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Show HN: Criterion Closet as a website – pull any of 1,247 films off the shelf

Show HN: Criterion Closet as a website – pull any of 1,247 films off the shelf

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Comments (54)

  • asymmetric
    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.
  • klaussilveira
    The text really needs some better rendering technique. It is very hard to read. Have you considered Slug https://github.com/EricLengyel/Slug ?
  • Cider9986
    Just btw, the Amazon links are affiliate/tracking.
  • davidhariri
    Awesome! I recently replaced Netflix for Criterion so this is quite welcome!
  • dnlzro
    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.
  • mcint
    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!
  • TimC123456
    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.
  • VarunMenon
    really nice! Criterion should have this as a view on their website!
  • aarmenante
    you need to add a feature where You can put your self in there with a webcam and record a interview
  • thrilleratplay
    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.
  • thedougd
    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.
  • gosub100
    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_B9xThe 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.
  • bashtoni
    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.
  • DuncanCoffee
    Wow! Definitely not what I was expecting. If you turn around and look at the door there's a menu with some filters.
  • LeonRubin
    Nice... love it, what a shame I couldn't use it more before
  • thombat
    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)
  • apresmoi
    Really nice. You could use polycss.com and render the library and form all together!
  • a_c
    I thought I can flip open the book and read
  • sarmadc
    This is so cool!
  • starkparker
    Missing quite a few compilations,
  • julia-kafarska
    Are those movies public domain?
  • lou1306
    Today I learned that This Is Spin̈al Tap is on the Criterion Collection.
  • jbaber
    Very, very nice!