Fairly sure he could afford to buy the whole collection without blinking.

Lmaooooo

Free always feels better than buying

@@kevinviklen3611 Criterion could absolutely use the money, tho.

@@13strong say that to the safdie bros. They might be the sole reason for those layoffs after that heist they pulled

Meh! He peaked with Hereditary!

@@aaronshouting588 He's done 2 movies after Hereditary, and Midsommar was great, how's that a peak? lol He has a lot more to offer and do - definitely an exciting director to watch.

@@film_magician Midsommar was mid at best and Beau is Afraid is just him enjoying the smell of his own farts. Hereditary is the only one that feels like a genuine masterpiece! There’s no denying his talent, that’s for sure’s. And I’ll still be there to see his future projects. I just don’t think he’ll ever top Hereditary!

@@aaronshouting588 kinda ironical saying that with a lynch picture

@@salomelol337 Lynch is the GOAT, and you can’t deny that!

thank you

Ty

The New World and Walkabout are the only ones I've ever even HEARD of! I guess I need to watch more Criterion films.

Thank you ❤

Thank you!

The cosmic jokes get better every day lol

I was trying to figure out the relation between the two for like the whole video lmao.

imagine if he referred to beau is afraid as dungeons and dragons for the whole video. would've been hysterical

That threw me off so bad for a moment I wondered if he actually directed it

@@suNn.K.O i still dont get it

Cure is the best movie ever made. Highly recommend.

cum*

These are all banger quotes lmao

"If I made Che and nobody paid attention, I would say 'Fuck You' and stuff." So true. Che is masterful.

That is NOT how you fucking spell “cum”

I just realised that Bobby Krlic scored Beef (and Midsommar and Beau Is Afraid). Hopefully all three will join in an upcoming project

Yes, I agree.

Definitely one of my favourite films

Burning is the most overrated film of all time

@@StudioFrenzy😂😂this means nothing when you dont back up why it's overrated

Incredibly good taste

Bigger than Life is an amazing movie that more people should know about

I tried Walkabout. Thought it was very overrated. Oops. I thinking of Wake In Fright.

Maddin will only get the respect he deserves when he's dead it seems. He makes incredible films

Dates, please.

Funny, I just watched it and I totally agree.

AGREE

i found it incredibly boring

@@goldenboy140 That's a you problem.

Great film

I think that sums up his style as a director. Always trying to do the things that others haven't.

All of the ones that I've seen are personal favorites of mine (Closely Watched Trains, Seventh Continent, Daisies, Mr. Klein, Cure, Kiarostami, Zeman, The New World, Woman in the Dunes, Brand Upon the Brain, Walkabout). All masterpieces really.

For the sake of being different. Boring ass picks in my opinion.

@@withnail-and-i 🎯🎯🎯💯🙏 That part!

@@Signal_in_the_noise _WHAT?!?_ Then your profile name is quite appropriate! 🤣🤦‍♂️SMH (sorry, I couldn't resist) Woman In The Dunes, The New World, Mr Klein, Closely Watched Trains, Daisies, Cure, Ché, Secret Sunshine, Mishima, Bigger Than Life, Brand Upon The Brain, The Koker Trilogy, and all the others... all amazing!

Fantastic film!

Bong joon ho praised 'Cure' in an interview from 2019 and listed it as one of the films that influenced and inspired him very early on in his career, and he also said that it is one of the greatest films ever made.

His ability to separate thought from self gives him an enormous advantage.

​@@napndash While just one title within a (much) larger corpus of work; have you seen Beau Is Afraid yet ,?..

Does he? For me he comes across as somebody who absolutely full of himself. Not that that is a bad thing in his profession though.

@@Madagon367 A little bit. I miss the days when directors were both smart _and_ masculine.

​@@lamentate07who these directors are?

While just one title within a (much) larger corpus of work; have you seen Beau Is Afraid yet ,?..

Cinematic Heaven.. . ... 🎭🎥🎞🎬📽🎨

That would be awesome. I’d probably do some very bad things to get 10 minutes in that closet so a Golden Ticket would save me the inevitable shame that would creep in after debasing myself for Criterion’s Closet.

