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2017 Criterion Challenge List Thread
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2017 LIST THREAD This thread is for LISTS ONLY. Discussion of films, questions about the challenge, etc., should be directed to the Discussion Thread. You are; however, encouraged to provide reviews and comments within your list. Many people put their checklists in spoiler tags, to allow easier browsing of the list thread by others. Also, if you are planning to reveal key plots points/endings in your mini reviews, you should put them in spoiler tags. To apply spoiler tags, you can click the spoiler button on the toolbar or use the text below: [ spoiler] Remove the spaces to really hide something, like this Spoiler:
The challenge officially begins August 31 at dusk in whatever location you are in at the time, and ends on October 1st at dawn in whatever location you are in at that time. Also, feel free to time your final Criterion film(s) to coincide with the start of the Horror Challenge. FilmStruck Since our last challenge, The Criterion Collection's streaming library has been moved to FilmStruck. This is an add-on channel not included in the base FilmStruck subscription. It includes titles that have yet to be issued on physical disc from Criterion; any such film included in this channel is eligible for this challenge (but not anything else on FilmStruck outside the Criterion Channel). Optional Checklist The checklist is completely optional. It is just a "fun" inclusion to give one a sense of accomplishment, to help one diversify viewing, or to use as a guide on what to watch next. Each film can count for multiple sections, but only one check mark per section. Example: Pierrot le fou could count for the 1960's in Decades and Jean-Luc Godard in People, but it could not count for Godard and Anna Karina in People. You would need a separate film for Karina. Spoiler:
The challenge officially begins August 31 at dusk in whatever location you are in at the time, and ends on October 1st at dawn in whatever location you are in at that time. Also, feel free to time your final Criterion film(s) to coincide with the start of the Horror Challenge. Online Resources The Criterion Collection Official Pages and Online Stores Criterion.com | Barnes & Noble | Facebook | Google Play | FilmStruck | Tumblr | Twitter | YouTube List of Criterion Collection Laserdisc releases on Wikipedia Every box set and Top 10 list presently on Criterion.com, formatted to be copied and pasted in DVD Talk. CriterionCast iCheckMovies.com The Criterion Collection | The Criterion Collection Signatures | Criterion's Eclipse Collection | Criterion's Eclipse Collection Signatures Flickchart The Criterion Collection | The Criterion Collection on Hulu | The Criterion Eclipse Titles | Flickchart: The Blog - Criterion Commentaries Travis McClain's Criterion for Noobs Previous DVD Talk Criterion Challenges 2009 Discussion Thread | List Thread | 2010 Discussion Thread | List Thread 2011 Discussion Thread | List Thread | 2012 Discussion Thread | List Thread | 2013 Discussion Thread | List Thread 2014 Discussion Thread | List Thread | 2015 Discussion Thread | List Thread 2016 Discussion Thread | 2016 List Thread 2017 Discussion Thread |
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Kudos to malazar for being the only participant to complete the challenge checklist!
There were a total of 218 unique films and shorts watched by all participants. Here are the films viewed by more than one participant in this year's challenge: x4 Fantastic Mr. Fox x3 Blade Runner Close Encounters of the Third Kind Cronos Fantastic Planet x2 Band of Outsiders The Black Stallion Breaker Morant Casablanca Cat People Charade The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Eating Raoul The Exterminating Angel Ghost World Harold and Maude The Honeymoon Killers I Married a Witch Ikiru Insignificance Kagemusha L'argent Meantime Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Multiple Maniacs Night and Fog North by Northwest Red River Rubber Band Pistol [short film] The Shooting Straw Dogs Tampopo Taxi Driver The Testament of Dr. Mabuse They Drive by Night Three Colors: Blue |
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<img src="http://www.icheckmovies.com/signature/17186/criterion+collection.png" alt="TravisSMcClain's iCheckMovies.com Criterion Collection widget" /> https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/c2...o=w406-h312-no <img src="http://www.icheckmovies.com/signature/17186/eclipse+collection.png" alt="TravisSMcClain's iCheckMovies.com Eclipse Collection widget" /> Objectives --- Certified Copy --- 45 Years --- Ghost World --- Summer Hours -X- Tampopo --- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Christopher Nolan's Top 10 -X- The Hit -X- 12 Angry Men -X- The Thin Red Line -X- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse -X- Bad Timing -X- Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence -X- For All Mankind -X-Koyaanisqatsi -X- The Complete Mr. Arkadin My List
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My List, Ranked
