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Post by Vercetti on Jan 2, 2006 2:59:31 GMT
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Post by Omar on Jan 2, 2006 5:58:46 GMT
Enjoy "No Direction Home" Vercetti. After reading so much about Dylan now and listening to all his work, I want to view it again.
If you enjoy it enough, I recommend Dylan's autobiography, Chronicles: Volume 1. I'm reading it now, and as you know from listening to his music, he is an excellent writer.
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Post by Vercetti on Jan 2, 2006 7:27:14 GMT
I always have things I wanna read but between school, films, and other things I hardly ever get a chance. I've had the Cobain biography for a while and have only read up to the formation of the band by now. The Christmas of '04 I got the Howard Hughes biography and haven't finished it either.
I really need to set time for No Direction Home and 2001: A Space Odyssey, especially since Exams are next week.
As for Dylan's autobiography, that's something I can get excited for, since I'm a fan and it's written by him. Heavier Than Heaven was written by Charles Cross, who had Courtney Love as an advisor, so the book's function is to stick it to Tom Grant, rather than educate. I even skipped ahead to the ending, which is insulting. It walks through a made up scenario to retort a few pieces of murder evidence, rather than be respectful about it and not take a stance.
I'd probably be interested in reading Johnny Cash's autobiography.
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Post by Vercetti on Jan 4, 2006 21:25:42 GMT
Late Christmas gift.
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Post by Capo on Jan 4, 2006 22:59:46 GMT
After having to fish out little more than normal on the hard-to-find(-in-sales) Gerry and Elephant, I retain my title of Bargain King. For £5.99, today:
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Post by Omar on Jan 5, 2006 3:52:43 GMT
Mick, that case for "Casino" is beautiful. You guys over there are lucky.
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Jan 5, 2006 4:01:17 GMT
Mick, that case for "Casino" is beautiful. You guys over there are lucky. INdeed, it seems that UNiversal's branch in the UK doesn't deal much with the double sided discs like our branch here does. They've got a two disc edition of "Schindler's List" as well.
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Post by Capo on Jan 5, 2006 14:23:12 GMT
It is a beautiful case, yes. But, alas, do not let online pictures fool you. The edition I bought has two discs, but no elaborate box can be found such as that seen. I'm not complaining, though.
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Post by Omar on Jan 7, 2006 17:38:26 GMT
Got both of these for free:
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Post by Capo on Jan 7, 2006 22:01:56 GMT
Free? Stealing is wrong, Omar. At least Wet Dog robs banks then pays for his films. Well, I had one mega spending fest today. Or so it looks like it from the images to come. But fear not. I spent £33 today. Thirty-three pound. And all of these are brand new too. Bargain King. For £3.49 each, I got these: I already had Modern Times, The Great Dictator and Limelight as part of that boxset (sold separately). I now only need The Kid and The Gold Rush to complete it. I don't even know if it's legal to sell the Richard Schickel documentary separately from the boxset. Anyway, for £2.49 each: And on VHS, for £0.49 each: On VHS, for £1.00 each: And, for bargain of the year, by far: on my way to the desk to buy these films, I notice the below DVD, for a staggering, jaw-dropping £9.99. Wow. I'll be adding these to mey to-see list.
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Post by Michael on Jan 7, 2006 23:04:34 GMT
I finally ordered Le Samourai. $21.97 on overstock.com for the Criterion version. Will be delivered some time in the next 2 weeks. W00T!
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Post by jake on Jan 7, 2006 23:35:16 GMT
Where did you get those Chaplin's from for so little, Capo?
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Post by Capo on Jan 7, 2006 23:55:12 GMT
A shop called Play. No relation to play.com, I don't think, though. They had been £6.99, and were on sale.
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Post by Marty on Jan 10, 2006 7:45:47 GMT
A great purchase Capo. Anyone who hasn't seen this particular Chaplin movie should make the effort, it's an extremely brave piece of 1940s black comedy (I believe the genesis came from Chaplin, Orson Welles and others discussing subject matter that would not possibly get studio backing...i'll take a look in some references to get the proper story on that) Whatever though I feel it's probably the most under-rated Chaplin film of all.
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Post by Capo on Jan 10, 2006 11:47:02 GMT
Yeah, Marty, I can't wait to see it (Monsieur Verdoux, I assume you're talking about).
Have you seen Heimat?
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Jan 10, 2006 16:21:00 GMT
Capo, I echo Marty's comments. "M. Verdoux" is nothing less than a masterpiece, one of the greatest works Chaplin ever filmed, esaly his greatest talking film and one of his most prrfound works. It's such a dark film and the controversy that stemed from it would all but destroy his name in the UNited States.
By the way, I belive you are going to love the Richard Shickel directed documentary on, "Chaplin". You can see that he understands and loves his work.
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Post by Marty on Jan 10, 2006 16:48:20 GMT
Only Die Zweite Heimat on it's entirity, Capo, and parts of the first part (does the DVD set you mentioned above contain just the original chapters? or is it complete?)
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Post by Capo on Jan 10, 2006 20:48:05 GMT
It is parts one to eleven, over fifteen hours running time.
Heimat is now in three parts, with parts two and three purchasable as separate boxsets. Too expensive for now, though.
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Post by Driver on Jan 10, 2006 21:04:25 GMT
Just bought
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