How many have you seen before? If none, then you’re in for a treat.
The only movie I’ve seen one of those is Seven Samurai. Yes, yes, I know it’s a shame, but I bought here in Poland a Kurosawa Box Sex (14 DVDs) and I got screwed because almost every disc turned out to be a piece of shit (not only a quality, but it was simply a disastrously damaged - not mechanically though, don’t know what was that). I returned it, but pricks told me that everything was fine for them, but I’m sure it wasn’t, as I had checked it also on my PC and it was still a piece of garbage. And this is how I lost about 80 pounds. That’s why I waited so long and frankly speaking I didn’t want to download it in a poor quality.
BFI is trustworthy and this is why I bought this release.
Limits of control
Ghost Dog
Fanny and Alexander
Come and See
Got this lot for £32 in the HMV sale.
It was my Birthday at the weekend, and, due to the arrival of both an HD TV and a Blu-ray player ealier this year, Blu-ray Discs were the order of the day, along with a bundle of films books (another biography of Orson Welles!):
Courtesy of the Rev., Robert Hossein’s The Taste of Violence and Cemetery without Crosses
Arrow’s dual-disc release of The Conformist. Sorry Yodlaf, ;).
This one looks incredible - I doubt it has looked this good since its original release.
The Tree of Life Blu-ray
Touch of Evil - Masters of Cinema Blu-ray and a fantasic, definitive package.
And a Birthday wouldn’t be a real one if it weren’t for a Film Noir…
Or some Spaghetti Westerns…
A belated Happy Birthday to you, John.
A little shopping this morning… 
[quote=“John Welles, post:1825, topic:496”]It was my Birthday at the weekend,…
Courtesy of the Rev., Robert Hossein’s The Taste of Violence and Cemetery without Crosses[/quote]
I hope you enjoy ‘em John. Happy (belated) Birthday - I’ll raise a jar o’ somerset scrumpy to ya health - [size=8pt](or Magners if I can’t find it)[/size]
Just got this. The third movie doesn’t have English subtitles, but otherwise it’s a strongly recommendable release.
That is a damn annoyance with the Volonte as I wanted to have Slap The Monster On Page One the most.
Yeah, it’s a pity as the box is really great and the quality not too bad.
Just bought these two:
I bought my second blu-ray (first one was a Grand Duel/Keoma double)
I still don’t have a player though…
The Shooting
Let the Right One In
The Trial
I just pre-order this classic 70’s revenge film. 8)
Arrived today.
Just bought these:
Had a blow-out today.
New titles (blu-ray)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Timur Bekmambetov, 2012)
The Bourne Legacy (Tony Gilroy, 2012)
The Devil’s Rejects (Rob Zombie, 2005)
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (Mamoru Oshii, 2008)
New titles (DVD)
Arrested Development seasons 1-3 (2003)
Eastbound & Down season 3 (Jody Hill & David Gordon Green, 2012)
Open Range (Kevin Costner, 2003)
Upgrades to blu-ray (films I already owned on DVD)
Day Watch (Timur Bekmambetov, 2006)
The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)
Night Watch (Timur Bekmambetov, 2004)
Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese, 2009)
The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)
Not usually that decadent in one hit, had a bunch of gift vouchers to spunk.
Tying in with the vouchers I spent the other day (it’s my birthday today, hence the vouchers in the first place), I also received today:
And for some Spagh-related enlightenment:
Very pleasing haul, that lot.
While in Spain I picked up for only a euro the following (all English friendly):
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Intruder (directed by David Bailey and stars Natassja Kinski and Charlotte Gainsbourg from 1998, and no, I hadn’t heard of it previously either)
Steamboat Bill Jnr.
Blood Relatives (a Claude Chabrol, from 1977, so of immediate interest, even though reviews for it aren’t very good)
Dick Tracy (a collection of 15 episodes from the popular serial from the forties)
Quatermass 2
The Great Flamarion
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
And two none English friendly releases that I just had to pick up:
Conqueror of Maracaibo (1961, directed by Eugenio Martín, written by none other than Gianfranco Parolini and reuses the sets of Anthony Mann’s El Cid)
Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963, directed by Michele Lupo and stars Mark Forrest and Giuliano Gemma)