2010 | 2010 on Letterboxd | 2010 on Criterion | 2011 | 2011 on Letterboxd | 2011 on Criterion 2012 | 2012 on Criterion | 2012 on Letterboxd | 2013 | 2013 on Criterion | 2013 on Letterboxd 2014 | 2014 on Letterboxd | 2014 on Criterion | 2015 | 2015 on Criterion | 2016 DVD: 6 movies, 2 commentary tracks | Blu-ray Disc: 2 movies, 1 short | Theatrical Exhibition: 0 | UltraViolet: 0 | Hulu: 0 | Netflix Watch Instantly: 0 | Other Digital: 3 movies | TV Broadcast: 0 | VHS: 0 First Time Viewing: 8 movies, 1 short | Re-watches: 3 movies TOTAL: 12 movies, 1 shorts, 2 commentary tracks |
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Hoping to watch:
Honeymoon Killers ✔ The Man Who Fell To Earth ✔ Cronos The Devil's Backbone ✔ Barry Lyndon The Bridge on the River Kwai Le Corbeau Torment Crisis <div style="background-color:#EBEBEB;"> September 04: <table><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;width:40px;">01. #3 </td><td style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/yHmInYb.png" height="100px" /></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;">The Lady Vanishes (1938) library Criterion DVD - essay: "Tea and Treachery" By Charles Barr (read online) - essay: "All Aboard!" by Geoffrey O’Brien (read online) - essay: "The Lady Vanishes" by Michael Wilmington (read online)</td></tr></table> September 10: <table><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;width:40px;">02. #843 </td><td style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/39jUITs.png" height="100px" /></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;">Punch Drunk Love (2002) library Criterion DVD - deleted scenes - Matress Man Commercial (0:52) - Blossoms and Blood (11:58) - (short film made up of alternate and deleted scenes) - Scopitones (clips of Jeremy Blake artwork in the film) (6:20) - John Brion (music by) (27:18) - Recording Session (9:55) - about Jeremy Blake (Artwork) - discussion between Lia Gangitano and Michael Connor (20:24) - Additional Artwork (shown to "I've Gone Native Now" - Annie Kerr (2:42) - at Cannes 2002 - interview with Paul Thomas Anderson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Adam Sandler and Emily Watson (7:02) - Press Conference (addition: producer Jo-Anne Sellar) (37:20) - The Pudding Guy (5:03) (interview with the actual guy who built up 1.25 million Frequent Flyer miles buying 0.25c Healthy Choice pudding cups.) - essay: "A Delegate Speaks" by Miranda July (read online)</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;width:40px;">03. #200 </td><td style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/zbLuy2e.png" height="100px" /></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;">The Honeymoon Killers (1969) my Criterion BD FTV - Leonard Kastle (29:38) - Love Letters (25:00) - Trailers (2:20) - essay: "Broken Promises" by Gary Giddins (read online) - essay: "All-American Medea: Shirley Stoler in The Honeymoon Killers" by Nick Pinkerton (read online) - "Dear Martha..." (22:56) (The real story of the Lonely Hearts Killers is told and how it differed from the movie)</td></tr></table> XX. IT (2017) - AVX theatre September 11: <table><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;width:40px;">04. #304 </td><td style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/1g9Rn3c.png" height="100px" /></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;">The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) my StudioCanal 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition - Candy Clark interview (27:47) - David Bowie interview on French TV (8:20) - Trailer (2:21) - essay: "Loving the Alien" by Graham Fuller (read online) - essay: "The Man Who Fell to Earth" by Robert Lloyd (read online)</td></tr></table> September 13: XX. The Look of Silence (2014) - library DVD September 14: <table><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;width:40px;">05. #65 </td><td style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/U9OZp2e.png" height="100px" /></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;">Rushmore (1998) my Criterion BD - Trailer (2:29) - Max Fischer Players Present, theatrical “adaptations” of Armageddon, Out of Sight, and The Truman Show, staged for the 1999 MTV Movie Awards (4:13) - film-to-storyboard comparison (1:55) - essay: "Rushmore" by Dave Kehr (read online) - Rushmore Captured (online photo gallery) - Auditions (8:40) - Jason Schwartzman - Stephen McCole - Ronnie and Keith McCawley - Sara Tanaka - Mason Gamble - The Making of "Rushmore" (16:49) - The Charlie Rose Show, featuring Wes Anderson and Bill Murray (54:20) - Storyboards - Archiva Graphica</td></tr></table> September 15: <table><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;width:40px;">06. #887 </td><td style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/4YPzgWh.png" height="100px" /></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;align:left">Lost In America (1985) my Criterion BD - Trailer (2:39) - Albert Brooks and Robert Weide (30:05) - Julie Hagerty (11:14) - Herb Nanas (11:51) - James L. Brooks (14:33) - essay: "The $100,000 Box" by Scott Tobias (read online)</td></tr></table> September 16: XX. mother! (2017) - theatre <table><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;width:40px;">07. #259 </td><td style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/t0kC9U9.jpg" height="100px" /></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;">FAT GIRL (2001) library Criterion DVD - Trailers - US (1:21) - French (1:12) - The Making of FAT GIRL (5:39) - Interviews - Catherine Breillat talks about her film (9:58) - 2001 Berlin Film Festival (11:49) - essay: "Sisters, Sex, and Sitcom" by Ginette Vincendeau (read online) - online feature: "About the Title" by Catherine Breillat (read online) </td></tr></table> September 17: XX. