Criterion Collection

Yeah, I have the Criterion edition of Robocop.

Most of the Criterion movies I've seen are like Kurosawa types, so the image quality is never that great to begin with.

Last Criterion Collection I saw were Cassovetes' Death of A Chinese Bookie & Tarkovsky's Solaris.

We just got a Criterion Cinema theater down the street from us, haven't been there yet, just a high-end theater I guess.

 

I haven't seen many of the Criterion versions of the films I like. The only one I have is RoboCop. Judging the quality of that, I'd love to get more.

There's a small problem though, the Criterion version of RoboCop advertises commentary by Paul M. Sammon, the film buff historian, and his track is not included!? What gives?

 

I hadn't noticed on mine. I did (and always do) enjoy Paul Verhoven's commentary though.

Well Ran isn't that old, and it's in color. The black and white stuff - there's only so much you can do to improve it.
Janus used to distribute the old Kurosawa films IIRC.

 

When "Armageddon" and "The Rock" made it into the collection, I stopped taking it seriously.

 

. . . I'm sorry, did I say it was all class?

Well, they're still one of the best places to go for what the average consumer would consider to be "obscure." I guess sneaking those two in is a pretty small cloud to have to bear for such an appreciable silver lining.

 

It is a bit unusual to see The Rock and Armageddon as a Criterion collection. I was under the impression that any Criterion film went through a vetting process to select a film that had cinematic significance to the art.

 

I may just try and order The Seventh Seal then, to see what the fuzz is about.

 

i had reservations about that as well. i wondered if merely having a recognizable style, even if that style is shit, is enough for Criterion to consider you a worthy "auteur".

the thing is, i don't buy Criterion films because i take them seriously or listen to their opinions on what is or is not good. i buy them because they offer a superior product. if i have a choice of purchasing a weird french import of Salo or the Criterion version, i'm not thinking twice about which version is going to be the better version.

 

Are the CC available in Blu-Ray now? If so, then it may be worth looking into, as DVD (in my eyes) is finished.

 

yep.

 

Simple. Higher resolution.

Blu-Ray is better for the exact same reasons that DVD was better than VHS. It simply looks better.

I have a large, plasma television, and I want to use it to it's fullest potential.