recent DVD purchases

Post by **BlueChair** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 1:15 pm

I picked up the 2DVD deluxe edition of Jeff Stein's documentary on The Who, The Kids Are Alright. The picture and sound are amazing, and it's LOADED with bonus features.

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 1:50 pm

I got the Region 2 dvd of The Hit from amazon.de , as discussed here,
http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... dd189b43c7
and, yes, the bloody thing is in German

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 4:41 pm

Oct/Nov is gonna hit me hard for DVD cash...I gotta buy..

Simpsons series 3
Lord of the Rings: Two Towers deluxe edition
Millers Crossing (finally released!)
Phoenix Nights 2nd series
X-Men 2

DVDs....as addictive to buy as CDs!

HungupStrungup · Post by **HungupStrungup** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 5:01 pm

Tightrope
The Bedroom Window
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
On order and expected soon: Time Bandits (since the Criterion deluxe edition is going out of print, I got a bargain price on it)

The Cure, Trilogy - This is an interesting idea for a concert and DVD. They performed, over two consecutive nights last fall, three albums in their entireity: Pornography, Disintegration and Bloodflowers.

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 5:10 pm

A Mighty Wind
Fargo SE
Animal House

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:30 pm

Fargo SE....good choice! Movie scrubs up really nice, but the extras are a little thinner than I would have liked.

When are they going to release Big Lebowski SE????

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 8:28 pm

Like the rest of the world, "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", plus:

"A Mighty Wind"
"Microcosmos" and "Winged Migration" (aka Travelling Birds, Le Peuple Migrateur)
Altman's "Images"
"Wings of Desire"
"Farewell My Concubine"
"Twighlight Samurai"
"ShikiJitsu"
"Pistol Opera"
"Galaxy Express 999" - entire TV series
"Ultraman Cosmos" - entire TV series
about 15 assorted Godzilla titles

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 8:51 am

Godzilla rocks...especially the ones with shite dubbing (so most of them). I like the one with Jet Jaguar (I think it's godzilla v megalon)... it has the most tenuous explanation for a robot suddenly growin 100 foot high...

''He must have somehow programmed himself to increase his own size!''

Worst episode ever!

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 6:57 pm

laughingcrow wrote:Godzilla rocks...especially the ones with shite dubbing (so most of them). I like the one with Jet Jaguar (I think it's godzilla v megalon)... it has the most tenuous explanation for a robot suddenly growin 100 foot high...

''He must have somehow programmed himself to increase his own size!''

Worst episode ever!

I am the opposite... I refuse to buy any of the films unless they are in their original Japanese language with English sub-titles. I have a source for these in the US and now have approximately 25 of the Godzilla and associated films. By associated I mean films like "Baragon vs Frankenstein", "Battle of the Gargantuas", "King Ghidora", "The Mysterians", and so on... basically, all of the Toho company releases.

LessThanZero · Post by **LessThanZero** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 8:17 pm

4 Remastered Chaplin classics.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:15 pm

As the board's unofficial movie geek, I've gotta say I'm impressed.

While I personally rarely buy DVDs -- all of the DVDs I own were gifts, review copies or really, really cheap (I rent en masse instead), all you guys have really good taste.

I don't think any of you rented anything I would turn my nose up at -- though I might not have the patience to watch all of Ultraman or all those Godzilla films....

And I'm sure I don't have to tell Tim(e) the fun fact that Godzilla creator Inashiro (sp?) Honda was a good friend and contemporary of Akira Kurasawa. Birds of a feather?

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:14 pm

bobster wrote:As the board's unofficial movie geek, I've gotta say I'm impressed.

I don't think any of you rented anything I would turn my nose up at -- though I might not have the patience to watch all of Ultraman or all those Godzilla films....

These were purchased mainly for my son who is crazy about Godzilla to the point of having Godzilla, Mothra, Mechagodzilla, and Baragon dolls

The same is the case for Ultraman (all varieties from Ultra 7 to Cosmos).

