Discovering: Film and The Directors

[OceanBlue]

An edition I remember well was the one which closed the sixth series, about Charles Bronson. Critic Neil Norman was very negative about 10 to Midnight, calling it repugnant. Being a bit biased as I'm a fan of Bronson's films, but to say I disagreed with what he said is putting it mildly.

[CV19]

Originally Posted by OceanBlue

An edition I remember well was the one which closed the sixth series, about Charles Bronson. Critic Neil Norman was very negative about 10 to Midnight, calling it repugnant. Being a bit biased as I'm a fan of Bronson's films, but to say I disagreed with what he said is putting it mildly.

I like Charles Bronson as well. In fact way back in my VHS years, I had a small collection of his videos which were available to buy back in around 1986/87 - Breakheart Pass, The Mechanic and Mr. Majestyk, which were released by Warner Home Video. I also got hold of The Stone Killer and Death Wish 2 which were available from RCA/Columbia Video. I still remember all Warner video releases were £14.99 at the time - quite a tidy little sum in those days.

The one film of his I'd like to get hold of on blu-ray is St. Ives, which I saw on TV many moons ago and I think is a very good film.

[OceanBlue]

I remember a long time ago, there was a double feature DVD release of two Bronson films (think it was a release from the States) of St. Ives with Telefon. Wish these two would get Blu-ray releases.

And I remember well seeing those regular prices for VHS releases of films (the good old days when they had the original MGM/UA logo at the beginning (referring to The Living Daylights).

[CV19]

Originally Posted by OceanBlue

And I remember well seeing those regular prices for VHS releases of films (the good old days when they had the original MGM/UA logo at the beginning (referring to The Living Daylights).

I was pleased when Eureka released Breakheart Pass on blu-ray and even had exactly the same image on the cover that Warners had used on their VHS release.

The Warner titles were the most expensive. Most others including RCA/Columbia, MGM/UA Home Video, CIC Video (which released Paramount and Universal titles) and CBS/Fox Video were normally between £10 and about £12. Only the budget independent labels, such as The Video Collection, were less at around £7 or thereabouts. I started working in 1985, so you can probably guess where a lot of my spare money was spent.

Going back to your original post about "Discovering Film", this could well attract more viewers now that Sky Arts is available free-to-air.

[OceanBlue]

Originally Posted by CV19

Going back to your original post about "Discovering Film", this could well attract more viewers now that Sky Arts is available free-to-air.

I haven't checked Sky On Demand for it in ages, but I remember catching up on the majority of the editions I wanted to see. There has also been a sort of spin-off series called The Directors, and some of the film critics who contribute to Discovering: Film have appeared on one or two specials. I remember watching one a couple of Christmasses ago (about Christmas-themed films).

[OceanBlue]

The new edition of Discovering on Sky Arts next week is about Meryl Streep. I hope Silkwood is included (it's a film I still haven't got on Blu-ray. Had hoped Powerhouse would do a release of it. I know there is the Kino release in the States).

[CrockettandTubbs]

Straight after H Ford, there's a 3 part series called 'World War II and Cinema' at 8pm, followed by 'Spielberg' - a documentary by Susan Lacy (9pm - 11.35!).