Here are 5 Criterion Collection titles that are seldom discussed but are actually great films. 1. Sundays and Cybele / 1962 dir. Serge Bourguignon 2. The Naked Island / 1960 Kaneto Shindo 3. Il Sorpasso /1962 Dino Risi 4. Canoa : A Shameful Memory / 1976 Felipe Cazals 5. El Sur/ 1983 Víctor Erice
Cool to see three of my most favorites films mentioned on here; the double life, the American friend, and a brighter summer day. Such fantastic movies! Can’t praise them enough!
Thank you for more recommendations. Ive recently watched the three colours trilogy and really enjoyed so have been wanting to watch more of his work. Look forward to the next video
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) is a movie that not a lot of people seem to talk about. Of course, other works of John Cassavetes such as A woman under the influence (1974) or Love streams (1984) are well known, but this one does not seem to garner the same attention. This is truly an underrated gem that is definitely worth a watch. Edit: Lol, I just saw a video of your least favorite criterion flicks, and lo and behold, my recommendation here was your top pick! What you found to be boring and meandering I found to be fascinating and genre-defying, agree to disagree I guess! But please do give Cassavetes a chance if you haven't already.
Great list of movies - I'm definitely looking forward to the ones I haven't seen yet! My vote for most underrated film in Criterion goes to Taipei Story (or any Edward Yang film really)
I love the marionette puppet show scene in The Double Life of Veronique! It's really a gorgeous film. I find it difficult to really gauge what's underrated. Sometimes a title gets a lot of buzz when it's announced and released or being upgraded but not talked about much afterwards. And like what you say in your stipulations, it's very dependent on who you're following and talking to, what's on your radar and such. That being said, some titles I've seen that I think are underrated and I'd recommend are Leon Morin Priest (though, this one is OOP from Criterion), Judex, Here Is Your Life, A Christmas Tale, An Angel At My Table, and probably a lot more I know of but haven't seen, yet. Ahh, it's another OOP Melville, but I also have to mention Le Doulos.
Great video, your tastes are pretty much the same as mine, love Repo Man one of my favourites of all time along with Paris Texas and Rubby Muller is my fav cinematographer. Will def check out the ones on here I haven’t seen
'Hara Kiri' is one of the greatest films ever made, my contender for the best of all samurai pictures, and is surprisingly overlooked by many critics and scholars even today. Director Kobayahsi was a major film artist who remains somewhat and unfairly neglected.
I need to rewatch The American Friend again in order to reassess it. I have enjoyed the Patricia Highsmith Ripley novels I have read, but my favorite film adaptation of her work is Ripley's Game which is an adaptation of the same novel The American Friend adapts. Unfortunately, despite my love of Bruno Gantz and Wim Wenders, I do not recall caring too much for The American Friend as I remember being put off by Dennis Hopper's version of Ripley.
I came across crumb the same way when discovering ghost world and thought this movie(ghost world) is so simple but so well done and was surprised I hadn’t seen it before. So I took a chance with buying crumb and it is a underrated criterion masterpiece. It is one of the most well put together documentaries ever so well in fact it doesn’t even fell like a documentary. It’s the only documentary I’ve ever seen that doesn’t hold back any truth which is what documentaries are meant for. It is the most fascinating study of a human being and his family you will ever see caught raw on camera.
blood simple is great some other underrated ones are the manchurian candidate, a dry white season, 1984, its a mad mad mad mad world, invstigation of a citizen above suspicion, eyes without a face, fail safe
I get what you mean about breaking up the monotony of Criterion, I built my collection simply buying the most highly recommended movies and one day just looked at my shelf and realised that most of them are depressing war movies or character studies! Not really something you can watch straight through (by spine number for example) and keep your sanity.
Here's some of my own underrated Criterion Collection films (in no particular order) ================================================= #394 Woman in the Dunes (1964), directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara #576 Secret Sunshine (2007), directed by Lee Chang Dong #661 Marketa Lazarova (1967), directed by František Vláčil #852 Black Girl (1966), directed by Ousmane Sembène #1079 Streetwise (1984), directed by Martin Bell
I have to bring up the Infernal Affairs trilogy. To put it simply if you like The Departed you will love Infernal Affairs. Why, well it inspired Scorsese to...ah who am I kidding. He ripped it off.
Here are 5 Criterion Collection titles that are seldom discussed but are actually great films. 1. Sundays and Cybele / 1962 dir. Serge Bourguignon
2. The Naked Island / 1960 Kaneto Shindo
3. Il Sorpasso /1962 Dino Risi
4. Canoa : A Shameful Memory / 1976 Felipe Cazals
5. El Sur/ 1983 Víctor Erice
Cool to see three of my most favorites films mentioned on here; the double life, the American friend, and a brighter summer day. Such fantastic movies! Can’t praise them enough!
Same. 3 of mine. 😁
I recently bought the Three Colors trilogy and The Double Life of Veronique based on your recommendations. Can't wait to watch them.
