Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

While I don't have any real-life experiences living with a full-blown alcoholic, the element of Crazy Heart that annoyed me (as they so often do in movies about addiction) is that the film has a cut in-between the rock-bottom "I need to get sober" scene and MONTHS later when Bridges has been off the sauce. It trivializes the recovery process to do that. The 2012 alcoholism drama Smashed did the same thing. These movies so often don't want to get into the long-term hardships of the road to recovery, and just want to skip ahead to the "brand new day" happy ending.

For as much as I've waxed about Bridges in this thread, I personally was not a fan of Crazy Heart. I was happy he finally got an Oscar but I thought it was rote and by-the-numbers.

Speaking of Duvall, Bridges co-star, I found Tender Mercies to be a much more thoughtful and subtle examination of alcoholism.

[donidarko]

Originally Posted by Fat Phil

Husbands and Wives has just arrived on my doorstep in merry old England. Step aside old plans! There's a new itinerary for the evening.

Screened this the other evening. My god, frighteningly autobiographical. Like watching real life. Still one of my favorites, but hits way, way, way too close to home. Ages well but not in a good way, unfortunately.

[Ruined]

Agreed with other posts if you don't own CUTTERS WAY you need to own it!

One of my top 3 twilight time discs (might be #1)

[klauswhereareyou]

Went ahead and got Love and Death from the sale since at 9.99 it's probably going to sell out some time in the next few months.

[The Great Owl]

I ordered Gran Bollito (Black Journal).

I've been watching a bunch of Italian giallo films lately, and this one seems to brush shoulders with that genre. At any rate, it looks intriguing.

[koberulz]

Cutter's Way is one of only a handful of TT releases I own. It was alright, certainly not bad, but I didn't think it was that great either.

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Cutter's Way is one of only a handful of TT releases I own. It was alright, certainly not bad, but I didn't think it was that great either.

Wow, your insight has made me see the movie in a whole new light.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

Wow, your insight has made me see the movie in a whole new light.

It's two guys, one's got an eyepatch and shit and likes to get faded a lot. There are also two chicks, both are pretty hot, and some rich dude. They do stuff and, uh, it's cool I guess. Nothing great, I dunno, but nothing bad, ya know. Thats Cutterz Way.

[Jobla]

Speaking of the Bridges clan, TT has a film with a fine performance by brother Beau Bridges going up for preorder tomorrow, namely THE INCIDENT (1967).

[mja345]

Checked out the BD of Paul Mazursky's great "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice" last night. The film tells the story of two couples, Bob and Carol (Robert Culp and Natalie Wood) and Ted and Alice (Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon). Bob is a documentary filmmaker, who attends a retreat in Northern California while Carol joins him. It's a retreat disguised as, "Hey, come find yourself" that's actually a "Hey, sex is fun. Have as much sex as possible with as many people as you can," retreat. Bob and Carol are both affected by their experience and soon subscribe to the philosophy of free love and desire having sex with other partners. They try to get Ted and Alice in on the fun, but both resist initially. However, Ted and Alice soon want to try the new lifestyle, but, eventually, all of them find out they aren't as cut out for the free love lifestyle as they initially thought.

The four main leads are all fantastic in this. Culp is ultra-confident and is of the mindset that, "I can f**k around and have a great wife at home, but she better not do it to me." Wood is slowly testing Culp, aware that he's naive of the power that she has on men and eager to use it. Gould is curious, but somewhat torn between the tempting free-love philosophy and his devotion to his wife. Cannon is more conservative in nature, not comfortable with what Bob and Carol are espousing, but reluctant to be left behind and be deemed prudish or old-fashioned.

It's a wonderful film. It intelligently comments on how people often want to keep up with current trends even if it's not in their true nature. It also is a very bold commentary on sex and the difference between physical and emotional attraction. Natalie Wood and Dyan Cannon, circa 1969, were both impossibly beautiful women. You can't take your eyes off of them. But Culp and Gould's characters, both flawed men, are tempted to stray because there is this possibility that something greater and more sexually adventurous could be out there.

