watch every film in the Criterion Collection

With the weather being bitter cold, I’ve stayed in and watched more films.

01 Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir)
03 The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock)
04 Amarcord (Federico Fellini)
05 The 400 Blows (François Truffaut)
08 The Killer (John Woo)
10 Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg)
11 The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman)
12 This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner)
13 The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)
14 Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (Hiroshi Inagaki)
19 Shock Corridor (Samuel Fuller)
20 Sid & Nancy (Alex Cox)
21 Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg)
23 RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven)
25 Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard)
26 The Long Good Friday (John Mackenzie)
27 Flesh for Frankenstein (Paul Morrissey)
29 Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir)
35 Diabolique (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
36 The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
38 Branded to Kill (Seijun Suzuki)
45 Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami)
47 Insomnia (Erik Skjoldbjærg)
49 Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini)
51 Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
55 The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Philip Kaufman)
57 Charade (Stanley Donen)
58 Peeping Tom (Michael Powell)
59 The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani)
62 The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
63 Carnival of Souls (Herk Harvey)
65 Rushmore (Wes Anderson)
67 The Blood of a Poet (Jean Cocteau)
75 Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith)
76 Brief Encounter (David Lean)
83 The Harder They Come (Perry Henzell)
97 Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)
98 L’avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni)
100 Beastie Boys Video Anthology
105 Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick)
107 Mona Lisa (Neil Jordan)
108 The Rock (Michael Bay)
118 Sullivan’s Travels (Preston Sturges)
123 Grey Gardens (Maysles Brothers)
135 Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock)
137 Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock)
138 Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa)
139 Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman)
140 8-1/2 (Federico Fellini)
143 That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Buñuel)
157 The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)
160 À nous la liberté (René Clair)
174 Band of Outsiders (Jean-Luc Godard)
175 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam)
177 The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Volker Schlöndorff)
191 Jubilee (Derek Jarman)
198 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
209 Through a Glass Darkly (Ingmar Bergman)
210 Winter Light (Ingmar Bergman)
218 Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville)
220 Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg)
246 I Vitelloni (Federico Fellini)
247 Slacker (Richard Linklater)
248 Videodrome (David Cronenberg)
253 A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes)
268 Youth of the Beast (Seijun Suzuki)
277 My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant)
288 F for Fake (Orson Welles)
300 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson)
307 Naked (Mike Leigh)
315 Shoot the Piano Player (François Truffaut)
318 Forbidden Games (René Clément)
323 The Children Are Watching Us (Vittorio De Sica)
328 Murmur of the Heart (Louis Malle)
333 Fists in the Pocket (Marco Bellocchio)
343 The Bakery Girl of Monceau (Eric Rohmer)
354 Clean, Shaven (Lodge Kerrigan)
359 The Double Life of Véronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
363 Mouchette (Robert Bresson)
394 Woman in the Dunes / Suna No Onna (Hiroshi Teshigahara)
399 House of Games (David Mamet)
400 Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch)
414 Two-Lane Blacktop (Monte Hellman)
422 The Last Emperor (Bernardo Betolucci)
426 The Ice Storm (Ang Lee)
430 The Fire Within / Le Feu Follet (Louis Malle)
438 Mon Oncle Antoine (Claude Jutra)
450 Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson)
ECLIPSE SERIES #6: Carmen (Carlos Saura)
ECLIPSE SERIES #13 Street of Shame / Akasen Chitai (Kenji Mizoguchi)

So far, my favorite films of the collection are 8-1/2, Diabolique, Taste of Cherry, Grey Gardens, Woman in the Dunes, House of Games, and The Fire Within.

01 Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir)
03 The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock)
04 Amarcord (Federico Fellini)
05 The 400 Blows (François Truffaut)
10 Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg)
12 This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner)
13 The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)
19 Shock Corridor (Samuel Fuller)
20 Sid & Nancy (Alex Cox)
21 Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg)
23 RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven)
27 Flesh for Frankenstein (Paul Morrissey)
29 Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir)
35 Diabolique (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
38 Branded to Kill (Seijun Suzuki)
45 Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami)
49 Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini)
51 Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
55 The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Philip Kaufman)
57 Charade (Stanley Donen)
59 The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani)
62 The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
65 Rushmore (Wes Anderson)
67 The Blood of a Poet (Jean Cocteau)
75 Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith)
100 Beastie Boys Video Anthology
107 Mona Lisa (Neil Jordan)
123 Grey Gardens (Maysles Brothers)
137 Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock)
139 Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman)
140 8-1/2 (Federico Fellini)
143 That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Buñuel)
157 The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)
174 Band of Outsiders (Jean-Luc Godard)
198 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
218 Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville)
220 Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg)
247 Slacker (Richard Linklater)
248 Videodrome (David Cronenberg)
253 A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes)
277 My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant)
288 F for Fake (Orson Welles)
300 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson)
328 Murmur of the Heart (Louis Malle)
333 Fists in the Pocket (Marco Bellocchio)
343 The Bakery Girl of Monceau (Eric Rohmer)
354 Clean, Shaven (Lodge Kerrigan)
359 The Double Life of Véronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
363 Mouchette (Robert Bresson)
394 Woman in the Dunes / Suna No Onna (Hiroshi Teshigahara)
422 The Last Emperor (Bernardo Betolucci)
430 The Fire Within / Le Feu Follet (Louis Malle)
438 Mon Oncle Antoine (Claude Jutra)
450 Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson)
ECLIPSE SERIES #6: Carmen (Carlos Saura)
ECLIPSE SERIES #13 Street of Shame / Akasen Chitai (Kenji Mizoguchi)

I watched another six films:

The Blood of a Poet (Jean Cocteau)
Mouchette (Robert Bresson)
The Double Life of Véronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
Mon Oncle Antoine (Claude Jutra)
The Bakery Girl of Monceau (Eric Rohmer)
Carmen (Carlos Saura)

Of the six, I enjoyed Mouchette the most.

12 This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner)
13 The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)
20 Sid & Nancy (Alex Cox)
21 Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg)
23 RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven)
49 Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini)
51 Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
55 The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Philip Kaufman)
62 The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
65 Rushmore (Wes Anderson)
75 Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith)
100 Beastie Boys Video Anthology
139 Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman)
157 The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)
220 Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg)
253 A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes)
277 My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant)
300 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson)
394 Woman in the Dunes / Suna No Onna (Hiroshi Teshigahara)
422 The Last Emperor (Bernardo Betolucci)
430 The Fire Within / Le Feu Follet (Louis Malle)

ECLIPSE SERIES #13 Street of Shame / Akasen Chitai (Kenji Mizoguchi)

A few years, I gave up films. I stopped going to the cinema and watching films on television because everything bored me. I believe I may have become bored with films because I am not educated enough about them to appreciate them. I haven’t seen enough films in my lifetime to have learned anything about the art.

I have set a goal to change my appreciate for film by watching and studying the films most revered by critics and audiences. To achieve that goal, I am turning to the Criterion Collection, “a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films on DVD.” I am going to watch every film in the Criterion Collection — all 461 films. Make that 444 films because I have already seen 17 films in the collection.

I’m going to list all the films I’ve seen by spine number and continue to update the list.

12 This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner)
13 The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)
20 Sid & Nancy (Alex Cox)
21 Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg)
23 RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven)
49 Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini)
51 Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
55 The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Philip Kaufman)
62 The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
65 Rushmore (Wes Anderson)
75 Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith)
100 Beastie Boys Video Anthology
139 Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman)
157 The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)
220 Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg)
277 My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant)
300 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson)
422 The Last Emperor (Bernardo Betolucci)