Criterion Collection Themes - First Films
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It takes some master movie artists years to hone their craft, working through ideas and aesthetics until they achieve their consummate creative statement. But cinema history is also dotted with thunderous works of art that announced their makers’ brilliance right out of the gate. There’s no dearth of dazzling debuts in the Criterion Collection, from the New Wave launchers Breathless and The 400 Blows, by Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut, respectively, to the still career-defining early masterworks of Victor Erice (The Spirit of the Beehive), Marco Bellocchio (Fists in the Pocket), and Maurice Pialat (L’enfance nue). Here’s a great way to savor the beginnings of some of the pillars of cinema.
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À propos de Nice
1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check -
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Et Dieu... créa la femme
1956 — a.k.a. ...And God Created Woman, in 5 top lists Check -
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Babo 73
1964, in 1 top list Check -
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Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
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Le beau Serge
1958 — a.k.a. Le Beau Serge, in 3 top lists Check -
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Pred dozhdot
1994 — a.k.a. Before the Rain, in 5 top lists Check -
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Being John Malkovich
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
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Blast of Silence
1961, in 2 top lists Check -
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Le sang d'un poète
1932 — a.k.a. The Blood of a Poet, in 9 top lists Check -
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Border Radio
1987, in 1 top list Check -
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Bottle Rocket
1996, in 3 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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Clean, Shaven
1993, in 3 top lists Check -
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Kris
1946 — a.k.a. Crisis, in 1 top list Check -
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Cronos
1992, in 6 top lists Check -
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Drive, He Said
1971, in 2 top lists Check -
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Easy Rider
1969, in 17 top lists Check -
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Forbrydelsens element
1984 — a.k.a. The Element of Crime, in 4 top lists Check -
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L'Enfance-Nue
1968 — a.k.a. L'Enfance Nue, in 6 top lists Check -
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I pugni in tasca
1965 — a.k.a. Fists in the Pocket, in 9 top lists Check -
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Following
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
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Pokolenie
1955 — a.k.a. A Generation, in 2 top lists Check -
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George Washington
2000, in 5 top lists Check -
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Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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Head
1968, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...
1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check -
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Hiroshima mon amour
1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check -
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Hôtel Monterey
1973, in 2 top lists Check -
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Hausu
1977 — a.k.a. House, in 8 top lists Check -
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House of Games
1987, in 7 top lists Check -
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Hunger
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ore wa matteru ze
1957 — a.k.a. I Am Waiting, in 2 top lists Check -
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I Shot Jesse James
1949, in 1 top list Check -
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In Which We Serve
1942, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ivanovo detstvo
1962 — a.k.a. Ivan's Childhood, in 12 top lists Check -
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Kicking and Screaming
1995, in 1 top list Check -
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Nóz w wodzie
1962 — a.k.a. Knife in the Water, in 14 top lists Check -
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Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
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Lola
1961, in 10 top lists Check -
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Louie Bluie
1985, in 1 top list Check -
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Liebe ist kälter als der Tod
1969 — a.k.a. Love Is Colder Than Death, in 1 top list Check -
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Madonna of the Seven Moons
1945, in 1 top list Check -
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Major Barbara
1941, in 3 top lists Check -
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Mala Noche
1986, in 2 top lists Check -
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C'est arrivé près de chez vous
1992 — a.k.a. Man Bites Dog, in 12 top lists Check -
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Covek nije tica
1965 — a.k.a. Man Is Not a Bird, in 1 top list Check -
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Metropolitan
1990, in 5 top lists Check -
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Medium Cool
1969, in 6 top lists Check -
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Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 top lists Check
Last updated on Jun 1, 2014; source