True, and I will talk about every Blu Ray I have slight knowledge of like the camera is on.

Uh...? A-huh huh huh uh huh!

When you live in Brazil and don't even have a Barnes to go and 1 dollar equals 5 of our money.

@@hornek When you live in India, with no Barnes and $1 being equal to almost 70 bucks of our money🥵

I laughed so hard 😂😂 thanks

Tis true: If you're a young, aspiring filmmaker and you only had to choose: One of your films winning the Best Picture Oscar or one of your films becoming a part of the Criterion Collection, I think more will choose the latter.

Accurate.

I remember I when I found out that Criterion had Netflix movies i was surprised. I google like articles to see like reactions and someone from Netflix released a statement basically saying "Holy Fuck! Yes Yes Yes. You have my permission "

Very true

@@klausweasley Michael Bay has two movies in criterion collection while Spielberg doesn't.

Yep. I wanted to show this to kind of "explain" what the heck a Criterion is to people that ask me, but he skips perhaps the biggest reason why people like them. Sure, I do like premium packaging with nice little booklets to read... But what's most important is the film itself. They not only carefully select what gets added to the collection, but also do an incredible amount of restoration work on some that would have been otherwise lost. Essentially, nobody would be watching the Apu trilogy, or A Brighter Summer Day without Criterion. I buy them not because they are "luxury items" but because the restoration work and the quality of the transfers are simply the best... Which is a shame that it isn't really even talked about in this video.

@@theduckczar6051 Their restoration of Watership Down is jaw dropping and beautiful

I was waiting for him to say that, never did 😑

Sometimes Criterion does the restoration, and sometimes Criterion borrows (licenses) other people's restorations. Of course, some restorations are a lot more work than others. Digital-only repairs of a print is, of course, much less work than repairing a physical negative or print, scanning the repaired print, then doing digital work. The booklets usually provide detail of the work. If it doesn't mention other companies' names, then Criterion most likely did all the work.

I love your profile picture

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Just like the movies

I had to buy this Criterion because Before Sunset is my favorite movie of all time. I also bought all of Richard linkater Criterion. 😁

Before Sunrise is so overrated to me. I haven't seen Sunset or Midnight yet but I hope they deliver more.

@@aarond9563 u mightve watched it in the wrong mood/setting, it's def worth another shot. you prob wont like the other ones much if you didnt like the first one

Absolutely.

I never saw sense of re-watching a movie I had jus watched, specially with somebody babbling about it. And never will

I still love commentary tracks, they’re like a third of the reason I buy dvds and Blu-rays

​@@dnoodspodu1159I can see why'd you think that. It's done and dusted.

@@dnoodspodu1159 I think there's only a couple I truly watched because I was just mainly curious on what they had to say. That being the Simpsons Movie, Tropic Thunder (that one is a REAL treat that ties into the film once more), and Evil Dead 2.

@@dnoodspodu1159 The movie playing is secondary to the audio. You aren't re-watching the movie with somebody "babbling" about it, you're listening to somebody "babble" about their experience making a piece of art while that piece of art plays on the screen for reference. I don't care if you enjoy audio commentaries, I generally don't listen to commentary tracks myself, but there's really no reason to put people down for liking them.

Piles are dangerous, Smh 🤦🏽‍♂️ Lol

I was one of those "film buffs" at B&N. I became buddies with the CC workers and brought in my OOP collection once.

it's absolutely not a major event. that shit happens like three times a year

It’s a major event for someone who loves to buy Criterion Collection dvd’s.

@@lordbunbury You're speaking to someone who loves to buy Criterion. I have loads of them. I buy them wherever I find them regardless of price if I want it enough, and i'm not even wealthy, the sale at BNN is just a perk. But I won't say you're wrong. It is a nifty sale. I see your point if you can't find them cheap or you want big items. A tip though, if you're in the US, you can find Criterion for a better deal at just about every Half Price Books.

@@owenchapman8320 Half Price Book is only in some states. Georgia and PA are the only ones on the east coast so...

