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| marlin lee | Jan 15 2008, 06:32 PM Post #916 |
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Picked up Alex Haley's Queen today. Circuit City was supposed to have 2 copies in stock but noone could find them. Fortunately Wal-Mart had it where it was easy to spot. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Jan 15 2008, 07:26 PM Post #917 |
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That Criterion Eclipse set of postwar Kurasawa films arrived today. |
| "I'm glad that this question came up, because there are so many ways to answer it that one of them is bound to be right." - Robert Benchley | |
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| The Batman | Jan 15 2008, 08:01 PM Post #918 |
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Big haul to the Batcave this week: EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA TREASURES III: SOCIAL ISSUES IN AMERICAN FILM (1900- 1934) RIFFI (Criterion #115 - for those that like to tout the numbering, I just like to watch the films) |
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| igsjr | Jan 16 2008, 12:09 PM Post #919 |
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I've only had this happen one other time, and that's when the price of The Three Stooges Collection: 1934-1936 came down about fifty cents when I preordered it from Amazon. I also preordered The Rockford Files: Season Five from Amazon at 27.99...and ended paying 24.99 in the end. Anyhoo, that arrived in today's mail...along with my third copy of Buster Keaton's The General (1927). Before you start wondering, I ordered this DVD along with a 2008 Silent Movie calendar that's being offered at www.mont-alto.com, because the proceeds will be donated to silent film preservation, a cause I can certainly get behind. Finally, a miscellaneous set of Columbia comedy shorts (featuring Charley Chase, Vera Vague, Schilling & Lane, etc.) that I received from Balconeer-in-Good-Standing Rodney. I ate these up as a kid, and I'm glad to see they're still funny even though I'm much, much older. |
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"Life is in color--but black-and-white is more realistic..." -- Samuel Fuller, director So many DVDs...so little time... | |
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| Black Tiger | Jan 16 2008, 12:51 PM Post #920 |
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Haven't ordered it yet, but will get Hawaii 5-O season 3 next week. Fine police show set in a tropical paradise that dealt alternately with crime and espionage. Catchy theme music, too. Also have to pick up the Honeymooners original 39 set, just because. |
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| Chandu | Jan 16 2008, 01:04 PM Post #921 |
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Champeen of Justice and Seeker of Knowledge, but rascal at heart!
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Book 'em, Danno! |
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| igsjr | Jan 16 2008, 06:22 PM Post #922 |
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I just looked outside and found a pair of packages lying on the porch that were prob'ly left there by the UPS person. In it are the Criterions that I purchased at Barnes & Noble's Buy 2, Get 1 Free sale (darn that Gravy for mentioning it...that...that...EXPERT!): The Wages of Fear, Rififi, Stray Dog, Army of Shadows, Band of Outsiders and Contempt. |
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"Life is in color--but black-and-white is more realistic..." -- Samuel Fuller, director So many DVDs...so little time... | |
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| Laughing Gravy | Jan 17 2008, 07:04 PM Post #923 |
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Arrived today from jolly ol' England -- The Innocents! I ordered it from there 'cause it's a widescreen anamorphic special edition loaded with extras, as opposed to the barebones pan&scan available in the U.S. Also enclosed: the new single by the Stereophonics! Kelly Jones doing GIMME SHELTER! Woo-hoo! |
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| rodney | Jan 18 2008, 05:46 AM Post #924 |
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I saw Stereophonics once and they were pretty bad. Never been a fan of any band that feels that two kick drums are necessary, especially when they have the drummer's name on them (STUART CABLE in this case, I believe). I went for the opener, JJ72, who released two highly emotional albums (one is import only) and then dropped off the face of the earth. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Jan 18 2008, 05:48 AM Post #925 |
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Mr. Cable was actually tossed from the band... They have a new drummer. They're my fave band in the whole, wide world. |
| "I'm glad that this question came up, because there are so many ways to answer it that one of them is bound to be right." - Robert Benchley | |
