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[theater dreamer]

45 is the new 30. So, I've got a lot of years left to watch movies!

[Polaroid]

I'm 24 and done with life.... tiring work.

Anyone wanna come over and have a Haneke and Lars Von Trier evening with yours truly.....

We can dine on tears and blood and then go out and kick children in the shins.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Once of those great true and totally misleading statistics trotted out routinely. Back then being "50 was like being 70 today"

Life expectancy for a 45yo man 'back then' wasn't substantially different than today. Health, mental acuity, physical disabilities
weren;t all that different for 50yo vs 50yo

You don't think medical advances and increased preventative care have made a difference? Specifically, Ozu died of cancer at age 60. It's entirely possible that in today's world he could have lived much longer.

[diskspinner]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Disagree with the notion that he wasn't an innovator. The man crafted a distinct cinematic language that coincides with his thematic concerns perfectly. Not to mention that he is arguably the most profound humanistic director of them all.

I should have clarified. I agree with you. His films are different from others but his films are not different from his own other films in themes & spirit. Based on only 3 films I have watched, but I liked all 3 as I mentioned...so I am not some Ozu hater

[Ray Jackson]

If anyone has grown tired of watching The 400 Blows or Godard's Weekend, I'm looking to trade for a copy and I've got some interesting Criterions available on the link below:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...60614&page=123

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Less than you'd think - ave 50yo male 1960 lived to 74, in 2010 to around 79 (average in the 1500's was low 70's), Basically 50yo is still middle aged, not a senior citizen on their deathbed. You correct for smoking habits over those 50 years and that may take care of 80-90% of even that difference.

Individual cases still don't merit the generalization -- 50 then was still pretty much similar to 50 now. Maybe he would have lived longer or not -- plenty of 60yo still die of cancer today (his mother was in her mid to late 70's again not that single members mean a lot).

This certainly doesn't speak to Smoking history, radiation exposure after WWII, POW experiences, etc for individual factors in his case. I will guess throat cancer in 1960 has a high chance to be tobacco related in that era Japan and treatment in 2010 isn't that much more advanced now.

Thanks for the reply. I think there's a lot of factors at play with the average life expectancy statistic, especially environmental ones as you allude to. I do feel like the increases in averages have been helped by better healthcare, among other things.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

45 is the new 30. So, I've got a lot of years left to watch movies!

So if 60 is the new 45 then by the transitive law of equality I'm like what? 24?

I gotta say, 24 ain't what it used to be

[laikaisdead]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

This certainly doesn't speak to Smoking history, radiation exposure after WWII, POW experiences, etc for individual factors in his case. I will guess throat cancer in 1960 has a high chance to be tobacco related in that era Japan and treatment in 2010 isn't that much more advanced now.

What exposure to radiation are you talking about exactly?

[nitin]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I noticed there's a pre-order up on Amazon titled "Two Films by Douglas Sirk". It says it's distributed by Sony, and the runtime is 3hrs 22 mins (202 mins). Release date is Sept. 27th. Anyone have any idea what this might be?

https://www.amazon.com/Two-Films-Dou...&keywords=sirk

I looked through his filmography, and I think he did 2 films with Columbia: Shockproof, and Slightly French

These are coming from Cohen.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by nitin

These are coming from Cohen.

Nice, I figured Sony didn't really fit. Cohen has really been on a roll lately

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

(his mother was in her mid to late 70's again not that single members mean a lot).

86!

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I noticed there's a pre-order up on Amazon titled "Two Films by Douglas Sirk". It says it's distributed by Sony, and the runtime is 3hrs 22 mins (202 mins). Release date is Sept. 27th. Anyone have any idea what this might be?

https://www.amazon.com/Two-Films-Dou...&keywords=sirk

I looked through his filmography, and I think he did 2 films with Columbia: Shockproof, and Slightly French

Originally Posted by nitin

These are coming from Cohen.

