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Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 14-08-2012, 17:47
Replies: 9
Views: 1,743
Posted By Gary Couzens
Just to mention that the DVD release is NTSC...

Just to mention that the DVD release is NTSC instead of PAL. This may be a first for an Optimum DVD.
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 27-07-2012, 19:15
Replies: 1
Views: 253
Posted By Gary Couzens
It's a pity that the original TV play (broadcast...

It's a pity that the original TV play (broadcast on 28 June 1956 by the way, not July) is missing from the archives - it would make a fascinating extra on a release like this.

I saw this film on...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 25-02-2012, 09:43
Replies: 1
Views: 395
Posted By Gary Couzens
I've just seen these. I'd say Brechtian is the...

I've just seen these. I'd say Brechtian is the right word for Moon Over the Alley - not for nothing is one character's given name Bertholt. I saw it as a picture of a multicultural community (warts...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 23-02-2012, 07:03
Replies: 2
Views: 379
Posted By Gary Couzens
Presumably this, like the cinema release, is...

Presumably this, like the cinema release, is going out with a NC-17 rating?
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 06-01-2012, 07:07
Replies: 1
Views: 365
Posted By Gary Couzens
I saw Welcome to LA in 35mm over twenty years...

I saw Welcome to LA in 35mm over twenty years ago, so can't comment on how grainy or colourful it was. I did think it was a more interesting film than you seem to do, but then again I haven't seen it...
Forum: Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 19-12-2011, 08:13
Replies: 4
Views: 758
Posted By Gary Couzens
I hated 3 and thought that JJ Abrams's direction...

I hated 3 and thought that JJ Abrams's direction (incessant closeups) killed it. On the evidence of Star Trek (didn't see Super 8) he's getting better. Philip Seymour Hoffman was the best thing in...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 09-11-2011, 00:49
Replies: 2
Views: 469
Posted By Gary Couzens
Anna is of course the character name. Fixed.

Anna is of course the character name. Fixed.
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 04-11-2011, 06:35
Replies: 1
Views: 262
Posted By Gary Couzens
I saw this at the Southampton Film Festival when...

I saw this at the Southampton Film Festival when it came out - wasn't overwhelmed then and barely remember it now. I agree it looks very televisual.

There's another difference between this and a...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 09-08-2011, 23:24
Replies: 8
Views: 804
Posted By Gary Couzens
When The Big Lebowski came out, following Fargo...

When The Big Lebowski came out, following Fargo as it did, it had some indifferent reviews so it's interesting that "everyone" loves it now. I may be alone in this, but I've been a Coens fan ever...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 07-08-2011, 10:40
Replies: 2
Views: 286
Posted By Gary Couzens
I guess that depends on the settings of the 4:3...

I guess that depends on the settings of the 4:3 TV. If I remember rightly (it's been eight years since I owned a 4:3 set), if it is set to "16:9 letterbox" or whatever, then you will get black bars...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 12-07-2011, 07:01
Replies: 20
Views: 1,755
Posted By Gary Couzens
Dragon Tattoo was shot in 3-per Super 35, so a...

Dragon Tattoo was shot in 3-per Super 35, so a 1.78:1 version will more likely be opened up rather than cropped. There's no doubt that it was intended to be shown in cinemas at 2.40:1 though.
...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 01-07-2011, 20:53
Replies: 2
Views: 413
Posted By Gary Couzens
Not sure what happened there - "Knocker" is also...

Not sure what happened there - "Knocker" is also available as an extra on Network's DVD set of Big Breadwinner Hog/Spindoe.
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 01-07-2011, 20:52
Replies: 2
Views: 413
Posted By Gary Couzens
For the record, "Knocker" is also available as an...

For the record, "Knocker" is also available as an extra on Network's DVD of
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 13-06-2011, 21:52
Replies: 8
Views: 511
Posted By Gary Couzens
The last DVD certification (18) was in 2006,...

The last DVD certification (18) was in 2006, while the 15 for cinema viewing dates from this year. Optimum could have resubmitted this in 2011 for this Blu-ray edition but as they already had a...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 24-05-2011, 06:17
Replies: 6
Views: 580
Posted By Gary Couzens
This film is "suggested" by Tim Powers's novel On...

This film is "suggested" by Tim Powers's novel On Stranger Tides, which has just been reissued in the UK by Corvus. I have a review copy to hand.
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 22-05-2011, 16:39
Replies: 1
Views: 291
Posted By Gary Couzens
Fortress did have cinema showings. It premiered...

Fortress did have cinema showings. It premiered on HBO in November 1985 and had an Australian cinema release seven months later. Bruce Beresford was the original choice of director and Bess Armstrong...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 15-02-2011, 06:19
Replies: 2
Views: 363
Posted By Gary Couzens
I watched Warrior Queen back in 1978 on its first...

