion into the Criterion Collection. That is a very excellent point you raise as well.
I hate to be the guy that mentions Tarantino but I would buy a Death Proof criterion in a heartbeat.
I saw Death Proof in the theater and I remember how much the crowd was so into the movie. It was a fun experience.
And Kubrick's Lolita should be a no-brainer for Criterion. It's dying for a deluxe treatment, plus it was a Criterion laserdisc already.
Maybe they could include Fear & Desire with Lolita?
And this too is a great idea to have Fear & Desire as a supplement to Lolita!
Make a Orson Welles collection just like Bergman has one, just make cheaper since there will be less movies. What do you think?
I think too that a Welles collection would be a potential great seller for Criterion. Great idea.
@@DaisukeBeppu thanks for the responses
Not a Criterion news, but still a good news: US label Media Blasters/Tokyo Shock is releasing Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi: Darkness is His Ally (1989) on Blu-ray in a few weeks! goo.gl/YuY5Cr
OH MY GOSH!! Jiro Hong!!! How are you my friend!!
And yes, I just heard about this a minute ago!!! This is great news!!!!! Am I right in thinking that this is the first time that the '89 film will be released in North America? In any case, this is great news, and i cannot wait to hear what people will think about it. As you say, it seems to be scheduled for a release later this month (August 2018).
Have you seen the film yet?
No, I haven't. All the more reason to expect that release :-)
I would love to hear what your thoughts are on it if and when you see it. Are you a Zatoichi fan by the way?
Can't say I'm qualified for a fan because I've watched only first four out of the entire series. Let's just say the first impression was good and he and I will keep in touch. (and I love jidaigeki in general.)
Yes, please do! And I am happy to hear of your love for jidaigeki. Stay in touch, my friend. Best regards.
What about the Ghibli movies? Anyone would want that? You might think it animated but it much more then that.
Oh yes. I adore the Studio Ghibli films. I am not sure that they would realistically appear in the Criterion Collection due to licensing, but that does not take away from how great they are. Definitely.
@@DaisukeBeppu Thank you Daisuke for all the responses! Thought about it some more and I don't how it not a criterion "Sunset Boulevard" and "Wittnes for the Prosecution" is a must have as a part of the closet. Everyone knows and talks about "Sunset Boulevard" and yes it amazing, but also is "Wittnes for the Prosecution"
I don't know if you ever suggested these in one of your videos, if so then I try and find it.
I also wanted to ask only if you know, is there a way to get all of the Ghibli movies in one collection or you have to buy them separately?
The MCU should be in the criterion collection, especially Avengers Endgame
Very interesting! That would be very interesting and it would be really neat to see what Criterion could do with the supplements.
@@DaisukeBeppu I also think Memento would be a really cool Criterion release.
Might be just me, but everytime you say for your consideration, i know everything is gonna be ok
Thank you so much for your kind words, and your generous consideration, as always my friend. Your consideration is really so appreciated! Cheers and please continue to stay safe and be well.
yes to freaks
what about man with a movie camera?
That is a great suggestion also.