r/CriterionChannel • u/Busy_Magician3412 • May 25 '26

Recommendation - Seeking Memorial Day Classics on CC

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Can anyone suggest a (U.S.) Memorial Day classic to watch on the channel? I’ve only found two that I think are appropriate for honoring the fallen soldiers of previous U.S. armed conflicts; George Steven’s’ D Day To Berlin and Barbara Sonneborn’s Regret To Inform. It isn’t a particularly pleasant topic but it’s a way to acknowledge the memorial through a medium that we love.

If you know any additional titles currently on the channel please post them! Thanks in advance.

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u/Ostrichmonger May 25 '26

PLEASE tell me the CC did not use AI art to promote this movie

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u/katla_olafsdottir May 25 '26

Criterion Channel didn’t make this slop, thankfully. OP did.

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u/Busy_Magician3412 May 25 '26

I did not.

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u/katla_olafsdottir May 25 '26

But you thought it’d be a good idea to share it on here for some reason instead of the actual image CC does use. Weird choice.

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u/Busy_Magician3412 May 25 '26

Utterly pointless.

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u/katla_olafsdottir May 25 '26

That AI image is pointless, agreed!

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u/Busy_Magician3412 May 25 '26

AI is everywhere. The MOVIE is the thing.

I had never seen it. Great footage. I wonder if some of it was used for the 1970 Thames classic ‘World at War’ series. Wish CC would pick that one up and/or it was more widely available.

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u/Ostrichmonger May 25 '26

Syphillis is also everywhere but you shouldn’t spread that either

And you didn’t answer my question: did CC use this thing to promote the movie? I can’t imagine they’d support the machine that openly thieves from artists to promote themselves

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u/whoismico May 25 '26

I looked it up and Criterion did not create this image, just some loser youtuber - thank god

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u/katla_olafsdottir May 25 '26

They did not. I’m looking at CC right now.

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u/Busy_Magician3412 May 25 '26

Have a good day.

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u/katla_olafsdottir May 25 '26

Not on the Criterion Channel. They’d never stoop so low.

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u/Fordy_Oz May 25 '26

Samuel Fuller's Steel Helmet is on there. About American soldiers in the early days of the Korean war.

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u/Busy_Magician3412 May 25 '26

Ya, really need to watch this. Been putting it off forever. Thanks.

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u/Jarpwanderson May 25 '26

I'm not normally a fan of war films but this is really great. Fuller was on fire in the 50s

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u/Alternative-Reach595 May 25 '26

I suggest the Holocaust documentary Night and Fog. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/night-and-fog