What DVD have you just watched?
Posted by: u5227470736789439 on 27 November 2005
All the best from Fredrik
First time I've watched this. Entertaining as well as informative. A bit sobering too, with the concluding message that it could all happen again.
Brad Pitt in an usual role for him. I thought he was trying to look a bit like some of the characters played by Robert Redford. Also I think its the only role I've seen him play in which he didn't get his shirt off.
First time I've seen this. I remember mixed reviews at the time but I found it pretty funny!
On the centenary of the october Revolution, it seems a good time to revisit Segei Eisenstein's silent film about the evens in Odessa in 1905. Dated in some ways, and definitely propaganda rather than fact, it's still a textbook example of greating cutting, and still a powerful cinematic statement.
Kevin-W posted:On the centenary of the october Revolution, it seems a good time to revisit Segei Eisenstein's silent film about the evens in Odessa in 1905. Dated in some ways, and definitely propaganda rather than fact, it's still a textbook example of greating cutting, and still a powerful cinematic statement.
Oh, memories of my student days! That pram scene still sends shivers down my spine. 
"Songs from the second floor"
An absurdist drama pieces together unrelated vignettes to craft an arresting, abstract portrait of life at the turn of the millennium. A magician accidentally bisects an audience member; a boy writes poetry nonstop until he's committed to a psychiatric facility; a man torches his furniture store, then goes into business selling crucifixes.
The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II in 1939 Poland. I must say that the animals performed much better than the actors in this film.
This impressive 18-disc box set collects all nine volumes of the BFI's celebrated British Transport Films DVD series and fully illustrates the wide range of subjects the BTF Unit covered for over three decades. Released in a beautifully illustrated box containing slimlime cases and a fully illustrated booklet, with extensive notes and credits to each film, this remarkable collection serves much more than the transport enthusiast. It provides a unique insight into the changing social history of Britain from the 1950s to the 1980s. Over a whopping 38 hours and 125 films, The British Transport Films Collection covers it all. From the very first BTF film Berth 24, to rare gems such as E for Experimental, The Travolators and Old Sam the Signalman, to travelogues revealing a changing Britain like This Year London and Letter for Wales to much-loved classics like Blue Pullman, Elizabethan Express, Terminus and John Betjeman Goes by Train, there's truly something here for everyone. Throughout the films on this volume, the professional craftsmanship and artistry of the BTF Unit are on constant display. Their imaginative and innovative approaches to presenting an exhausting array of subjects remain an inspiration to filmmakers and fans alike.As always, the films on this collection have been digitally re-mastered from the best available film elements preserved at the BFI National Archive.
Volumes included are:
Vol- 1 On and Off the Rails.
Vol- 2 See Britain by Train.
Vol- 3 Running a Railway.
Vol- 4 Reshaping British Railways.
Vol- 5 Off the Beaten Track.
Vol- 6 The Art of Travel.
Vol- 7 Age of the Train. [Warning contains some horror]
Vol- 8 Points & Aspects.
Vol -9 Just the Ticket.
~<>~
Purchased this fantastic bumper box set of pathetic British nostalgia a few years ago and thoroughly enjoyed my journeying though the 18 discs of hopelessly dated wonderment.
Just booked myself a 1st class seat in my lounge for the second trip,
maybe gone some time, ...i'll send you all a postcard : )
Debs
Haim Ronen posted:
The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II in 1939 Poland. I must say that the animals performed much better than the actors in this film.
Oh dear, that's a shame Haim. I read the book a few years back and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I was rather looking forward to the film adaptation.
Last week I splurged on the Blu-ray release of one of my favourite comedies of recent years, The Big Lebowski, and last night I watched it again. It's still brilliant, I'm pleased to report, and the BR picture quality was good too, so money well spent.
Richard Dane posted:Last week I splurged on the Blu-ray release of one of my favourite comedies of recent years, The Big Lebowski, and last night I watched it again. It's still brilliant, I'm pleased to report, and the BR picture quality was good too, so money well spent.
I've only watched this about twenty times. Better put it on again...
A last gasp from Lovefilm. Luckily, a good film too.
Another Mother's Son:
Set in Jersey during WWII. Based on a true story of a woman who takes in and shelters an escaped Russian prisoner. Jenny Seagrove is brilliant as the central character, Louisa Gould.
Having watched The Big Short recently this movie takes a different approach to the same story. Whereas The Big Short uses some comedy. It takes place over a long period showing the slow build to the crash and tried to explain it. This movie covers only 48 hours and seems to make a virtue of the complexity of the toxic products with the senior players being candid in not expecting or wanted to understand the detail. It is much more dramatic, perhaps as you would expect given the star cast. I was also interested on the explanation/justification for this capitalism which a couple of the characters give during the movie. Some plausible arguments made, albeit from a cynical perspective. Anyway I very much enjoyed this movie.
A film based on a vibrant true story starring Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo, and directed by Mira Nair. A Ugandan girl's life changes forever when she discovers she has an amazing talent for chess, in this celebration of the human spirit.
Semi romantic. Personally, I didn't care about any of the characters in the film.
Thoroughly enjoyed this film based the events of the Aremnian Genocide.
It is a long time since my wife has shouted at the screen for the main character to watch out.
The last time that happened was a number of years ago watching a Kurosawa film in a cinema in Hong Kong and when I say shout I mean shout. I was trying desperately to pretend she wasn't with me by looking the other way.
I can scarcely believe that for so many years this film passed me by, but last night I watched Guns At Batasi.
Made in 1964, as the British Empire was experiencing great change, the film is at times both riveting and unsettling. There's an excellent supporting cast including Jack Hawkins and a young Mia Farrow. And I did wonder what became of Errol John (thanks to the internet I found out) as I don't recall seeing him in other films. However, you're never left in any doubt that this is Dickie Attenborough's film. He pretty much owns it through and through and his depiction of an RSM who's a stickler for order, discipline and doing things by the book, is right on the nail.
It's a nice widescreen Cinemascope picture and this recent re-release from Signal One on a DVD/Blu-ray dual disc set looks good with decent contrast, if a little soft in places.