I recently decided I am going to collect all the criterions and wanted to know at what stage others were at if they were collecting also.

Here's my list:
7 A Night to Remember
40 Armageddon
78 Bank Dick
100 Beastie Boys Video Anthology
91 Blob
57 Charade
75 Chasing Amy
167 Complete Monterey Pop Festival
21 Dead Ringers
116 Hidden Fortress
120 How to Get Ahead in Advertising
47 Insomnia
43 Lord of the Flies
46 Most Dangerous Game
59 Night Porter
29 Picnic at Hanging Rock
23 RoboCop
108 Rock
157 Royal Tenenbaums
17 Salò
53 Sanjuro
2 Seven Samurai
20 Sid & Nancy
13 Silence of the Lambs
89 Sisters
64 Third Man
55 Unbearable Lightness of Being
119 Withnail and I
52 Yojimbo

With a lot more coming for my birthday next week and Christmas...

Would you have bought these movies if they didn't have the Criterion label on them? I often wonder if we're more obsessed with the fact that they are Criterion releases than anything else.

Here is my modest Criterion collection:

Silence of the Lambs
Robocop
The Rock
Traffic
The Royal Tenenbaums

No I would not have, but then again I would not have ever experienced them. I actually like all the movies I watched and the best part about it is I can sell them for roughly what I paid for them if I don't.

Here's mine:
The 39 Steps
8 1/2
Brazil
Chasing Amy
Do the Right Thing
Down by Law
In the Mood for Love
The Lady Vanishes
Man Bites Dog
Monty Python: Life of Brian
Notorious
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Rashomon
Ratcatcher
Rebecca
The Rock
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
Spellbound
Time Bandits
The Vanishing
Wild Strawberries
and Withnail and I

Traffic
The Royaltaninbalms (sp?)
Chasing Amy


~Sam C.

In most cases yes. I have several foreign films that are not Criterion, but in almost every case the quality of Criterion's release make stuff from Fox Lorber and others look pathetic. I have taken a chance on several titles because I liked so many other Criterion releases. I've only been disapointed by Sisters and I quickly sold it.

My List.
1 Grand Illusion
2 Seven Samurai
3 The Lady Vanishes
4 Amarcord
9 Hard Boiled
10 Walkabout
12 This is Spinal Tap
13 Silence of the Lambs
14-16 Samurai Trilogy
19 Shock Corridor
20 Sid & Nancy
21 Dead Ringers
23 Robocop
24 High and Low
26 Long Good Friday
27 Flesh for Frankenstein
28 Blood for Dracula
30 M
37 Time Bandits
38 Branded to Kill
39 Toyko Drifter
40 Armageddon
41 Henry V
42 Fishing With John
43 Lord of the Flies
44 Red Shoes
46 The Most Dangerous Game
47 Insomnia
49 Nights of Cabiria
51 Brazil
52 Yojimbo
53 Sanjuro
54 For All Mankind
55 Unbearable Lightness of Being
56 The 39 Steps
57 Charade (my alltime favorite Movie)
61 Life of Brian
62 Passion of Joan of Arc
63 Carnival of Souls
64 The Third Man
65 Rushmore
66-69 Orphic Trilogy
70 Last Temptation of Christ
75 Chasing Amy
76 Brief Encounter
77 And God Created Woman
80 Element of Crime
91 The Blob
105 Spartacus
108 The Rock
110 M Hulot's Holiday
111 Mon Oncle
112 Playtime
114 My Man Godfrey
116 Hidden Fortress
135 Rebecca
136 Spellbound
137 Notorious
138 Rashomon
140 8 1/2
151 Traffic
159 Red Beard

Criterion Laserdisc
12 Angry Men
Addams Family TV
Annie Hall
Blade Runner
Boyz n the Hood
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Close Encounters
Early Summer
Fallen Idol
Fires on the Plains
Five Corners
Good Morning
Graduate
Hobson's Choice
Horse's Mouth
Lacemaker
League of Gentlemen
Midnight Cowboy
Night at the Opera
Supercop
Sweet Sweetback's Bad Ass Song

Counting some that should be coming in soon cause of trades, I have:

Chasing Amy
Spartacus
Kwaidan
The Seventh Seal
Charade

I have:

Charade
Chasing Amy
Do the Right Thing
Kwaidan
Lord of the Flies
The Rock
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Sisters
The Third Man
Traffic

I've traded:

Flesh for Frankenstein

All of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have 10:

Armageddon
Carnival of Souls
Chasing Amy
The Importance of Being Earnest
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Rebecca
Robocop
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Sisters

I'm also planning to pick up Spellbound, once I find a good deal on it.