I watched Warrior Queen back in 1978 on its first (only?) broadcast and I remember enjoying it. There were grumblings at the time for it being (relatively) violent for a children's programme. There...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 15-02-2011, 06:13
Replies: 1
Views: 367
Posted By Gary Couzens
Good review, Clydefro. For the record, this was...

Good review, Clydefro. For the record, this was the only feature that Nestor Almendros shot in Scope. He's on record (in his book A Man with a Camera) as liking the widescreen format, but this was...
Forum: Film Discussion 21-12-2010, 20:51
Replies: 143
Views: 5,672
Posted By Gary Couzens
I didn't phrase that well enough - I was trying...

I didn't phrase that well enough - I was trying to put it so that someone wouldn't say "But would you watch child porn then?"

Animal cruelty can be a difficult one. I don't approve of mistreating...
Forum: Film Discussion 19-12-2010, 18:27
Replies: 143
Views: 5,672
Posted By Gary Couzens
There is no film I will never see in any...

There is no film I will never see in any circumstances. (Leaving out stuff that contains illegal activity.) There are plenty I won't go out of my way to see, or pay money for, but if it turns up on...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 19-12-2010, 14:08
Replies: 12
Views: 552
Posted By Gary Couzens
There's a good reason why more Pertwee stories...

There's a good reason why more Pertwee stories remain to be released on DVD than any those of any of Doctor, and it's not just the fact that the production team was stable throughout that period....
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 04-12-2010, 08:04
Replies: 55
Views: 3,054
Posted By Gary Couzens
Here's something the distributor could do, if...

Here's something the distributor could do, if they were minded to. Get Camden Council to approve the uncut version of A Serbian Film and show it at the Odeon Covent Garden, which is IIRC the nearest...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 28-11-2010, 17:03
Replies: 4
Views: 488
Posted By Gary Couzens
The UK cinema release has been announced as 15...

The UK cinema release has been announced as 15 April 2011.
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 20-11-2010, 23:01
Replies: 4
Views: 338
Posted By Gary Couzens
That;'s odd - I could have sworn that Rebel and...

That;'s odd - I could have sworn that Rebel and Eden were Best Picture nominated. Oh well, I stand corrected. Certainly agree that it's surprising that Cazale was never himself nominated.
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 20-11-2010, 12:34
Replies: 4
Views: 338
Posted By Gary Couzens
Good review, and this sounds a very interesting...

Good review, and this sounds a very interesting release. Maybe it's a generational thing - Cazale's five films are iconic Seventies movies for me, but I'm old enough to have been alive when they were...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 02-11-2010, 19:03
Replies: 32
Views: 1,381
Posted By Gary Couzens
The original 6-track format, begun with the...

The original 6-track format, begun with the release of the Todd-AO production Oklahoma had five front channels and one surround. 70mm Six-track Dolby began in the mid 70s, originally just by adding...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 31-10-2010, 08:54
Replies: 32
Views: 1,381
Posted By Gary Couzens
Just for the record, there were 35mm Dolby Stereo...

Just for the record, there were 35mm Dolby Stereo prints of Alien in circulation - we showed one at Southampton University in 1987. That would be left-centre-right-mono surround - that mix is...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 03-10-2010, 13:09
Replies: 4
Views: 488
Posted By Gary Couzens
Just as an addendum, it's now been announced that...

Just as an addendum, it's now been announced that Paramount will be distributing Tomorrow... in the UK, Scandinavia, Russia, Portugal and South Africa. There has been no word of a US release as yet. ...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 12-09-2010, 04:40
Replies: 4
Views: 488
Posted By Gary Couzens
It was, and I corrected that error. I was out of...

It was, and I corrected that error. I was out of the country until yesterday so haven't been able to comment so far.

The book has six sequels (plus a spin-off series of three). Whether they will...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 25-07-2010, 08:36
Replies: 59
Views: 1,893
Posted By Gary Couzens
Not quite. Four-channel Dolby had been available...

Not quite. Four-channel Dolby had been available for a few years on 35mm by them. At least one 35mm print of Alien had a Dolby Stereo soundtrack as I watched it.
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 22-07-2010, 18:35
Replies: 4
Views: 329
Posted By Gary Couzens
Interesting to note that this had one of the...

Interesting to note that this had one of the biggest premieres ever, in a 70mm blowup at the Houston Astrodome. Reception was, er, mixed. I saw it on the BBC a few years ago. Strange film to say the...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 18-07-2010, 12:22
Replies: 3
Views: 327
Posted By Gary Couzens
Trivia point: the film might not actually be set...

Trivia point: the film might not actually be set in Manchester, but there is one reference to the city in it - look on the side of a truck that drives past early on and you'll see an 061 telephone...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 12-07-2010, 20:23
Replies: 2
Views: 236
Posted By Gary Couzens
This is true, but it's a hard film to review - or...

This is true, but it's a hard film to review - or even to mention the director's inspiration for it - without that spoiler.

As it happens, I saw the film knowing that particular plot...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 12-07-2010, 07:59
Replies: 7
Views: 637
Posted By Gary Couzens
Thanks, David, two very informative posts there....

