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I just ordered Rules of the Game, Blow Up (finally!), Wisconsin Death Trip (based on someone's praise, but I forget who) and Pieces of April, due out this month or next.

I'm most excited by Blow Up, as I've been wanting to see this for ages. With any luck Slacker (Linklater) and Rome: Open City will see DVD release sometime this century, since those are the other two on my wish list.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Friday, 16 January 2004 06:16 (twenty-two years ago)

La Dolce Vita is still unreleased in North America!

Would also like to see a New Order video retrospective.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 16 January 2004 06:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm just hoping that "Blow-Up" comes appended with a slew of extra goodies and cool commentary and whatnot.

And when the fark will Scorcese's "After Hours" see the light of day on DVD?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 16 January 2004 06:20 (twenty-two years ago)

unfortunately, the 'Blow-Up' DVD looks pretty basic, but I haven't read anything official...

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 16 January 2004 06:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd rather watch Blow Out than Blow Up.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 16 January 2004 06:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Although I'd rather watch Blow Up than sit through even one second of Blow.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 16 January 2004 06:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Wasn't Blow Out just a hollow homage to Blow-Up? And if it's sensitive sound-recording suspence you want, nevermind that Travolta shit....go for The Conversation.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 16 January 2004 06:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd rather watch blow job!!!!!!!!!

― applepie baseball, Friday, 16 January 2004 07:02 (twenty-two years ago)

No, Blow Out was hollow bloody hyper-stylized homage to Blow Up with John Lithgau and Nancy Allen and it's at least mildy suspenseful and not a complete fuckin' snoozefest like Blow Up (doesn't have the Yardbirds, unfortunately).

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 16 January 2004 07:08 (twenty-two years ago)

a complete fuckin' snoozefest

You shame our first name, San Franciscan.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 16 January 2004 07:11 (twenty-two years ago)

i cant wait for the new mgm bergman box that includes persona!
also on my preorder list are: pickup on south street, rules of the game, scenes from a marriage and le corbeau

― todd swiss (eliti), Friday, 16 January 2004 07:12 (twenty-two years ago)

You shame conscious people everywhere, New Yorker.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 16 January 2004 07:22 (twenty-two years ago)

You're seriously extolling the merits of a movie starring John Travolta over Blow-Up. You have to live with yourself, so that's punnishment enough.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 16 January 2004 07:26 (twenty-two years ago)

There are quite a number of movies with John Travolta which are better than Blow Up. The entirety of Welcome Back Kotter is certainly better than Blow Up! Blow Up sucks, sucked, will always suck, never ceases to amazes to me when I think of how much it sucks, etc.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 16 January 2004 07:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, this discussion is clearly over.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 16 January 2004 07:34 (twenty-two years ago)

The Conversation is certainly a better movie than Blow Out btw, but it was eliminated from my breakdown for failing to have blow in its title.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 16 January 2004 07:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Freaks and Geeks? Anyone? Anyone?

― ModJ (ModJ), Friday, 16 January 2004 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Pencil me in for Freaks and Geeks.

― dean! (deangulberry), Friday, 16 January 2004 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Less than a month to Ed Wood. FINALLY.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 17 January 2004 02:45 (twenty-two years ago)

and it's supposed to be the director's cut! I am SO excited!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 17 January 2004 03:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Really? That I missed hearing about. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 17 January 2004 03:13 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, that's the rumour! can you believe it? though maybe it won't be a good thing... still, I gotta know.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 17 January 2004 03:14 (twenty-two years ago)

the director's cut thing comes from a random dude on amazon, but here's the official list of special features:

Bonus Feature(s):
• An Abundance Of Deleted Scenes From The Film, Including Bill Murray Singing "Que Sera Sera" With A Mariachi Band In A Meat Locker!
• Original Music Video Co-Directed By Tim Burton And Choreographer Toni Basil, With Music By Composer Howard Shore
• Original Theatrical Trailer (English-Texted Only)
• "Let's Shoot This F#*%@r!" -- Join Star Johnny Depp And director Tim Burton As A Fly-On-The-Wall And Go Behind-The-Scenes For The Making Of This Quirky Masterpiece.
• "The Theremin" -- Discover How This Odd Instrument Was Used To Create The Film's Distinctive Score.
• "Making Bela" -- In ED WOOD, Martin Landau Not Only Looked Like Bela Lugosi, But He Virtually Became The Famous Actor, A Role For Which He Won An Oscar(r). See How He Made This Amazing Transformation, Along With Help From Make-Up Master Rick Baker.
• "When Carol Met Larry" -- Ed Wood Wasn't The World's First Cross-Dresser, And He Certainly Wouldn't Be The Last. In This Featurette, Meet Some Real-Life Cross-Dressers, And Hear Their Take On The Infamous Filmmaker.
• "Pie Plates Over Hollywood" -- Production Designer Tom Duffield Shares His Insights On Realizing The Offbeat And Stunning Visual World Of ED WOOD.
• Audio Commentary -- Watch The Film As You Hear Recollections From Director Tim Burton, Actor Martin Landau, Writers Scott Alexander & Larry Karazewski, Costume Designer Colleen Atwood, And Cinematographer Stefan Czapsky.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 17 January 2004 03:17 (twenty-two years ago)

(forgive the slightly goofy and weirdly-capitalized marketing-speak)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 17 January 2004 03:18 (twenty-two years ago)

"Wisconsin Death Trip" - James Marsh

― East Bay Crackhaus (nordicskilla), Saturday, 17 January 2004 03:51 (twenty-two years ago)

"Wisconsin Death Trip" - James Marsh

― East Bay Crackhaus (nordicskilla), Saturday, 17 January 2004 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)

"Wisconsin Death Trip" - James Marsh

― East Bay Crackhaus (nordicskilla), Saturday, 17 January 2004 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)

It's all about "Wisconsin Death Trip" - James Marsh for me!!!!

― East Bay Crackhaus (nordicskilla), Saturday, 17 January 2004 03:53 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, Ed wood sounds good too

― East Bay Crackhaus (nordicskilla), Saturday, 17 January 2004 03:58 (twenty-two years ago)

four months pass...

Slacker and Videodrome are being released by Criterion in August.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 29 May 2004 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

And La Dolce Vita is being released at the end of the summer.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 29 May 2004 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)

7/27: a documentary on Brakhage and High Art gets a new DVD release (yay)

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 29 May 2004 04:58 (twenty-two years ago)

WHEN: ed wood, goodfellas

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 29 May 2004 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

have you seen these, amateurist?

http://criterionco.com/asp/boxed_set.asp?id=241

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 29 May 2004 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Last I heard, Ed Wood was being pushed back 'til 2006 or 2007 after the aborted release this year.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 29 May 2004 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

oh gimme a fucking break already

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 29 May 2004 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Dazed & Confused special edition out in September

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 29 May 2004 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

have you seen these, amateurist?

http://criterionco.com/asp/boxed_set.asp?id=241

-- s1ocki (parrisactava...) (webmail), May 29th, 2004 10:38 AM. (slutsky) (later) (link)

yeah, and once the "keep amateurist solvent" fund grows to $70, i'm so there.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 29 May 2004 20:22 (twenty-two years ago)

four months pass...

ed wood is out in america as of yesterday!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000VD04M/002-9894233-6950444?v=glance

― dan (dan), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 17:21 (twenty-one years ago)

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