Rob

mine modest list:

Spinal Tap
Royal Tenenbaums
Chasing Amy

Chasin Amy
Robocop
Silence of the Lambs
Rushmore
Royal Tenenbaums
Rock
Armageddon


will probably pick up Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Brazil someday

6 Beauty And The Beast
10 Walkabout
13 Silence Of The Lambs
20 Sid & Nancy
25 Alphaville
57 Charade
64 The Third Man
65 Rushmore
75 Chasing Amy
89 Sisters
110 M. Hulot's Holiday
112 Playtime
138 Rashomon
157 The Royal Tenenbaums

8 1/2
Do the Right Thing
M
Peeping Tom
Rashomon
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Seven Samurai
The Third Man

Long Good Friday
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Silence of the Lambs
Unbearable Lightness of Being
Hopscotch
Down By Law
Chasing Amy
Rushmore
Ratcatcher
Life of Brian
Sid N Nancy
Notorious
Royal Tenenbaums
Beastie Boys
General Idi Amin Dada
The Third Man
Charade

And have traded away:
Peeping Tom
Carnival of Souls
The Night Porter
Salesman
Grey Gardens

All of which i enjoyed, just weren't anything I could imagine seeing again....and since CCs are a more stable currency than the dollar, I don't worry too much about getting burned when buying one blind....

The Silence of The Lambs
Armageddon
Chasing Amy

Robocop
Silence of the Lambs
Chasing Amy
Royal Tenembaums
Traffic
Life of Brian

Still need a few more to complete the collection I want.

Spartacus

For All Mankind
Chasing Amy
Traffic
Do the Right Thing

Big Deal On Madonna Street
Bob le flambeur
Brazil
Charade
Chasing Amy
Children Of Paradise
Dead Ringers
Diary Of A Chambermaid
Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie, The
Do The Right Thing
8 ½
Hidden Fortress, The
Häxan
Importance Of Being Earnest, The
In The Mood For Love
Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp, The
Life Of Brian
Man Bites Dog
M. Hulot's Holiday
Mon Oncle
Notorious
Peeping Tom
Playtime
Rashomon
Red Beard
Rififi
Robocop
Rock, The
Royal Tenenbaums, The
Ruling Class, The
Rushmore
Spellbound
Seven Samurai
Spartacus
That Obscure Object Of Desire
Traffic
Vanishing, The
Wild Strawberries

With Solaris, Contempt and The Complete Monterey Pop Festival on pre-order ("Pop" should ship in a few days).

#13: THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
#40: ARMAGEDDON: Exclusive Director's Cut
#75: CHASING AMY
#97: DO THE RIGHT THING
#105: SPARTACUS
#108: THE ROCK
#135: REBECCA
#136: Alfred Hitchcock's SPELLBOUND
#137: Alfred Hitchcock's NOTORIUS

my criterion list:

My Criterions:

Rashomon
Wild Strawberries
M
Rebecca
Brazil
Notorious
Chasing Amy
RoboCop
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Lady Vanishes
Great Expectation
Seven Samurai
Charade
The Third Man
Unbearable Lightness of Being
In the Mood for Love

I just have a few:

Royal Tenenbaums
8 1/2
M
Third Man
Brazil
Chasing Amy
Unbearable Lightness of Being

None were blind buys (although I have a few I haven't seen yet on my Christmas list), and all are movies I probably would have bought even if there was no Criterion.

My modest list:

Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
Hidden Fortress
Rashomon
Red Beard
Rushmore
Royal Tenenbaums
In the Mood for Love
Beastie Boys Video Anthology
Seventh Seal
Wild Strawberries
Last Temptation of Christ
Traffic
Monterey Pop Festival
Chasing Amy
The Rock
Rebecca
Notorious
Charade
Robocop
Do the Right Thing

And would give my firstborn for Spinal Tap and Silence of the Lambs.

About to add Spellbound, 8 1/2, and Haxan (if I can find it) to my collection. Not to mention all the great titles yet to be released (Solaris, Fear and Loathing, Killers, etc.).

-edit to add-

Just got Peeping Tom and Shock Corridor.