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Alain Resnais

Hiroshima mon amour
A French actress & Japanese businessman have an affair in the traumatized city of Hiroshima. Through it all, the woman’s mysterious past is told in flashbacks. Beautiful cinematography along with a fascinating story.


Last Year at Marienbad
A very muddled, mostly incomprehensible, avant-garde tale of the idle rich (yawn) as they carouse around a luxurious French spa. One man tries to convince a married woman that they had an affair but she doesn’t remember, meanwhile the other guests act as statues. Are they real? Is it all just a dream? Do I care? On a positive note the wonderful camerawork kept me from nodding off.



Jean-Pierre Melville

Bob le flambeur
Bob is an aging & broke gambler, a man of honor who along with a few others plan to rob a casino. The ironic ending is a classic. A few other Melville films should’ve been on this list.

The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)

Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Casino, Cool Hand Luke, Dawn of the Dead, Death Proof, Dr No, Eastern Promises, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, The Godfather Collection, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Hulk, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Incredible Hulk, Interview with the Vampire, Iron Man, JFK, Kill Bill 1 & 2, LA Confidential, Live and Let Die, The Matrix (Ultimate Collection), The Mist, The Omen, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense, Sleeping Beauty, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Thing, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E, Young Frankenstein DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Icons of Horror: The Hammer Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Rodan/War of the Gargantuas, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4