Last Movie You Watched

[listener]

1977 Seijun Suzuki film A TALE OF SADNESS AND SORROW
A model trains* to become a championship golfer and corporate celebrity and encounters an obsessed stalker.
A few minutes of missing subtitles annoy in this edition.  It's otherwise like a film noir but in colour (I once encountered a film history student who thought they all had to be in  B&W).  The concluding montage sequence is a cop-out for clear writing.
* That's not clear writing on my part.  The model has a month to win a tournament and become the face for a sportswear company, no model train hobbyists are in the film.

[Drasko]

Lovely.

[TheGSMoeller]

Recent discussion of my avatar had me wanting to watch some Kieslowski, went with A Short Film About Love. Kieslowski has a way of filming the most simplistic actions, dialogue and movements of his characters, but delivers on a huge emotional level that feels so raw and purely human. This is the feature length film version of the shorter episode 6 of Kieslowski's Decalouge, and the extra 20+ minutes are more than worth it, especially the ending. Next up, Short Film About Killing.
Both of these are available on Hulu in HD, which look better than my DVD copies.

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[drogulus]

    Last night a watched a film I first saw in the late '60s or early '70s, The Shooting, a 1966 low budget Western directed by Monte Hellman. The film had left a powerful impression on me. It's held up very well, and I think this film is too good for its cult status. Also, Warren Oates....

     

     

     

[Bogey]

You know my thoughts.  One of my faves!

[Drasko]

[Karl Henning]

The last couple of nights, I've been watching documentaries on Gilliam, "What Is Brazil?," "The Battle of Brazil," and "The Madness & Misadventures of Munchausen."

Tonight, I started out with rewatching Shadow of a Doubt.

[George]

You know my thoughts.  One of my faves!

You don't say?!!

[Ken B]

You know my thoughts.  One of my faves!

That gets my vote as the greatest remake. That was the third version of the book.

[Bogey]

That gets my vote as the greatest remake. That was the third version of the book.

I would say the same, and then The Ten Commandments.

[aligreto]

An enjoyable watch.

[Bogey]

Another Blade Runner film in the works:


http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Blade-Runner-2-Take-Care-Original-Biggest-Mystery-82407.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856101/?ref_=rg_mv

Not sure if I am liking the idea that the Decker mystery may be solved.

[SonicMan46]

A couple of more recent BD replacements, the first an old DVD-R and the second a DVD:

Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943) w/ Henry Fonda, Henry Morgan, and so many others - not great but good restoration.

Mark of Zorro, The (1940) w/ Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, & Basil Rathbone - this is one of my favorite films and have owned from a VHS tape through a regular DVD, and now a BD - the restoration is an improvement - if you are a fan, then a recommended upgrade!  Dave

 

[Bogey]

Mark of Zorro, The (1940) w/ Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, & Basil Rathbone - this is one of my favorite films and have owned from a VHS tape through a regular DVD, and now a BD - the restoration is an improvement - if you are a fan, then a recommended upgrade!  Dave

 

On my wish list,Dave.  Definitely will add it to my collection.

[Bogey]

Late to the Blu-Ray party, but it upgraded everything I own as well as netting me quite a few new films for my collection.  Add on a $25 gift card and this set only set me back $26.

[Bogey]

Set for a September release for all you Capra fans:

[Karl Henning]

Late to the Blu-Ray party, but it upgraded everything I own as well as netting me quite a few new films for my collection.  Add on a $25 gift card and this set only set me back $26.

I was (I may have noted) just re-watching Shadow of a Doubt t'other day.

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[Karl Henning]

Thread Duty:

From the Kubrick Blu-ray box: Eyes Wide Shut. Something a bit King Lear-ish about a young couple starting out with a beautiful, successful life, and their world unravels, they themselves neither fully to blame nor completely innocent.  The ending, very different, of course:  in the place of clear tragedy, an ambiguous hope of restoration.

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[SonicMan46]

For the rest of the evening, I decided to watch a few early John Wayne films in my collection:

The Big Trail (1930) w/ a young Wayne - watching the 2.10 aspect ratio rarity for the era - decent restoration; some of the scenes are just spectacular, e.g. lowering the Conestoga wagons over a cliff w/ the animals - NOTHING CGI back then - this film is worth a watch and recommended!

Stagecoach (1939) w/ Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, & Thomas Mitchell - what did Wayne do for 9 years before his 'break through' film?  Excellent Criterion production - Dave

 

[aligreto]