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[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

Damn! Pretty good sized earthquake a few minutes ago. A few discs came off the shelves but no Criterions were lost.

Double Damn!! We had an even bigger one (6.9) a couple of hours ago that knocked out our power and took out even more blus and dvds. The power of prayer didn't help since The Ten Commandments big box went down twice! This keeps up and I might have to scratch the shelves and go to the storage bins ala The Great Owl.

Are you in Hawaii? Hope everything is ok!

[Knaldskalle]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

Damn! Pretty good sized earthquake a few minutes ago. A few discs came off the shelves but no Criterions were lost.

Double Damn!! We had an even bigger one (6.9) a couple of hours ago that knocked out our power and took out even more blus and dvds. The power of prayer didn't help since The Ten Commandments big box went down twice! This keeps up and I might have to scratch the shelves and go to the storage bins ala The Great Owl.

Stay safe, buddy!

I hate earth quakes. They always happen without warning and scare the crap outta me. Fortunately, the worst I've experienced was "only" 5.1, but it was in the middle of the night and woke us up. I've never gotten out of bed so fast, ever. The whole house was rumbling and shaking. Ugh!

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by Sifox211

Are you in Hawaii? Hope everything is ok!

Thanks for asking. Yes, and we just had a smaller earthquake a couple of minutes ago! I'm not near the volcano so the lava flows aren't a problem but the earthquakes earlier today were pretty intense.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by Knaldskalle

Stay safe, buddy!

I hate earth quakes. They always happen without warning and scare the crap outta me. Fortunately, the worst I've experienced was "only" 5.1, but it was in the middle of the night and woke us up. I've never gotten out of bed so fast, ever. The whole house was rumbling and shaking. Ugh!

The area around the volcano is one of the most seismic active places in the world but most of the earthquakes are minor or not felt at all but the last couple of days they've been more noticeable and today was the biggest I've experienced since moving here in 1990. I feel bad for the folks near the latest lava flows who have that to deal with plus the earthquakes.

[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

Thanks for asking. Yes, and we just had a smaller earthquake a couple of minutes ago! I'm not near the volcano so the lava flows aren't a problem but the earthquakes earlier today were pretty intense.

Glad you're ok - being a Brit I've never experienced an earthquake although there was one once in San Diego when I was there. We were in a car and didn't feel a thing!

[mca213]

Godzilla boxset announcement ?

No...

Bye for now.

[theater dreamer]

I’m checking out the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies on HBO, and just saw Stars Cinema HD in playing The Virgin Suicides in about 7 minutes. DirecTV is doing a free Stars preview.

I’m taping it, as I’ve never seen it.

[postmodel]

Don’t know if anyone has shared this yet, but I see Scorsese’s Who’s That Knocking At My Door, Mean Streets, and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore are all on FilmStruck, however they currently do not have the criterion logo.

[Hoke Moseley]

Early Scorsese boxset confirmed.

[Rich Pure Doom]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

Early Scorsese boxset confirmed.

I hope, not because of those three, i only want Mean Streets.

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore is particularly terrible.

[SammyJankis]

I'd take Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore over most Scorsese, including Mean Streets.

[CinemaBlu]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

Early Scorsese boxset confirmed.

I think they'd go with Mean Streets and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as separate releases, with Who's That Knocking at my Door as a bonus film on the Mean Streets release.

[CinemaBlu]

If they made a deal with WB for these Scorsese films, the odds are better than ever that an After Hours release is imminent.

[Jlouisbarrett]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

I hope, not because of those three, i only want Mean Streets.

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore is particularly terrible.

What’s wrong with ADLHA?

[Rich Pure Doom]

Originally Posted by Jlouisbarrett

What’s wrong with ADLHA?

This is one of those films where I feel like my reaction contrasted with the consensus makes me feel like I'm in a Twilight Zone of sorts. What a mess. Scorsese is really trying hard to capture a naturalist New Wave feeling here but falls flat on his face. Tonally, this is all over the map. It almost feels as though the entire thing was filmed out of sequence, and even in the middle of scenes. Character's responses don't match the person they are talking to at times and the emotional timbers here seem placed at random. Ellen Burstyn is a total ham here, and delivers a clinic on how to over-act. Most of these scenes play out like she just got done memorizing her line, and then throws a blanket of "method acting" and ticks all over the lines, and spews it out. Kris Kristofferson is a zombie (he usually was) and the child actor Alfred Lutter III is the new king of annoying child acting (surpassing Bob from House By The Cemetary).

And now on to the thing that pissed me off the most. Why on earth couldn't they just drive straight through to Monterrey? It's about a day and half drive, and gas was 70 cents a gallon in 1974. She has all this money to pay for hotels, buy new dresses, and get a new hairdo, but she can't drive to California? Then the movie gets even dumber, when after stopping in Phoenix for no reason, they decide to drive SOUTH to Tucson on their way to Monterrey? While in Tucson, she continously mentions how she is going to "get Tommy to Monterrey". *****, you're not even trying. Scorsese probably should've put a couple seconds of thought into this logic hole. Bottom line: avoid this trash.

[KMR]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

It almost feels as though the entire thing was filmed out of sequence, and even in the middle of scenes.

Bolded text: That's pretty much how most films are made. And yes, even some scenes may have shots filmed out of sequence, and even on different days. But of course, it's the job of the director, actors, and crew to ensure it's accomplished in a way that will let shots and sequences cut together artfully. However, I can't give a valid opinion on Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, since I haven't seen it since original release when I was still in high school. But at the time, I thought it worked well.

[Cremildo]

A good year for Scorsese fans (assuming the set will come in 2018), especially considering that Kino will release Kundun as well.

[CinemaBlu]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

A good year for Scorsese fans (assuming the set will come in 2018), especially considering that Kino will release Kundun as well.

It's about time! If his WB films are released, all that's left is a BD release of Bringing Out the Dead and some of his documentaries.

[Rich Pure Doom]

Originally Posted by KMR

Bolded text: That's pretty much how most films are made. And yes, even some scenes may have shots filmed out of sequence, and even on different days. But of course, it's the job of the director, actors, and crew to ensure it's accomplished in a way that will let shots and sequences cut together artfully. However, I can't give a valid opinion on Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, since I haven't seen it since original release when I was still in high school. But at the time, I thought it worked well.

I'm well aware of that, but as you said, it's the job of the director to make sure all the pieces fit in the end, and this one just felt like a botch job.

[Scottie]

Mishima comes in a DigiPack. Images courtesy of CriterionForum.