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Cries & Whispers - Criterion Collection
Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan
Criterion, 2001
Family and servants, death and dying
+ The passion of Agnes
+ A House of Pain!
+ The Artistry of Ingmar Bergman
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Sansho the Bailiff - Criterion Collection
Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Criterion Collection, 2007
You cannot compare us to peasants!
+ Unforgetable
+ Lost and Found
+ Brilliant
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Seven Samurai - 3 Disc Remastered Edition (Criterion Collection Spine # 2)
Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune
Criterion, 2006
The Peasant and the Sword
+ You don't know the meaning of EPIC or cinematic ART until you watch a film like this one...
+ Surprising Charm In Masterful Epic
+ Fantastic
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Russian Ark: The Masterworks Edition
Anna Aleksakhina, Konstantin Anisimov
Fox Lorber, 2003
A magisterial tour de force historical journey!
+ Triumph of style over substance
+ Russian Ark--An Art Journey
Marquis de Countese, a French diplomatic of XVII joins us in a mesmerizing and minimalist recount around the most emblematic passages of the Russian history.
Employing the Hermitage Museum as a huge stage, we will see since Catalina The Great to the Romanov Dynasty and the great Imperial ...
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Andrei Rublev (Criterion Collection Spine #34)
Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov
Criterion, 1999
The Most Spiritual Film Ever Made
+ A stunning and thought-provoking film - but not for the faint-hearted or those with ADHD
+ THE LOWDOWN ON THE TWO VERSIONS
Tarkovsky digs deep into history itself and reveals hidden truths about the religious experience and the mind of the artist in this epic struggle through the wintry wastelands of medieval Russia. A profound, mystical journey of enlightenment which remains perhaps the most spiritual film ever made.
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The 400 Blows - Criterion Collection
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy
Criterion, 2006
Unforgettable
+ It Endlessly Rewards Close Attention
+ Intriguing.
+ A cinematic masterpiece
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M. Hulot's Holiday - Criterion Collection
Georges Adlin, Michèle Brabo
Criterion, 2004
copied by peter sellers et al
+ M. Hulot's Holiday
+ Timeless French classic - very funny, absolutely enjoyable
Oh, the utter charm of this 1953 black and white movie. When people come to stay at our house, I eventually have them watch this movie, and allow no conversational chatter about the grandkids or the weather...one might miss something!! There is a sweet innocence here, some dry humor and a few pokes ...
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Ikiru - Criterion Collection
Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko
Criterion, 2004
Will Anyone Know You Lived
+ 'How tragic that man can never realize how beautiful life is until he is face to face with death.'
+ Masterpiece
+ Extraordinary allegory - realization of death gives new meaning to life
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Forbidden Games - Criterion Collection
Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey
Criterion, 2005
Sad
+ Under the Eyes of the Owl
+ A Remarkable, Wonderful Foreign Classic
+ Forbidden Games
+ A Superb Film
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Once Upon a Time in the West
Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale
Paramount, 2003
Majestic Western, one of the greatest Westerns ever made...one of the greatest films ever made...
+ once upon a time in the west
+ wonderful
+ Leone's Finest Western
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The Tales of Hoffmann - Criterion Collection
Moira Shearer, Robert Rounseville
Criterion Collection, 2005
EXTRAORDINARY IN EVERY WAY ! ! !
+ Tales of Hoffman
+ Five stars and Five Wows!!!!!
+ Tales of Hoffmann
+ Unforgettable
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (Criterion Collection Spine #62)
Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain
Criterion, 1999
The Reason Film Became An Art Form!
+ Saint Carl
+ It's film, it's art, it's life; it's passion...
+ Faces
+ An Astonishing Revelation
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Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel
Paramount Pictures, 2003
On Metropolis
+ Classic sci-fi at its best
+ superb on all levels
+ Inspirational film making
+ WAIT! No Longer the Most Complete Version!
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After Life
Arata, Erika Oda
New Yorker Video, 2000
One of the greatest films of recent decades
+ Up all night
+ So simple and yet so strong...
+ After Life
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The Third Man (50th Anniversary Edition) - Criterion Collection
Blu-Ray disc in DVD case
+ The Third Man
+ The Third Man: A pillar of Cinematic Vision
+ Great Film Noir,and Criterion Showcases it with quality and class!
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