That’s a pretty good list - I particularly like Brazil, My Life as a Dog, Woman in the Dunes and Paris, Texas. And I didn’t even know there was a film version of Stalker - I loved the novel.
Though there are so many (over 1,500 total) and they’re so good that there’s room for many more.
Just browsing the full list, I’m also partial to, among others: Repo Man, Harold and Maude, Coup de Torchon, Night on Earth (and really everything by Jim Jarmusch), Withnail and I, Jabberwocky (the source of my username), After Hours, Slacker, Koyaanisqatsi, Wings of Desire, Vernon Florida, The Princess Bride, If…
And I noted, in talking about Ron Perlman, the author mentioned City of Lost Children, and I can’t help but wonder how that’s not part of the Criterion Collection - it seems such a perfect fit.
I also note a sort of surprising lack of Luc Besson. He seems a perfect fit too.
Mostly though, browsing the list made me realize how many great movies I still haven’t seen.
It actually sort of bothers me to have a favorite Jarmusch film - it sort of feels like I’m cheating on the others. But even as much as I love the rest of them, Night on Earth just stands out.
And I noted, in talking about Ron Perlman, the author mentioned City of Lost Children, and I can’t help but wonder how that’s not part of the Criterion Collection - it seems such a perfect fit.
I also note a sort of surprising lack of Luc Besson. He seems a perfect fit too.
Sony and StudioCanal, respectively, kept the rights and made the 4k releases themselves.
Leon and Fifth Element you can understand but City of Lost Children seems the kind of title perfect for a boutique Blu-ray publisher.
I love Quadrophenia too. It’s one of my go-tos when I’m moody. Stellar album too. It’s one of a few I’ll listen to all the way through rather than just a few singles.
I love Brazil, it was one of my personal picks from the list. I feel it, and 12 Monkeys, are peak Gilliam. It may not have aged as well as others, so I can’t guarantee you’ll like it (especially if you didn’t first time around) but I’d definitely recommend a second watch.
Yeah, Brazil is a favorite of mine. I still flinch when I see chinadoll heads. Deff peak Gilliam. I think its a great mix of his dystopian future fever-dream, and witty sarcastic take on the modern world. And fwiw, he’s not a goofy Britt, he’s a goofy Minnesotian.
I can’t help but be curious, so I hope whoever gets to see the media available at least gives us a little more to go on. The quote at the end just heightens my morbid curiosity.
“Seeing this film was really awe-inspiring, in that you are rarely in the presence of a perfect object,” Shearer said. “This was a perfect object. This movie is so drastically wrong, its pathos and its comedy are so wildly misplaced, that you could not, in your fantasy of what it might be like, improve on what it really is.”
Ah man, looks like I missed this by a few hours! Really a shame Criterion’s flash sales are only 24h. I prefer buying from them directly, but I guess I’ll have to catch B&N’s sale in the summer.
It’s available online at the internet archive if you want to see it before you buy it. It’s a beautiful, visually inventive movie. The story is heavy handed propaganda which I don’t mind personally.
I haven’t seen the other movie by the same director, The Cranes Are Flying, except for a clip of the famous long shot shared on Reddit.
It’s the Heroic Trip release for me - a friend brought a knock-off VHS.of the film back from Thailand and gave it to me saying “you’ll love this”. She wasn’t wrong. And while she’s no longer with us, I keep the VHS and now I’ll get it in 4k. So basically, my buying this is your fault Sasha!
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