It's a physical bookstore sale for a dying medium, 1 person is basically Black Friday

Right? I feel like he'll soon be doing essays FOR The Criterion Collection

@@ChrisOsbyrne In his Before trilogy video, he opened up the Criterion booklet and there was an essay with his name on it. He just made it for the video but for a second I thought it was real

What is your view? Medlife Crisis

@Mitch they're literally a cardiologist lol

Are you a fan of Seijun Suzuki?

Kurosawa was one of the best filmmakers ever. No one else made stories of morality and human purity with that level of skill for proportion, meaningful storylines, cinematography, intelligent writing, and overall beauty. I think my favorites are Red Beard and To Live, though I also really like lesser-known films like Dreams and Dersu Uzala, his one Russian film; actually, any movie of his with Toshiro Mifune is a win, Kurosawa and Mifune went together like bread and butter.

Any Kurosawa film is his best film tbh

@@BazukinBelyugovich Dersu Uzala didn’t feel like Kurosawa for some reason. I’ve got to watch it again.

High and Low is my personal favorite, with Stray Dog at its heels.

They couldn't stop me from taking 1 of each of everything in that damn closet lol

And also grabbed like 5 films within 5 seconds of entering the closet, man is so movie cultured

GKIDS handled notable animes from Satoshi Kon and Ghibli, so I don't see them going to Criterion any time soon.

Agreed, but it might be a licensing nightmare. I hope they do a release of Urotsukidoji personally. If they did one for Salo, I don't see why that one should be off the table.

@@ArcherSuh4721 Which version? The made as an OVA version in five parts, or the movie version (Movie 1 = OVA 1, 2, and 3. Movie 2 = OVA 4 and 5.)? Also there is a licensed in the USA release of the OVA collection which is still in press. Which hasn't stopped Critation before... Critation is not known for doing releases of "porno glitter" 70's films (Deep Trough, Behind the Green Door, Chatterbox, blah blah blah). I can see them doing Urotsukidoji IF they do the others listed also.

@@stanleyteriaca2184 My dream release would be the original US version of Overfiend with the cut scenes included in the film or in the supplements and Demonwomb in a boxed set, along with the "Return of the Overfiend" and "Inferno Road" installments on bonus discs. Pretty much what I have in the Hell On Earth boxed set but with huge loads of supplements. I know it's a tall order and would never happen, but I'd be more than happy if Criterion just did Legend of the Overfiend (with the cut scenes included and of course, supplements). I know they're notorious but I think there's a lot more to the films than being just "tentacle r*pe p*rn" that they're dismissed as and should get a proper release.

Cagliostro would be nice, but maybe not yet.

Nice to see you here on this side of KZfaq :)

:^]

One of us! One of us!

Scary

yeah i definitely came into this thinking it was gonna be somekind of takedown of criterion.

dani at the end of midsommar grinning at the burning effigy of cinema with a criterion blu-ray in her hand

I'm more of a Shout/Scream factory guy. I own more of their blu-rays than I do criterion.

TARTAN AS WELL!!

Eureka has a fabulous collection from John Ford westerns to Hong Kong action.

GKIDS is rivaling my Criterion purchasing at the moment, probably because of all their incredible animated titles. Criterion is in dire need of some animated releases.

Indicator, Eureka, Oscilloscope (if at least on the basis of what they did for Dear Zachary), Vinegar Syndrome as well. Network and BFi in the UK are good too.

@Fabian Capelli not surprised

Same!

I’d argue Shout Factory as well

Kino!!

@@lamecasuelas2 Kino’s 4K selection has been popping off lately. Eternal Sunshine, Silence of the Lambs, etc. I’d also argue that Arrow & Second Sight releases are impeccable as well - depending on your taste in movies

@@FigmentForever hell yeah! Criterion is overpriced IMHO

In Australia we have something called imprint. It’s definitely more niche films, they’re not always the greatest but it’s like the 5th most popular films in directors catalogue and I love that. Plus the cover art is *chefs kiss*

I vote in consideration for Grave of Fireflies (1988)

@@eyebelieve3096 I'm all for that

Spirited Away would be amazing.

@@comradejosephstalinoftheus8698 That's a good choice. I love all the Ghibli films, it's hard to pick my favorite.

