I recently saw Serie Noire which is impossible to find in this country, but the quality looked like a 12th generation VHS.
― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Thursday, 26 February 2004 18:51 (twenty years ago) link
I'd say that if you think of these ratings in the context of bootlegs (which these dvds are, obv.) then they are correct. Obv. they are not being viewed in the context of professionally produced videos and the ratings shouldn't be taken as such.
Also, from viewing these two dvds, the cover pictures are taken directly from their copies of the films and are indicative of the quality of the product. Now if only they costed less ...
― dean! (deangulberry), Thursday, 26 February 2004 19:06 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Thursday, 26 February 2004 19:07 (twenty years ago) link
We ought to just cut out the middleman completely and start doing a "movie share" through this site.
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Thursday, 26 February 2004 19:26 (twenty years ago) link
I don't feel guilt about sharing copies of films that are otherwise commercially unavailable in this country.
― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Thursday, 26 February 2004 19:42 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Thursday, 26 February 2004 22:26 (twenty years ago) link
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Thursday, 26 February 2004 22:48 (twenty years ago) link
Man, you and me both. I'm still kicking myself for missing a screening in Chicago a year ago.
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 1 March 2004 17:43 (twenty years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 1 March 2004 20:06 (twenty years ago) link
I know that in NYC the 3-hour cut is being released in March -- at least that's what I read. I'm assuming this will be the relase all over America.
― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Monday, 1 March 2004 20:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Monday, 1 March 2004 20:33 (twenty years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Monday, 1 March 2004 20:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Monday, 1 March 2004 20:35 (twenty years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Monday, 1 March 2004 20:37 (twenty years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 1 March 2004 21:13 (twenty years ago) link
Plus it's got Paul Bettany, Patricia Clarkson and a bunch of other 'now' stars.
― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:13 (twenty years ago) link
― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:16 (twenty years ago) link
My interested has been peaked in "the beaver trilogy". who has seen it? what's it all about? fill me in please.
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 21:04 (twenty years ago) link
The way the TAL piece is structured (suspensefully) really piqued my curiosity, but if you just want the facts, here ya go:
In 1979, director Trent Harris shot some footage of some weird kid whom he randomly discovered in Beaver, Utah. The kid is in love with Harris's camera, hams it up with various celebrity impressions, and the 20-minute film (the first part of the trilogy) culminates in the kid doing an Olivia Newton-John impersonation at a local talent show.
In brief, the second and third parts of the trilogy are the exact same footage reenacted, first by Sean Penn (in 1981) and then by Crispin Glover (in 1985). (Actually, I don't think it's entirely exact -- there are some interesting discrepancies in each part of the trilogy.) Each of these films was sitting around in Harris's closet until the late 90s, when, for whatever reason, he was inspired to finally release them as one film.
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:10 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:21 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 01:16 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Thursday, 4 March 2004 17:38 (twenty years ago) link
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Tuesday, 9 March 2004 18:41 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Tuesday, 9 March 2004 18:46 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 3 December 2004 05:52 (nineteen years ago) link
YouTube's getting better and better--found both Play It as It Lays and Puzzle of a Downfall Child on there tonight (also The Heartbreak Kid and Spielberg's TV-movie Something Evil).
― clemenza, Monday, 27 March 2017 02:23 (seven years ago) link