I could wax poetic about Criterion for hours. In addition to an expertly-curated streaming service, they are going to great lengths to preserve the art of physical media. In a way, you ascend to another level of movie fandom once you add one of their premium Blu-rays, with beautiful restorations and detailed bonus features, to your collection. This week, one movie fan’s efforts to do that early have gotten a lot of attention.
On Wednesday, screenshots of a TikTok from @kasonlovesmovies quickly went viral on Twitter. In the video, the 13-year-old Kason enthusiastically shows off his collection of Criterion Collection releases — which spans David Lynch classics like Blue Velvet and Eraserhead, and horror staples like The Silence of the Lambs, Scanners, and Funny Games. They’re not necessarily the titles you would expect a younger movie watcher to gravitate towards, much less want to buy premium Blu-rays for… and fellow cinephiles have a lot of feelings about that.
