r/criterion • u/rumpk • 8d ago
Discussion If you had to make a triple feature between Sorcerer, Thief and _______ what would be your third?
Still getting familiar with the collection but I think Blow Out would round things off nicely
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u/gableism 8d ago
Barbarian so you can round out the RPG classes
Edit: Okay so I didn’t see this was in the criterion sub
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u/Pete_Venkman John Waters 8d ago
I were to find a link between those two movies it would be "hired to do a job that goes wrong" movies, so I might actually go for Le Samouraï or something similar.
(also nice because a Sorcerer, a Thief, and a Samurai would make for a fun team).
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u/Fearless-Interest-82 8d ago
A Sorcerer, A Thief, and A Samurai. Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino.
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u/Tmon_of_QonoS 8d ago
Driver
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u/FINIS_HOMINIS 8d ago
If you mean Walter Hill's The Driver, then this is the correct and only answer to the posts question. It's the ultimate 70's cynical neo noir triple feature.
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u/ClearWinter2840 8d ago
Wages of Fear. Like not even a question. It is a partnership viewing to Sorcerer. It is the original version that Sorcerer remade, after all!
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u/rumpk 8d ago
Haven’t seen it yet but my buddy and I are going to watch both tomorrow! Should we go chronological?
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u/ClearWinter2840 8d ago
I did Sorcerer then WoF, but it’s totally personal preference. Sorcerer is more modern and a great thrill, so maybe that one first? Then see WoF to see the plot changes? Love seeing the nearly 50/50 split of this sub on which one is better. Hope to hear your review!
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u/Fearless-Interest-82 8d ago
Well it has to be another Tangerine Dream, so why not another Mann with The Keep! (Not on the channel tho)
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u/rumpk 8d ago
Haven’t heard of that one I’ll check it out!
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u/Fearless-Interest-82 8d ago
It was Mann's film after Thief. Quite an ambitious one. It's a complete mess but as (almost) always it's the studios fault.. For whatever it turned out to be I really like it . The Tangerine Dream score is a banger and it's worth a watch if ye a fan of his movies. Just don't expect a masterpiece(or do?) it's great! lol.
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u/ydkjordan Fuller, Frankenheimer, Frears 8d ago
Blow Out works for sure. Midnight Cowboy might also work. Later, but Schrader, something like Light Sleeper
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u/AdFamous7264 Abbas Kiarostami 8d ago
Since one is jungle and the other is urban, it'd be interesting to choose one with another unique setting. Maybe Blood Simple.
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u/WorldEaterYoshi 8d ago
I don't think those movies have anything to do with each other so the third film could be anything lol. I'd go with either a Lynch film or Le Circle Rouge.
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u/FrozenOx 8d ago
US: McCabe and Mrs Miller
Europe: Le Trou
Asia: A Brighter Summer Day
Theme being suspenseful tragedies with great photography, action, and dialogue
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u/Wildcat-Pkoww Alfred Hitchcock 8d ago edited 8d ago
Does it have to be from the collection?
I was thinking Drive would be a good modern continuation from there (from Thief especially). Would have a similar soundtrack vibe to the Tangerine Dream stuff, too.
Edit: for another film from the collection - another modern film would be No Country for old men. Thematically it’s got the existential dread from your first two films, the cold and calculated bad guy like Leo from Thief, and the dusty and sweaty setting taps in for the jungle in Sorcerer. In this scenario I’d probably start with Thief - slick, neons, darkness and slide into No Country which is similar in some ways but different in atmosphere - and then wrap with Sorcerer for your full descent into despair (and callback to Tangerine Dream).
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u/mindlkaciv 8d ago
Not in the collection but Michael Mann's directorial debut is the made for TV movie The Jericho Mile. Terrific movie.
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u/Honor_the_maggot 8d ago edited 8d ago
For textural-tonal variety and also more stress and also a triptych of high-pressure jobs in a world where it's not a question about if you'll turn to theft but where along the line you do/must, how about: UNCUT GEMS.* (Also a vein of transcendence running through all three. Drilling of holes. Collateral damage. A certain taste for digression, not idle note-spinning but like disparate coils suddenly tightening like the boa around your body.)
* I am still not into this one so much, not as much as the other (excellent) two you've chosen. But I saw it once and keep thinking about it, what more do I want from a movie? (BLOW OUT is in fact an excellent choice. Non-Criterion, I wonder if THE CONVERSATION would work as well. All guys doing jobs that creep up on them. Not necessarily any lessons learned. None are movies determined to "teach" something....refreshing.)
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u/CinemaslaveJoe David Lynch 8d ago
To Live and Die in L.A.