@@domenicgalata1470 Lol! No judgement here, bro!

Amazing idea!

He definitely went for some of the lesser spoken of (but just as good) films in the collection... I hope more people are put on to films like _Mr. Klein_ and _Brand Upon The Brain_ thru this video! 90% of the films he selected would probably end up in a list of my top 100 films.

No salo 😁

So jealous

🎯💯🙏

What is that movie even about? What are the themes? It went completely over my head...

​@@ShacoPL its about burning barns

It was okay, not much better than other similar films. Really boring on a second watch too.

Mr Klein has one of Delon's best ever performances, it really is one of the best World War II movies of all time.

LOVE burning! Such a mysterious little gem

Except Soderbergh never retired - he even made more acclaimed films after CHE.

Can I come

That’s gay

Whoa! 😳 That must've been amazing... Benicio been one of my favorite actors since _The Usual Suspects!_ _Che_ is such an achievement... I wish it had gotten more accolades but the response was pretty predictable.

A joke that probably went over a lot of heads 😆

burning sucks

Burning rules and haunts me to this day.

Burning is a perfect film

Saw burning a couple weeks ago. Saw Secret Sunshine tonight. Both are fucking great. SS is a bit more melodramatic and Burning is much more understated. Both feel very eerie

@@PALLETUSA Burning is probably my fave, but I really had no idea what SS was about when I started watching -- and it just continually surprised me. It at first looks like it's going to be a story about a woman coming to terms with the loss of her husband and learning to be a single-mom. Then it looks like it's going to turn into a missing-person thriller. But almost as soon as that possibility surfaces, it is dismissed, as the person is "found" sooner than we expect, and his abductor is arrested and sent to prison. So then it starts to turn into a story about a woman coming to terms with grief -- and in that, it becomes a really perceptive story about how a person who once was essentially athiest might be drawn to religion and might find meaning in that. However, that all builds up to the film's most powerful moment, when her newfound faith is utterly destroyed by a few simple words spoken without malice by her child's murderer. The way those words ring so true to the core of her faith, and yet also prove its undoing, just hit me really powerfully. Ultimately, the film ends up having some really interesting and nuanced views on religious-faith, and perhaps should be read as a criticism of religion overall; it's possible that the faith depicted in the film is essentially false and destructive, regardless of the temporary salve it provides for her. Anyway, overall, SS was a slow but intriguing watch which kept surprising me all the way through, and I liked the complicated viewpoints it expressed.

That third act is just so tough to get through but damn it does Jeon do a stunning job at her acting.

@@cartercrisco2524 When people talk about great performances I always think of that one, but you rarely hear people talk about it.

Reminded me of Brazil too!

Bet u could do better tbh

I've seen all of those for the first time quite recently and was blown away - _Mr. Klein_ is such an amazing, fascinating journey that I was very surprised I hadn't heard it celebrated previously. _Cure_ & _Secret Sunshine_ are, of course, mind-blowers! Amazing performances and direction in all 3 of those I named...

Secret Sunshine was harrowing. Absolutely a worthy choice.

Think Oasis and Burning are better than Secret Sunshine myself

Bros i literally screeched at burning 🔥

What does his opinion have to do with yours?

literally screamed 💀

A man after my own heart... I watched kiddie stuff, too, but my favorite films at 2 yrs old - no joke - were _Amadeus_ and _Gandhi._ So grateful my folks exposed me to totally inappropriate films at such a young age 🥰 They showed me _Goodfellas, Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X_ and _JFK_ between the ages of 9 and 12.

Lee Chang Dong is a very reliable director. Just great quality stuff.

yes lee chang dong is one of the best directors, he captures these immensely human stories which also do not hold back in depicting the harsh and alienating aspects of society in south korea, stories about outcasts or voices not given their due

Terrence Malick is immensely under appreciated!

@@xXLordoftheRingsXx22 But if you know his work, you probably worship him! 😉😁🥰

@@xXLordoftheRingsXx22 He was a critics' favorite back in the Seventies, with 'Badlands' and 'Days of Heaven'.