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) - theatre <table><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;width:40px;">08. #666 </td><td style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/rWQTz3J.jpg" height="100px" /></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:2px;">The Devil's Backbone (2001) my Criterion Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro BD set FTV - essay: "The Past Is Never Dead..." by Mark Kermode (read online) - Introduction by Guillermo del Toro (0:48) - Summoning Spirits (13:47) - Que es in Fantasma?: The Making of The Devil's Backbone (27:18)</td></tr></table> </div><div style="background-color: #FFFFF5"><div class="smallfont"><hr size="1" style="color:#D1D1E1; background-color:#D1D1E1" /> </div><div align=center>The 2017 Calgary International Film Festival begins!</div> <div align=center></div> The following are all FTV September 20: 01. When They Awake (2017) Canada Opening gala screening at the Jack Singer Music Hall. September 21: 02. Stronger (2017) Jake Gyllenhaal as Jeff Bauman, victim of the Boston bombers. 03. Tragedy Girls (2017) Great horror comedy about two high school senior girls who want to have the best blog based on their town's misfortune with a serial killer. September 22: 04. The Divine Order (2017) Switzerland Women in a small town go "on strike" to fight for the vote in 1971's Switzerland. --. Iconoclast (2016) (5 min) 05. Signature Move (2017) A lesbian love story between a Pakistan- American Muslim immigration lawyer and Mexican-American bookstore owner in a peaceful diverse Chicago. 06. Novitiate (2017) Vatican 2 reeks its havoc on a strict Catholic convent in 1964. September 23: --. Two Dollars (Deux Dollars) (2016) (9 min) France 07. Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town (2017) With -$37 in her bank account, a girl has to get across town to stop the engagement of her ex-best friend and ex-boyfriend 08. Eye On Juliette (2017) Guy in Detroit, monitoring a pipeline in the Middle East via hexapod droids, wants to help a young woman escape the confines of her Middle Eastern life. 09. The Florida Project (2017) Life is not always Mickey & Minnie Mouse for those who live just outside the gates of Disney World. 10. Mary Shelley (2017) A few years in the life of the author of Frankenstein. September 24: --. The Goatman of Kananaskis (2017) (8 min) Alberta 11. Buckout Road (2017) Canada After the death of a beloved teacher, nightmares and sleepwalking plague several residence living near this infamous road, home to numerous myths and legends. 12. Unrest (2017) Documentary feature made by a sufferer of myalgic encephalomyelitis (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), showing the plight of many affected by this not so rare (but often overlooked) mysterious disease affecting millions around the world. 13. Indian Horse (2017) Canada Extremely well made true story of an indigenous man in Ontario, raised in the abusive Canadian Residential School system in the 60s, who almost becomes a successful hockey player until the demons of his upbringing catch up with him. 14. Bad Match (2017) Fatal Attraction for the internet age. A guy who serially sleeps with women he meets on an online dating site's life is unravelled after he knocks boots with a more than clingy "match". September 25: 15. Room For Rent (2017) Canada Now broke lottery winner living with his parents rents out the spare room to keep from having to downsize but it does not go as planned. 16. Entanglement (2017) Canada Suicide survivor goes in search of his long lost almost sister. 17. Marjorie Prime (2017) A future where computers can substitute themselves for lost relatives. September 26: 18. Reseba aka (The Dark Wind) (2017) Iraq An Iraqi couple's marriage plans are ruined when they are forced into a refugee camp after ISIS attacks their village and kidnaps the young women to sell as slaves. --. Train to Peace (Zug Nach Peace) (2017) (9 min) Germany 19. Worst Case, We Get Married (2017) Quebec Teenage girl recollects events after her crushing hard on a 30 year old man gets carried away. 20. Pyewacket (2017) Canada Slow burning horror in which a teenage girl deals with the repercussions of conjuring up an evil force to kill her mother while they are both coping with the recent loss of her father. September 27: 21. Everfall (2017) Alberta Weird (but not in a good way) movie about something to do with a has-been figure skater and her danger seeking boyfriend in some supernatural or drug induced haunted burned out ice arena where figure skaters are sacrificed annually, or commit suicide or seek revenge during giant forest fires or some such nonsense. 22. A Swingers Weekend (2017) Canada Thank god for this movie after that last one! Extremely good comedy about three couples that come together for a weekend of spouse swapping and all learn a little about themselves and their mates. 