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Joe Dalek · 05-18-2013, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by FaceInTheLeaves

The pre-code film could be Cleopatra? Criterion announced Repo Man, Island of Lost Souls and Two Lane Blacktop a few months after the Masters of Cinema editions were released.

I suppose it's possible (although Criterion had Two Lane Blacktop on DVD before MoC, and released their Island of Lost Souls before MoC).

Joe Dalek · 05-18-2013, 05:09 PM

OK. I guess when they licensed the DVD from RusiCiCo there was no HD version to license. Still, it's a moot point if it isn't being restored and/or scanned in HD anytime soon.

DarkRyder · 05-18-2013, 05:31 PM

A little OT, but does anyone here own Fassbinder's The Anarchy of the Imagination? I have a couple of questions regarding a section of the book.

billzfan · 05-18-2013, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by morg999

I just DID buy KINO Stalker a month ago...it could really use an upgrade IMO.

I had read a review of the DVD that was not very flattering too. Thanks for the advice. I'll just wait.

pro-bassoonist · 05-18-2013, 07:36 PM

REVIEW

billzfan · 05-18-2013, 07:41 PM

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B007...A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

Anyone here know anything about this set? I was thinking of getting it.

Abdrewes · 05-18-2013, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by billzfan

I had read a review of the DVD that was not very flattering too. Thanks for the advice. I'll just wait.

Stalker is a stellar sci-fi film. I anxiously await the BluRay upgrade.

In other news, James Gray (Two Lovers, We own the Night) will be directing a science fiction thriller.

http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/news/...es-gray-524568

The Great Owl · 05-18-2013, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by AverageAtBest

I also think the pre-code movie is Freaks but if it ended up being King Kong it would be awesome if the packaging was similar to the Godzilla package just the pop up would face the different direction so King Kong and Godzilla could face off.

The digibook for King Kong (1933) is quite awesome. King Kong has been one of my all-time top ten movies forever, and the Blu-ray looks fantastic. I was fortunate to see this movie on the big screen last summer, but I love watching it on Blu-ray almost as much.

Scottie · 05-18-2013, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by billzfan

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B007...A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

Anyone here know anything about this set? I was thinking of getting it.

It's region free and I just got my copy in. All of the Concorde sets seem to be Region Free.

billzfan · 05-18-2013, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by iScottie

It's region free and I just got my copy in. All of the Concorde sets seem to be Region Free.

I ordered it. Isn't it sad? Two great American directors: John Cassavetes and David Lynch, have boxed sets in Germany but not their home country?

Abdrewes · 05-18-2013, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by The Great Owl

The digibook for King Kong (1933) is quite awesome. King Kong has been one of my all-time top ten movies forever, and the Blu-ray looks fantastic. I was fortunate to see this movie on the big screen last summer, but I love watching it on Blu-ray almost as much.

Was it one of those 2K Cinemark Ones? I stopped going to those as they look no better than the BluRay transfers.

What's your opinion on the 70's King Kong?

The Great Owl · 05-18-2013, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Was it one of those 2K Cinemark Ones? I stopped going to those as they look no better than the BluRay transfers.

What's your opinion on the 70's King Kong?

The King Kong (1933) screening that I saw was at a college campus theater. It did not look much better than the Blu-ray transfer, but it was pretty impressive nonetheless.

I grew up watching the 1976 King Kong along with the 1933 version. A couple years back, I found a DVD copy of the 1976 version for two dollars, and, upon revisiting it for the first time in years, I was pleased to discover that, while it has lost some of its steam, it is still quite watchable and fun. The Peter Jackson version fails me, though.

Abdrewes · 05-18-2013, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by The Great Owl

The King Kong (1933) screening that I saw was at a college campus theater. It did not look much better than the Blu-ray transfer, but it was pretty impressive nonetheless.

I grew up watching the 1976 King Kong along with the 1933 version. A couple years back, I found a DVD copy of the 1976 version for two dollars, and, upon revisiting it for the first time in years, I was pleased to discover that, while it has lost some of its steam, it is still quite watchable and fun. The Peter Jackson version fails me, though.

I don want to derail the thread but I enjoy Peter Jackson's King Kong much more than The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

I will probably pick the 76 version if it ever hits BluRay (with modest expectations). The fact that its a Dino De Laurentis production and the director previously did Rapture and Towering Inferno intrigues me.

Scottie · 05-18-2013, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by billzfan

I ordered it. Isn't it sad? Two great American directors: John Cassavetes and David Lynch, have boxed sets in Germany but not their home country?

I agree and I own both

Abdrewes · 05-18-2013, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by iScottie

I agree and I own both

Which Cassavettes films are your favorite, iScottie? My two favorites are probably A Woman under the Influence and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

hoytereden · 05-18-2013, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by The Great Owl

The King Kong (1933) screening that I saw was at a college campus theater. It did not look much better than the Blu-ray transfer, but it was pretty impressive nonetheless.

I grew up watching the 1976 King Kong along with the 1933 version. A couple years back, I found a DVD copy of the 1976 version for two dollars, and, upon revisiting it for the first time in years, I was pleased to discover that, while it has lost some of its steam, it is still quite watchable and fun. The Peter Jackson version fails me, though.

Jackson's film is just soooooo long and, for me anyway, fatally miscast with Jack Black as Carl Denham. Most of his time on the island is spent reacting wide-eyed to something and he hardly seems the take-charge guy Robert Armstrong made him in the original. Don't get me started on that ridiculous ice pond sequence with Ann and Kong in New York.

Scottie · 05-18-2013, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Which Cassavettes films are your favorite, iScottie? My two favorites are probably A Woman under the Influence and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

I've never seen one of his films. I just got the set in today.

Abdrewes · 05-18-2013, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by iScottie

I've never seen one of his films. I just got the set in today.

Oh. You confused me, I thought you agreed that he was a great American director

Scottie · 05-18-2013, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Oh. You confused me, I thought you agreed that he was a great American director

Oh, I meant it's stupid how Germany has the sets but we don't. Sorry lol.

mdonovan · 05-18-2013, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by hoytereden

Jackson's film is just soooooo long and, for me anyway, fatally miscast with Jack Black as Carl Denham. Most of his time on the island is spent reacting wide-eyed to something and he hardly seems the take-charge guy Robert Armstrong made him in the original. Don't get me started on that ridiculous ice pond sequence with Ann and Kong in New York.

Peter Jackson's Kong was a fail in my book as well. It was a study in the 'more is better' theory. Is too bad, because the effects work was ridiculously awesome.

Pluses ...
Naomi Watts
Amazing animation/matte/FX work

Minuses ...
Jack Black
Adrian Brody
Stupidly long TRex Sequence
Central Park Scene
Bad Script

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05-18-2013, 05:09 PM	#71602
Joe Dalek Active Member Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010	OK. I guess when they licensed the DVD from RusiCiCo there was no HD version to license. Still, it's a moot point if it isn't being restored and/or scanned in HD anytime soon.

05-18-2013, 05:31 PM	#71603
DarkRyder Senior Member Member since:Jan 2012 Blu-ray collection:82	A little OT, but does anyone here own Fassbinder's The Anarchy of the Imagination? I have a couple of questions regarding a section of the book.

05-18-2013, 07:41 PM	#71606
billzfan Senior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray collection:734	http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B007...A3JWKAKR8XB7XF Anyone here know anything about this set? I was thinking of getting it.

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