REDLINE ON CRITERION COLLECTION LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

This is just a theory- Maybe it has less to do with them not caring about it and more to do with how hard it is to preserve or restore. I’m not sure, exactly. I do know that even Disney has done a poor job with some of their restorations. I remember hearing people weren’t happy with their Blu-Ray release of The Sword in the Stone. Also, Disney barely even tried when releasing some of their later Treasures sets of cartoons after doing a lot of work on the earlier sets.

Why it should?

A Criterion Akira would rock me up.

In the same boat as you. They have so much on the channel that I don’t need to buy now. Also, as you said, instead of creating an enormous library, I like buying stuff I really love. Especially films that aren’t on streaming services I already pay for.

Yeah, everyone agrees with you whether they say it or not. Nobody is rushing out to fill up a closet with every Criterion movie ever made. And who shops at Barnes & Nobles for movies?

Wow. I honestly did not know that there was a Criterion channel. I was only familiar with the phenomenal DVD collection.

I’ve been a subscriber to the criterion channel from the very beginning. In fact I was originally subscribed to its predecessor FilmStruck before it went under in late 2018, but the criterion channel succeeded it and I am proud subscriber.

I’m a massive film fan and a huge fan of CC. I’m glad they exist and that they have an uncompromising set of standards to treat films as a culture and art-and not just a commodity. But the insane devotion to own every edition of the film, to have a complete collection, it seems like the sign of an obsession that I stop short of. I own a lot of the collection but feel no need to own every release. And there are certain films that I’m not even sure I connected with after watching, so I don’t feel compelled to purchase it just because “it’s part of the collection”. But god bless those fanatics for keeping the brand in business. I’m grateful for that aspect. So even tho I’m not part of that clan, keep it going.

No. It's Silent Duel. fitem e

_High & Low_ is _Prisoners_ before _Prisoners._

Yes , its very good Have you seen Kon Ichikawa's Burmese Harp?

What’s the rest of your top five?

@@randywhite3947 vertigo, the conversation, parasite, zodiac

Fancy seeing you here, I was just binging your channel.

My favorite ordinary man

Still interesting movies

I only buy if it's animated. Like Watership Down. But, I'm looking to study live action. So I'm thinking about buying some of their other films.

I have the Fellini Boxset, I can vouch that it’s awesome, highly recommend

I think G kids is like the Animation equivalent of Criterion though. Criterion does need more animation.

@@yelloweyeball I actually have never heard of G kids, I'm going to have to check them out now, thank you for pointing me in there direction

@@helious5056 They distribute international and indie animation. They have the distribution rights to Ghibli films too. Alot of the films they distribute have one awards or have been nominated or an oscar.

i know this is a year old comment but Wall-e got announced today as a part of the collection

@@MarcMansfield I saw and I'm excited

Aesthetics are lovely

If you mean his aesthetics: yes they are, if you mean the Criterion aesthetics: yes they are

it has a lot of good tips on how to be foreveralone 🤣

@@sunflowers2469 also excellent tips on how to be broke

If you can’t afford to develop physical criterion collection, I recommend checking out the Criterion channel, their streaming service. It’s a little pricier for a monthly fee, or I would recommend doing a yearly fee, but it is so worth it. It’s like having a collection vicariously.

i love watching hasan react to ur videos! lmao i need to actualy sub to you BUT WHATRE U DOIN HERE

What is this? A crossover episode?

I love your Videos Second Thought. Nice Anti-Capilism Videos.

Ayy I like this crossover

Second Thought: Capitalism is unsusteinable!!! Also Second Thought: When's the next Criterion sale? Just joking, love your videos, man!!!

Oftentimes there are better versions on Region B from companies like Arrow, Eureka, etc.

It is imho one of the greatest films ever made but I also would never recommend that movie to anyone. That film taught me that great cinema isn't necessarily enjoyable cinema.

True, it is an amazing movie... and also only movie ever that made me physically sick (but that is just because I watched it when I was relatively young, and before I discovered Japan cinematography)

@@ricahrdb what exactly is so great about it? I didn’t find it disturbing or even interesting in the least.

