Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by Fat Phil

Anyway, that's all a long way of saying I wouldn't advise anyone to right off Match Point sight unseen. Also, if you have seen and dismissed it and it's been a while, it would definitely be worth your while giving it another chance.

I saw it almost immediately after CaM and was still reeling from that one, so you're probably right. Good post.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

I can't believe that hasn't sold out. For my money, that's Woody Allen's best movie, and I've seen just about all of his respected ones (I think Interiors and Stardust Memories are the only two I have left pre-2000). I guess maybe just the fact that it doesn't have flashy visuals puts people off from the expensive upgrade?

Or maybe it's because it's not one of his early, funny ones.

I was a big WA fan in the 70s and 80s. By the 90s, I was getting a bit tired of his films. I still enjoyed the ones I was seeing in the 90s, but I no longer made the effort to get to them in the theater, or pick them up on DVD. I've recently gotten back into them.

It's hard to say what his best films are, mostly because when I think of one title, I start thinking, "No...maybe this other one..." My inclination is to say that Annie Hall is still my favorite of his films, but that Crimes and Misdemeanors is his most accomplished.

Regarding my first sentence above, I'm a member of the set of people who actually prefer his later, more serious films to his earlier, vaudevillian comedies. The one-two punch of Annie Hall and Manhattan took my breath away.

(Yes, Interiors came in between those two, but that was a very different kettle of fish...a largely unsuccessful, in my opinion, attempt to channel Bergman.)

[Jobla]

MATCH POINT seems to have been "inspired" by the American film classic A PLACE IN THE SUN.

[Musicguy]

Originally Posted by schlock

You need to rectify that. I consider INTERIORS easily one of Allen's best films, if not his best. There is no humor and no intrusive music score. It's dark, somber, and quiet. Many have called it Bergmanesque. A Woody Allen film for those who may not particularly like his films.

A friend of mine loved Woody Allen films and tried to convince me to see one. So one day in 1978 we went to the theater to see "Interiors" I was 13.

I couldn't understand why he thought I would like Woody Allen films or find them funny

[Musicguy]

Originally Posted by RalphoR

Well, since we haven't heard from TT yet I think next week it is. One more week won't kill us, right??

I've only become be disappointed by their announcements this year, so I don't have high expectations that even the films I know they are releasing at some point in the future will be included in Nov-Dec line up

[Brad1963]

I received notification from Twilight Time.com that Hardcore has been charged to my card and is waiting for fulfillment. It looks like the August releases are shipping on time or even early. If it ships within the next couple of days, I could have it by Saturday maybe.

[ElliesDad]

Originally Posted by oildude

The low quantity alert in the first post is for both websites.

You snooze, you lose. Those numbers are the total count as of the date shown. Last call. End of the line. If they weren't, I wouldn't put them up.

Thanks for the heads-up on Judgement at Nuremberg Rick! Was going to wait and order it with Runaway Train but instead just put my order in after seeing the latest numbers. Wasn't it still around 250 just a week or two ago?

[Jobla]

Good news about HARDCORE, Brad. I haven't received a notification from TT yet, but I hope I will soon.

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by Jobla

Good news about HARDCORE, Brad. I haven't received a notification from TT yet, but I hope I will soon.

It is the only TT August release I pre-ordered. I'll post when it has officially shipped.

[Musicguy]

Anyone know when the September titles go on sale?

[donidarko]

I saw "Interiors" back in the 70s when I was a teenager. I still consider it a masterpiece. Truly one of Allen's most fascinating dramas. It's a very dark story and difficult for some to appreciate, but the performances are terrific. It remains my most personal and engrossing Allen film. I hope "Interiors" and "Stardust Memories" are on the Twilight Time release schedule

[RalphoR]

Originally Posted by Musicguy

Anyone know when the September titles go on sale?

I'd guess around the 24th of August. I think it's usually about 20 days out.

[onetet]

For no good reason, here are my top 10 Twilight Time releases so far. Obviously, my taste runs very 60s/70s, with a dash of noir.

What are yours?

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Cutter's Way
The Disappearance
The Driver
Fat City
Hard Times
House of Bamboo
The Last Detail
Rapture
Violent Saturday

[spargs]

Originally Posted by onetet

For no good reason, here are my top 10 Twilight Time releases so far. Obviously, my taste runs very 60s/70s, with a dash of noir.

What are yours?

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Cutter's Way
The Disappearance
The Driver
Fat City
Hard Times
House of Bamboo
The Last Detail
Rapture
Violent Saturday

Good list... my top 10 in alphabetical order (kind of a mishmash between favorite films released by TT and favorite TT releases):

The Big Heat
Body Double
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
The Driver
Emperor of the North
Fat City
Leave Her to Heaven
Major Dundee
The Man from Laramie
The Train

[mja345]

My 10 favorite TT films:

At Close Range
The Big Heat
Body Double
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Cutter's Way
The Driver
Fat City
The Last Detail
Mississippi Burning
Wild at Heart

I agree that "The Disappearance" is an amazing release, even though I don't love the film. It's such a little-seen film and examining the two cuts is fascinating. My most underrated TT title would be "Inserts", which more people need to see. Fantastic film.

[Iamspartacus]

Big Heat
Fat City
Mississippi Burning
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Inherit the Wind
Judgement at Nuremberg
Birdman of Alcatraz
Believers
Philadelphia
Wild at Heart

[onetet]

Originally Posted by mja345

I agree that "The Disappearance" is an amazing release, even though I don't love the film. It's such a little-seen film and examining the two cuts is fascinating.

Absolutely! And the little bit of the third cut as well...

Setting and mood is everything in that one. It lingers in the mind despite its flaws. Underseen obscure releases like this and Rapture are why I love TT.

Originally Posted by mja345

My most underrated TT title would be "Inserts", which more people need to see. Fantastic film.

Haven't scored it yet, but I bet it'll take a place in my top 10 TT list. I haven't seen it since the VHS days, since it was a "house favorite" at Baltimore's Video Americain (the vid shop featured in John Waters' Serial Mom, incidentally)... but I loved it then.

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by onetet

For no good reason, here are my top 10 Twilight Time releases so far. Obviously, my taste runs very 60s/70s, with a dash of noir.

What are yours?

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Cutter's Way
The Disappearance
The Driver
Fat City
Hard Times
House of Bamboo
The Last Detail
Rapture
Violent Saturday

The Big Heat (encore)
Breaking Away
The Egyptian
Experiment in Terror
Leave Her to Heaven
Julia
Man Hunt
Places in the Heart
The Story of Adele H
Where the Sidewalk Ends

[mja345]

"The Disappearance" does linger with you for sure. Very, very strange film. I love "Rapture". That one was a complete blind buy. I'd heard good things on this forum and picked it up during one of the sales. I absolutely loved it; real hidden gem. "Inserts" is a great film. Amazing how many undiscovered gems there are from the New Hollywood era. TT seems to release a lot of those.

[PipesDonatello]

Body Double
Fright Night
U Turn
Rollerball
Christine
Wild At Heart
Hardcore
Enemy Mine
The Driver
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia