r/criterion • u/Short_Importance_484 • 1d ago
Collection Pick for me
What to watch? Never seen any of them. All blind buys last B&N sale.
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u/GapDue2079 1d ago
Depends of your mood. Triangle of sadness is the most modern and accesible, Night Moves is my favourite of those súper moody noir.
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u/LonelyNovel902 1d ago
Night Moves all the way - one of Hackman's best performances, and one of my favorite neo noir films
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u/Rinzler9290 1d ago
Triangle of Sadness, and make sure to make a big bowl of spaghetti to eat while watching
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u/castleblad 1d ago
Mean Streets. It’s the best of those 4. An early Scorsese classic. Much like what Thief is to Michael Mann, Mean Streets is the rosetta stone of Scorsese movies, it’s all there. And it’s also a fantastic documentation of 1970’s NYC grit and grime.
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u/chrisbarnes420CC 23h ago
Great fucken way to put. This is only second to goodfellas for me in terms of Scorsese at his best.
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u/Afraid_Grocery3861 15h ago
"And it’s also a fantastic documentation of 1970’s NYC grit and grime"
This is what struck me most about the film. I loved that aspect of it.
It was also not at all what I was expecting. I was expecting a story driven gangster film but it was actually a character driven buddy/dark comedy film. A bit meandering for my taste as a first watch, may revisit one day.
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u/Short_Importance_484 11h ago
Thanks gang. Couldn’t really go wrong. Went with Mean Streets. It was good! Going to hold off on Altered States to watch with my girlfriend. She likes that stuff too.
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u/Either_Impression906 1d ago
That altered states 4k is not joke definitely one of the best I’ve seen from criterion
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u/imVeryPregnant 23h ago
I love Triangle Of Sadness so much. It’s definitely not a perfect movie but has the best middle part ever. The entirety of the middle chunk of the movie I just want to play on repeat. I have a specific sense of humor and I thought it was the funniest thing I’ve seen in years
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u/-Wester- 18h ago
Altered States. Excellent trip-out film that is equal parts MK Ultra and In Search of Sasquatch. Highly recommend.
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