Cool to see you here

Randy White same! Cool that you found me! Lol

Great start. Do you know about the Criterion sales, both on their web site and from B and N?

Even seeking clout through the recycling of past Criterion Closet guest's picks. (John Waters)

Yes Daisuke the legend , the man , the guy , the collector his great 👍

Shout Factory also goes for TV, and that's a nice bonus. Sapphire and Steel was available through them, albeit the transfer wasn't great... but then, I think bad picture quality was necessary to hide how cheap the sets were. :)

Me too I like his videos a lot !!!!

It's every bit as boring as that sounds. Beware.

@@TheWickedWizardOfOz1 I tend to agree, but I heard the ending would be climatic and make up for the first couple hours, and it did somewhat, as that was one totally unexpected fast scene but I don't think I'll ever watch again. I mean, is it really necessary to watch the woman shine her son's shoes from start to finish in real time? lol. Or to watch her mash and fold her ground beef dinner 100 times in real time:) I understand the purpose for those scenes, but just overdone. Movie imo was about a half hour too long. But hey, it is a wildly critically acclaimed movie and plenty of viewers love it, so give it a try.

Is there a new criterion of Princess Bride? It was on laserdisc but a lot more mainstream titles like Wizard of Oz, Robocop, Spinal Tap, Goldfinger and Blade Runner were on criterion LD because studios werent as interested in releasing deluxe editions of their major hits at first.

@@Knightmessenger Yes, there's a new release of TPB.

How does it feel to walk on Olympus... ?

Kiarostami is so good...

@@pen64 from Taste of Cherry to the Koker Trilogy all the way to 24 Frames, i never thought iran would have such a cohesive & hard working filmmaker, i learn something new from him on every film & every re watch, his work is timeless...

There's also the public library. That's how I decide if I want to buy a title or not so this way my money is not wasted.

As a swede, I relate, we don't get any discounts and we have like 30 criterion movies to choose from. Hopefully it get's better the next couple of years

aswell us UK peeps don’t have amazing stores like barnes and noble

What's your top 5 films that you highly recommend?

@@aus-li There are so many approaches one can go to with this but I'll recommend 5 that would be great starters: Paris, Texas (this is a bit of a slow film but it can be rewarding if one gives it time. I like the picturesque scenes in the film and Harry Dean Stanton gives a great performance) Seven Samurai (a great introduction to Akira Kurosawa and it helped inspire quite a few things like The Magnificent Seven . All about seven samurai who protect a village. Rashomon is another great starting point as well) The Wages of Fear (I would also recommend Army of Shadows but this might be a better introduction because it has something for everyone) The Seventh Seal (Not my favorite Ingmar Bergman film but a great starting point for his work) Picnic at Hanging Rock (I love the mystery that this film evokes! Some editions even come with the original novel too) These are just suggestions. There are so many ways one could go into collection Criterions. Hope you check these out and find your way into the world of Criterion. You will experience many different things in this collection! I know I have! Enjoy!

@@Stealthborn Thank you for replying and giving me these recommendations, I appreciate it! I have seen most of those films except Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Army of Shadows. I have seen the remake of The Wages of Fear, Sorcerer. I’m assuming the first adaptation is better? Although I’m not a fan of Kurosawa, and have seen a few of his movies, I’ll check out Rashomon since it looks decent :) Again, thanks for the list!

@@aus-li I'll admit I haven't seen Sorcerer though from the reviews of the film it looks pretty good. As to which film is better that would be subjective. I would say you can't go wrong with either. Henri-Georges Clouzot who directed The Wages of Fear did direct some other great films like La Verite and Les Diaboliques (the later is similar to a Hitchcock film). I would also check out The Virgin Spring from Ingmar Bergman for something a little different and Le Samourai from Jean-Pierre Melville as well.

@@Stealthborn You're right, although there are some arguments you could make for the orginal or remake being superior in comparison. For example, The Thing from Another Word vs The Thing, or the Dawn of the Dead movies. And thanks for more movies! I was never a fan of 50s and early 60s movies because of them being too cheesy for my taste, but I trust the movies you pick are more professional.

Me too

Same

Me too

Don't be

You're not alone.

How many were here, i remember Rlm