Absolutely! A _stunning_ picture... Nick Ray was such a great director. _In a Lonely Place_ will always be a particular favorite. Glad that Criterion honors him.

God the comments section of this video is the douchebagest ever...

Yeah I know it’s real pretentious isn’t it.

Except I think it's incorrect to consider Haneke's trilogy Bressonian. I guess maybe in regards to lack of coverage and specific inserts but so many other filmmakers could just as easily stand in place. Haneke is deliberately guiding you (not pushing you, thankfully) towards a more uncomfortable tone whereas Bresson doesn't really provide the viewer with any concrete feelings most of the time and lets the audience decide.

@@scottwilliam3470 say the guy with jaws pfp

Jaws is not pretenious

I agree, but weird he said that Soderbergh retired?

An amazing accomplishment, that film (or double feature)... del Toro was stunning! Have been thinking about upgrading my copy to Blu-Ray for awhile now.

Imagine the American media(& crítics) making recognition to a film about a comunist leader...

was it honest? Did it tell about his raping and homophobia and racism? Funny that one of the movies was about Naz* youth because my country in Canada's kids are similar to that youth movement. At my daughter's school people get cancelled and shunned if they something politically incorrect. One friend of hers forted with a girl a year and a half ago and he's still shunned. The communist style youth are EXACTLY like the Naz* youth were. Hollywood is out of touch with real life outside of the jetset class. Our prime minister loves identity politics, censorship, big central government, disarmament, collectivism, Islam, and all the other things H*tler liked. The Che people are just another iteration of the Nazis because it';s just authoritarian. Of course jet setter Soderberhg wants communism. Why wouldn't he?

@@sebastienmean243 same thought. he made some great films after and still does

I thought the same 👍 Would love to see what he'd pick...

My favorite score of all time, Philip Glass takes the film to another level

@@feedyourhead434 Same here. As soon as the movie ended, I bought the soundtrack. I want the ending titles track to play at my funeral.

What Did You Think of It,?.

Incredible! Actually speechless and immovable for a few minutes as the credits hit. Perfectly subversive and uncompromising ending, seems to simultaneously dare you to get up and leave & also not move a muscle. Hoping to go see it a couple more times and do my part to influence box office. I'm fairly apolitical but I do try and vote with my dollars and towards what deserves support. I'm sure there's viewers who lost patience with this one but I am firmly in the audience who only craves more of this and hopefully A24 will continue to let Aster & others grow their budgets. I would've happily stayed for a 4+ hour cut of this movie.

@@brentulstad3275 So Maybe You Can Explain the Medusa Ending ,?..

_Enjoy!_

I'm a huge Malick fan... I might prefer _Tree Of Life_ and _The Thin Red Line_ but I've seen _The New World_ sooooo many times. It has an addictive quality that has kept me coming back and coming back and coming back - especially to experience those last 5 minutes all over again! 😍🥰🤩

@@Jimmy1982Playlists Thin Red Line is great too

@@v1deo.hunter.d317 Absolutely! That was my favorite film of all time for many, many years, in my late teens and twenties.

It's nice seeing Cure get more love over the years.

Same (you've got great taste, btw)! One of the few I haven't yet seen is Seventh Continent - and recently I've been watching the Haneke films I'd never seen before. Been hesitating to watch that one cause it just seems it's gonna be _particularly_ heavy... even for Haneke! All those others you named are among my favorites, as well. Hadn't seen _Woman In The Dunes_ in about 15 years and fell in love with it all over again about a month ago 😍🥰

So gay bro

A lot of the films are actually well known. And there's certainly no crime in taking advantage of the resource that is Criterion or educate the public on films they may not have seen. It's not a popularity contest. There's a lot of snark on here that betrays a lack of giving a sincere shit about film.

@@freedom4dollars - searchlights against enemy fire. There are many film lovers around, they just don't read or post stuff in places like this.

While it's just one title within a (much) larger corpus of work; have You seen Beau Is Afraid yet ,?..