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Mike O

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#1390420
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Info: The films of Sergio Leone - The best available versions...
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Unless of course, ahem, anyone wants to invite me to MySpleen should I join 😉. The Kino disc apparently has gamma problems. I’m not 100% sure what that means, but I do know that the disc I watched last night looked way too…muddy, for lack of a better term.

Incidentally, and I don’t know if it’s forbidden to talk about this or not, so any mods can feel free to edit my post, but apparently the guy who does those Hong Kong Rescue reconstructions did one for Duck You Sucker too. Apparently, though, with the exception of a horse fall, the UK Eureka disc is uncut and looks good. I wish Arrow could get the Dollars trilogy in the UK or something.

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Info: The films of Sergio Leone - The best available versions...
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Apparently there’s a new version of DYS out from MOC in the UK, and it’s cut for 6 seconds of animal cruelty, but has the corrected soundtrack. I wish MOC could get the other Leone films. I have the German releases of the first two films, the Kino of GBU, and the Paramount of West. I guess these will have to do for now. Wouldn’t it be nice if we got a proper boxed set?

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THX-1138 (1st Director’s Cut) - 35mm Grindhouse Edition (Released)
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ZkinandBonez said:

Mike O said:

ZkinandBonez said:

Mike O said:

So the Criterion Channel will be hosting this movie next month. Bet they’ll sacrifice their integrity and participate in Lucas’ historical revisionism like TCM do now. I’d love to be wrong though.

It’s going to be the new version, yes; https://youtu.be/1x6sOHzgIyw?t=7

Though I personally would go so far as to say “sacrificing their integrity.” There’s hardly anything they or TCM can do about it. They “rent” the film from the company that owns them (Fox? Dinsey? I’ve lost track) and the new version is what they’re given. They’re probably counting their losses as the film is at least available in some fashion.

Then they should choose not to show the movie at all, though I confess that for financial reasons, that’s probably not possible.

I doubt there’s any serious financial loss for not showing the film. They probably feel that it’s better for people to see the new version of the film than to simply never see it at all. If I was in their place I’d do the same thing. Better that people see an (obviously) altered version than to never be exposed to it at all. It’s a really weird situation that thankfully only apply to a handful of films.

I’d feel that now showing the film is better than showing that abomination, but hey, I’m on this website, so I would 😉.

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THX-1138 (1st Director’s Cut) - 35mm Grindhouse Edition (Released)
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ZkinandBonez said:

Mike O said:

So the Criterion Channel will be hosting this movie next month. Bet they’ll sacrifice their integrity and participate in Lucas’ historical revisionism like TCM do now. I’d love to be wrong though.

It’s going to be the new version, yes; https://youtu.be/1x6sOHzgIyw?t=7

Though I personally would go so far as to say “sacrificing their integrity.” There’s hardly anything they or TCM can do about it. They “rent” the film from the company that owns them (Fox? Dinsey? I’ve lost track) and the new version is what they’re given. They’re probably counting their losses as the film is at least available in some fashion.

Then they should choose not to show the movie at all, though I confess that for financial reasons, that’s probably not possible.

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Last movie seen
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Society- The directorial debut of genre producer Brian Yuzna strains mightily against its limited budget and slow first two acts to deliver total surrealist chaos in its big finale. It’s decidedly a film whose ambitions exceed its resources, but given how many bigger-budget films play it safe, it’s hard begrudge it for that. It’s an intelligent piece of caustic social commentary, and if it’s reach exceeds its grasp, you have to admire Yuzna’s wild imagination and attempt at saying something.

13 Assassins- Cult provocateur Takashi Miike’s remake of a 1960 film (To my knowledge, one never released in America) as a sort of kinetic Kurosawa homage. It’s a bit generic, particularly in its rather slow first half and the characterization is occasionally thin, but Miike has lots of fun with the extended battle sequence finale. It’s flirts with social commentary but mostly just wants gory thrills as only Miike can deliver them, and does so with lots gusto and style.

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Info: The films of Sergio Leone - The best available versions...
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I grabbed the German discs of FOD and FAFDM, the Italian disc of DYS, the Paramount release of OUATITW, and the sad Kino release of GBU. They’re the best options I have; it’s GBU that’s the real tragedy, but it’s the best I’ve got. I suppose we could hope that someone like Arrow gets the rights in the UK, but I’m not holding my breath 😦.

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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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LuckyGungan2001 said:

Hang on, what the fuck happened while I’ve been very infrequently posting? Frink’s gone, Collipso, Possessed and more. Why are so many long standing members being banned?

I was wondering the same thing.

Anyhow, I want to buy the complete Blu-Ray boxed set of Poirot, but Amazon want $350 for it. Goddamn first world problems.