The second one is the least liked,but is my favourite,the climax has one of my favourite shots of cinema,hope u enjoy it.
A few of my favorites that are not often talked about:
The Bad Sleep Well, Kurosawa
Kagemusha, Kurosawa
Pixote, Babenco
Thank you for more recommendations. Ive recently watched the three colours trilogy and really enjoyed so have been wanting to watch more of his work. Look forward to the next video
A Brighter Summer Day is so damn good
arguably best of all time
The Browning Version is a FANTASTIC British drama in the collection.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) is a movie that not a lot of people seem to talk about. Of course, other works of John Cassavetes such as A woman under the influence (1974) or Love streams (1984) are well known, but this one does not seem to garner the same attention. This is truly an underrated gem that is definitely worth a watch.
Edit: Lol, I just saw a video of your least favorite criterion flicks, and lo and behold, my recommendation here was your top pick! What you found to be boring and meandering I found to be fascinating and genre-defying, agree to disagree I guess! But please do give Cassavetes a chance if you haven't already.
Great list of movies - I'm definitely looking forward to the ones I haven't seen yet! My vote for most underrated film in Criterion goes to Taipei Story (or any Edward Yang film really)
I didn't know Guy Pearce had a criterion RUclips channel.
I love the marionette puppet show scene in The Double Life of Veronique! It's really a gorgeous film.
I find it difficult to really gauge what's underrated. Sometimes a title gets a lot of buzz when it's announced and released or being upgraded but not talked about much afterwards. And like what you say in your stipulations, it's very dependent on who you're following and talking to, what's on your radar and such. That being said, some titles I've seen that I think are underrated and I'd recommend are Leon Morin Priest (though, this one is OOP from Criterion), Judex, Here Is Your Life, A Christmas Tale, An Angel At My Table, and probably a lot more I know of but haven't seen, yet. Ahh, it's another OOP Melville, but I also have to mention Le Doulos.
Great video, your tastes are pretty much the same as mine, love Repo Man one of my favourites of all time along with Paris Texas and Rubby Muller is my fav cinematographer. Will def check out the ones on here I haven’t seen
I love your recommendations, I feel like I can watch and blindly buy your suggestions without spoilers. My online shopping cart is now full
'Hara Kiri' is one of the greatest films ever made, my contender for the best of all samurai pictures, and is surprisingly overlooked by many critics and scholars even today. Director Kobayahsi was a major film artist who remains somewhat and unfairly neglected.
Dennis Hopper in "The American Friend" is the MAN!
I need to rewatch The American Friend again in order to reassess it. I have enjoyed the Patricia Highsmith Ripley novels I have read, but my favorite film adaptation of her work is Ripley's Game which is an adaptation of the same novel The American Friend adapts. Unfortunately, despite my love of Bruno Gantz and Wim Wenders, I do not recall caring too much for The American Friend as I remember being put off by Dennis Hopper's version of Ripley.
I watched Harakiri last night and I absolutely loved it
It's a masterpiece.
Blood Simple, Blow Out (1982) and The American Friend are good. I do confirm.
I came across crumb the same way when discovering ghost world and thought this movie(ghost world) is so simple but so well done and was surprised I hadn’t seen it before. So I took a chance with buying crumb and it is a underrated criterion masterpiece. It is one of the most well put together documentaries ever so well in fact it doesn’t even fell like a documentary. It’s the only documentary I’ve ever seen that doesn’t hold back any truth which is what documentaries are meant for. It is the most fascinating study of a human being and his family you will ever see caught raw on camera.
Thanks for the list. Personally difficult for me to hear as your voice is competing with the piano mix. But I'm checking out your list.
blood simple is great some other underrated ones are the manchurian candidate, a dry white season, 1984, its a mad mad mad mad world, invstigation of a citizen above suspicion, eyes without a face, fail safe
Would you be able to tell me what the name of the movie is being shown at 00:19 ? It looks familiar.
Paris, Texas 1984
Another one truly is Cold Water
I get what you mean about breaking up the monotony of Criterion, I built my collection simply buying the most highly recommended movies and one day just looked at my shelf and realised that most of them are depressing war movies or character studies! Not really something you can watch straight through (by spine number for example) and keep your sanity.
Here's some of my own underrated Criterion Collection films (in no particular order)
=================================================
#394 Woman in the Dunes (1964), directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
#576 Secret Sunshine (2007), directed by Lee Chang Dong
#661 Marketa Lazarova (1967), directed by František Vláčil
#852 Black Girl (1966), directed by Ousmane Sembène
#1079 Streetwise (1984), directed by Martin Bell
I have to bring up the Infernal Affairs trilogy. To put it simply if you like The Departed you will love Infernal Affairs. Why, well it inspired Scorsese to...ah who am I kidding. He ripped it off.
any movie by costa gravas but i thingk most of them are out of print on criterion
Godzilla.
enough said
Ugetsu underrated Criterion
Epic