Thanks, David, two very informative posts there. I can relate to those line flashes - at Southampton University Film Society (I was there 1984 to 1987), our Scope was exactly 2.35:1, and we had...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 07-06-2010, 18:09
Replies: 4
Views: 367
Posted By Gary Couzens
Interesting that this DVD carries an 18...

Interesting that this DVD carries an 18 certificate, given that the film was given a 15 when the BFI reissued it in 2004.
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 13-05-2010, 18:27
Replies: 2
Views: 391
Posted By Gary Couzens
Very true. I didn't get the Criterion Moral Tales...

Very true. I didn't get the Criterion Moral Tales box to review, unfortunately, partly because I'd reviewed all the films in it in other editions - which is also the case with the Comedies and...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 11-05-2010, 17:37
Replies: 21
Views: 1,194
Posted By Gary Couzens
If the mono track was not included I would...

If the mono track was not included I would certainly have something to complain about. But it's not just being "purist", it's having an issue with a soundtrack being remixed without the consent or...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 10-05-2010, 19:01
Replies: 21
Views: 1,194
Posted By Gary Couzens
I doubt very much the ratio is 2.35:1 unless...

I doubt very much the ratio is 2.35:1 unless they've re-rendered the visuals as well as meddling with, sorry "remixing", the soundtrack. The OAR is 1.85:1 and if they respected the filmmakers'...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 15-04-2010, 06:17
Replies: 24
Views: 1,008
Posted By Gary Couzens
I have similar eyesight problems to Daflj and...

I have similar eyesight problems to Daflj and Yid219 which means that I don't normally have binocular vision. (Result of a convergent squint corrected at age 3 which has turned into a divergent...
Forum: Home Cinema @ The Digital Fix Comments 12-04-2010, 22:28
Replies: 7
Views: 652
Posted By Gary Couzens
And is this NC-17 rated?

And is this NC-17 rated?
Forum: Film Discussion 07-07-2009, 07:56
Replies: 170
Views: 14,577
Posted By Gary Couzens
One featuring Latoyah Jackson apparently.

One featuring Latoyah Jackson apparently.
Forum: Film Discussion 30-05-2009, 10:59
Replies: 61
Views: 3,663
Posted By Gary Couzens
I saw that too. If you don't count that, the...

I saw that too. If you don't count that, the oldest film I saw in the cinema was The Birth of a Nation, at the National Film Theatre.
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 03-03-2009, 22:27
Replies: 390
Views: 54,660
Posted By Gary Couzens
It will be interesting to see which version...

It will be interesting to see which version Optimum release. The R1 is the version cut to get a MPAA PG rating (some bullet impacts removed from the final scene). Also, the R1 soundtrack is remixed...
Forum: Film Discussion 23-02-2009, 18:06
Replies: 8
Views: 917
Posted By Gary Couzens
I've not seen them either. I'm sure it wouldn't...

I've not seen them either. I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to release them in R1 - they're short enough to fit onto one disc, like the films in the box set.
Forum: Film Discussion 31-01-2009, 06:41
Replies: 3
Views: 852
Posted By Gary Couzens
I wasn't that taken by Stone when I saw it,...

I wasn't that taken by Stone when I saw it, though it's certainly worth seeing once.

That review doesn't mention the running time - Stone originally ran over two hours (somewhere between 126 mins...
Forum: Film Discussion 18-01-2009, 11:36
Replies: 23
Views: 1,976
Posted By Gary Couzens
I looked up all four films in Maltin's Film...

I looked up all four films in Maltin's Film Guide, which is usually accurate regarding Scope films, and none of them have a Scope/widescreen process listed. As they're all 60s American films I would...
Forum: DVD and Blu-ray Discussion 18-01-2009, 05:46
Replies: 29
Views: 5,235
Posted By Gary Couzens
The Hit was one of my favourite films of its...

The Hit was one of my favourite films of its time, so good to see it getting a Criterion release. I haven't seen it in some twenty years - hope it still holds up.

UK viewers should note that In...
Forum: Film Discussion 09-01-2009, 06:14
Replies: 9
Views: 1,009
Posted By Gary Couzens
Thanks. It won't be this month though, what with...

Thanks. It won't be this month though, what with my usual Australia Day special and other things - including Who Killed Teddy Bear, mentioned in the forthcoming thread, and which arrived as a...
Forum: Film Discussion 08-01-2009, 22:24
Replies: 9
Views: 1,009
Posted By Gary Couzens
Unfortunately I wasn't aware of this when I...

Unfortunately I wasn't aware of this when I bought it!
Forum: Film Discussion 08-01-2009, 18:44
Replies: 9
Views: 1,009
Posted By Gary Couzens
I can confirm this. The films seem well presented...

I can confirm this. The films seem well presented at first glance, though. I may review this set at some point for DVD Times, though I haven't had a chance to watch the films yet. I bought this box...
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