I just saw Svet's posting in the Cohen thread. That makes sense. I pulled the two Kino DVDs that I mentioned before -- A Scandal in Paris and Lured -- off the shelf and saw that both had been licensed from the Douris Corporation. Douris had been from whom Cohen bought the Rohauer Collection. I didn't see either of these in Cohen's list of films (which obviously isn't complete, anyway), but they are probably part of the catalog that Cohen got from Douris.

It's not easy coming up with a catalog of the Rohauer Collection, or any non-Rohauer films that Douris owns. I'm tempted to look at all of my Kino DVDs, and see which ones were licensed from Douris.

[theater dreamer]

Neither is 30, lol.

Originally Posted by octagon

So if 60 is the new 45 then by the transitive law of equality I'm like what? 24?

I gotta say, 24 ain't what it used to be

[Ray Jackson]

You're all going to die!!!!!!!!!!

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

You're all going to die!!!!!!!!!!

[Show spoiler]

Keith Richards won't.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by kuro_sawa

Here's an A-Z list of what's currently available

[Show spoiler]
21 Days Together (1940)
8 1/2 (1963)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
A Perfect Candidate (1996)
A Room with a View (1986)
A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)
A Taste of Honey (1961)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Adventures on the New Frontier (1961)
All These Women (1964)
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Antoine and Colette (1962)
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Bed and Board (1970)
Before the Rain (1994)
Bienvenido Mr. Marshall! (1952)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Blaise Pascal (1972)
Breaker Morant (1980)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Confidentially Yours (1983)
Crazed Fruit (1956)
Cria cuervos . . . (1976)
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commi... (1963)
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
Day of Wrath (1943)
Death of a Cyclist (1955)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Diabolique (1955)
Divorce, Italian Style (1962)
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Eating Raoul (1982)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Everything Goes Wrong (1960)
F for Fake (1973)
Faces (1968)
Faces of November (1964)
Faust (1926)
Hearts and Minds (1974)
High and Low (1963)
High Hopes (1988)
I am Curious: Yellow (1967)
I Live In Fear (1955)
Ikiru (1952)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Jules and Jim (1962)
La Main du Diable (1943)
La notte (1961)
La Nuit de Varennes (1982)
La Poison (1951)
Le notti bianche (1957)
Les Miserables - Part 1: Tempest in... (1934)
Les Miserables - Part 2: The Thenar... (1934)
Les Miserables - Part 3: Liberty, S... (1934)
Les Mistons (1957)
Life Is Sweet (1990)
Lord of the Flies (1963)
Love on the Run (1979)
Lovers and Lollipops (1956)
Madadayo (1993)
Major Barbara (1941)
Meantime (1984)
Morris Engel: The Independent (2008)
Naked (1993)
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
One Way Ticket to Love (1960)
One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
Opening Night (1976)
Paul Robeson: Tribute To An Artist (1979)
Persona (1966)
Primary (1960)
Pygmalion (1938)
Rashomon (1950)
Red Beard (1965)
Robinson Crusoe (1954)
Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life (1996)
Sanders of the River (1935)
Sanjuro (1962)
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Sanshiro Sugata Pt 2 (1945)
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (1960)
Scandal (1950)
Set Me Free (1999)
Shadows (1959)
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Simon of the Desert (1965)
Sisters (1973)
Stolen Kisses (1968)
Stray Dog (1949)
Summertime (1955)
Tanner '88 - Episode 11: The Realit... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 1: The Dark Ho... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 2: For Real (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 3: Night of th... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 4: Moonwalker ... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 5: Bagels with... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 6: Child's Pla... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 7: The Great E... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 8: The Girlfri... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 9: Something B... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Epsiode 10: The Boiler... (1988)
The 400 Blows (1959)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
The Devil's Eye (1960)
The Emperor Jones (1933)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Housemaid (1960)
The Idiot (1951)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Di... (1978)
The King of Kings (1927)
The Last Metro (1980)
The Little Fugitive (1953)
The Lower Depths (1957)
The Magician (1958)
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Ta... (1945)
The Most Beautiful (1944)
The Official Story (1985)
The Organizer (1963)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Soft Skin (1964)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
The Sun's Burial (1960)
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
The War Room (1993)
The Warped Ones (1960)
The Woman Next Door (1981)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Three Colors: Red (1994)
Three Colors: White (1994)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Tom Jones (1963)
Two English Girls (1971)
Viridiana (1961)
Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
Walkabout (1971)
Weddings and Babies (1958)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Wise Blood (1979)
Yojimbo (1961)

Was just looking through the Filmstruck library, and noticed they added a few more titles. One thing I didn't really realize is that Criterion now has Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala.

