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![]() As it says commentary in the specs, I assume it isn't the doc on the German disc, but the commentary which is on the German and BFI disc. I have the BFI disc, but this will be a double dip for me. Last edited by AlexIlDottore; 06-17-2014 at 01:19 AM. |
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#82 |
Blu-ray Archduke
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That cover is a thing of beauty, and I am sure that the 4K restoration will be mind-blowing for this particular film.
I've seen The Innocents several times before on DVD, so this is one of those "too good to be true" Criterion announcements. I'm really looking forward to this. |
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#83 |
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I grew up with the classic Universal and Hammer Horror films. Gothic horror and monsters are practically in my DNA. As a film lover, I also enjoy good films of all genres and eras.
Now I caught THE INNOCENTS several months ago, for the first time, on TCM. I went in wanting to love it, but ended up forcing myself not to doze off. The cinematography and atmosphere are beautiful and thick enough to cut with a knife, but at the end of the day, I just didn't give a shit about these spoiled rich kids or their nanny. That said, I wouldn't mind giving it another shot on BD once it's 50% off. Maybe I'll appreciate it more knowing what to expect. |
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#84 |
Blu-ray Knight
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The Innocents is a movie within a movie. The action that you are seeing on the screen is just a surface mask of what's going on underneath. If you watch The Innocents and just see the characters that are appearing on the screen, you are missing 90% of the film. The ending is one of the biggest mind fricks in the history of cinema. In an instant, everything you just saw totally changes context and you realize the horror you were witnessing all along... and it really has very little to do with ghosts. Capote really MADE this movie great.
That 20 minute documentary on the German disk is the most concise breakdown of the symbolism and undercurrents of the film that I have ever seen. It's really indispensable. Last edited by bigshot; 06-17-2014 at 02:30 AM. |
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#85 |
Blu-ray Guru
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I'm blind buying both this and Eraserhead.
When I was a young kid, we had this mom & pop video store. I always saw these VHS copies there. I had no idea what they were about but they must have left a lasting impression on me because I clearly remember those two (and the kid's cartoon Sampson & Sally). As I grew up, I never followed up. So now is as good a time as any. Y'all have sold me on both movies here and in the Eraserhead Thread |
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But a truly good movie should engage the general audience off the bat as well as include multiple layers for subsequent viewing.
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#89 | |
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And again, the problem is that Criterion sells its covers to people who already know the movie: "Look, it's the image that sums up the abstract tone, in the most memorable scene!" Which is nice if you're in the Classic Movie Stuff That Only We Know club. Out in the real world, outside of said film-buff community, nobody blind-buys Criterion regardless of title, and they have to be persuaded. I see actresses cinematically light-shadow framed in praying, I think Black Narcissus, not the spooky turning of screws. And to say, "Ah, but you see, this is what it REALLY means!", like standing for ten minutes in front of an abstract painting trying to define the artist's "true" motivation, may be Art, but it's not Commerce. Last edited by EricJ; 06-17-2014 at 05:45 AM. |
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#90 |
Blu-ray Knight
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The praying of the governess is central to the film. It shows what she did before the events transpired, and what she did after. But not in the middle. There is nothing abstract about this movie. Once you see it, it can't be unseen. And it's wrong and disturbing on every level. I had a friend who I recommended the movie to. A week later, he said he had watched it and didn't see what the fuss was about. I started asking him questions about subtext and he admitted he had scanned through the movie to find "the scary parts". If you do that, you won't understand anything about what's going on in this film.
Yes, if you like Turn of the Screw, you will like this movie. Last edited by bigshot; 06-17-2014 at 05:55 AM. |
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Thanks given by: | AlexIlDottore (06-17-2014) |
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#91 | ||
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![]() It can be seen as a ghost story, but once you've understood it, it's indeed one of the most twisted films you'll ever see. |
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Blu-ray Ninja
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Blu-ray Guru
Jun 2011
Yorkshire
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They could add his introduction at a later date, the product page for The Innocents does say "more!". |
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#97 | |
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Sep 2012
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A better version of Turn of the Screw is the one Ingrid Bergman starred in,which was a live television production done a few years before "The Innocents". If Criterion included that version as an extra that would be a reason to purchase this. For "The Innocents" alone, as a fan of the original story, I would pass. |
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Jun 2011
Yorkshire
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Sep 2012
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In particular the ending of The Innocents is completely cornball and as far from James's ambiguity as possible when you see [Show spoiler]
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