2. Gladiator (2000)

In our second episode we discuss the Academy Award winner for Best Picture from 2000, Ridley Scott’s Gladiator. Join us as we discuss the merits of the film, and try to parse whether it’s surprisingly of Criterion quality or not!   Notes: Pollice Verso - 1872 painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme Music: “The Endless Scroll” by Absolutely Free courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc. Follow us online: Twitter: @SurprisingCrit Instagram: @SurprisingCrit

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Surprisingly Criterion - the podcast where we select and talk about the films that we’re surprised are a part of the Criterion Collection, and the films we can’t believe are not! The Criterion Collection brands itself as a depository of important classic and contemporary films for film aficionados. Their collection features over a 1000 movies and counting! Surely all of these can’t be important, can they? What does 'important' even mean!