Some Foreign Epics on DVD
A couple of interesting Foreign epics coming out on DVD.BANG RAJAN (Thai) 2000. About the 1765 war between Burma and Siam as a small Siamese village struggles to beat back the Burmese hordes.JAPAN'S...
View ArticleRe: Some Foreign Epics on DVD
KHAMOSH PANI(Hindi) 2003. When her country is turned into a Moslem dictatorship, a woman is horrified to discover that her son has turned into a Moslim fanatic. Sounds like a Hindu version of BEHIND...
View ArticleRe: Some Foreign Epics on DVD
Just bought the new Paramount DVD of the restored version [5plus hours!] of Bertolucci's 1900. I was stunned to see this at WalMart so I picked it right up as an Christmas present for a friend who...
View ArticleRe: Some Foreign Epics on DVD
Just bought the new Paramount DVD of the restored version [5plus hours!] of Bertolucci's 1900. I was stunned to see this at WalMart so I picked it right up as an Christmas present for a friend who...
View ArticleRe: Some Foreign Epics on DVD
Quote:At 14.95 it's a must-have if you are interested in this film.Ha! I got it for $13.67 from DeepDiscountDVD, thus saving more than a dollar. I already have the Region 4 release, and it is unclear...
View ArticleRe: Some Foreign Epics on DVD
I also bought the new Paramount DVD of Bertolucci's THE CONFORMIST for 9.99. This is my favorite of his films, also dealing with the Italian Fascist period. I guess we can't talk about it here,...
View ArticleRe: Some Foreign Epics on DVD
My favorite Bertolucci film is probably THE SHELTERING SKY. Possibly this has something to do with my enthusiasm for the nasty writings of Paul Bowles. The combination of the two sensibilities is very...
View ArticleRe: Some Foreign Epics on DVD
I also like THE DREAMERS. What's amazing about 1900 is that he got a Hollywood studio to finance a 5 hour celebration of Communism. Films celebrating failed politial ideologies (cf TRIUMPH OF THE...
View ArticleRe: Some Foreign Epics on DVD
I think THE DREAMERS---even though he did not write it himself, based as it is on a novel by Gilbert Adair---explains a lot about Bertolucci's socialism. To him it is no doubt inextricably linked to...
View ArticleRe: Some Foreign Epics on DVD
Speaking of Gilbert Adair, the author of the novel THE HOLY INNOCENTS on which THE DREAMERS is based (he also wrote the screenplay, I think), now there is a character. The man is a British film critic...
View Article
