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In the Mood for Love - Criterion Collection
Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Criterion, 2002
The seductive quality of restraint
+ Wonderfully Subtle
+ Perfect
There are only three romance films I will view time and time again - Casablanca, Cinema Paradiso and In the Mood for Love. To dismiss the third as simply a pointless art house film is, in my opinion, undeserved because I regard it as a prime example of cinematic art at its best and most ...
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Viridiana - Criterion Collection
Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal
Criterion, 2006
I am still, thank God, an atheist
+ Buñuel at his best: Viridiana.
+ Viridiana
+ A Buñuel masterpiece
+ ...and to think, none of this would have happened if Viagra has existed at the time...
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The Tin Drum - Criterion Collection
Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler
Criterion, 2004
STRANGE, DISTURBING & THOUGHT PROVOKING
+ The Tin Drum
+ Nightmarish.
I am not a big fan of watching movies that have subtitles, but this movie is so engrossing, I had no problem sitting through it. I think because what is happening on screen is so clear, I sort of knew what the actors were saying. The true star of this movie is the little boy, played by David Bennet ...
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Seven Samurai - 3 Disc Remastered Edition (Criterion Collection Spine # 2)
Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune
Criterion, 2006
Truly amazing
+ THE Masterpiece
+ Don't Stop Here
+ Often imitated but the original is still the best
+ Best Samurai Film ... No Epic ever.
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Days of Heaven - Criterion Collection
Richard Gere, Brooke Adams
Criterion, 2007
Visually Brilliant
+ Light Magic
+ masterpiece theatre!
This remarkable film takes full advantage of the medium to tell a story with an absolute minimum of dialogue. The use of camera and music elevates a simple story of a love triangle to the level of epic myth.
The opening sequence of the film uses still shots and music to transport the viewer ...
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Closely Watched Trains - Criterion Collection
Jiri Menzel, Josef Somr
Criterion, 2001
Superb
+ A Beautiful Film
+ Very Nice
+ Oh, those randy Czechs!
+ A Funny Train from Somewhere Sad
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The Battle of Algiers - Criterion Collection
Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin
Criterion, 2004
Choke on truth, war on display
+ SO ..SO ..RELEVANT TODAY
+ There's Nothing New Under The Sun
+ Unrelenting but very apropos to today's headlines
+ One of the best movies ever -- and quite relevant for U.S. wars in the Mideast
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Walkabout - Criterion Collection
Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg
Criterion, 1998
A meditative experiance
+ A stunning experience
+ What a great gift !!!
Many people are only capable of understanding big-budget typical hollywood movies that have a nice, tight, familiar plot structure and end with a nice resolution. If you are one of those people, you will hate Walkabout... But then again, you probably hated 2001: a Space Odyssey and therefore have ...
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La Strada - Criterion Collection
Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina
Criterion, 2003
"What a funny face! Are you a woman, really? Or an artichoke?"
+ The Road of Life
+ Brilliant and depressing
+ La Strada
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L'Avventura - Criterion Collection
Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti
Criterion, 2001
Simply beautiful!
+ Its Greatness Precedes Its Reputation
+ L'Avventura
+ Assigned viewing feeling
+ Antonioni's first hit ushers in a slow and meditative style well-worth getting acquainted with
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Hiroshima Mon Amour - Criterion Collection
Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada
Criterion, 2003
Hiroshima Mon Amour
+ The inaugural event of the French Nouvelle Vague
+ Is It A Documentary? Is It a Movie? We'll Never Know.....
+ Hope rises from the ashes
+ Persistence of Memory
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The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie - Criterion Collection
Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur
Criterion, 2002
The Stuff of Dreams
+ Buñuel's best film.
+ The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie
+ Incredible Charm of Surrealism
+ Odd, But Pretty Good
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Eclipse Series 6 - Carlos Saura's Flamenco Trilogy (Blood Wedding / Carmen / El Amor Brujo) (Criterion ...
Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos
Eclipse from Criterion, 2007
Be Transported to Spain
+ Esperé muchos...
+ Fantastico!
+ Brilliance
+ It is a piece of art!
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Jules and Jim - Criterion Collection
Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner
Criterion Collection, The, 2005
Are We Bound By Ourselves?
+ Jules et Jim - magnifique!
+ a taste of the Belle Epoque for our time
+ Essential cinema: Truffaut's 'Jules et Jim.'
+ Jules et Jim
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Before the Rain - Criterion Collection
Grégoire Colin, Phyllida Law
Criterion, 2008
A soul-stirring indictment of ethnic hatred. Ominous, poetic, brilliant film.
+ Confusing but moving...
+ Seven Star Tragedy in Three Acts
+ A Circular Lesson in Compassion and the Futility of War.
+ Best Foreign Film
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