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  • julia-kafarska · 19 days ago

    Are those movies public domain?

    • olievans · 19 days ago

      The Criterion Collection is a boutique film distributor. They are famous for their Criterion Closet videos on youtube. This project was to recreate the experience 'virtually'.

      • j5dgx76 · 17 days ago

        Its not even close to Boutique. Napolean Dynamite was rejected. That breaks the coccyx.

      • Triphibian · 18 days ago

        There are public domain movies in the collection, notably Night of the Living Dead and Carnival of Souls.

      • starkparker · 19 days ago

        Missing quite a few compilations,

      • apresmoi · 19 days ago

        Really nice. You could use polycss.com and render the library and form all together!

        • VarunMenon · 19 days ago

          really nice! Criterion should have this as a view on their website!

          • sarmadc · 19 days ago

            This is so cool!

            • olievans · 17 days ago

              Thanks so much!

            • jbaber · 18 days ago

              Very, very nice!

              • olievans · 17 days ago

                Thank you! Much appreciated!

              • aarmenante · 18 days ago

                you need to add a feature where You can put your self in there with a webcam and record a interview

                • dnlzro · 18 days ago

                  I’m going to use the heck out of this!

                  Just one suggestion: Could you add another sort order for the list view based on the number of “closet picks”? It would be cool to see which films are most popular among Criterion Closet guests.

                  • olievans · 17 days ago

                    Thanks for the feedback, planning to add this in!

                    • topherjaynes · 17 days ago

                      Also, which haven't been picked, I would be curious to see those.

                  • mcint · 18 days ago

                    Nice to be reminded of the collection, and another way to present it.

                    I want to view the boxes, especially after filtering, grouped near eye level and seeing the faces not just the spines.

                    Nice to see VR (potential for XR), cool use!

                    • davidhariri · 18 days ago

                      Awesome! I recently replaced Netflix for Criterion so this is quite welcome!

                      • olievans · 17 days ago

                        Thanks!

                      • thombat · 18 days ago

                        The link to Criterion streaming doesn't work for "Brazil" (#51) - it shows a list of movies that likely have the word in their synopsis such as "Kiss of the Spider Woman" but not the actual film (which famously doesn't reference the country at all)

                        • emmelaich · 17 days ago

                          Same for Mean Streets

                        • bashtoni · 17 days ago

                          This is great, but unusable for people like me that need to have the y axis inverted. It would be amazing if you could add that functionality.

                          • globular-toast · 17 days ago

                            Why do you need it?

                            • nhinck2 · 17 days ago

                              Decades of muscle memory is hard to overcome?

                              • globular-toast · 17 days ago

                                If I were the author I wouldn't bother implementing the option for that reason. I was curious whether it was due to a genuine accessibility reason, like using a device other than a mouse that makes it really hard to adjust.

                                • nhinck3 · 17 days ago

                                  Yeah I'm sure those 4 lines of code are a big ask.

                                  • cadamsdotcom · 17 days ago

                                    They’re free as in puppies!

                                    • ofcrpls · 17 days ago

                                      You haven't walked behind them picking up their poop have ?

                                    • JKCalhoun · 17 days ago

                                      Just to defend the OP, it's that extra UI (and small niggle of confusion) that are the bigger ask.

                                      • nhinck2 · 17 days ago

                                        <button class="closet-camera" id="closet-camera" type="button" aria-label="Invert camera">

                                          <svg class="cf-ic" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><polygon points="21 4 3 4 10 12.4 10 19 14 21 14 12.4 21 4"/></svg>

  <span class="cf-tx">Invert camera</span>

  <kbd class="cf-key">I</kbd>
                                        </button>

                            • asymmetric · 17 days ago

                              Nice!

                              Would be really nice to have links to director's picks. Eg I clicked on Che, saw that it was in Denis Villeneuve's list, and wanted to check out his other picks.

                              • olievans · 17 days ago

                                It's coming! Thanks for the suggestion!

                                • JKCalhoun · 17 days ago

                                  I would add: Indicate which ones are listed in the "1001 Movies to See Before You Die".

                                  (Perhaps also the "AFI Top 100" list as well.)

                                  • alper · 17 days ago

                                    If you're going to go into this direction, it seems like this would become sort of a "Letterboxd list visualizer" which honestly could be pretty cool.

                                    • thrilleratplay · 17 days ago

                                      Sounds like an idea for another closet.

                                  • Cider9986 · 17 days ago

                                    Just btw, the Amazon links are affiliate/tracking.

                                      • lou1306 · 17 days ago

                                        Today I learned that This Is Spin̈al Tap is on the Criterion Collection.

                                        • DuncanCoffee · 17 days ago

                                          Wow! Definitely not what I was expecting. If you turn around and look at the door there's a menu with some filters.

                                          • olievans · 17 days ago

                                            Thanks!

                                          • gosub100 · 17 days ago

                                            If you don't know what the Criterion Closet is, it's a YouTube channel run by Criterion which is a movie publisher/ distributor (?).

                                            https://youtu.be/VsywXM8vMLs?is=YBuq2lZEilUb_B9x

                                            The channel has a mobile trailer full of their movies in DVD and blu ray. They are well respected in the industry and are able to get famous actors to come into the "closet" and pick out their favorite movies and comment on why they like them.

                                            • JKCalhoun · 17 days ago

                                              They really tapped into clever marketing with that one. (Good for them.)

                                              • throw2ih020 · 17 days ago

                                                Distributor with a focus on restorations of important films (especially films important to the history of filmmaking). Kind of like GOG but for movies instead of games.

                                              • TimC123456 · 17 days ago

                                                This is impressive! Perhaps this is because I’m from an English-speaking country, but I believe even in the real Criterion Closet, the spine title text orientation is top-to-bottom, rather than bottom-to-top.

                                                • olievans · 17 days ago

                                                  Will change that now! Thanks for the feedback!

                                                  • actionfromafar · 17 days ago

                                                    Are these tapes? 16mm film?

                                                    • throw2ih020 · 17 days ago

                                                      The real Criterion Closet is full of Criterion's catalog of Blu Rays and DVDs.

                                                • thedougd · 17 days ago

                                                  IMO, the text is in the wrong direction. I thought it felt uncomfortable to read. On my real life bookshelf, it flows from top to bottom.

                                                  • brainwad · 17 days ago

                                                    This is locale-dependent. English is top to bottom but German is bottom to top, for example. It looks bad when you have a mixed language shelf...

                                                    • thedougd · 15 days ago

                                                      I thought this might be the case. Thanks.

                                                  • a_c · 17 days ago

                                                    I thought I can flip open the book and read

                                                    • thrilleratplay · 17 days ago

                                                      I love this and wasted more time than I want to admit looking through the collection. This is a closet I hope to own some day.

                                                      • LeonRubin · 17 days ago

                                                        Nice... love it, what a shame I couldn't use it more before

                                                        • allmysecrets · 14 days ago

                                                          Wow! This is so cool.