Criterion 10th Anniversary DVD Voting Thread

[colinr0380]

This is the reason why a total barebones release like the sublime Cranes, or Sword of Doom, is more "meaningful" to me as a dvd than say 3Penny Op, or 7Samurai, and other masterpieces which Id been very familiar with before CC got them out.

I can understand that - I've kept my VHS recordings of Solaris and Contempt despite having the Criterions just for sentimental reasons! And while they are my favourites both as films and as DVDs I can understand if people made a decision to limit a list to just the films Criterion introduced to them (especially if they didn't watch extra features so there might not be as much of a difference in picking up the Criterion because of that!). If I were to do the same thing I would probably rate Good Morning, for all the problems pointed out on the forum, over Tokyo Story simply because Tokyo Story was the only Ozu film I was familiar with before picking up the Criterion disc of Good Morning (and then, after a long gap, others!)

[kevyip1]

My votes:

All-Time Favorite Criterion Release (ranked 1-10)

1. Pandora's Box
2. The Rules of the Game
3. Brazil (3-disc set)
4. The Passion of Joan of Arc
5. Dreyer Box Set
6. Rebecca
7. The Battle of Algiers
8. Tokyo Story
9. The Complete Mr. Arkadin
10. Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist

Favorite Non-box Set Release (ranked 1-10)

1. Pandora's Box
2. The Rules of the Game
3. The Passion of Joan of Arc
4. Rebecca
5. The Battle of Algiers
6. Tokyo Story
7. The Red Shoes
8. Do the Right Thing
9. In the Mood for Love
10. Spartacus

Favorite Box Sets (ranked 1-8)

1. Brazil (3-disc set)
2. Dreyer Box Set
3. The Complete Mr. Arkadin
4. Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist
5. John Cassavetes: Five Films
6. Eisenstein: The Sound Years
7. The Adventures of Antoine Doinel
8. Andrzej Wajda: Three War Films

Most Disappointing Package (ranked 1-3)

1. The Long Good Friday
2. High and Low
3. Fishing with John

Worst Film (ranked 1-3)

1. Fishing with John
2. The Rock
3. Armageddon

Favorite Commentary (ranked 1-10)

1. Solaris
2. The Rules of the Game
3. The Silence of the Lambs
4. Jules and Jim
5. Do the Right Thing
6. Notorious
7. The Red Shoes
8. Brazil ("Love Conquers all" TV edition)
9. Kagemusha
10. Wild Strawberries

Favorite Single Supplement (not a commentary) (ranked 1-10)

1. Audio clip of Hitchcock-Truffaut interview on "Rebecca"
2. Versions comparison on "The Rules of the Game"
3. "It's Wonderful to Create" documentaries on various Kurosawa discs
4. "Entr'acte" (silent short film on "A nous la liberté")
5. "Gasman" (short film on "Ratcatcher")
6. Philip Glass opera for "Beauty and the Beast" music-only track
7. Richard Einhorn’s "Voices of Light" music-only track for "The Passion of Joan of Arc"
8. "Shadowing The Third Man" documentary on "The Third Man"
9. "Blood of the Beasts" (short film on "Eyes without a Face")
10. "I Lived, But..." (documentary on "Tokyo Story")

Favorite Package Design (ranked 1-5)

None. Nowadays, "great packaging" means squeezing as many discs into as tiny a box as possible.

Favorite Cover Art (ranked 1-11)

1. Hoop Dreams
2. Jules and Jim
3. Ice Storm
4. The Passion of Joan of Arc
5. Carnival of Souls
6. Playtime
7. Rebecca
8. In the Mood for Love
9. Honeymoon Killers
10. Le corbeau
11. Yi Yi

Worst Cover Art (ranked 1-5)

1. Armageddon
2. Henry V
3. Good Morning
4. Notorious
5. Mouchette