And I'm sure I don't have to tell Tim(e) the fun fact that Godzilla creator Inashiro (sp?) Honda was a good friend and contemporary of Akira Kurasawa. Birds of a feather?

Yes, Ishiro Honda co-directed Kurosawa's Dreams (which I also have on DVD)... it is not hard to see why I suppose, as in Dreams Kurosawa is making a fairly strong statement about the environment and our seeming intention to destroy ourselves. Godzilla is basically a metaphor for the path we are heading down towards nuclear destruction. (I recall reading somewhere that Godzilla was a monster created by the souls of those who died in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.)

I suppose Honda is the king of monster movies whereas Kurosawa is just the king of movies full stop (imho)

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 1:57 pm

Tim(e) --

You're a good dad!

Re: the soulful origin of Godzilla. I think I might have read that too -- but have you seen the original, Japanese language version of Godzilla (the one without Raymond Burr)? Does it say so there, or does that just give the standard atomic mutation argument?

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 2:55 pm

Hurrah...just got season 3 of The Simpsons....

mmmm box sets!

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 6:31 pm

bobster wrote:Tim(e) --

You're a good dad!

Re: the soulful origin of Godzilla. I think I might have read that too -- but have you seen the original, Japanese language version of Godzilla (the one without Raymond Burr)? Does it say so there, or does that just give the standard atomic mutation argument?

I do have the original Japanese language (with subtitles and no Raymond Burr) Godzilla 1954 release. I will have to sit down and watch it closely to learn the truth

Post by **BlueChair** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 10:13 pm

I finally picked up A Clockwork Orange.

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:44 pm

Viddy well Blue, viddy well. No more picking on dim!

That's got a cool soundtrack by the way (thinkin about the uvva post)!

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 7:20 pm

Phoenix Nights series 2....

brilliant!

''Garlic....bread?''

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 12:30 pm

Just got the 'special edition' Millers Crossing...

no bloody commentary from the brothers again! Why Coens, why??????

Post by **BlueChair** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 1:41 pm

As far as I know the only DVD they ever did that has an audio commentary from the Coens is The Man Who Wasn't There. The new edition of Fargo has an audio commentary, but it's done by cinematographer Roger Deakins, right?

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 3:26 pm

Yeah Blue....Roger Deakins zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I havent got TMWWT on dvd, but probably will do in the longrun..look forward to it. I guess some directors dont do them, they just seem like a really interesting pair.

I think Im right in saying Spielbergo hasn't done one... I heard Ridley Scotts on Hannibal and it was dull.

The ones on the Simpsons/Futurama boxsets however are really good, as are the ones on the uk comedies Spaced, I'm Alan Partridge and Phoenix Nights.

Yes, I do actually listen to them. Please no mickey taking.

Post by **BlueChair** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 3:30 pm

Audio commentaries are great! The Francis Ford Copolla audio commentaries on the Godfather trilogy are exteremely interesting. Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy on Best In Show and A Mighty Wind are a hoot, as is Spinal Tap on This Is Spinal Tap. Eric Idle's on The Rutles. Even Dennis Hopper's on Easy Rider is pretty insightful. Wes Anderson's on The Royal Tenenbaums. Martin Scorsese and Robbie Robertson on The Last Waltz.

I can't stand to listen to Steven Soderbergh's commentary on The Limey though... he spends the whole time arguing with the film's screenwriter.

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 6:29 pm

I can't stand to listen to Steven Soderbergh's commentary on The Limey though... he spends the whole time arguing with the film's screenwriter

Steve's commentary on Out of Sight is fascinating. Probably his most complete film so far, it's interesting to see how he gets it right by leaving out all 'the fat'.

Post by **BlueChair** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 6:32 pm

The Limey is an incredible film, but the audio commentary offers very little insight or even entertainment value. There's a 2nd audio commentary with Peter Fonda, Terence Stamp, and Leslie Ann Warren, but it's kind of irrelevant.

ice nine · Post by **ice nine** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 6:52 pm

The Usual Suspects