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| Average Rating:  ![VHS : Elgar [1962]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YZ0D7XFYL._SL160_.jpg) |
Elgar [1962]starring: Peter Brett, Rowena Gregory, George McGrath directed by: Ken Russell July 22, 2002 Best Selling > VHS > World Cinema |
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The commentary on this film was written and spoken by Huw Wheldon. Russell was very keen (as later risible efforts demonstrate) to have his characters speaking. Wheldon was dead against this mixing of fact and fiction. It is something that happens so often nowadays that we do not recognize the inherent dishonesty. He allowed long shots and extreme close ups. In fact it is this distance from the protagonist that gives the film its particular quality, its paradoxical intimacy, so that it is first and foremost a portrait of Elgar the music rather than Elgar the man. That probably doesn't appeal to a citizen of the current celebrity culture, but to those interested in music, it does. Russell, once off the leash of Wheldon's belief that duty ... Read More:
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| Average Rating:  ![VHS : Babette's Feast [1987]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PWP7VBCEL._SL160_.jpg) |
Babette's Feast [1987]starring: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont directed by: Gabriel Axel July 13, 1998 Best Selling > VHS > World Cinema |
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I don't know whether this film hits my heart the way it does because of the feelings of friendship, love, closeness to others or the warmth of that transformation Babette's cooking creates, but when the feast starts and for the rest of the movie, I choke up often.
Yes, this is a feel-good movie, but without a speck of mawkishness or facile sentimentality. Please note that elements of the plot are discussed. Babette's Feast tells its story with restraint and care, and it lets us discover for ourselves the values of grace and love. All we need to know is that Babette Harsant (Stephane Audran) was a French refugee who was given shelter by two aging sisters in a tiny community on the coast of Jutland. The sisters lead what remains of their father's flock. ... Read More: >>More Details |
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| Average Rating: ![VHS : Beyond The Clouds [1994] [1997]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4137QQH1XKL._SL160_.jpg) |
Beyond The Clouds [1994] [1997]starring: Fanny Ardant, Chiara Caselli, Irène Jacob, John Malkovich, Sophie Marceau directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders June 23, 1997 Best Selling > VHS > World Cinema |
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The first time I watched this film I was slightly bored - couldn't understand what was being said or why. However, having watched it again recently I took each 'story' at face value and found myself thoroughly enjoying the beautiful camera work and actually making some sense of what the film was about and the various themes at play.
if you're not interested in watching films about the genesis of ideas, this is definitely not for you, but if you just want to sit back and watch a couple of hours of beautiful film making, I would reccomend it. >>More Details |
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| Average Rating: ![VHS : The Piano [1993]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AJGNRYY3L._SL160_.jpg) |
The Piano [1993]starring: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker directed by: Jane Campion November 01, 1994 Best Selling > VHS > World Cinema |
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I had this film on video tape, and it has been watched, and loaned out to friends so many times, it's worn out. So, I had to but the DVD!!!!!!!!!!!
The special edition DVD is fascinating because if you already love the film, you are given an insight into the mind of the writer. I also loved watching the interview with the composer, being a keen piano player. The film is quite dark, dramatic and moody and the music is beautiful, matching perfectly the whole feel of the movie. Oh, and Holly Hunter actually plays the piano! Buy it!You won't be disappointed. >>More Details |
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| Average Rating: ![VHS : Paris, Texas [1984]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41A5KW17A4L._SL160_.jpg) |
Paris, Texas [1984]starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry, Bernhard Wicki directed by: Wim Wenders September 02, 2002 Best Selling > VHS > World Cinema |
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I saw a Sam Shepherd play recently, so I was quite surprised to see that Sam Shepherd wrote this screenplay. But having seen two pieces of his work, you can detect a style. Shepherd examines the dark side of families, the frustrations, the pain, the fights and their consequences. He likes long monologues uncovering a web of events and feelings. I think the dialogue in this film is superb.
