Poll : Just for fun which of these films would you like to see re-released on a new 2-Disc Criterion Collection DVD.

(Yes I know that Criterion does not own the rights to certain films, but this is just for fun.)

I'm not partial to any of those films. I'm still waiting for She's Gotta Have It which Spike Lee has been promising will come from Criterion for some time.

L.A. Confidential and Exorcist will never happen as warner does not lend out titles. furthermore I'd rather have a WB special edition at 26.99 msrp than a criterion at 39.99

Pretty hard choices, but I'd have to go with THE EXORCIST, since it's such a monumental classic (though the current DVD of the unaltered version is no slouch). Following that closely would be MULHOLAND DRIVE, BRAVEHEART and AMERICAN BEAUTY, in that order.

Voted for The Exorcist.

to the last part.

Didn't WB just issue an Exorcist box set that basically made the original a 2-disc SE (both cuts, all extras)?

Pretty much all of those films have received great treatment already for standard def. As Good as it Gets is an exception, though.

Criterion ought to work on some stuff we wouldn't expect an A+ treatment from the original studios. You can pretty much anticipate HD releases of any of those films to be definitive.

Went with braveheart, oh how I want a special edition of that movie.

Mulholland Dr

Agreed. I assumed the OP was joking, but perhaps not. In any case, there's nothing in that list that Criterion would ever realistically even have the opportunity to release.

And while some of those are certainly Criterion worthy films, I can't imagine in what universe anyone would want a Criterion version of The Notebook. Ergo, my assumption that the OP was just kidding around.

I hope this was a joke, otherwise I need a "none of the above" option.

JMO but of all the films on that list, I would think The Exorcist fits more into Criterion's ouvre than any other. It was a film way, *way* ahead of its time. Mainstream though at the same time highly experimental. I'm not sure if some of the technical aspects in the film have ever been matched. It's one of the best five horror films I've ever seen and the most disturbing.

I would love an L.A. Confidential CC edition, though it's a bit more mainstream than they typically choose. And I know it's not going to happen anyway.

As this poll is just for fun ...

Love to have Mulholland Dr. Criterion

Being realistic in this fantasy poll, the only one that currently needs a Criterion upgrade is the Insider.

Ah, being realistic in a fantasy ... funny. Seems a bit like 'no fighting in the war room.'

Also "The Game" and "Bottle Rocket".

I would love "Mulholland Drive" and "Lost in Translation" but what could they really get? The people I would like to hear on commentaries don't seem to want to do commentaries much less participate in creating the new features that would be necessary to be of interest.

I love Criterion's where they get full cooperation from the Director and other influential people to the film. Seems like on this list "Braveheart" and "As Good as it Gets" have the best chance of that.

Of those two films, I go with "Braveheart".

Mulholland Drive would be my most wanted.

The Notebook and Braveheart my least wanted.

Well since we are all having fun, I would like to see them all on HD-DVD...

Since Lost Highway (yeah I know it says re-release) is not one of the choices, I will have to go with Mulholland Dr.

Count me in as another none of the above. Especially the WB titles. WB does awesome special editions when they get around to it and they can purchased for far less than Criterions prices.

But they don't have the tilted C on them!! How will anyone know I'm cool?

Criterion's chief value is that it releases editions of foreign films that would otherwise not be accessible to R1 viewers. I can't see Warner releasing Au Hasard Balthasar or Bob Le Flambeur; and that's why Criterion has for years been the film fan's best friend.

However, compared to the care that studios like Fox and Warner lavish on some of their high-profile releases like The Fly or The Maltese Falcon, Criterion's releases generally lag in quality. Take The Long Good Friday--the new Anchor Bay version is far superior in sound, picture, and extras to the Criterion, and is a lot cheaper to boot.

If other studios start to figure out that a market for quality films exists, Criterion is going to dry up and vanish.

I voted for Braveheart but would love to see all of these given the full Criterion treatment:

American Beauty
Insider, The
L.A. Confidential
Lost In Translation

Come on, that's a ridiculous comparison. Criterion released The Long Good Friday on DVD in November 1998, seven and eight years before the other two you mention. How about looking at the care lavished on more recent Criterion titles like The Complete Mr. Arkadin or the Six Moral Tales sets or the individual releases even of The Spirit of the Beehive or The Double Life of Veronique.

Lots of great titles, I wish Lost in Translation would get the treatment as the current DVD has little in the way of extras. At least Braveheart and American Beauty already have commentaries.