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I've been going through the cycle during the past few weeks (well, the ones I actually like anyway), and I wondered what everyone's favorite symphony from the all-time great Russian composer (no, it's not Rachmaninoff!) is. These days, I tend to gravitate towards the Tenth, which has a great...

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Having watched this film again recently, I came to the conclusion that yes, Harry Callahan is a fascist character. We see that civil rights mean nothing to him: at the football field, Scorpio stops when Harry yells at him. He's unarmed, but he shoots him in the leg anyway; then he tortures a...

Here's a topic that's never been shy of controversy: is Deryck Cooke's performing version of Mahler's Tenth Symphony valid? Was it even ethical? As many know, Mahler died in 1911 and it was eventually discovered that his Tenth (thought to be left unfinished) was in fact complete in short score...

This may get moved, possibly to After Hours, since it isn't just about films but anyway... The latest tangent over in the Star Wars OT on DVD thread about whether the layers of meaning are really there or manufactured in hindsight brought something I've been mulling over to the surface. Do...

I've been watching Kurosawa a lot lately and one of the thing that commentaries have drawn my attention to is his use of the telephoto lens. Since the telephoto flattens the image (makes foreground and background appear closer together than they really are), it allows the filmmaker to place a...

Mention the British horror film "Night of the Demon" to a group of film buffs and an argument is only moments away. The argument is course over the shots of the fire demon that producer Hal Chester had inserted into the film at the beginning and end. As we all know, director Jaques Tourneur had...

I was listening to The Wild, the Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle and I was thinking to myself, why does this record not get as much attention as some of his other albums? The Springsteen faithful no doubt know every note of this disc, but I don't see much mention of it anywhere else. Whenever...

A thought that goes through my head whenever I'm listening to an opera recording is that some of these things should be made into movies (Filming of a live performance, like Bergmann did with Die Zauberflote doesn't count). No dumbing down, no cutting, the complete scores presented beginning to...

Film is a great art form, but it becomes even better when it incorporates another great art form like rock and roll. Here are five films that are essential to anyone who loves rock and roll: A Hard Day's Night-The greatest rock band of all time giving great performances in a genuinely funny...

I was watching this DVD and I was wondering about the transfer: is the very soft and hazy look part of the film's cinematography or is it an issue with the transfer? I'm asking because I still use the same TV set that my family has had since 1988, so even transfers that take shit on the review...

Can any fellow Canadians recommend some order sites that use Canadian dollars? I'm hoping there are sites out there that have cheaper prices on Criterion DVDs than Amazon.ca. Criterions on Amazon typically go for 50-60 dollars. There has to be better deals out there. Thanks in advance.

Just watched this a couple days ago and found this to be hilarious! The funniest gag was probably Burns and Hot Lips tryst being broadcast over the camp. I know political discussion is discouraged on this board, but I have to say that with the recent war in Iraq (which I was STRONGLY against)...

Instead of the numerous "best" threads, how about a "worst" thread? Here are some of my choices: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Led Zeppelin: Coda Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason Bruce Springsteen: Human Touch R.E.M.: Dead Letter Office How's that for boring, out of...

Who here has the "Eisenstein: The Sound Years" set? I got this recently and I was extremely pleased with it. David Bordwell's commentary Alexander Nevsky is one of the best I've heard in a while and Ivan the Terrible is a masterpiece pure and simple. I'm finally understanding how effective...