I read that this film was the top-grossing film of 1969. Think about how much things have changed. A small, dialogue-based film with swinging and partner-swapping at the center was the top-grossing film of 1969. This film would be lucky to make a million at the box office today, unfortunately.

This is Paul Mazursky's debut film and he shows the ability he displayed throughout the 70s and early 80s. His filmography is sorely under-represented on Blu-Ray. Hopefully, we will eventually see BDs of some of his other films like "Blume in Love", "Harry and Tonto", "Next Stop, Greenwich Village", "An Unmarried Woman", and "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" at some point. This BD features a top-notch transfer as well.

[Lynos]

Where did Woddy Allen's Love & Death dissappear to? I can't find it anywhere on TT website.

[skiizim]

Originally Posted by Lynos

Where did Woddy Allen's Love & Death dissappear to? I can't find it anywhere on TT website.

I know there were certain movies only available at sa, this May have been one of them.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by mja345

Checked out the BD of Paul Mazursky's great "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice" last night. The film tells the story of two couples, Bob and Carol (Robert Culp and Natalie Wood) and Ted and Alice (Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon). Bob is a documentary filmmaker, who attends a retreat in Northern California while Carol joins him. It's a retreat disguised as, "Hey, come find yourself" that's actually a "Hey, sex is fun. Have as much sex as possible with as many people as you can," retreat. Bob and Carol are both affected by their experience and soon subscribe to the philosophy of free love and desire having sex with other partners. They try to get Ted and Alice in on the fun, but both resist initially. However, Ted and Alice soon want to try the new lifestyle, but, eventually, all of them find out they aren't as cut out for the free love lifestyle as they initially thought.

The four main leads are all fantastic in this. Culp is ultra-confident and is of the mindset that, "I can f**k around and have a great wife at home, but she better not do it to me." Wood is slowly testing Culp, aware that he's naive of the power that she has on men and eager to use it. Gould is curious, but somewhat torn between the tempting free-love philosophy and his devotion to his wife. Cannon is more conservative in nature, not comfortable with what Bob and Carol are espousing, but reluctant to be left behind and be deemed prudish or old-fashioned.

It's a wonderful film. It intelligently comments on how people often want to keep up with current trends even if it's not in their true nature. It also is a very bold commentary on sex and the difference between physical and emotional attraction. Natalie Wood and Dyan Cannon, circa 1969, were both impossibly beautiful women. You can't take your eyes off of them. But Culp and Gould's characters, both flawed men, are tempted to stray because there is this possibility that something greater and more sexually adventurous could be out there.

I read that this film was the top-grossing film of 1969. Think about how much things have changed. A small, dialogue-based film with swinging and partner-swapping at the center was the top-grossing film of 1969. This film would be lucky to make a million at the box office today, unfortunately.

This is Paul Mazursky's debut film and he shows the ability he displayed throughout the 70s and early 80s. His filmography is sorely under-represented on Blu-Ray. Hopefully, we will eventually see BDs of some of his other films like "Blume in Love", "Harry and Tonto", "Next Stop, Greenwich Village", "An Unmarried Woman", and "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" at some point. This BD features a top-notch transfer as well.

Not quite. Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid was the top grossing movie of 1969 leader by a country mile.

[cinerama]

Hopefully Sony will send the following 3D titles to TT someday.

Fort Ti
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
Drums of Tahiti

[mja345]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

Not quite. Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid was the top grossing movie of 1969 leader by a country mile.

You're right. This was #5. I must have misread something or gotten bad info. But "Easy Rider", "Midnight Cowboy", and this film were three of the top five. That's insane when you think about it.

[The Great Owl]

Just The Incident for me this time around.

I'll have to bank up so that I can order the full slate in March.

[Jobla]

I preordered two of my favorites, THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS, and THE INCIDENT.

[javi92]

Picked up THE INCIDENT and HARRY AND WALTER GO TO NEW YORK

[amputd]

Watching Sayonara at the moment. Really amazing transfer and beautiful visuals.

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by mja345

You're right. This was #5. I must have misread something or gotten bad info. But "Easy Rider", "Midnight Cowboy", and this film were three of the top five. That's insane when you think about it.

It's definitely depressing to see how the masses' tastes have changed for the worse.