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| igsjr | Jan 18 2008, 07:01 AM Post #926 |
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Yesterday, I received series one and two of May to December, a Britcom that we used to watch frequently on GPTV (Georgia Public Television) before its British comedy schedule became dominated by Are You Being Served? Both Region 2 discs were on sale at Amazon.co.uk. I also received a sopy of Los Valientes Andan Solos, the Spanish translation of Lonely are the Brave (1962), the critically-acclaimed modern-day Western starring Kirk Douglas and Walter Matthau. I've only seen this one once, and I've never been able to figure out why it doesn't get shown on TV more often. If anyone's interested (and has a region-free player) you can get a copy at www.xploitedcinema.com. |
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| marlin lee | Jan 18 2008, 08:00 PM Post #927 |
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Picked up Ella Enchanted locally and finally received my order of Westward the Women. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Jan 19 2008, 10:53 PM Post #928 |
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Truffaut's The 400 Blows (Criterion #5). My Criterion Collection now looks like: 1 Grand Illusion 2 Seven Samurai (3-disc edition) 3 The Lady Vanishes 4 Amarcord 5 The 400 Blows 6 Beauty and the Beast 11 The Seventh Seal 19 Shock Corridor 30 M 35 Diabolique 36 The Wages of Fear 49 Nights of Cabiria 52-53 Yojimbo / Sanjuro 56 The 39 Steps 58 Peeping Tom 62 The Passion of Joan of Arc 63 Carnival of Souls 64 The Third Man 72 Le Million 77 “…and God created woman” 78 The Bank Dick 79 W.C. Fields: 6 Shorts 89 Sisters 91 The Blob 92 Fiend without a Face 93 Black Narcissus 96 Written on the Wind 98 L’Avventura 103 The Lady Eve 109 The Scarlet Empress 110 M. Hulot’s Holiday 112 Playtime 114 My Man Godfrey 115 Rififi 117 Diary of a Chambermaid 118 Sullivan’s Travels 135 Rebecca 137 Notorious 139 Wild Strawberries 140 8½ 149 Juliet of the Spirits 157 The Royal Tenenbaums 158 The Importance of Being Earnest 160 A Nous la Liberte 161 Under the Roofs of Paris 168 Monterey Pop 170 Trouble in Paradise 173 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 176 The Killers 180-1 I Am Curious Yellow / Blue 190 Throne of Blood 193 Quai des Orfevres 196 Hiroshima Mon Amour 197 Night and Fog 201 Umberto D 214 The Devil and Daniel Webster 215 Knife in the Water 216 The Rules of the Game 224 Pickup on South Street 227 Le Corbeau 232 Floating Weeds 234 The Tin Drum 237 Smiles of a Summer Night 239 The Lower Depths 245 Port of Shadows 249 The Battle of Algiers 260 Eyes without a Face 266 King of Kings 271 Touchez pas au Grisbi 272 La Commare Secca 273 Thieves’ Highway 274 The River 281 Jules and Jim 286 Divorce Italian Style 288 F for Fake 289 Hoop Dreams 291 Heaven Can Wait 292 Unfaithfully Yours 294 The Browning Version 296 Le Notti Bianche 297 au hazard Balthazar 300 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 305 Boudu Saved from Drowning 308 Masculin Feminin 316 Ran 318 Forbidden Games 320 Young Mr. Lincoln 321 The Virgin Spring 323 The Children are Watching Us 324 La Bete Humaine 333 Fists in the Pocket 335 Elevator to the Gallows 338 Equinox 341 A Canterbury Tale 357 The Fallen Idol 358 Pandora’s Box 364-8 Monsters & Madmen Collection The Haunted Strangler Corridors of Blood First Man into Space The Atomic Submarine 374 Bicycle Thieves 375 Green for Danger 385 Army of Shadows 386 Sansho the Bailiff 396 Ace in the Hole 402 The Milky Way 404 Robinson Crusoe on Mars 405 The 3 Penny Opera 406 Days of Heaven 408 Breathless 413 Drunken Angel 414 Two-Lane Blacktop Criterion Eclipse Series 1 Early Bergman Torment Crisis Port of Call Thirst To Joy 2 Documentaries of Louis Malle Vive le Tour Humain, Trop Humain Place de la Republique Phantom India Calcutta God’s Country …and the Pursuit of Happiness 3 Late Ozu Early Spring Tokyo Twilight Equinox Flower Late Autumn The End of Summer 4 Raymond Bernard Wooden Crosses Les Misérables 5 First Films of Samuel Fuller I Shot Jesse James The Baron of Arizona The Steel Helmet 6 Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy Blood Wedding Carmen El Amor Brujo 7 Postwar Kurosawa No Regrets for Our Youth One Wonderful Sunday Scandal The Idiot I Live in Fear |
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| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Jan 20 2008, 03:38 AM Post #929 |
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Nice collection. Here is my Criterion collection: |
| It's like Rodney King used to say, "Can't we all get a bong." | |
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| rodney | Jan 20 2008, 08:40 AM Post #930 |
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Wow, Stony! We have the same titles in our Criterion collections! |
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