Any Cool Xmas Presents?

Only those who have seen Grave of the Fireflies will understand this…

My girlfriend got me a tin of candy drops…

Anyone else get some cool film related stuff?

I got some pretty awesome dvds…

Jodorowsky boxset
The Sword of Doom
A Taxing Woman
Les Tresors de Michel Ocelot

Very very happy with these.

Region Free DVD Player

Nostalghia – Tarkovsky

The Eric Rohmer “Morals” box set on Criterion
The Ice Storm
M.S 45
Death of a Cyclist
The Silent Partner

The new Chaplin biography, “Chaplin: A Life in Film”
Excited to read it.

I received ‘The Conformist’ & ‘1900’. Yeah!

Under the tree was David Thomson’s fat book, HAVE YOU SEEN …? And already I’m nodding my head in complete agreement at one moment, then pounding the table in utter disagreement the next. And a thousand films! So many, and yet so many missing …

I bought a similar can of candy drops for myself a couple of years ago. I now use it as a container for small change. No one who has seen my room gets the reference.

I got an external HD. Kind of film related, as I plan to store some movies on it.

I got some books I wanted, some DVDs I wanted, a new cardigan, a flannel shirt, some shoes that have soles made of used car tires,and a bedside carafe with a glass that fits on top. Oh, and some French vocabulary study sheet things. I have to learn French. Again. For the third time. And I never really learned it the first time. Merde!

I got Sidney Lumet’s film The Pawnbroker

Criterion and Janus Films shirts.

I got a Bible board game. Cause my family is in love with Jesus, right? no!

I suppose that’s what you get when you don’t ask for anything.

It was a banner fuckin’ year at the old Soybean family! I got a carton of cigarettes. The old man grabbed me said, " Hey, smoke up Soybean! ". Actually, my father sent me a check. I bought “The Dark Knight” and “Down By Law”, because someone borrowed mine and never returned it and then claimed it was his. It’s never leaving my apartment again!!!

The Ingmar Bergman Archives

Wall-E bed set<3

Got a framed original “Hang Em High” lobby card, “The Burmese Harp”, and late Ozu eclipse. I was pretty stoked!

The new High and Low, Rhapsody in August, Walker and That Obscure Object of Desire.

Some slippers, which may not sound like much, but boy do I love me some slippers.

Smoke up, Soybean, indeed.

I really wanted a Janus t-shirt. I ordered one during the sale when they were listed as still available but when my DVDs shipped no shirts were listed. I emailed about it and was told they were out. Le sigh… I’ll try again this spring probably. hey, did I ever mention that my posts are fascinating? This one sure is.

Oh I dunno, Shotzi, I thought your post was actually pretty informative. After all, I didn’t know the good folks at Criterion were out of t-shirts until you mentioned it just now. (It’s a good thing I already own two, and a hat!) What’s more, your short post had humor, drama, suspense and was even self-referential. All in all, not bad.

in addition to the the stuff i put on the criterion for christmas thread i also received “the picture of dorian gray”, “dillinger” with warren oates, “the dark knight”, “mr. smith goes to washington”, “the pope of greenwich village”, the deluxe version of “don’t look back” and an incredibly cool book/dvd set about chicago architect louis sullivan. chris ware did the art for the slideshow on the dvd which includes some beautiful buildings from chicago from the 1880’s-90’s. i made out llike a bandit! seriously, my family were very good to me and all have excellent taste. i am blessed.

A turntable, Pandora’s Box, and Grey Gardens.

DVDs?
The Dark Knight
The Anderson Tapes
Mishima (Criterion)
Belly of An Architect
Cook/Thief/Wife/Lover
Cool Hand Luke
It’s All Gone Pete Tong

ESSENTIAL ART HOUSE:
50 YEARS OF JANUS FILMS (the book)

Nice, Mat!

The Bourne Trilogy
Collateral

Your movies may be smarter, but my movies can beat up your movies!

John Cassavetes Criterion Box Set and Ray Harryhausen “Legendary Monster Series” Box Set.

Dario Argento Box Set
Sunshine

Bogie and Bacall Signature Collection
Donnie Darko
It’s A Wonderful Life
Sahara
Dead End
High Sierra
Bad Day At Black Rock
The Grapes of Wrath
White Heat
The Birds

I also got an Amazon Kindle, TCM Gangster flashcards, and 1001 Movies to See Before You Die.

I just got my holiday care package yesterday from friends and family, as well as stuff ordered online, and some bootlegs…

Battleship Potemkin (Kino)
Pickup on South Street (Criterion)
Duckman – tv series finally on dvd, it’s ‘bout fuckin’ time!
Night of the Living Dead – with great interviews from orig. cast and crew
Dillinger (‘71) with Warren Oates- trust me, death by submachinegun doesn’t look any closer than on this flick.
Eric Rohmer’s A Tale of Springtime (bootleg)
Love with a Proper Stranger (bootleg)- with Steve Mcqueen and Natalie Wood
Otis Redding at Monterey Pop (Criterion)
White Chicks (Wayans Bros)
Pineapple Express
The Killers (Criterion)- both versions with Burt Lancaster and Ronald Reagan
I’m ready for another Surge Deployment…