Certainly there might be many reasons to watch Pasolini’s Salo. Why does anyone read de Sade? Perhaps it is initially the taboo nature of the film. No two people that I’ve read had the identical response to it. Nor were they the same as my own. It seems to be a kind of litmus test. I have mixed feelings about whether it has artistic merit. One reason to see it, I believe comes from these very mixed reactions it produces. That is perhaps its merit.
in point of fact, david lynch was doing an edition of eraserhead (which pre-bloggers-leaked to the press) and he cancelled the edition.david has said elsewhere that film is a continuum and not a book, therefore there are no chapters on any of his new dvds.
angel p- in the good old laserdisc days of the cc they did release annie hall and crimes and misdemeanors. unfortunately ted turner (who owned all the mgm/ua titles (annie hall and the cancelled manhattan) sold these to aol time warner and criterion’s rights lapsed. orion pictures who owned crimes and misdemeanors went out of business during criterions transition to dvd and the title ended up being owned by (you guessed it) warners. i agree woody is sorely lacking, but not from cc ignoring him. in fact there are no definitive versions of any of his films by any studio. hopefully, this will be rectified now that blu-ray is here but if warners are involved you can bet they’ll f-it up.
Should it be seen? over 3 years ago
Certainly there might be many reasons to watch Pasolini’s Salo. Why does anyone read de Sade? Perhaps it is initially the taboo nature of the film. No two people that I’ve read had the identical response to it. Nor were they the same as my own. It seems to be a kind of litmus test. I have mixed feelings about whether it has artistic merit. One reason to see it, I believe comes from these very mixed reactions it produces. That is perhaps its merit.
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New to The Auteurs? You Belong Here over 3 years ago
hello out there- i’m a struggling poet from texas who is a rabid cinephile. Collected Criterion on Laserdisc-then DVD and looking forward to Blu-Ray
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WHICH DIRECTORS...NOT...CURRENTLY REPRESENTED IN THE CRITERION COLLECTION DO YOU WANT TO SEE INCLUDED? over 3 years ago
in point of fact, david lynch was doing an edition of eraserhead (which pre-bloggers-leaked to the press) and he cancelled the edition.david has said elsewhere that film is a continuum and not a book, therefore there are no chapters on any of his new dvds.
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WHICH DIRECTORS...NOT...CURRENTLY REPRESENTED IN THE CRITERION COLLECTION DO YOU WANT TO SEE INCLUDED? over 3 years ago
angel p- in the good old laserdisc days of the cc they did release annie hall and crimes and misdemeanors. unfortunately ted turner (who owned all the mgm/ua titles (annie hall and the cancelled manhattan) sold these to aol time warner and criterion’s rights lapsed. orion pictures who owned crimes and misdemeanors went out of business during criterions transition to dvd and the title ended up being owned by (you guessed it) warners. i agree woody is sorely lacking, but not from cc ignoring him. in fact there are no definitive versions of any of his films by any studio. hopefully, this will be rectified now that blu-ray is here but if warners are involved you can bet they’ll f-it up.
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