Grethiwha’s Collection (30)
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CloseThe Gold Rush
Charles Chaplin
Grethiwha: “Chaplin's funniest film.”
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CloseThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Fincher
Grethiwha: “Even without the fancy case and booklet... oh how I wish every blu-ray I bought at an HMV 2-for-20 sale was this satisfying. A magical film to boot.”
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CloseSansho the Bailiff
Kenji Mizoguchi
Grethiwha: “Masterpiece. Perhaps the saddest of all jidaigeki films.”
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CloseThree Outlaw Samurai
Hideo Gosha
Grethiwha: “That this – amazingly – was the first film by Hideo Gosha only further reinforces why he is the most badass of samurai film directors.”
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CloseThree Colors
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Grethiwha: “B is great, but I LOVE W & R. Don't concern yourself too deeply with the liberté/égalité/fraternité thing. Just enjoy them for their immediate beauty.”
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CloseEclipse Series 7: Postwar Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Grethiwha: “I Live in Fear is one of Kurosawa's best. There are some must-own gems in here. Recommended, since I can't see these "lesser" films coming to Blu-ray.”
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CloseEclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Grethiwha: “The SS films remind me of the first 2 Zatoichi movies – the rise & continued adventures of a folk hero. Not must-own, but those & TMWTotTT are great.”
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CloseThe Night of the Hunter
Charles Laughton
Grethiwha: “Mitchum plays one of the all-time great villains. Further, the film noir visual style has never looked so stunning (or scary) as it does in this film.”
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Henri-Georges Clouzot
Grethiwha: “Suspense that easily rivals the very best of Hitchcock. And I have to say, I think this has my favourite cover art in the Criterion Collection.”
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CloseRashomon
Akira Kurosawa
Grethiwha: “The idea here threatens to overshadow the film's actual resonance. A lesser 'art film' director would let it.”
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CloseBranded to Kill
Seijun Suzuki
Grethiwha: “A man stands in front of a sink. He is shot, but from where? Cut to the hitman pointing his gun up a water pipe. This is one crazy film and I love it!”
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Samuel Fuller
Grethiwha: “The nonchalance of the insane as the Pulitzer-obsessed reporter himself descends into madness is ceaselessly amusing.”
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Ingmar Bergman
Grethiwha: “The last half hour (before the epilogue) has a mesmerizing, dream-like quality that no other film I've seen compares to.”
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CloseBeing John Malkovich
Spike Jonze
Grethiwha: “The concept for this movie is hilariously silly, and yet it's astoundingly well realized and developed. This is an incredibly fun and inventive film.”
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CloseHouse
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Grethiwha: “Just about the most insane film I've ever seen, second only to the brilliant "The Happiness of the Katakuris". Oh Japan, I love you.”
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CloseMerry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Nagisa Oshima
Grethiwha: “Initially a curiosity because of my love of DB, but I've grown to love it for how intensely the image of TK at the end has been etched into my brain.”
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Akira Kurosawa
Grethiwha: “If I have a tear in my eye throughout most of the film, it's not because it's depressing, exactly, but sentimental in all of the most effective ways.”
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CloseThe Hidden Fortress
Akira Kurosawa
Grethiwha: “A true adventure film! The bickering peasant characters are hilarious. This is probably Kurosawa's most purely entertaining movie. It's so good!”
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CloseFloating Weeds
Yasujiro Ozu
Grethiwha: “A blind buy. I don't do that often because I'm usually disappointed. But this movie was quite good. It reminded me of playing Pokémon for some reason.”
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Akira Kurosawa
Grethiwha: “This movie is actually quite funny, as well as being thoroughly well-crafted and entertaining. And then there's that final scene... A great film!”
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Akira Kurosawa
Grethiwha: “I saw "A Fistful of Dollars" first and didn't like Yojimbo as much. But after seeing it a second time, I like them both about equally. Both are great!”
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CloseThe Human Condition
Masaki Kobayashi
Grethiwha: “Probably the greatest movie ever made. Nakadai is fantastic. The character development, and how much you grow attached his character, is staggering.”
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Akira Kurosawa
Grethiwha: “Watched after Ran, it's an inferior film. But give it another chance. It's really incredible in it's own right, and even more visually spectacular.”
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CloseHigh and Low
Akira Kurosawa
Grethiwha: “Not as great as the similar Kurosawa/Mifune gendaigeki, "The Bad Sleep Well", but still bloody fantastic. The later parts remind me of M.”
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CloseHarakiri
Masaki Kobayashi
Grethiwha: “Most of it takes place in a single room, with mostly just talking, and yet it is somehow perhaps the most intense film I've ever seen.”
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Fritz Lang
Grethiwha: “Though one of the first sound films ever, the sound design is some of the best and most memorable ever. It's insane how well this film has aged.”
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CloseVideodrome
David Cronenberg
Grethiwha: “There is a scene where a man is whipping a pulsating TV set. The lady on the screen screams as he hits it. Enough said? Cronenberg's best movie!”
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CloseSeven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa
Grethiwha: “This film transports you into a time and place in a way that is believable and appealing while it also effortlessly captures the sadness of that era.”
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CloseParis, Texas
Wim Wenders
Grethiwha: “The final monologue is the best, most heartbreaking ever. Harry Dean Stanton is incredible. The whole film is one of the most beautiful I've seen.”
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CloseWings of Desire
Wim Wenders
Grethiwha: “My first Criterion edition! Beautiful and mesmerizing. Poetry in motion.”
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