Here's some that are now on the service that weren't on the list:

Rembrandt
Watership Down
Stalker (1979) - is this a known title they had, or a new acquisition?
Winter Light

[theater dreamer]

Is anybody else yet obsessing over their Flash sale to-buy list, or have I reached a new level of sickness?

I've completely revamped my list twice now. I'm trying to cut down on the sheer number of films I bought during the B&N sale, and I might do it. But there are about twenty films I absolutely must have, and a hell of a lot more I really want badly. We've got about two months until the sale hits, and I'm betting I watch about 60-75% of what I just bought by then.

Adding the Classic Hitchcock set is fait accompli. So long as it has not sold out by 12:01 am on the day of the sale, it will be mine. Then, it's just a matter of deciding which other box set I buy from the following:

Complete Jacques Tati
Dekalog
Trilogy of Life

I figure I'll buy one of the three. I have a real stiffy for Dekalog, but the other two are whispering sugary confections in my ear.

Then, I have the must own films, ones I can no longer bear to hold off on buying. Many have been available for some time, while others are newly-released:

Wages of Fear
Safety Last!
Rashomon
Late Spring
Kagemusha
Everlasting Moments must explore Jan Troell
The Killing
Beauty and the Beast
The Manchurian Candidate
The Last Temptation of Christ
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul must explore Fassbinder
All That Heaven Allows
Stagecoach
3:10 to Yuma

And finally, I have the films that have been rapidly moving up my want list. Films I'd not considered as heavily, but the more I think about them, and the more I look at who is involved, either behind, or in front of the camera, the more I want them.

Woman in the Dunes must explore Hiroshi Teshigahara
A Room With a View
Sullivan's Travels
Summer Hours
Code Unknown
The Life of Oharu
Sansho the Bailiff

I'm also intrigued by In the Realm of Senses.

And then, there are the documentaries, which I keep wanting to jump into, but keep pushing back:

Hoop Dreams
For All Mankind
The Thin Blue Line
The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew and Associates
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Working on this want list is simultaneously fun, and nerve wracking.

Suggestions? Maybe I'm overlooking something that, based on my interests, should be bought right away. There are others I'm considering, as well, but I don't know, maybe you guys are seeing something I'm missing.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Was just looking through the Filmstruck library, and noticed they added a few more titles. One thing I didn't really realize is that Criterion now has Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala.

Here's some that are now on the service that weren't on the list:

Rembrandt
Watership Down
Stalker (1979) - is this a known title they had, or a new acquisition?
Winter Light

Dersu Uzala means they are only 3 away from having every Kurosawa (Quiet Duel, Ran, and Rhapsody in August). Who knows, maybe they have RIA as well?

I think some thought they had a chance at Stalker, but I believe this would be the first confirmation.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Dersu Uzala means they are only 3 away from having every Kurosawa (Quiet Duel, Ran, and Rhapsody in August). Who knows, maybe they have RIA as well?

I think some thought they had a chance at Stalker, but I believe this would be the first confirmation.

Yeah, I'd love it if they had RiA too. Speaking of, I usually watch it around this time every year. Thanks for the info about Stalker'

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Yeah, I'd love it if they had RiA too. Speaking of, I usually watch it around this time every year. Thanks for the info about Stalker'

I think RIA is underrated, and this coming from a guy who doesn't particularly like Richard Gere. I am biased a bit though since I adore Nagasaki, and it's so central to the film.

Would love to see them drop blus of RIA and Madadayo in the same month.