My pleasure, thank you!
Doing what I can...
My pleasure, thank you!
Doing what I can...
By the way in spite of my negative remarks about Steve McQueen the director, his recent "Small Axe" anthology is really good and I included LOvers Rock from it in my Ten Best Movies of 2020, as did others.
Duly noted.
Not being able to see films in an actual movie theatre has been one of the travesties of this pandemic. I really miss that.
TCM has been a godsend, and so have DVD’s, which are practically obsolete now.
"Set the controls for the heart of the Sun" - Pink Floyd
I was watching a lot on screeners anyway so it's not a complete change even if I do miss going to movie theaters and seeing films on the big screen with a powerful sound system, as at Lincoln Center, or anywhere really, with buttered popcorn, American style (you won't catch people munching on popcorn at a Paris cinema!).
I disagree a bit with the idea that a format (vinyl records, cassette tape, DVD's, CD's) becomes "obsolete." They hang around, and I was just reading that vinyl record prices were going up, while other sound formats weren't, and vinyl was gathering prestige with young people. (I have some laser discs, by the way, and a Pioneer Elite laser disc/CD/DVD player to play them on). DVD's are admittedly less necessary for everyday use now because of the convenience of internet watching of new films via Vimeo and other platforms. That's a lot faster and easier for reviewing films because you don't have to mail a physical disc back and forth and wrestle with a player, though you do have to have good internet speed.
But I was just rewatching Albicocco's La fille aux yeux d'or/The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961), or taking hits off its lush black and white visuals anyway, on a copy disc I ordered a few years ago from https://www.moviedetective.net/ ("The last bastion of arthouse cinema"), a source for rare public domain foreign films. For a cult film like Girl with the Golden Eyes you have to track down a DVD.
It's sad not to be able to go to movie theaters but it's wonderful how many movies we can gain access to online.
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 02-20-2021 at 10:53 PM.
Yes, where there’s a will, there’s a way to access films...
Lovely poster.
Never seen that one, and didn’t know Parisiennes don’t munch popcorn at movies.
Why is that? A cleanliness thing?
I just got new 32-inch Sony Bravia monitor and will be buying a 4K blu-ray DVD player.
I want Stanley Kubrick films in the highest resolution possible.
Keep cranking out your great reviews- you are clearly the man here.
"Set the controls for the heart of the Sun" - Pink Floyd
I didn't know the poster either. But it's all over the place - seems to be the only one for the film.
Europeans don't have the habit of eating between meals. That rules out snacks at the movies.
I've had Europeans observe to me that Americans "never stop eating." I'm afraid that is observably true.
Candace Hilligoss is beautiful as a woman haunted by ghosts at an abandoned amusement park/pavilion.
She’s involved in a car accident and starts being haunted and drawn to the former carnival location.
Very creepy and atmospheric film, one that’s been compared to a Twilight Zone episode.
Very low budget by appearances, the acting I found to be pretty bad.
The surreal vibe kept me interested.
It could’ve been a lost early George A. Romero!
This was a Criterion Collection DVD selection once upon a time.
"Set the controls for the heart of the Sun" - Pink Floyd
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