It’s time to cast an eye on the Criterion Collection, a distribution company renowned for giving cult, classic and world cinema a new lease of life… Christopher Nolan and Guillermo del Toro have come out recently and spoken of the importance of physical media and the dangers of everything shifting to digital. The art of […]

They are:

  • Cronos
  • Following
  • Stalker
  • Diabolique
  • The Piano Teacher
  • Blow Out
  • Paris, Texas
  • Days of Heaven
  • On the Waterfront
  • Quadrophenia
  • Pale Flower
  • Woman in the Dunes
  • La Haine
  • My Life as a Dog
  • Naked
  • Do The Right Thing
  • Brazil
  • Cries and Whispers
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc
  • Le Samourai

It’s a solid eclectic mix but what are your favourites?

  • ZagamTheVile@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    I love Quadrophenia too. It’s one of my go-tos when I’m moody. Stellar album too. It’s one of a few I’ll listen to all the way through rather than just a few singles.

  • WatDabney@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    That’s a pretty good list - I particularly like Brazil, My Life as a Dog, Woman in the Dunes and Paris, Texas. And I didn’t even know there was a film version of Stalker - I loved the novel.

    Though there are so many (over 1,500 total) and they’re so good that there’s room for many more.

    Just browsing the full list, I’m also partial to, among others: Repo Man, Harold and Maude, Coup de Torchon, Night on Earth (and really everything by Jim Jarmusch), Withnail and I, Jabberwocky (the source of my username), After Hours, Slacker, Koyaanisqatsi, Wings of Desire, Vernon Florida, The Princess Bride, If…

    And I noted, in talking about Ron Perlman, the author mentioned City of Lost Children, and I can’t help but wonder how that’s not part of the Criterion Collection - it seems such a perfect fit.

    I also note a sort of surprising lack of Luc Besson. He seems a perfect fit too.

    Mostly though, browsing the list made me realize how many great movies I still haven’t seen.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMAEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      And I noted, in talking about Ron Perlman, the author mentioned City of Lost Children, and I can’t help but wonder how that’s not part of the Criterion Collection - it seems such a perfect fit.

      I also note a sort of surprising lack of Luc Besson. He seems a perfect fit too.

      Sony and StudioCanal, respectively, kept the rights and made the 4k releases themselves.

      Leon and Fifth Element you can understand but City of Lost Children seems the kind of title perfect for a boutique Blu-ray publisher.

      • WatDabney@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        It actually sort of bothers me to have a favorite Jarmusch film - it sort of feels like I’m cheating on the others. But even as much as I love the rest of them, Night on Earth just stands out.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMAEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I love Brazil, it was one of my personal picks from the list. I feel it, and 12 Monkeys, are peak Gilliam. It may not have aged as well as others, so I can’t guarantee you’ll like it (especially if you didn’t first time around) but I’d definitely recommend a second watch.

        • ZagamTheVile@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          Yeah, Brazil is a favorite of mine. I still flinch when I see chinadoll heads. Deff peak Gilliam. I think its a great mix of his dystopian future fever-dream, and witty sarcastic take on the modern world. And fwiw, he’s not a goofy Britt, he’s a goofy Minnesotian.

  • maculata@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    9 months ago

    I can’t get Criterion I’m Australia so I’m blocking this community with a vengeance, whilst weeping softly.