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Old 08-07-2005, 09:45 AM   #1 of 14
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THE OVERLOOKED & OBSCURE DIRECTORS SERIES - Volume XVIII –Films of ALEJANDRO AMENABAR


THE OVERLOOKED & OBSCURE DIRECTORS SERIES - Volume XVIII – The Films of ALEJANDRO AMENABAR


Rank ‘em, rate ‘em, review ‘em or whatever.

ALEJANDRO AMENABAR

Mar adentro (2004/I)
... aka The Sea Inside (International: English title) (USA)
... aka Mare dentro (Italy)
The Others (2001)
... aka Autres, Les (France)
... aka Otros, Los (Spain)
Abre los ojos (1997)
... aka Apri gli occhi (Italy)
... aka Open Your Eyes (USA)
... aka Ouvre les yeux (France)
Tesis (1996)
... aka Thesis (UK: festival title) (USA: video title)
Luna (1995)
Himenóptero (1991)



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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Old 08-07-2005, 09:47 AM   #2 of 14
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Seen 3
* Own 1

The Sea Inside (2004)
* The Others (2001)
Open Your Eyes (1997)
Thesis (1996)

Luna (1995)
Himenóptero (1991)



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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Old 08-07-2005, 12:18 PM   #3 of 14
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Titles in RED are theatrical screenings

Alejandro Amenabar
Mar 31, 1972 -

The Sea Inside (2004)
The Others (2001) (Own the DVD)
Open Your Eyes (1997) (Own the DVD)
Tesis (1996)
Luna (1995)
Himenóptero (1991)

Seen 3
Own 2




My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Pretty Boy (1993,Carsten Sønder) 3/5, From the Edge of the City (1998,Constantine Giannaris) 3/5, The Holy Child (2001,Stéphane Clavier) 3/5, Boy's Choir (2000,Akira Ogata) 3/5, The Fire That Burns (1997,Christophe Malavoy) 4/5, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008,Nicholas Stoller) 3/5, Ong-bak (2003,Prachya Pinkaew) 3/5, I Want to Live! (1958,Robert Wise) 2/5, Nancy Drew (2007,Andrew Fleming) 3/5, But Forever in My Mind (1999,Gabriele Muccino) 3/5, Death at a Funeral (2007,Frank Oz) 3/5, Pumpkinhead (1988,Stan Winston) 4/5, Beach Cafe (2001,Benoît Graffin) 2/5, 15 (2003,Royston Tan) 3/5, Lonely Boy (1962,Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor) 3/5

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Old 08-07-2005, 01:21 PM   #4 of 14
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Out of

Mar adentro (2004/I)
... aka The Sea Inside (International: English title) (USA)
... aka Mare dentro (Italy)
The Others (2001)
... aka Autres, Les (France)
... aka Otros, Los (Spain) - Own the DVD
Abre los ojos (1997)
... aka Apri gli occhi (Italy)
... aka Open Your Eyes (USA)
... aka Ouvre les yeux (France) 1/2 - Own thhe DVD
Tesis (1996)
... aka Thesis (UK: festival title) (USA: video title)
Luna (1995)
Himenóptero (1991)





They flutter behind you, your possible pasts.
Some bright-eyed and crazy, some frightened and lost.

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Old 08-08-2005, 10:20 AM   #5 of 14
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The Others, Open Your Eyes, and Thesis.



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Old 08-08-2005, 11:04 AM   #6 of 14
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Stand back Robert Rodriquez and Clint Eastwood, here is the best composer-director.

1. The Sea Inside
2. The Others
3. Open Your Eyes
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Old 08-08-2005, 12:25 PM   #7 of 14
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"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

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Old 08-08-2005, 01:36 PM   #8 of 14
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