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02-19-2005, 11:31 AM
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Husbands & Wives
This movie has the perfect ending line. Woody Allen's character asks, "Can I go now? Is this over?" which is exactly what I'd been thinking for the past hour and 50 minutes.
"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder
"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.
"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock
"My great humility is just one of the many reasons that I am vastly superior to everyone else." - Ramrod Clerk
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02-20-2005, 05:39 AM
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#332 of 2004
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02-20-2005, 05:46 AM
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#333 of 2004
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George, are you single by any chance? I've been married for 10 years and thought HUSBANDS AND WIVES was a very powerful take on marriage/relationships that have gone on for a long time and sometimes need spicing.
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02-20-2005, 08:30 AM
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#335 of 2004
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I want to see this but my local video store only has one copy and its always out. Dammit, I miss the days when I was the only one renting foreign flicks.
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Yeah I have the same problem with my HV that I frequent. Like you said, it doesn't help when they only carry one copy of a new release.
Though they always seem to have a billion copies of the latest dreck like White Chicks, Charlie's Angels Full Throttle, Resident Evil Apocalypse, etc.
First time viewings in Red
Out of 
Victory Through Air Power (1943) (8/10)
Fascinating animated feature made at the height of WWII, which attempts to prove the theory that long-range bombers could turn the tide for the allied campaign. Also caught the rest of the shorts included in the ON THE FRONT LINES set. The most interesting was Chicken Little with an unusual not-so-happy Disney ending.
Saw (2004)  (7/10)
Plot holes aside I really enjoyed this for what it is – a kinetic suspenseful thrill-ride in the same vein as Se7en. Very entertaining, as long as you don’t think too hard about the likeliness of what’s happening on-screen.
The Bishop’s Wife (1947) (7/10)
Cary Grant plays an angel in this romantic holiday classic. First time I’ve seen this from beginning to end.
Youth of the Beast (1963) (6/10)
Seijin Suzuki oozes lots of style in this campy yakuza film.
The Grudge (2004) (5/10)
Buffy the ghost hunter stars in this mediocre remake of the Japanese Horror series.
Elena and Her Men (1956) (5/10)
Lightweight romance starring Ingrid Bergman. I've now seen 8 Renoir features & nothing has really come close to the first of his films I'd seen, The Grand Illusion.
The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)
Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Akira, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Proof, Dr No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Incredible Hulk, JFK, La Femme Nikita, Live and Let Die, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4
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02-20-2005, 08:42 AM
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#336 of 2004
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Jim, does Rules of the Game not do much for you? I also love Grand Illusion, but Rules of the Game quickly became one of my favorite movies last year after I saw it for the first time, on the Criterion DVD release.
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02-20-2005, 09:13 AM
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#337 of 2004
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No I'm one of a very few that didn't care much for Rules of the Game. Have never seen the Criterion, caught this on VHS a few years ago so I may give this another chance someday.
The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)
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02-20-2005, 06:34 PM
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#338 of 2004
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George, I've been meaning to ask this for a while now but does your son enjoy watching these older films? I've got a couple cousins under the age of 7 and I find it a lot easier getting them to watch B&W films than their parents. I think I've told this story before but two of my cousins (7 year old twins) were at my house as well as ten other family members (all older than me) and I was watching CITY LIGHTS. None of the adults got into the movie because it was silent and B&W yet the two girls really enjoyed it after I explained to them why these older films don't "look" like the ones made today.
If I ever have kids I'm certainly going to have them watching GUNGA DIN over some crap like WHITE CHICKS or any other "cool" film from today.
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02-20-2005, 07:27 PM
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#339 of 2004
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