Is there any movie in this collection that you feel doesn't live up that was released before 1995?

I've been watching these movies for years; some randomly others by selection. It is a very interesting collection of various types of movies.

By definition of wiki the collection is "important classic and contemporary films".

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"The Criterion Collection released licensed, definitive editions of Citizen Kane (1941), A Hard Day's Night (1964), It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Cat People (1942), Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and Jason and the Argonauts (1963), of which some are out of print, either because the copyright has a new owner, or the copyright holders have published their versions, thus, the Criterion discs became collector’s items. * The original release of This Is Spinal Tap (1984) contains bonus materials — a 16mm test-film and two commentaries — not in the MGM DVD and Blu-Ray versions. * Midnight Cowboy (1969) contains a commentary track and presents the movie in the original 1.66:1 aspect ratio; later versions are matted 1.85:1, cropping the titles. * The laserdisc editions of Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), and Goldfinger (1964) have commentaries absent from later laserdisc and DVD editions of the first three James Bond-series movies. * Dr. Strangelove (1964) includes an original draft screenplay, and many Cold War pamphlets and films, e.g. the full version of Duck and Cover (1951) film about surviving a nuclear war. * Director Barbra Streisand canceled the publication of The Prince of Tides (1991) laserdisc upon second-thoughts about her comments; the disc was published with a re-edited commentary. The current Sony DVD lacks the Criterion Collection bonus materials. * The Fisher King (1991) contains director Terry Gilliam’s commentary, deleted scenes with commentary, trailers, story boards, and costume tests; the current Sony DVD includes only trailers. * The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) laserdisc contains film historian Maurice Yacowar’s commentary; other DVD versions have only an interview with protagonist actor Kevin McCarthy, and the movie trailer. * The Hard-Boiled (1992) DVD contains commentaries by producer Terence Chang, film-maker Roger Avary, and movie reviewer Dave Kehr; an early Woo student-film; eleven Hong Kong film trailers; and a Hong Kong crime cinema essay by David Chute; some of which are in The Killer (1989) laserdisc. Moreover, the Fox Lorber DVD contains the director’s commentary that the Weinstein Company’s 2007 DVD does not. * The It's a Wonderful Life (1946) laserdisc contains a commentary by Jeanine Basinger, curator of the Frank Capra archives, not included to the current Paramount DVD. * The Lolita (1962) laserdisc contains the Stanley Kubrick-approved alternating-aspect ratio (1.33:1–1.66:1) version; later releases are in 1.66:1 aspect ratio. * The High Noon (1952), Some Like It Hot (1959), and The Graduate (1967) laserdiscs contain film historian Howard Suber’s commentaries, unavailable elsewhere. * The A Hard Day's Night (1964) laserdisc contains the trailer, a Richard Lester director’s interview, and The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959). * The Carrie (1976) laserdisc contains commentaries by film historian Laurent Bouzereau (The De Palma Cut) and screenwriter Lawrence D. Cohen, it is one two extant commentaries for a Brian De Palma film, unavailable elsewhere; the other is Mission to Mars (2000). * The Fox-Lorber (Region 1) and Optimum Releasing (Region 2) versions of Breathless (1960) have a green tinge, which The Criterion Collection removed for its two-disc Region 1 edition containing a restored image approved by director of photography, Raoul Coutard, and interviews with the director, assistant director, actors, the film-maker D. A. Pennebaker, a documentary, and the short film Charlotte et son Jules (1959). * The Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) laserdisc contains director John Sturges’s commentary, specific to that version. The 2005 Warner Home Video US DVD contains a commentary by film scholar Dana Polan. "

http://www.criterion.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Criterion_Collection_DVD_and_Blu-ray_releases




[Edited on April 18, 2010 at 7:45 PM. Reason : /]

4/18/2010 7:37:27 PM

kudos

4/18/2010 7:39:51 PM

please lock this mods. he's already got one of these

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

4/18/2010 7:40:06 PM

the other thread is already in the process of being closed and deleted, trolling the Entertainment section can result in suspensions.

4/18/2010 7:40:55 PM

Now, was that so hard?

4/18/2010 7:55:04 PM

watching "Breathless" now, some of these foreign movies take the right mood for me to watch them through.

4/18/2010 8:16:19 PM

eh "Breathless" wasn't so great, going to have to check out the next one tomorrow.

I think I'll pull from the 80-90's tomorrow instead of the 50-60's











[Edited on April 18, 2010 at 11:04 PM. Reason : ?]

4/18/2010 10:58:45 PM

wrong

4/18/2010 11:01:11 PM

what is wrong?

4/18/2010 11:01:41 PM

Your assessment of Breathless.

4/18/2010 11:05:53 PM

it just wasn't my kind of movie, not all of the Criterion Collection is what I like; just most of it.

4/18/2010 11:10:48 PM

the old thread was better

4/19/2010 2:32:26 PM

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"wrong"

don't be lame. you know art is subjective.

don't accuse him of being wrong. just recognize that his tastes don't run the same as yours and maybe having an actual conversation with the dude wouldn't be the easiest the thing in the world to do.

as for my opinion, I think Breatless is pretty great. the scene where the American chick interviews the writer is a high point for me. "I want to become immortal. And then commit suicide," or something like that. good stuff.

4/19/2010 4:44:25 PM

wrong

4/19/2010 4:50:58 PM

"Wallkabout" is next on my list

4/21/2010 3:35:08 PM