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New Ozu Box; Yippee!
Topic Started: Jun 15 2007, 09:10 AM (246 Views)
panzer the great & terrible
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Here's the URL for DVD Beaver's review of the new Ozu box.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews31/late_ozu.htm

The review convinced me to spring for the set, which Amazon has at a nice discount. I already have two of the films but heck, this guy's my favorite director. I know I'll watch these more than once.

If anybody with a region-free player would like a free copy of EQUINOX FLOWER, PM me. It's in my top 5 Ozu movies, but I don't need two of it.
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Frank Hale
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This set also got a very favorable write-up by Dave Kehr in last Tuesday’s NYT column.

Vol. 4 in the Eclipse set (7/17) will be French director Raymond Bernard’s Wooden Crosses and Les Misérables (5 hours!) from the 1930’s.

Vol 5 (8/14) will be early films by Samuel Fuller (The Steel Helmet, I Shot Jesse James, and The Baron of Arizona), which I’m sure will also appeal to Mr. P.
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Actually, Frank, the only one of the Fullers I'd like to own is THE STEEL HELMET, and the price is a little steep for the one movie, so I'll pass. The other two were always on TV in the days of yore, and I couldn't convince myself to like either one.

I enjoy Fuller's movies a lot more now than I did when he was making 'em, but those two will never be fun. All those close-ups jammed together are just annoying.
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Assume you know Fixed Bayonets and Hell and High Water have recently been released by Fox.

"I just don't like Commies!"

[Blushes at changing the subject from the illustrious Ozu-San.]
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I didn't know. I like Fixed Bayonets, so that's good news.

I don't love Fuller enough to collect him, though if Run of the Arrow ever comes out I'll snap it up. I mostly buy stuff that's never on TV, and I usually rent them from Netflix first to avoid stinkers.
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