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Permalink Reply by Mason Daniel on August 8, 2012 at 1:01pm

I try to adhere to the background information regarding what film rights Criterion owns, but fuck it, here's what I want:

Punch-Drunk Love
Stalker
Dekalog
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Happiness
Badlands
Lars von Trier's Golden Heart trilogy
Zodiac
City Lights
John Cassavetes: Five Films
Satantango
Sydney (Hard Eight)
Eraserhead
Safe
Werckmeister Harmonies

Also, Blu-ray upgrades of existing titles:

The Passion of Joan of Arc
Brazil
Rashomon
Andrei Rublev
The Hidden Fortress
Tokyo Story
Do the Right Thing
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Wild Strawberries
Ikiru

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Permalink Reply by Mason Daniel on August 8, 2012 at 6:24pm

Oops. 

Yeah, that's what I meant, sorry.

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Permalink Reply by Mason Daniel on August 8, 2012 at 6:18pm

The thing with Zodiac was that they stopped printing it because of minimal sales, and it's a damn shame seeing that it's Fincher's best film and one that's pretty much overlooked. I'd still like to see Criterion take a crack at it for those who came into the film late. I mean, Hell, they already have Benjamin Button and The Game...

Also, as much as I respected the rule of the rightsholders in my listings, I really wanted to include Ran as part of the Blu upgrades. Too bad StudioCanal left us with a piece of shit to feast on when it comes to viewing that film.
On a related note, the Playtime Blu is set to go out of print at any moment because of a rights situation with StudioCanal, so you may want to pick that up if you haven't already. Good thing I bought it during the recent Barnes & Noble sale...

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Permalink Reply by Muffin-Of-Doom on August 9, 2012 at 9:06am

As much as it will make some people flip their tables in rage, I wouldn't mind a Criterion version of Inception, if only to see what trippy artwork the folks at CC can make. Of course, that'd never happen due to Warner Bros. being a bunch of dicks about liscensing their films to other companies.

I'm surprised that there was never a Criterion edition of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. The Criterion library needs some Sergio Leone and that film seems like a perfect fit. And I'd like an upgrade of the current DVD we have of The Pianist.

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Permalink Reply by Artie Fufkin on August 9, 2012 at 9:52am

I'd love to see 'The Sting' get a criterion release. but as they are an american company I really try not to look at their stuff too much (I have the fear & loathing release) I would love to see the same level of extras on some sort of UK subsiduary firm more if I'm honest

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Permalink Reply by The BloodcurdlingBeefcakeEmperor on August 13, 2012 at 2:01pm

These are some movies that I think deserve the Criterion treatment. 

1. "Johnny Got his gun"
2. "Dolemite 2 The Human Tornado" 
3. "Eraser Head"
4. "Forbidden Zone"
5. "West of Zanzibar"
6. "The Black Cat
7. "The Old Dark House
8. "Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia"
9. "Night of the living dead"
10. "Near Dark"
11. "Martin"
12. "Badlands 
13. "Akira"
14. "The Iron Giant"
15. "Rolling Thunder"
16. "Where Eagles Dear"

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