DVD Josh

Could fit the whole question in the title:

What was the most recent Criterion release that was an american film, and what would you like to see next (American films)?

I'd love to see the long rumored The Game

Der Zorn Gottes

The upcoming 3 WOMEN is an American film, and PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET in Feb was the last US film they released.

I'd like to see LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN.

NYHOFSTRA

Now that I've got Schizopolis...
I need The Delicate Art of the Rifle.

PopcornTreeCt

Like a previous poster stated 3 Women is an American film. As for what American films would I love to see in the collection. Let's see:
21 Grams
King of the Hill
Short Cuts
East of Eden

larry bender

AN UNMARRIED WOMEN from Fox. also SLAVES OF NEW YORK

Randy Miller III

I'd still love to see a Coen Bros. movie get the Criterion treatment. My first choices would be either The Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing, or maybe Raising Arizona. I'd like to see a super-definitive Fargo release, but the MGM Special Edition is pretty good.

mtucker

I'd love to see Bottle Rocket get the Criterion treatment on DVD.

tenaciousdave

I completely forgot about The Delicate Art of the Rifle. I'd love that one as well.

obscurelabel

Criterion's releases of U.S. films seem to fall into a few categories--

Films from:

--The public domain (Charade, My Man Godfrey, the W.C. Fields shorts) [I could be wrong about all of these but I think they're PD]

--Criterion-friendly studios (Universal, Fox)

--Directors with enough clout and interest to release Criterion versions of their films (Anderson, Bay, Lee)

--Independent producers, or those not owned by the major studios for whatever reason (Monterrey Pop, The Devil and Daniel Webster [an RKO release but not owned by WB])

Of course there might be a few exceptions that I haven't listed ... but given these, ah, criteria, does this limit the possibilities of what might be reasonable to expect?

A couple of PD titles that would be great to see would be the early Technicolor Becky Sharp and Nothing Sacred. I believe the UCLA film archive has restored Becky Sharp. I have seen some pretty rough looking TV prints of Nothing Sacred but once in a documentary I saw about 30 seconds of a beautiful, clear, great condition print. If these exist in good condition prints then I say they would be great (albeit older) candidates.

RockyMtnBri

I'd like to see She's Gotta Have It, since they did the laserdisc. That's the only early Spike Lee movie I don't have on DVD.

garolo

Dare I say it? How about Good Burger as a CC release?

I would love to see Criterion do a treatment on Cagney. Doesn't matter which film per se but White Heat would be my preference.

MovieFan999

Is there going to be a rerelease of spellbound and the other hitchcok criterion taken off the list. I would like to get some but I don't want to double dip.

Giles

I have always hoped that the video wing of the British Film Institute would team up Criterion and port some of there films to the states:

and one quick look at the BFI's catalogue of films seems to mirror Criterions' films:

