"The
Janus head coin looks at once to the
past and the
future, a fitting symbol for the company that over 40 years has kept the
classics of cinema history alive for new audiences.
Throughout the fifties and sixties, as theatrical distributor of
Bergman,
Kurosawa,
Renior,
Fellini,
Hitchcock,
Truffaut,
Welles and many
more,
Janus Films introduced American moviegoers to the great international
masters.
Janus Films Festivals became the staple of film schools and revival
houses, and by 1973, the great
George Eastman House Award declared, "
Janus
Films occupies a position of fantastic
eminence...the films they have
offered over the years provide a collection
unmatched in either the
importance of the artistic careers they represent or the taste demonstrated in
their selection". In the ensuing twenty years,
Janus has continued to look
reverently to the past, preserving and restoring films throughout the world,
but always with an eye to the future of new media, through its partnership with
the Criterion Collection."
The Criterion Collection is a set of
DVDs released by the
Criterion
Collection Company, in partnership with
Janus Films. The following is a
comprehensive list of the titles in the collection, listed in order of
spine
number. I've included delayed titles, as they have already been assigned
spine numbers, but have left out
pending titles. I may add them as
"coming soon" or something to that effect. I'm going through the
list,
noding the films that already haven't been
noded, so this may take
awhile. Also, not all the "out of print" ones have been noted; I'll
fix that as I add individual information about each movie.
- Grand Illusion
- Seven Samurai
- The Lady Vanishes
- Amarcord
- The 400 Blows (out of
print)
- Beauty And The Beast
- A Night to Remember
- The Killer (out of print)
- Hard Boiled (out of
print)
- Walkabout
- The Seventh Seal
- This is Spinal Tap
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Samurai I
- Samurai II
- Samurai III
- Salo (out of print)
- Naked Kiss
- Shock Corridor
- Sid & Nancy
- Dead Ringers
- Summertime
- RoboCop
- High and Low
- Alphaville
- The Long Good Friday
- Flesh for Frankenstein
- Blood for Dracula
- Picnic at Hanging Rock
- M
- Great Expectations
- Oliver Twist
- Nanook of the North
- Andrei Rublev
- Diabolique
- Wages of Fear
- Time Bandits
- Branded to Kill
- Tokyo Drifter
- Armageddon
- Henry V
- Fishing with John
- Lord of the Flies
- The Red Shoes
- Taste of Cherry
- Most Dangerous Game
- Insomnia
- Black Orpheus
- Nights of Cabiria
- And the Ship Sails On
- Brazil
- Yojimbo
- Sanjuro
- For All Mankind
- Unbearable Lightness
- The 39 Steps
- Charade
- Peeping Tom
- The Night Porter
- Autumn Sonata
- Life of Brian
- Passion of Joan of Arc
- Carnival of Souls
- The Third Man
- Rushmore
- Cocteau Box
- Blood of a Poet (part of
the Jean Cocteau Orphic Trilogy box set)
- Orpheus (part of the Jean
Cocteau Orphic Trilogy box set)
- Testament of Orpheus (part
of the Jean Cocteau Orphic Trilogy box set)
- Last Temptation of Christ
- The Magic Flute
- Le Million
- Cléo from 5 to 7
- Vagabond
- Chasing Amy
- Brief Encounter
- And God Created Woman
- The Bank Dick
- W.C. Fields; Six Short
Films
- The Element of Crime
- Variety Lights
- Hamlet
- The Harder They Come
- Good Morning
- Pygmalion
- Eisenstein: The Sound Years
- Alexander Nevsky
- Ivan the Terrible - Parts I & II
- Sisters
- Kwaidan
- The Blob
- Fiend without a Face
- Black Narcissus
- I
Know Where I'm Going!
- All
That Heaven Allows
- Written
on the Wind
- Do
the Right Thing
- L'
Avventura
- Gimme
Shelter
- Beastie
Boys Video Anthology
- Cries
and Whispers
- The
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
- The
Lady Eve
- Double
Suicide
- Spartacus
- Coup
de torchon
- Mona
Lisa
- The
Rock
- The
Scarlet Empress
- M.
Hulot's Holiday
- Mon
Oncle
- Playtime
- Big
Deal on Madonna Street
- My
Man Godfrey
- Rififi
- The
Hidden Fortress
- Diary
of a Chambermaid
- Sullivan's
Travels
- Withnail
and I
- How
to Get Ahead in Advertising
- Billy
Liar
- Salesman
- Grey
Gardens
- Dreyer
Box Set
- Day
of Wrath
- Ordet
- Gertrud
- Carl
Th. Dreyer - My Métier
- Le
Trou
- The
Shop on Main Street
- Closely
Watched Trains
- The
Ruling Class
- The
Vanishing
- Häxan
- Rebecca
- Spellbound
- Notorious
- Rashomon
- Wild
Strawberries
- 8 ½
- Children
of Paradise
- The
Last Wave
- That
Obscure Object of Desire
- Loves
of a Blonde
- The
Firemen's Ball
- The
Cranes Are Flying
- In
the Mood for Love
- Ballad
of a Soldier
- Juliet
of the Spirits
- Bob
le Flambeur
- Traffic
- George
Washington
- General
Idi Amin Dada
- The
Horse's Mouth
- Tokyo
Olympiad
- Hearts
and Minds
- The
Royal Tenenbaums
- The
Importance of Being Earnest
- Red
Beard
- À
Nous la Liberté
- Under
the Roofs of Paris
- Ratcatcher
- Hopscotch
- Solaris
- Man
Bites Dog
- Down
by Law
- The
Complete Monterey Pop Festival
- Monterey
Pop
- Jimi
Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis at Monterey
- Trouble
in Paradise
- Contempt
- Pépé
le Moko
- The Life
and Death of Colonel Blimp
- Band
of Outsiders
- Fear
and Loathing in Las Vegas
- The
Killers
- Lost
Honor of Katharina Blum
- My
Life as a Dog
- I Am
Curious...
- I Am
Curious?Yellow
- I Am
Curious?Blue
- Straw
Dogs
- Les
Dames du Bois de Boulogne
- by
Brakhage?An Anthology
- The
Adventures of Antoine Doinel
- Stolen
Kisses
- Bed
and Board
- Love
on the Run
- The
White Sheik
- Throne
of Blood
- Jubilee
- Coup
de Grâce
- Quai
des Orfèvres
- Il
Posto
- I
Fidanzati
- Hiroshima
Mon Amour
- Night
and Fog
- Ali:
Fear Eats the Soul
As
Kit Lo so correctly pointed out, the
URL is
http://www.criterionco.com, and I got a
bulk of the information on the
individual movies from the
site. All text taken is quoted and attributed, so
dem
bones won't have to make me
stay after school and write lines on the
nodeboard.