23. A Day (2017) South Korea Another great one! A man keeps reliving a couple of hours of a pretty hectic day. To say any more would just be spoiling it. September 28: 24. Lunchtime Shorts A small 4 pack of short films shown over the lunch hour. - Stories of the Hip: One Night in Kingston (2016) (6 min) Canada - APOLO81 (2015) (11 min) Spain - Glamorous Gladys (2017) (11 min) Canada - The Legend of the Bunny Phantom (2017) (5 min) Canada 25. The Misandrists (2017) Germany What the HELL was that?? Some feminist terrorist cell of nutbar lesbians are going to take over the world of men by making lesbian porno movies or something? But not until they gender reassign (real footage included!) a wounded soldier who made the mistake of wandering into their world. I guess I'm glad I saw it, even if it's just to be able to warn you all not to! 26. Hollow In the Land (2017) Canada Young woman who is the guardian of her 17 year old brother while their father is in prison goes looking for him after it appears that he murdered his girlfriends father and disappears. --. iMedium (2016) (6 min) Spain 27. Fake Blood (2017) Canada Two horror film makers make a documentary of how violence in movies affects people in real life after receiving a weird fan video. September 29: 28. El Amparo (2017) Venezuela/Columbia Based on a 30 year old true story, 16 men go out fishing but only 2 return after 14 are killed by soldiers for "guerilla" activity along the Venezuela/Columbia border. 29. Ordinary Days (2017) Canada 19 year old woman goes missing and it takes a detective, dealing with his own personal issues, to find her. 30. Call Me By Your Name (2017) Italy 17 year old boy deals with his sexuality and ultimately lost love when his father's new assistant shows up for the summer. September 30: 31. Lipstick Under My Burkha (2016) India Four Indian women of various ages independently attempt to live a modern lifestyle despite their restricted male dominant oppressive society. 32. A Fantastic Woman (2017) Chile A transsexual woman copes with her boyfriend's prejudice family after he suddenly dies in the apartment the two of them shared. 33. Breathe (2017) UK True life story of the first man to escape the confines of his hospital room after he becomes completely paralyzed and put on an artificial respirator after contracting polio in the late 50s. 34. Suck It Up (2017) Canada The ex-girlfriend of a cancer victim attempts to help the sister deal with her brother's death by taking her on a road trip where they both come to grips with the impact of his passing. 35. My Friend Dahmer (2017) True account of the life of Jeffery Dahmer during his high school years up to the time he picked up his first victim a few weeks after graduation. October 01: 36. Gregoire (2017) Canada Life in Ft. McMurray is a struggle for young people trying to start their lives. <div align=center>The 2017 Calgary International Film Festival ends!</div> </div> |
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1. Rosemary's Baby - Epix Drive In Sept 14 2. Halloween (1978) - DVD Sept 19 Uncounted Halloween Extras: Halloween Unmasked 2000 Sept 24 3. Fishing With John: Episode 1 With Jim Jarmusch - YouTube Sept 27 4. Gojira - DVD Checklist Spoiler:
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Welcome back Travis!
Trevor's Personal Challenge Checklist (a monthly checklist to help justify collections and subscriptions) * items marked such are not necessarily Challenge-compliant Adult Swim * Space Ghost: Coast to Coast - DVD - s1e1-2 Amazon Prime The Shooting Animation The Fantastic Mr. Fox - BD BD 2001: A Space Odyssey - Admit that I thought my monitor was broken or off for a minute there. Watched a bunch of the extras too. Insignificance and extras Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' - IMDb Babette's Feast Thief Comic Book some supplements on Crumb Ghost World Art as Dialogue Commentary Track The Fantastic Mr. Fox - BD, with director Wes Anderson Spellbound - DVD, with Hitchcock scholar Marian Keane Cat People - BD, with film historian Gregory Mank The Shining - BD, with crew Criterion Hasten Slowly - BD Val Lawton: The Man in Shadows - BD Digibook Dr. Strangelove - BD, and supplements Disney Disc Spellbound - DVD Disney DMA *The Muppets DVD 99 Reasons Eraserhead Eraserhead Stories - almost a commentary track Godzilla/King Kong Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) - BD GooglePlay *Rememory HBO Grand Budapest Hotel The Rose Holiday Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - BD Horror Cat People - BD Cronos - BD, and commentary, and other extras Monty Pythonesque Jabberwocky - DVD MST3K Carnival of Souls - Rifftrax DVD *MST3K: The Return - e8 Muppets *Muppet Treasure Island - BD Netflix Tiny Furniture *The Sixth Sense *Marc Maron: Too Real *Malcolm in the Middle - s2e2, s7e4 *30 Rock - s4e3 *My Name is Earl - s4e8 *The Bernie Mac Show - s5e6 *Jerry Before Seinfeld Peanuts *This is America, Charlie Brown - DVD - The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad Roku Gizmodo: How Criterion Collection Brings Movies Back from the Dead (2014) - short on the Vimeo channel Shudder Repulsion *Follow Star Trek *Enterprise s1e2 3D The Wizard of Oz TV Show Patterns (1955) - DVD, excellent Rod Serling production Vudu Harold and Maude Bram Stoker's Dracula YouTube Zulu |
