Sony takes dozens of titles OOP
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matt wrote:Better jump on these titles if you ever had any interest in them. I would not expect most of the indie/foreign/classic titles to come back into print any time soon.
Well, what can one expect of the likes of Sony. I'm more surprised to see that Warner are already pulling their edition of Dead Ringers.
matt wrote:While you're laughing at/cursing Sony, take a look at this article on the Blu-ray follies.
The Xbox 360 as the primary reason why HD-DVD will beat Blu-ray? Yeah, right...
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I'm ordering Bonjour Tristesse today! See California Split's on there too. Strange, you'd have thought they'd have kept it available at least long enough for an Altman-Oscar cash-in. As the version on the current DVD has been cut by 3 minutes to avoid music rights issues, any chance they're going to do a new edition with the cuts restored, or is that just wishful thinking on my part? Should I pick this one up while I can, or hold out for the complete film?
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While I'd like to keep this thread on the topic of Sony at the very least...richast2 wrote:The Shining is going out of print? Is this one that they're going to make a screw-me-once-shame-on-me-screw-me-twice-won't-get-fooled-again edition of?
Come on, man! Get with it!
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What 'ya talkin' 'bout Willis?davidhare wrote:Christ! Among several treasures people need to jump on Bonjour Tristesse - superb transfer and a key Perminger.
Also indicative of trends is Sony Australia which has promptly started pulling effectively all its "Columbia Classics" from shelves and etailers.
No sign of it around here, David.
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I ordered this today on your recommendation! Sounds interesting.davidhare wrote:Christ! Among several treasures people need to jump on Bonjour Tristesse - superb transfer and a key Perminger.
Also indicative of trends is Sony Australia which has promptly started pulling effectively all its "Columbia Classics" from shelves and etailers.
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Bonjour Tristesse would also be my pick from that whole list, along with The Chase and Men With Guns. It was such a long wait for Bonjour Tristesse to be released I can't believe it's going out of print again just like that. Maybe these are just getting shifted over to the Sony catalog as devlinnn suggested, but with a few of these I believe it's worth buying them now just to be on the safe side.
The Chase, by Arthur Penn and Lillian Hellman, unfortunately doesn't have a reputation as a "masterpiece" but that shouldn't stop anyone. Nor should the fact that Penn disowned it because he wasn't given control of the final cut. I'd give anything to see a different cut that edited not just Brando's performances but the entire film more faithfully to Penn's wishes. Nevertheless, I think this version repays repeated viewings every bit as much as Bonnie and Clyde or Night Moves.
And for my money, Men With Guns is possibly the richest, most beautiful film of Sayles career. It's a shame it's not quite as widely appreciated as Lone Star or Eight Men Out.
The Chase, by Arthur Penn and Lillian Hellman, unfortunately doesn't have a reputation as a "masterpiece" but that shouldn't stop anyone. Nor should the fact that Penn disowned it because he wasn't given control of the final cut. I'd give anything to see a different cut that edited not just Brando's performances but the entire film more faithfully to Penn's wishes. Nevertheless, I think this version repays repeated viewings every bit as much as Bonnie and Clyde or Night Moves.
And for my money, Men With Guns is possibly the richest, most beautiful film of Sayles career. It's a shame it's not quite as widely appreciated as Lone Star or Eight Men Out.
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It seems that all of the titles that went OOP are now on sale for $5.96 on DDD.
http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/studio.c ... Studioid=3
http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/studio.c ... Studioid=3
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It's good, but it can be difficult to watch, depending on your tastes. It features a female lead that is often infuriating, and a passive male lead that makes you shake your head, but there are reasons for this. Basically, it's a gender-study, with a "feminized" male (passive, weak, emotionally nurturing, gets pushed around, creative writer type but he isn't motivated enough to actually get published) who meets a "masculine" female (volatile, violent, highly sexually open, on-the-move). She tries to mold him into more of a man, he tries to make them work as a couple, it ends badly. The pace of the film lurches at times (I most enjoyed the surprise opening, a slow track in on expressive, sweaty fully-nude intercourse, and the first 30 minutes or so immensely, as the characters' traits are established), and seems episodic (though wonderfully photographed) in the middle, then drives to an emotional upheaval at the end. But along the way is some wonderful (though obvious) play on these gender roles, and the difficult middle ground in which we sometimes find ourselves (they paint beach cottages, he uses pink, she uses blue; her failures to be feminine (pregnancy) lead to Greek-style self-punishment; the male lead finally becomes "masculine" in a violent act dressed as a woman). Plus, it does show some fantastic nudity (both sexes, full body; Beatrice Dalle is stunning) as well as simulated copulation in various orifices. (I've got the R2 version).Scotty wrote:Anybody got a take on Betty Blue?
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It's probaby the leading example of an interesting subgenre of films with a mope who has a wild girlfriend who gets him into serious trouble. I know that was played for laughs innumerable times with Tom Ewell and Tommy Noonan, but I mean in something more dramatic and sexually charged.
B. Monkey and Normal Life are a couple of other good reference points. The overrated Something Wild kind of splits the difference.
B. Monkey and Normal Life are a couple of other good reference points. The overrated Something Wild kind of splits the difference.
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