Don't want to speak for Ed, but I when I say classic, it's in reference to pre-1970 Hollywood films which my tastes prefer. I'm always happy for those who get their wishes in other areas but for me there's no interest in these other titles (with the exception of The Killers). That's why I said...
All my Criterion wish-list titles are DVD upgrades as well:
A Canterbury Tale
Night Train to Munich
Naked Prey
49th Parallel
Green for Danger
The Thief of Baghdad
The Lady Eve
Unfaithfully Yours
Heaven Can Wait (Lubitsch)
The Devil and Daniel Webster
I have truly given up trying to anticipate what Criterion will release each month. Outside of the New Year's Day Drawing and the newsletter cartoon each month, there's really no telling month to month. I know what I want to see from them, but generally if one title each month blows my hair back...
Amazing then if you look at yearly box office results by country, US films top the box office in just about every country in the world every year. A few countries in Asia are about the only exceptions. I guess no one in the world has any taste..... :)
Seriously? Look at the list of films Criterion has released since it's inception on Laserdisc, DVD and BD.....hundreds of pre-1970 HOLLYWOOD films ranging from Hitchcock, Powell/Pressburger, Hawks, Ford, Lubitsch, Sturges, etc. While I would certainly agree that Transformers would not fall into...
Just people's personal preferences. For me personally, I don't collect much of anything other than classic (pre-1970) Hollywood films, over 70% of my BD collection of over 400 films is in this era. I have little interest in foreign films, anime, world cinema, etc. And, if you look at most...
I know.....just being sarcastic as I posted this list over at "that" Criterion forum a while back. Got blasted by all the elitists over there for wanting "trifles", "bits of fluff" etc over the more "important" Criterion films should release before these......
1.- A Capra boxset
2.- Only Angels Have Wings
A few of "I'm probably the only one that cares" upgrades from Criterion DVD to BD that I doubt I'll ever see:
1.- 49th Parallel
2.- Night Train To Munich
3.- Green for Danger