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*= first time viewing blue= personal BluRay purple= personal DVD green= streaming orange= borrowed BD/DVD turquoise= theatrical presentation August 31st 1. The Exterminating Angel (El Ángel Exterminador) (Luis Buñuel, 1962 / Mexico / DVD) --- Spine #459 A group of wealthy friends find themselves mysteriously unable to leave a drawing room after a dinner party. They soon descend into madness as their civility cracks. I'm a fan of media that explores what happens when our basic infrastructure fails or is inaccessible, and this film is both delightful and horrifying when it answers that question. --- Essay: "Exterminating Civilization" / Marsha Kinder September 4th 2. Broadway (Pál Fejös, 1929 / United States)* --- supplemental film on Lonesome Pál Fejös's show business epic is the anti-Busby Berkeley musical, more interested in the drama behind the curtain of the musical numbers. It's a pretty standard plot about a showgirl torn between two men: a poor performer and a wealthy producer/bootlegger. Add a very dead mobster and a laconic detective, and you have lots of backstage antics. I wish the good guy wasn't such a whiny sap. --- Interview: Hal Mohr (cinematographer) September 5th 3. Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016 / United States / AmazonPrime)* --- Spine #853 Cinematographer and director Kirsten Johnson has created a rich tapestry of humanity with unused footage from many documentaries on which she's worked. It's a beautiful documentary at creates meaning from the juxtaposition of images and sequences. I've seen a few of the documentaries, and I want to see more. 4. Breaker Morant (Bruce Beresford, 1980 / Australia)* --- Spine #773 Three Australian soldiers are tried for war crimes in the Boer War. The film looks at how political systems as well as ordinary people are warped by wartime to do horrible things. The trio of soldiers have committed atrocities against prisoners who have mutilated and killed their comrades, and the British Empire has dirtied itself in a barbaric war. Ultimately, it explores how war destroys morality and civility. --- Interviews: Bruce Berseford (director) ; Donald McAlpine (cinematographer) ; Bryan Brown (actor) ; Edward Woodward (actor) --- Featurette: "The South African War" (2015) --- Theatrical trailer September 6th 5. Alice in the Cities (Alice in den Städten) (Wim Wenders, 1974 / Germany)* --- Spine #816 After journeying through the United States, a German journalist is jaded and melancholic. Through a series of events, he becomes the temporary caretaker of a young girl and travels with her to find her grandmother. The film explores the weird intersection of passivity and action and how despondent humans can rise to the occasion when needed. It's also a film about situations that couldn't happen in our current world. --- Essay: "A Girl's Story" / Allison Anders September 10th 6. Design for Living (Ernst Lubitsch, 1933 / United States) --- Spine #592 Two starving artists fall in love with the same woman, and she falls for both of them. A hilarious 30s sex farce ensues when the art starts paying off. For me, Miriam Hopkins and Edward Everett Horton steal the show - her with her sexual frustration and he with his usual befuddled stodginess. --- Short: "The Clerk" (Ernst Lubitsch, 1932 / United States)* --- Interview: Joseph McBride (film scholar) --- Essay: "Notes on the Play" / Barry Day --- Selected-scene commentary by film scholar William Paul September 11th 7. Clouds of Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas, 2014 / France / Netflix Instant)* --- Spine #822 An aging actress deals with fissures forming in her life and conception of herself. She also has an exciting, frustrating, and intimate relationship with her young assistant. Assayas explores the intersection of the new and old, established and insecure. --- Essay: "iClouds of Sils Maria" / Molly Haskell September 12th 8. A Choice of Coward: Design for Living (Joan Kemp-Welch, 1964 / United Kingdom)* --- supplemental film on Design for Living This is a Made-for-TV adaptation of Coward's play which shows that Lubitsch and company thoroughly dismantled the original to make the movie. The play has more overt homosexual overtones but still feels a stodgier than the 1933 film. September 15th 9. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979 / Russia)* --- Spine #888 September 21st 10. Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993 / France) Checklist Spoiler:
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First Time Viewing Television: 1 Streaming: 1 DVD: 2 Blu-ray: 1 August 31 1. The Ruling Class (1972), #132--Peter O'Toole's wildly dark and satiric performance as the insane 14th Earl of Gurney richly deserved his Academy Award nomination. The satire on aristocratic privilege in post-imperial Britain can be ham-handed at times, and the shifting of tone from black comedy to outright horror can be disconcerting, but it richly deserves its cult classic reputation. September 1 2. Les Diaboliques (1955), #35--Brilliant crime film: the wife and mistress of an unpleasant school headmaster plot his murder, and then it gets interesting. Brilliant suspense film whose plot was recycled in Games (1967), also starring Simone Signoret alongside a very young James Caan and Katherine Ross. September 11 3. Fantastic Planet (1973), #820--Using trippy 70s animation and rock music soundtrack, Rene Laloux creates a genuinely alien world of Draags and the Om,s humans they treat as pests. September 12 4. Multiple Maniacs (1970), #863--John Water's early films are best described using Waters's own term, "cinematic crimes." Long before he became America's dirty grandpa, he invented the midnight movie with his low-budget flicks starring his troupe of Baltimore oddballs, with the fabulous Divine headlining each film. September 13 5. Charulata (1964), #669--Charulata is a beautiful, sensitive film about a lonely married woman in 1870s India who strays with her husband's cousin. September 16 6. Eating Raoul (1982), #625--At the time it was released, Eating Raoul was regarded as a darkly subversive satire on the Me Generation and the hedonism of the 70s. Coming out in the early days of the Reagan era made it even naughtier. It's still a funny comedy, but more of a period piece. September 18 7. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), #821--Peter Sellers triumphs playing multiple roles in this Stanley Kubrick black comedy that must have frightened as much as amused Cold War audiences in the mid-60s. September 19 8. Kagemusha (1980), #267--Often regarded as a dress rehearsal fro Kurosawa's more opulent masterpiece Ran, Kagemusha is a classic on its own, a tale of a thief plucked from execution to act as a lookalike for a feudal lord. There are so many great moments in this film, each encounter with someone who knew Lord Shingen that could betray the thief, the gloriously colored sets at the climax. September 21 9. Monterey Pop (1968), #168--Back when music was real. Compared to today's over-produced, Auto-Tuned pop, the music of the 60s played live sounds raw and crude, but it exuded an energy that just can't be matched by any act today. The end of the film shows Ravi Shankar playing an extended raga and getting into a musical duel with his tabla player, all the while holding the audience rapt. When the show finally ends, the audienced stands on its feet, roaring its appreciation for Shankar's virtuoso sitar playing. Let's see Taylor Swift do that. 10. Don't Look Back (1967), #786--D.A. Pennybaker captures Dylan at the zenith of his fame during a tour of the UK in 1965, before he went electric, outraging his folkie fan base and before he was eclipsed by the hard rock acts to come. At 23 Dylan was brilliant, arrogant, pompous, and honest, and the greatest singer-songwriter of his generation. September 22 12. Gimme Shelter (1970), #99--Much of what kids today think about the 60s is mythology peddled by people who should know better. Altamont didn't kill the 60s, heroin and Nixon did, but the catastrophic decision to hire the Hell's Angels as security does put a sad coda to the peace and love vibe of Woodstock Nation spawned only 4 months earlier. September 22 13. I Married a Witch (1942), #676-I'm not a huge fan of romantic comedies, but this movie is adorable. Veronica Lake and Cecil Kellaway are a daughter and father pair of witches who were burned at the stake in the 17th century, but whose spirits have been freed to wreak havoc on the modern world (well, modern in the 40s). Lake falls in love with Fredric March, an aspiring politician, and hilarity ensues. September 23 15. This is Spinal Tap (1984), #12--This movie goes to 11. September 25 16. Scanners (1981), #712--David Cronenberg's low-budget sci-fi/horror masterpiece still works today. Patrick McGoohan as the evil scientist is brilliant as always, and Micheal Ironside delivers a solid performance as the rogue villain telepath. September 29 17. Help (1965), #LD016--My favorite of all the Beatles films. The jokes still work 50+ years later, and the music is immortal. It's odd how common smoking was back then. In "You're Going to Lose That Girl", Ringo is puffing away on a cancer stick as he drums. Sep. 30 18. Cat People (1942), #833 I finally opened my unwatched Val Lewton boxset to watch Cat People. One fo the finest horror films of the 1940s, Cat People relies upon atmospheric direction and acting to create a sense of unease in this tory of a woman who may be a were-panther who kills her victims when she is emotionally aroused, or who just may be neurotic. 19. Cronos (1993)-Blu-Ray. #551. Guillermo Del Toro's first film is shows the promise of a talented, young director. Cronos contains several of the themes of his later films: a child in danger, brutality vs kindness, the persistence of the past Checklist Spoiler:
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THE 2017 CRITERION CHALLENGE
* = First time viewing dark green= library DVD blue= FilmStruck purple= personal DVD/Blu-Ray orange= DVR/Other September 8th *1: Eating Raoul (1982 dir. Bartel | USA | Spine #625) *2: Close-Up (1990 dir. Kiarostami | Iran | Spine #519) *3: Eyes Without a Face (1960 dir. Franju | France | Spine #260) September 9th 4: Woman of the Year (1942 dir. Stevens | USA | Spine #867) September 12th *5: Harkiri (1962 dir. Kobayashi | Japan | Spine #302) |
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The 2017 Criterion Challenge
https://zsr.wfu.edu/files/criterion-...go-500x200.jpg September 2 Close Encounters of the Third Kind September 3 The Manchurian Candidate - Trailer Interview with Angela Lansbury Interview with Errol Morris Conversation between Frankenheimer, screenwriter George Axelrod, and actor Frank Sinatra from 1987 The Manchurian Candidate September 9 Interview with Alec Baldwin Seconds September 10 Trailer - Lady Snowblood Trailer - Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance Interview with Norio Osada Lady Snowblood September 17 Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance Crimes and Misdemeanors September 24 Charade - Trailer Charade September 30 Crimes of the Future The Brood Spoiler:
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1. Kuroneko (1968) * 99 min.
2. Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980) * 50 min. 3. Thursday's Children (1954) * 22 min. 4. If.... (1968) * 112 min. 5. Shine (1996) * 105 min. 6. Musashi Miyamoto (1954) * 93 min. 7. Musashi Miyamoto Sequel: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) * 103 min. 8. Musashi Miyamoto Conclusion: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) * 104 min. 9. Heart of a Dog (2015) * 75 min. 10. Secret Honor (1984) * 90 min. 11. White Dog (1982) * 90 min. 12. Straw Dogs (1971) * 118 min. 13. Factory (1971) * 18 min. 14. Meantime (1984) * 107 min. 15. Downhill (1927) * 110 min. 16. Rubber Band Pistol (1962) * 33 min. 17. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) * 120 min. Stats: Spoiler:
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malazar's 2017 Criterion Challenge List 2016: 24 + Checklist 2015: 29 + Checklist 2014: 25 + Checklist 2013: 26 + Checklist Goal: Complete Checklist Completed *Denotes First Time Watch First Time Watches - 25/25 (100%) Blue=Blu-ray - 14 films Red=Streaming - 6 films Black=DVD - 5 films August 31 - after dusk 1. They Live By Night (Nicholas Ray, 1948)* - Spine #880 -Interview: Imogen Sara Smith -Essay: "Dream Journey" - Bernard Eisenschitz September 1 2. Five Corners (Tony Bill, 1987)* - Laserdisc Spine #346 3. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (Alfred Hitchcock, 1927)* - Spine #885 4. Intimidation (Koreyoshi Kurahara, 1960)* - Part of Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara September 2 5. Slacker (Richard Linklater, 1991)* - Spine #247 -Watched Trailer September 3 6. The Warped Ones (Koreyoshi Kurahara, 1960)* - Part of Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara September 4 7. Il Generale Della Rovere (Roberto Rossellini, 1959)* - Spine #463 September 8 8. Two Days, One Night (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, 2014)* - Spine #771 -Watched Trailer September 9 9. The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992)* - Spine #694 September 13 10. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)* - Spine #221 -Essay: "Ikiru Many Autumns Later" - Pico Iyer September 16 11. Vampyr (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932)* - Spine #437 September 17 12. Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)* - Spine #869 -Interview: S.E. Hinton September 20 13. To Be or Not to Be (Ernst Lubitsch, 1942)* - Spine #670 14. The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, 1962)* - Spine #459 -Watched Trailer September 21 15. Louie Bluie (Terry Zwigoff, 1985)* - Spine #532 September 23 16. Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948)* - Spine #709 -Watched Trailer -Interview: Peter Bogdanovich September 24 17. Vengeance is Mine (Shohei Imamura, 1979)* - Spine #384 -Essay: "Civilization and Its Discontents" - Michael Atkinson September 25 18. I Hate But Love (Koreyoshi Kurahara, 1962)* - Part of Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara September 27 19. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007)* - Spine #741 -Short Film: Spanky: To the Pier and Back (Guy Maddin, 2008)* 20. Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, 1971)* - Spine #182 (First Time Watch with Commentary) -Watched with Commentary by Stephen Prince -Essay: "Home Like No Place" - Joshua Clover 21. Night and Fog (Alain Resnais, 1955)* Spine #197 -Audio Interview: Alain Resnais -Interview: Joshua Oppenheimer -Supplement Documentary: Face aux fantômes (Jean-Louis Comolli, 2009)* -Essay: "The Never-Ending Cries" - Colin MacCabe September 28 22. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)* - Spine #872 -Listened to Soundtrack 23. Black Sun (Koreyoshi Kurahara, 1964)* - Part of Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara September 29 24. Thirst for Love (Koreyoshi Kurahara, 1967)* - Part of Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara September 30 25. Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, 1988)* - Spine #21 Checklist: Spoiler:
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August 31st