BFI

An Actor's Revenge - Kon Ichikawa
The Adventures of Prince Achmed - Lotte Reiniger
Alice in Wonderland - Jonathan Miller
Arabian Nights - Pier Paolo Pasolini
Bande à part - Jean-Luc Godard
La Belle et la bête - Jean Cocteau
Campfire - Bavo Defurne
The Canterbury Tales - Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Caretaker - Clive Donner
Cathy Come Home - Ken Loach
Chant D'Amour - Jean Genet
Charlie Chaplin - The Essanay Films Vol 1
Charlie Chaplin - The Essanay Films Vol 2
Charlie Chaplin - The Mutual Films Vol 1
The Cloud-Capped Star - Ritwik Ghatak
Culloden - Peter Watkins
The Decameron - Pier Paolo Pasolini
Delius - Song of Summer - Ken Russell
The Early Films of Peter Greenaway 1
The Early Films of Peter Greenaway 2
Elgar - Ken Russell
George Washington - David Gordon Green
Ghostwatch - Lesley Manning
The Hidden Fortress - Akira Kurosawa
Ikiru - Akira Kurosawa
Immaterial Bodies CD Rom
The Iron Horse - John Ford
Journey to Italy - Roberto Rossellini
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner- Tony Richardson
Mad Love - Evgenii Bauer
Maitresse - Barbet Schroeder
Man With a Movie Camera - Dziga Vertov
Michael Nyman's Man With a Movie Camera Dziga Vertov
More - Barbet Schroeder
The Name of a River - Anup Singh
The Navigators - Ken Loach
Norman McLaren Collector's Edition
Nosferatu - F W Murnau
Ossessione - Luchino Visconti
Partie de campagne - Jean Renoir
A Personal Journey Through American Movies - Martin Scorsese
Phil Mulloy Extreme Animation
Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa
Red Beard - Akira Kurosawa
Regle du Jeu - Jean Renoir
A River Called Titas - Ritwik Ghatak
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma - Pier Paolo Pasolini
Sanjuro - Akira Kurosawa
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - Karel Reisz
Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa
Sick - The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist - Kirby Dick
The Signalman - Lawrence Gordon Clark
South - Frank Hurley
The Stone Tape - Peter Sasdy
Stray Dog - Akira Kurosawa
A Taste of Honey - Tony Richardson
La terra trema - Luchino Visconti
Throne of Blood - Akira Kurosawa
The War Game - Peter Watkins
A Warning to the Curious - Lawence Gordon Clark
Whistle and I'll Come to You - Jonathan Miller
The Year of the Sex Olympics - Michael Elliott
Yojimbo - Akira Kurosawa

HistoryProf

with the rumoured John Ford Release, i'm really really really hoping for Drums Along the Mohawk...failing that: Young Mr. Lincoln.

Wouldn't the upcoming Cassevetes release(s) be considered "American?" **Crosses fingers for Chinese Bookie**

bboisvert

I'm sure if I gave this more thought I could come up with more, but...

Realistic choice:

* A set of Chaplin's Keystone output

Unrealistic choices:

* Lynch's Dune
* Magnificent Ambersons

Dane

How´s this for the next Criterion?

wendersfan

214 The Devil and Daniel Webster
220 Naked Lunch
224 Pickup on South Street
230 3 Women

I sense a pattern...

It looks like one of every five Criterions are American films. I would love to see a Criterion of Chimes at Midnight. Other than that, I can't think of anything that's even remotely possible (I doubt they could get their hands on anything by Ford or Hawks, for example)

FilmFanSea

Of the US films that Criterion actually has a chance at releasing, I would love to see films by the following directors:

Harold Lloyd: The Freshman, The Kid Brother, Safety Last (Harold Lloyd Trust)
John Cassavetes: Faces, Opening Night, A Woman Under the Influence (?)
Wes Anderson: the upcoming The Life Aquatic--which appears to be a done deal (Buena Vista)
Frank Borzage: 7th Heaven, Street Angel (Fox)
F.W. Murnau: City Girl/Our Daily Bread (Fox)
Alan Arkin: Little Murders (Fox)
Max Ophüls: Letter from an Unknown Woman (?)
Jean Renoir: The River, The Southerner (?)
Leo McCarey: Make Way for Tomorrow, Ruggles of Red Gap (Universal)
Mitchell Leisen: Easy Living, Midnight (Universal)
Preston Sturges: The Palm Beach Story (Universal)
Billy Wilder: Double Indemnity (Universal)

Tarantino

I second Bottle Rocket.

FilmFanSea

While I would be happy to see all four (counting the upcoming The Life Aquatic) of Wes Anderson's films in the CC, the rights to Bottle Rocket are held by Columbia TriStar, which does not have a working relationship with Criterion. AFAIK, they haven't licensed any of their films to other companies for DVD release.

talemyn

. . . they only look for quality movies . . . if anything, it would be . . .

FilmFanSea

Scratch Little Murders from my list: Fox has just announced they'll be releasing it in June.

tsohg

I second this one or Malcolm X
please baby baby please Mars Blackmon was tha bomb yo

Simpson Purist

The Fisher King.

Rat Faced Killa

I'd love to see more Sam Fuller, specifically Fixed Bayonets