[quote=“John Welles, post:1797, topic:496”]I can understand why you avoid Arrow, but apart from the BBFC cut prints that Shameless puts out, what else do you dislike about the company?[/quote]They are affiliated with cunt labs… sorry cult labs. And their logo and website is on plastered all over their releases, I hate that place and their mainly clueless fanboy members. At first it was just Arrow I boycotted but after a while Shameless too. And I hate some of the shitty sayings on a lot of the Shameless sleeves “Whores with saws!” “the critter from the shitter!” what shit.
This some of the shit the idiots talk over there:
“Not a film I’d want in my collection but if it was released in a yellow box I’d purchase it in an instant”
If an Arrow title is below par or awful (which to be fair is most of the time) they defend them to the hilt and anyone who dares to say anything negative about them either gets banned from the forum or and/their post gets removed. Especially when Bird With The Crystal Plumage came out in a terrible transfer in the wrong ratio, they did their best to disguise this fact and any reviews from people stating these facts on amazon or play or the like they arranged for the comments to be removed.
They pretend to be “By the fans, for the fans” what a load of bollocks, they haven’t got a fucking clue. What so called fan would not realise that the start of The Beyond is a sepia like tone and not black and white!
I’ve just bought this:
I wonder if El Topo has already bought one (as far as I remember he enjoys Petri’s movies very much). What a pity they haven’t released Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970). The Korean dvd release sucks so much (bad audio synchronization, average picture quality, no extras), even though it’s a English friendly release.
[quote=“Mickey13, post:1803, topic:496”]I’ve just bought this:
I wonder if El Topo has already bought one (as far as I remember he enjoys Petri’s movies very much). What a pity they haven’t released Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970). The Korean dvd release sucks so much (bad audio synchronization, average picture quality, no extras), even though it’s a English friendly release.[/quote]
I have this one on my wish list. I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts about it when have watched it.
If you’re interested in Italian cinema in general, then you may buy it. Sadly, folks in Koch Media seem to be a bit lazy, as the best movie on this Box Set i.e. The Working Class Goes To Heaven, has no English subtitles (the rest of the flicks have, but this was the one I wanted to see with well synchronized English subtitles on a big screen). To me, it’s one of the most impressive depictions of blue collar workers in Italy during 70s, made with class and in a naturalistic way (even Ennio Morricone gives a small cameo - he appears in the very last scene). Volonte gives one of the best performances in his whole carrier. It won Palme D’Or in Cannes and there is nothing strange about it. This is a masterpiece (10/10).
I haven’t seen A ciascuno il suo aka We Still Kill In A Old Way yet.
As for Un tranquillo posto in campagna aka A Quiet Place In The Country - if you like weird, modern/avan-garde movies from time to time, then this should be a great entertainment. The action drags a little in the middle, but the filming techniques and chilling cinematography utilized by Petri makes it something different. Yes, it’s called a giallo, but it’s not a giallo. It’s more a psychological drama and delving in protagonist’s mind. It also has a great Vanessa Redgrave in it and Franco Nero gives probably his best performance in his whole carrier. It’s also fascinating how Petri intertwines fiction with politics. The character played by Vanessa seems to represent all forces prosecuting real artists, taking advantage of their potential and creativity just in order to earn some money.
There is a plenty of extras, about 2 or 3 hours if I’m not mistaken, but again - no English subtitles, which is a pity, as they are really interesting (interviews with VANESSA REDGRAVE, FRANCO NERO, BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, FLORINDA BOLKAN!). For me it was a great training of my language skills, but for someone not familiar with Italian it just doesn’t deliver too much. Bernardo Bertolucci says that Petri influenced him very much and he adores his works to the extension that he wants to be influenced by him (it was about a combining neorealism and existentialism in Petri’s I giorni contati (1962) - haven’t seen it yet).
It would be nice if Koch media released his other works like La proprietà non è più un furto (1973) or L’assassino (1961) as well. Unfortunately, one has to rely on the Internet (as usual). As a fan, I has to purchase it and I’m pretty satisfied with it, only the disc with The Working Class Goes To Heaven makes me crazy. >:(
It’s been at least 15 years since I saw Stolen Kisses and Bad Boy Bubby last time, I loved both films then. Nice to see them again on dvd.
Haven’t seen Teorema or China Blue before.
[quote=“Reverend Danite, post:1812, topic:496”]I like the sound of this… and that one about an island (and bikinis) that BsA watched Interrabang…
I’ll have to look out for these.[/quote]
Can you resist?
[quote=“Yodlaf Peterson, post:1815, topic:496”]You should also check out.
Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man
Cannibal
Cannibal Holocaust
Atlantis Interceptors (Great bit of futuristic trash)[/quote]
I’m interested in Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man, but Cannibal films are probably the only area of Italian cinema I have no intention of exploring. Killing multiple animals for viewing pleasure isn’t my cup of tea.
Oh, man! This is so loads of fun!!! Check it out!
Very well made flick too which focuses on an entertainment and never tries to be too serious, that’s why maybe I like it so much.
