Thanks for the response! I saw this thread and said, "Wow, I too have wondered about this very thing!" and it turned out that I indeed had. Too bad about the DVD, though; I would have been interested in seeing the film again in a more comfortable environment, and it looks like I won't be...
I'm not trying to be a troll here, but why do YOU think this movie has been used by the Pentagon and other groups? When I saw it recently, I was struck by how badly things turn out for both the militants and, particularly, the French--which I think is largely the point of the picture. The...
Many reviews of the film (and some interviews with van Sant) specifically mentioned the 1.33:1 aspect ratio of the film and its "boxy" "familiarity," so the widescreen version is not the one that reflects the director's intent, though it does, unfortunately, reflect what was almost certainly the...
Does anyone have any idea how to put the packaging back together once it has fallen apart? Mine did, and I can't seem to get it back in properly. The thing is a damned logic puzzle masquerading as a DVD box.:angry:
Although I've reconciled myself to dubtitles on foreign films over the years (at least one gets the original soundtrack and attendant performances; a presumably weaker translation is unfortunate and detrimental but most English speakers, including me, will never know the difference anyway), the...
When the first season of Alias was originally broadcast, were subtitles provided when characters speak foreign languages? I have watched about 9 episodes, and only once were there burned-in subtitles during the electroshock scene in the Romanian hospital
. I have seen snippets of the show on...
Solaris was initially given an "R" by the MPAA; the scuttlebutt (ha) was that some shots of George Clooney's rear were responsible for the rating--Soderberg and Clooney appealed and the rating was changed. The more cynical among us might have thought that the whole thing was nothing more than a...
Gah! Just after I spent good money purchasing the Babe DTS LD*...Any extras will be much appreciated; Babe is my second-favorite film of all time! *(which will quite possibly sound better than the new DVD).
Whale Rider is most certainly playing in Chicago and the outlying area. Even if you aren't close to one of those theatres, it would be well worth the drive to see this wonderful film. The distributor seems to be aiming for a gradual platform release, so if you absolutely can't make it to one...
Regarding the "big" prophecy revealed at the end of this book: was anyone else let down? Sure, the information given might be somewhat interesting for Harry, but any (even mildly) astute reader should have figured out by now that, by the end of the series, it's going to come down to Voldemort...
I don't know how long the sale lasts, but Xenosaga (PS2) was on sale for $19.99 new (cheaper than their used price) at Gamestop last week. Interested parties might want to check it out.
The 5.1 audio tracks are labelled as 2-channel, but my receiver (and DVD-ROM drive) both recognize them as AC-3 5.1. Interestingly, "The Follow" is not the only film on the disc to be expanded from its Internet version. Both "The Chosen" and "Powder Keg" are extended as well, with the most...
Received mine today. It's really too bad it's not anamorphic; the "downloadable" Quicktime versions on the website have a higher resolution than the versions on the DVD; this, of course, ignores advantages in compression and the fact that the DVD versions have 5.1 audio tracks. Oh well, I...
Warner has announced an August street date for Michael Moore's first crime against humanity (I kid, I kid), but it does not seem,at least according to www.dvdfile.com that the film's follow-up short, "Pets or Meat," will be included on the disc. This short was produced for, or at least shown on...
On a slightly related note: I have a CLD-D605 hooked up via optical and analog cables to my receiver. When I try to listen to the commentary on the "Trainspotting" Criterion LD, I find that I cannot. The player lets me toggle through the digital tracks and (what appear to be onscreen) the...
Edwin, in reply to your spoiler query: That part of the movie was based on the case of Gerald Donaghy, a youth who, just as in the movie, was being taken to a hospital in a car, and was twice examined by the British (a doctor and a soldier, IIRC) before a third, posthumous, examination...
I'm pretty sure that the R2 has a couple of special features beyond those on the R1 disc, as it has an additional interview with writer/director Peter Greengrass and some additional on-set stuff. Otherwise, the special features are the same. The UK disc, presumably, does not have the...