Another user that’s particularly fond of classic kung fu cinema who has posted at least 20 films (in parts) on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Sabidote
A few recommendations:
Shaolin vs. Ninja
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Five Element Ninjas (posted as Chinese Super Ninja)
Executioners From Shaolin
Invincible Armour
Fist of the White Lotus
Five Deadly Venoms
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Thanks to the both of you!
Ahh, so that’s how you do it!
Also, here’s a link to the 1976 documentary “Goddo supiido yuu! Burakku emparaa” (Godspeed you! Black Emperor) by Mitsuo Yanagimachi. I spent years trying to get this doc before finding a copy on DVD; here it is on Veoh! Apparently now you have to download some viewer from Veoh, but it’s safe and worth taking a look.
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/educational/watch/v32946896gcZXWP2
These links would have been great for my forum post “Got any supplemental film websites for fellow cinephiles on theauteurs?” ….no hard feelings NEH, I’m just sayin’…
Thanks for these in any case. great links.
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Haha, I know! I looked for that doc for EIGHT YEARS.
Well to be honest I’d forget about it for a few months, then try to look for it again and become disillusioned, then repeat. At the time I’d just heard “Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven” and was curious about the band’s name. I’d also been reading about Bōsōzoku biker gangs. When I found out that that was what the doc was about, well I just had to see it, didn’t I?
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Me too – I’ll have to check my bookmarks and see what else I have to keep it alive, Neh!
@ Daniel, yeah I love the band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and I didn’t know they had taken their name from a film, though that makes sense. I always thought it was a line from some obscure Jacobean tragedy. Beautiful stirring music.
oh, this is already shaping up to be the best thread of them all. good, good, good deal. thanks everyone. please keep the links coming. the more obscure the film the better.
http://www.jaman.com – Free movies for signing up and referring people. (The Promise, La Chinoise, Von Trier, 17 Rue Bleue, etc.)
http://www.netflix.com – Free movies online (and in the mail) with free trial. Limited time, but a good amount of decent movies, such as a lot of Woody Allen, worth taking advantage of.
http://www.hulu.com/movies – Free movies. (Broken Flowers, Requiem for a Dream, 21 Grams, Etc.)
Thanks Dax! I’m loading Sansho right now.
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=654178281151939378&ei=DvCOSavGEoiGqwLQu8W2Cw&q=mr.+death+errol+morris&hl=en
Errol Morris’ profile of capital punishment engineer and Holocaust denier Fred A. Leuchter.
Also:
http://www.youtube.com/user/aevitatis3
for silent films, and:
http://www.youtube.com/user/nowplayingclassics
for English classics.
Don’t thank me, thank the guy who posted these films.
It’s curious to see a Criterion sister site like this supporting a thread linking to illegal copies of theirs and others’ films. Long live free speech…uh, I guess.
As great as criterion is, sometimes they overprice items. I saw Pickpocket online because I’m not spending $39.95 for a 75 minute movie, no matter how many extras it has. Plus if I like it enough I will buy it, if I don’t then I didn’t waste my money.
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Any of you guys use karagarga.net? I used to have an account, but I unfortunately lost it due to the fact that I was unable to maintain my upload ratio. I guess the films that I was seeding were a little too obscure, and no one downloaded them. Anyway, it was insanely difficult to get an invite, but man do I ever miss it. I found so many titles that I spent years before trying to track down. I was even able to locate many older festival titles that never were released outside of the theaters. If you are a true cinefile, and you can find anyway to get an invite to the site, I would highly recogmend it.
Uzak, never heard of it.
I’ll have to check it out maybe sometime this week.
See if i can’t swing an invite.
Thanks for the tip.
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I nearly forgot about this thread, but this film popped up in conversation:
Pull My Daisy, aka The Beat Generation
A 1959 short film by Alfred Leslie and Robert Frank, narrated by Jack Kerouac and starring Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Peter Orlovsky. I’ve only ever managed to see two versions, one with the “Pull My Daisy” title credit (which was a bad VHS transfer from German television) and the link above, a bad VHS transfer from Italian television titled “The Beat Generation.”
Steidl released several box sets of Robert Frank’s films, but I haven’t seen them – can anyone on The Auteurs attest to the quality?
The problem I have watching any films on the internet is they look like shit. Utter garbage. Who wants to watch works of art that you can hardly see. That look absolutely terrible. Not me.
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I’d usually be one to agree with that STRAWDAWG, but the youtube links COL. DAX linked to really are quite clear once you click on the “watch in high quality” link just below the video.
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There are lots of Free films all over the internet.
And not just on http://theAuteurs.com
Here’s a list of stuff you can find on GoogleVideo & elsewhere…
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Short Films:
Chris Markers’ La Jetée http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8796749344506734237&ei=TG6MSYrPOaGG_AG4g8HKDw&q=la+jetee&hl=en
Jean Genet’s Un Chant D’Amour http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2191169673913401693&ei=9mmMScKXGI3I-gGl7KjHBQ&q=jean+genet+un+chant+d%27amour&hl=en
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Documentaries:
Oja Kodar’s Orson Welles: One Man Band (featured on disc 2 of Criterion’s F for Fake) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4537349015251098133&ei=emuMSaSNJpLW-gGXw4yGBg&q=orson+welles+one+man+band&hl=en
Adam Curtis’ The Century of the Self (in 4 parts) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8953172273825999151&ei=E22MSaqYFoSa-wHi8pzGDw&q=century+of+the+self&hl=en
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Feature Films:
Carl Th. Dreyer’s Vampyr http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7559089296688839249&ei=om6MSbbZFIyG-wHP7fzFBQ&q=vampyr&hl=en
György Pálfi’s Hukkle (in 4 parts) http://dailymotion.com/kovezett/video/x1yl8w_hukkle-41_shortfilms
Claire Denis’ Beau Travail (in 9 parts) http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C88EC94C3B944996
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Digital Cinephiles:
You can find MANY films under this user’s account:
(including films by Bresson, Bergman, & Kieslowski)
http://youtube.com/profile?user=somme1915&view=playlists
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Please feel free to post links to any free films you know of.
HAPPY VIEWING!!!