Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Buckeye on April 11, 2004 at 20:30:37

In Reply to: Passion Fish posted by rico on April 11, 2004 at 19:58:21:

Totally agree, Rico...and Sayles is a personal hero of mine. As a former recipient of a MacArthur "genius award" and a very talented guy, Sayles could have taken several paths to riches and fame...instead he chose to do films his own way, and I greatly admire that.

I recently read a few of his books...Pride of the Bimbos and Union Dues... JS is a very fine novelist...and I'm now looking for his book of short stories.

BTW, whatever happened to Mary McD? She was hot for awhile, doing Dances with Costner, Grand Canyon, and a silly TV series...than nothing I've seen for some time...I'll have to check her out at imdb.

FWIW, I posted last week about those European actresses that seemed to have the "X" factor...I forgot about Mary!
Along the same lines, I watched House of Sand and Fog this w/e, and also place Jen. Connelly on the "X factor" list as well...both ladies can act (JC is very strong in HOSAF), and both are very easy on the eyes...at least imo.

BTW-pt 2...something I always wanted to ask you...I've seen you mention an extensive collection of laser discs...did you purchase the bulk of your collection before or after dvds became available (and brought about so many used LDS)? I'm still buyin LDs myself, when I find a film I love at a great price, fwiw. Just curious...did you buy some LDs at original (expensive) prices? I've got about 100 of the "big discs"...which pales in comparison to your collection.

Thanks,

Gary