It’s over the top and off the wall, and for the most part I could dig the insane violence and vengeance. But I must admit that the ending let me down. It’s so trifling and leads to such queasy results that I was just thrown out of the film. A ninety-five percent brilliant manga, but oh, that five percent!
I would buy an Eclipse package of Bill Forsyth’s movies just to get Housekeeping, which now only exists on VHS (to my knowledge).
I know many Alain Resnais films are available (at least in Region 2), but Providence, the film John Gielgud considered his best performance, is nowhere to be found. (Yes, there are $200 copies, but let’s get serious. And besides, the $200 DVD is dubbed into French, eliminating one of the great voices of the theatre.) I can’t get Providence out of my head, and would do many desperate things to have a quality copy.
The one recent film I have a grudge against is There Will Be Blood. So much of it made no sense (why was he such an evil man for sending his adopted son to S.F. to learn how to overcome his deafness? why did he murder the imposter? and why did he pound the preacher to death?). Lewis has a mellifluous voice, but do we have to listen to him every second of the film? What about that grudge his adopted son held for him? I saw this on the big screen, then bought a DVD because I thought I was missing something. I’ve watched the small screen version twice now, so I think I’ve given TWBB a fair chance. And it’s pretty, but it’s not art.
I would assume that anyone with the pretention to join an Auteurs list would have a multi-region DVD player. I would further assume that they would know enough to order Wenders films from Great Britain, Germany, or Italy. I have little enough room in my studio apartment to fill up with duplicate DVDs. My Paris Texas makes me happy, and I’ve had the pleasure for years. True, BluRay is a strong argument. But you just can’t have everything.
I found Salo disgusting but not particularly disturbing. The one movie that got under my skin and wouldn’t go away was The Vanishing (the original European version). That film is one I’m personally banning from my life.
I’d just like to remind you folks of the many hours of silent films fashioned by Stan Brakhage (the Criterion disc is excellent, but barely scrapes the surface of over 400 films, almost all silent.). I can’t think of the titles right now, but the Abstract Expressionist painted films of his later career are phenomenal.
I’ve always thought of Veronique as autobiographical. Kieslowski here is showing his Polish soul and his French soul, and he allows the Polish one to die.
The hype about Oldboy over 2 years ago
It’s over the top and off the wall, and for the most part I could dig the insane violence and vengeance. But I must admit that the ending let me down. It’s so trifling and leads to such queasy results that I was just thrown out of the film. A ninety-five percent brilliant manga, but oh, that five percent!
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WHICH DIRECTORS...NOT...CURRENTLY REPRESENTED IN THE CRITERION COLLECTION DO YOU WANT TO SEE INCLUDED? over 2 years ago
I would buy an Eclipse package of Bill Forsyth’s movies just to get Housekeeping, which now only exists on VHS (to my knowledge).
I know many Alain Resnais films are available (at least in Region 2), but Providence, the film John Gielgud considered his best performance, is nowhere to be found. (Yes, there are $200 copies, but let’s get serious. And besides, the $200 DVD is dubbed into French, eliminating one of the great voices of the theatre.) I can’t get Providence out of my head, and would do many desperate things to have a quality copy.
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Movies you hated that everyone else loves over 2 years ago
The one recent film I have a grudge against is There Will Be Blood. So much of it made no sense (why was he such an evil man for sending his adopted son to S.F. to learn how to overcome his deafness? why did he murder the imposter? and why did he pound the preacher to death?). Lewis has a mellifluous voice, but do we have to listen to him every second of the film? What about that grudge his adopted son held for him? I saw this on the big screen, then bought a DVD because I thought I was missing something. I’ve watched the small screen version twice now, so I think I’ve given TWBB a fair chance. And it’s pretty, but it’s not art.
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PARIS, TEXAS is to be Criterioned! over 2 years ago
I would assume that anyone with the pretention to join an Auteurs list would have a multi-region DVD player. I would further assume that they would know enough to order Wenders films from Great Britain, Germany, or Italy. I have little enough room in my studio apartment to fill up with duplicate DVDs. My Paris Texas makes me happy, and I’ve had the pleasure for years. True, BluRay is a strong argument. But you just can’t have everything.
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PARIS, TEXAS is to be Criterioned! over 2 years ago
Oh, yeah, the cover is great (and the graphic style carries over on the other seven Wenders DVDs I own).
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Most Disturbing Film Ever (strictly speaking) over 2 years ago
I found Salo disgusting but not particularly disturbing. The one movie that got under my skin and wouldn’t go away was The Vanishing (the original European version). That film is one I’m personally banning from my life.
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YOUR FAVORITE SILENT FILM, PLEASE. over 2 years ago
I’d just like to remind you folks of the many hours of silent films fashioned by Stan Brakhage (the Criterion disc is excellent, but barely scrapes the surface of over 400 films, almost all silent.). I can’t think of the titles right now, but the Abstract Expressionist painted films of his later career are phenomenal.
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Is Krzysztof Kieslowski Underrated? over 2 years ago
I’ve always thought of Veronique as autobiographical. Kieslowski here is showing his Polish soul and his French soul, and he allows the Polish one to die.
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