1. Watership Down 2. Fantastic Mr. Fox September 1st 3. Fantastic Planet 4. Naked 5. Life Is Sweet September 2nd 6. Meantime 7. The Breaking Point 8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 9. Roma September 3rd 10. La Poison 11. The Human Condition A. No Greater Love September 4th 11. The Human Condition B. Fury C. Nostalgia D. The Fog of War September 6th 11. The Human Condition E. Escaping Death F. Wandering in the Wilderness September 8th 12. Rebecca September 9th 13. Look Back In Anger 14. Tiger Bay 15. L'Argent September 10th 16. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! 17. Weekend (Haigh) 18. Safety Last! September 11th 19. Hopscotch September 12th 20. Sid & Nancy September 13th 21. Shallow Grave September 14th 22. Topsy-Turvy September 15th 23. Brief Encounter 24. Blithe Spirit 25. This Happy Breed 26. Blue September 16th 27. The X from Outer Space 28. The Rules of the Game 29. White September 17th 30. Red 31. Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell 32. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie September 22nd 33. The Living Skeleton 34. Genocide September 23rd 35. Rome Open City 36. Taxi Driver September 24th 37. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 38. Hotel Chevalier/The Darjeeling Limited September 26th 39. Paisan September 28th 40. Germany Year Zero September 29th 41. The Squid and the Whale Checklist Spoiler:
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2017 List
watched: 9 9-4: Chungking Express(BD), Close Encounters of the Third Kind(theatrical) 9-12: Multiple Maniacs(BD), David Lynch: The Art Life(Amazon) 9-15: Doeds’ka-den(DVD) 9-20: L'avventura(BD) 9-21: L'argent(BD) 9-26: Tampopo(BD) 30: My Beautiful Laundrette(BD) Spoiler:
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2017's Criterion Challenge 2016's list: Watched List: August 31: 1. Fantastic Mr. Fox Sept. 6 2. Beauty and the Beast (La belle et la bête 1946) Sept. 9 3. King Kong (1933) Sept. 10 4. Harold and Maude (1971) Sept. 26 5. 45 Years Sept. 27 6. The Black Stallion Checklist: Spoiler:
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*First Time Viewing
BD Streaming DVD My List I'm starting out with some I have on DVD. Since I haven't bought DVDs for a while, I've probably had those a long time (unless they were gifts). 8/31 1. On the Waterfront (1954) 9/1 2. Badlands (1973)* I was sure I'd watched this before, but in spite of knowing the basic plot, it was totally unfamiliar so don't think I had. 9/2 3. Two Lane Blacktop (1971)* 9/3 4. Fighting Elegy (1966)* 9/4 5. Red River (1948) 9/5 6. Ministry of Fear* (1948) 9/8 7. I Married a Witch* (1942) 9/30 8. Band of Outsiders* (1964) Checklist Spoiler:
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Streaming DVD August 31st 1. Fantastic Planet (1973) 2. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) September 1st 3. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) September 2nd 4. Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)* September 3rd 5. Casablanca (1942) 6. Throne of Blood (1957) September 4th 7. Blade Runner (1982) 8. Being There (1979)* September 5th 9. The Shooting (1966)* September 6th 10. Kagemusha (1980) September 7th 11. Marketa Lazarova (1967) September 8th 12. The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963) 13. Suzanne's Career (1963) September 9th 14. My Night at Maud's (1969) September 10th 15. La Collectionneuse (1967) September 11th 16. Claire's Knee (1970) September 12th 17. Love in the Afternoon (1972) September 13th 18. Ran (1985) September 14th 19. Cul-de-sac (1966)* September 16th 20. The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971) September 17th 21. High and Low (1963) September 18th 22. Jubilee (1978)* September 19th 23. Ornette: Made in America (1985)* September 20th 24. Ikiru (1952) September 23rd 25. Here is Your Life (1966)* 26. Andrei Rublev (1966) September 24th 27. The Browning Version (1951)* September 25th 28. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) September 26th 29. Brute Force (1947)* 30. Night and Fog in Japan (1960)* September 27th 31. The Color of Pomegranates (1969)* 32. Insignificance (1985)* September 28th 33. The Black Stallion (1979) September 30th 34. Breaker Morant (1980)* 35. Cronos (1993) |
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* First Time Viewing
September 10 1. Annie Hall (1977) * - 2.5/5 September 13 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) * - 2.5/5 September 19 3. Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989) * - 4/5 September 24 4. Casablanca (1942) * - 3/5 September 28 5. Blood Simple (1984) - 4/5 September 29 6. Blade Runner (1982) - 3.5/5 September 30 7. Haxan (1922) * - 2.5/5 8. Carrie (1976) - 5/5 |
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