Criterion on Social Media

[What A Disgrace]

Criterion asks for your pick!

I did my duty and voted for Ruggles of Red Gap.

[Harmonov]

Criterion is asking for suggestions for a (pre-1948) Paramount or Universal holding. I picked The Lost Weekend! But the funny thing is, you've got all these morons yelling out titles with great R1 releases, and or post-1948.

Do they mean any Universal film or are they saying any Universal film pre-1948? I think the Soderbergh suggestions and things like Glengarry Glen Ross are interpreting the Universal holding as being from any period. I read the question that way myself.

Yes, you read the question right. It just irks me no end to see people saying King Kong. There's no way in hell Warner would let that go. Then Criterion have to sift through the bullshit to get to the legitimate suggestions. That's Facebook for ya.

Fair enough. You're right about Facebook. Why throw a Warners or MGM title when that's not what the question asks?

A question - is The Big Clock a Paramount or Universal holding? On wikipedia (I know I should never go there), it's listed as both. That would be a great addition, but it's 1948, so not pre-1948 Paramount, but it fits the constraints of the Universal release. IMDB (once again, I should know better) has it listed as Paramount.

[Napier]

Criterion asks for your pick!

I did my duty and voted for Ruggles of Red Gap.

The Lost Weekend.

[ianungstad]

The Lost Weekend is a great suggestion. For a best picture winner the Universal transfer is crap and the dvd is barebones. A special edition of Scarface should also be a priority, IMO. Another lackluster barebones release.

There are lots of other great titles that should be suggested like Man Without a Star, Angel, Dishonored, etc.

The Facebook has been overrun by morons. More than half the people constantly ask for contemporary films that are in decent editions already.

[cdnchris]

I had to put a vote in for The Lost Weekend as well. Maybe with enough votes they'll notice.

[onedimension]

Death Becomes Her!

[What A Disgrace]

...but speaking of Billy Wilder, I now wish that I had suggested A Foreign Affair instead.

At least The Lost Weekend is kind of available

[Napier]

...but speaking of Billy Wilder, I now wish that I had suggested A Foreign Affair instead.

At least The Lost Weekend is kind of available

Matt put in a vote for it. As well as Cobra Woman. I don't want to get greedy, but all three would be just dandy.

[Finch]

Since they already have the rights to ISLAND OF LOST SOULS and are working on it, I suggested THE UNINVITED with Ray Milland (I wasn't sure if they already have it in the pipeline or not). A decent release of SHANGHAI EXPRESS would also be nice.

[Matt]

It just irks me no end to see people saying King Kong. There's no way in hell Warner would let that go. Then Criterion have to sift through the bullshit to get to the legitimate suggestions. That's Facebook for ya.

The Peter Jackson King Kong is Universal, and I wouldn't put it past Facebook morons to suggest it.

[Frankinho007]

Suggested "The Uninvited", too plus some Siodmak movies, in particular "Phantom Lady", "Christmas Holiday" and "The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry". Would love to see some unreleased Universal (Paramount) titles.

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

A question - is The Big Clock a Paramount or Universal holding? On wikipedia (I know I should never go there), it's listed as both. That would be a great addition, but it's 1948, so not pre-1948 Paramount, but it fits the constraints of the Universal release. IMDB (once again, I should know better) has it listed as Paramount.

The Big Clock is definitely Universal. It was released as part of their noir label

I had to suggest the O.O.P. Minnie and Moskowitz and Blue Collar and throw in Leo McCarey's amazing Ruggles of Red Gap which confuses me on why it was just tossed aside to the Universal Vault.

[starmanof51]

Cobra Woman, all the way.

[Matt]

I've always wanted to suspect that Criterion were sitting on Cobra Woman until the Jack Smith estate got ironed out so they could pair the film with Flaming Creatures, but everything was apparently settled in 2008. However, since the estate is now represented by Barbara Gladstone of the Gladstone Gallery, I'm not hopeful we'll ever see Smith's films on home video. It may explain why when I mention that Gladstone also represents Matthew Barney.

[HistoryProf]

Blue Collar has long been high on my wishlist, and i'm appalled they relegated it to the dvd-r crap line. Also liked the suggestion of Five Graves to Cairo - seems like a perfect fit with Night Train to Munich etc....and a personal fave of mine is Spawn of the North

[HistoryProf]

anyone able to elaborate on this?

posted by Ray Noori
To those who have mentioned Blue Collar and Taking Off, I couldn't agree more, but Criterion already has plans for both.

[domino harvey]

I think someone at a screening got confirmation on Taking Off and Blue Collar had been speculated forever until the MGM BOD showed up

[captveg]

I went with Phantom Lady.

[zq333zq]

I've always wanted to suspect that Criterion were sitting on Cobra Woman until the Jack Smith estate got ironed out so they could pair the film with Flaming Creatures, but everything was apparently settled in 2008. However, since the estate is now represented by Barbara Gladstone of the Gladstone Gallery, I'm not hopeful we'll ever see Smith's films on home video. It may explain why when I mention that Gladstone also represents Matthew Barney.

I feel like such the outsider as this represents such inside information, at least to me. I'm rather fond of the movement of Maria Montez's unsupported breasts in the trailer for Cobra Woman, especially considering the time period. She was a goddess in this movie. Oh, I just found she has an airport dedicated to her memory. Clearly, she was some body. *feeling corny as hell*

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[AisleSeat]

Ruggles of Red Gap
The Big Clock
The Lost Weekend

All of these are excellent suggestions. Pick 'em, choose 'em, you can't go wrong. If pressed to make a choice, I'd say Ruggles of Red Gap by a hair, with The Lost Weekend a close second.

[Napier]

In a perfect world, Criterion would release The Lost Weekend and The Quiet Man. Then they wouldn't have to deal with my constant nagging ever again. It's strictly a win win situation.

[HistoryProf]

i don't quite understand the calls for Cobra Woman...saw it on TCM once upon a time and thought it was hilariously cheesy. (though I too was rather taken aback in a very good way by Maria Montez's incredibly visible and jiggly boobs)...but surely boobs aren't enough to get a spine #?

[Tribe]

i don't quite understand the calls for Cobra Woman...saw it on TCM once upon a time and thought it was hilariously cheesy. (though I too was rather taken aback in a very good way by Maria Montez's incredibly visible and jiggly boobs)...but surely boobs aren't enough to get a spine #?

And God Created Woman is just chicken liver?

[domino harvey]

Russ Meyer to thread

[Matt]

Criterion used to have a sense of humor and release campy/cheesy films like this with some regularity. Or does everyone take their po-faced justifications for Flesh for Frankenstein/Blood for Dracula, The Blob, Fiend Without a Face, The Honeymoon Killers, Sisters, the Monsters and Madmen films, and Equinox as important independent films at face value?