The landscape and the music is also rich in metaphor. Kinski is a wisperish, idealised beauty. The other adult characters are weatherbeaten by life's demands. This is a long, slow and often banal film, but it says something about real lives. I first saw this film over twenty years ago. It lingers and haunts, and that thematic strum of the guitar stays with you always as a symbol ... Read More: >>More Details |
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| Average Rating:  ![VHS : Rome, Open City [1945]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41C2GW5ZN7L._SL160_.jpg) |
Rome, Open City [1945]starring: Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico, Nando Bruno directed by: Roberto Rossellini January 24, 2000 Best Selling > VHS > World Cinema |
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Rosselini's film is not only a formative example of Italian Neo-Realism, but a stunning War Film made- in a guerilla style, from any available filmstocks- from & in the ashes of Fascist Italy. Its influence can be detected in such films as 'Paths of Glory' & 'Schindler's List'. The story, based on truth, is melodramatic- but the human qualities shine through. The children's faces in the final scene, the collaborater who gains a furcoat for her troubles (temporarily), the tortures inflicted. The Priest-protaganists unwaivering Faith...This is a film that EVERYONE should see and shows, CLEARLY, the human cost of War. It still stands, after all this time, as a cinematic achievment and one of the best War Films ever produced. >>More Details |
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| Average Rating: ![VHS : Flirt [1997]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514ESFP2PVL._SL160_.jpg) |
Flirt [1997]starring: Paul Austin, Robert John Burke, Martin Donovan, Erica Gimpel, Michael Imperioli directed by: Hal Hartley September 29, 1997 Best Selling > VHS > World Cinema |
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Admittedly Hal Hartley is at his most experimental and self-indulging here but the film is still an absolute joy in his typical deadpan and drole look at personalities and relationships. Not one for you if you only like mainstream films but if you like the style and humour in Amateur and The Unbelievable Truth then this takes it one level further. The director describes the film as "light" which is just as it should be taken for maximum enjoyment - a playful look at the same story played out three different ways, for fun. In fact it's exactly as the title suggests - a flirt with storytelling. This is my favourite Hal Hartley film just because it's so unique.
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| Average Rating: ![VHS : Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe [1991]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TDYEMPYNL._SL160_.jpg) |
Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe [1991]starring: Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy, Cicely Tyson directed by: Jon Avnet September 09, 2002 Best Selling > VHS > World Cinema |
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No matter how many times I watch this film, the charm of it's excessive sentimentality never fails to draw me in. This film is engaging and warm-hearted, bringing us into the life of Evelyn, a gentle and good-natured Southern woman who is going through the menopause, played by Kathy Bates. After going with her husband to a local retirement home to visit one of his relatives, Evelyn meets and befriends an elderly woman named Mrs. Threadgoode, played by Jessica Tandy.
The way in which the film seamlessly flits between past and present is admirable. After befriending each other, the two woman share the details of their lives, and Evelyn learns of the stories of Mrs. Threadgoode's various family members, from long ago, in a tiny little town called 'Whistle Stop'. Read More: >>More Details |
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| Average Rating: ![VHS : Alice Et Martin [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VC4NT6YTL._SL160_.jpg) |
Alice Et Martin [1999]starring: Juliette Binoche, Alexis Loret, Mathieu Amalric, Carmen Maura, Jean-Pierre Lorit directed by: André Téchiné April 17, 2000 Best Selling > VHS > World Cinema |
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As with all other reviews Juliette Binoche's performance is wonderful, I've seen her in many films and she is fantastic. The film is very theatrical in it's presentation and at first melodramatic but becomes more and more real despite the events becoming more and more unreal. A thoughtful and thought provocing film.
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| Average Rating: ![VHS : Jules Et Jim [1962]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y0JREHZVL._SL160_.jpg) |
Jules Et Jim [1962]starring: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino, Boris Bassiak directed by: François Truffaut August 26, 2002 Best Selling > VHS > World Cinema |
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I was fortunate enough to study this film along with le dernier metro for a unit of my A level course. At first I thought yeah Truffaut some French producer blatantly wont be all that as it was just a part of my A level.... how wrong could I be?! The music I love beyond belief and the whole storyline is absolutely fantastic, anyone to dismiss this film as some lame French attempt at making cinema I would call a philistine and yes i started off as one. Sometimes you might say that to study something ruins the piece but to be honest this is the exception to the rule it has really made me appreciate the stunning techniques that Truffaut uses in creating his masterpieces. It's a film that you can watch again and again and the emotions are still the same - unchanged opinions and the same ... Read More:
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