DVD Haul

[HoopyFrood]

Just ordering some books on the internet when I saw that the third series of Hustle (love that programme) was lurking in my shopping basket from way back when. And as it had gone down to thirteen pounds, decided to buy it. Woo.

[j. d. worthington]

Hmmm, thought I'd posted this somewhere, but...

Received in the mail the other day Vol. 4 of the H. P. Lovecraft Collection, Pickman's Model -- 3 different versions of the Lovecraft tale, with two short films inspired by his work as well as an interview with Ramsey Campbell and Lovecraftian scholar/anthologist/editor/writer Robert M. Price:

Lurker Films—Lovecraft, Cthulhu, Poe, Weird Tales, Movies, FIlms, DVDs

Some very interesting and intriguing takes on the tale on there... one of which was filmed around my old stomping grounds.....

[ravenus]

Small but pleasing haul:

The Host - 2-disc CE
M - 2-disc (Criterion)
3 Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara - Pitfall, Woman in The Dunes, The Face of Another (Criterion)
Life in The Undergrowth (BBC docu series)

[GOLLUM]

Received for Christmas today:

Sound Of Music.

Sure it's old hat but I like the music in this...

[Allegra]

Received Leonard Bernstein's Mahler symphonies collection. Yummy!

[Foxbat]

Got Akira Kurosawa's Ran which I've never seen but, apparently, is King Lear set in feudal Japan. I'm looking forward to finding the time to watch this one.

[Adasunshine]

Disney's The Jungle Book Special Edition
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Blokee got Eddie Izzard MMVI

xx

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Foxbat

Got Akira Kurosawa's Ran which I've never seen but, apparently, is King Lear set in feudal Japan. I'm looking forward to finding the time to watch this one.

Oh it's a brilliant movie. Superb direction by Kurosawa and a great performance from the great Tatsuya Nakadai. Also check out Kagemusha if you haven't already.

[Foxbat]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Oh it's a brilliant movie. Superb direction by Kurosawa and a great performance from the great Tatsuya Nakadai. Also check out Kagemusha if you haven't already.

I have Kagemusha - a great movie. In fact, it was the prime mover in my tracking down a copy of Ran

[sanityassassin]

I got 4 Kevin Smith's movies

Clerks X special edition
Clerks 2
Jay and Silent Bob strike back
Mallrats

also got some Simpson DVD's

[j. d. worthington]

Just received in the post: the unrated director's cut of From Beyond....

Haven't seen this film since it came out originally, so I'm more than a little curious about what the differences are....

[ravenus]

There's a bit more footage of the pineal gland getting chomped off and a couple other slight additions. But the real difference is in the restored video quality with the correct aspect ratio that reveals the full gaudy glory of this classic.

[j. d. worthington]

It's an odd one. As I said, I recall being impressed by certain things, but not that much by the film as a whole. Seeing it now, I'd have to say it's much better than I felt at the time, and much more of a thoughtful film than I'd recalled. (Yes, it is rather nasty at times, but the actual gore element is surprisingly slight, given the incidents of the film....) Certainly a much darker film than Re-animator, with the majority of the humor of a quite different quality; much more symbolic and ironic overall....

[Teresa Edgerton]

Most of the time I buy very few DVDs, but between Christmas presents and a 3 for 2 sale at Borders, I've acquired this week:

Stardust
Emma (the Kate Beckinsale version, not the Gwyneth Paltrow)
Reduced Shakespeare, The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Sleeping Beauty, Paris Opera Ballet
North and South (the one based on Mrs. Gaskell's book, not the turgid Civil War novel of the same name by John Jakes)

[AE35Unit]

My dear Helen brought home a copy of John Carpenters The Thing last night. Page 2.99 for it or summat like that. Cool film!